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E.W. ed board presents $63M budget proposal

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Features less than 2 percent tax levy, overall increases from last year BY K AT I E F E N T O N East Williston’s Board of Education recommends a $63,755,174 budget for the 2021-22 school year, it announced during budget workshops on Feb. 26, March 3 and March 10. The draft budget, which is a 1.05 percent increase over the $63,091,128 budget for 2020–21, comes with a property tax levy increase of 1.67 percent. The budget draft is made up of a $7.5 million administrative component, $6.81 million capital component and $49.45 million programs component. The administrative component and programs component both increased slightly, mainly due to contractual salary increases, as well as benefit increases to cover the greater health costs expected. Districtwide uses for the capital funds would include classroom door replacements with swipe access and further work on security

upgrades that began in 2020. Other projects covered by the capital funds would include a vestibule renovation at the Wheatley School and a boiler upgrade at Willets Road School. The capital component is smaller than in the previous year’s budget, however. Due to the success of renovations over the past few years, the board was able to decrease the cost of utilities in the budget by $32,000. Across all three schools, a very slight increase is projected for enrollment and staﬃng. At the March 10 budget workshop, administrators from North Side School, Willets Road School and the Wheatley School broke down what the proposed budget would mean for their respective facilities. For North Side School, the budget would remain similar to last year’s, with small increases to account for replacements of materials like walkie-talkies and textbooks. Discussing what parents Continued on Page 52

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE WHEATLEY SCHOOL

The Wheatley Wildcats track team sports new uniforms as numerous members posted personal bests in the 5K.

Ironworker electrocuted at Mineola LIRR station BY R OB E RT PELAEZ

Long Island Rail Road station in Mineola Saturday morning, according to the Metropolitan An ironworker was in criti- Transportation Authority. Oﬃcials from the transit cal condition after being electrocuted while working on authority said the incident octhe Third Track Project at the curred around 9:30 a.m. Satur-

day when crews were erecting a pedestrian bridge above the railroad tracks. Oﬃcials said the crane that the workers were using came into contact with high-voltage wires. Continued on Page 53

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Community protests N. Shore shines anti-Asian attacks on best places list Officials, local leaders rally at legislative building

E.W. ranked 9th in state of New York BY R O S E W E L D ON

PHOTO COURTESY OF OFFICE OF LEGISLATOR JOSHUA LAFAZAN

Nassau County Legislator Joshua Lafazan (I-Woodbury) outside of the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building during the “Stand Up to Hate” rally on Sunday, with many elected officials and community leaders coming together to condemn anti-Asian incidents. BY R O S E W E L D ON Local officials and community leaders led by Nassau County Legislator Joshua Lafazan (IWoodbury) attended a “Stand Up to Hate” rally with hundreds of people to condemn increases in bias incidents and violence against Asian-Americans in the age of COVID-19 last weekend. Lafazan’s office coordinated the event, held on the front steps of the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building on Sunday, with Gordon Zhang, president of the Long Island Chinese American Association, and Farrah Mozawalla, executive director of Nassau County’s Office of Asian American Affairs. “It’s on all of us to speak out in a loud, unified, and categorical voice to demand an end to this violence,” Lafazan said during the rally. “We know that we cannot drive out hatred with more hate. As Dr. [Martin Luther] King

taught us many years ago, only love can do that. Which is why when you look at this crowd – and you see Muslims, Christians, Buddhists and Jews standing together – when you see people of all diﬀerent races and backgrounds standing together, when you see people of all diﬀerent ages standing together, there can be no mistaking that love and unity is the answer.” “We stand with our brothers and sisters. As Asian-Americans, we are all in this together,” Mozawalla said. “No one should be made to feel unsafe, uncomfortable or feel like they do not belong. It is important for us to reiterate that Nassau County is diverse and inclusive.” “America is a great country built by immigrants. The antiAsian violence is not just an attack on one group, it is an attack on our nation’s fundamental values of diversity, equity and inclusion,” Zhang said. “We must all

condemn the rising of anti-Asian hate crimes in both New York and across the country.” The rally comes months after the Great Neck school district was the subject of a letter from nearly 40 parents reporting that younger students of Asian descent had been asked if they ate bats and were called “COVID-19 spreaders” by other students. District Superintendent Teresa Prendergast said at the time that no anti-Asian incidents had occurred on school grounds. In addition, the rally was attended by elected leaders, including Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove), multiple members of the New York Senate and Assembly, North Hempstead Town Clerk Wayne Wink and Nassau County Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum (DGreat Neck). Continued on Page 52

Two lists recently released by market research and data website Niche place North Shore areas among the best places to live and raise a family in the state of New York, with areas in Great Neck topping both lists. On the site’s “Best Places to Live in New York” list, North Shore areas comprise over a quarter of the list, with 26 areas represented. Factors taken into account when creating the rankings include quality of local schools, safety, aﬀordability, higher education rate, cost of living grade, crime and safety grade, housing grade, family amenities, percentage of households with children, weather and air quality, walkability, and percentage of households with children, among others, according to Niche. The Great Neck and Roslyn areas are tied for the most representation of any North Shore area on the list, with seven villages or census-designated places named each. Great Neck Plaza tops the list, and Great Neck Gardens is ranked number three.

On the “Best Places to Raise a Family in New York,” North Shore areas comprise nearly a third of the entries, with 32 areas represented. Factors considered for the rankings included cost of living grade, higher education rates, housing, quality of local schools, diversity, crime and safety, jobs, nightlife, walkability, outdoor activities, weather and short commutes, among others, according to Niche. Again, Great Neck and Roslyn are tied as the most represented of the North Shore areas on the list, with nine villages or census-designated places named apiece. Great Neck Gardens tops the list, with the Village of Kensington ranking fourth, the New Hyde Park area of Manhasset Hills ranking fifth, and the Village of East Hills ranking sixth. North Shore areas included on Niche’s “Best Places to Live in New York” list include: 1. Great Neck Plaza 3. Great Neck Gardens 7. Manhasset Hills 9. East Williston 10. Kensington 12. Great Neck Estates Continued on Page 52

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Kyra honored with blue pinwheels

Town to remember toddler whose death sparked state legislation at her favorite parks BY R O S E W E L D ON Kyra Franchetti loved to play in the parks near her Manhasset home, according to her mother, Jacqueline Franchetti. “At the Mary Jane Davies Green, she loved to go down the slide, and she demanded to go fast on the swings,” Franchetti said in a phone interview. She also frequently took Kyra to Blumenfeld Family Park in Port Washington, where she played in the sprinklers, and would go to classes at the Parents Resource Center nearby. “I vividly remember, there was another parent walking with their children when Kira was playing in the sprinklers,” Franchetti recalls. “They looked at Kira, who was giggling and laughing and having so much fun. And the other parent said to their children, ‘If you have half as much fun as she’s having, it’s going to be a great day.'” In the summer of 2016, Kyra was killed by her father at his home in Fairfax, Virginia, while on an unsupervised, court-sanctioned visit. The sleeping 2-year-old was shot twice in the back before her

father set the house on fire and shot himself to death. Franchetti, who had experienced physical and verbal abuse from Kyra’s father and left him when she became pregnant, had been embroiled in a yearslong custody dispute with him at the time in Nassau County’s Family Court system, and from then on dedicated her time to pursuing legislation to ensure that what happened to Kyra wouldn’t happen to any other child, founding the child safety advocacy group Kyra’s Champions. Since then, she has obtained the passage of a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives which calls for hearings on the practices of Family Courts, says that evidence of abuse can only be submitted by an approved feepaid professional and that states should have clear standards for the professionals, among other things; and testified before the New York State Assembly, with a bill named for Kyra introduced in the chamber last month. Now, Kyra’s beloved parks in North Hempstead will commemorate what would have been

placed, 744, not only represents Kyra and the other 18 children in New York state who have been murdered by their father or mother while going through a child custody case, divorce or separation, Franchetti explained, but 725 children whose deaths are said to have been hidden by Child Protective Services. Franchetti hopes the display will inspire more conversation about a topic that most feel uncomfortable discussing. “People don’t want to admit there’s a bigger picture here, because people don’t always want to talk about child abuse or family PHOTO COURTESY OF JACQUELINE FRANCHETTI violence,” Franchetti said. “These are things that are hidden and take place behind closed doors, Kyra Franchetti of Manhasset plays at a park in an undated right? But if we don’t talk about it, photo. Kyra, who was killed by her father in 2016 at age 2, how many more children will die? will be remembered with blue pinwheels placed at the Mary How many more children will be Jane Davies Green in Manhasset and Blumenfeld Family abused?” The pinwheels will be placed Park in Port Washington, which her mother, Jacqueline, in the early days of April, recogsays were two of her favorite places to play. nized as National Child Abuse her seventh birthday, with Kyra’s that represented child abuse with Prevention Month, by local chilChampions poised to plant a total the modern Pinwheels for Preven- dren and teenagers, Franchetti of 744 blue pinwheels at the Da- tion campaign headed by Prevent said, leading to Kyra’s birthday on April 4. vies Green and Blumenfeld Park. Child Abuse America. The idea combines the blue ribbon The number of pinwheels Continued on Page 52

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St. Mary’s accused of looking away Alum files suit against Manhasset school over counselor who allegedly abused him BY R O S E W E L D ON

An alumnus of St. Mary’s College Preparatory School in Manhasset has filed a lawsuit against the school and the religious order operating it saying that a guidance counselor sexually abused him dozens of times, and they knew that the counselor had a history of abusing other students. Steven Gormley, 53, of Connecticut, was a resident of Long Beach when he entered the then-St. Mary’s High School for Boys as a freshman in 1981, according to a complaint filed under the Child Victims Act in Nassau County Supreme Court last week. Upon entry into the then-all boys school, he was assigned Brother Robert Ryan, a member of the Marist Brothers of Schools, the religious order which operates St. Mary’s and other educational institutions across the country, as a guidance counselor. “Brother Ryan, for the next two years, frequently exploited and abused that role by – often at least twice a week – pulling [Gormley] out of academic classes, taking him to his oﬃce, and sexually assaulting him,” the complaint reads. Ryan is alleged to have sexually abused Gormley in his oﬃce at St.

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Steven Gormley, left, in his senior picture in the 1985 yearbook for St. Mary’s High School in Manhasset. At right is Brother Robert Ryan, a guidance counselor at the school and Marist brother who Gormley alleges sexually assaulted him, also from the 1985 yearbook. Mary’s 75 times from the beginning of his freshman year in September 1981 to his junior year in September 1983. “Brother Ryan’s sexual assaults of [Gormley] were malicious and extremely vicious,” the complaint said.

“He frequently sodomized [Gormley] with hardcore sadomasochistic objects, which caused [Gormley] to suﬀer severe pain, caused severe rectal bleeding, and left him with serious and irreparable rectal injuries, including deep and per-

manent rectal scars.” Also alleged in the complaint is that Ryan forced Gormley to consume alcohol and sedatives, “in an eﬀort to make [Gormley] more relaxed and/or compliant in connection with Brother Ryan’s anal rapes.” The complaint adds that the substance use forced by Ryan “severely impacted negatively [Gormley’s] academic performance and educational experience at St. Mary’s,” and that he suﬀered from serious drug and alcohol problems from 1982, his sophomore year of high school, through 2006. The complaint also claims that Ryan allegedly sexually assaulted at least three other students in Gormley’s grade, “as well as numerous additional boys in other grades,” and allegedly developed a “notorious and unsavory reputation” and a nickname regarding his frequent inquisition of students’ masturbatory habits. Gormley is being represented by attorneys Kevin T. Mulhearn of upstate Orangeburg and Jon L. Norinsberg of Manhattan, and filed the suit under the extended Child Victims Act, which opened a “look back window” for survivors of child sexual abuse to file a lawsuit against their alleged abuser up to age 55. Continued on Page 53

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Blakeman to run against Curran Hempstead town councilman says he will bring fairness to assessment system, growth BY R OB E RT PELAEZ

Town of Hempstead Councilman Bruce Blakeman, a Republican, will run against Democratic incumbent Laura Curran for Nassau County executive in the fall election. Blakeman, a 65-year-old Atlantic Beach resident, was appointed to the Hempstead town council in 1993 and served through 1995 before ultimately being reappointed in 2015. In that interim, Blakeman served as the County Legislature’s presiding oﬃcer from 1996 to 1999. Along with experience as an attorney in the private sector, Blakeman also served as commissioner of the Port Authority and the liaison between Nassau County’s Republican Party and former President Donald Trump. Blakeman told Newsday he would bring “fairness back to the [property] assessment system in Nassau,” and find ways to boost economic growth to increase the county’s tax base. Eﬀorts to reach Blakeman

officer contributed to the “assessment mess” and called upon him to speak on the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election. “Bruce Blakeman is another career politician who would take us backwards,” Jacobs said. “Let’s remember that it was Bruce Blakeman who was the Presiding Officer of the Legislature when Nassau’s finances crumbled, requiring the state to impose the NIFA control board. As a Trump delegate and supporter, Bruce Blakeman needs to answer the question of whether or not he believes the last election was legitimate before he asks Nassau voters to consider him in this next one.” SCREENSHOT BY ROBERT PELAEZ Blakeman has sought various offices on the state and Town of Hempstead Councilman Bruce Blakeman will run against Laura Curran for Nassau local levels, running for state County executive this fall. comptroller in 1998, eventually losing to Carl McCall by more for further comment were un- gram that the Curran adminis- Republican Party said. “Bruce than 1.4 million votes. In 2010, Blakeman is putting taxpayers Blakeman lost in the Republican tration implemented. availing. primary for the U.S. Senate spe“Bruce will fix the County first.” Nassau County Republican Nassau County and state cial election. Four years later, he Party Chairman Joseph Cairo Executive’s broken reassesstouted Blakeman’s abilities and ment, which has hiked taxes for Democratic Party Chairman Jay lost to U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice told Newsday that he will “fix” 65% of Nassau’s homeowners,” Jacobs said Blakeman’s previ- (D-Garden City) in the race for the county’s reassessment pro- a statement from the county’s ous involvement as presiding the 4th Congressional District.

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Voters split on Cuomo resignation: poll Schumer, Gillibrand says he has lost confidence of state leaders; Cuomo rejects requests BY R OB E RT PELAEZ Half of New Yorkers do not believe that Gov. Andrew Cuomo should resign, despite continuous calls for him to do so amid allegations of sexual harassment from multiple women and accusations that his administration withheld the number of coronavirus-related nursing home deaths in the state. According to a Siena College poll released on Monday, half of the 805 New Yorkers polled said Cuomo should not immediately resign. Thirty-five percent of registered voters said he should immediately resign, while 15 percent said they are not sure what Cuomo should do. More than half of voters polled expressed satisfaction with how Cuomo has handled the allegations of sexual harassment, compared with 32 percent that were not, and 11 percent that either did not know or had no opinion. Nearly 70 percent of Democratic voters in the state said they were satisfied with Cuomo’s han-

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he should have “prioritized providing more information” of coronavirus-related deaths in nursing homes to federal officials. dling of the allegations, while 22 percent were not, according to the poll. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) were the most recent public figures to call on Cuomo to resign due to the allegations.

“Due to the multiple, credible sexual harassment and misconduct allegations, it is clear that Governor Cuomo has lost the confidence of his governing partners and the people of New York. Governor Cuomo should resign,” the two senators said in a joint statement last Friday.

An impeachment inquiry, which was launched by members of the state Assembly last Thursday night, could be the state’s first impeachment eﬀort in more than 100 years. Cuomo, on Friday, denied the allegations from six women, including three former state aides, that they were sexually harassed

by the governor. “I did not do what has been alleged, period,” Cuomo said. “I never harassed anyone, I never assaulted anyone, I never abused anyone.” 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 and legs. Cuomo allegedly kissed Boylan on the lips in his Manhattan oﬃce in 2018, when she was promoted to deputy secretary for economic development and special adviser to Cuomo. After that, she said, her fears of going to work each day made her more and Continued on Page 48

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A guide to the coronavirus vaccine BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z As New York continues to gradually distribute coronavirus vaccines, questions about who can receive inoculations and where vaccination sites are located in Nassau County persist.

week that vaccination sites throughout the state would be permitted to innoculate any New Yorker who is eligible beginning Wednesday. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran announced that the Nassau Coliseum will be turned into a mass vaccination site later this month. The announcement came after calls from the Nassau County Legislature to convert the venue into an inoculation center since January. Vaccination sites in Nassau County include: • Jones Beach • Nassau Community College (Garden City) • Yes We Can Community Center (Westbury) • Northwell Health Physician Partners (Syosset) • Northwell Center for Advanced Medicine (Lake Success) • SUNY Old Westbury.

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ELIGIBILITY As of Wednesday, eligibility for the vaccine was expanded to the following groups of people, according to state officials: • People 60 or older • Health care personnel • Teachers and child care workers • Hotel workers • Grocery store workers • Public transit workers • Long-term care facility residents and staﬀ • People with conditions like cancer, kidney disease, pulmonary disease, liver disease, type 1 or 2 diabetes, WHAT TO DO BEFORE THE SHOT intellectual or developmental Visit either the state or county’s disabilities, and co-morbidities website and double-check eligibility • First responders and corrections • Nassau County: https://www.nasworkers saucountyny.gov/VACCINE • New York state: https://covid• Restaurant and delivery workers. 19vaccine.health.ny.gov/ Fill out the state’s coronavirus vacVACCINATION SITES Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last cine form, which oﬃcials encourage

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tenants and landlords in order to take advantages of the protections offered by the legislation. It also creates a moratorium on commercial foreclosures of small businesses of 50 or fewer employees renting 10 or fewer properties. Additionally, following negotiations between the Legislature and the governor, there is agreement to expand the protections in this legislation to include additional business owners and landlords suffering financial hardship, which Kaplan’s office said will be expanded with further legislation. Once that amended legislation is signed into law, the agreement will expand protections to small businesses with 100 or fewer employees, and to any business with 500 or fewer employees that was closed to in-person operations by executive order or Department of Health directive for two or more weeks between May 15, 2020, and May 1, 2021. “New York has gone to extraordinary lengths to protect and strengthen our economy throughout the war on COVID, and it is critical that we continue to provide support as we ramp up our vaccination efforts across the state,” Cuomo said in a statement. “By signing the COVID-19 Emergency Protect Our Small Business Act of 2021 we are strengthening the backbone of our economy – our small businesses that have faced unprecedented hardships – and this legislation will be instrumental in helping build New York’s economy back better than ever before.”

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BY R O S E WELDON Autism advocate and animal behavior expert Temple Grandin will speak at a joint event held by the Roslyn Special Education Parent Teacher Association and the Bryant Library of Roslyn as part of Autism Awareness Month in April, the Roslyn school district announced this week. Grandin is known for her trailblazing work in neurodiversity advocacy and animal behavior. She first gained attention for her creation of a “squeeze machine,” also known as a “hug box,” which was inspired by squeeze chutes where cattle would be placed to calm them during inoculations.

Grandin, who sought deep pressure stimulation as a child but felt overstimulated when hugged or held by another person, then created her own version in her senior year of high school with the help of her science teacher, and used it until 2010 to relieve her own anxiety. The device was later used in therapy programs for a similar purpose. Today, she is a prominent author, speaker and a professor of animal science at Colorado State University. Previously, Grandin had a successful career consulting on livestock handling equipment design and animal welfare, advocating for humane treatment of livestock for slaughter. Continued on Page 53

Seniors at Roslyn High School returned to in-person classes on Tuesday. The news that the students had the option to learn in person came in an email from the school’s leadership, including Principal Scott Andrews, Assistant Principals Carol Murphy and Dave Lazarus, and Dean of Students Jennifer Yi last Friday morning. “We are thrilled to welcome you back full time if you so choose,” the email said. “COVID-19 has had a major impact on your senior year and we are so very happy to have you back in your high school so that you can end the year with your classmates and create lifelong memories.” Students were required to complete a COVID screening process and adhere to all mandated rules to prevent spread, including masks. Extra help and club meetings will continue to be virtual, and lockers will not be available to use. Seniors will not be required to return to classes in-person and full-time, and will continue to have

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Opinion

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Discouraging new home construction

s if more proof was needed, a recent Newsday story provided further evidence of why assessment increases should not have been phased in over five years following the first countywide reassessment in five years. The Newsday report found that more than 1,100 Nassau County residents who own new homes or houses that had major renovations are now receiving shockingly high property tax bills. For example, Patrick Silberstein, 75, and his wife, Lynda, who had lived in Kings Point for 40 years, moved into a $1.75 million condominium in Roslyn Landing in Roslyn Village four years ago with three bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms, according to Newsday. The Silbersteins’ total county tax bill is $54,513 — $43,829 for schools and $10,684 in general taxes — well above older comparably valued homes. The couple said they pay another $9,000 in property taxes to Roslyn Village. “To the extent that anyone receives an exemption for any purpose, it results in a shift in the tax burden to other property owners who don’t receive that exemption,” Conal Denion, special counsel for Nassau County, said of the five-year phase-in. In other words, the fiveyear phase-in requires people moving into new homes like the Silbersteins or fixing up existing homes to subsidize

people who have been underpaying their property taxes for the past decade. This is not exactly a policy that will encourage new home construction or major home improvements in Nassau. Add these new home buyers and homeowners fixing their homes to the more than 100,000 property owners who have been overpaying their taxes since County Executive Edward Mangano put a halt to countywide reassessments a decade ago. Another Newsday report found that during Mangano’s eight years in office $2.2 billion was shifted from generally more affluent, older people who challenged their property taxes to those who didn’t – generally younger, less affluent residents and more likely to be members of a minority group. This is actually not that unusual. A recent report in Bloomberg News found mounting evidence of systematic unfairness based on race in property tax assessments across the country. “It’s a textbook example of institutional racism,” Christopher Berry, a professor at the University of Chicago, said in the story. To her credit, Laura Curran ordered an immediate countywide reassessment after being elected county executive in 2018. A Newsday analysis of Nassau County’s property reassessment found that theassessments under the new system are “well within every major

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professional standard ofaccuracy and fairness.” The analysis was supported by the New York State Oﬃce of Real Property Tax Services,which concluded that the reassessment eliminated the inaccurate and widely unfairdisparities among home values But Curran later agreed to a five-year phase-in when it became clear that more than 50 percent of county property owners would face tax increases if they actually paid their fair share. This meant that those who were overpaying and underpaying their taxes would continue to do so for five years – just by declining amounts. Curran explained that the phase-in was the best she could manage in the face of widespread opposition from those who would be paying more, REPORTERS Rose Weldon, Robert Pelaez

which is to say their fair share. Presiding Oﬃcer Richard Nicolello has said that to make people who are underpaying their taxes pay their fair share immediately would impose such a financial hardship that some homeowners would have to sell their homes. Nicolello has yet to explain why the previous system and the five-year phase-in was not a financial hardship for those who have been overpaying their taxes for the past 10 years. He and other Nassau Republican legislators have also routinely sought to gum up and politically exploit Curran’s efforts to reassess all property in the county. This has included a call to fire the county assessor, the passage of legislation to hold a referendum asking for the assessor position to be made an elective

position and harping on assessment errors following the reassessment. Don’t get us wrong. Assessment errors should be held to a minimum. But for eight years, the assessment of virtually every property owner in Nassau County was wrong and county Republicans said nothing other than to encourage property owners to challenge their assessments – a right property owners can still exercise. The Republicans’ lack of opposition to Mangano, a fellow GOP member, can be explained by money and politics. Tax-appeal law firms earned more than $500 million during Mangano’s administration and donated more than $1 million to GOP campaigns and organizations. Continued on Page 47

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KREMER’S CORNER

Apologies to Al Smith, GOP is now in disarray

f the late Al Smith were still alive, I would be on the phone apologizing to him for quoting him so often. I loved to quote the onetime presidential candidate and governor who stated, “I am a Democrat, I don’t belong to any organized political party.” That label no longer belongs to the Democrats; it fits squarely on the brand of the Republican Party. And as each day goes by, the Republicans prove that they are much more lost and rudderless than my party. It isn’t just my opinion as the facts speak for themselves. To date, five respected Republican U.S. senators have announced that they want to “spend more time with their families” and are leaving that august body. Veteran senators Roy Blunt, Richard Burr, Bob Portman, Richard Shelby and Pat Toomey are heading for the door, because they are disgusted with the party of Lincoln that no longer looks like the party of Lincoln.

Those five who will soon be joined by a few others who have spent years in the Senate, making laws and finding solutions to people’s problems. But now that the party has been hijacked by former President Donald Trump, they don’t want to hang around with seatmates Ted Cruz, Ron Johnson, Marco Rubio, Josh Hawley and Rand Paul. They have witnessed the hollowing out of a once-great party and are packing it in. Apparently, there are quite a few more people who have already quit the party, and you just didn’t notice it. At the end of January, 100,000 registered Republicans bailed out on the party, many because of the Jan. 6 attempt to overthrow the government. The breakdown is 12,000 in Pennsylvania, 33,000 in California, 10,000 in Arizona and scattered more throughout the country. Juan Nunez, a 56-yearold veteran from Mechanicsburg, Penn., told the New York Times that the insurrection “broke his heart and was di-

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rectly responsible for him fleeing the Republican Party.” The just-passed COVID relief is a good example of a drifting group of politicians. No Republican voted for the bill in either the Senate or the House. They claim that President Biden broke his promise to be a bi-partisan leader and didn’t cut a deal that would have reduced the aid package by less than half. At least eight of the senators who were moaning about bipartisanship voted to not cer-

tify the results of the November 2020 election. They were joined by 140 House members who failed to vote for the certification. They have now followed in the footsteps of their leader Mr. Trump, who is still claiming the election was “stolen” from him. If you check the history books, on Jan. 20, 2009, thenSenate Majority Leader Mitch Mc Connell vowed that he would “do all in his power to make Barack Obama a oneterm president.” He failed on the one-term promise but succeeded in blocking any meaningful legislation over most of Obama’s time in oﬃce. Once upon a time, the Republican leaders of the House and the Senate actually made some laws. They passed bills that helped rich people followed by more rich people. Occasionally they helped out after some major hurricane or disaster that needed federal help. But in the four years leading up to the current Democratic takeover, they passed one significant bill. It was the mas-

sive tax cut that again favored the wealthy and took away the tax deductions helping residents of the Northeast. In the months ahead, President Biden will attempt to pass a major bill helping rebuild our roads and bridges. To the best of my knowledge, there are no Republican bridges or Democratic bridges, just a lot of structures that may fall down someday and kill innocent people from both parties. It’s possible that there will be some sweeteners in that bill that will attract a few Republican votes but don’t bet your paycheck on it. If you wonder what is occupying the time of the Republicans in Washington, D.C. these days it’s the cancellation of Dr. Seuss books, something to do with Potato Head and they have just taken a stand on Megan Markle’s television interview. They are supporting the royals, because aren’t they Washington royalty? So Al Smith, I apologize. The Republican Party can now claim that they don’t belong to an organized party.

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

Lessons from our year of living virtually

t has often been said that if mothers truly remembered all the pain of childbirth, every one of us would be an only child. That, I think, is what will also happen with most of our memories from this past year of Coronavirus — we will erase every memory we can. It’s already happening to me! So here, before they’re all gone, are a few things I want to remember. This time a year ago I remember thinking that buying four dispensers of hand soap should be plenty. I splurged on five pounds of my favorite coﬀee (Starbucks Morning Joe, which was hard to find), and every bit of dark chocolate I could lay my hands on. But somehow I missed the boat on toilet paper, only thinking of it after it had disappeared from store shelves. I will forever be grateful to the friend who shared her big-boxstore delivery with me. Once we realized we really weren’t leaving the house, we tried out the new-fangled idea of ordering groceries by computer only to learn that you couldn’t even get a

delivery slot — never mind an actual delivery — for as much as four weeks into the future! I remember eyeing our last carton of eggs, wondering how long I could make them last. Suddenly, I regretted scoﬃng at my parents’ tales of Depression-era cooking. A year ago I remember a conversation about whether or not there would be the usual multifamily Seder. Of course there wasn’t. Instead we entered the land of Zoom. My husband and I, at a table by ourselves for the first time ever, didn’t even have all the Seder plate staples. We had a roasted egg — which we had plans for later — but no parsley. I had no idea how to get hold of the requisite lamb’s shank bone. Finally, I decided that a sturdy branch from the firewood basket, broken to size, would have to do. I still have it; I call it my “vegan shank bone.” And I needed an orange. I value the new tradition of adding an orange to the Seder plate — supposedly because one cranky

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A Look on the Lighter Side rabbi 20 some years ago had said, “A woman belongs in the Rabbinate like an orange belongs on the Seder plate.” “Done!” said every woman I know. We’d been expecting a delivery of groceries, but by the start of the Zoom service, they still hadn’t come. All I had was a long-ago gift candle in the shape of an orange. At least on Zoom, you couldn’t tell that it had a wick and smelled like dust. Last year about this time, I

remember my husband predicting we might still be stuck at home by June. I was furious! How dare he say such a horrifying thing! Just thinking about it, I could feel my throat closing up and the walls closing in. I had to slow down my breathing and remind myself that it was pointless to look any farther ahead than dinner. Sometimes I worried about how isolated we were all going to be, and whether we’d even be speaking the same language by the end of this crisis — or if we’d be speaking mutually indecipherable tongues, the way Latin became French, Spanish and Italian. Especially in families with young kids, there are words, and entire concepts, that no one else can begin to fathom. For example, I remember a time when our boys were small, and I found myself asking a hotel reservation clerk if they had any “non-Gageekigump” rooms. “I beg your pardon?” the mystified clerk had replied. I’d had to hand the phone over to my husband. I didn’t know how to explain that our boys jumped back and

forth between beds in any room containing more than one of such things, shouting “Gageekigump!” as they flew — and so I needed a room that did not have beds in such a configuration. “We need one queen size and a pull-out sofa,” my husband had explained. So I wondered early in the pandemic would people even be able to understand each other by whenever we could get back together? But one day as I worried about this, the phone rang. “Hello?” I said, dubiously. It was a younger neighbor. “Oh! Phone calls! I forgot we can still do those,” I said, with relief. “Of course, silly! I’m heading to the store, and I was just wondering if you’d like me to pick up those eggs you were worried about or bagels or something.” Thank God for friends and family. And neighbors. And shortterm thinking. Those are what have gotten me through this pandemic—and what I have learned to value the most.

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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 well-equipped 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. While he has observed inconve-

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nient 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 practical as renewable energy sources. They must be accom-

panied 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 climateconscious 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

A cure for laziness in today’s kids

ost of my patients are elite or professional athletes whose biggest issues usually include workaholism, burnout and overuse injuries. But that doesn’t mean that most Americans share this problem. In fact, a far more common problem falls into the category of under achievement, procrastination, more commonly known as laziness.

Laziness comes in many forms. For kids it presents as video game obsessions. And it’s easy to understand why laziness is the most popular game in town. After all TV is way more fun than doing homework. Parents are rightfully concerned when they see their child mesmerized by a video game for hours on end, thereby neglecting their homework or chores. Here is the unhappy formula

Laziness is being trapped in a sand bunker and it will surely ruin your dreams if you don’t have a way out

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that plays out. These kinds of time-killing obsessions inevitably lead to bad grades, which lead to shame, which leads to lowered self-esteem. Lowered self-esteem means low confidence, which produces social anxiety and eventually it all leads to fewer college options. The child gradually gets left in the dust by more disciplined and ambitious peers and voila they arrive into the lower classes where they will spend life enviously looking through the fence at the rich people who

seem to being having way more fun. Over the years as a psychoanalyst I have worked with many successful people. I have learned that success has little to do with special talent and far more to do with eﬀort and hard work performed on a daily basis. So exactly how does a worried parent address the issue of a child who is reluctant to work? Let me immediately inform you that talking is useless. The child will always have clever excuses and particularly good reasons for being lazy. They will say things like “school doesn’t matter, I have too much work, I did my homework already” or everyone’s favorite… “the dog ate my homework.” Let me explain a simple, tried and true method to instill motivation in the child. I learned this technique way back in graduate school when I was a hardworking student at SUNY Stony Brook. It is called Response Cost and it works like this.

You first must determine what kind of leverage you have over the child. What is it that he or she loves to do and is unwilling to do without? Often it is their smart phone, computer or video game time. You then have a brief conversation with the child to instill some insight about the wisdom and usefulness of hard work. You might want to use the famous Aesop’s fable of “The Grasshopper and the Ant” showing how the ant worked all summer as the grasshopper fiddled his summer away. When winter came, the ant survived with ease, thanks to being prepared with a big storehouse of food, but the poor grasshopper starved to death, having squandered his summer without any thought of the future. However, this fable to “work hard because it’s good for you” will do little good. Kids do not really listen to the parent anyway. Continued on Page 47

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THE BACK ROAD

The recurring nightmare of anti-Asian racism “We have seen this terrible nightmare before.” So said Chinese-American activist Helen Zia during a forum on anti-Asian racism hosted by the Washington Post on March 8th. What she was referring to is the disturbing uptick in verbal and physical assault against Asian-Americans of all ages ever since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Zia and historian Erika Lee, reviewed some of the historical markers in this recurrent nightmare, beginning with the establishment of Japanese internment camps from 1942 to 1945, in reaction to Japan’s 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor and America’s entry into WWII. The interning of Japanese-Americans has long been considered one of the most dreadful violations of American civil rights in the 20th century. Some 70 years earlier on October 24, 1871, in what some have labelled the largest mass lynching in American history, up to 20 innocent Chinese immigrants were beaten, murdered and hanged by an enraged mob after a police oﬃcer and rancher had been killed, supposedly as

the result of a conflict between two rival Chinese gangs. Ten assailants were prosecuted and eight were convicted of manslaughter. The convictions were later overturned on appeal due to technicalities. Eleven years following the Chinese Massacre of 1871, the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 became law. It was aimed at curtailing the influx of Chinese immigrant laborers into the United States. This marks the only time in American history that a specific law was passed that prohibited all members of a particular ethnic or national group from settling in the United States. One hundred years later, in 1982, Vincent Chin, a ChineseAmerican draftsman was beaten to death in Detroit by two white men — a Chrysler plant supervisor and a laid-off autoworker. Asian-Americans of all backgrounds became prime targets, as automakers from Japan who were producing more fuel-efficient cars were blamed for layoffs at “The Big Three” — Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler. Chin’s murderers got off on pro-

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bation. Looking back, “people knew from personal experience that we were lumped together,” said Helen Zia. “But in terms of identifying as pan-Asian, the key thing was that a man was killed because they thought he looked like a diﬀerent ethnicity.” In her latest book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Pulitzer-prize winning author Isabel Wilkerson cites anthropologists Audrey and Brian Smedley who explain, “We think we ‘see’ race when we encounter certain physical diﬀerence among people such as skin color, eye shape and

hair texture. What we actually ‘see’ are the learned social meanings, the stereotypes that have been linked to those physical features by the ideology of race and the historical legacy it has left us.” Indeed, most of the attacks against people of Asian descent in American are not against Chinese but anyone who looks East Asian. Fast forward to 2021. The public health crisis we have been facing for a full year now has put a bullseye squarely on all people of Asian descent living in the U.S. According to reports by the AntiDefamation League, “Go back to China” has become a familiar taunt against anyone who looks to be Asian and thought to be a source of contagion and disease. Historically, immigrant communities have been singled out in times of public health crises. Their passage to the U.S. has been given pejorative labels such as plague and invasion, objectifying them as if they are riddled with infection or akin to swarms of insects carrying disease. Here we are in the opening decades of the 21st century

and the nightmare is back with a vengeance. In recent months it was brought to my attention that a 5-year-old Asian-American child was on the receiving end of a coronavirus-driven tirade while playing in a park in Nassau County. The verbal assault left him shaken and stunned that someone would yell such things at him. On February 10th, USA Today reported that “in one week in February, a 91-year-old man in Oakland Chinatown was brutally assaulted, a Thai man was attacked and killed in San Francisco and a Vietnamese woman was assaulted and robbed of $1,000 in San Jose.” Law enforcement can and should help, but nothing less than empathy will ultimately make the diﬀerence — “radical empathy” as Isabel Wilkerson advised, “the kindred connection from a place of deep knowing that opens your spirit to the pain of another as they perceive it.” We all – all of us, bear the moral responsibility to stand up, as opposed to sitting by silently when we witness this terrible nightmare come to life.

VIEW POINT

Women are still not equal in America

ust as the coronavirus pandemic brought into glaring focus inequities in health care, criminal justice, public education and economic opportunity, it has also highlighted systemic inadequacies that keep women from attaining full equality. In the first place, women have been disproportionately harmed because they hold the majority of jobs in fields most aﬀected – healthcare, hospitality and leisure, education – and are the majority of low-income, minimum wage, frontline and essential workers who are either losing most of the jobs (women represented 100 percent of the 140,000 jobs lost in December) or are put in the most vulnerable positions to get sick or die. Women have not only lost their jobs in greater numbers – women have lost 5.4 million jobs during the pandemic, 1 million more than men – but have had to give up jobs for fear of exposing their families to COVID (3,300 health care

workers have lost their lives to COVID) and for the need to home school children or care for elderly parents. Even before COVID, there was a shortage of aﬀordable or accessible child care. (www.americanprogress.org/issues/women/ reports/2021/02/01/495209/ women-lose-jobs-essential-actions-gender-equitable-recovery/) And after former President Trump planted three anti-abortion judges on the Supreme Court, states are racing to get cases to the court, which they expect will finally overturn Roe v Wade entirely — a 6-3 majority that has already demonstrated preference for statesanctioned religion over equal protection and civil rights. (Limiting the size of gatherings in church during a pandemic is tyranny, but forcing women to undergo vaginal probes for no medical reason is not.) More than 60 bills have been introduced or passed in state legislatures this year to restrict abortion. (https://

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chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/3/2/22309404/ abortion-rights-battle-roe-versus-wade-supreme-court) Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, who just signed one of the most restrictive abortion laws, believes a 15year old who is raped by her brother must be forced by government to give birth to her rapist’s child. He is gleeful that the egregiousness of the unconstitutional ban will bring the Arkansas case to the Supreme Court where he expects the

Trump acolytes (“abortion no, guns yes”) to fully repeal Roe v Wade and five decades of legal precedent upholding a women’s right to control her own body and destiny. The abortion fight is more than women’s reproductive rights, their right to control their own bodies, to make their own choices and not about “pro-life.” Those who would take away that right are basically saying women don’t have the same sentient ability, the same judgment as men. It is about controlling women – and their options, their ability to achieve their full professional and economic potential and political power. If this were about “pro-life,” these same people wouldn’t be restricting contraception or, for that matter, facilitating gun violence by blocking commonsense measures to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers when women and children are most likely to be murdered and refusing to renew the Violence Against Women Act.

If these anti-abortion radicals really cared about “life,” they would be promoting universal health care, infant and maternal care, child care and universal pre-K, parental leave, anti-poverty measures and alleviating all the other systemic obstacles to women having the same opportunities as men. The way states are chipping away at access to reproductive care mainly aﬀects women who lack the means to travel to another county, state or country to obtain the services they need. In eﬀect, they do not have the same access to their constitutional rights and if that is not the definition of violating Equal Protection, what is? Meanwhile, the record turnout in the 2020 election — 158.4 million ballots, the highest turnout rate, 66 percent, in 120 years and the election of the first woman vice president a century after women got the right to vote — has unleashed a tsunami of voter suppression laws – 253 of them in 43 states. Continued on Page 47

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Suozzi, Pelosi and Reach Out America

he meeting went on as planned. Since 2004, Reach Out America, an activist, progressive nonprofit, based in Great Neck, had been holding inperson general meetings once a month featuring speakers, often

well-known, in politics, academia and the media, covering topics of current interest – voting, constitutional rights, environmentalism, social welfare, and diplomacy. During the pandemic, this forum had become virtual. But that did not dim the inter-

est of membership or the draw of guests of consequence. At 12:30 on Wednesday, March 10, Tom Suozzi, 3rd District congressman and friend of the organization, was scheduled to address the group. It had been a momentous year and participants were eager

to hear his thoughts and have their questions answered. But it was also a momentous day. The House was set to vote on the final version of President Biden’s important Covid relief package. Nonetheless, Zooming from the Rayburn Room, Congressman Suozzi kept his date with Reach Out America. Viewers felt the palpable excitement of having a pipeline to power, the result of long years of proactive participation in the American democratic process. The congressman did have a chance to address the meeting when all of a sudden an aide informed him that he had to leave immediately because the House session was underway. He rushed into the chamber,

took the lectern, not realizing that Nancy Pelosi was nearby, poised to speak; Suozzi then took a seat behind her, inadvertently “photo-bombing” the Speaker at a groundbreaking moment. The image went viral. Newsday’s Rita Ciolli reported how Reach Out America, a small but mighty local organization, played a role in this significant historical footnote; the congressman’s fealty to a venerable Great Neck group ended up making him center stage at a most significant time. As a result of Ciolli’s reporting, Reach Out America got welldeserved national attention. Through the years ROA (www.reachout-america) has and continues to make history. Rita Hall Great Neck

In support of Nancy Comer and William Keller

e write in support of incumbents Nancy Comer and William Keller, who are running for re-election to the Port Washington Public Library Board. As president of the Board until 2020, John had the honor of working alongside of Nancy and Bill for many years. They are deeply committed to our won-

derful library and have worked tirelessly during their terms to ensure that it remains a jewel of our community. They have contributed materially to numerous initiatives over the years, including the opening of the renovated and expanded Children’s Room and a new Adult Learning Center; expansion of the community

outreach and English as a Second Language program; and the transition to a new management team led by Director Keith Klang and Assistant Director James Hutter. Nancy and Bill’s stewardship through these enhancements was vital. Significantly, all of this was accomplished with balanced budgets and little or no tax in-

creases in each of the past five years! There still remains plenty of work to be done. The Library will continue with a facilities preventive maintenance program that will ensure the continued viability of its physical plant. And the five-year strategic planning exercise that is underway will help Library adapt to the post-Covid

needs of our community. We cannot think of two better people to help guide the Library through the next five years than Nancy Comer and William Keller. Please consider casting your vote for them on Tuesday, April 13. Pamela and John O’Connell Port Washington

Time for state to take the place of PSEG LI

s Jerry Kremer points out in his March 5 editorial, years of public-private partnerships under LIPA have removed us further from the root of our needs: an energy system in service of people, not profits. On good days, we pay outrageous rates for inadequate service. On bad days, we wait in the dark

unable to get clear answers on when service will return. On all days, we maintain reliance on climate-wrecking fossil fuels that put our region at risk of further catastrophe. Our utility consistently fails us, no more apparent than during last summer’s Tropical Storm Isaias which proved PSEG LI incapable of responding to the challenge of providing and

maintaining the resilient electric grid that Long Islanders need. It’s time for a new paradigm of energy management on Long Island and time to oppose any eﬀorts to further privatize our energy services. Across the country, publicly owned utilities have proven more aﬀordable and reliable for residential customers. They are more responsive to

customer needs, yielding better customer satisfaction. Their shorter outage times safeguard households’ food,medicine and safety and improve the productivity of small businesses. With a proper process in place, we can reimagine, reinvent, and restructure LIPA so that it is responsible to those most impacted by decisions concerning our energy

system. We can ensure that those who use, pay for, and work for the system have a say in how it runs. LIPA must terminate their contract with PSEG LI as soon as possible and fully municipalize. We can no longer separate LIPA from everyday Long Islanders. Paul Merkelson Transition Town Port Washington

Letter-writer’s unacceptable ignorance of racism

was disgusted by Larry Penner’s piece of March 12, in which he, without any irony whatsoever, declared racism and discrimination in America to be extinct and any residual impact of slavery and Jim Crow to have been completely remediated. Particularly reprehensible was Penner’s implication that, be-

cause his direct ancestors (Eastern European Jews) never owned African American slaves, it was wrong to use his tax dollars to examine the possibility of reparations. (Whichever aspiring comedian on your payroll thought up the oh-so-clever “Reparations are not kosher” title for the online version of the letter should, quite frankly, be fired.)

It is a shameful and inconvenient truth that our nation was built on the backs of African slaves and their American-born descendants. It is also an incontrovertible fact that the same system of white supremacy that kept generations of Black Americans in bondage did not disappear in the 1860s or 1960s and still poisons American society today.

It is everyone’s moral duty (regardless of how culpable one’s ancestors were) to dismantle such systemic bigotry and to come as close to a society free of hate, violence and poverty as is humanly possible. Penner’s claim that we’ve already achieved this goal would be hilarious if it weren’t so insidious. Speaking of culpability, I

would point out the harm of publishing a letter like Penner’s does, but you’ve made it clear on countless occasions that you believe it isn’t your responsibility as a publisher to moderate reader submissions. Shame on Penner and shame on you. Matthew Zeidman New Hyde Park

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After Covid White Castle’s 100th anniversary This essential country spellbound, lashed, lifted— and the heritage that I like glinting home. How amazing to make an astounding world of this perspective. Such wide horizons endowed by the sun: we laugh again. Stephen Cipot Garden City Park

arch 10 marked the 100th Anniversary of White Castle. Bill Ingram and Walt Anderson opened their first store in Wichita, Kan., with only $700 dollars on March 10, 1921. It became the first national fast-food hamburger chain. The original price was only 5 cents. In the early 1960s, my parents would take me to the Kitty City Amusement Park

which was just west of today’s Alley Pond Golf Center on Northern Boulevard. Our next stop would be the Bayside White Castle on the corner of Bell and Northern Boulevard. It was originally opened in 1932. Even in the 1960s, there was no seating area, just one long counter. It was a simple menu oﬀering 7 cents burgers or 14 cents for a double slider, french fries and soda at low cost..

As I got older, White Castle would become a late-night stop for a quick snack before going home. Prior to my 1997 wedding, Frank Sinatra was quoted in GQ Magazine saying he would always have White Castle hamburgers flown in to any performances in Las Vegas. My wife and I decided to honor the “Chairman of the Board” and had 200 sliders delivered to the Sky Line Princess in Flushing as part of our wed-

ding reception. Today White Castle faces many other competitors such as McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendys, Five Guys, Checkers, Sonic, Shake Shack, Smash Burger and others. For me, nothing beats a half dozen White Castle Hamburgers topped with cheese, extra onions and pickles! Larry Penner Great Neck

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Don’t rush to oust Cuomo from office

et us distill the Cuomo investigations and controversy and understand why a slim majority still support him remaining in oﬃce. For starters, I have never been a supporter of the Cuomos, not only because I worked for Ed Koch and George Pataki, but because they’ve been an integral part of the state’s liberal excesses.

Along with many Republicans and virtually all Democrats I know (I stay away from most so-called “progressives”), I, like President Biden, support his remaining at least until the conclusion of the inquiries. To be sure: the women’s allegations concern grossly inappropriate and unethical behavior. That said, they are virtually of no legal consequence. Surely,

I would not want my daughter subject to same, but enhanced policies can make sure that women can say “knock it oﬀ ” without sanction or retribution. This leaves the nursing home/Covid response. Andrew Cuomo wanted to be a singular hero and disused the USNS Comfort and Javits Center purposefully. He then used some time to pen a book and revel in an Emmy.

Notwithstanding this outrageous dereliction, unless the attorney general finds specific orders from the governor — in writing or corroborated by others under penalty of perjury — this too shall pass. The collective fear of those like me revolve around the leftists, the “progressives,” who are out to reduce our lives, educational systems, universities, hous-

ing — in short, everything — to “wokeness,” racial “bean counting” and mass, punitive taxation. There being at present no alternative, it is in the best interest of the taxpayers of this city and state that Andrew Cuomo complete his term of oﬃce. Jeﬀrey Wiesenfeld Great Neck Letters Continued on Page 46

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SUNY Old Westbury to open as mass site BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z SUNY Old Westbury will open its doors to New Yorkers seeking the coronavirus vaccine on Friday as eligibility to receive inoculations once again expanded throughout the state on Wednesday.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that SUNY Old Westbury is one of three mass vaccination sites that will open on Friday. The other two are the Southampton campus of Stony Brook University and the Brentwood campus Continued on Page 61

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SUNY Old Westbury’s campus will open its doors as one of three mass vaccination sites on Friday.

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BY R O S E W E L D ON Artifacts from the United States’ first COVID-19 vaccination, received by Port Washington resident and Northwell Health nurse manager Sandra Lindsay, will be entered into the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of American History, Northwell Health announced. Lindsay’s inoculation with the Pfizer vaccine on Dec. 14 at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park marked the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine given in the country. Northwell said that materials documenting the first doses as well as objects related to vaccine distribution and efforts to encourage the vaccination of frontline health care staff were donated, including the Pfizer vial that contained the first doses of approved vaccine administered, Lindsay’s original vaccination record card, and her scrubs and employee identification badge worn at the event. Lindsay, who also serves as director of critical care services at LIJ, was the first person known to receive the vaccine on American soil. “Having lived through the devastation and suffering created by the virus, I

knew I wanted to be part of the solution to put an end to COVID-19,” Lindsay said in a statement. “I hope that when people visit the museum and see all these items that they stop to honor the lives of people who did not make it and remember the loved ones they left behind. I hope it will inspire some discussion and education for future generations.” “December 14 was a historic moment for all: the day the very first COVID-19 vaccine was administered in the United States,” said Michael Dowling, president and CEO of Northwell Health. “It was our first real sign of hope after so many dark months in the fight against the global pandemic. Northwell was prepared to put shots in arms as soon as the vaccine arrived, not to make history but to protect our frontline workers battling COVID-19 as quickly as possible. But when Sandra Lindsay rolled up her sleeve, we weren’t just showing our team members the safety and eﬃcacy of this groundbreaking vaccine – we were telling the world that our country was beginning a new fight back to normalcy. It was an extraordinary moment, and I thank the Smithsonian for preserving this important milestone.” Continued on Page 60

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YOUR GUIDE TO THE ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND DINING

GOLD COAST CENTER CELEBRATING WOMEN BY R OB E RT PELAEZ The Gold Coast Arts Center in Great Neck is celebrating Women’s History Month through a variety of art forms. The virtual events being put on by the arts center this month include a film on the life and art of Frida Kahlo, a picture story on the life of global graffiti photographer Martha Cooper, and a screening of “Leona,” a film that tells the story of a Syrian-Jewish woman from Mexico City and her journey as an artist living with her family in a Jewish neighborhood. Another featured program the arts center included in the celebration of Women’s History Month is the popular “Making Memories Through the Arts.” The program invites anyone who may be suffering from any form of memory loss to come in and gain exposure to a variety of art, including dance and music classes and watching films. Since the pandemic began, the center has been transforming all in-person classes and events to an online platform. Ellen Schiff, the center’s School for the Arts director, and Kimberly Pogorelis, the school’s associate director, said there were some silver linings to going online. “We’ve had terrific volunteers and staff members serving us on the virtual format,” Schiff said. “We needed those people to almost manage the teachers and needed an assistant to take care of the general technology.” “The other great part about

converting to virtual format is the amount of people we are able to get to attend,” Pogorelis said. “Whether it’s dancing, pottery, painting, or any of the other courses we oﬀer to the public, they cater to really anyone.” Caroline Sorokoﬀ, the arts center’s associate director and director of its annual film festival, said the Making Memories program has seen exponential growth in viewership and attendance since the program was put online. The online platform allows the programs to be viewed after the live streaming

of the event throughout residential homes and assisted living facilities. “With in-person classes, we had around 100 people a month, pre-pandemic,” Sorokoﬀ said. “Since then, we have put them online, with our videos collecting more than 5,000 views, which is even more than 5,000 people watching when you think about it.” While the arts center and its volunteers have been busy coordinating and promoting virtual events that honor influential women in the arts, its female staﬀ members have been

the driving force, especially over the past year. The center’s founder and executive director, Regina Gil, said, “I rarely stop to consider the female prominence at the arts center. I think of us as a diverse group of people because we’re all different thinkers.” Gil touted the entire staff and the center’s board of directors for their tireless work, but spoke on the differences between men and women in the workplace. Gil underscored the importance of cohesive working throughout the center and how her female staff functions

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The Gold Coast Arts Center has created virtual events to celebrate Women’s History Month.

like a family more than anything else. “Women simply work differently than men,” Gil said. “The women in my office function more like a family and a team. There’s a certain level of flexibility and understanding that goes along with working here because we’ve all been there before.” Schiff and Pogorelis emphasized Gil’s points and said there’s synergy with the female staffers along with a mutual respect between them and the male employees. “We’re living in different times than most people grew up in, and it’s a time where women are really esteemed now,” they said. “It’s also not meant to take away from the fabulous male instructors we have here.” One of the reasons for mutual respect among all employees is the mindset that there is no job too small for anyone, Sorokoff and Gil said. “You have to work hard, but also have to know that your work always has value,” Sorokoff said. “Everybody knows when they get hired what their responsibilities are,” Gil added. “But everyone here has to do everything to further their vision along. Everyone I work with knows I’ll pick up the trash and do some cleaning. There is no job too small for anyone.” To register and learn more about upcoming events at the Gold Coast Arts Center, visit https://goldcoastarts.org/.

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How kids benefit from being read to Reading aloud to children is one of the joys of parenting. All children, whether they’re infants, toddlers or school-aged, can benefit from being read to, and parents whose youngsters have grown up often look back on story time as some of their favorite moments as moms and dads. Reading aloud to children is about more than just establishing a bond between parent and child. According to Reading Rockets, a national public media literacy initiative, children as young as infants can benefit from being read to. Infants can look at pictures as their parents point to them and say the names of the various objects within

them. By drawing attention to the pictures and associating words with them and real-world objects, parents are helping infants learn the importance of language. Kids of all ages can benefit from being read to, even after they learn to read on their own. The following are a handful of ways that reading aloud to children can benefit them. · Reading to children dramatically expands their vocabulary. A 2019 study published in the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics found that young children whose parents read them five books a day enter kindergarten having heard roughly 1.4

million more words than kids who were never read to. The disparity is even significant when comparing kids who are periodically read to each day with kids who are read five books per day. Children who are read to daily may hear slightly less than 300,000 words prior to entering kindergarten, while those read five books per day will hear more than 1.4 million words. · Reading to children expands their imaginations. The Northern Virginia Family Services reports that research has shown that children who activate their imaginations through being read to develop higher activity in the area of their brain that’s responsible for cultivating mental images and deciphering and comprehending verbal cues. That heightened activity bolsters youngsters’ imaginations and instills in them a greater fondness for reading. · Reading can help kids learn to focus. Parents of young children no

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doubt know that such youngsters rarely sit still for any significant length of time. However, when being read to, young children, even those who are initially reluctant to engage in story time, will learn to sit still for the duration of the book. That can help them learn to focus, a benefit that will pay dividends when children begin school. · Reading to children can speak to children’s interests or emotional needs. Reading Rockets notes that children’s favorite stories may speak to their emotional needs and interests. That’s why so many youngsters insist on reading a favorite book over and over again. Though that’s often boring for parents, it can benefit youngsters, who will eventually move on to other books. Reading to children can benefit them in myriad ways and provide a great way for parents to bond with their youngsters.

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The connection between music and learning Parents often go to great lengths to help youngsters do their best in school. Though there’s no one-size-fitsall formula to help kids realize their academic potential, incorporating music education into school curriculums can benefit students in myriad ways. According to the New England Board of Higher Education, music can benefit students of all ages. Young children who listen to music may have an improved ability to learn words and speak them correctly, helping them to develop larger vocabularies that can pay significant dividends when kids enter the classroom. In ad-

dition, a 2011 study published in the journal Neuropsychologia found that musicians performed better in auditory, visual and memory tests than nonmusicians. Students may even benefit in ways that surprise the most devoted music fans. For example, the NEBHE notes that playing a musical instrument, even one as simple as the triangle, has been proven to enhance dexterity and hand-eye coordination. That can help young children develop their motor skills more quickly than they otherwise might if they are not encouraged to play a musical instrument.

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the wheel. · Access to an expert: While Mom, Dad or another trusted adult may have the best intentions when teaching teens how to drive, they may be rusty with some of the rules. Furthermore, they may have adopted habits or shortcuts that, while they work for them, may not be the proper way to instruct new drivers. A driving school helps teens learn how to drive well and safely. · Specially equipped vehicles: The vehicles that driving schools have in their fleets have been modified to be especially safe. Most feature a rearview mirror and an additional brake

driver’s education program can be a wise investment, and one that reduces the number of collisions on the road. The following are some ways driving school can benefit young drivers. · Pass your test the first time: Though requirements are diﬀerent depending on where drivers live, they typically must pass both a written and a road test to earn their licenses. Driver’s education courses go over the rules of the road and the laws governing safe driving. A road instructor will go over driving basics and help you put them into practice while behind

pedal on the passenger side. This enables the driving instructor to have a clear view and also to act, if necessary, to avoid a collision while the student is still learning. · Meet requirements: Most states in the United States require driver training courses in some shape or form before a teen is able to get his or her license. In New Jersey, for example, obtaining a license is a multi-stage process. At age 16, teens may apply for a learner’s permit with proof of enrollment in a behind-the-wheel driver training course and a passing grade on the written test. At age

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Summer camp season is just around the corner. Each summer, millions of children depart for campsites around the country to swim, hike, craft, and enjoy the companionship of friends. Summer camps in North America were first established in the 1880s and were attended by children without their parents for overnight stays. By the 20th century, summer camps had become an international phenomenon, and various organizations hosted traditional summer camps or camps geared toward religion, sports, music and other subjects and activities. According to the American Camp Association, each year more than 14 million children and adults in the United States attend camp. America is home to more than 14,000 day and resident camps (8,400 are overnight camps and 5,600 are day camps). Nonprofit groups are the largest sponsors of summer camps. Many people put off summer camp planning until it is too late. Parents should keep in mind that camps begin registration early in the year and have specific cut-off dates for enrollment. Parents who want to beat the crowds this year can use this guide to help plan a summer camp agenda. · Attend an orientation seminar. Take the time to visit prospective camps for a tour, and use this open house as an opportunity to learn more about the programs offered. If available, find a camp employee to discuss your child’s eligibility for enrollment. Some camps may offer webinars for convenience. · Fill out the enrollment package completely. Each camp has their own requirements for registration. Expect to submit some personal information, including a

medical background and proof of insurance, names and numbers of emergency contacts, and any other pertinent information as it applies to the camper. This may include allergies, fears, physical or mental disabilities, or even preferences in camp courses. · Establish payment schedules. Summer camps vary in price. The ACA says camp costs range from $100 to more than $1,500 per week. However, many accredited camps oﬀer some sort of financial assistance for children from families with limited financial means. If cost is a factor, be sure to broach the subject. · Prepare children for the physical challenges a camp may present. Summer camp activities may be rigorous, and campers may need to be cleared by a physician before starting. Be sure to schedule your child a physical and bring along any pertinent forms. Children also can increase their levels of physical activity compared to the often sedentary nature of winter. Such preparation can prevent injuries when engaging in outdoor and physical activities. · Shop for supplies. Camps are likely to provide a list of requirements with regard to clothing and other equipment campers will need. Make sure kids have enough shorts, T-shirts, socks, athletic shoes, swimsuits, toiletries, and other camp necessities before they leave. · Keep children in the loop. Engage children in the planning process to help alleviate their fears and get them excited about summer camp. Summer camp can foster lifelong memories. Parents can help kids prepare in advance for the fun that’s soon to arrive.

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Summer camp is a beloved tradition in many families. Many parents of young children fondly recall spending their summers at summer camp, where they made lifelong friends and learned the finer points of roasting marshmallows and competing in three-legged sack races. Parents looking for the right summer camp for their kids will soon discover there are various types of summer camps, each offering youngsters something different. The following are some of the summer camp options parents can expect to encounter as they search for the right camper for their kids. Day camp Day camps are not overnight camps, which means kids will return home each night rather than sleep over at camp. Day camps typically offer many of the activities people have come to associate with camps, including crafts, sports and even day-trips to experience local culture or attractions. Many day camps are co-ed, and counselors typically live within the community. Faith-based camp Faith-based camps offer many of the same activities as more traditional summer camps, but do so while simultaneously offering campers the opportunity to celebrate and further explore their religious beliefs. Some faithbased camps may focus heavily on religion, incorporating faith into daily camp activities, while others may be more subtle with regard to integrating religious beliefs and lessons into camp activities.

Sports camps Some summer camps focus on a particular sport, catering to young athletes who want to further develop their athletic talents. Sports camps may feature guest lectures and lessons from notable local athletes and coaches, while some camps may provide instruction from current and/or former professional athletes. Some sports camps are overnight, while others are day camps. Family camps Family camps are opportunities for the whole family to enjoy the summer camp experience. Family camps typically tailor their activities around tasks families can complete together, with counselors providing assistance when it’s needed. Family camps may be faithbased or secular, and families typically stay overnight, sleeping in facilities on the campsites or in lodging away from home. Special needs camps Parents of children with special needs can still send their kids to summer camp, as there are many camps that cater to such youngsters. Special needs camps may cater to campers who are blind, deaf, learning disabled, or mentally or physically disabled. Staﬀ at special needs camps typically undergoes extensive training, which helps to calm some of the fears parents may have about leaving their special needs children at camp. Facilities at special needs camps are often built to accommodate the specific needs of campers.

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Things to consider before choosing a summer camp Summer camp is often something kids look forward to, and something they will fondly recall long after they reach adulthood. For many kids, summer camp provides a first taste of independence, as youngsters spend significant time away from home without their parents for the first time in their lives. But as great an experience as summer camp can be for youngsters, it can be just as difficult an experience if parents don’t find the right fit for their children. That’s why it behooves parents to start thinking about summer camps for their kids in winter, before camps start filling out their rosters, which tends to happen in early spring. The following are a few things parents should take into consideration when seeking a summer camp for their kids. Staff The right summer camp staff can make all the difference. Many children are understandably shy when arriving

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at a summer camp, as their friends from back home might not be joining them. That can make kids hesitant to participate in activities or less enthusiastic about those activities. But a good staff will know how to make kids feel welcome, which should help them come out of their shells and make the most of their summer camp experiences. The quality of staffs can vary significantly depending on the camp, so it’s important that parents ask camp representatives about their staffs before making any commitments. Ask how long the staff has been together and the types of training new and even veteran staff members undergo before the start of camp season? Does the training include first aid and emergency medical training and certification? It’s also good to ask about the vetting process the camp employs before hiring new staff, including the extent of its background checks. Are criminal background checks conducted? How many references must potential staff members

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of recreational activities are planned to give kids a break from what are often rigorous schedules. Camp goals Another thing parents must consider before choosing a summer camp for their kids is the goals of each individual camp. A camp should be dedicated to ensuring kids have fun, even when kids are attending more specialized camps that tend to be more strict. In addition, parents should look for a camp that wants its attendees to foster relationships with their fellow campers. Camp can be lonely for some youngsters, especially those attending summer camp for the first time, but a summer camp that strives to promote friendship among its campers can reduce, if not eliminate, any feelings of homesickness. Late winter is when parents should start looking at summer camps for their kids, and there are a host of factors moms and dads should take into consideration during the vetting process to ensure their youngsters have as much fun as possible.

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kids accustomed to living sedentary lifestyles. Regular physical activity has many health benefits and can set a foundation for healthy habits as an adult. 3. Gain confidence. Day and sleepaway camps oﬀer campers the opportunity to get comfortable in their own skin. Camps can foster activities in self-esteem by removing the academic measures of success and fill in with noncompetitive opportunities to succeed. Campers learn independence, decision-making skills and the ability to thrive outside of the shadow of their parents, siblings or other students. 4. Try new things. Camp gives children the chance to try new things, whether that’s learning to cook, exploring new environments or embracing a new sport or leisure activity. Opening oneself up to new opportunities can build character and prove enlightening for children. 5. Make new friends. Camp is a great place to meet new people and make lifelong friends. Campers flood in from areas near and far. This provides kids with a chance to expand their social circles beyond their immediate neighborhoods and schools. Camps benefit children in a variety of ways. Lessons learned in camp can strengthen values, build confidence, develop coping mechanisms when adversity strikes, and enable campers to make lifelong friends.

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Keep in touch with kids at camp Summer camp is an exciting way for children to spend their extended vacations from the classroom. Camps cater to various interests, including sports, crafts and even technological hobbies. Children who attend overnight camps may spend several nights away from home. Some kids take this in stride, while others, possibly away from home for the first time, may experience some homesickness. Staying in touch while the kids are at camp can help alleviate fears and show children their parents care. Camps now handle communication issues diﬀerently than they might have when today’s parents were campers. While it once common for campers to send handwritten letters or short missives home to mom and dad, technology has changed that. Today’s campers may have access to email accounts, or they even may be allowed to bring mobile phones along. This can facilitate communication, but it also may take away from the camping experience. Parents need to find a balance between what might be too little or too much contact with campers. After all, camp is kids’ chance to grow independent for a few days or weeks.

· Learn camp rules. The camp will likely provide information regarding correspondence. Camps may permit parents to send one-way emails and regular mail, but limit campers to handwritten letters only. Determine if mobile phones are allowed or should be left at home. Knowing the rules can help parents and kids plan accordingly. · Pack correspondence supplies. Send kids to camp with fun papers, stickers, pens, and other crafty items. This way they’ll be inspired to write home once or twice. Provide brief lessons on how to address an envelope for campers who may not know how. · Check blogs and texts. Some camps may blog about campers’ progress, post information on social media or send out mass texts. These messages can reassure parents that their youngsters are doing just fine. Figure out which tech options are available from camp administrators. · Send a care package. Treat the campers to some supplies from home. Pack camp-approved snacks and other reminders of home. Be sure to include enough for the entire cabin and your son or daughter will be the camp star. · Expect some silence. If camp is going well and campers’ days are fun-filled, they

may be too busy for daily correspondence. Parents may get nervous when they don’t routinely see or hear from their children, but chances are everything is going swimmingly.

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These nursing specialists are in demand Nursing can be a fast-paced, exciting occupation. Nursing is a vibrant field that includes talented professionals who specialize in various areas of health care. Depending on which type of medicine they find appealing, nurses can work in various settings. Demand for nurses is high. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicted that the demand for nurses in the United States would soar in the early years of the 2020s. The ongoing global pandemic has increased demand for nurses even more and highlighted how essential these workers really are. New nurses or seasoned applicants ready for something a little diﬀerent may appreciate the growth potential in a variety of in-demand specialties. · Geriatric nurse: The population of senior citizens is expected to increase by 75 percent between 2010 and 2030, according to Husson University Online. Many nurses have no geriatric training, making a career in geriatric nursing a viable option - and one that can provide for quality care for the aging population. · Cardiac nurse: The World Health Organization reports that heart disease is the leading cause of death across the globe. So it should come as no surprise that the demand for nurses with a specialty in cardiac health is growing. Car-

diac nurses can advise about preventing heart disease and assist in surgical procedures. · Certified nursing anesthetist: This interesting career option involves nursing and anesthesia. A certified nurse anesthetist administers anesthesia to patients under the supervision of an anesthesiologist. These nurses work closely with doctors in various fields. · Nursing midwife: In this specialty, nurses deliver babies and provide health care to pregnant patients. They also are instrumental in oﬀering prenatal and postnatal care. · Critical care nurse: Critical care nurses are especially educated and trained for emergency situations. They are called on to tend to serious wounds and monitor life-support systems. · Family nurse practitioner: An individual who becomes an FNP is trained in primary care health services for people of all ages. The duties of an FNP are similar to a primary care physician in diagnosing and treating illnesses, providing physical exams and prescribing medications. The opportunities in nursing are endless. Individuals have many options when they decide to become a nurse, and many fields that fall under the nursing umbrella are experiencing a shortage.

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The importance of free play in school

The National Education Association notes that recess and free play are critical to the development of students in grades pre-K through eighth grade. According to the NEA, recess and free play during the school day encourages interpersonal interactions and problemsolving skills, and such opportunities also can prove beneficial for older students. Despite these benefits, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that 40 percent of schools have reduced or eliminated recess over the last 20 years in an attempt to increase instructional time for students. While that may be understandable, it ignores the many benefits of recess and free play, which the American Academy of

Pediatrics says are crucial to students’ mental, emotional, physical, and social development. In addition, the AAP notes that research has shown a connection between recess/free play and improved performance in the classroom. This is true even for older students, including high schoolers. Regular breaks from the rigors of the classroom provide adolescent students with opportunities to mentally decompress, potentially improving their focus when classroom sessions resume. Such benefits highlight the important role of free play in the development of students, including older students whose school schedules may no longer include time for free play or recess.

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How parents can utilize their local library The COVID-19 pandemic has been challenging for everyone. As the world adjusted to lockdowns, school closures and remote working, parents have been faced with especially unique challenges, and many of those challenges were still present a year after lockdowns began. Finding productive ways for their children to fill their time has been an ongoing issue for parents since the pandemic began. School-age children may not be going to school for full days, and many virtual learning programs also end around lunchtime. But a familiar local resource may be just what parents need to keep their kids occupied at home on weekday afternoons. Local libraries are invaluable community resources, and that value has become even more apparent during the pandemic. Parents can utilize local libraries in various ways, each of which can help fill youngsters’ time during those hours when school is not in session. · Online story time: In normal

times, many libraries host in person story time sessions for young children. Many libraries have been unable to host in person story time since the start of the pandemic. But those same libraries may have transitioned to online story time. For example, the New York Public Library in New York City hosts weekday story times through its website. During such sessions, librarians read books, sing songs and even share literacy tips. An archive of story times is available at https://www. nypl.org/education/kids/storytime, and many local libraries offer similar services. · Craft sessions: Some libraries even offer free craft projects to members. Supplies can be picked up at the library on predetermined days of the week, and then families can work on the projects together at home or with other families through Zoom calls hosted by library employees. Parents can inquire with their local libraries to see if such programs are available in their communities. · Academic support: Some local

libraries even offer academic support, which can be especially valuable in the era of virtual learning when kids have little one-on-one time with their teachers. Tutoring services may be available via a local library, which also

may supply supplemental materials like interactive learning tools that can bring lessons to life. Local libraries can help families confront the academic and social challenges posed by the pandemic.

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How parents can help address bullying

Bullying is a global issue that affects children every day. A 2018 study from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics found that nearly one-third of teens worldwide had recently experienced bullying. Even more troubling is that the same study found that, in countries where children reported the highest incidences of bullying, 65 percent of girls and 62 percent of boys reported bullying. Preventing bullying is a community-wide responsibility. Parents can do

their part by taking the following measures to address bullying. · Address aggressive behavior. According to StopBullying.gov, a website managed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, aggressive behavior in young children is very common. Failure to address such behavior can lead to bullying, and children whose aggressive behavior goes unchecked may experience other problems with their peers. Whether their children have exhibited aggressive be-

haviors or not, parents can encourage cooperative behaviors like helping, sharing and problem-solving. · Engage with your children. Various studies have shown that children are more likely to bully other kids if their parents spend little time with them or do not regularly supervise their activities. But studies also have found that students are less likely to bully other children if their parents warmly engage with them. · Learn about bullying. Parents who learn about bullying are in better position to prevent it. Various myths prevail about bullying, and it’s important that parents recognize these myths. No child is immune from bullying, as StopBullying.gov indicates that children from all racial and ethnic backgrounds are vulnerable to bullying, which also affects kids of all ages. In addition, any child can engage in bullying. Parents who recognize these

facts are in better position to identify signs their child is being bullied or even bullying other students. · Teach by example. Children reflect the attitudes and behaviors of their parents. If parents exhibit disrespectful behaviors toward one another or other people, children are more likely to follow suit. In addition, a 2001 study published in the Journal of Clinical Child Psychology found that abused children are more likely to bully others and be bullied by others than children who are not abused. Maintaining a home environment in which every individual, including children, is respected can reduce the likelihood that kids will bully or be bullied by others. These are just a handful of strategies parents can employ to address bullying with their children. More information is available at www.StopBullying.gov.

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Simple ways to encourage young artists No two students are the same. Some students may love to read and naturally gravitate toward English class, while others may be fascinated by the world around them and find nothing stokes their academic passions quite like the study of physics. A passion for a given subject can make students more excited about school. But what about students with a passion for art? Many school districts have drastically cut back on fine arts classes. For example, a recent analysis of data from the State Department of Education in Oklahoma found that schools in the Sooner State cut more than 1,100 fine arts classes between 2014 and 2018. In the face of such budget cuts, parents may need to take a more active role in support of their children’s passion for art. The following are some ways parents can encourage that passion. · Recognize the educational value of art. PBS notes that creative activities are some of the building blocks of child development. While schools may be shifting their focus to common core subjects like mathematics, parents should recognize that art can be incredibly valuable to young minds as well. For example, art can help young children develop language skills, as creating art projects, even while just a toddler, often compels children to talk about their art. In addition, a recent

report from Americans for the Arts found that art education strengthens problem-solving and critical-thinking skills. If parents recognize the value of art, students are more likely to follow suit and reap all the rewards that art education provides. · Allow children the freedom to create. While technique is important for artists, young artists can benefit from some space. Other subjects are necessarily structured, but art sessions can be a great time for kids to simply explore their creativity without much interference from parents or educators. A designated room for arts, including arts and crafts, can illustrate to children that their interest in the arts is important and worthy of exploration. · Keep supplies well-stocked. Much like parents of young athletes enroll them in sports leagues or purchase the latest equipment, parents of children with a passion for art can indulge that passion by enrolling them in local art classes and keeping them well-stocked with art supplies. Even if the supplies are as simple as crayons and construction paper, their availability can send kids the message that their passion for art is not taken lightly. The arts can benefit students in myriad ways. If local school districts no longer offer art programs, it’s up to parents to find ways to encourage their children’s love of art.

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CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Jimmy Roberts to do music of George Gershwin On Sunday, March 21 at 3:00 p.m., Stephen C. Widom Cultural Arts at Emanuel will present a virtual concert, “S’Wonderful, S’Marvelous, S’Gershwin!” featuring composer and pianist Jimmy Roberts, who will perform selections of the music of George Gershwin. Jimmy Roberts, composer of the second-longest-running Oﬀ Broadway show in history, “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change,” is also an entertainer who has delighted audiences with his wit and his special way with a song. Recent engagements include Merkin Concert Hall, the Time Warner Center, the 92nd Street Y, Steinway Hall, and the National Arts Club. For seven years he was featured pianist at the Drake Hotel in midtown Manhattan. For Jimmy Roberts, the eternally modern Gershwin sound is all about rhythm. Gershwin absorbed the rhythms of “modern” America: speeding trains and planes, jazz joints in Harlem, the jagged syncopation of life in New York City. Is it any wonder that two of his most famous songs are “I Got Rhythm” and “Fascinating Rhythm”? One of Gershwin’s many gifts was blending those jazzy rhythms with traditional forms of classical music: rhapsodies (“Rhapsody in Blue”), concertos, symphonic poems (An American in Paris), and, of course,

operas, with his masterpiece, “Porgy and Bess.” But when it came to songs, it took two Gershwin brothers to make the magic, and it was older brother Ira who devised the witty and touching lyrics that go hand in hand with George’s melodies. In fact, they were awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1930 for their satirical operetta, “Of Thee I Sing.” All of this was accomplished in a mere two decades before George Gershwin’s untimely death at the age of thirtyeight. Jimmy Roberts, who has long been a Gershwin devotee, will relate fascinating anecdotes as he performs selections that are among America’s proudest treasures. The truth is, the whole world knows and loves the music of that street kid from Brooklyn. And all would agree, in his brother’s colloquial parlance, “S’Wonderful, S’Marvelous, S’Gershwin!” This concert is funded by the KisnerLevien families in memory of Donna Levien. Registration for this virtual event is $10.For further information, to register and purchase a ticket, go to: https://www.scwculturalarts.org/ sunday-series Call 516.482.5701 if you have questions.

Jimmy Roberts will play selections from the music of George Gershwin

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Happening at the Williston Park Library Carl DelVecchio Memorial Library www.willistonparklibrary.org By: Donna McKenna, Director E-mail: wppubliclibrary@gmail.com New titles added to the collection: No Holding Back—Lori Foster Serpentine—Jonathan Kellerman Shadow Box—Luanne Rice Wrong Family—Tarryn Fisher Four Winds—Kristin Hannah Narrowboat Summer— Anne Youngson Consent—Annabel Lyon Tangled Up in Blue: Policing the American City—Rosa Brooks The Williston Park Library is again partnering with LI Cares/16th Assembly District’s Legislative annual pet drive. The drive, which will run during the month of April, will help local soup kitchens and food pantries meet the needs of struggling families with pets. The most needed items are bags of dry dog and cat food, canned dog and cat food, cat box litter, treats, and toys. All food must be unopened and in its original packaging. A donation box will be available inside the Library. Thank you for your support.

Our Daily Hours Are: Open for Browsing: Monday-Friday: 10am-5:30pm. Vestibule Pick-Up: Monday-Friday: 10am-5:30pm. Browsing & Vestibule Pickup: Saturday: 10am-4pm “Open for Browsing” means you can come inside, walk around the Library, and look for books and other items. Please limit your time to 1 hour. 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. Three computers are available for public use for a limit of 30 minutes. 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 18; April 1 & 15—7pm in the Assembly Room of Village Hall. $10 p/person, p/session. Knitting Circle—March 18; April 8 & 22—11am-1pm in the Assembly Room of Village Hall. Long Island Reads Virtual Event— April 11, 2pm—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—7pm via Zoom. Copies of Landslide will be available at the Circulation Desk. Login information TBA. Children’s Programs Please check our website willistonarklibrary.org for updates on all upcoming events. Come into the Library for a free children’s craft every Monday for Take and Make Mondays Monday 3/15 To-Go Ceramic Eas-

ter Basket Kit- Come into the Library the week on March 15th to pick up a to-go ceramic Easter Basket kit. Registration is required. You will receive a Youtube link to a video where Rosemarie Attard will teach you how to paint the Basket. The cost for a kit is $25.00. To register send an email to Chris at willistonpr@yahoo. com Monday 3/15 Mystery Children’s Ceramic Craft Kit- Come in the week of March 15th to pick up a Mystery Children’s Ceramic Craft Kit. Painting a mystery ceramic can be fun for the whole family! The cost for a kit is $10.00. Register to pick up a kit with Chris at willistonpr@yahoo.com Tuesday 3/16 Virtual Children’s St. Patrick’s Day Bingo - Children 12 and under are invited to join us for virtual St. Patrick’s Day bingo! On Tuesday, March 16 from 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Registration is required. To register, please click the link on the event calendar on our website. Tuesday 3/30 Children’s Virtual Trivia- Put your knowledge to the test as we play trivia with Kahoot! For ages 5-12 on Tuesday 3/30 from 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Registration is required. To register, please click the link on the event calendar on our website.

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READERS WRITE

Imitation of government in Nassau County

aura Curran’s challenger for the county executive’s oﬃce has been chosen, and the choice is quite predictable. GOP Party Chair Joe Cairo picked a reliable perennial. He is Bruce Blakeman, who perennially loses elections. But he’s available and in Nassau that punches your ticket. Quoted in Newsday, Blakeman said if elected he would bring “fairness back to the [property] assessment system in Nassau” and find new ways to boost economic growth to increase the county’s tax base. “I am focused on the tax burden on the average person in Nassau,” Blakeman said. “There is only so much they can take.” He’s right about that. Me? I’ve been involved in property tax assessment in this county since 1986. I have personally met, corresponded or spoken with County Executive Tom Gulotta, the late Queens Borough President Claire Shulman, state Sen. Ralph Marino, then- As-

semblyman Tom DiNapoli, Assessor Abe Seldin and Carl McCall, then head of Citigroup’s public affairs office, among others. I’ve got nearly 35 years sunk into this. Imagine being trolled by your own county government on this issue for over three decades, only to live to see Ms. Curran’s crowning achievement, making it even worse than ever before. I didn’t even think that was possible, but she managed it. Mr. Blakeman, having been around county politics for all these decades, says he’ll bring fairness back. Unfortunately, you just have to elect him to find out how, but you can spare yourselves. There’s nothing he has to offer. “(Joe) Cairo said with 65 percent of Nassau’s property owners seeing increased property taxes, Blakeman will “fix” the Curran administration’s countywide reassessment program.”

Uh-huh. It’s like someone reanimated Tom Gulotta. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me 62 times, shame on me. And, of course, he has no chance of being elected. He’s a sacrificial lamb for an election whose outcome is already foretold. Now that Ms. Curran has the gift of half a billion dollars to spend from the American Rescue Plan (take that, NIFA), she will be pretty much unstoppable. Mitch McConnell may be the most loathsome politician in the nation, but he was right on this one: incompetence and reckless profligacy have rarely been so richly rewarded. Nassau’s eternal failure, and one that will plague it for decades, is that as the county grew, its political class never grew with it. It could never rise above the petty culture of cronyism and self-dealing that populated county oﬃces with so many bad actors for decades. There are no professionals. Bodies are simply plucked and

pressed into office as opportunities open. The same is happening for the county comptroller’s office. No experience required. Meanwhile, up in Albany, the vultures are circling around the wounded carcass of Andrew Cuomo’s political career. Tom DiNapoli and Tom Suozzi are expressing interest, seeking their long-awaited gold watch for all those years in unremarkable public “service.” And what will they bring to the office besides name recognition? As much as Bruce Blakeman would. And so, the parade of cardboard men is trotted before you. They seek to hold office, and indeed, that is all they CAN do since they cannot or will not govern. Their sole job is the maintenance of a perpetual, stochastic grift machine that feeds off the labor of the state’s citizens for the enrichment of their donor class and patrons. It’s like taking over a donut franchise: the ownership

changes hands, but the product oﬀering on the shelves remains the same. Nothing of substance changes, unless you believe not putting your name on a county road sign is a major political objective. And that is what happens when you have a political culture that believes itself deserving of fawning admiration for not even meeting its core competency. The mere paving of a road is supposed to demand expressions of gratitude. Legislators fall over themselves pushing for a county poet laureate or raising the smoking age. There is no substance. I don’t have much time left in Nassau County. As I look back on the decades past, all I can see is an ocean of awful. We deserved so much more, and we were spineless fools to accept these outcomes. And there is more awful to come. Donald Davret Roslyn

Too late to save the Great Neck peninsula

ately I’ve been watching a lot of movies that deal with time travel. A young Mr. Spock meets an old Mr. Spock. Billy Pilgrim in “Slaughterhouse Five.” In “The Terminator,” a human from the future comes back in time to save the Mother-to-be of the man who saves humanity from the Cyborgs in the future. It’s a good trick; he comes back, impregnates the woman, who bears his son, who is his commander back (forward?) in the future. In Terminator 2, the same woman, Sarah Connor, tries warning Humanity of the destruction that is to come. She has seen it. No one believes her, of course, with her story of time travel and apocalypse.I feel like Sarah Connor. I’ve seen the future, and now it’s here. I tried warning people, but got ignored or laughed out of the room. So now we can all watch, in slow motion- as the Peninsula goes past the tipping point. For those who fought along as we tried to stem overdevelopment, for those who cheered when Dr. Bral pulled back his “master plan” for redevelopment of the Village from the public agenda, I have some bad news; that battle is long lost.

Some fight on, believing there is a chance for victory, for mitigating the damage caused by greed and short sightedness. WAKE UP! The war is over, the cyborgs have won, overdevelopment is already happening, and is, I believe, beyond stopping, or even mitigating. “No, Sam!”, “Say it ain’t so!” . Why do I say this? If you recall when the war over the “master plan” was raging, there were 19 properties identified as “properties of interest”- ripe for the picking, you might say. Developers had picked out 19 properties to redevelop, and this was the raison d’etre for the “master plan” itself- to give political cover to the developments, as well as the “Citizen’s Advisory Committee”, which was created to give political cover to the plan. Two layers of shade meant to give credibility to all the new development. Well, the “master plan” is gone. The Citizen’s Advisory Committee is gone. But what about the nineteen “properties of interest”?!777 Middle Neck is being redeveloped- 44 apartments on the way.733-741 Middle Neck is being redevelopedoriginally 25 apartments or so, the project is now up to 60!

Middle Neck Pharmacy is gone, 10 apartments under construction.Middle Neck Road and Clover Drive is under construction; 44 apartments.Just south of this, on the other side of the gas station, 74 Units are going in at 200 Middleneck Road. (where Cafe Rustica used to be, where my kids’ Pediatrician still is). Just North of this, on the other side of Temple Israel, 100 new apartments are going in. Think they’ll keep the trees, let alone the people, at Millbrook Court?! In Great Neck Plaza, there are 13 apartments going in at 16 Maple Drive- the corner across from Daruma; where Tasti D-Lite used to be. This is across the street from “The Playhouse”, with 20 apartments, and around the corner from 15 Bond Street, which is renting out 60 apartments. And then there’s the old sewer site on East Shore Road, which looks like it will be developed into 50+/- apartments. Catch my drift?! Have you been adding up apartments as you’ve been reading? Let me save you the time: 475. That’s right folks, as of now there are 475 apartments already built, under construction,

or in the final stages of getting paperwork in order! Is this enough to “revitalize” the Peninsula? Because it’s sure enough to stuff the schools, the parking lots, the roads. Is it enough to keep a supermarket open, or a movie theatre, or an Italian Restaurant (we miss you Bruzell’s, Bevanda, Cafe Rustica). If there are 74 apartments going in across the street from Associated Market, how many will be built to replace Associated?: The empty storefronts on that block- The warehousing of empty stores (Subsidized by New York State — end this!) is a sure sign something’s in the works. It’s hard to imagine this Peninsula getting any more divided than it already is- Ethnic differences, Political differences, masks and ant-maskers- now age differences, as Millennials campaign for more apartmentsto stay close to parents, or to replay the good old days of the Great Neck they grew up in- as they begin and grow families of their own in the great town they remember growing up in. The problem is that that town is gone, and will never be back. I’m enough of a Buddhist to understand that nothing lasts

forever- that the only constant in life is change. The world is changing. The very concept of “suburb” is changing. At least how this suburb is changing. Can we call it “Urbanurbia”? We have to learn to live together, without the bitter divisions, in this new version of The Peninsula. It’s the only way to live, especially as we get more crowded.I’ve never been “an obstructionist”, or an “antiall-developmentist.” Clearly, there’s been a need for revitalization, and some level of development- I just argued for scaled-down developmenta scale in line with a suburban village. But 475 apartments?! And this is before Associated goes under the plow, and the last jewels in the crown- the department of public works site turned into- who knows how many apartments (trust me- people already know how many- they’re just not sharing!), and of course, where I got on this merry-go-round, Academy Gardens.Anyway, to quote Bugs Bunny, before he gets canceled too; “That’s all Folks”! Sam Yellis Village of Great Neck

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OUR VIEWS

Discouraging new homes, renovations Continued from Page 14 We don’t think it’s any coincidence that the people who have been underpaying their taxes are generally older, wealthier and white – increasingly the profile of Republican voters everywhere. The county GOP’s desire to maintain this system can be seen in the push to make the county assessor position an elected one – a bad idea already tried by the county and rejected not long ago by Nassau voters. Think of it. A politicized assessment system supported by tax firms with a vested interest in inaccuracies that punishes the poor and minorities. Just what Nassau County needs.

And Republicans wouldn’t even need to elect a Republican county executive to make it happen. All they would need was a candidate for county assessor who oﬀered enough voters what they wanted to see on their tax bills. Like what we had before Curran. Curran, for her part, recently froze assessments for the 2022-23 tax to prevent sharp swings in assessments caused by surging home sales during the coronavirus. This pushes fairness in county taxes further oﬀ. The real problem with eliminating the five-year phase-in is the number of residents who don’t want to pay for what they are spending for schools, the

county and special districts. At least if they can’t find someone else to shoulder more of the burden. A fairer solution would be to eliminate the phase-in and either increase revenues some other way or cut expenses. Property owners could actually cut expenses themselves by voting against school budgets, which account for about twothirds of property taxes. But that will happen when, as they say, pigs fly. So, fair or not, it’s up to the county government to find a solution. This year the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, the state agency that has been oversee-

ing the county’s finances since 2000, provided Nassau with more than $400 million in financial relief by restructuring county debt. The COVID relief bill could inject more money this year. But those are one-time fixes. According to NIFA trustees, the county would be better served by developing a plan to raise revenues and cut expenses – something oﬃcials have resisted doing for the past 20 years. A group of government experts said the same thing in October at a town hall hosted byBlank Slate Media. The panelists said they have oﬀered many suggestions to increase revenues and cut ex-

penses that have been ignored by oﬃcials on both sides of the political aisle. Another change that would make the tax system fairer if not less expensive is to shift part of the tax burden to a county income tax. Even when 100 percent accurate, property taxes are unfair because they don’t take into account a person’s ability to pay. An income tax does. So there are ways to avoid having people who buy new homes or fix up existing ones subsidize the taxes of those who have been underpaying their taxes for the past decade. The question is whether there is the will.

OUR TOWN

A cure for laziness in today’s kids Continued from Page 16 Kids are practical and they do respond to bargains or deals. You provide them with a choice which they make on their own. As an example, if you want your young one to become more focused and disciplined regarding school work, the deal you present is they can choose to do an hour of homework and will have all the video game time their sweet little heart’s desire. But if

they choose not to do the allotted amount of homework, then they incur a penalty of no video games, no computers and no smart phones for the remainder of the day. A simple enough bargain and relatively easy to monitor. All the child has to do is complete the hour of homework, show you the completed work and voila it’s game time. But if they do not show

you the completed work, then: “Sorry, my child, no game time today. It was all your choice, Honey. Remember?” The only real discussion takes place at the very beginning of the deal. This contract must be performed for the entire school year. And you might want to shift the task to home chores when school is out in the summer. You need to be able to monitor the work daily and you need

to have control of the smart phone stuﬀ. Over time you will see the grades rise, pride mount and the future is insured. This is called Response Cost and it’s a technique that works well with adults who are trying to lose weight. They give up sweets for the day or else pay the spouse $20. The contract is set for one year. This technique works very well. Response Cost is a useful

strategy because it transcends problematic notions like will power. The formula is simple. For the kid it means do my homework in order to play my games. Not doing my homework means no game time for the day. This may be the most important deal kids ever make because it’s a deal that develops discipline, pride and a better future. Who could ask for anything more?

VIEW POINT

Women are still not treated equally in America Continued from Page 17 The focus is on how the laws disadvantage voters along racial lines because that is what the Voting Rights Act prohibits (the Supreme Court has no quarrel with partisan gerrymandering). But make no mistake, with women credited with putting Biden in the White House, these voter suppression laws are aimed at stripping women of their voting rights. The initiatives – the worst since Jim Crow, with measures that go so far as to make promoting absentee voting a felony (in Texas); prohibiting the “souls to the polls” bus (Georgia); purging voter rolls, and reducing hours and places to vote in ways that give advantage to rural and suburban voters over urban voters (black, young, Democrats)

– are a reminder that the Constitution does not actually protect one-person, one-vote nor does it acknowledge women as equal persons with the same equal protection under law. The fact that the Biden Administration has been trying to reverse the damage of the Trump administration is further proof that women’s rights need to be codified in the Constitution, so they can’t be reversed with every new administration. When you don’t have the right to control your own body, the right to choose your future, the right to self-determination or the same opportunity to cast a ballot, you are not an equal person. So in addition to passing the We the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and re-

authorizing the Violence Against Women Act, the Democratically controlled Congress needs to finish the ratification and adoption of the Equal Rights Amendment. The ERA simply specifies that women are entitled to the same legal rights as men: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” Last year Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the amendment, the last state need-

ed to meet the two-thirds threshold. By 1977, 35 states had ratified the ERA; but the three most recent states—Illinois, Nevada and Virginia—didn’t ratify it until 2017 onward, beyond the 1982 deadline that Congress put in the 1972 bill (there is no deadline specified in the Constitution) In 2020, 100 years after women got the right to vote, the House voted to rescind the 1982 deadline for ratification, though this was yet another bill that

then-Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked. So, despite being ratified by two-thirds of states, U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras set it aside, ruling that an arbitrary deadline for ratification had passed. (www.newsweek.com/ equal-rights-amendment-cantratified-judge-rules-case-couldhead-supreme-court-1574206) Congress needs to amend its own deadline and make the Equal Rights Amendment part of the Constitution.

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Voters split on Cuomo resignation: poll Continued from Page 8 more nauseous, and other female senior advisers reportedly “grew hostile” after she began speaking up for herself. Boylan said she announced her resignation from the state government in an email to staﬀ members on Sept. 26, 2018. “There is a part of me that will never forgive myself for being a victim for so long, for trying to ignore behavior that I knew was wrong,” Boylan said. “The Governor exploited my weaknesses, my desire to do good work and to be respected. I was made to believe this was the world I needed to survive in.” Charlotte Bennett, a former executive assistant and health policy adviser in Cuomo’s administration, told The 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 James has launched an investigation into the allegations. Cuomo said he expressed goodnatured 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 position, 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.” A third woman, Anna Rauch, said Cuomo made sexual advances during a 2019 wedding, according to multiple reports. The Times posted a picture of Cuomo grabbing Rauch’s face with both of his hands during the event. Three other women, including one other former aide, have made their al-

legations public, include instances where they claim Cuomo inappropriately touched them at the governor’s mansion. Last Thursday, the Albany Police Department was notified about an allegation from the sixth and most recent woman who accused Cuomo of sexual harassment. According to multiple reports, the woman, whose name and age has not been released, was allegedly called to the governor’s mansion to help fix a problem with his cellphone. A source close to the woman told the Albany Times Union that Cuomo allegedly put his hands underneath the woman’s blouse and began to grope her, despite the woman telling him to stop. “As a matter of state policy when allegations of physical contact are made, the agency informs the complainant that they should contact their local police department,” Beth Garvey, acting counsel to the governor, said in a statement. To go along with that, investigative reports from The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times cited documents and interviews with six people who had “direct knowledge” of discussions with Cuomo and state health officials surrounding the numbers of nursing home deaths. More than 9,000 nursing home residents in New York had died from coronavirus, according to a draft report last July from the state’s Department of Health, according to the articles. But Cuomo and some of his top aides, including Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa, allegedly urged Health Department officials to omit the total figures so that the report would only show residents who physically died in a nursing home, rather than nursing home residents who were transported to a local hospital and died there. According to The Times, the 9,000 figure was dropped. In January, James announced that an investigation into the Health Department revealed coronavirus deaths of nursing home residents had been undercounted. James said in a statement on Jan. 28 that her office had been investigating nursing homes throughout the state “based on allegations of patient neglect and other concerning conduct that may have jeopardized the health and safety of residents and employees,” received as early as March 2020 and numbering more than 900 since November. More than 20 nursing homes were under in-

vestigation as a result, according to James. “As the pandemic and our investigations continue, it is imperative that we understand why the residents of nursing homes in New York unnecessarily suffered at such an alarming rate,” James said. “While we cannot bring back the individuals we lost to this crisis, this report seeks to offer transparency that the public deserves and to spur increased action to protect our most vulnerable residents.” The initial investigations conducted by James’ office indicated that a larger number of nursing home residents died from the coronavirus than reported by the state’s Department of Health. Based on a survey of 62 nursing homes that found the state undercounted the fatalities there by an average of 56 percent, the data could push the department’s original count of 8,711 coronavirus-related deaths in nursing homes to more than 13,000, according to the report. Investigations also showed that the lack of compliance in nursing homes with infection control protocols put residents at increased risk of harm, and facilities that had lower pre-pandemic staffing rating had higher coronavirusrelated fatality rates. After the investigation’s preliminary findings were publicized, the state came out with new data that showed an additional 3,800 coronavirus-related deaths of nursing home residents had occurred in hospitals. The situation escalated when DeRosa told state lawmakers in a private phone conversation that the state delayed providing officials with updated statistics after former President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice sent an inquiry regarding coronavirus-related deaths in nursing homes. “Basically we froze because then we were in a position where we weren’t sure if what we were going to give to the Department of Justice or what we give to you guys, what we start saying was going to be used against us,” DeRosa said on the call. DeRosa later clarified her quote to state legislators in a statement. “I was explaining that when we received the DOJ inquiry, we needed to temporarily set aside the Legislature’s request to deal with the federal request first,” she said. “We were comprehensive and transparent in our responses to the

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DOJ, and then had to immediately focus our resources on the second wave and vaccine rollout.” Local officials have been vocal on their opinions on whether Cuomo should resign or not. Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers) and U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City) were clear in their calls for the governor to surrender his post amid the growing allegations. “Every day there is another account that is drawing away from the business of government,” Stewart-Cousins said in a statement. “New York is still in the midst of this pandemic and is still facing the societal, health and economic impacts of it. We need to govern without daily distraction. For the good of the state Governor Cuomo must resign.” “The accused is still trying to control this process,” Rice tweeted. “The time has come. The Governor must resign.” U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) and Assemblyman Charles Lavine (DGlen Cove) expressed confidence in James, who is conducting investigations into the matters, and called the allegations “troubling.” “I believe the Governor must seriously consider whether he can effectively continue to govern in the midst of these unfolding allegations,” Suozzi said. “If he cannot effectively govern with all of the controversy surrounding him, he must put the interests of all New Yorkers first and he should resign.” “New York State’s Attorney General will be responsible for the investigation into the troubling allegations against Governor Cuomo,” Lavine said regarding the nursing home investigation. “While there were some reactive calls for an inquiry to be conducted by the legislature, I have full confidence in our [Attorney General].” Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) cited the allegations and investigations into Cuomo and his administration as a reason to dismiss a bill extending his emergency powers. “The fact that Democrats would extend the governor’s existing orders indefinitely at a time when he’s under investigation for sexual harassment and obstruction of justice is just unfathomable to me,” Ra said. “We should be doing much more to empower local leaders to make important decisions for the communities they know so well, especially regarding vaccine distribution.”

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COMMUNITY NEWS

NYITCOM researcher wins CAREER grant Akinobu “Aki” Watanabe, assistant professor of anatomy at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, has secured a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award from the U.S. National Science Foundation. Watanabe, a vertebrate paleontologist, is the first New York Institute of Technology faculty member to receive a CAREER award, which is one of the NSF’s most competitive grants. Principal investigators can receive this award once in their career and may only submit a proposal three times. Watanabe’s first submission was selected and is expected to receive a fiveyear award of $710,855. His research project, “Evo-Developmental Interactions of Craniofacial and Brain Anatomy,” will tackle how the brain and skull interact over millions of years to cause evolutionary structural changes, as well as causes of brain-skull interaction in the days and weeks before birth. Combining traditional and advanced research techniques, the project is the most comprehensive of its kind to investigate brain-skull interaction over these two complementary timescales. Better understanding of brain-skull interactions may allow clinicians to prevent and treat future neurological and cranial birth defects, which can cause de-

velopmental delays, physical disabilities, and even death. In particular, findings may benefit craniosynostosis, a condition where skull joints close prematurely and prevent normal brain growth, and hydrocephalus, a condition where excess cerebrospinal fluid (fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord) expands brain tissue, leading to skull swelling. “The brain and skull are intimately linked physically, developmentally, and functionally, and this interaction needs to be clarified for us to gain a holistic understanding of the forces that shape the development and evolution of these structures. I will study these interactions using birds as a model system, but this topic has clinical relevance to serious birth defects in humans,” said Watanabe, who has also lent his expertise to several other NSF-funded studies. While many studies analyze the brain and skull as independent structures, Watanabe will simultaneously study the evolution and development of both structures and their “tissue-to-tissue” relationship. In two complementary studies, Watanabe will analyze brain-skull interaction in birds, which, like humans, have a large brain capable of higher cognitive functions. In one study, he will use computed tomography technology, including the micro-CT scanner at NYITCOM’s Visual-

ization Center, and high-density shape modeling to analyze how brain-skull interaction has impacted the evolution of these two structures over millions of years. More than 350 species of birds, ranging from hummingbirds to ostriches, will be analyzed. The other study will pinpoint the mechanisms responsible for brain-skull interactions during early development. Using both traditional and modern techniques, Watanabe will collect samples from live chicken embryos and visualize the interaction between the brain and the skull over their 21-day gestational period. CAREER program proposals must also include an educational component. In collaboration with NYITCOM’s Center for Biomedical Innovation, he will create a virtual reality game reflecting the project’s research themes, which will serve as an educational tool for students in middle school through college. In a second educational initiative, he will transform the scientific data into music, which will culminate with a public recital, allowing science education to reach wider, more inclusive communities, including the visually impaired and non-scientists. The NSF is an independent agency of the U.S. government that supports fundamental research and education in all

the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health. NSF funding accounts for approximately 27 percent of the total federal budget for basic research conducted at U.S. colleges and universities. This project is funded by NSF CAREER Award ID No. 2045466. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the oﬃcial views of the NSF.

Pictured: Brain-Skull interaction will be digitally modeled and analyzed using a high-density shape analysis, similar to this digital model of a chicken skull. The colors represent different types of landmark points. The red are distinct anatomical features, the yellow are boundaries of each skull bone, and blue points characterize the shape within each bone.

Girl Scout Cookie pop-up drive-thru launches Girl Scouts of Nassau County has announced a special Girl Scout Cookie® Pop-Up event! For one weekend only, beginning Saturday, March 20 through Sunday, March 21, Girl Scouts will host a drive-thru booth sale at the Girl Scouts of Nassau County’s headquarters in Garden City. The limited-time event will help support local Girl Scouts while providing customers with the chance to purchase popular favorites such as Thin Mints®, Samoas®, Trefoils®, S’Mores® or Lemon Ups® before the Girl Scout Cookie season ends on March 31. “We’re so excited to announce this special weekend event—which will benefit local Girl Scouts as well as our customers. It’s the perfect opportunity to stock

up on Thin Mints before they’re gone until next year!” said Rande Bynum, Chief Executive Oﬃcer, Girl Scouts of Nassau County. “I am so proud of our Girl Scouts for going above and beyond as cookie entrepreneurs this season. They have established new sales methods and are true gogetters when it comes to working to reach their sales goals. Our overall goal for this Girl Scout Cookie Pop-up is to sell at least 60,000 packages of cookies through the drive-thru, with GrubHub and online.” In conjunction with this event, Girl Scouts across Nassau County will be hosting their own family booth sales and drivethru sales as another option for customers to support. Customers can visit the pop-up event located at 110 Ring Road in Garden City

during the hours of 11 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 20 and from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 21. In addition to the drive-thru, for this weekend only, Girl Scouts of Nassau County will also partner with GrubHub to bring Girl Scout Cookies right to a customer’s doorstep. Customers can order Girl Scout Cookies® for delivery on Grubhub.com or the Grubhub app. With hands-on experience in managing e-commerce, local Girl Scouts will track and fulfill orders, manage inventory, and more, all using Grub Hub’s back-end technology. As always, the proceeds benefit Girl Scout troop activities and Girl Scout council programs while adding convenience for cookie-lovers. Another feature of the Girl Scout

Cookie Pop-up event is the discounted delivery for online orders at www.girlscoutcookies.org or when using the oﬃcial Girl Scout Cookie® Finder app, free on iOS and Android devices. While ordering online Girl Scout Cookies®, customers can still opt to purchase cookies to donate to Girl Scouts of Nassau County’s Gift of Caring programs, including Hometown Heroes, and Operation Cookie where they can donate Girl Scout Cookies to our first responders, doctors, nurses, retail employees, servicemen and women, and other key people who put themselves in harm’s way to keep the rest of us safe, and to help keep our communities going. To learn more about Girl Scouts of Nassau County, visit www.gsnc.org/.

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Business&RealEstate

Why market so different than 2008? When comparing today’s real estate environment to that of the market leading up to the implosion of 2008, there are marked diﬀerences that still make this market an excellent time to purchase. Back then it was a piece of cake securing financing because the regulations were so lax and if you had a pulse, the majority of lending institutions made it very easy to provide you a no documentation mortgage. Today it is much diﬀerent in qualifying for a mortgage. The Urban Institute, and I quote, “released their latest Housing Credit Availability Index which “measures the percentage of owner-occupied home purchase loans that are likely to default — that is, go unpaid for more than 90 days past their due date. A lower HCAI indicates that lenders are unwilling to tolerate defaults and are imposing tighter lending standards, making it harder to get a loan. A higher HCAI indicates that lenders are willing to tolerate defaults and are taking more risks, making it easier to get a loan.” The HCAI is way below the pre-crisis standard index of 12.5 of 2001-2003 for the entire mortgage market when mortgage companies were will-

ing to tolerate much higher risk. However, today’s index is less than 5 percent which is the lowest since its inception and way within the threshold of safety. Price appreciation in 2017 was 6.4 percent, 2018 was 4.8 percent, 2019 was 4.7 percent and 2020 9.2 percent and has been above the normal 3.8 percent (Corelogic.com) but it is still within an acceptable range based on the run-up of prices from 2002-2005 of 8.5 percent, 8.7 percent, 12.5 percent and 11.4 percent. As you can see prices have increased substantially but not going out of control as they did in the early 2000s. Another factor in today’s strong market appreciation is that we are not in a surplus housing market like we were back then, but a deficit housing market. Again as an example of past history, in 2004 we had 3.9 months of housing inventory, 2005 5 months, 2006 6.4 months and 2007 9.6 months; where a normal market has 6-7 months of inventory. This caused the blowup of the housing market as more and more inventory came onto the market. However, in 2017 we had 4 months of inventory, 2018, 3.7 months, 2019, 3 months and

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2020 2.1 months. You can easily see that right now there is no housing bubble. Historically low interest rates have caused price increases way above the inflation rate of less than 2 percent. Another factor in why the market is not overheating is that new construction, especially on Long Island, is considerably less than from 2005-2010 increases where there was excessive building as the market demand was sliding. We have had 13 years of construction that has been lower than the 50-year average as per the Census bureau. Here on Long Island especially in Nassau with the continued lack of land to build on, prices will continue to increase until there is either less demand

or increases in interest rates, thereby pricing more and more out of the market. There are those who are in a position to buy and knock down the existing home to build a new one. As mentioned in last week’s column Suﬀolk had a 23+ percent increase in prices; as there is a greater supply of land to build upon in that location. Prices are considerably lower there which is another reason for even greater demand having more families moving in that direction. Obviously, the 400,000-plus who left NYC in 2020 greatly assisted in the amazing sales increases during the 3rd and 4th quarters as it put pressure for price appreciation to be double digits out there.For many, higher prices have not discouraged them from purchasing. One reason is that their wages are higher than during the run-up in prices back in the early 2000s and interest rates are half of what they were back then. The percent of median income that was needed from 1985-2000 was 21.2 percent, in 2006 it was 25.4 percent and today is 14.9 percent. This has added to the pent-up demand for housing which was acerbated by the Covid-19 Pandemic, which exploded the demand in

the last 2 quarters of 2020. Also added to the mix are those families and singles that continue to enter the market every year who are income and creditworthy. Mark Fleming, chief economist for First American, explains,“Lower mortgage interest rates and rising incomes correspond with higher house prices as home buyers can afford to borrow and buy more. If housing is appropriately valued, house-buying power should equal or outpace the median sale price of a home. Looking back at the bubble years, house prices exceeded house-buying power in 2006, but today house-buying power is nearly twice as high as the median sale price nationally.”Today, over 50 percent of homes have over 50 percent equity and are on much more solid ground than back 15 years ago. They used their equity as a piggy bank as back then, drawing down their equity as many did. Then prices collapsed and so many had decreased their values less than the mortgaged amount and became, as they say, “underwater.”Lastly, today homeowners are not refinancing and taking out as much equity as they did years ago. In 2005 total equity of 263 billion was cashed out, 2006, 321 billion and 2007, 240 billion. In 2018, 87 billion, in 2019, 108 billion and 2020, 153 billion. So overall homeowners and purchasers are in considerably better financial condition than ever before. However, the future of our housing market will be determined by the balance between the demand going forward and increases in mortgage rates over the next few years as well as the housing supply. No one has a crystal ball, but for the time being things are very good for sellers and buyers. 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 and also as a Certified International Property Specialist. For a “FREE” 15 minute consultation, a value analysis of your home, or to answer any of your questions or concerns he can be reached by cell: (516) 647-4289 or by email: Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate. Com

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Recent Real Estate Sales in the

Willistons

69 Cushing Avenue, Williston Park

20 Amherst Street, Williston Park

4 bd, 3 ba, 2,028 sqft, Sold on: 1/12/21, Sold Price: $780,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Herricks

3 bd, 3 ba, 1,721 sqft, Sold on: 1/12/21, Sold Price: $670,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Mineola

517 Watkins Drive, Mineola

11 Wheeler Avenue, Albertson

4 bd, 3 ba, Sold on: 12/23/20, Sold Price: $688,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Mineola

5 bd, 6 ba, 3,500 sqft, Sold on: 12/16/20, Sold Price: $1,200,000 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.

Mike Fink

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E.W. ed board presents ’21-22 budget Continued from Page 1 and students can expect from the 202122 school year, North Side School Principal James Bloomgarden explained administrators are prepared to continue dealing with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We don’t know [what’s in store for 2021-22], but we will continue to follow the latest guidelines that are put forth by both the state Education Department and the New York State and Nassau County Department of Health to make sure that we are ensuring the safety of all of our students and staff within the building,” Bloomgarden said. However, as the vaccine rollout makes progress, school administrators hope to return to some pre-pandemic policies. Bloomgarden said administrators plan to bring back all children for in-person learning and offer co-curricular clubs again. They also plan to return to larger class

sizes, as the number of class sections was increased to allow for social distancing this year. Still, mask-wearing will most likely be required, and students will continue to eat lunch in their classrooms rather than in the cafeteria. When school board member Tasneem Meghji asked about the safety of having students eat lunch in the classroom when class sizes are larger again, Bloomgarden said that the plans are tentative and will depend on future safety guidelines. “Not as an administrator but just as a person living in the current world, I can’t wrap my head around 120 kids sitting as close together as they would be in the cafeteria without masks for 30 minutes,” Bloomgarden said. “We’ll have to kind of figure out the best way to handle that. I don’t know what the answer to that is, but we’ll follow whatever guidelines we get.” For Willets Road School, the budget

would be slightly decreased, bringing costs closer to where they were before the pandemic. As Principal Christine Dragone explained, school administrators were able to utilize last year’s budget and repurpose staff. “We have been able to really make do with what we had looking forward to this upcoming school year,” Dragone said. “For the reduction in our academic support [staffing], that’s not really a reduction in academic support, rather just through restructuring of the staff and the assignments, and how we’re providing support services.” With a slightly higher budget than last year, the Wheatley School would be able to expand its academic offerings, Principal Sean Feeney said. Science course lab periods and mathematics support periods will be brought back, and courses like the AP Seminar will likely be expanded. More

electives will be oﬀered to eighth-grade students as well. “Most of our budget clearly goes into our core academics and focuses on the cocurricular, the library, special areas. That’s what we focus our budget on, if you look at the distribution,” Feeney said. He ended his presentation by commending students for their resilience during the pandemic and emphasized the importance of holding in-person classes every day. “It’s been a great year. It’s been great having the kids in, and it’s been great seeing them. Even with all the restrictions, the kids have been wonderful,” he said. “They recognize the value of being in [school], and they know most of their peers across the island are going in every other day or something. It’s nice going in every day, you know. It’s still school, but it’s really nice going in every day.”

Community rallies against anti-Asian violence Continued from Page 2 Community leaders like Tracey Edwards, Long Island regional director of the NAACP; Dr. Isma Chaudhry, spokesperson and past president of the Islamic Center of Long Island; Eric Post, Long Island regional director of the American Jewish Committee; Andrea Bolender, chair of the board of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County; and Dr. Asiah Mason, CEO of the Mill Neck Family of Organizations, which provided American Sign Language interpreters for the event; also spoke.

“Nassau County is standing together against the rising tide of Anti-Asian hate,” Curran said. “Although there have been no reported hate crimes targeting Asian-Americans in Nassau, the attacks we’re seeing in our state are alarming and unacceptable. Now and always there is no home for hate in Nassau.” “The steady stream of hateful rhetoric linking Asian-Americans with COVID-19 and the ensuing number of anti-Asian hate crimes is abhorrent,” Suozzi said. “It is incumbent upon all of us to do everything in our power to call out and reject xenophobia

and racism each and every time it rears its ugly head. We must always ensure that hate will never win.” “The recent wave of hate crimes across the country, particularly against the AsianAmerican community, must stop,” DiNapoli said. “We must speak out against any form of hate and discrimination directed toward our fellow Americans and New Yorkers. Our neighbors must know we have their backs, and we won’t tolerate any violence or threats of violence or intimidation against anyone.” “At a time when Asian-Americans

across our nation are living with heightened fears about targeted, violent bigotry against their community, we have a responsibility to exclaim, in one voice, that we will stand up to hateful words and actions wherever they may occur,” Birnbaum said. “I was especially heartened to see such overwhelming support for a rally dedicated to conquering hatred in our county and our region.” “To our Asian-American brothers and sisters – we see you, we love you, and we have your backs. And no matter how long it takes, we will stamp out hate on Long Island,” Lafazan said.

N. Shore areas top Niche’s 2021 ‘Best Places’ Continued from Page 2 17. Herricks 18. Roslyn 22. East Hills 27. Thomaston 30. University Gardens 31. Manhasset 35. Searingtown 50. Greenvale 61. North Hills 62. Lake Success 63. Port Washington 65. Roslyn Estates 68. Albertson

72. Sands Point 80. Sea Cliﬀ 85. Munsey Park 87. Old Westbury 88. Baxter Estates 89. Flower Hill 93. Roslyn Heights North Shore areas included on Niche’s “Best Places to Raise a Family in New York” list include: 1. Great Neck Gardens 4. Kensington 5. Manhasset Hills 6. East Hills

7. East Williston 9. Great Neck Estates 10. Great Neck Plaza 12. Thomaston 14. Herricks 15. University Gardens 17. Searingtown 21. Manhasset 23. Roslyn Estates 26. Sands Point 27. Roslyn 29. Munsey Park 34. Flower Hill 35. North Hills

37. Lake Success 42. Roslyn Heights 46. Greenvale 47. Plandome 49. Port Washington 51. Sea Cliﬀ 56. Albertson 57. Baxter Estates 58. Great Neck 78. Glen Head 83. Williston Park 86. Glenwood Landing 93. Old Westbury 99. Port Washington North

Towns honors Kyra with blue pinwheels Continued from Page 3 “This is really an event for kids, being done by kids,” Franchetti said. “It’s a wonderful, wonderful way to honor their memories, and to hopefully bring about change and research.” Kyra’s Champions is also encouraging members of the North Shore com-

munity to purchase a bundle of seven pinwheels for $28, to place around their homes during the month of April in support of child abuse prevention. Franchetti’s hope would be to drive around the areas on Kyra’s birthday and see the pinwheels in lawns and gardens. “I’m extremely thankful and grateful

that our community continues to support Kyra,” Franchetti said. “I’m overwhelmed by it and it’s absolutely wonderful.” Remembering Kyra at two of her favorite places, and celebrating her birthday in the best possible way, brings fond memories to mind for Franchetti.

“They’re wonderful, wonderful places, and I have so many great memories of my time with Kyra,” she said. Interested parties can purchase pinwheels for display around their homes and get more information about Pinwheels for Prevention at kyraschampions.org/pinwheels.

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Electrocution at Alum sues St. Mary’s Mineola LIRR station over alleged abuse Continued from Page 1 Janno Lieber, the president for the authority’s construction and development, said the agency was investigating the incident. “The contact with the high voltage line created an arc to the bridge that seriously injured a female ironworker who was on the structure at the time,” Lieber said. “She was immediately rushed to the hospital and is in critical condition. Our thoughts and prayers are with her, her family and our crews and we will continue to do everything we can to support them.” Oﬃcials did not disclose any other information about the worker. Anthony Simon, who heads up the SMART Transportation Union 824, which represents the ironworkers, told news outlets he remains concerned about workplace safety after the incident. “We are calling for a safety standdown and to get legislation to get people

out here to make sure this job is safe,” Simon told News 12. “I am concerned that they are jeopardizing people’s lives so they can cut a ribbon.” Transit authority oﬃcials said they are reviewing their safety procedures.

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An ironworker is in critical condition after being electrocuted while working on the Third Track Project at the Mineola Long Island Rail Road station.

Autism role model to speak at Roslyn library Continued from Page 13 She completed undergraduate work at Franklin Pierce College, received her master’s degree at Arizona State University and was awarded her Ph.D. in animal science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Additionally, Grandin has authored or coauthored numerous books and peer-reviewed papers on the subjects of animal science and autism. Her life was made into a 2010 HBO film, where actress Claire Danes won an Emmy Award for portraying her. Grandin has also been inducted into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame, the Texas Trail of Fame, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Women’s Hall of Fame and the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, among other honors. The event will take place on Monday, April 19, at 7 p.m. Live viewing is limited to the first 500 participants. However,

the presentation will be recorded and posted on the district website after the chat. Interested par-

ties can submit questions for Grandin by April 13 to questionsforTemple@ gmail.com.

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Temple Grandin, an animal science expert and autism advocate, will speak at an event organized by the Roslyn Special Education Parent Teacher Association and the Bryant Library of Roslyn.

Continued from Page 4 Over a decade after his experiences with Ryan, the complaint says, in 1993, upon learning that a family friend with an ill parent was preparing to attend the school as a freshman and becoming “extremely concerned that this young man would suffer a similar fate,” Gormley had an audience with the school’s thenprincipal, Brother Roy George, and told him that he had been raped by Ryan. “Principal George reacted with sadness and empathy, but did not discuss with [Gormley] whether he and the school had ever heard of any similar prior allegations in connection with Brother Ryan,” the complaint reads. On the same day, Gormley met with an individual identified in the complaint as Brother Phillip, a St. Mary’s High School official and staff member. “Brother Phillip told [Gormley] that news of his abuse would devastate [Gormley’s] mother, a very religious woman,” the complaint reads. “Brother Phillip also told [Gormley] that [Gormley] did not need to hire an attorney, did not need to meet with the press or otherwise publicize his account of abuse, and should take care not to ‘escalate’ the situation. Brother Phillip also implored [Gormley] to ‘protect the Church.’ Brother Phillip told [Gormley] that if he took any aggressive action with respect to his sexual abuse claim, the school would be unable to provide a scholarship to the family friend in need.” What Gormley claims the administration did not reveal was that Ryan had been brought to St. Mary’s following accusations of sexual abuse and sexual misconduct toward minors at previous positions in the Marist schools, including at Marist High School in Eugene, Oregon, and at Marist High School in Chicago, throughout the 1970s. In a phone interview, Mulhearn said that this discovery, made in 2020 when a former student at the Oregon school filed suit against the Marist Brothers and alleged that Ryan had sexually abused him, prompted him and Gormley to pursue the case. “I didn’t prepare the complaint in earnest until we realized that not only this has happened to Steve, but that Marist brothers knew or should have known what, what this guy was all about, because he had done it to other kids,” Mulhearn said. “By 1979, therefore, [the Marist Brothers] had a duty to prevent Brother Ryan from having access to, and control and authority over, minor boys who attended Marist Brothers schools, anywhere in the United States,” the complaint reads, also claiming that the order

had failed to notify parents, students or local authorities about Ryan’s past actions before he was transferred to St. Mary’s in 1979. Shortly after speaking with George and Phillip, Gormley said, he was contacted by a Marist attorney who had drafted a settlement agreement that would provide a full scholarship to the family friend and a sum of $15,000 in counseling expenses for Gormley himself. The Marist Brothers also “promised to never again let Brother Ryan associate or interact with children,” but did not at any point disclose Ryan’s prior history at the Oregon and Chicago schools. Gormley then signed a general release from any and all future claims against Ryan and Marist Brothers with these terms in the summer of 1993, but alleges in the complaint that he was in a visible state of inebriation that was “obvious and apparent” to those present as he signed it. Gormley’s attorneys claim that the agreement was breached since the Marist Brothers allowed Ryan to work at a children’s camp in New Hampshire in 1993 and 1994. Ryan died in 2017. In 2006, Gormley was contacted by an investigator identified as Lester Amann who oﬀered additional compensation for his abuse. Amann allegedly told Gormley that he did not need a lawyer, and that he “did not want to cause pain to [Gormley’s] mother by publicly revealing his sexual abuse.” Later that year Gormley was paid $40,000, also receiving a formal apology from the thenprovincial of the Marist Brothers, but he maintains that he was inebriated at the time of that signing as well, and was still not told of Ryan’s past. The attorneys argue in the complaint that the school and the Marist Brothers were “in reckless and conscious disregard of the rights, health, and safety of [Gormley], and were so malicious, willful, and wanton as to constitute a grievous injury to the public-at-large” and “give rise to punitive damages.” Mulhearn said that he had sent a draft notice of the complaint to the current provincial leader of the Marist Brothers on Feb. 17, but has heard nothing from St. Mary’s or the Marist Brothers. Eﬀorts to reach the Marist Brothers and St. Mary’s for comment were unavailing. A dollar amount for damages was not named in the complaint. Mulhearn said that as he and the other attorneys present the case, they will ask the jury to put a value on it. “I mean, there’s no money that can make this wrong right,” Mulhearn said.

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Artifacts from vaccination Continued from Page 20 In April 2020, the Smithsonian formed a rapid-response collecting task force to address the COVID-19 pandemic and document the scientific and medical events as well as the eﬀects and responses in the areas of business, work, politics and culture. In addition to materials from Lindsay’s inoculation, the Northwell donation includes additional vials from doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines administered at Northwell, as well as the supplies needed to prepare, inject and track the vaccinations, such as diluent, syringes and vaccination-record cards. Northwell also donated shipping materials that document the enormous eﬀort required to support

vaccine distribution and preserve vaccine potency, such as a specialized vaccine “shipper” that monitors and maintains temperature. “The urgent need for eﬀective vaccines in the U.S. was met with unprecedented speed and emergency review and approval,” said Anthea M. Hartig, the museum’s Elizabeth MacMillan director. “These now historic artifacts document not only this remarkable scientific progress but represent the hope oﬀered to millions living through the cascading crises brought forth by COVID-19.” Northwell’s donation joins the museum’s medicine and science collections that represent nearly all aspects of health and medical practice. It will be part of a forthcoming 3,500-square-foot exhibition, “In

Sickness and in Health,” that will explore eﬀorts to contain, control and cure illnesses over the centuries. The exhibition will feature artifacts from 19th century vaccination tools and diagnostic instruments to cardiac implants, imaging technologies and objects from the global smallpox eradication campaign and the COVID-19 pandemic. The museum’s staﬀ also canvassed the nation, asking what it should collect to document this pandemic. The public can continue to make suggestions at inquiry@si.edu and share their stories of 2020 at a site that will serve as a digital time capsule for future generations. The portal, open through April, will accept stories in English or Spanish and photos or short video.

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The Smithsonian will receive artifacts from America’s first vaccination, given to Northwell Health nurse and Port Washington resident Sandra Lindsay.

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our residents must have access to the COVID-19 vaccine, and this iconic site will give us the ability to deliver the vaccine rapidly.” Cuomo said last week that the initial order of anyone at least 65 years of age being eligible to receive the vaccine would be lowered to 60. The eligibility was oﬃcially expanded to public-facing government and public employees along with essential in-person and public-facing building employees on Wednesday. Examples of these employees include child service workers, DMV workers, county clerks, election workers and building service workers. “These are the people who are the everyday heroes who are out there doing their job,” Cuomo said. “They’re putting themselves in a possible position of exposure. They are essential for us to continue operating.” As of Wednesday, more than 214,000 Nassau County residents had completed their vaccine series, with 379,000 receiving at least one dose, according to state figures. Throughout Long Island, more than 289,000 had completed their series, with more than 520,000 receiving at least one shot so far.

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SCHOOL NEWS

‘21-’22 East Williston kindergarten registration Registration is now open for the incoming 2021-22 North Side Kindergarten class! Registration will be online only via FamilyID. There is no in-person kindergarten registration. If you have a child to register, or if you know someone who has a child to register for kindergarten, please inform them that registration for the incoming 2021-22 North Side Kindergarten is located on the District’s website at www.

ewsdonline.org; Families; New Student Registration Site. We ask that all required paperwork be submitted by Friday, March 26th. A reminder that a child is eligible for kindergarten next year if (s)he is five years of age on or before December 1, 2021 (a child born during the period of Dec. 2, 2015 through December 1, 2016). If you have any questions, please contact the Business Oﬃce at 333-1707.

E.W. 2019-20 Simmons Award winners Each year, the East Williston Education Foundation honors one staﬀ member from each of the three schools (North Side, Willets Road and The Wheatley School) with The Steve Simmons Family Award. The award is intended for any person within the school community who has given at least five years of District service going beyond his/her responsibilities making a measurable diﬀerence in the lives of their students. The evening when they announce the Simmons Award winners is one of the

most special times of the year for the East Williston School District community when so many come together to celebrate the caring excellence of the staff they honor that evening. For the 19-20 school year, the East Williston Educational Foundation held off on announcing the winners, due to the pandemic, hoping that those winners could be celebrated jointly at this year’s Simmons Coffee House. Since, unfortunately, health and safety rules still prevent gatherings, the Foundation is taking this opportunity

to announce the 2019-20 winners. Congratulations to the 2019-20 winners North Side Physical Education teacher and East Williston Teachers’ Association president, Meryl Fordin, Willets Road teaching assistant Jerry Pokrywka, and Wheatley music teacher Angela Luftig who retired in June 2020! The East Williston Education Foundation thanks you for your creativity, inspiration and tireless eﬀorts that you have given to the East Williston school community and students.

Herricks Model U.N. attends virtual conference Herricks students attended the 23rd annual Washington Area Model United Nations Conference during the weekend of March 4. The 29 Herricks High School delegates participated in a total of 22 diﬀerent committees that fit within general assembly, specialized, historical and crisis categories. The event featured a range of themes,

such as the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee’s discussions of LGBT rights, a Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and committees based on classic novels. The final virtual conference for the school year, with the exception of Herricks Model United Nations’ own Conference in May, was extremely successful and fun for

all the students. While all the delegates were engaged and active in debate all weekend, many students were specifically recognized for their actions by their chairs. Stella Chu received a verbal commendation for representing Kim Kardashian in the Ad-Hoc Committee of the Secretary-General. Honorable mentions were presented

to Chloe Chang, who represented Canada in the Special, Political, and Decolonization Committee and Olivia Berg, who represented Canadian Prime Minister JeanPierre Bouchard in the Global Health in Communism Committee. Stephanie Chan was named Best Delegate for her representation of Canada in the Decolonization of the Caribbean 1960 Committee.

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