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Pain grows: Strauss Mayor sees no end to losses BY B R A N D ON DUFFY The 20 years after the events of Sept. 11 have not translated into a time of healing for Mineola Mayor Scott Strauss. The tragedy that struck the nation in 2001 still resonates as he reflects on the last two decades. “People say that time heals all wounds; that’s not the case,” he said in an interview on Friday. “EvPHOTO BY KAREN RUBIN ery year it seems to get more and more difficult, because we continue to lose more people. Because 9/11 The Town of North Hempstead held a ceremony to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Sept. 11 at Manhasset Valley Park last week. is not going away anytime soon.” Strauss was a detective with the Emergency Service Unit of the NYPD in 2001, taking a train home to Long Island that Tuesday morning like any other day. When he heard the news, he went back to Manhattan. Assigned to the rescue operation after the north tower of the Furthermore, Bosworth said ceremony at Manhasset Valley the 19-foot monument, a steel BY R OB E RT World Trade Center collapsed, Park on Saturday. State, county beam salvaged from the wreck- that the monument is pointed PELAEZ Strauss and his unit went into the and town officials recalled the age, with a plaque listing the and angled directly at ground debris for hours amid the smoke names of the 56 North Hemp- zero, 17 miles away. The Town of North Hemp- tragic events 20 years ago. and turmoil to search for surviThe monument is not comThe park is the new home stead residents who died directstead hosted a Sept. 11 rememvors. Continued on Page 51 brance and recitation of names to a monument commemorat- ly in front of it. pletely finished. A wall of reTown Supervisor Judi Bo- membrance will be added coming and honoring North Hempstead residents who sworth said the beam is visible memorating first responders died during the terror at- from the LIRR overpass, the rail and those who succumbed to line so many of the victims took illnesses from Sept. 11. tacks. Continued on Page 50 Officials presented on their way to work that day.

Reflecting on 20 years since 9/11 Williston Park Mayor Ehrbar stresses importance of remembering all who died

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Willis Ave. reopens Target to go big at minus grade crossing shopping center

LIRR’s 3rd track project in Mineola completed To expand at former Sears location BY R OB E RT PELAEZ

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Willis Avenue in Mineola reopened on Sept. 3 as grade crossings were eliminated as part of the Long Island Rail Road’s Expansion Project. BY R OB E RT PELAEZ Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the reopening of Willis Avenue in Mineola last week after the final two grade crossings were oﬃcially removed as part of the Long Island Rail Road’s Expansion Project. The underpass, like others removed as part of the project, features a roadway that passes under a pair of new railroad bridges. The new structure eliminates two street-level railroad crossings that brought noise to neighboring properties. “This major milestone in the LIRR expansion is another testament to our unbreakable determination as New Yorkers to pursue big, bold infrastructure projects even as we face the most unpredictable and overwhelming circumstances,” Hochul said in a statement. The crossings were the seventh and eighth to be removed as part of the project to add a third track on the Long Island Rail

Road’s Main Line. In New Hyde Park, the Covert Avenue crossing closed and reopened as a pedestrian underpass in 2019. The New Hyde Park crossing took just over six months to transform into a pedestrian underpass. The crossings at South 12th Street in New Hyde Park and Main Street in Mineola were closed in October 2020 and February 2021, respectively. Crews are currently constructing a pedestrian underpass at the South 12th Street location and an overpass at Main Street. Janno Lieber, acting chair and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, said it had been more than two decades since grade crossings were eliminated prior to the LIRR Expansion Project. “This is a major milestone for what remains the signature example of the MTA’s new approach to delivering capital projects on time and on budget,” Lieber said in a statement. “This is also an example

of how we are designing projects to bring completed components to the public without waiting for the entire project to be done.” Long Island Rail Road President Phil Eng said the elimination of the grade crossings will improve the quality of life and safety of residents and transportation patrons. “The LIRR Expansion Project has always been about creating a safer, more convenient, and more robust railroad for the millions of people who use it each year,” Eng said in a statement. “I’m proud to say that with each interim completion, we’re making that a reality for customers now and for future generations of railroad riders.” Along with the elimination of grade crossings, the Expansion Project features updates to stations, switch work, bridge raising and infrastructure improvements. Transit oﬃcials said adding the third track to the railroad’s Main Line will expand its capacity by up to 50 percent while providing riders access directly to Grand Central Station.

A Target scheduled to take over space in the Lake Success Shopping Center that was formerly occupied by Sears will have expanded store dimensions, according to a company spokesperson. The store, which was originally planned to be around 70,000 square feet, occupying two levels, now will occupy all three floors of the building, expanding to around 115,000 square feet, the spokesperson said in an email to Blank Slate Media on Thursday. “We’re excited to bring an easy, safe and convenient shopping experience to new guests in the community with this new Target store,” the spokesperson said. Sears closed its doors at the shopping center located at 1400 Union Turnpike in 2018, joining 45 other locations and 13 additional KMart stores that closed nationwide. Typically, the average Target occupies around 130,000 square feet, according to company oﬃcials. According to the plans submitted to the Town of North Hempstead’s Board of Zoning Appeals last year by the shopping center’s landlord, Lake Success Shopping Center LLC, the Target would include gro-

ceries, retail, a Starbucks and a CVS Pharmacy, the layout of most stores in Nassau County. Aside from traditional full-format stores, the company also has more than 150 small-format stores nationwide as of August, according to its website. The spokesperson did not say when the store would open or what features would be included. “As we get closer to opening the store, we’ll have more specific details to share – including how the shopping experience will be tailored to serve local guests and the grand opening date,” the spokesperson said. Brian Schuster, vice chairman of Ripco Real Estate LLC, the real estate firm representing the owners of the shopping center in the matter, told Newsday that the store will not open before year’s end. “It definitely will not open in 2021, but we’re hopeful it could open in late 2022,” Schuster told Newsday. Eﬀorts to reach Schuster for further comment were unavailing. Schuster also told Newsday that Ripco is in lease negotiations with “a few other potential tenants,” but did not disclose names since the contracts were not yet finalized. The three closest Target locations are in Port Washington North, Elmont and Garden City.

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Plans for a proposed Target in the Lake Success Shopping Center, formerly held by Sears, feature expanded square footage, according to a company spokesperson.

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Herricks to roll out bus tracking app Schools disrict testing program to alllow parents to monitor the status of riders, trips BY B R A N D ON DUFFY The Herricks Board of Education is testing a new bus tracking app that will allow parents to monitor the status of riders and trips. The app was described last Thursday at the first board meeting since the school year began. The board also heard updates on COVID-19 and on damage caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida. Installed on every bus in the district is a GPS system called Edulog, short for Education Logistics, a school routing software that lets users track the status of riders and trips. For now, the transportation office is in control of the monitoring, but a system giving parents access as well is in the works, according to Lisa Rutkoske, assistant superintendent for business. Last spring, Rutkoske said the program was being rolled out and tested by administrators in each building. The software was put on hold be-

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Herricks Middle School is currently replacing its gym floor after flooding from remnants of Hurricane Ida. cause of the COVID pandemic but there was reportedly good feedback from the test group. Mark Medina, the new director of transportation, who has a screen with each bus’s location in his oﬃce, is making the necessary changes. Following the administra-

tors, a parent group will be used in the same way in preparation for a full rollout of the app in January after all the field testing. Also at the meeting, Superintendent Fino Celano said flood damage as a result of Ida has required the middle school

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to replace the wood floors in the gym due to much of it being warped. The damage has been reported to the district’s insurance carrier. Repairs are under way and it is hoped they will be done in the next four to five weeks, he said. In regard to Gov. Kathy Ho-

chul instituting a mask mandate for all school districts in the state because of the pandemic, Herricks has been following all protocols it announced in a reopening plan a few days after the governor’s decision. For athletics, a new directive says that masks be worn by athletes, coaches, oﬃcials and spectators at indoor athletic contests, consistent with the district’s plans. “As tolerated” is no longer part of the regulation, and any athlete who wishes to remove a mask must be removed from the game and be addressed by a trainer or coach. The move, coming from Section VIII of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association, the governing board of Nassau County athletics, corresponds with the district protocols, according to Celano. Before adjournment, the board reminded those in attendance about the homecoming “Football Kickoﬀ ” event on Friday at 6 p.m.

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Foye declines top economic post

Sands Pt. resident, ex-MTA head, rejects interim post leading Empire State Development Corp. BY R OB E RT PELAEZ

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Former MTA Chairman and Sands Point resident Patrick Foye declined a state leadership position that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo appointed him to in June.

service, and assistance to her and her administration.” Hochul, a Democrat, took Patrick Foye, a Sands Point over for Cuomo after the exresident who served as the governor resigned in the wake chairman and CEO of the Met- of a damning report from state ropolitan Transportation Au- Attorney General Letitia James thority for more than four years, accusing him of sexually harasswill not be serving as Empire ing 11 women. Hochul’s press secretary, HaState Development’s interim president and CEO, according to zel Crampton-Hays, expressed gratitude for Foye’s desire to multiple reports. Foye, who previously served help the state in other capacities as the head of Empire State De- in a statement. “He has brought skill and velopment under former Gov. Elliot Spitzer, was appointed to professionalism to the complex the position by former Gov. An- challenges he was tasked with drew Cuomo in June. Last week, in his many roles, and we are Foye told Gov. Kathy Hochul, grateful he has offered his experwho replaced Cuomo in August, tise to help the state continue to that he would not be accepting move forward,” Crampton-Hays the job, according to the Long said in the statement, according to Long Island Business News. Island Business News. Efforts to reach Foye or a “As with any transition, the governor deserves an oppor- representative from the govertunity to build her own team, nor’s office for further comment and to that end she is off to a were unavailing. As head of the MTA, Foye very strong start,” Foye said in a written statement, according oversaw North America’s largest to Long Island Business News. transit agency and its response “While I no longer seek to serve to the COVID-19 pandemic. He in the capacity originally en- also led efforts to stabilize the visioned, I pledge my support, MTA’s finances by securing over

$14 billion in critically needed funding from Congress, developing a national coalition of transportation agencies that secured more than $32 billion in emergency federal funds for transit agencies across the country. Before joining the MTA, Foye led the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey as executive director from November 2011 to August 2017, where he oversaw some of the nation’s most significant transactions, including the redevelopment of LaGuardia Airport and the building of a new Goethals Bridge as well as the development and adoption of the agency’s 10-year, $32.2 billion capital plan. Foye also served as deputy secretary for economic development for Cuomo, and vice chair and board member of the Long Island Power Authority, following a career in law and real estate as a mergers and acquisition partner at Skadden Arps and executive vice president of Aimco, a leading multifamily real estate investment trust.

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Home prices rise in August 12.9% OneKey MLS CEO sees market cooling amid record-setting highs in Nassau County BY B R A H M J OT KAUR

The median sale price for a home on Long Island rose to $610,000 in August, a 16.6 percent increase from last year, according to a report released on Monday by OneKey Multiple Listing Service. This number includes prices from Nassau, Suﬀolk and Queens. Nassau County reported a closing median home price of $670,000 in August, including single and multifamily properties, condos and co-ops. The median price of single and multifamily homes was $690,000, while it was $652,00 for condos and $300,000 for co-ops. While the price remains unchanged from July, it is 12.9% higher than last year. The overall median sales price is over $76,000 higher than August 2020, when the median price was $593,597. Jim Speer, CEO of OneKey MLS, told Newsday that the real estate market is cooling down. Pending sales median

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Curran proposes $70M tax cut in ‘22 Seeks $3.5B budget that includes more public safety funds; GOP wants fee cuts BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z

Members of Nassau County’s legislative majority called on County Executive Laura Curran to submit a 2022 budget proposal featuring tax cuts on Monday. On Tuesday, she outlined a $3.5 billion budget proposal that reduces taxes by $150 million over the next four years. According to Curran, the budget will cut property taxes by $70 million next year. She credited the county’s fiscal responsibility over the last few years, noting that surplus funds in the 2019 budget ($145 million) and the 2020 budget ($128 million) will allow the county to cut taxes in 2022. County oﬃcials said the $128 million in surplus funds from the 2020 budget will be used to “grow depleted reserves” for whenever the county experiences the “next downturn.” Oﬃcials also said the budget remains balanced without the expectation of further funds from the American Rescue Plan, despite Curran’s seeking them. The county is scheduled to receive $385 million from the American Rescue Plan in 2021 and 2022 after receiving more than $102 million in the CARES Act. The proposal, which was required to be submitted to the County Legislature on Wednesday, features an overall spending

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Nassau County Executive Laura Curran proposed a $3.5 billion 2022 budget on Tuesday. increase of $200 million from the $3.3 billion 2021 budget. The increase includes an additional $45 million allocated to public safety, Curran said at a news conference on Tuesday. “As county executive, keeping Nassau residents safe will always be my highest

priority,” she said. “This increased investment in public safety will help ensure our law enforcement have the resources and training necessary to perform their work at the highest level — while providing every neighborhood with the safety and trust necessary to protect all our residents.”

Some of the expenditures Curran planned include costs to implement the department’s body camera program, funding for future collective bargaining agreements and wage increases, two police classes and two corrections classes for newly sworn officers. While touting the work of the Police Department, Curran said the proposal also calls for 70 new positions in the department. If approved, it would be the first time the department has expanded the number of sworn officers in more than a decade. “Today’s announcement by County Executive Curran will greatly benefit the Police Department by allowing us to continue to hire police officers now and in the future,” Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said. “This investment in law enforcement will allow us to allocate proper personnel as we continue to decrease crime to historic lows to keep Nassau County the safest community in the United States.” Chris Boyle, a spokesperson for the legislative majority, told Newsday that Republican officials have been prioritizing tax relief for Nassau homeowners, while the county’s reassessment initiative yielded “tax increases for 65 percent of property owners.” Continued on Page 59

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Mission of mercy on the Gulf Coast

North Shore Animal League rescues more than 50 shelter dogs from Hurricane Ida BY R OB E RT PELAEZ More than 50 shelter animals were transported from Louisiana to Long Island by the North Shore Animal League America to be rescued from Hurricane Ida. Ted Moriates, the league’s rescue team lead, drove from Port Washington to Shreveport, Louisiana, in late August to save 46 puppies and nine older dogs from the harsh conditions the storm would eventually bring to the area. After he and his team packed a truck with donated food, water, cleaning supplies and other equipment, the six-day trek to the Gulf Coast began. “We put out a social media plea [for supplies] and people really delivered,” Moriates said in an interview. “We filled up our 42-foot truck from floor to ceiling with supplies.” The animals rescued by Moriates and his team, he said, were pre-hurricane shelter animals, meaning they were not owned. Rather than just searching the areas for animals who could be owned by a person or a family

in the storm, the ones the animal league transports are ones that would not last long in certain shelters. “These animals are ones that are in the shelter system that would probably have been euthanized for space,” Moriates said. “The reason why we do this is to free up space for people who have been aﬀected by the hurricane who have nothing and they need to go somewhere. Hotels cost a lot of money and they also charge for animals.” One of the animals that ended up making the trip with the animal league was a very pregnant black labrador retriever. He said all of the animals were safely transported to Port Washington, with the soon-to-be mother of eight puppies going into labor just hours later. Some of the rescued dogs have already been adopted, the animal league said. Moriates said the animal league rescued more than 1,300 animals over the past year, with many being abandoned on streets or even dumpsters. North Shore Animal League America is

able to provide services such as spay and neuter for less than others that could charge hundreds of dollars. “We have a hard time believing all of these stories because everyone here wants a puppy, but we have programs that are more accessible for spay and neuter,” Moriates said. “What we find down south is they really don’t have many programs for that.” He said the animal league’s partnerships with other organizations allow its team to know of shelters in other areas that may need assistance. “We have quite an extensive network,” Moriates said. “We’ve been working with a lot of shelters for many years... A lot of our contacts come from things we do in the public. A lot of people reach out to us.” Whether it is working with other animal rescue organizations such as Paws 4 Life, networking at adoption events sponsored by Purina, or even word of mouth, Moriates said he and his team are grateful for all of the support they receive to rescue animals from harsh conditions.

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Nassau unveils new 9/11 memorial Monument in Eisenhower Park honors first responders who have died from illnesses BY B R A N D ON DUFFY

Nassau County’s Eisenhower Park is home to a new monument honoring the first responders who have died from illnesses since rushing to the site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Oﬃcials unveiled the memorial at a 9/11 remembrance ceremony last Thursday, two days before the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center. The 6,500-pound red granite monument sits next to Eisenhower Park’s existing Sept. 11 memorial, which features salvaged steel beams from the World Trade Center, one of the largest in the nation. Inscribed on the new memorial is a dedication to the “responders who lost their lives to illness years after joining the rescue and recovery operation at ground zero in the wake of the attack.” “The word that comes to mind is selflessness, the selflessness of our first-respond-

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Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and fire officials pose alongside the newly unveiled First Responders Memorial. ers,” County Executive Laura Curran said at Thursday’s ceremony, which was attended by first responders, and town, county and state oﬃcials,

along with loved ones of 9/11 victims. “That muscle memory, that sense of mission, of service, of others above self.” Also at the ceremony, 12

family members of people who died in the attacks read a selection of names from the list of 348 Nassau County residents who were killed that day.

At the end of each reading, the speaker said the name of those they knew and said a few words about them. Before Curran unveiled the monument alongside Nassau County police and fire oﬃcials, the Nassau County Police Color Guard performed a presentation of colors and Mineola Mayor Scott Strauss — who was a detective with the Emergency Service Unit of the NYPD in 2001 — led the pledge of allegiance. The Nassau County Firefighters Pipes and Drums played “Amazing Grace” and “God Bless America” while a Nassau County Police Department helicopter conducted a flyover. Curran finished the evening’s events with a reminder of those who spent days after the attacks searching for victims. “We can’t forget those who were in Staten Island on the landfill meticulously going through rubble for the remains of loved ones of other people,” she said.

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Port student wins, loses at U.S. Open Schreiber’s Thea Rabman plays in singles, doubles junior matches BY M I C H A E L J . L E W I S When you experience a couple of days that change your life, it can be a little head-spinning. Before, during and after it happened, as Schreiber High School’s Thea Rabman can attest. The 16-year-old Port Washington girl had an incredible few days at the U.S. Open last week, getting to compete in both the singles and doubles competitions in the Juniors tournament held at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. After a stirring and stunning come-from-behind win on the opening day of the Girls Tournament on Sept. 6, Rabman ran into the No. 1 seed, Andorra’s Viktoria Jimenez Kasintseva, in the second round and fell, 6-1, 6-0. In the doubles competition, Rabman and her partner, Ariana Anazagasty-Pursoo, won their first-round match for the first Grand Slam win for the team before losing in the second round last Wednesday. (They were entered into the doubles tournament thanks to Rabman qualifying for the singles event.) In all, it was a crazy, wild and wonderful week for the Schreiber High girls tennis team member. “It was a great experience, but everything just went really fast,” Rabman said after her singles defeat. “I hope if I get a chance to play here next year I’ll be able to process it a lot slower, and take it one point at a time.” It’s only natural for Rabman to have had difficulty slowing things down; her rise to get to the Open was pretty fast. Working with coaches Greg Lumpkin and Lauren Clunan since she first started playing at 8 years old, Rabman has quickly risen to become a top college recruit and one of the top juniors in New York State (the tennis site tennisrecruiting.net lists her as the No. 1 college recruit from New York in her class, and No. 4 nationally). “This kid works her butt oﬀ,” Clunan said. “What got her here to the Open is her ability to be humble, and take every opportunity she has, and just put her head down and put in the work to become a better player every day.” All of Rabman’s matches at the Open saw a big contingent of Port Washington residents and friends of the family come out to support her. “I’m so happy so many people I know and who support me got to see me play,” Rabman said. “I didn’t play my best today but there’s nothing you can do about it, just happy they were there to support me.” With the Open finished for her, Rabman, who isn’t playing high school tennis this season, can begin to focus on accumulating more junior tournament wins, and where she wants to go to college in two years. Without mentioning any names, she said most of the programs she wants to play for are on the East Coast, but she does have her eye on a dream school out west. “I’m honestly open to anyone and everything as far as college goes,” Rabman said. “I’ll have to see how the next year goes.” Back home in Port Washington, the reality of having played at the Open is starting to sink in for the family; Rabman said she was definitely looking forward to eating at her favorite local restaurant, iDiner, in the near future. “This was so exciting for us, a dream she and PHOTO BY MICHAEL J. LEWIS her coaches have had for 18 months,” Thea’s father, Louis Rabman, said. “Just to be here, no matter how Schreiber High School’s Theadora Rabman receives an embrace after come-from-behind victory. she does, is wonderful.”

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Opinion

OUR VIEWS

Honoring the victims of 9/11

rom Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan to Nassau County and beyond, mourners gathered over the weekend to mark the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center that claimed the lives of 2,606 people. In the reading of names at the many services, we were reminded once again of the heartbreaking personal tragedies behind the numbers and how these deaths aﬀected fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, grandparents and friends. We see now how these personal tragedies rippled out over time to continue to impact the lives of all of us. Many of us are still haunted by the sight of the many cars unclaimed in the LIRR parking lot in Manhasset following the attack, marking those who died across the river in Manhattan. Or the sight of the smoldering ruins of the Twin Towers seen from a bridge in Saddle Rock. We were also reminded that the death toll has not ended for first responders, who stood on the pile of debris that was once the World Trade Center in search of survivors. Some like Mineola Mayor Scott Strauss, a former NYPD police oﬃcer who succeeded in rescuing a survivor from the debris, live among us. Hundreds of first responders have died from their time on the pile. Others will die in the future. For them, as novelist William Faulkner wrote, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” It was former President George W. Bush who gave perhaps

the most compelling guidance on how we can best honor those who perished on Sept. 11 and those who bear scars that may fade but will never fully heal. In his remarks in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where 33 passengers and seven crew members sacrificed their lives to bring down a plane headed for Washington, D.C., Bush called for unity among Americans in pursuit of America’s ideals. In doing so, he drew a straight line between the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and those on our Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. “There’s little cultural overlap between violent extremists abroad and violent extremists at home,” Bush said. “But in their disdain for pluralism, in their disregard of human life, in their determination to defile national symbols, they are children of the same foul spirit, and it is our continuing duty to confront them.” We were not supporters of Bush during his presidency. His decision to distract our focus on Afghanistan where the 9/11 attack was planned and invade Iraq on the false pretense that it had weapons of mass destruction and was somehow connected to the attack had disastrous consequences that undermined people’s trust in government. But Bush was never more right than in Shanksville when he reminded us of a vision of America once shared by both Republicans and Democrats. “At a time when religious bigotry might have flowed freely, I saw Americans reject prejudice and embrace people of Muslim faith. That is the nation I know,” Bush said. “At a time when nativ-

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ism could have stirred hatred and violence against people perceived as outsiders, I saw Americans reaffirm their welcome to immigrants and refugees. That is the nation I know. At a time when some viewed the rising generation as individualistic and decadent, I saw young people embrace an ethic of service and rise to selfless action. That is the nation I know. “This is not mere nostalgia, it is the truest version of ourselves. It is what we have been, and what we can be again,” he continued. The former president, who was joined by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in his call for unity, was clearly speaking to many of those who now call themselves Republicans but no longer share their former standardbearers’ values. And his remarks carried a call to action. The defense of Muslims did not last long in this country – despite Bush’s best eﬀorts. Sadly, Long Island’s Rep. Peter King, who retired last year, played a leading role in demonizing Muslims. He chaired hearings in 2011

amid rising anti-Muslim sentiment on what he described as the radicalization of American Muslims and encouraged law enforcement spying in mosques. In 2004, a period when Bush’s White House was formally committed to rejecting a war on Islam, King called Muslims “an enemy living amongst us.” Prior to his congressional hearings, King argued there were too many mosques in America. He also repeated a supposition that over 80 percent of the nation’s mosques were controlled by radical imams. Needless to say, neither King nor any of his supporters are saying there are too many churches in America or that white Christians should be spied on following the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and the rising threat of white terrorism. It is a short distance from antiMuslim sentiment to anti-Black, anti-Jew, anti-Hispanic and anti-Asian sentiment – one with which Donald Trump rode to the presidency. Those opposing the diversity of this country are some of the same folks who talk about places outside New York being the real America. Both Bush and President Ron-

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ald Reagan before him knew better. They knew that America was built on the talents and drive of immigrants seeking a better life and if any place has a real claim on the “real America” title it is New York. New York City’s success is why it was targeted by al-Qaida. The 20th anniversary of 9/11 is a time to mourn the loss of those who died and lend support to the many who continue to suﬀer from that loss. It is a time to honor the courage of the first responders who rushed into the towers as others were rushing out – especially the 343 firefighters who gave their lives. Too little credit is given firefighters for the thousands of people they rescued from the towers. It is hard to comprehend their bravery in the face of the millions of Americans who refuse to get a vaccine amid a pandemic that has already claimed the lives of more than 650,000 Americans. We can honor the memory of those who died on 9/11 by, as Bush said, doing “our continuing duty to confront” those who disdain pluralism and human life.

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KREMER’S CORNER

Time works against Biden and Hochul

hat do President Joe Biden and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul have in common? No, it’s not just that they are public oﬃcials. It’s also not for all the other reasons you thought of. Each has only the next 90 days to prove they can govern eﬀectively and that is some heck of a challenge. The clock is ticking and unfortunately, time goes by very quickly. President Biden has staked his survival on the fact that he is a proven dealmaker and is different than his predecessor. He helped craft a bipartisan infrastructure bill and if it doesn’t pass the House of Representatives during the upcoming three-month period, his whole image as a leader could take a massive hit and the party’s chances of survival in 2022 will be minimal. In Washington, it is usually the minority party that is a threat to the approval of some major bill. But in the case of the

infrastructure bill, it is the liberal wing of the Democratic Party that is causing all of the problems by insisting that a separate $3.6 trillion proposal must be adopted at the same time as the president’s number one priority. If the Biden infrastructure bill was to be put on the House floor it would pass with both Democratic and Republican support, but the Bernie Sanders group won’t let that happen. It is no secret that the Democratic Party faces the challenge of keeping their majority in the House and Senate in 2022. The passage of a bipartisan infrastructure bill could cement the president’s reputation as an effective leader if it was adopted during 2021. But if the Democrats in the House stall the adoption of the legislation, then they have succeeded in torpedoing their own president. After the fallout of the Afghanistan withdrawal, a Biden win in Congress is a must for his survival.

JERRY KREMER Kremer’s Corner

The newly elevated Gov. Kathy Hochul has made a number of popular moves, which will help her when she plans to run for a full term. She has gotten deeply involved in the Covid crises and has appointed a number of outstanding people to serve in her administration. In addition, she has continued to travel all over the state letting people know she is a governor who is diﬀerent than her predecessor.

She will have many other opportunities in the next three months to show that she can run the state effectively. But by the end of the year the question will be has she done enough to scare off some potential primary competitors next year? To survive as the state’s leader she will also have to raise large amounts of campaign cash. The way to chase away a possible challenger is to show that you have an overwhelming amount of cash in the bank. As of this date, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a war chest of $16 million and he might try to engineer a comeback if he thinks the timing is right. Anyone who assumes that Cuomo will go off silently into the night is delusional. At this point in time, there are at least four people who may be her challengers in the early primary next year. At the top of the list is Attorney General Letitia James who hasn’t given any hint on

what her 2022 plans are. As the author of the investigation that toppled the former governor, the AG could be a formidable opponent. In addition, New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and Yonkers Mayor Michael Spano are exploring a run. Mayor Bill De Blasio is in the process of asking friends whether he has a chance to win that post. Of the possible challengers, the only one who at this point could be a serious contender is the Attorney General. Williams ran for lieutenant governor three years ago and did well but he will not be able to compete in a governor’s contest. Mayor Spano is a big city mayor but he has had no public visibility around the state and with no oﬀense to Mayor De Blasio, he would be wasting his time. Ninety days goes quickly and the clock is ticking fast for the president and the governor.

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

Fairy tale heroines win my respect

’m in a real pickle this week. I picked a movie to review that I was sure I’d hate, because there’s always so much to say when you don’t like a movie. My problem is I liked it. Even worse, I’d chosen a second film to go with it. It would be a double feature for scorn—or so I thought. Alas, the unthinkable happened: I liked them both! Film No. 1 was the latest version of “Cinderella,” starring pop singer Camila Cabello. There have been countless makes and remakes of this classic story, but the inherent sexism has always presented a formidable challenge: How do you update, for modern times, a story whose entire point is that marriage — to a prince, no less — is a young girl’s only way out of poverty and trouble? It turns out that is precisely why this film got made. Producer Leo Pearlman explains that both he and Co-Producer James Corden have young daughters, and they wanted a version of the story that

they could let their daughters watch. This one certainly fits the bill. Cabello even co-wrote a song for the central character, Ella, who dreams not of marriage but of starting her own dress-making business. Titled “A Million to One,” the song will probably become a hit, if my humming it hours later is anything to go by. Of course, Ella still needs some magical help, which descends in the form of “Fabulous Godmother” Billy Porter, who breaks the godmother mold in a swirling gold cape, gold sparkle pants, custom platform shoes and a necklace that would put anything by Cartier to shame. After magically creating a gown for Ella — from one of her own designs — plus the requisite carriage, horses and footmen, Porter creates two sparkly glass shoes. “Is there any way you can make them more comfortable?” asks Cabello. “No. Even magic has its limits!” replies Porter. Director Kay Cannon, writ-

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A Look on the Lighter Side er on the three “Pitch Perfect” movies, was mostly adept here at blending pop songs into the timeless-but-vaguely-medieval surroundings. I found the start a little bumpy, but it took flight when a church choir, handily standing around in the palace, helped the prince belt out a creditable version of “(Find Me) Somebody to Love” by Queen. There were other high points in this feminist-friendly film. My favorite was Idina Menzel as the maybe-evil, maybe-just-misguided Step-

Mother, who exhorts her own daughters to marry well with a rendition of “Material Girl” that should make Madonna sit up and take notice. Somehow, there is a happy ending that allows Ella to pursue her career dreams without resorting to marriage (at least not right away) — no small feat in any era. To borrow the Michelin Guide’s descriptions for movie-going, I give this film 2 stars out of 3: “Excellent cooking, worth a detour.” The second movie was even more surprising to me: “Cruella,” with Emma Stone in the title role. I was highly dubious about this casting. Sweet Emma Stone? The quiet girl who played sincere if naive Skeeter in “The Help” and the adorable girlfriend in “La La Land”? Who would believe her as a classic dog-hating victim? And yet, she pulls it oﬀ! The film gives Cruella a fascinating backstory and pits her in an amazing, can-you-topthis contest both of wits and evil against The Baroness, played by Emma Thompson as

a fashion designer so cold and calculating that you are immediately put in mind of Meryl Streep’s Miranda Priestley in “The Devil Wears Prada”— until Thompson sets new marks for narcissism. I don’t want to say too much more about “Cruella,” for fear of inadvertent spoilers. Suﬃce it to say I was completely surprised by more than one plot twist in this movie, and I enjoyed every minute of it. To borrow from Michelin again, I give it 3 Stars:“Exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey.” I don’t know why, but in both of these movies, a young woman who is functionally an orphan starts out scrubbing floors while dreaming of success as — a fashion designer. Is that a thing now? It certainly works out well for the viewer, treated as we are to one fabulous dress after another, and some choice locations besides. What I never expected was that the world of cinema would give me young female characters I could respect. I was never so glad to be wrong!

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THE BACK ROAD

When cost of doing business is mental health

n August 2021, health insurance giant UnitedHealthcare reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor and the New York State Attorney General to pay $15.7 million in restitution and penalties for discriminating against New Yorkers living with mental illness and substance use disorders. What UHC did was to place an excessive financial burden on beneficiaries by denying mental healthcare treatment claims and overcharging them. This sleazy practice which dates back to at least 2013, is a violation of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, which demands that large group health plans place no annual or lifetime dollar limits on mental health and substance use care benefits that are less favorable than limits imposed on medical and surgical care benefits.

Fifteen million dollars sounds like a substantial enough fine to change an oﬀender’s behavior; however, for the multibillion dollar health insurance industry, fiscal penalties like this amount to a slap on the wrist. They are the cost of doing business. Try and imagine the intensified level of stress you might feel when you discover that your health insurer, who is charged with helping to protect your well-being, has intentionally prevented you or your loved one from gaining access to the level of care needed. Deceptive and dishonest practices only serve to erode and further destabilize the overall well-being of anyone living with mental illness, as well as family caregivers who are devoted to their emotional well-being. Why do insurance carriers in the health insurance industry

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discriminate against people living with mental illness? Because they can. They can aﬀord to pay restitution and fines in their attempts to reap the financial rewards that are generated by restricting access to communitybased outpatient and residential care for individuals living with MH/SUD. UHC’s parent company Unit-

ed Health Group generated gross revenues of $257 billion in 2020. At the same time, they made more than $5.5 million in political contributions to all the usual suspects on both sides of the aisle and spent another $4.1 million on 50 lobbyists, 42 of whom previously held government jobs. Add a multi-million dollar fine for restricting access to mental health and substance use care and it is only a drop in the bucket for them. They’ve got it all worked out. Their behavioral health business model? Profits over people. Until health insurers are faced with more severe penalties, up to and including losing their license to do business, there is no incentive for them to strictly adhere to parity law when violating it helps them to maximize profit. They can easily aﬀord to pay the financial penalties for

restricting access to care, contribute protection dollars to the campaigns of their government handmaidens and budget expenses for public relations experts to sanitize their image. U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh stated that “Protecting access to mental health and substance abuse disorder treatment is a priority for the Department of Labor and something I believe in strongly as a person in longterm recovery.” Nevertheless, state and federal government needs to do a better overall job of consistently enforcing parity law and meting out penalties that actually deliver pain instead of headlines. UnitedHealth Group told Fierce Healthcare, which reports on the industry, that the company is “pleased to resolve these issues related to business practices no longer used by the company.” Until next time, that is.

E A R T H M AT T E R S

Birds begin heading south in annual trip

f you are an avid birder, as I am, or just enjoy your backyard birds, you quickly learn that there are seasons to birding. We have just moved from breeding (baby bird season) into the first wave of fall migration, the shorebirds. Baby bird season is especially important because New York state is in the second year of a five-year Breeding Bird Atlas. Atlas eﬀorts are made every 20 years and this is the third Atlas to be compiled, creating a wealth of data for scientists. Birders all over the state scoured the woods, beaches and backyards for signs of breeding and entered them on ebird.com,

the free app from Cornell Lab of Ornithology. It isn’t necessary to go far. I’ve recorded the progress of a pair of cardinals that have nested in a shrub in my front yard for several years. There have been years of tragedy, but this year they were successful in getting two chicks launched — not too far, just to our backyard feeders. We had an afternoon of high drama when one chick left the nest far too young to fly and was hopping around in our plum tree while its nearly hysterical parents tried to urge it back into the nest with frantic chirping. In the backyard they joined junior Starlings, Blue jays, Grack-

Hundreds of migrating Tree Swallows gather at Nickerson Beach.

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les and House sparrows, in what often seemed like a teen drop-oﬀ center. Now that the kids are out of the house, Mom and Dad can think about eating as much as they can. As we are lucky to live on an island sticking out into the Atlantic, we get a diverse range of shorebirds breeding or just resting up for the next leg of migration. We have many birds that breed here: Terns, Oystercatchers and Black Skimmers form huge colonies on the south shore. Gulls breed on the small islands in the Sound and marshes and bring their young to the bays once they fledge. We are privileged to have a decent number of the endangered Piping Plovers nesting. But most of the sandpipers and plovers breed farther north and we are just a

fueling stop on their migration. Many are still in breeding plumage, making ID easier, though the legions of tiny white below, brown above birds darting at the shoreline can be hard to sort out until you learn their distinguishing field marks. Some of them will winter over here, particularly on the south shore, while others are flying huge distances to South America. The next wave, already starting to trickle in, are the warblers. Those flying jewels of spring have transformed into confusing fall warblers in shades of drab olive and brown. And they’re not sitting and singing either but darting about in search of insects to pack on ounces before long flights south. This makes them a challenge to identify and may be not the best time to start your warbler ID career. Migration is about access to food and not staying warm, so most departing birds are insect eaters who migrate when their babies are launched and the gnats and caterpillars vanish with the cold. After the warblers come the sparrows, some to over-winter, some to wing on through. The good news is that they look pretty much the same all year round, making identification easier. The White-throated Sparrow is a win-

ter guest at feeders. Departing are Saltmarsh and Seaside, passing through are Savannah and Whitecrowned. Last are the winter ducks, birds who think sticking their tootsies into the icy water of the Sound, bays, nearshore ocean, and unfrozen ponds is the perfect way to spend a winter vacation. Arriving in December are Buﬄeheads, Hooded and Red-breasted Mergansers, Scaup, Eiders, Scoters, Long-tails and others. Migratory Canada Geese and Brant also come for the winter. Irruption years are something birders hope for. This generally happens every few years when the spruce trees in Canada produce a poor crop of cones and seeds, forcing the resident birds to come south seeking food. Last year was a big irruption, with the first Redbreasted Nuthatch reported arriving on Aug. 10, followed by a flood of Pine Siskins, Purple Finches, Redpolls and Grosbeaks to the enjoyment of birders all across the Northeast. The cycle repeats endlessly. Next spring the winter visitors will depart and the warblers and shorebirds will arrive again. But each season brings something different, something new to see and learn, a renewed appreciation for the wonders of the natural world.

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VIEW POINT

Tax the rich! Make them pay their fair share

he schizoid Republicans want all the goodies in President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” agenda (except for what lifts up “other” people), but demand pay-fors, except the only “pay-fors” they will accept is to put even more burden on those who actually do the work of Building Back Better. They scream about the national debt (they didn’t raise an eyebrow at the $8 trillion Trump added and the budget deficits he ran up, largely because of his 2017 Tax Scam) and now threaten to refuse to raise the debt ceiling – essentially defaulting on the bills they already authorized – which would destroy the “full faith and credit” upon which our economy is based. Even the so-called “moderate” Democrats (looking at you Sen. Joe Manchin) are balking at the $3.5 trillion price tag of the “human infrastructure” package, even though that amount would be spent over the next 8-10 years (unlike the $4 trillion in COVID relief packages

passed under Trump of which an extraordinary amount was steered directly to Trump and Treasury Secretary Mnuchin’s cronies and millions defrauded because of the lack of oversight). And, unlike those packages, would be an investment in the future, and more than recoup the investment. The way to pay is through reforming the tax code, and especially undoing the 2017 Trump tax package which steered 83 percent of the benefits to the wealthiest 1 percent. As Biden has said, 55 of Fortune 500 companies paid zero tax on their profits. Any change in the tax code, Republicans shriek, would be “income redistribution” (“Socialism!) when in fact, over the past 40 years, that is exactly what they have been doing, as all the real increase in wealth has flowed to the wealthy, while the rest are barely keeping up with inflation. Democrats have come out with a more pragmatic tax reform proposal to finally get the richest

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individuals and corporations to pay their fair share of income (not wealth). Raise the tax rate on the wealthiest: Democrats want to return to the 39.6 percent, the rate before Republicans cut it to 37 percent; the new rate would kick in for single people who make more than $400,000; married with taxable income over $450,000 (so after deductions, this means that incomes are high; this would impact only

the top 1.8 percent). The wealthiest – those with adjusted incomes over $5 million – would pay a 3 percent surtax. Raise corporate taxes: Biden has proposed raising the corporate tax rate to 28 percent (still well below the 35 percent that was in eﬀect before 2017 lowered it to 21 percent); House Democrats are proposing a graduated rate structure, to 26.5 percent for companies with taxable income of over $5 million, but remain at 21 percent for those netting under $400,000. Democrats also are proposing a tax rate of 16.6 percent on corporate foreign earnings (up from 10.5 percent), while Biden has also sought a global minimum so corporations don’t shop around for the lowest tax jurisdictions. Meanwhile, Biden is also looking to increase IRS enforcement to get the cheaters to pony up. This is expected to raise some $700 billion. (For some reason, the Republicans are really upset with that.) These measures would raise an

estimated $2.9 trillion – though it is very likely that, unlike the mythical “Trickle Down” theory that Republicans have used for decades to justify endless tax cuts, the Build Back Better agenda will lead to actual increases in revenue and decreases in expense (climate disasters costing $121 billion a year; Medicaid, food stamps and the social safety net enchilada, amounting to $360 billion a year). Here are more revenue-raising ideas that Democrats should incorporate: So far, there is nothing in these proposals to eliminate the tax loopholes and tax shelters that are so abused (and get ahead of the biggest loophole of all that is emerging, cryptocurrency). Get rid of the carried interest loophole that makes financial people (the ones who get fabulously rich using other people’s money), that lets them pay the much lower capital gains rate instead of income tax rate. Continued on Page 47

OUR TOWN

Family talent may be buried in the past

irth order counts. That’s what Austrian psychotherapist Alfred Adler told us. Firstborns are more depressed, middle children competitive and the youngest tends to get spoiled. Family dynamics are fascinating, but so is the family legacy. Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis and one of the greatest minds of the 20th century, had a grandson named Lucian, who would become one of the greatest portrait artists of Great Britain. Sir Francis Bacon, the great philosopher/statesman of the late 16th and early 17th centuries eventually led to the life of Francis Bacon, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. But why did it take generations for these family endowments to remerge? And why do some oﬀspring grab the gold ring while others settle for bronze, silver or nickel? Family talent can be suppressed for a generation or two or three. If a family has great talent, it can be a shining light and a beacon of hope for the oﬀspring as it was for both the Freud family and the Bacon family, but this light may remain dormant for generations and will only reemerge when circumstances are

right. The great American novelist Cormac McCarthy grappled with this issue in “No Country for Old Men” when he described the relationship between the Sheriff Ed Bell and his father, who was also a sheriff. In the last scene of this Oscar- winning film of the same name directed by the Coen brothers, Sheriff Bell has recently retired and is telling his wife about the dream he had the night before. In the dream, he was alone on a mountain pass in the dark of night with a cold snow blowing. His father passed him “on horseback carrying a fire in a horn like in the olden days…. It was under a blanket and shining like the color of the moon…..he rode on past and I knew he was going on ahead and fixing to make a fire in all that dark and all that cold… and I knew that whenever I got there, he’d be there.” In this passage, McCarthy is exploring the idea of a family legacy of courage and righteous goodness, but to live up to this legacy presents Sheriff Bell with grave danger and even possible death. It is easy to understand how one may want to shy away from a family legacy out of fear it will cause too much pain. Francis Bacon courageously

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tapped into the power of his family heritage and thus the spirit of Sir Francis Bacon came back to life. When we see a Lucian Freud painting look more real than the sitter he is painting, we can think of his genius ancestor’s ability to see into the souls of his patients and how Lucian was able to harness this same empathy but transformed it into the domain of art rather than the healing sciences. I think the way therapy fits into all this is as follows. The analyst’s task is to intuit the hidden talents the patient has and nourish it and why psychoanalysis is concerned with your history. Most of the progeny in great families run from their destiny. Not everyone answers the call.

The Kohler plumbing family of Kohler, Wis., has four generations working in their 17 diversified companies, but the Kohler family is the exception. More frequently we see oﬀspring blocked by a fear of success or a fear of failure or by numerous other circumstances. But the spark and the talent keep on calling. In some ways we all shoulder the burden to carry on the best of our inheritance whether that is genetic, social, spiritual, intellectual or financial. And only the very bravest of the oﬀspring will have the courage to go beyond all the fears and fulfill the best of

what has been given to them. Success is oﬀered by our family heritage, but it’s another thing altogether to grab hold of these gifts given to us and do something with them. If we can somehow muster the courage, then our family legacy acts like a “fire in all that cold and all that dark,” providing us with hope and inspiration and direction. Our forefathers are our role models waiting for us to reach them somewhere far oﬀ in the distance up high in the mountains. And when we finally arrive on the mountain top, we will have made them proud.

Our family history calls out to us.

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20 years later: Reflecting on 9/11

wenty years isn’t a very long time. Not for the children who lost parents in Manhattan and Kandahar and over Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Not for the paramedics and cops and firefighters who will remember it like yesterday for the rest of their lives. And not for our history. Turn the page just a few times in a textbook and two decades whips by pretty quick. But twenty years is long enough to forget some things. That’s why “always remember” can’t be a slogan. It’s a work order. It’s a sacred assignment we owe the 2,977 innocent victims who died in the

attack and the servicemen and women who deployed overseas in the aftermath. It’s about making good on the obligation we owe the first responders who struggled on September 12th and every day since. Twenty years is long enough for people to forget the true nature of our national unity in the wake of 9/11. Too many young people seem to think it was all about revenge. It wasn’t. It was about justice. The brave men and women who enlisted after 9/11 weren’t just settling a score. They wanted to protect their friends and loved ones. They wanted to create a safer, more

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State Assemblyman peaceful world. They chose service in a dangerous time. It was unity in grief. It was about finding strength in each other. It was

about consoling your neighbor even if you were suﬀering too. We realized that the ties that bind us- love of family, desire for safety, deep appreciation for sacrifice- were so much stronger than petty political diﬀerences designed to divide us. Even in the face of unspeakable terror, we had to move forward. We had to do it together. We can’t forget that today. Residents on opposite sides of a hot-button issue at a town board meeting need to remember that they all care about their community enough to show up. People arguing about politics on social media need to remember there’s a real human

being behind that other screen. And we all need to remember that so many of our neighbors have scars we don’t see and carry burdens we can’t understand. Scripture tells us that there’s no greater love than to lay down your life for your friends. If there is, it’s to lay down your life for a stranger. This year, I’m deeply moved by the first responders who didn’t hesitate for a single second to put their lives on the line. They charged headfirst into hell on Earth to protect people they’d never met before and would never see again. Live a life that would make them proud.

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Equality, Afghanistan, Texas

o learn, one must have an open mind, but questions should be asked of Trump supporters like Gayle Palmer about how long their minds have been closed to information that disagrees with what they have been told to believe. In Palmer’s letter titled “President Biden’s Afghanistan tragedy,” she somehow begins with comments on racism and states that “the left keeps telling people of color that they cannot make it in this country” and to show that such statement is not true, states that “people of color are able to experience successful and rewarding lives in America.” Her statement by itself sounds quite racist. The question should be, how many people of color are hurting and, for the most part, are they really equal in our country? As for equality, did we, the white people, also serve as slaves next to our black brethren? It’s a long hard road to achieve equality. But let’s quickly turn to President Biden and the Afghanistan situation. I salute Ms. Palmer, or

should I say General Palmer for her expertise about Afghanistan and her military know-how since I assume she was in that country observing the events and subsequently discussing and planning military strategies with her fellow generals. However, what does surprise me is that she does not agree with most of Trump’s original deal with the Taliban. The part of the deal she is in agreement with is the trade to free 1,000 American prisoners without giving up anything in return, that is unless you totally ignore the release of5,000 Taliban prisoners, some of whom played key roles in the Taliban’s swift takeover of the country. Keeping the Taliban in mind and everything else that’s currently going on in our country, and in the world, let’s think about the possibility of Trump running for president in ’24. Ms. Palmer and so many others like her believe that he would be perfect for ’24, but realistically, we’re really talking about him taking us back to 1924 or even more appropriately, 1824, some thirty-seven years before the start of the Not-So-Civil-War.

Please God, I pray. Save our democracy. Regarding thenew Texas’ six-week abortion ban law, itincludes a provision that rape will not be an excuse for the girl or woman to have an abortion. How would any woman, especially one in Texas, feel about having a baby whose father is a rapist? Regarding abortion as a whole, I guess for Texans, freedom of choice does not apply to women who want to have control over their own bodies and sanity. For Texans, saving a life must be the key. Based upon that conclusion, getting vaccinated to prevent you from contracting the coronavirus fits into that same category of saving a life unless Texans know more than doctors and scientists. Apparently, throughout the United States, many others share that same belief and I understand that in most law-abiding states, it’s illegal to practice medicine without a license. Alvin Goldberg Great Neck

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Translation Swallows zoom in and out of little burrows high up in the sand cliffs in the cool of morning. Early sunlight filters through the trees down onto the beach, where the waters of the sound roll in. Today all is gentle. I stand near the water’s edge and look up, amazed at the overhead waves of flight as elusive as air, without even stirring breath. Seagulls rise and call around me, you could hear their wings flapping away. Farther down the shore there is a lot of erosion from the storm. Here and there parts of the cliff collapsed, trees and mangled property-line fences dangle along the edge of open sky. People are looking and filling in their own assessment as I pass: climate change or the work of an up and down natural cycle— the ebb and flow a vast oeuvre. By the voices you can tell they are committed to set narratives. When I returned the nests are empty, small black eyes like little windows looking out into the blue until evening turns twilight, when the swallows will streak back. Why wouldn’t they return, beyond the headlines, policies, trends, this is their home, unburdened by iconic translation, making them heirs to innocence. The day is almost done and all I could think of was however you sliced it, one day soon this part of the cliff will be gone. This island is made of glacial till and outwash left over from the last ice age that once continued through the remnants of other islands to Cape Cod, until the ocean broke through. Below, the waves continue to curve toward shore, one after another, immune to the lessons that hide in the shadows. All of time has to do with arrival and vanishing. My hopes always being something else. In autumn how cold the night turns all at once. I found myself shivering. Stephen Cipot Garden City Park Letters Continued on Page 46

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FROM COVID BEDSIDES TO TALENT SHOW FINALS BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y Northwell Health’s Nurse Choir has fought its way to the finals of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent.” The $1 million grand prize was on the line for the program’s season finale Tuesday and Wednesday as 10 acts vied for the win. The group, composed of 18 nurses, competed in the semifinals Sept. 7, putting in a performance America thought worthy enough to send immediately to the finals. As part of the show’s voting process, the top three acts bypass the “instant save” where judges vote on whom to keep alive. It was the second straight round the choir was lucky enough to earn this type of bye. “Being able to go from the bedside and then the AGT stage, It was like something that we saw in a dream,” said Christian Montanez, a registered nurse at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset. The nurse choir captivated the audience yet again with a rendition of Andy Grammer’s “Don’t Give Up on Me.” The song follows previous performances of musical pieces that resonate with a message of hope and perseverance. Selecting each one, Montanez said, is a challenge but worth finding to strike the right chord. “We’re very strategic when we choose our songs because very important is that each one we sing has a message,” the nurse said. “At the end of the day, we can sing whatever song we really want to but we want to portray that message and that message is always having that hope, that resiliency, no matter how hard times are.” Aside from battling COVID-19 on the front lines of New York’s largest health system, members of the choir have to rehearse parts or go over instruction either by themselves or on

Zoom. It’s a diﬃcult balance that Montanez said Northwell has been extremely supportive of, and a transition he believes the group is naturally wired for. “They say music and science live in the same part of the brain so I think it’s almost natural for us to transition and change uniforms, being immersed in the day and performing at night,” he

said. In the show’s previous 15 seasons, seven winners have been individual singers, but a choir has never won. In season 14, the Detroit Youth Choir became runner-up, which left the local health care workers a chance to defy the odds once more. Regardless of the results, the mem-

bers of group said they have accomplished their goal. For Winnie Mele, director of perioperative services at Plainview Hospital, the entire journey from the hospital to Hollywood is unimaginable. “The mission of our lives is nursing so any of this outside of our box is pretty incredible,” she said.

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Blank Slate to hold forum on redistricting BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Blank Slate Media will hold a virtual town hall on the topic of redistricting in Nassau County after data from the U.S. census released last month showed an increase of various populations over the past decade. The forum will be hosted and moderated by Blank Slate Media’s publisher and editor, Steven Blank, on Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. The forum will feature Nassau County League of Women Voters Vice President Michele C. Lamberti and Nassau County Legislative Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams (D-Freeport). Along with serving as vice president for the county’s League of Women Voters,

Lamberti, a Port Washington resident, has the same position for the Port WashingtonManhasset branch of the organization. Lamberti also serves as the redistricting unity coordinator for LatinoJustice PRLDEF. A former lawyer in New York City, she had a role at her firm’s women’s committee and a seat on the advisory board for New York Lawyers for the Public Interest. After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1997, Lamberti attended Fordham Law School three years later, graduating in 2003. Currently, Lamberti serves as chair emerita of Women of Dartmouth and is an alumni councilor for the college. Abrahams was elected to the Legislature in 2002 to represent the 1st District, which

encompasses Freeport, Uniondale and Roosevelt, along with parts of East Meadow, Hempstead and South Hempstead. Abrahams has been an advocate of funding social services and programs for Nassau’s youth, senior citizens and community health groups. He has also been a proponent of increasing opportunities for minority- and womenowned businesses and aided in the county’s creation of an Independent Oﬃce of the Inspector General, which aims to provide more oversight to the county’s procurement process. In August 2020, Abrahams and other members of the minority caucus proposed changes to legislative districts throughout the county with the creation of a redistricting commission. The proposed nine-member commission would be tasked with reordering the 19 districts of the County Legislature to make them geographically compact and more contiguous. According to the proposal, three members of the commission would be picked by the leader of the Legislature’s majority, three would be chosen by the minority leader and three would be agreed upon by both sides. As of now, redistricting is delegated to an 11-member board made up of five voting members from each party, with the last member being a nonvoting chairperson picked by the county executive. Republicans currently hold an 11-8 majority in the County Legislature. The committee, Abrahams said last year, would preserve the boundaries of cities, towns and incorporated villages.

“The creation of an independent redistricting commission will liberate Nassau County voters from decades of election districts which exist primarily to advance the political interests of entrenched machine politicians over the interests of the people,” Abrahams said. Abrahams said the current map ensured that around 95 percent of incumbent politicians have been re-elected since 1995. According to census data, Long Island’s population grew 3.1% from 2010 to 2020, and diversity increased, with the minority population rising by 8.9%. In Nassau County, the Census Bureau found a 4.2% increase in population to 1,395,774 in reporting what it called “redistricting data.” The population in the Town of North Hempstead reached 237,639, a rise of more than 5%. Long Island’s population was 2,921,694. This census marks the first to take place after the Supreme Court’s decision in a partisan gerrymandering case a few years ago. In Rucho v. Common Cause (2019), the majority opinion said that allegations of partisan gerrymandering could not be reviewed in federal courts despite it being “incompatible with democratic principles.” Suits could still be filed at the state level. The decision could exacerbate an already polarized political process that will shape legislative districts for the next 10 years. The virtual event will begin at 7 p.m. on Zoom. Those interested in viewing the forum can register for free online here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blankslate-media-virtual-town-hall-redistrictingof-nassau-county-tickets-169874014751.

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Annual street fair returns to NHP Community showcase canceled past 2 years due to COVID, 3rd track construction BY B R A N D ON DUFFY The Village of New Hyde Park is hosting its 24th annual street fair on Saturday after having to cancel the previous two. It will be held from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Jericho Turnpike from New Hyde Park Road to Covert Avenue, plus Lakeville Road. Residents will see local service organizations, businesses and first responders in attendance. Last year’s event was canceled due to COVID-19, and the fair in 2019 was not held due to LIRR construction. According to Mayor Christopher Devane, residents can expect no shortage of things to do for the Saturday event. “There’s going to be loads of vendors, loads of food and hopefully loads of fun,” he said.

For the mile-long fair, residents can partake in the various sidewalk sales or try a bite from the diverse food to be available. Devane says there will be live music from both a band and DJ. The New Hyde Park Fire Department will perform a simulation of rescuing a person from a car. Also included in the entertainment are tae kwon do and martial arts demonstrations from local studios. For Devane, who was sworn into oﬃce earlier this year, putting on the street fair has a little extra meaning. “We’re looking forward to this one because we haven’t had one for two years and are trying to bounce back from COVID,” he said. “It’s a nervous anticipation, but we’re certainly looking forward to it.”

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spanning over three decades, said Nancy Zolezzi, the Chamber of Commerce treasurer. Residents can expect to see a showing of local businesses, organizations and the villages on Hillside Avenue between Willis Avenue and the railroad tracks, she said. Expected to attend are historical societies, libraries, fire departments, the Rotary Club, American Legion, VFW and New York Islanders representatives, to name a few. On each hour from noon to 2 p.m. a live performance will be presented by three local businesses, Hidden Talent Dance, Taecole Tae Kwon Do of Albertson and Hannah Kroner School of Dance.

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Bravo for CRT is Progressive/Marxist goal editorial T on teaching

ravo on your editorial “Truth in Teaching History” supporting the Board of Regents’ call for school districts to teach the American story with fuller coverage of the role of racism. Regent Roger Tilles, Long Island’s representative on the Regents board, has pointed out that LI’s schools remain among the most segregated in the nation, declaring that “as a regent, if you don’t see the responsibility for equity to make sure others get the same chance at excellence, then you’re not doing your job.” Ronald Gross Great Neck

he following is in response to your Sept. 8, 2021 editorial, “Truth in teaching history.” Education has been a target of Progressives/Marxists going back as far as the Woodrow Wilson administration and was addressed extensively during the Eisenhower administration. The removal of interdenominational prayer in schools initiated in the Herricks School District (See Engel v. Vitale 370 U.S. 421 (1962)), prohibiting public tax money for parochial schools and the taking over and strengthening teacher unions, among the largest unions (National Education Association) were goals the Progressives/Marxists achieved with no national resistance unlike the case of CRT and the 1619 Project. The NEA today actively supports the agenda of Progressives/Marxists who now control the Democrat Party. This is just part of the latest attempt by those more interested in Marxist revisionist indoctrination than the education of American students to attack

the founding principles of this country. For proof, check out the following:1. National Educator’s Association approves of critical race theory (msn.com) 2. The Communists and the schools, by Robert W. Iversen, release date: Oct. 14, 1959 3. Communist-socialist propaganda in American schools, by Verne Paul Kaub, hardcover – January 1, 1953 4. Critical race theory – Wikipedia “Law professors Daniel A. Farber and Suzanna Sherry argue that critical race theory lacks supporting evidence, relies on an implausible belief that reality is socially constructed, rejects evidence in favor of storytelling, rejects truth and merit as expressions of political dominance, and rejects the rule of law. Farber and Sherry additionally posit that the anti-meritocratic tenets in critical race theory, critical feminism, and critical legal studies may unintentionally lead to anti-Semitic and anti-Asian implications.” 5. Critical Race Theory is repackaged

Marxism, white supremacy (msn.com) 6. Twelve Scholars Critique the 1619 Project and the New York Times Magazine Editor Responds 1/26/20 7. Nikole Hannah-Jones’ Hate For America Is The Basis Of The 1619 Project (thefederalist.com), by Ben Weingarten June 26, 2020 How would you feel if the person teaching your children American history argued that “the white race” — or any race — “is the biggest murderer, rapist, pillager, and thief of the modern world”? The above quote, comes from Nikole Hannah-Jones while she was a student at the University of Notre Dame. In conclusion, Marxist propaganda will never be accepted as American history by those who value the freedoms and opportunities that many Americans fought and died for. Walter Jaworski New Hyde Park

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here are many who are aware of irregularities that occurred during the 2020 election and there are those who do, indeed, state that it was “stolen.” I cannot say that, but when a Democratic voting rights activist, Stacey Abrams, travels to the battleground states and gets them to change their voting rules, eliminating standards that were in place to prevent voting fraud, it is boundto make an election suspect. She did not go to New York or New Jersey to change the rules. Why do you think that is the case? She knew they are Democratic states and were not in danger of voting Republican. Isn’t it funny that her name never comes up when articles like this are written. The sin of omission raises its ugly head. Now, the Dems and the media continue to call Jan 6 an insurrection. Isn’t it strange that none of the people arrested have been charged with insurrection. It is laughable to think that this riotous crowd thought they could overturn an election. It is ludicrous. Other charges such as trespassing, destruction of property etc but not charges of insurrection and yet the left uses this charge over and over again. Reuters reported in August that “the FBI found scant evidence that the Jan 6 attack on the Capitol was the result of an organized plot to overturn the presidential election result, according to four current and former law enforcement officials. The violence was not centrally coordinated by far right groups of President Trump. The sins of omission continue. There seems to be some idea on the left that history is being altered to hide any ugliness that occurred when our an-

cestors roamed the United States. I find that strange because I learned all about the early explorers and the peoples they conquered, the struggle between the settlers and the Native Americans and the death and destruction that occurred on both sides. Slavery was not hidden in my history books, the cruelty, lynching, the underground railroad, families torn apart, the Civil War, Jim Crow, segregation, civil rights laws, systemic racism and the progress that America has made since I opened a history book decades ago. Your editorial states that Critical Race Theory is taught in Law schools and not in elementary schools. Where has this person been? Have you heard of Becky Pringle? She is the President of the NEA and she looked right at the camera and said that they teach Critical Race Theory in K-12 and that it should be defended. The NEA is going to do everything they can to fight those who try to stop CRT from being taught in our schools. The sin of omission or just lack of information on the part of your editorial writer? Now let’s get something straight for once. The white race is not the only group of people that once owned slaves. There is not a continent out there or a race that did not partake in this heinous practice. There were black slave traders who sold their own people into slavery. Slavery is being practiced today in China. So let’s stop the self-righteous indignation as if the rest of the human race is innocent of any wrongdoing. That brings me to today. We live in the freest country in the world. Thousands have died to make it so and all of

you ungrateful, self-centered complainers should kiss the ground you walk on. Open your eyes. Millions are pouring in here from all over the world because of what we have to oﬀer them in opportunity, equality and freedom. CRT, in action in part, consists of telling white students in schools that they are oppressors and telling minorities that they are oppressed by those with white skin. Have you ever heard of anything so obviously racist? Educating children to see their fellow students as oppressors or victims. It is a sick ideology and needs to be stamped out by sane thinking Americans with common sense. “Biden Ends Bush’s failed war in Afghanistan” the title states. It should read Biden’s Failed Evacuation of Afghanistan. Talk about having blinders on, this writer takes the cake. It does not matter what the subject, the sin of omission is always present in these Viewpoint diatribes. Many mistakes and intelligence failures occurred prior to 9/11, systems did not share information and there were general warnings and not specifics, but I will not defend George W. Bush’s decisions and certainly not his war with Iraq. Does she mention that Bill Clinton had a chance to get terrorist Osama Bin Laden and did not take it, Obama pulled out of Iraq and diddled around while ISIS took over the country in large areas. It took Trump to get them out. Nation building did not create a Democracy in Afghanistan and the writer paints a picture of no benefit to the Afghan women or citizenry. They would beg to diﬀer and that is why they all want to come here. They had a taste of Western living for a number of years,

something they had never experienced and they want it now. Who knows what will happen. This evacuation travesty will live in infamy. Pulling troops before saving the civilians, closing Bagram Air Base and giving security to the Taliban in Kabul after Biden was oﬀered the job of securing and controlling Kabul and his refusal resulted in the deaths of our servicemen and women and the inability of those trying to escape to get to the airport. They were beaten, their papers and passports stolen and some were killed. Thirteen dead servicemen and women and thousands left behind. A shame and a stain on his legacy forever. We even saw the transcript where Biden asks Ghani, the president of Afghanistan, to lie about the fact that the Taliban were taking over the country to “change the perception.” Biden lies with ease and tries to blame Trump for this fiasco, Sorry, Joe, he would not have gone along with the choices that you made . There is no doubt who would have been in charge and it would not be the Taliban. We now have a new terrorist state, armed with our own weapons, a very big sin of omission in the aforementioned article. One final great success of Joe Biden’s evacuation reveals that the drone that destroyed the car carrying a so called “terrorist” the day before the final evacuation actually killed an innocent family of a man who was one of us. The New York Times released this information while Biden and his minions lied about who was in the car. Gayle Palmer Williston Park

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oin me on Sept. 18 to enjoy National Cheeseburger Day. The legend goes that teenager Lionel Sternberger, while working for his father at his sandwich shop,

the Rite Spot in Pasadena, Calif., was the original inventor of the cheeseburger. One day, young Lionel just decided to add a slice of American cheese to a hamburger. His

dad liked the taste and added cheeseburgers to the menu. The rest is history. As more and more of us have received our COVID-19 vaccines, it is now easier and

safer to patronize our neighborhood restaurants. Two of my local favorites for cheeseburgers are Hillenbrand’s Ice Cream Parlor on Hillside Avenue in Williston Park along with Peter Luger’s

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Tax the rich! Time for them to pay fair share Continued from Page 17 Eliminate tax deductions for corporations that oﬀ-shore jobs and taxable income – that would be an appropriate use of tax policy. Raise the FICA cap, from $137,700 to say $5 million, which would eliminate the constant insecurity of Social Security going bust or benefits being cut to keep it solvent for the 10,000 Baby Boomers reaching retirement each day. The 8.5 percent that is extracted from wage earners’ paychecks (17 percent if self-employed) is one of the reasons that working people pay a higher tax rate than the rich. While they won’t be able to enact a “wealth” tax, they can address the scam the uber-rich use, where in lieu of income, they take

out revolving loans using rising asset values as collateral, pay oﬀ the interest which they then take as a tax deduction. They should eliminate the deductibility of those interest payments, beef up the Alternative Minimum Tax (why isn’t the AMT already in force?). If the AMT doesn’t capture a fair tax rate, instead of a “wealth” tax, there should be a Value Added Tax on purchases and spending that more accurately reflect income. These proposals don’t address the limit on SALT (State and Local Tax) deductions, which was put into the 2017 Tax Plan to punish Blue States (Donor States), foment voter discontent for their Democratic electeds and reduce the

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earned from passive investments,” stated Morris Pearl, former managing director at Blackrock, Inc., chair of the Patriotic Millionaires, and co-author of Tax the Rich!. “Each of these tax increases would aﬀect only the wealthiest Americans, a group that has seen their fortunes grow substantially over the last several decades and throughout the pandemic. Wealthy Americans like me can more than aﬀord to pay higher taxes, and we should be expected to. With these plans, the Biden administration is ushering in a new, better vision for what our tax code should look like, one that shrinks inequality instead of contributing to it. The era of trickle-down nonsense is over – it’s time to tax the rich.”

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Recent Real Estate Sales in the

Willistons

39 Juniper Avenue, Mineola

448 Macatee Place, Mineola

3 bd, 2 ba, 1,850 sqft, Sold On: 7/12/21, Sold Price: $705,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Mineola

3 bd, 2 ba. Sold On: 7/21/21, Sold Price: $730,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Mineola

181 Jerome Avenue, Mineola

200 White Road, Mineola

4 bd, 1 ba, 1,085 sqft, Sold On: 7/13/21, Sold Price: $585,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Mineola

3 bd, 2 ba, Sold On: 7/26/21, Sold Price: $710,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Mineola

Editor’s note: Homes shown here were recently sold in New Hyde Park, the Willistons, Mineola and surrounding areas by a variety of real estate agencies. This information about the home and the photos were obtained through the Zillow.com. The homes are presented solely based on the fact that they were recently sold in New Hyde Park, the Willistons, Mineola and are believed by Blank Slate Media to be of interest to our readers.

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Reflecting on 20 years since Sept. 11 Continued from Page 1 “It’s hard to fathom an entire generation in this world exists since the day this horror occurred,” said Town Clerk Wayne Wink. “Never forget the pain we felt, and the pain we still feel.” “These were our friends, our family, our neighbors, our co-workers and they will never be forgotten,” Bosworth said. In the recitation of names ceremony, each of the town’s council members read names from the list of 56 that lived in or were from their district. When they finished, attendees were allowed to step up and share the names of people they wanted to commemorate. Great Neck A ceremony was also held at Ielpi Firefighters Park in Great Neck Plaza on Saturday, with the playing of taps from a member of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and the playing of “Amazing Grace” by members of the Nassau County Firefighters Pipes and Drums group. First responders from the Great Neck peninsula gathered at the park named after former Vigilant Fire Department member Jonathan Ielpi. Ielpi’s life was one of hundreds throughout Nassau County that was taken by the terrorist acts nearly 20 years ago. His memory is also kept intact by his No. 16 high school hockey jersey being hung from the Saddle Rock Bridge, where the view of the city skyline is straight ahead. Ielpi’s sister, Melissa, thanked the department for constant support and aid to her family over the past 20 years. “Since day one, the Fire Depart-

ment has been there for us and we are so grateful for them,” she said. “Jonathan loved the Fire Department, and he loved each and every one of you.” Longtime Vigilant member Rabbi Marim Charry, who gave the opening prayer, spoke on why people should not forget the events of Sept. 11. “When we say ‘do not forget,’ it means to take action,” Charry said. “To take action to make sure nothing like that ever happens again.” Vigilant Chief Justin Sachmechi encouraged everyone in attendance to keep the memory of everyone who perished during the attacks close and pass down the information and knowledge learned from that day to future generations. East Hills The Village of East Hills hosted a commemoration for the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks at Arlene park, named after Arlene E. Fried, a victim in the tragedy. Mayor Michael Koblenz recalled his experiences that day as he was working in Battery Park. When his opening remarks were finished, he opened up the podium to any attendee that wished to speak. Resident Rhoda Helman approached the podium and shared a story she said she tries to every chance she can. In 1984, as a teacher in Queens, Helman was approached by Newsday to include her class in its edition of “Kidsday.” She said the prompt for her students was to write a poem about what they would do in the event of an atomic bomb.

Helman then proceeded to read, “The Horrifying Demon,” a five-stanza poem one of her sixth-graders wrote in response to the assignment. After the poem’s conclusion, Helman revealed that the author of the poem, whom she did not wish to identify, was an employee of Cantor Fitzgerald in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11. Speaking about the poem in an interview, Helman said she can never forget “what an adorable little face he had, the most perfect sixth-grader.” Williston Park The Village of Williston Park held a Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony at the 9/11 memorial garden at Kelleher Field. Attendees lined up on the third base side bleachers as oﬃcials and dignitaries made remarks. Preceding the evening’s events were a presentation of colors in the outfield, led by the American Legion and followed by the local VFW post, Fire Department and Cub Scout Pack 201. Regarding the two decades that have passed, Mayor Paul Ehrbar emphasized the importance of remembering those who had their lives cut short. “It’s important for our education systems to continue to incorporate this day in history and civic classes, to ensure future generations are fully aware of today and the impacts its events had on our nation,” he said. New Hyde Park The Village of New Hyde Park hosted a Sept. 11 observance at the Fire Department headquarters Sunday afternoon on Jericho Turnpike. Present at the ceremo-

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The Town of North Hempstead and areas throughout it held ceremonies to remember the Sept. 11 attacks 20 years later.

ny were town and state oﬃcials as well as representatives from the Board of Fire Commissioners. The Chaminade boys choir provided music and a local firefighter played the pipes. When he spoke, Mayor Christopher Devane recalled fondly someone he knew personally in the attacks, Michael Montesi. The mayor said after volunteering in the village for 13 years it was always his dream to be a New York City firefighter. Montesi was a member of Rescue Company 1, something Devane said was his life dream, as he would feverishly exercise in and around the headquarters whenever he could while volunteering. “As I look at these documentaries and see the towers burning, I think of Mike Montesi,” the mayor said. “Because when Mike was going into that fire, I have no doubt in my mind that he was supremely confident that he would get those people out.” Following remarks, there was a recitation of names ceremony for the 10 New Hyde Park residents who lost their lives. Mineola The Village of Mineola held a Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony Friday night at the Memorial Park Amphitheater. The ceremony was held in front of the village’s 9/11 memorial and featured leaders from Long Island as well as first responders. A flyover was conducted with a helicopter from the Nassau County Police Department, and the ceremony included a presentation of colors with local firefighters. In an interview earlier, Mayor Scott Strauss said he wants younger generations to be aware of the galvanizing effort by people to support each other following those dark days. “I think the younger generation needs to be aware of the patriotism we had in the United States,” he said. “From the afternoon and the evening of 9/11 and on, it lasted for months and months, it was unlike anything I have ever seen before.” Port Washington Roughly 100 people attended the Village of Manorhaven’s Sept. 11 ceremony on Saturday, with Mayor Jim Avena providing the opening remarks. Former village Trustee and Vietnam War veteran Ken Kraft described his Sept. 11 experience while working for the Nassau County Police Department. Kraft said the attacks were “much worse” than his experience in Vietnam because they occurred “in my own backyard.” “Now, more than ever before, it’s time for all of us to respect and appreciate our first responders ... who wanted so much to rescue and help those 3,000 victims of this cowardly, atrocious act,” Kraft said. “The Star-Spangled Banner” was sang by Weber Junior High School eighth-grader Ella Rowe, who is Avena’s granddaughter. Port Washington VFW Post 1819 performed a gun salute and a benediction was conducted by two members of the Our Lady of Fatima Church.

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For Strauss, pain of 9/11 does not end Continued from Page 1 Completely covered in dust, Strauss and his team found Port Authority Oﬃcer Will Jimeno lying 30 feet beneath the wreckage, calling out for his partner. Jimeno was pulled to safety hours later in what Strauss describes as a situation where he had no other option but to focus on the task at hand. “We thought we were still under attack,” Strauss said. “Everyone that wasn’t involved in the rescue or recovery attempt was able to watch on TV, live with commentators. I couldn’t tell if the jets flying above us were there to protect us or hurt us.” After Jimeno was recovered, his partner, Sgt. John McLoughlin, was recovered as well, alive despite injuries. It was these rescue and recovery eﬀorts that earned Strauss the NYPD’s highest award, the Medal of Honor. Despite all the horror of that day, Strauss said he likes to remember good that came out of it. He spoke about Operation Yellow Ribbon, where towns in Canada near airports

practically doubled their population in a day as airspaces were cleared and planes had to make emergency landings. Because of the closures of bridges and tunnels, a large boat lift in lower Manhattan carried people to safety. Strauss said that moments like these reflect how much good can come from people during an ordeal. “I would never want to have another Sept. 11,” he said. “But I would love to have another Sept. 12.” Strauss recalled the days, weeks and months after the terror attacks when the country was galvanized and people were in step with each other, undivided. He said it is something he wants younger people, who don’t have their own memories of the day, to research in order to keep alive the memories of those who were lost. “It doesn’t have to be stories of rescuers or first responders,” he said. “Talk to your parents, grandparents or friends who were old enough about what they felt and what they went through.”

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Sillitti announces new location, mobile office State Assemblywoman Gina Sillitti (D-Port Washington) announced that she’s holding a series of mobile office hours at local libraries throughout her district from late September to early November. She also announced that her district office has moved from its previous location to 44 South Bayles Avenue, Suite 200, in Port Washington. “Hearing directly from Long Island families allows me to better represent our communities’ interests in the state government and fight for meaningful change,” said Sillitti. “I encourage everyone to attend my mobile office hours and make their voices heard. I know that our district has a wide range of priorities and concerns and I’ll continue working to ensure our needs are being addressed in Albany.” Assemblywoman Sillitti’s mobile office hours will take place at the following locations. To make an appointment, please call (516) 482-6966. • Bryant Library: Thursday, September 23; 10 am-noon; Helen Glannon Room; 2 Paper Mill Road, Roslyn • Port Washington Library: Tuesday, September 28; 10am-noon; Mezzanine North Study Room; 1 Library Drive, Port Washington • Bryant Library: Thursday, September 30; 4 pm – 6:30 pm; Helen Glannon

Room; 2 Paper Mill Road, Roslyn • Hillside Library: Monday, October 4; 10 amnoon; All Purpose Room; 155 Lakeville Road, New Hyde Park • Great Neck Library: Tuesday, October 5; 4 pm – 7 pm; Large Multi-Purpose Room, 159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck • Manhasset Library: Tuesday, October 12; 4 pm – 7 pm; Second Floor Conference Room, 30 Onderdonk Avenue, Manhasset • Shelter Rock Library: Thursday, October 14; 10 am-noon; Community Room; 165 Searingtown Road South, Albertson • Port Washington Library: Wednesday, October 20; 4 pm – 7 pm; Mezzanine North Study Room; 1 Library Drive, Port Washington • Williston Park Library: Thursday, October 21; 10 am-noon; Village Hall Community Room, Third Floor; 494 Willis Avenue, Williston Park • Shelter Rock Library: Monday, October 25; 4 pm – 7 pm; Community Room; 165 Searingtown Road South, Albertson• Manhasset Library: Wednesday, October 27; 10 am-noon; Second Floor Conference Room, 30 Onderdonk Avenue, Manhasset • Great Neck Library: Wednesday, November 3; 10 am – noon; Large MultiPurpose room, 159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck • Mineola Library: Thursday, November 4; 4 pm – 6 pm; Community Room; 195 Marcellus Road, Mineola

Deadline nears for N. Shore Hospital contest Eyes are the windows to your soul, and nothing stirs the soul like an unforgettable photo. So grab your camera, because it’s time to enter the 2021 Auxiliary of North Shore University Hospital’s annual photo contest. Judges are looking for photographs that evoke warm and positive sentiments in hopes of providing a soothing environment for the hospital’s patients and their loved ones. The top three finishers will receive a complimentary print of their work, and their signed and titled photographs will be displayed at NSUH.

Photo submissions can be to one of four categories: Figurative art, flowers, landscapes and waterscapes. The cost is $5 each entry and must be received by Oct. 11. Only 5×7 and 8×10 color prints will be accepted. All proceeds will go towards NSUH’s patient programs. For more information regarding oﬃcial rules and entry forms, go to: https://www.northwell.edu/sites/ northwell.edu/files/2021-09/2021-PhotoContest-Application.pdf For more information, call Volunteer Services at 516-562-4947.

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Curran’s ‘22 budget plan features tax cuts Continued from Page 8 On Monday, Republican officials proposed cutting nearly $100 million in county fees. Their proposal would include using some of the millions in excess sales tax revenue over the projected sales tax revenue in the budget, according to a news release from the majority. Officials said reports indicate the county is projected to receive $130 million more in sales tax revenue this year than in 2019. The proposal would eliminate the $350 tax map verification fee and the $55 public safety fee as well as reduce the $300 recording fee to $50. The tax map verification fee is charged by the county assessor to verify land details in deeds, mortgages or other real estate documents, while the recording fee is charged by the county for recording and documenting those deeds, mortgages, liens, statutory notices and other filings needed to be re-indexed, officials said. The public safety fee is a result of traffic and camera violations issued since Jan. 2, 2017.

“After the county executive vetoed millions of dollars tax cuts proposed by the Legislature in last year’s budget, the Majority will eliminate almost $100 million dollars in county fees paid by residents, to keep more money in their pockets where it belongs,” Presiding Officer Richard Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park) said. “This will help our small businesses, seniors, residents refinancing, paying off mortgages or buying homes in Nassau County.” Majority officials said the proposed bill will be passed by the Legislature on Sept. 27 before it goes to Curran for final approval. Curran, a Democrat seeking re-election this year, criticized the legislative committees for passing the proposed legislation on Monday in remarks to Newsday without indicating whether she would veto the measure. “I would call that irresponsible legislation proposed yesterday, to haphazardly cut fees,” Curran told Newsday. Efforts to reach majority officials for further comment were unavailing.

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Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto and the Town Board are once again welcoming the LI Blues, as well as three other hockey teams, to the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage for the 6th Annual LI Blues Winter Classic. This special event showcases hockey players with special needs enjoying a game they love. The public is welcome to attend and admission is FREE. Faceoff for the first of four games is at 3:30 p.m. The fourth and final game is expected to conclude at approximately 7:30 p.m. The Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center is located at 1001 Stewart Avenue, adjacent to Bethpage Community Park. "The LI Blues is an inspiring hockey program in which children and young adults with developmental disabilities play ice hockey in an accommodating setting," Supervisor Venditto said. "It is a terrific program that brings all the fun of playing ice hockecial needs. Three other teams, the East e ey to athletes with special w Jersey Dare Devils and the New York Coast Jumbos, the New pa ating and the Town Board and I welcome Raptors will be participating wn n of Oyster Bay. We also invite our resithese teams to the Town ev dents to come to this event and cheer these players on. Their attion to the sport is very uplifting." commitment and dedication izzation is pleased to again be partnering "The LI Blues organization with the Town of Oysterr Bay to present the LI Blues Winter Classic," Michael Russo of LII Blues Special Hockey said. "We are very wh hich adapts the game of hockey to make proud of our program which pe ecial needs. The LI Blues Winter Classic it fun for players with special o that program and we are thrilled to is an outstanding piece of e-art Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Cenhave it at the state-of-the-art

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Starting out strong in Herricks Herricks Public Schools students and staﬀ members kicked oﬀ the 2021-22 school year stronger than ever on Aug. 31, when doors opened for a year of learning and growth. Students will benefit from upgraded technology and integration of new resources into all aspects of the curriculum as the district leverages skills and advancements that were made in light of the pandemic. This school year brings the rollout of a 1:1 Chromebook initiative and continues instructional technology enhancements. The district also continues its focus on social emotional learning and has partnered with Northwell Health for expanded mental health support. As a result of summer projects included in the bud-

get and 2016 bond initiative, many facilities improvements were completed and several exciting developments are still underway. Renovations were made to art rooms at Denton Avenue and Center Street schools, numerous middle school classrooms, high school locker rooms and select bathrooms throughout the district. New bus loops at the middle and high schools alleviate traﬃc and provide a safer environment for pick-up and drop-oﬀ. The high school fitness center is progressing as planned and the district looks forward to unveiling the finished product this winter. Herricks looks forward to a wonderful year filled with many achievements and celebrations!

Honoring 3rd-grade author Searingtown third-grade student Sahil Jhaveri accomplished what many people, including experienced adult writers, consider a lofty goal when he wrote and published his own book, which is now sold on Amazon. Sahil dedicated many months last year to bringing his ideas to life on the pages of “Adventures of Super Chicken” and as a result, is able to take readers on an exciting journey. Inspired by bedtime stories told by his father, Sahil developed fictional characters and a plot that incorporates suspense, humor and many other components. He carefully

edited the text, which uses images by Blueberry Illustrations accompany. Sahil’s work is also inspiring other children to pursue aspirations as writers – several young readers expressed interest in authoring their own books after learning that the story was written by someone their own age. “That makes me feel happy,” Sahil said. While he clearly has a knack for storytelling, Sahil hopes to become a paleontologist when he is older.

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Teen creates mural for garden Registration for The large and colorful 16’ foot-long mural was installed on Sept. 10 at the Wheatley School in Old Westbury. Alyson Brooke Zeller, the 17-year-old artist, a senior at the school, designed the mural for her School within a School Program to beautify the outdoor garden. Alyson is honored to be able to share her artwork with the entire student body, faculty, and future generations that attend the school.

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Alyson has always had a passion for art and an obsession with doodling. Despite the challenges of ADHD and related learning disabilities, the young entrepreneur has developed her unique art style into a custom design business called Ally-Brooke Designs. A myriad of gift products can be adorned with her bright and colorful bespoke designs. Her hand-drawn, one-of-akind style features iconic popart symbols that evoke a sense

of fun and whimsy. Alyson hopes her art can be an inspiration to other young aspiring artists and that she can serve as an encouragement to others with ADHD and learning disabilities while making the world a more colorful art-filled place. Please direct any media inquiries to Alyson Zeller of Ally-Brooke Designs, allybrookedesigns@gmail.com 516-666-0649Alyson Zeller town mineola

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Registration for the 2021 Fall Adult Education Program is now open to all residents of the Roslyn, Herricks, and East Williston school districts. All classes will be virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic and will be held via Zoom. Most courses begin the week of October 18, 2021. Catalogs have been mailed to the community and are available online at www. roslynschools.org under the Community/Adult Education tab. Registration is by mail or online only. There will be no in-person or phone registration. To register online, visit our Adult Education Web Store at https://RoslynSchools. Revtrak.net. It accepts Visa, MasterCard, Amex, Discover and e-checks. If you need

help navigating the store, please review our Online Registration Guide at https://bit. ly/3hHMSeN. If you prefer to mail or fax in your registration form, please print it out from our website via the following link: https://bit. ly/2ZIbIoE The Roslyn School District offers a robust Adult Education program with dozens of classes in creative arts, exercise, health and wellness, languages, financial topics, virtual presentations, and more. We are pleased to carry on the tradition of offering a resident rate to all three districts, and providing discounts for senior citizens. For additional information, please call the Adult Education office at (516) 801-5091.

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Mineola UFSD welcome back students Mineola Public Schools welcomed students back into the building for the first day of school on Wednesday, Sept. 1. Students arrived at their schools as they were greeted by their principals and teachers. Jackson Avenue and Hampton Street welcomed back their learners with large lawn signs. Students were excited to be back in the classroom after summer break, surrounded by their peers. The district wishes all of its students and staﬀ a successful school year!

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Kindergarten students at Meadow Drive created crowns that said, “I rocked the first day of kindergarten!”

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Town’s new recycling guide to arrive soon The Town of North Hempstead has announced that residents will be receiving in their mailboxes a recycling information sheet and decals for labeling recycling and yard waste containers during the month of September. “A significant priority for me as Supervisor has always been the protection and

preservation of our local environment, and an important means of achieving that goal is by recycling,” said North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth. “Residents must understand that recycling today is much diﬀerent than what we recycled 5 or 10 years ago. We hope that having all this information available

in one single document will make it easier for our residents to help us conserve our natural resources and ensure that items are successfully recycled. We encourage our residents to review this information, and, in the process, learn how to reduce waste and leave a lasting, positive impact on our environment.”

The information sheet will detail how to properly discard metal, glass, and plastic; mixed paper and cardboard; and yard waste. Also included will be decals for labeling recycling and yard waste set-out containers. For more information, please call 311.

Town proposing law to protect workers In honor of Labor Day, Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the Town Board have set a date for a public hearing to consider the adoption of a local law to bolster worker safety at construction sites. “North Hempstead wants to ensure that all individuals performing construction work in the Town do so in a safe manner,” said Bosworth. “The goal

of this proposed local law is to provide essential safety training to help prevent injuries. We believe that all employees should have a safe workplace, including construction sites.” The amendment to the local law would require contractors involved in construction on a minor site of more than 35,000 square feet to ensure that on-site employees have successfully

completed and maintained a current Occupational Safety and Health Administration 30-hour class certificate. The certificate provides 30 or more hours in construction industry safety and health. For major construction sites that are more than 50,000 square feet in size, a Site Safety Designee will be required. The Site Safety Designee will

have completed an OSHA 100-hour class. They will also be responsible for ensuring each employee onsite has an OSHA 30-hour class certificate. The safety requirements will be enforced by the town, and contractors who are in violation of these requirements may be fined. The public hearing for this law will be held at the Town Board meeting on Thursday, Sept. 30.

E. Hills student aids Open finals coin toss Drew Hassenbein and former tennis great, Stan Smith, help facilitate the coin toss between Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev at men’s US Open Final.Drew Hassenbein who is 12 years old from East Hills got as high as #1 in the country in the National Boys 12 and under division this year.

When Drew was asked about the experience he said “what an awesome day to be around two great champions at the men’s U.S. Open Final. I had so much fun doing the coin flip and it was so amazing to meet Novak Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev and the great Stan Smith.

9 L.I. WWII veterans to visit D.C. Memorials The National Honor Flight Network’s iconic trips – provided free to Veterans – have been on hold since March 2020 due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. National just lifted the pandemic restrictions on Aug. 15 and now Honor Flight Long Island’s Board has unanimously decided to oﬃcially re-institute their biannual D.C. flights, beginning in the spring of 2022. However, after a long hiatus that saw HFLI flights canceled for 2020 and 2021, the board had a waiting list of nine World War II era Veterans requesting a trip to D.C. After outreach to the Veterans and their families, all expressed a strong desire to go this fall, so HFLI booked a special one-day flight for Sunday, Oct. 3. Several of their family members will accompany the Veterans as Guardians. We all wish these eight men and one woman God speed and good health on this historic journey to our nation’s capital! Our gallant band of heroes are:

Dominick Critelli, 100, Army, Floral Park; Vincent DePalo, 98, Army Air Corps, Bethpage; Constantine Efthimiades, 95, Army, Whitestone; Robert Harms, 95, Navy, Carle Place; Louis Peretz, 100, Army Air Corps, Commack; Eleanor Rizutto, 99, Army, Franklin

Bill Jones, Honor Flight Long Island president, speaks at Veterans Reunion after their D.C. flight. Based in Southampton, Long Island, Bill Jones is a graduate of West Point and a United States Army Veteran.

Square; Stephen Samsel, 94, Navy, Fairfield, CT; Vincent Tolve, 98, Army Air Corps, Mastic Beach; Eugene Zanger, 93, Army, Massapequa. “This special Honor Flight gives nine of our ‘Greatest Generation’ Americans an opportunity to contemplate their military memorials, meet representatives of their service branches, commiserate with fellow Veterans and exchange WWII stories,” said Bill Jones, president of Honor Flight Long Island. “What the flight really represents is a ‘Big Hug’ to these Veterans from Honor Flight, their families and all our supporters who make such flights possible,” Jones added. Contact Jones for more quotes at: (631) 2768825. Visit the HFLI website at: www. honorflightlongisland.org. Thanks to HFLI, nine WWII Veterans will take a free, early-morning Southwest flight to Washington, D.C. Departing from Islip MacArthur Airport at 10:40 a.m., Veterans and Guardians will visit the WWII Memorial, then on

to Arlington National Cemetery for the “Changing of the Guard,” next a special Wreath Laying Ceremony and lastly the Iwo Jima Memorial. They return to Islip at 10:45 p.m. for a rousing welcome by the Long Island Bagpipe Band and thunderous applause from hundreds of supporters! Questions or pre-flight interviews? Contact Robert F. Salant, (516) 328-3959 or rsalant123@outlook.com. Contact: Robert F. Salant, Public Affairs, (516) 328-3959, rsalant123@outlook.com. The Honor Flight Network (HFN) requires all their hubs to follow strict health precautions before resuming travel. At this time, all 2021 participants must be fully vaccinated or receive a negative PCR test within 72 hours of a trip’s departure. HFN is also following health recommendations from the CDC, the District of Columbia, and each hub’s state and local jurisdiction, and the masking guidance of all trip venues.

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