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HOWARD WEITZMAN, EX-COMPTROLLER, DIES

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Mineola district mismanaged finances: audit

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State comptroller finds budget surplus exceeded limit resulting in higher taxes BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y The Mineola school district maintained excessive budget surpluses over four years, an audit by the state comptroller’s office has found. “The Board and District officials did not eﬀectively manage the District’s financial condition,” said the comptroller’s report. “As a result, more taxes were levied than were needed to fund operations.” The audit, released Sept. 3, was conducted by the oﬃce of state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and covered the period from July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2020. For that period, it said, the surplus was $20.7 million. The maximum surplus allowed is 4 percent, but the Mineola school district’s surplus, or appropriated fund balance, reached 13 percent, according to the audit. The audit said the school

board did not adjust the ensuing years’ budgets based on results in the previous years. Recommendations from the state comptroller’s oﬃce included adopting budgets with reasonable estimates based on trends, analysis and other factors. In response to the audit, School Superintendent Michael Nagler addressed each concern and recommendation presented in the 13-page document, generally agreeing with the findings and suggestions. The school district’s response said in part, “There are numerous contingencies that can and do result in a tax levy spike. The District believes it is prudent to provide for possible contingencies within the adopted budget in order to protect District operations, and to protect the District taxpayers from unnecessary spikes in tax rates.” Continued on Page 58

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On Monday, Sept. 13, the Wheatley School girls tennis team took on Garden City in a league match.

Pusateri touts skills as an advocate for causes BY R OB E RT PELAEZ Christine Pusateri, a speech pathologist and aspiring Town of North Hempstead councilwoman, said she

aims to serve the community at large while expanding services for people with disabilities. Pusateri, a Williston Park resident, has spent three decades advocating for the

town’s most vulnerable residents, including her son. Speaking with elected oﬃcials, collecting information and seeing what people’s needs are led her to run. Continued on Page 59

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Williston Park roads Howard Weitzman, project to pause soon ex-comptroller, dies Mayor Ehrbar says three streets to be paved this week

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Former Nassau County Comptroller Howard Weitzman, a member of the Nassau Interim Financial Authority board, died at 75 on Monday. Weitzman, a Roslyn resident and Democrat, was first elected as comptroller in 2001 and served two four-year terms before losing a 2009 re-election bid. Weitzman was appointed to the finance authority, which oversees the county’s finances, by then Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in 2016. After graduating from Queens College as an accounting major, Weitzman worked in the financial industry for nearly 50 years, including serving as a partner for KPMG, a global accounting firm. There, he oversaw the firm’s regional health care accounting, tax services and consulting. He

became a certified public accountant in 1971. In 1989, Weitzman was elected as the mayor for the Village of Great Neck Estates after spending the previous six years as a village trustee. After six years as mayor, Weitzman was appointed by County Executive Thomas Gulotta to the county’s Board of Assessors in 1995. Weitzman was also appointed to the state’s Commission on Government Eﬃciency by Gov. Elliot Spitzer in 2007 along with serving as chairman of the state’s Association of Counties Committee on Taxation in Finance. Weitzman also served on the boards for a variety of charitable, educational and civic organizations throughout his governmental career. A handful of local oﬃcials shared their thoughts on Weitzman’s death. Continued on Page 58

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Road work will continue in Williston Park until the weather becomes to inclement. BY B R A N D ON DUFFY Mayor Paul Ehrbar outlined the road projects that are underway in the Village of Williston Park at the Board of Trustees meeting on Monday night. He said cement work was performed on Meagher Place between Willis Avenue and Cross Street. He also said Burkhard Avenue, Horton Highway and Van Wagner

Place are expected to be paved by Friday. The next roads slated for repairs are Cushing Avenue from Hillside Avenue to Lafayette Street, and Colonial Avenue. Ehrbar also said that the roadwork will have to be put on hold when the weather cools down before resuming in the spring. Deputy Mayor Kevin Rynne announced during his report that the village will host its

Ragamuﬃn Halloween Parade on Sunday, Oct. 31, at 6 p.m. at the American Legion Hall. He also announced that the village will host the seventh annual 5K Williston Park Family Fun Run. The event will be held the Saturday after Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, after a delay last year due to COVID. “I believe in 2019, we had close to 200 people,” Rynne said. “Every year it keeps getting bigger and bigger, so please support the two events.”

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Update on new Herricks auditorium

Construction that architect says would create a ‘21st-century’ facility to begin in June BY B R A N D ON DUFFY The Herricks Board of Education was given an update on plans to renovate the high school auditorium last Thursday night. “The goal of this project is to transform the current high school auditorium into one that can be seen as a 21st-century auditorium,” said Jackie Ruggiero of BBS Architects. “It’s mostly an interior renovation.” Ruggiero and Kevin Walsh of BBS Architects gave presentations on the project. Changes to the auditorium include new flooring, seating and stage curtains, and ADA accessibility. Also being treated are the proscenium, side walls and the existing stage entry corridor, among other things. Layouts of the plans can be found on the district’s website. Two rows of seating in the middle will be removed while one row will be added to the left and right aisles of seats. The move will create more space, potentially for an orchestra or

amounts to $1.2 million, and was approved by voters, Superintendent of Schools Fino Celano said. The spending will come from the capital reserve, and any costs going over the set funding would then come out of the school budget, Celano said. The project is supposed to be completed by Sept. 6, 2022. Trustees were overall very receptive to the proposed changes. There was some discussion about the entry corridor, with Trustee James Gounaris suggesting that the history and memories there remain in some capacity once renovations are made. The entry corridor is lined with multiple pictures from previous years on the wood paneling. Ruggiero reiterated that none of the renderings presented are final, but multiple sources PHOTO BY BRANDON DUFFY of feedback and input went into the designs so far. The next step in the renovaA proposed rendering of the new Herricks High School auditorium. tion schedule includes submitother groups to perform in front the district can avoid the hardest he considers the longest and ting construction documents to of the stage. part, according to Walsh. With a hardest part of any gymnasium the state Education Department. Construction is set to begin lighting project completed in reconstruction, which is work- If approved in early December, bidding would begin in FebruJune 28, 2022. The changes will February, the district is “ahead ing on the ceiling. be somewhat expedited because of the curve” and avoiding what Phase one budgeting ary.

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N. Shore schools lead state rankings Great Neck rated No. 1 district by Niche; Roslyn No. 3, Herricks No. 7, East Williston No. 24 BY R OB E RT PELAEZ

The Great Neck school district was ranked as the top school district in New York by Niche, joining six others from the North Shore among the top 25. Aside from Great Neck, other area school districts that were featured on the Niche list were Roslyn (No. 3), Manhasset (6), Herricks (7), North Shore Central (17), East Williston (24) and Port Washington (25). The Mineola school district came in as the 122nd ranked district on the list. Nationally, the Great Neck school district was ranked as the third-best district, with Roslyn (No. 7), Manhasset (19), Herricks (29), North Shore Central (69), East Williston (96) and Port Washington (100) also featured in the list of the top 100 school districts. There were also eight high schools featured in the top 50 in the state, according to the Niche list. Great Neck South

district for a commitment to excellence in the classroom in a statement to Blank Slate Media. “We are delighted that the Herricks School District continues to receive accolades and high rankings from national publications,” Celano said in the statement. “We are very proud of our students, who consistently achieve high levels of success in many areas. This is a tribute to our engaged and motivated students, caring teachers and administrators, and a dedicated board of education.” Eﬀorts to reach other school districts for comment were unavailing. Niche is a site where places to live, graduate schools, colleges, K-12 schools and scholarships are ranked. The site PHOTO BY JANELLE CLAUSEN uses data scientists to analyze a variety of factors and statistics to make the lists each year. FacThe Great Neck school district ranked as the best school district in the state, according to tors taken into account while Niche. making the rankings include High School (No. 6) led the North High School (13), Her- School (39) and the Wheatley academics, teachers, clubs and activities, diversity, college way, followed by Roslyn High ricks High School (14), Paul D. School (40). School (10), Manhasset Sec- Schreiber Senior High School Herricks Superintendent preparation courses, and health ondary School (11), Great Neck (29), North Shore Senior High Fino Celano touted the school and safety.

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Curran gets backing of 2 police unions Superior officers, detectives endorse county exec for re-election as county ratest safest BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z On the same day Nassau County was deemed the safest county in the nation for the second consecutive year, County Executive Laura Curran received endorsements on Monday from two police unions. Officials from the Police Superior Officers Association and the Police Detectives Association touted the work of Curran over the past few years and cited labor agreements she helped facilitate with both unions since 2018. Curran, a Democrat, is running for reelection in November against Republican Bruce Blakeman, a Town of Hempstead councilman. Superior Officers Association President Ricky Frassetti said as county executive Curran tripled the size of the Police Department’s community affairs unit, reopened two precincts and quadrupled the problem-oriented police officers in each precinct. “While the county executive and I might not always agree on everything, she always listens and is willing to work things out, ” Frassetti said. “Laura is committed to working to support initiatives that strengthen the relationships between law enforcement and the communities they serve.” Detectives Association President John

pandemic, first responders throughout the county, including my members, showed up each and every day and continued to keep our residents safe,” Wighaus said. “During that dangerous time, Laura Curran was present. She was keeping our residents calm and informed while knowingly placing herself in danger.” Curran thanked the officials from both unions for their support. “The trust that I have built, and my administration has built with this team behind me is incredibly important,” Curran said. “I am grateful for the support. I want both the DAI and the SOA to know that I do not take this support for granted, I do not take this endorsement for granted, and I really look forward to working together to solve our problems so we can again say it is a new day in Nassau County.” The Nassau County Police Benevolent PHOTO COURTESY OF LAURA CURRAN FOR NASSAU COUNTY Association, which represents a majority of Nassau County police officers, did not respond to comment on who the group Nassau County Executive Laura Curran received endorsements from two would endorse ahead of the election. police unions on Monday. Blakeman, in response to the endorsements, told Newsday that “no amount of Wighaus touted Curran for not getting the county’s residents and help first re- endorsements can overshadow the coun“caught up in winning and losing” and sponders helped earn her the organiza- ty executive’s massive reassessment tax hikes, which are slamming Nassau hominstead being an elected official who tion’s endorsement. was around during good times and bad. “When most of the world was bun- eowners.” Continued on Page 65 Wighaus said Curran’s efforts to inform kered down during the early stages of the

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Suozzi provides updates on SALT Congressman says he expects Democrats’ package to include restoration of full tax deduction BY B R A N D ON DUFFY

duction for state and local ers in areas with high proper- York is negatively aﬀected by dents are taxed on income taxes is capped at $10,000. ty taxes like the North Shore. the deduction because it is used to pay local and state This has the eﬀect of raising The former Nassau the largest net donor to the taxes. U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi federal taxes for homeown- County executive said New federal government and resiIssues associated with (D-Glen Cove) told reporters Monday he expects some kind of agreement this week on the Democrats’ social spending package, including the state and local tax deduction, known as SALT. Suozzi is using what he believes is more leverage as he tries to restore the full SALT deduction as part of the overall package. He has been trying to institute a change since at least 2019. Two years ago, Suozzi’s bill to restore the SALT deduction passed in the House but not the Senate. “If you want to change the tax code I’ll support that,” he said Monday. “But you’re not getting my vote, or others’ with me, unless it SCREENSHOT BY BRANDON DUFFY includes a fix of SALT.” Under legislation signed by then President Donald U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) provided members of the press updates on SALT deductions he Trump, the federal tax de- believes will be included in the Democrats’ social spending package.

SALT have caused families, which are potential revenue drivers, to leave New York for other states such as Florida. “I believe as more and more censuses come out, the problem of people leaving will bear out,” said Suozzi. Suozzi told reporters any changes regarding SALT are likely to be added to the bill in the Rules Committee. Supporters of the deduction come from both sides of the aisle, Suozzi said. However, he said Republicans who vote against the bill that come from districts in need of SALT relief do so at their own political peril. He said he believes changes to SALT will eventually be included. “I feel good that this will be included in the final deal,” said Suozzi. “My whole political capital has been expanded on this, I’m way out in front of it. No SALT. No Deal.”

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Nassau County Legislative Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams (D-Freeport) and League of Women Voters Vice President Michele C. Lamberti expressed the need for a fair and balanced redistricting process in a virtual forum hosted by Blank Slate Media last week. The redistricting process occurs across the country every 10 years following the release of U.S. census data. Prior to the data being released this year, Abrahams led the charge in trying to have the County Legislature adopt an independent redistricting committee to keep a majority of the power from one party. 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, would preserve the boundaries of cities, towns and incorporated villages. “I feel it’s most prudent that we take it out of the hands of politicians and we give an opportunity to the public to have a say in the process where they would draw the lines and there would be less likelihoods of gerrymandering or redistricting to favor a particular party,” he said. During the forum, Abrahams again touted the importance of establishing a committee and having people understand that redistricting is of the utmost importance. “In order for us to move forward, we must have an independent process that is truly reflective of the people of Nassau County,” Abrahams said. “I think from that standpoint, that was embedded in our proposal, which we’ve been leading the fight in terms of redistricting.” In 2013, the Republican majority’s proposed district map was approved by a 10-9 vote. Lamberti said when looking at redistricting, party aﬃliation should not be a driving force in creating district lines. With updated census data showing new trends throughout the county, she said, it is important to focus on the communities themselves when talking about drawing new district lines.

“In the latest census, people of color represent 44 percent of Nassau County,” Lamberti said. “Our demographics are really changing … I think we should be looking at communities as the building blocks of districts.” A supermajority of the state Legislature is able to override the state’s redistricting commission designed to make New York’s election nonpartisan. With ripple eﬀects in various states potentially leading to a new speaker of the House, Lamberti said, “just because other states are doing it, doesn’t mean we should.” Lamberti, on behalf of the league, said her colleagues were not pleased with how the process has played out on a state level so far, but happy to see the state’s redistricting commission gathering public input during pre-hearings. “This is definitely not how we expected the commission to function,” Lamberti said. “I don’t think voters expected it to function this way and I don’t think it’s in the best interest of New Yorkers.” Abrahams said the state Legislature may have its own prerogative in terms of deciding what to do, but he and his colleagues want to focus on how to best serve Nassau County. Abrahams said he believes Nassau could become less politicized and said lines should be drawn based on census trends, likeness of the community, interests of the community, and to create a process that is fair and balanced. “I think most people are not cognizant on why it is so important not to give a oneparty rule structure,” Abrahams said. “If any party is able to assume 13 seats they pretty much can control bonding, they can override vetoes of the county executive.” Abrahams said if one party is in control of the bonding and measures for various road and infrastructure projects, there is fair criticism to be made that the other legislative districts will not get much of a say in the approval of the capital bond plan. Abrahams said he does not want to see either party gain too much power from the standpoint of having a fair and balanced process. To view the entire interview visit: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=Q29lb6OzhbU.

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Town to restart virtual only meetings North Hempstead cites legislation signed by Hochul, threat posed by delta variant BY R OB E RT PELAEZ

The Town of North Hempstead will go back to holding strictly virtual meetings less than three months after reopening its proceedings to the public, oﬃcials said last Thursday. The town’s general board meetings, Solid Waste Management Authority meetings and upcoming budget hearings will all be held remotely without inperson public attendance starting on Sept. 30, according to a news release. In the news release, the town referred to legislation signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul in September that permitted virtual meetings to continue for municipalities throughout New York in an eﬀort to reduce the spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus. An executive order was signed by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in March 2020 that authorized public meetings to be held virtually. That provision was lifted on June 25 of this year, when the state’s disaster emergency ended. “This commonsense legisla-

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The Town of North Hempstead will return to holding meetings on a strictly remote basis. tion extends a privilege that not only helps New Yorkers participate safely in the political process, but also increases New Yorkers’ access to their government by allowing for more options to view public meetings,” Hochul said

in a news release. “This law will continue to bolster the open and transparent style of government that we’re committed to maintaining in the Empire State.” “It is important to still remain cautious and to adhere to social

distancing guidelines,” North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth said in a statement to Blank Slate Media. “We believe it is in the best interest to continue holding our Town Board meetings remotely for the time being. This

helps us take the necessary precautions to ensure the health and safety of our residents.” Officials did not say when the remote meeting restrictions would be lifted. Town officials said the legal notices for public hearings scheduled for the town’s board meeting that was to be held on Thursday of this week would be updated accordingly. The hearings will be postponed before the board sets new hearing dates, which will also be held virtually, during that meeting. Officials also said that any public comments previously offered and included for hearings that will be rescheduled at a later date will remain a part of that hearing’s record. The town will hold meetings at the regularly scheduled 7 p.m. time, with streaming services available at northhempsteadny.gov/townboardlive. Public comments can also be submitted to the board by emailing comments@northhempsteadny.gov, but they must be submitted at least an hour before the meeting begins, officials said.

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Rein in social media, aid papers

ig tech is threatening local journalism. Of this there can be little doubt. COVID-19 caused drastic cuts in the nation’s newspaper revenue as businesses retrenched, forcing pay cuts and the furloughing and firing of journalists. But the pandemic merely accelerated a crisis in local journalism that is now at least two decades old. Since 2004, more than 1,800 local newspapers have closed across the United States, leaving whole counties without any local sources of news and greatly diminished coverage in many other areas as news staffs are slashed. Research has found that this reduction in local news coverage can be linked to more corruption, less competitive elections, weaker municipal finances and greater partisanship among elected officials. Much of this decline in print can be traced to the rise of social media companies and the move to digital advertising. Just two companies – Google and Facebook – receive 60 percent of all current digital ad dollars and 90 percent of all new digital ad dollars. This is, in part, made possible by social media companies with no reporters gaining traffic by linking to stories published by local new organizations that have reporters and editors. In New York state, news publishers employ 95,480 reporters and newsroom staff members. The social media companies don’t charge their readers to see this information, at least in terms of money. Instead, consumers pay by knowingly or unknowingly providing their personal information

to the social media companies, which they then sell to advertisers. The social media companies also attract people by posting what people say – whether it is true or not – and encouraging the most extreme voices who are often rewarded with the most followers. This has made Facebook a breeding ground of misinformation and a haven for extremist groups and opponents of things like COVID vaccines and masks who have cost tens if not hundreds of thousands of lives as well as believers in the Big Lie that the last presidential election was rigged that now poses a real threat to our democratic form of government. Fortunately, elected oﬃcials and newspaper executives are beginning to wake up to the threat posed to local journalism and free markets. Publishers of 125 newspapers in 11 states recently filed or announced lawsuits against Google and Facebook claiming the tech giants have unlawfully monopolized the digital advertising market and engaged in an illegal secretive deal, nicknamed “Jedi Blue,” to thwart competition In Congress, the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act, a bipartisan bill, has been presented. It would provide a limited antitrust safe harbor for news publishers to collectively negotiate with Facebook and Google for fair compensation for the use of their content. This is not a small matter. Allowing an industry to band together to collectively bargain seems to violate the functioning of a free market as protected by antitrust laws. The answer to that is what antitrust laws? No one has yet to stop Facebook and Google from

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eliminating their competition. And those are some of the companies the news publishers would be negotiating with. “Whether it’s an online publisher or local newspapers, we cannot have democracy without a free and diverse press,” said House Judiciary Chairman David Cicilline (D-R.I.) in 2019. “Our country will not survive if we do not have shared facts, if corruption is not exposed and rooted out at all levels of government and if power is not held to account.” Supporters of this legislation say the money provided by the social media companies for the content they use would allow local newspapers to hire more reporters. For those who question the bipartisan bona fides of the legislation, consider that among those who have endorsed it is Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post. We gladly join the New York Post in endorsing the legislation. In June, the House introduced a package of five bills that would make it harder for Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon to complete mergers and prohibit them from owning businesses that

present clear conflicts of interest. The legislation represents the most comprehensive eﬀort to reform century-old antitrust laws in decades. Congressman Tom Suozzi (DGlen Cove) announced last week that another piece of legislation, the Local Journalism Sustainability Act, has been included in the House Ways and Means Committee’s budget reconciliation markup. The bipartisan legislation would help bolster local media outlets with temporary tax credits for publishers employing and hiring local journalists. “We must do everything we can to save local papers like The Island Now and the dozens of other community newspapers across our region that have faced economic struggles due to the pandemic,” said Suozzi, referring to Blank Slate Media’s website. “Local journalism is essential to a thriving democracy and I am fighting to ensure this legislation is passed as part of the budget reconciliation.” Under the tax bill that was released by the House Ways and Means Committee, local publishers would get annual tax credits of up

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to $25,000 for each journalist they employ, which could then be put toward their employers’ share of Medicare payroll taxes. The value of the credit would fall to $15,000 after the law has been in eﬀect for a year. On the local level, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio issued an executive order in 2019 mandating that all city agencies spend at least 50 percent of their print and digital advertising budgets in community and ethnic media. We would hope the next mayor of New York City maintains the order and that it is adopted by Nassau County if not the state of New York. If all this sounds one-sided in favor of local journalism, consider this: Congress passed a law in 1996 laying out the rules of the road for the then-infant online business. One part of the law – Section 230 – was intended to allow online start-ups to avoid legal challenges to their content by terming them platforms and distributors rather than publishers who are held accountable by things like libel laws. Continued on Page 53

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KREMER’S CORNER

Could Long Island become a tech heaven?

any years ago when I was starting to practice law, I asked a more senior lawyer how do I get new business? His reply stayed with me for all of the past decades. He said ”your next business is already on your desk.” What he meant was take a look around your office see what is readily available and go get it. That is the case of the many elected officials in our two suburban counties, all of whom are not aggressively seeking the opportunities that are there for the asking. At this very moment, Amazon has purchased a number of properties to be used as part of the expansion of their business on Long Island. In March, the Nassau County Industrial Development Authority approved Amazon’s $72 million, 204,000 square foot warehouse and distribution facility in Syosset. The project will deliver 125 union construction jobs and 200 permanent jobs.

Foundations are being laid for a new 150,000 square-foot Amazon warehouse distribution facility in Holbrook. Amazon has delivery centers in Shirley and Bethpage and is planning warehouses in Westhampton Beach and Carle Place. The growing presence of such a major company is an open invitation to go after executives of such companies as Facebook, Apple and Google and many others. Google announced this past week the purchase of a downtown Manhattan building for $2.1 billion. They plan to hire 2,000 new employees. The big tech companies are currently employing 22,000 workers and planning to offer more jobs in the coming year. How can Long Island get its share of the job pie? It is time for the various towns that have their own industrial development agencies to band together and start promoting their tax benefits and other advantages. It sounds like heresy to

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suggest that competing jurisdictions should band together to get major companies to come to the island, but this is a now or never chance to tap into a growing opportunity. It is almost a sure thing that many of the people being hired by the tech giants come from Long Island. How about our county officials getting the tech companies to hold job fairs so that there is a chance that our high school and college graduates find out

first-hand what type of work is available? Many of the younger generation have been leaving Long Island to live and work in the city, but the rental market is now hot and it is getting harder and harder to find an apartment. Thanks to the near completion of the interconnect between Penn Station and Grand Central Station, travel to the city will be much easier. Most people do not realize that the combined population of Nassau and Suffolk counties is over three million people. This population mass makes this region larger than six other states. The two counties offer dozens of companies that are in the Fortune 100 to 500 class. The Brookhaven National Laboratory is involved in research that will have worldwide implications. Maybe it is time for our many local elected officials to unite and begin selling Long Island and its many qualities, as opposed

to focusing on just local business. Back in the early 1970s at the request of the Long Island Association, as an Assemblymember, I sponsored a bill in Albany to create a Long Island Job Development Authority. The Authority would have been able to promote the island as a whole and borrow for projects that benefit the entire island. The bill became law and stayed on the books until about ten years ago. Neither county took advantage of its possibilities and the law quietly died. It could be time to recreate such an agency if there was any joint desire to use its promise. There is so much more that can be done at a time when the big tech companies are expanding their presence in the downstate region. The next Amazon, Facebook or Google headquarters could be in the bi-county area. It is an opportunity that is sitting on someone’s desk.

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

I’ve become a daydream believer

was reading a review the other day of the very latest in electronic watches. Apparently, these gizmos do way more than tell you the time. They can receive the latest text alerts just like a cell phone or weather forecasts or anything else small enough to fit on a watch face. There’s just one thing to beware of: “People don’t take it kindly when you look away from them to check your watch,” warned the article. “It’s considered even ruder than looking at your phone…a word to the wise!” You’d better believe it. That’s one of the things that hurt President George H.W. Bush the most when he lost his bid for re-election to newcomer Bill Clinton in 1992. During one of the presidential debates that year, Bush was caught looking at his watch in the middle of the debate — just as he was about to answer a citizen’s question, actually — and nothing pisses people oﬀ faster than someone who clearly, literally, doesn’t have time for them. I think we waste enough of our lives already, looking at our

phones, without turning them into watches. Even worse: Our kids are wasting their lives, and ours, checking their phones all the time instead of what they should be doing — namely, listening to us. Everyone is so submerged in their phones these days. If they’re not composing literary masterpieces entirely from emojis, then they’re catching up on the latest podcast or — if they’re truly degenerate — playing solitaire. Whatever happened to the good old days of daydreaming? Doodling in the margins of your textbooks? Staring slack-jawed into space? In fact, it turns out that daydreaming can be good for us all. Back in 2012, psychologists Benjamin Baird and Jonathan Schooler at the University of California, Santa Barbara, conducted an experiment with 145 undergraduates. First, each student was given two minutes to list as many uses as they could think of for such everyday objects as bricks, toothpicks or clothes hangers. Then the students were

JUDY EPSTEIN

A Look on the Lighter Side randomly assigned to four groups. Three of the groups got a 12-minute break before returning to the original task. One of those groups rested in a quiet room, one was given a diﬃcult task involving short-term memory, and one was given a task so boring that the experimenters were sure it would result in daydreaming instead. The fourth group, as a control, got no break at all. Only the group with the boring task improved their performance when they returned

to the original test— by a whopping 41 percent. The experimenters explained that for this to work you need a “foreground” task requiring just enough thought to let the rest of the mind wander productively. Without any task at all, we seem to go negative, dwelling on worries instead. This might explain my own surprising results with trivial tasks during the pandemic. Faced with a To-Do list full of spiky, unpleasant chores, I found it surprisingly restful to just sit and wrap presents that we hadn’t been able to give relatives in the past year. It got to the point that I almost unwrapped and rewrapped them, just for the relief it gave me from pandemic worries. If daydreaming is so productive, where would we be, I wonder, without it? What if cellphone Candy Crush had been available in 1666, when Isaac Newton was lounging in that fateful apple orchard? Apples might have fallen all around him, like a fruity blizzard, and he would never have noticed —

let alone pondered suﬃciently about their trajectories to eventually come up with his Laws of Motion and Universal Gravitation. And where would we be if there had been cell phone watches in Switzerland in 1905 with a young Albert Einstein immersed in one on a streetcar instead of watching as Berne’s famous clock tower receded in the streetcar’s rear window? It might never have occurred to him to wonder what an observer might see in a similar streetcar if it were traveling away from that clock but at the speed of light. Indeed, Einstein might never have come up with any of his theories of Special or General Relativity, or anything else, if he’d had any distractions from his now-famous “Gedankenexperimente,” or Thought Experiments. So please, when next you see me, don’t ask me the time. It may look as if I’m getting nothing done — doodling, dawdling, looking out the window — but please know that really, I’m preparing to think great thoughts. Or so I’m prepared to claim!

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THE BACK ROAD

Waiting for red light to turn green

hen, where and for what purpose people use their smartphones has become somewhat cliché. It is fair fodder for educators, therapists, humorists, cartoonists, talking heads and, well, almost everyone I know. Still, I decided to add my two cents here. Increasingly, when I am on the road situated behind another vehicle waiting at a red light and the light turns green, I have to beep my horn to get the attention of the driver right in front of me. On those occasions, it is obvious that they are playing with their phones – texting, looking at social media, whatever. I often wonder, what is it that can’t wait and requires one’s rapt attention during a 30-second red light? I walk most mornings, sometimes as early as 5 a.m.

Since I live in Long Beach, the 2.2-mile boardwalk is my go-to destination. I rarely see another soul and I like it that way. The solitude of pre-dawn darkness suits me. And sometimes I’m lucky enough to see a breathtaking sunrise. Although I cherish my morning walks, completely circumventing other people is rare. What puzzles me, though, is that on the rare occasion that I cross paths with another human being, they are often on their phone engrossed in animated conversation. I have no recollection of ever having had a phone conversation with anyone at 5 a.m. As a lifetime late night talk show radio listener, I am well aware that people do call in the wee hours of the morning. Their calls are usually about conspiracy theories like who really killed JFK or what’s

ANDREW MALEKOFF The Back Road

the truth behind Area 51. Or maybe they spotted Big Foot. I completely understand that some folks can’t sleep and others are lonely. Cross country truckers often call in as well as people working the graveyard shift. Whatever the reason, I think that being able to connect with someone on the other side of midnight

gives folks a sense of companionship, no matter how fleeting. When I’m at the grocery store, on occasion I use my cell phone to call my wife. For example, “Was that Baby Bella mushrooms or shitake?” Or, “I forgot – is it the toilet paper with the red packaging or the blue?” Although I don’t actively eavesdrop, some of my fellow shoppers are not using their phones solely for shopping advice; rather, they seem engrossed in something much deeper. Could it be a remote book club or a telehealth call? At King Kullen? It puzzles me when I hear someone engaged in a private conversation in public on their cell phone, whether in the grocery or on the train, for example. Verizon posted a guideline entitled: “Smartphone eti-

quette tips for any context.” One of their tips is, “Keep a distance of at least 10 feet from the nearest person when talking on the phone.” Who abides by that? Hardly anyone riding the Long Island Railroad “quiet cars” notwithstanding. Closer to home, sometimes I can clearly hear my acrossthe-street neighbor’s conversations from the second floor of my house, even when the windows are closed. I am not exaggerating. In fact, the phone volume is set so high I can hear both ends of the conversation, unless a plane is heading in to land at JFK. I started this column with the disclaimer that the subject of smartphone use has become cliché and somewhat tiresome I might add. In any case, I have to stop writing now. The light just turned green.

E A R T H M AT T E R S

A call for tougher car emission standards

he U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sets greenhouse gas emission standards for passenger cars and light trucks. Just last month, EPA proposed changes to the existing emission standards. According to the EPA, the changes will produce significant reductions in GHG emissions and in other pollutants. These reductions will have notable public health and welfare benefits and cost savings at the gas pump. Greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles are produced by burning fossil fuels in the form of gasoline. Emissions from motor vehicles contribute 29% of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. These emissions are trapped in the atmosphere and have a warming effect on Earth. This warming effect contributes to climate change. The consequences of climate change include heat waves, drought, sealevel rise, extreme climate and weather events, coastal flooding, and wildfires. We are at a critical point in terms of climate change. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is key to addressing a global rise in temperature that is having catastrophic effects on people worldwide. If we hope to hold

the global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius, we must achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. This can only be done by converting all new cars sales to electric by 2035, according to the International Energy Agency. EPA’s proposed changes to emission standards will apply to all passenger cars and light trucks manufactured through model year 2026 and beginning with model year 2023. Specifically, the new standards increase the emissions standard stringency by 10% in the first year and by 5% in each subsequent model year. This strengthens the previous administration’s proposal to only increase the stringency of the standards by 1.5% each model year. In terms we can all understand, the stringency increase can be expressed as a miles per gallon (MPG) increase. For example, the proposed standard increases the MPG to 52.0 mpg from the existing standard of 43.3 mpg. A consumer will see a change in the fuel economy label on a vehicle from 32.2 mpg to 38.2 mpg. The larger number set in the standards accounts for GHG emission reduction benefits from improved air conditioning.

LYNN CAPUANO Earth Matters According to EPA’s analysis, the proposed standards will eliminate 2.2. billion tons of GHG emissions, or roughly the equivalent of all GHG emissions from petroleum combustion in the United States in 2019. The cost to manufacturers of the new standards is estimated to be $1,000 per vehicle in model year 2026. The financial benefit of this investment would be between $86 and $140 billion saved in public health (costs related to premature death, respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses, nonfatal heart attacks, asthma, and decreased lung function), fuel savings, and property damage and agricultural production impacts due to climate change. Consumers should save

nearly $2,000 in fuel costs, far exceeding the increased vehicle cost due to the proposed standards. Current technologies are widely viewed as suﬃcient to meet these standards. The expectation is that the proposed standards will also incentivize greater integration of electric engine and transmission technologies, bringing us closer to achieving the net-zero emissions goal by 2050. While EPA is touting these standards as climate change responsive, others are not convinced. According to a number of groups, including Public Citizen, multiple oﬃcials in the Biden administration expressed disagreement with the proposed standards as being too lenient and not accomplishing enough to support President Biden’s climate agenda. These standards are a unique opportunity to address climate change in a way that considers people’s health, finances, and the environment. Those advocating for stronger standards are not justifying them because they will benefit a plant or insect that maybe people have a hard time appreciating the value in doing so. Rather, these standards are directly impacting our individual

and collective health. Every day we breathe air polluted by gasoline-powered motor vehicle emissions. Every day thousands of tons of greenhouse gases are released into the air that are directly linked to human health hazards like droughts, floods, and heatwaves. Why would we hold back on setting the most stringent standards industry can achieve? The public comment period to advocate for more stringent standards in the final rule closes Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. To submit a comment go to https:// www.regulations.gov/ and search for Docket ID No. EPAHQ-OAR-2021-0208. If the public comment period has closed, please contact your federal legislators and let them know you would like them to support more stringent emissions standards. And then exercise your financial power. When shopping for a new or used vehicle, make a point of seeking the most fuel-eﬃcient option. The car manufacturers are paying attention and if people demand fuel eﬃciency, that is what they will build. In the meantime, walk or ride a bike and do what you can to bring emissions down.

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VIEW POINT

Get engaged in N.Y.’s redistricting process

here’s an interesting dilemma confronting New York State and Democratic-controlled states around the country: whether to conform to the ideals of independent nonpartisan redistricting, or counterbalance what Republicancontrolled legislatures are doing. Indeed, Republican-dominated state legislatures are not only gerrymandering with evil precision – so that politicians choose their voters rather than voters choosing their representatives — but also implementing rules to block voter access to the ballot while granting themselves new powers to nullify elections should their candidates still lose (in other words, legalizing voter suppression and election subversion). Gerrymandering results in “safe” seats so that electeds don’t actually need to respond to the wants, needs or demands of their constituents but only to their big donors.

It also fuels the extreme partisanship – the intractable, uncompromising divisions between parties — that has resulted in total paralysis and dysfunction in Congress. This in turn has resulted in extreme policies — banning maskwearing, abortions, and even giving water to those waiting for hours to vote. The way Republicans gain that outsized power despite actually having fewer voters, is gerrymandering. (In Nassau County, even though Democrats outnumber Republicans 383,709 to 331,282, Republicans dominate the County Legislature 11-8). And besides inflicting unpopular policies at the state and local level, it means they have outsized representation in Congress and Electoral College (which is why you can win by 3 million popular votes but lose the presidency because of 77,000 votes spread among three states). And that aﬀects us all – who has the majorities in House and

KAREN RUBIN View Point

Senate, Speaker of the House and Senate Majority Leader, who chairs the committees. We can see it in the votes for Voting Rights, gun violence prevention, Women’s Reproductive Health and now the constant use of the debt ceiling to hold America hostage. Since the last redistricting after the 2010 Census, New York State amended its state constitution in 2014 to create an indepen-

dent commission to be responsible for redrawing the Congressional and State Legislative districts after the census. And since the last census, despite the fact the state population actually increased by 823,147 to 20,201,249 (when population was expected to stay the same and cost the state two of our 27 Congressional seats), we were 89 people short of retaining one of our Congressional seats. So far, New York State’s first at-bat with an “independent, nonpartisan” commission is a failure, with the commission unable to come to a consensus, so oﬀered two maps reflecting partisan objectives. The Republican map is blatantly partisan in that it keeps the number of Congressional districts in the Republican-dominated rural areas upstate (including keeping mostly intact District 23, held by retiring GOP Rep. Tom Reed), while taking a seat from Long

Island, eﬀectively pitting Tom Suozzi against Kathleen Rice. Yet, the upstate population in those Republican-dominated rural districts declined, while the population downstate, in New York City, Long Island and urban areas (Buﬀalo, Syracuse, Rochester) had population increases. Indeed, Long island’s population grew 3.1%, to 2,921,694 (despite the cap on SALT deduction), with the minority population rising by 8.9% (and now accounting for 40.2% of Long Island’s population, up from 31.3% in 2010); according to US Census data. New York City’s population increased by 629,057 to a record 8,804,190. Jack Martins, co-chair, had the gall to issue his own statement on behalf of his five Republican members, attacking his Democratic counterparts: “This commission created by the New Yorkers in 2014 was to put aside partisan difference, working independently Continued on Page 65

OUR TOWN

Your biggest sports rival is in your head

ivalries bring out the very best in us. Whether it’s as simple as sibling rivalry, as compelling as Roger Maris vs. Mickey Mantle or as complex as communism vs. capitalism, we all grow when we are rivaled. The world witnessed one of the great sports rivalries this weekend at the 43rd Ryder Cup played at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wis. Led by the likable Capt. Steve Stricker and 12 of the best golfers on Earth, America swept over the European team and won the Ryder Cup with a resounding 19 – 9 win. Television commentators waxed poetic about how the American team meshed so well, remained focused and played up to expectation. They were heavily favored to win, which added to the pressure faced by each player. The crowd was highly partisan as it often is in Ryder Cups, the preeminent golf event of the year. The explanations of why the U.S. dominated included three elements: 1) the choice of Whistling Straits, which was a very tough venue 2) the partisan nature of the cheering home crowd with very few European fans due to Covid-19 travel restrictions and 3) the youth of the American team with Collin Morikawa, age 24; Xander Schauﬀele, age 27; Daniel Berger, age 28; Justin Thomas, age 28; and Bryson DeChambeau, age 27.

Compare this with the European players, who included Paul Casey, age 44; Sergio Garcia, age 41; Shane Lowry, age 34; Ian Poulter, age 45; and Lee Westwood, age 48. They are saying this dominant win will usher in a new era of American golf where youth, aggression and power win the day. Youth, power, and aggression are part of the American character, best described by the French aristocrat and political scientist Alexis de Tocqueville in “Democracy in America” (1840.) De Tocqueville concluded that as a nation Americans were industrious, practical, enterprising, down to earth, materialistic, interested in wealth and essentially non-communal. He observed that we were not very deep and that we showed little interest in art or in other intellectual pursuits. It has been written that the reason Americans did so poorly in the Ryder Cup matches in the past was because we were too independent and did not bond as a team. Capt. Stricker may have unwittingly discovered the secret formula of how to win this very team-oriented event by de-emphasizing the team aspect entirely, letting the players stick to their own schedules and agendas and avoiding all team speeches and team-building experiences. American character is independent, non-communal, materialistic,

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not introspective, not intellectual, very industrious and very hardworking. This is our talent and explains why we are so globally successful, but these traits also reveal our greatest weakness. As a sport psychologist, I am always interested in observing why athletes self-defeat and invariably this does not stem form laziness or from lack of trying. American sport psychology has little to say about why athletes self-defeat or why they seem unaware of the causes of their own problems on or oﬀ the field. American-style psychology and sport psychology are based upon the work of John B. Watson, B.F. Skinner, Albert Ellis and Albert Bandura and these treatments emphasize self-talk and are practical, quick fix type interventions. They all lack depth and are adamantly against the concept of the unconscious.

Sigmund Freud’s discovery of the unconscious continues to have a profound impact on human culture, but when his theories came to the U.S., our university system reacted strongly by denying his theories and emphasized treatments that attempt to teach the patient to think or to do things diﬀerently while naively assuming that the patient is able to follow orders. This is comparable to asking a patient who has cancer to perform surgery on himself. These American cognitive behavioral treatments all sound good in theory, but sadly they have very little impact on a person’s thoughts or behaviors and even less impact on an athlete’s performance. The reason for this, as Freud pointed out, is because a person’s unconscious tends to call the shots. The best laid plans of mice and men often go astray not because of bad luck or lack of trying but largely because of inner conflicts and fears that are hidden from view and seated deeply in the dark cellar called the unconscious. So, in some way, just as there remains a rivalry between America and Europe in the Ryder Cup matches, there is also a rivalry between American sport psychology and European sport psychology, which is now referred to as depth sport psychology. Despite this year’s victory of America vs. Europe in golf, I predict

that the future of sport psychology will be found in methods that explore the athlete’s unconscious and to date the only way you can get into the inner depths of the mind is not with pills or with self-talk but by using the theories of Sigmund Freud, a guy who worked in Vienna and London, both of which are located east of us in a land called Europe. Americans are tough competitors, practical, independent, and hardworking, but no matter how big your dream is, no matter how much talent you have or hard work you’re willing to expend, you had better be able to find a way to look within and figure out what’s going on the dark recesses of your mind. The greatest rival you will ever meet is not the guy across from you on the playing field or the conference desk but the guy we call the internal saboteur and he lives right in your own head.

A jubilant American team celebrating its win over rival Europe.

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Donald Trump’s distorted view of reality These days it’s sometimes very hard to diﬀerentiate between fake news and real news when it comes out of Donald Trump’s mouth. For example, the following are some of the things that Trump said, beginning in July 2020 and going through July of 2021. It begins with the coronavirus, where back in July 2020, he said; “99 percent of COVID-19 cases are totally harmless.” Five months

later, in December of 2020, he followed that up with; “The percentage of Americans with natural immunity from getting COVID-19 is a very powerful vaccine in itself.” Looking back, these statements seem quite outrageous. In February 2021, he said that he “requested 10,000 National Guardsmen for his Jan. 6 rally, but Nancy Pelosi rejected it.” And in July 2021, he stated

The shadow of autumn In the lateness of summer cotton like seeds float free, here or there collecting in little piles that scatter. Trees are still green but parched, past their best look, as the world turns for autumn and the first sense of falling leaves is not just a distant idea. This bronze light is soft and beautiful, without the glare bleaching the world. We count blessings and know what a privilege it is to be together like this, with time to ourselves, when we can take our time, and in fact no one needs us for anything, whether small or large. We might go for a long walk in the woods overlooking the sound, realizing where did summer go. And we watch the ocean turn to gold as the sun goes down behind the hill of shadow, and the moon begins sailing into its dream of pure light and darkness. We hold each other closer then head back along the path to head home. Born out of love, out of habit, out of the decency handed down through generations because we believe in love, it is ours and we are beautiful and happy together. Irrevocable as autumn, the facets in front of us streaming gold. Stephen Cipot Garden City Park

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that “there were no guns whatsoever at the Capitol riot on Jan. 6.” He followed that statement up by suggesting that during the Jan. 6 riot, his supporters “were hugging and kissing police oﬃcers and posed zero threat” despite widespread violent injuries to law enforcement oﬃcers and five deaths. Does all of the above sound like fake news or real news? What do you think?

What about the fact that the FBI recently released documents that implicate numerous Saudi government oﬃcials on the 9/11 attacks? Fifteen of the 19 al Qaeda terrorists who hijacked four planes on Sept. 11, 2001 were Saudi nationals. You might ask what was Trump’s relationship with the Saudis and what does 9/11 have to do with him? Before 9/11, Trump’s 40

Wall Street building was the second-tallest building in downtown Manhattan. Only the World Trade Center was taller.. On Sept. 11, 2001, the future U.S. president called into the local TV station WWOR to talk about the day’s tragic events. Then oddly, he began to brag that one of his buildings was now the tallest in downtown Manhattan. Continued on Page 54

Eradicating Islamic terrorism

he front page story that appears in the Sept. 17 issue of The Port Washington Times, “Reflecting on 20 years since 9/11”, is undoubtedly the most disappointing front page story that was ever published in our local newspaper, but it also borders on being unsupportive of America and unsupportive of all the richness and goodness that America has produced and stands for. According to the story, which continues for a full page towards the back of the issue, 9/11 is observed annually, primarily as a remembrance of those almost 3,000 individuals who were murdered by terrorists on that day in 2001. We are now told about flags waving on 9/11, about local marches with drums and bagpipes playing, and about visits to various impressive memorials. But nothing is mentioned in the story about who the terrorists were, why they acted, had they acted before and after 9/11, and about the worldwide war that has been going on between the United States and allied civilized countries, and the uncivilized Islamic Jihadist terrorists who carried out the attack. These terrorists have been living in Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Eritrea, Somaliland, Iran and in some other Middle Eastern countries for many years now. The Port Washington Times story, for example, makes no mention of the terrorist attack of February 1993, when Ramzi Yousef and other Islamic jihadists blew up a truck laden with explosives in the underground parking garage of the North Tower of the WTC. Their plan was to collapse that tower onto the South Tower of the Trade Center, in order to murder thousands of innocent Americans, but their plan was deficient and it failed. However, they did manage to

murder six people in their eﬀorts and to injure more than 1,000 others. And, of course, there were a number of other Islamic jihadist eﬀorts to murder American service personnel and civilians, even before the 1993 WTC event and afterward. The Port Washington Times, apparently has no interest in reporting on this ongoing, longtime war, which involves the survival of civilization on this planet, as we know it. There are now 5,400 students attending our public schools in Port Washington. Every one of those students was born after 9/11/2001 and not one of them knows why the 9/11 terrorist attack came about, who the terrorists were and are, and why and how the U.S. must now carry on that longtime war. The terrorist jihadists spend their time and resources plotting their next attacks against the U.S. and our allies. If they had nuclear weapons, which they may soon get from Iran, Pakistan or North Korea, they would be using them against innocent Americans in the near future. It does not take much hiding to quietly sail a nuclear bomb into New York Harbor on board an innocent looking cargo ship, or to fly one into one of our area airports on an innocent looking cargo flight. Very poor intelligence work on the parts of a number of U.S. intelligence agencies allowed 20 jihadist terrorists, mostly Saudi Arabians, to enter the U.S. prior to 9/11/2001 and take up residence here, while they attended flight schools, mostly in Florida. Strangely, no one ever noticed that none of the Islamic flight students ever took a lesson about how to land the commercial airliner that they were taking flight instructions about. Our strained intelligence services could just as easily miss the possible bomb laden cargo ship or the cargo airliner mentioned above.

We may not know the cave where every Islamic jihadist terrorist is now living and plotting, but we do know where many thousands of them are. Some of my very liberal friends, who are terribly afraid that the U.S. could be accused of stirring up Islamophobia, don’t want the U.S. to carry out strikes against these Islamic jihadist terrorist forces, wherever they may be, because the terrorists aren’t wearing uniforms and some may be hiding in the midst of general populations. I believe that the U.S. must advise every country where these terrorist forces are now hiding, that we will strike those terrorists with nuclear weapons, or with whatever other weapons we choose, if the host country does not move quickly to eliminate those terrorists from its territory. The U.S. will do its best to minimize the number of innocent civilians killed or wounded in such strikes, but the strikes nevertheless must be carried out. This is the new-normal of worldwide warfare that Islam and the terrorists have forced upon us. During WW II, in our quest to defeat Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, we did not hesitate to kill hundreds of thousands of German and Japanese civilians by firebomb and nuclear raids. And the U.S. government had no problems during that war teaching American children that the Nazi Germans and their allies and the Imperial Japanese were horrible, inhuman murderers, who deserved to be eradicated from this world by any means possible. It’s time for our society today to emulate what our society had to do during WW II and to fight to destroy Islamic terrorism to its last jihadist. Joel Katz Port Washington Letters Continued on Page 53

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Thousands attend Greek Festival 3-day event in Port Washington hosted by Archangel Michael sees record turnout BY R OB E RT PELAEZ The 10th annual Greek Festival on the Harbor saw a record number of attendees after a oneyear absence caused by the coronavirus, according to the Rev. John Lardas of the Archangel Michael Church of Port Washington. Thousands came to experience Greek and Hellenistic culture through food, dancing, music, rides and more food during the event from Sept. 24 to 26. The event, which is organized each year by the church, attracts people from across Long Island. “Everyone who comes out to the event can always expect good food, good pastries and good Greek wine,” Lardas said in an interview. “There’s always such a sense of camaraderie and a fun atmosphere. It’s really just a great time that everyone enjoys.” Lardas touted the cooperation between the church, the Port Washington police and the hundreds of volunteers who spend their free time for months to help

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Thousands of people attended the 10th annual Greek Festival on the Harbor last weekend. plan and prepare for the event. With thousands of people in attendance every day mixed with some lingering concerns about

the coronavirus, Lardas said, the event had to be slightly scaled back. “There were a lot of uncer-

tainties about how the event was going to turn out because of the pandemic,” he said. “We did cut back on some things so we could

restart and move forward for next year. We were just in shock at how many people attended it.” Aside from the dancing, vendors and fireworks, the festival also included a super raffle, with the grand prize of a 2021 Mercedes Benz A-Class 220. Thousands of dollars, televisions, laptops, iPads and watches were also raffled off, Lardas said. The event also featured a variety of games and rides for all ages, something Lardas said separates the Greek Festival from similar events. The dancing and costumes, he said, allow the younger generation to become more exposed to Greek culture. “One of the main highlights are the traditional Greek dances and costumes that represent various islands throughout Greece,” Lardas said. “The festival also has rides that keep everyone busy throughout each day and the entire weekend.” With thousands of people showing up to this year’s event, the expectation for next year is even higher, Lardas said.

Northwell fires unvaccinated employees BY R OB E RT PELAEZ Roughly two dozen “unvaccinated leaders” have been fired from Northwell Health, according to multiple reports. Employees at nursing homes and hospitals were required to receive at least their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine by midnight on Monday, according to an Aug. 16 order by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Employees at hospices, home care centers and adult care facilities are required to get at least their first dose by Oct. 7. Northwell, in a statement to Newsday, confirmed that it had begun to terminate unvaccinated staff members. “We are now beginning the process to exit the rest of our unvaccinated staff,” Northwell told Newsday. “Northwell wants to reassure the public that during this time, there will be no impact to the quality of patient care at any of our facilities. We are proud that our workforce is already nearly 100 percent vaccinated.” Efforts to reach a representative from Northwell were un-

availing. Statewide data released by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday indicated that more than 92 percent of all hospital staff members have received at least one dose of the vaccine. More than 93 percent of all direct care staff members in the state, or people in contact with patients, have received at least one dose of the vaccine. More than 92 percent of all nursing home staff members received at least one dose of the vaccine as of Tuesday, according to state data. On Monday, Hochul signed an executive order to expand the eligible workforce and permit additional health care workers to conduct coronavirus testing and vaccinations. She also ordered the state’s 24/7 Operations Center to monitor staffing operations and trends throughout New York and provide guidance to health care facilities. The news comes a week after Nassau County surpassed the 90 percent mark for adults who have received at least one vaccine shot. Continued on Page 58

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Northwell Health has fired unvaccinated employees after not meeting state guidelines to be inoculated, according to Newsday.

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GOLD COAST PREPARES FOR HYBRID FILM FEST BY R OB E RT PELAEZ The Gold Coast Arts Center’s 11th annual International Film Festival in October will feature a hybrid schedule of virtual and in-person screenings. Kicking off on Oct. 10 with a family film and arts day outside the Gold Coast Arts Center in Great Neck, the film festival will once again have patrons viewing movies in theaters. A handful of movies will be played at Manhasset Cinemas and Eisenhower Park aside from virtual screenings and programs. Award-winning films such as “Luzzu,” “Neighbours” and “Becoming Cousteau” will be featured, along with Q&A sessions with screenings of “Chasing Childhood,” “Plan A” and “Walk With Frank.” Caroline Sorokoff, the film festival director, said ensuring the comfortability and accessibility of films for patrons was paramount for the arts center due to the coronavirus pandemic. While in-person attendees will be required to show proof of vaccination and wear masks, Sorokoff said, the center is excited to provide another year of quality films and entertainment to the community. “This year, because the world is constantly changing, we created a festival with options for everyone,” Sorokoff said in an interview. “We have a bunch of virtual films and

programs offered throughout the festival week, with in-person screenings in Manhasset as well.” Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, the film festival used various venues, including the Soundview Cinemas in Port Washington and the Squire Theatre in Great Neck. While both of those theaters have closed, Sorokoff said it remains important that events like the film festival use the remaining local ven-

ues so they do not suffer the same fate.

Additional Gold Coast International Film Festival Information PAGES 49-51 “We hope that the theaters that closed reopen someday, but we have to support the

ones that are still here,” Sorokoff said. “We love having movie theaters here and we are doing our best to patronize them.” Back by popular demand, the film festival will hold a program of family-friendly short films on a virtual platform. The center’s Making Memories with Music program will also be held virtually. The program is designed for people living with memory loss and their care partners.

Also included in the programming is the Young Filmmakers Program where the next generation of filmmakers will be supported by showcasing short films created by K-12 filmmakers around the world. The festival will run from Oct. 10 to 17 and film schedules, guides, ticket purchasing and additional information can be found at: https:// goldcoastarts.org/film10-23/.

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The Gold Coast International Film Festival will take place from Oct. 10-17.

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The many benefits of arts education

hy does art matter? This is a question that has given philosophers and artists food for thought for centuries. It's also been a leading question in many school districts when budget cuts have forced school administrators to put various curricula on the chopping block. Very often arts programs are the first to be cut. From their earliest years, many children communicate and learn through artistic expression. Songs help them learn words and repetition to develop speech and reading skills. Drawing, painting and crafting helps to solidify motor skills. Though 88 percent of Americans consider the arts part of a well-rounded education, an American for the Arts public opinion survey found that the percentage of students receiving arts education has shrunk dramatically over the last few decades. Houston's Arts Access Initiative, in conjunction with Houston Education Research Consortiums, found a substantial increase in arts educational experiences had remarkable eﬀects on students' academic, social and emotional outcomes. Students who participated in arts education experienced a 3.6 percent reduction in disciplinary infractions, an improvement of 13 percent of a standard deviation in standardized writing scores, and an increase of 8 percent of a

standard deviation in students' compassion for others. Compassion translated into wanting to help people who were treated badly and being more conscious of how other people feel. The Nation's Report Card, the largest ongoing assessment of what students in the United States know and can do, shows that American students continue to score lower than many of their peers in Europe and Asia. Seeking to improve

performance in reading and math may be as simple as including arts education. Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University School of Education say that instruction becomes more eﬀective when educators integrate creative activities. Encouraging creativity and imagination across all disciplines can help shine light on new concepts and help students discover connections and innovative ideas.

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The five most common learning disabilities

tudents are often told that hard work is the path to success. Individuals who have learning disabilities may have to work even harder than their peers to be successful. The Learning Disabilities Association of America says learning disabilities occur due to neurobiological and/or genetic factors that alter the way the brain functions. This can affect one or more cognitive processes related to learning and interfere with various skills, potentially preventing a person from acquiring the same amount of knowledge as others of the same age. There are many learning disabilities, and the following are five of the most common, according to LD Resources Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit organization that helps find solutions to those who are affected by learning disabilities. 1. Dyslexia: This learning disability can impede a person’s ability to read and comprehend text. Students may have trouble with phonemic awareness, or the way to break down words. Similar problems with phonological processing, or distinguishing between similar word sounds, can occur as well. 2. ADHD: Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder is marked by behaviors that make it difficult to pay attention and stay on task. The Masters in Special Education, a resource for finding work and study in special education concentrations, says there is debate over whether ADHD is a learning disability. But there is no denying that ADHD can impede success in school settings.

3. Auditory processing disorder/ language processing disorder: APD affects how sounds are processed and interpreted by the brain, advises WebMD. A person may not be able to recognize slight differences between the sounds in words and may not be able to distinguish the direction sounds are coming from. That’s challenging in a classroom setting. LPD is a form of APD that affects how one attaches meaning to sound groups that form words, sentences and so on. An audiologist can diagnose APD. 4. Dyscalculia: LDRF says dyscalculia makes it challenging to understand even basic mathematical concepts, such as time, measuring and estimating. A person with dyscalculia may have difficulty following order of operations. And since math skills build on one another, a student quickly with dyscalculia can fall behind. 5. Dysgraphia: A person with dysgraphia may not be able to write legibly. He or she may take a long time to write, hold writing implements improperly and/or struggle with putting thoughts onto a page. Additional symptoms of learning disorders include failing to tell left from right, difficulty recognizing patterns, lack of coordination, difficulty doing tasks with the hands, and challenges associated with concepts of time. Educators and health care providers often collaborate to help those with learning disabilities get the services they need to be successful in the classroom.

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How being bilingual benefits kids

ilingualism has long been advantageous to adults who like to travel. An ability to speak a foreign language fluently can ease travelers’ concerns when visiting a new country, and it also can help professionals advance their careers and expand their networks. But the benefits of bilingualism aren’t exclusive to adults. According to Waterford.org, a 501(c)(3) organization that seeks to blend aspects of learning science, mentoring relationships and innovative technology to help learners, bilingualism benefits students in myriad ways. · Bilingualism is advantageous to emergent readers. Waterford.org reports that bilingualism has long suﬀered from a misconception that knowing two languages makes learning to read diﬃcult. However, a 2012 article in Cerebrum Magazine noted that bilingual students develop metalinguistic skills at an earlier age than most other children. Metalinguistics is the understanding of the structure of a language on both a verbal and written level. Waterford.

org notes that linguists believe bilingual kids’ exposure to multiple languages at a young age sharpens their ability to pick up on word structure, thus helping them develop the tools necessary to learn to read faster than their monolingual peers.

· Bilingualism improves children’s vocabulary. A 2014 study published in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology found that bilingual children have a higher vocabulary range than monolingual children. Because of that heightened famil-

iarity with words, spelling and learning the alphabet comes more naturally to bilingual youngsters. · Bilingualism may improve attention spans and working memories. A 2010 review published in the journal Review of

Educational Research found that bilingual students usually have stronger working memories and attention spans than monolingual students. Working memory is an executive function of the brain that holds new information in place so the brain can work with it and ultimately connect it with other information. A strong working memory is a significant advantage for students, as is a longer attention span. · Bilingualism aﬀects students’ self-discipline and perseverance. Self-discipline and an ability to persevere can benefit students as they learn to study and work to understand potentially complex subjects. A 2011 study published in the Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology found that bilingual students outperformed their monolingual counterparts on tasks that required self-discipline, perseverance and other skills. Long thought to adversely aﬀect young students learning to read, bilingualism has since been shown to do just the opposite. That’s just one of the many ways in which fluency in two or more languages benefits students.

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How to help kids find suitable volunteering opportunities

olunteering is a great way for people to give back to their communities. Many people give back out of a desire to help others, but those same individuals may acknowledge that volunteering benefits volunteers most of all. Various studies examining the benefits of volunteering on volunteers have been conducted in recent years. Seniors and retirees who volunteer often cite the sense of purpose that giving back provides. But it’s not just adults who benefit from volunteering. In fact, a report from the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension noted that volunteerism promotes positive citizenship among youth, contributes to youths’ identity development and increases their self-esteem. The authors of the report also note that volunteering helps youth develop empathy for others. Parents who want their children to reap the rewards of volunteering can try various strategies to help youngsters find an opportunity to lend a hand. · Utilize the internet. The internet is a great resource for aspiring volunteers. VolunteerMatch.org partners with more

than 130,000 nonprofit organizations to help them find the volunteers they rely on to meet their missions. Volunteering opportunities listed on VolunteerMatch are broken into categories such as Animals, Arts & Culture and even Children

& Youth, making this an ideal place for aspiring do-gooders to start their volunteering journey. · Speak with school oﬃcials. A child’s school is another great place to discover volunteering organizations.

Extracurricular activities like schoolsponsored clubs may organize volunteering excursions throughout the school year. Educators, including school principals, teachers and guidance counselors, also can help parents find the right volunteering opportunities for their children. · Speak with local church officials. Like schools, local churches often sponsor youth-based volunteering activities. Many churches encourage all youths to join in their efforts, including those who are not members of their congregations. · Speak with children. Parents can encourage youngsters to offer their input in regard to volunteering. Some youngsters may already have strong ideas on the types of volunteering activities that interest them. For example, avid surfers and nature enthusiasts may want to volunteer with their local parks system to help keep beaches and parks clean. The more enthusiastic children are about a volunteering opportunity, the more likely they are to stick with it for the long haul. Volunteering benefits young people in myriad ways, especially when kids find an opportunity they can be passionate about.

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How to maintain hardwood floors H ardwood floors have long been sought after by home buyers. In its 2019 “Remodeling Impact Report,” the National Association of Realtors® revealed that new wood flooring was the fourth most popular project to attract buyers. Of course, hardwood floors aren’t just for buyers. Homeowners who already have hardwood floors know just how impressive these floors can be, especially when they’re well maintained. Maintaining wood floors is not necessarily as straightforward as it may seem, and homeowners may benefit from a tutorial on how too keep the floors under their feet looking good. To polish or not to polish? Polishing floors is an inexpensive way to keep them looking good. But the home improvement experts at BobVila.com note that not all floors can be polished, and determining which ones can depends on the finish. Floors with waterproof barriers such as urethane will benefit from routine polishing. However, floors with penetrating finishes like tung oil will need to be waxed rather than polished.

What finish is on the floor?

The Hardwood Distributor’s Association recommends a simple way for homeowners to determine which type of finish is on their hardwood floors. Homeowners are advised to rub a finger across the floor. If no smudge appears, then the floor is surface sealed. If a smudge is created, then the floor has been treated with a penetrating seal. The HDA also notes that recently installed wood floors are likely surface sealed. How often should floors be polished or waxed?

Wood flooring professionals recommend polishing floors that can be polished once every few months. Waxing wood floors does not need to be done as frequently, and most can benefit from a fresh coat of wax every 12 to 18 months. What can I do on a daily basis?

Some simple tricks and daily maintenance can help wood floors maintain their impressive look.

• Utilize floor mats. The HDA notes that floor mats near entryways can reduce the time it takes to clean hardwood floors and reduce the wear and tear they endure. For example, tiny particles like

dirt can scratch the floor and contribute to the kind of minor damage that adds up to significant scarring over time. Floor mats near entryways ensures that most of that dirt never makes it to the wood floors.

• Vacuum without a beater bar. Some vacuums contain beater bars, which are designed to pick up human hair, dog hair and other things that conventional vacuums may not be able to pick up. The HDA advises vacuuming without the beater bar, as it can contribute to small scratches in the floor. Sweeping with a high-quality broom or microfiber cloth is another way to pick up dirt without damaging floors. • Use manufacturer-recommended cleaning products. Local home improvement stores sell a host of hardwood floor cleaning products, but the HDA notes that many flooring manufacturers now sell their own hardwood floor cleaners designed specifically for their floors. These products are likely homeowners’ best bets. Homeowners who can’t find them can seek recommendations from a local flooring retailer. Hardwood floors are attractive for many reasons. And they look even more stunning, and last much longer, when homeowners make an effort to maintain them.

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Craftsman home renovation ideas

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raftsman homes trace their roots to the late 19th century. An architectural style inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement that flourished in Europe and North America for roughly 40 years between 1880 and 1920, the American Craftsman home has endured into the 21st century thanks to its beauty and the unique feel its homes inspire. Many craftsman homes were built nearly a century ago if not even earlier. That means these homes may be in need of some renovations that make them more functional in modern times without sacrificing their historic beauty. • Siding: Craftsman homes are instantly recognizable from the street. Homeowners who want to maintain that authentic craftsman feel must carefully consider their choice of material when replacing the siding on their homes. The siding manufacturer Allura notes that fiber cement siding can be a great option for homeowners who want to replicate the original design of craftsman homes built with sported board-and-batten siding. Fiber cement siding gives the appearance of wood when installed and does not fade quickly or require significant maintenance. • Exterior color: Homeowners need not feel beholden to certain colors when replacing siding or repainting their homes’ exteriors. Nautical color schemes featuring navy blue exteriors with white accents can highlight features that are unique to craftsman homes, but more understated colors and tones can work just as well.

• Porches: An expansive, welcoming front porch that makes for the perfect place to relax and read when the outdoors beckons is a telltale feature of craftsman homes. Furniture options abound when homeowners are looking to upgrade the living spaces just outside the front door of their craftsman homes. Adirondack chairs can make a porch a relaxing place to enjoy a morning coffee or post-dinner digestif, while wicker furniture can help homeowners establish a relaxing vibe for summer. A porch swing or hammock can make that relaxing vibe resonate even more. • Real wood cabinets: Cabinets are a popular avenue homeowners look to when they want to give their kitchens a new look without breaking the bank. When upgrading cabinets in a craftsman home, the home renovation experts at HGTV note that craftsman-style kitchen cabinets often feature straight lines and minimal ornamentation. Cabinets are typically made from heavy woods like quartersawn oak, hickory, cherry, or maple. HGTV notes that updating the cabinets in a craftsman home often requires custom cabinetmakers, so the project may be more expensive than it would be if replacing the cabinets in a different style of home. Craftsman homes are instantly recognizable thanks to many of their unique features. There are various ways to renovate craftsman homes yet still maintain their authentic feel.

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Budget-friendly dining room renovation ideas I

f the kitchen is the heart of the home, then the dining room may be akin to one of its arteries. The mood created in the kitchen spreads to the dining space where family and friends gather to eat and enjoy one another’s company. Dining rooms can get lost in the home renovation shuffle, as many homeowners tend to focus on renovating kitchens and bathrooms instead. Homeowners do not have to invest a lot of money in renovations to give their dining spaces aweinspiring makeovers. Here’s how to do so on a budget. · Lighten and brighten. Dining rooms were once very formal spaces. Dark woods, large pieces of furniture, over-the-top chandeliers, and other details could be found in many homes. But now that houses are

being built with open floor plans, dining rooms can blend with other spaces, which have moved to lighter colored walls, flooring and furniture. A fresh coat of vibrant paint can work wonders and it doesn’t cost much. If you can’t remove a floor, cover it with a brightly colored area rug. · Switch things up with slipcovers. Slipcovers can be changed each season to dramatically alter the look of a dining room for little investment. Slip covers also protect chairs and can be easily laundered after spills. · Add floating shelving. Floating shelves provide much-needed storage or display space without the need to invest in another piece of furniture. Depending on the shelving, they can work in modern design schemes or even farmhouse dining spaces.

· Clear out the clutter. It might be time to say “so long” to that large curio cabinet and the knickknacks within it. Curio and china cabinets used to be de rigueur, but plenty of people now prefer more open and airy dining rooms. For those who want to keep the cabinet, try decluttering inside to only include the very best display pieces and see if the cabinet can be refinished with paint or a lightly colored stain.

· Add bench seating. Those who need additional seating may not have to get entirely new furniture. Swap out some chairs for benches, which can fit a couple more guests than chairs.

· Improve lighting. Make the chandelier the statement piece of the space. Go for a bold color or an innovative design. Then add accessories throughout the space that coordinate with the chandelier.

Renovating a dining room doesn’t require a large investment of time and money. A few simple steps can give dining spaces a whole new feel without busting homeowners’ budgets.

· Create depth with color. HGTV says that using various shades of the same color in a space can add depth. Coordinate drapes, walls, seat fabrics, and accessories for a cohesive design.

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Signs it is time to overhaul your kitchen R

emodeling a kitchen adds value to a home. Remodeling Magazine’s “Cost vs. Value Report” indicates mid-range kitchen remodels cost about $66,000, and homeowners can expect to recover about 60 to 80 percent of that cost at resale. Homeowners may wonder if remodeling their kitchens is worth the investment. But homeowners should not just consider cost, but also the current conditions of their kitchens when deciding if a renovation project is the right move to make. These signs indicate it may be time to renovate a kitchen. · Breakers are triggered: If the lights go dark from a tripped circuit breaker every time you try to microwave and run the toaster oven at the same time, your wiring is likely not up to the task of handling the workload and could be out

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of date. A kitchen remodel will assess wiring load needs and an electric overhaul may be necessary. · Lack of storage: One of the biggest hassles homeowners encounter in their kitchens is a lack of storage space. If making a meal involves a Jenga-like stacking and rearranging of kitchen tools, or if an avalanche occurs whenever you search for an item, you might need more storage. A carefully planned redesign can achieve this, even in a smaller kitchen. · Outdated appliances: Even if your appliances are not avocado green or mustard yellow relics of the 1970s, they might still need to be replaced. According to CRD Design, appliances are only expected to last around 10 to 15 years. If appliances have become unsafe or energy hogs, it could be time for a remodel.

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· Family is expanding (or shrinking): Kitchens often are the heart of a home. They need to meet the needs of the family that resides in that home. A remodel can add space as needed. On the flip side, when a couple becomes empty nesters, kitchens can be redesigned and downsized to reflect their new needs and desires, such as the addition of a wine chiller or espresso station. · Poor lighting: Task lighting is essential in a kitchen, but older homes may not be equipped with lighting where it’s most needed. A carefully designed remodel can improve lighting with under-cabinet lights, pendants, overhead lighting, and even natural light to make the space attractive and more functional.

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· Frequent run-ins: The notion that you can have too many cooks in the kitchen refers to having too many people trying to pitch in or offer their opinions. However, it also can apply to when too many people are gathering in a small space. Redesigning a kitchen can improve the efficiency of a space and make the room feel larger. · Aesthetic appeal: Many kitchen remodels have been inspired by unsightly kitchens. Cosmetic changes can lead to big improvements. Kitchen renovations can add instant appeal and help address issues that tend to plague outdated rooms.

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How to spot signs of cyberbullying

espite its relative infancy, the internet has become so prevalent in daily life that it’s hard to imagine a time when it wasn’t so widely available. Yet that time wasn’t so long ago. In fact, many adults who are now entering or in middle-age made it through their secondary educations without the internet. That’s not so for today’s students, and that divide can sometimes make it diﬃcult for parents to spot signs that their children are victims of cyberbullying. Cyberbullying refers to the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending intimidating and/ or threatening messages. These messages may be sent in various ways, including through apps or via social media platforms. According to StopBullying. gov, a website managed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, research has shown that a quick and consistent response to bullying is an eﬀective way to convey that such behavior is unacceptable. But parents first must learn to

recognize signs of cyberbullying, which is not always as easy to spot as other bullying behaviors. The Anti-Defamation League notes that hateful words and rumors are often a component of cyberbullying. In such instances, that abuse can follow young people home, giving

them the idea that the bullying is inescapable. In decades past, bullying victims could at least see their homes as safe havens. That’s no longer the case, which is why it’s vital that parents learn to recognize the signs of cyberbullying. Young people may exhibit their own unique symptoms if

they’re being victimized by cyberbullies. In addition, the ADL notes that parents can look for these signs and then take immediate action if they suspect their children are being cyberbullied. · A child becomes upset, sad or angry during or after being online or using their phone. · A child withdraws from

family or friends. · A child expresses reluctance or refuses to participate in activities previously enjoyed. · A child has an unexplained decline in grades. · A child refuses to go to school or expresses anger or dissatisfaction with a specific class or school in general. · A child increasingly reports symptoms of illness for which he or she wants to stay at home. · A child shows signs of depression or sadness. The ADL urges parents who see any of these signs to respond to them immediately. Take a gentle, supportive tone during any discussions with children, making sure to express your concerns while also listening to the child when he or she explains what is so upsetting. Parents who have confirmed or suspect their child is a victim of cyberbullying should contact their children’s school immediately. More information about how to respond to cyberbullying and prevent its recurrence is available at www.StopBullying. gov.

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Parenting and caring for a special needs child

he day a child is born is one of the happiest days in parents’ lives. New parents understand they have things to learn and that there will be challenges along the way. Those challenges could be more immediate for parents of special needs children. Active Parenting Publishers says “special needs” refers to a physical or mental health condition that occurs with development or as the result of an injury. Examples

of special needs may include children with learning or behavioral conditions such as dyslexia or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Children with autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome, multiple sclerosis, or paraplegia also may fall under the special needs umbrella. The National Center for Education Statistics says that, in the 2019-20 school year, 7.3 million public school students between the ages of three and 21 received special

needs education services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. One of the key challenges parents of special needs children may face is providing care and assistance without making the child overly dependent on his or her parents. Another challenge may be carving out time to decompress from the role of caregiver. The following tips can help parents and other caregivers who provide for children with special needs. · Ask for help. Parents and caregivers should not hesitate to ask for help when raising special needs children. Caregivers must overcome any misconception that they will be a burden if they

seek support. Seek help from friends, family members or support groups. · Release the bonding hormone. Researchers have found that the hormone oxytocin is released when one person experiences empathy for another, creating a sense of well-being and trust between the two people, according to Active Parent Publishers. Empathize with your child and you can work together more successfully. · Build on strengths. Stimulate independence in your child while resisting the urge to reach in and do everything for him or her. This approach requires patience. Children - even special needs children - need to struggle to a point to develop

certain skills and become as independent as possible. Celebrate all achievements, no matter how small. · Establish rules and routines. Rules and routines provide something the child can expect each day. This will encourage a sense of security. · Make contingency plans. Life may be unpredictable, but have a few options in your back pocket. A contingency plan may include a list of go-to locations if you learn a venue isn’t wheelchair accessible or if a child is bothered by loud noises or lights. Planning is often key when parenting a child with special needs. Learning what works for others may help parents become more effective caregivers.

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ttention-deficit hyperactivity disorder affects millions of people. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that a 2016 survey of parents found that 6.1 million children, which equated to roughly 9.4 percent of the childhood population that year, had been diagnosed with ADHD. ADHD is the most prevalent childhood psychiatric disorder in Canada. ADHD does not just affect children. A 10-year study published in JAMA Network Open found that ADHD diagnoses among adults have been growing four times faster than those among children in the United States. The health and wellness information site Healthline says ADHD is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder that can affect various components of daily life. The Mayo Clinic reports that ADHD can cause persistent problems, such as difficulty paying attention, hyperactivity and impulsive behavior, in both adults and children. ADHD can affect re-

lationships, academic performance and even people’s careers. People concerned about ADHD should know that there is no single test to diagnose it. Furthermore, other psychiatric conditions or learning dis-

abilities can produce similar symptoms as ADHD. Health care providers use the guidelines in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fifth edition (DSM-5) to help diagnose ADHD. Key criteria for the

condition include six or more of the following symptoms for children and five or more for those ages 17 and older: · Inattention, which includes not holding attention on tasks or play activities. Failure to pay close attention

to details or making careless mistakes. Often the person has trouble organizing tasks and activities. · Hyperactivity that can affect the ability to take part in activities quietly. One may act as if driven by a motor, and often squirms or fidgets. A person may have trouble waiting turns or keeping emotions in check. · Impulsivity which can mean talking excessively or blurting out an answer before a question has been completed. Adults may have a hot temper or low frustration tolerance. Impulsivity can lead to risky behavior or substance and alcohol misuse. · Daydreaming can occur as well, as not all symptoms of ADHD include loudness and being rambunctious. Some people may disappear into themselves and be quieter and less involved than they once were. ADHD is a medical condition that is being diagnosed more readily, helping adults and children get treatment that can help them lead full lives.

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Time for a children’s vision checkup

s the routine of a school year settles in, families may direct their focus to factors that have nothing to do with school supplies or enrolling youngsters in extracurricular activities. For example, the weeks after families settle into a new school year routine can be a great time to have students’ vision checked. According to Prevent Blindness, the oldest eye health and safety nonprofit organization in the United States, common vision problems in children include amblyopia (lazy eye), strabismus (crossed eyes), and refractive errors like myopia, astigmatism and hyperopia. A recent study titled “Children’s Vision and Eye Health: A Snapshot of Current National Issues, 2nd Edition,” points out that vision has a critical role in children’s physical, cognitive and social development. Furthermore, visual functioning is a strong predictor of academic performance in school-age children, according to the study. In fact, without early detection and treatment, uncorrected vision disorders can interfere with learning and impair children’s development.

Parents and educators are urged to be aware of symptoms of common eye disorders in children, which include the following. · Rubs eyes a lot. · Closes or covers one eye to read or see. · Tilts head or thrusts forward. · Has trouble reading or doing other close-up work. · Holds objects close to eyes to see. · Blinks more than usual. · Complains things are blurry or hard to see. · Squints eyes or frowns. All children, and especially those who are having issues with their eyes, should visit with an eye professional annually to have their vision checked. In addition, parents can rely on Prevent Blindness in conjunction with Children’s Vision Massachusetts and School Health for a new web resource to assess their kids’ digital screen time use. Tips are available at https://preventblindness.org/childrens-screen-time-tips/. The opening weeks of a new school year mark a great time for kids to get their annual vision checkup.

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ed point and soft vegetables or fruits. This helps teach knife skills that kids can develop more thoroughly in the future. Children can mix and add ingredients as well. As kids get older, parents can decide the right time to let them use the stove. · Experiment with dough. Kids can have a blast with dough, particularly rolling out pie crusts and pasta. They also can make dumplings and then fill them with vegetables. Many cookware retailers sell small rolling pins that are easy for kids to handle. · Practice measuring together. Let children read the recipes and be in charge of portioning out ingredients. This reinforces classroom lessons about temperature, ratios and fractions. · Move on to more sophisticated tasks. Around age eight or nine, children can take on jobs like opening cans, scooping batter, pounding poultry, proofing yeast, skewering kabobs, and slicing bread, according to cooking educator Julie Negrin. Negrin notes that children between the ages of 10 and 12 can start working independently in the kitchen so long as an adult is in the home. Ultimately, children can cook without close supervision. Children also can be involved in cooking by helping to draft shopping lists and taking trips to the supermarket. This shows kids the complete process of gathering ingredients for meals, what they cost and how they are made before foods make it to the dinner table.

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How parents can pitch in at their children’s schools

iving back to one’s community can take many forms. Some may give back by supporting legislature to make communities more inclusive, while others may volunteer with their local fire departments. Parents of school-aged youngsters can typically find many opportunities to give back through their children’s schools. Parents who volunteer with their children’s schools often get a unique glimpse into their children’s life at school. Such parents may see how their children interact with educators and classmates and gain greater insight into the school community where kids spend so much of their time. Volunteering at school also can benefit kids, who may recognize the importance of education more readily if mom and/or dad are spending their free time on campus. That recognition can leave to improved performance in the classroom. Parent-teacher associations can be great resources for parents who want to volunteer with their children’s schools. Each year, students graduate and move on to new schools or colleges, and that means schools are in fresh need of parent volunteers each school year. Though each school has its own unique needs, the following are some roles parent volunteers may be able to play at their children’s schools. · Tutor · Mentor · IT support: Parents with significant experience in tech or information technology can offer to lend a hand or provide advice or insight in support of a school’s IT staff

· Organizer: Schools host many functions in a typical school year, and officials typically ask parents to pitch in so such events can be successful. For example, parents can help organize school fundraisers, dances and holiday bazaars. · Chaperone on field trips · Assistant coach: Many schools pay stipends to the head coaches of their athletic teams, but parents can serve as unpaid assistants or support staff during the season. For example, parents can volunteer to work as gameday staff, taking tickets at the gate or directing ticket holders where to park. · Club official: Extracurricular clubs also can benefit from parents willing to work as volunteers. Parents can help students who want to start new clubs or serve as moderators or helpers in existing clubs. · Speaker: High schools may host periodic career days throughout the school year to help students on the cusp of applying to college uncover potential career paths. Parents with significant professional experience in a given field can offer to speak to students on career days, sharing information about their careers and industries and answering any questions students may have. · Administrative support: Parents also can pitch to help with behindthe-scenes administrative duties like letter-writing, grant proposals and other projects that play a vital role in securing funding for school programs and other services. Parents who want to give back to their communities can take an active role in their children’s schools.

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We will all pay for Haitian invasion at border “The border is closed” spouts the DHS prevaricator, Alejandro Mayorkas. We have heard this comment over and over again since the inauguration of the prevaricator-in-chief, Joe Biden. We have watched thousands of illegal crossings of Haitian immigrants for two weeks and their numbers reached 15,000 last week as they gathered and lived under the International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas. The Border Patrol on horseback was sent to keep things under control and to stop the illegal crossings from continuing. Uncompliant Haitians continued to attempt to enter illegally and several photographs were taken of those actions being thwarted by the border patrol and their horses. Horse’s reins were misidentified as “whips” by the media and the left lost no time in spreading this misinformation with Congresswoman Maxine Waters, in all her glory, calling it a scene “worse than slavery.” Hardly, Maxine, just another leftist lie to be disproven. The photographer who took these pictures, Paul Ratje, has debunked this story and says that no one was ever struck by the border patrol and that the angle of the photos cre-

ates an optical illusion that is false. There was Joe Biden, before any real investigation, castigating the border patrol at a press conference and saying about the border patrol that “these people will pay” and stopping policing with horses on the border. Ignorance is bliss, the saying goes, and Joe must be very blissful because these men on horseback save thousands of lives every year that would not be saved if they were on foot. Now, in just a matter of a few days, there is no one under the bridge. Poof! They are gone, but where? Brace yourselves, only 1,400 have been removed and sent back to their country of origin, the rest have been sneaked into our interior, with no vaccines, almost no vetting, with measles, TB and Covid-19, to a city or town near you. You are paying for all of their needs, their health care and soon their education. Al Sharpton appeared yesterday to spew his racism propaganda. He never misses an opportunity to race bait as if any of this has to do with race. It has to do with law breaking and not protecting Americans from illegal invasions like this. You heard me, invasion. I know the left hates that word be-

cause it is true. By the way, I hear there are 20,000 more people on the way. What is your plan, Joe? And just a thought, when you make the border patrol pay, who is going to pay for our 13 dead Marines and Navy men, hundreds of innocent Afghans and those killed by your drone? You should pay and pay dearly. You and the rest of your incompetent cabal. How many Americans and SIV people did you rescue this week? Cackling Vice President Kamala Harris was just as enraged by this phony story and I cringed when she repeated the untruths. Now, let’s get to the “root cause” of all of this, shall we? Joe Biden and his radical leftists do not care one iota about us, the citizens, or the people coming here illegally. This is about one thing and one thing only, votes and turning this country into a Marxist country under the tyrannical rule of the Democratic Party. It will not matter what your political bent is or what you think about how this country should be run because their power will be absolute. It is a fact that illegal immigrants that gain the right to vote usually vote Democratic after they have been bought oﬀ with

free this and free that, except for Cubans who usually vote Republican which is why Mayorkas firmly said that any Cubans sneaking in here will be immediately sent back to Cuba. Oh, they will not get the right to vote immediately, but that is the goal and I am willing to bet that attempts will be made to facilitate this as soon as possible if the Democrats have their way. Our New York City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, wants to overrule state law and give the right to vote to green card and work visa holders in our local elections. They start small but the writing is on the wall. In October 2020, I wrote a letter laying out the features of the Sanders/Biden policy manifesto. Much is coming true. California , under the irresponsible, newly saved Gov. Newsom has just eliminated zoning for one-family housing only. Now you can have an apartment building right in the middle of your suburban street. Don’t live in that state? No matter. Biden did away with it for the whole country if communities are receiving certain federal funding. In order to get those funds, the federal government gains much control over the suburbs

aﬃrmatively furthering the Fair Housing Rule. Borders are virtually open to one and all with you paying the bill for health care and other needs for illegal immigrants. If they manage to pass this horrendous $3.5 trillion bill this week, the taxes in this country will be raised to cosmic heights so you can pay for all that “free stuﬀ ” that is in it. The welfare state begins, personal responsibility erodes and so does much of your freedom. Dependency is a freedom breaker. The Green New Deal is on the horizon and so much more. All paid for by tax hikes and no one earning less than $400,000 will have their taxes raised. Does anyone out there believe that whopper.? Have you seen their plans for capital gains taxing and inheritance taxing? No amount of taxing the rich is going to pay for this behemoth and let’s face it: You voted for Bernie Sanders and AOC for president and didn’t know it. You were duped. There is no Moderate Biden. There is a shell of a man who is weak, confused and concerned with only two things, his own power and optics. Gayle Palmer Williston Park

Kathleen Rice’s fan dance after drug plan vote

.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice is getting relentlessly pummeled and justifiably so, for taking a payoﬀ from the Pharma lobby to block the ability of Medicare to negotiate for prescription prices. Pretty bad trade-oﬀ for nearly half a trillion in savings to our public healthcare system for the elderly, but hey that’s how the sausage is made and who cares about principles when money is involved, right? I mean, we’re a sophisticated bunch and we understand these things. More pathetic than this putrid action is her response to it. Some Political Action Committee

called Center Forward is paying for a massive radio ad blitz telling us we should thank, yes, thank, Kathleen Rice for supporting the infrastructure bill, especially since no one is sending her any money to oppose it. The chipper voice on the ads says: “It will provide jobs! Good paying jobs!” Who is Center Forward? Well, they claim to be “centrists.” For example, if they were involved in curing cancer, and the choice would be letting the cancer metastasize or cure it entirely, their choice would be the “centrist” option, where the cancer is kept but controlled. This way the disease is never cured,

but we can keep appropriating resources to maintain it. Now I ask you, who wouldn’t agree to a “reasonable” policy outcome like that? I mean, if the cancer goes into complete remission, have we really accomplished anything? The group is backed by socalled Blue Dog Democrats. They’re dogs, all right. The funding sources for the group are a bit murky. More pathetic still is Ms. Rice’s social media feed. Out comes a parade of “support” for things like better child seats, suicide prevention, Overdose Awareness Day (try to be aware when you overdose, apparent-

ly), the 58th anniversary of Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream’ speech, and a host of other items of little importance or requiring no initiative or courage. All of the self-congratulatory pronouncements from her media team are met with a barrage of outrage over her pharma vote from people all over the country. They are one angry group, but she is not explaining her actions. And through it all, she’ll grin and bear it despite the nearunanimous opposition of her constituents, and quite possibly the rest of the sentient human beings who live in this country. She’ll bet every last dollar of her swelling campaign chest that

people will forget this despicable act, and she will be 100 percent right. I never believed she was fit for oﬃce, especially after her stint as Nassau DA, but this is one of the Route 25 Democrats who should simply replace the Republican Party once it immolates itself over its fealty to Trump. Like I’ve said, there really isn’t a Republican credo you can point to anymore, so it’s best to split the Democrats into two wings: one faithful to its principles and one that is not. Donald Davret Roslyn

Time to rein in social media, aid newspapers Continued from Page 14 That law was never changed even after social media companies grew into financial behemoths that attracted much of the revenue that had gone to news companies. Nor has Congress subjected

social media companies to any meaningful oversight of their content. It is past time for government at all levels to rein in social media companies – and help repair the damage that has been done to lo-

cal journalism and a free press. For everyone’s sake. The public can help by demanding that elected oﬃcials hold the social media companies accountable. This should include breaking up monopolies like Face-

book and Google. They should also lean on oﬃcials to at least temporarily aid local news organizations financially so they can increase the number of reporters covering village government, school boards and state

legislatures. The public can also support local news organizations with something as basic as a newspaper subscription. It is a small investment that can provide a very large return.

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Big odds against GOP candidate for Carreras

t was 52 years ago when Fioravante Perrotta ran on the Republican and Liberal party lines in 1969 for New York City comptroller, losing a close race to Democrat Abe Beame. The last eﬀective GOP challenger for comptroller was businessman Richard Bernstein, who ran with former Mayor Ed Koch in 1981. This also applies to former Brooklyn Democratic Assemblymember Jules Polenetsky, who ran for public advocate with former Mayor Rudy Guiliani in 1997. The last Republican City Council President Sanford Garelick won in 1969. The last Republican New York City comptroller was Joseph D. McGoldrick, who served from

1938 to 1945. Money is the mother’s milk of politics. According to the New York State Board of Elections, as of Feb. 21, 2020 in NYC there were 3,376,341 Democrats, 501,848 Republicans, 19,467 Conservatives, 14,347 Working Families members, 113,737 other political party members and 967,054 Blank (No Party Selected) active registered voters. The only way any underdog GOP candidate can overcome history and a 7-to-1 enrollment advantage of Democrats to Republicans is to quickly raise millions. This is necessary to finance weekly television and radio media buys, newspaper ads, phone banks, direct mail and get out the

vote operations. Without money to compete, Carreras running on the Republican ballot line will become just another asterisk in municipal electoral history. It is a forgone conclusion that Democrats will win the municipal trifecta. Newspaper headlines on Wednesday, Nov. 3 will read “Erik Adams elected Mayor, Bruce Ladner Comptroller and Jumanne Williams Public Advocate.” There will be a contest between council members to select the next NYC Council Speaker who will succeed lame duck NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson. Democrats will end up controlling 49 of the 51 NYC council seats. The GOP should be able

to hold on to the Mid-Island and South Shore Staten Island Council seats which they traditionally win. The same state Board of Elections numbers allow Staten Island GOP candidates to be competitive in these two council districts. There are 131,209 Democrats 98,773 Republican and 71,435 Blank (No Party Selected) active registered voters on Staten Island. Democrats on Staten Island tend to be more moderate and will frequently cross party lines to vote Republican. Queens Republicans will probably loss term-limited Eric Ulrich’ seat, eliminating the last GOP elected oﬃcial from their borough. New Yorkers will have to deal

with one-party control of all three city-wide oﬃces along with the City Council. History has shown that this a recipe for disaster and municipal corruption. It leaves the door to City Hall wide open for waste, fraud and abuse. This will result in a spiraling economic decline as the business community and job creators continue to flee for more favorable climates elsewhere. With continued unemployment and less tax revenue coming in, this will trigger a decline of basic municipal services. Chaos and finger-pointing will eventually be the order of the day. Larry Penner Great Neck

One size shouldn’t fit all for Port schools

ome people insist that a school district’s focus on excellence is a ‘onesize-fits-all’ approach. It’s completely the opposite. Even among the heated jingoism of social media commentary, this one point merits consideration. We should begin with the word Excellence. This is a term that gets tossed around enough to empty it of all objective meaning, but at its core within an educational context it references higherend achievement. First graders will know that ‘Excellent’ written across the top of their daily work is something to brag about. Quibble with the priority of academics in an academic context all you want, this is what the word means. Social, Emotional, and Physical metrics have their own independent significances. Educational institutions attend to these through a great variety of means, but are far less designed, equipped, or empowered to do so.

Reconceptualizing or retooling schools to boost these capacities further is a valid but separate debate. The Port Washington School District has unveiled a plan for its commitment to, among many other goals, “Identify and Support Student Needs at All Levels.” This is good. This was announced within days of Superintendent Michael Hynes sharing on social media a meme encouraging us all to “Normalize sending kids to trade school after high school without making them feel like they’re less than 4-year University kids.” Again, unobjectionable. That “making them feel like they’re less than” is a snide coloring to the academically stronger students in Port Washington schools, but people have their prejudices and they’ll tend to slip out from time to time. The apparent point of the meme, cross-posted on Dr. Hynes’ Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts, is that there should be

no distinction between students. All should be grouped under a fully normalized standard with no regard for their academic activity, individual interests, or post-graduation plans. This is one operating theory. It is also, undeniably, a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach. Port Washington Schools don’t have to be this way. What if “Identify and Support Student Needs at All Levels” actually took all levels into account? The focus on trade schools is essential for one distinct population: fit a curriculum to serve those students, scaﬀolded with life skills, civics, and STEM training to meet the needs of our blossoming century and provide a life enabled and fulfilled by those opportunities. An equal focus on community college for a thick bell curve of middle-tier students should follow: skills-based for an aspirational demographic focused on adaptability and innovation while sparking the habits of lifetime

learning long after graduation. The final grouping, the one all too often dismissed these days with an oﬀhand ‘no need to worry, they’ll be fine regardless,’ is of the kids who actually like academic rigor. “All levels” includes them too. They deserve a curriculum that pushes them to strive rather than relies on them to shore up a heterogenous average and then abandons them to their own devices. They need tiered reading groups and variably paced math pods on the elementary level. The high school and middle school should oﬀer even more Advanced Placement and Honors classes and the opportunities to sit in classrooms where intellectualism is normalized too. If a student doesn’t want to take those classes, they shouldn’t be made to “feel like they’re less than” those who do. Those who want to take those classes shouldn’t be made to feel like they’re less than those who don’t. Show me a meme that declares

that. I applaud Port Washington Schools for its embrace of all levels and for endorsing a vision of academic excellence keyed to the individual identities of students and the great diversity of our community. Let’s reject the one-size-fitsall approach that leaves the rarest students on the ends of the spectrum to fend for themselves in classes where they cannot feel at home. For graduates aspiring to trade school, community colleges, or on through the Ivy League, every Port Washington child deserves a place tailored to specific needs. I hope to see soon the new curriculum that this vision demands. I hope to never see the consequences of a Port Washington School District that’s given up on excellence. I’d hate to think it was all just a meme. Douglas Parker Port Washington

Donald Trump’s distorted view of reality Continued from Page 18 Factually, that wasn’t accurate. The building at 70 Pine Street is 25 feet taller than Trump’s 40 Wall Street, though Trump’s building has four more stories. Thus, it remained the second tallest building. Did Trump have a relationship with the Saudi’s over the years? Trump has had ties to

Saudi investors for over three decades. Back in 1991, when Trump at the time was nearing bankruptcy, a member of the Saudi royal family purchased his 282-foot yacht “Princess” for $20 million. The boat had been in the process of being repossessed. That same year, in June, the Saudi government also purchased the entire 45th floor of the Trump World

Tower for $4.5 million. In 1995, that same member of the Saudi royal family was part of a group that purchased Trump’s financially troubled Plaza Hotel for $325 million During a 2015 campaign rally in Mobile, Ala., Trump bragged about his business dealings with the Saudis. “I get along great with all of them; they buy apartments

from me,” Trump also has said; “They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much!” Trump has also said that he has “no financial interests in Saudi Arabia,” but his businesses have accepted millions from the Saudi government, Trump supporters should check out these real facts.

We all know that Trump will do almost anything to be No. 1. Just remember the truthful facts about Jan. 6. What conclusion can be reached regarding 9/11 and Trump? God forbid that it was all about money and ego.? Hopefully, the truth will come out. Alvin Goldberg Great Neck

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Town schedules Celebrating Pride in Port budget hearings North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the Town Board announced today that the hearing dates for the proposed 2022 budget have been set. The tentative budget will be submitted at the September 30, 2021 Town Board meeting which begins at 7 p.m. October 6 at 10 a.m.: The Town Board will conduct a work session during this time.October 7 at 7 p.m.: The Town Board will hold a public hearing on the tentative budget and there will be an opportunity for public comment.October 21 at 7 p.m.: Hearing on the preliminary budget and there will be an opportunity for public comment.October 28 at 7 p.m.: The Town Board will vote on

the budget at this meeting. New York State Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation in the beginning of September to extend virtual public meetings to assist with reducing the need for congregation at public meetings and reduce the spread of the Delta variant. The meetings will be broadcast live on the Town’s website beginning at its regularly scheduled time at 7 p.m. Residents who are interested in viewing the meetings can visit: northhempsteadny.gov/ townboardlive. If a resident has a comment on the budget, they can email: comments@northhempsteadny.gov For more information, please call 311 or visit: www. northhempsteadny.gov.

Town of North Hempstead Council Members Mariann Dalimonte and Viviana Russell, along with Town Clerk Wayne Wink were proud to celebrate Pride in Port weekend, an annual tradition dating back to 1988. The event kicked oﬀ with the Athletic Hall of Fame Breakfast at Paul D. Schreiber High School. The breakfast included an induction ceremony honor-

ing Marianne Berndt (Class of 1997), Marco Bertolotti, (Class of 2010), Keith Owens (Class of 1983), Raquel Wilson Pirano (Class of 1991), and Dimitris Vattes (Class of 1997). Following the breakfast, the 32nd annual Pride in Port Parade took over Main Street and featured Grand Marshal Chief Robert DelMuro of the Port Washington Police Department,

who is celebrating his 40th anniversary with the department. Additional activities included a Family Fun Day event, Senior Lunch, and football game. The Port Washington Community Chest COVID-19 Community Response Working Group was also honored for their dedication to Port Washington residents during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Town hosts Girls on the Run L.I. Program Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Council Member Viviana Russell, and the Town Board are proud to announce a partnership with Girls on the Run Long Island at the “Yes We Can” Community Center. Girls on the Run Long Island is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating an environment where girls can activate their potential and pursue their dreams.

It was established in 2012. Since then, the program has expanded to include nearly 2,800 girls in the Long Island chapter and with 2 million girls across the nation. As part of the program, 15 participants will meet in-person twice a week on Wednesdays and Fridays from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. The program will run from September 27 through December 5, include 16 lessons led by trained coaches, and culminate

with a non-competitive 5K. This year, the program fee has been waived for participants because of a grant from Girls on the Run Long Island. “We are proudly partnering with Girls on the Run to oﬀer an empowerment program that teaches young girls life skills while building their confidence through physical activity,” said Supervisor Bosworth. “Our staﬀ members at the ‘Yes We Can’

Community Center are being trained as coaches to support the participants as they develop positive social-emotional skills and learn new healthy habits.” “I am excited that we can offer this program which helps motivate our youth and teach them a lifetime of appreciation for health and fitness,” said Council Member Russell. “We encourage children and their families to enroll and take advantage of this

fantastic program” Classes may be held outdoors at Martin “Bunky” Reid Park. The fitness programs will follow all New York State COVID-19 health and safety guidelines. Masks will be required. Participants must be members of the “Yes We Can” Community Center and advanced registration is required. For more information, please call 516-8764430 or 516-876-4431.

Airpower Museum to honor WWII veteran World War II Veteran Salvatore Citrano of Farmingdale will celebrate his 96th birthday on Sept. 30. His daughter reached out to state Sen. Kevin Thomas to make this birthday something special. Last year Thomas honored Sal with the New York State Liberty Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the Senate. How could the Senator top that award? Thomas contacted the American Airpower Museum because after WWII, Sal spent his career at Grumman, Republic Aviation and Fairchild Republic. He was a foreman on the line for the F-105, retiring as technical

writer and field service rep for Fairchild Republic’s A-10 “Warthog.” The Museum’s Hangar 3 headquarters was once part of Fairchild Republic. It was always Sal’s dream to fly an A-10, so Senator Thomas and AAM have joined forces to

World War II Veteran U.S. Navy Radioman First Class Salvatore Citrano of Farmingdale, New York.

make this Veteran’s 96th birthday special with a personal tour of the Museum’s A-10. Needlessto-say, Sal can’t wait to get his hands on AAM’s Warthog! Thomas will personally escort Sal to the Museum on Saturday, October 2, 2021 to meet Jeﬀ Clyman, AAM President at 1:00 p.m. Clyman is scheduled to make a speech and present a Certificate of Appreciation to Sal. State Sen John Brooks and Suﬀolk County Executive Steve Bellone also plan to attend if their schedules allow. After these formalities and photo-ops are finished, Sal will climb up and get a good look at the cockpit of

AAM’s Warthog. However, due to the fact AAM’s Warthog is a static exhibit, Sal and nobody else will be taking oﬀ from Republic Airport anytime soon! After Sal’s reunion with the jet he wrote the manual for, our VIPs and guests will enjoy a birthday cake inside Hangar 3. Sal enlisted in the Navy in 1943, shortly after he graduated high school. As a Navy Radioman first class, he took part in the invasions of Okinawa in the Pacific and Normandy in Europe. In this vital role, Sal was responsible for decoding radio messages about enemy positions and reporting this intelligence

to his commanders. He received five Medals during his time in Asia and Europe in WWII: Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, European Campaign Medal for Normandy Invasion; Navy Occupation Service Medal; American Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal. The news media and public are cordially invited to attend this joyous event. Museum hours are 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Hangar 3, Republic Airport, 1230 New Highway, Farmingdale, NY 11735. Regular admission for Adults is $15, Seniors & Veterans $10 and Children 5-12 $8. No tickets or pre-registration required.

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Spruce up outside before open house You’ve de-cluttered your interior and applied a fresh coat of paint, installed some new fixtures to replace certain items in your bathrooms and upgraded your appliances in your kitchen and even sanded and laid down two coats of polyurethane on your hardwood floors. You are smiling as you gaze at the new updated appearance and look. However, you now take a walk outside your home and you, go uh, although the grass looks greener than normal due to 20 additional inches of rain above normal in 2021, the wettest July in recorded history. On the North Shore’s Gold Coast Hurricane Ida dumped 7-plus inches on Sept. 1 with a flash flood threat emergency — the highest level — for all five boroughs of New York City, and North Jersey for the first time ever! But the weeds have taken over your lawn and there looks to be some insect and fungus infestation in certain areas. You are planning an open house soon and you need to get your lawn and shrubbery in shape. The first item on your agenda is to spray your weeds first with any type of broad spectrum liquid material dispensed through your garden hose. You can also use a granular weed and feed material, which will minimize burning if ap-

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plied properly with a rotary type spreader. However, once you see the weeds begin to curl up and die, then begin thatching and removing any dead areas as well as those weed patches that can be removed. Next determine the proper balance of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (N-P-K). I would suggest that you do a soil test or at least have a professional do it. There are companies that you can send samples of your soil to and they will do a lab test to see what if any deficiencies there are, so you can apply and add back the necessary nutrients. Google soil testing labs. Nitrogen promotes foliar growth and rich green color. Phosphorus functions by creating and establishing and expanding stronger root growth with rhizomes and tillers. Potassium is synergistically critical in the process of growth by enhancing the plant’s ability to utilize nitrogen. One needs to use a granular slow release organic or time release fertilizer and not synthetic quick release materials, so as not to pollute our aquifers where our water is derived from. Fall feeding should be applied at one half to one pound of nitrogen per thousand square feet. Follow the bag instructions. The process allows the lawn to absorb the material at a pace that will be the most eﬀective and beneficial

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to the repair and future growth through the fall season. It also will minimize the burning eﬀect that fertilizers will cause, especially if applied incorrectly. Using a Rotary spreader and again following the bag application rates are critical to the proper amount needed during this time of the year. One can use a liquid type material, but care should be taken not to over-apply it as burning of the lawn will occur. A granular material is the most advantageous and safe method to use . Do your applications right now and then a winter application around Nov. 1. The rule is that no applications should be done between Nov. 15 and April 1 to avoid having any material run oﬀ due to lower temperatures and/

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or frozen ground where the material will not function properly. We all know that there are professional, knowledgeable, licensed and insured companies that will perform all the necessary applications either on a one-time basis or with a yearly contract. Ask your gardener if he is EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) and DEC (Department of Environmental Conservation) certified, and if not, hire those companies that specialize in applying those materials. Seed your lawn with the proper mixture based on the amount of sunlight that the area receives. A 50/50 mix of hybrid blue grasses and tall fescues (which need less watering) will work best. One can rent a core aerator, which has rows of hollow spoons (tubes), which pull plugs of soil out of the ground allowing the fertilizer and seeds to go deeper into the ground than just roughing up your soil. The germination will occur at a much speedier rate. Add pelletized lime, which is a much simpler application as opposed to the old-fashion white powder. Based on your soil test results, apply the amounts per thousand square feet based on their recommendations. Soil PH should be between 6.5-07.0. This enhances and maximizes all the fertilizers and seed growth to work at their

optimum. Water your lawn lightly each day, maybe 10-20 minutes or as local municipalities allow until seedlings begin to grow to 3 inches. Then two times per week. As the lawn thickens keep your mower at a 3-inch height to keep the photosynthesis process going through the fall as this occurs on the top foliage so cutting too short will reduce the process. Remove leaves oﬀ the lawn so as to allow the process of growth to continue throughout the fall. Lastly, root feeding your trees and shrubs around the drip line or perimeter of the plants with either fertilizer stakes or again by using a professional, licensed and knowledgeable company that will use a liquid slow release/time release material that is injected into the soil. Also spray liquid anti-desiccants, which will minimize and sometimes eliminate moisture loss throughout the winter and prevent winter burn, which is the browning and die-oﬀ of the leaves on nondeciduous trees and shrubs like evergreens and rhododendrons. As the ground freezes those plants can no longer take up water, so those material will go along way to keep the proper health of the plant throughout the winter months. Best time to apply would be mid-November. Trim all shrubbery below window sills to allow more sunlight into your home (this should have been done in early June, but better late than never). Planting some bright fall flowers and cabbage plants will allow your landscape to pop and provide excellent curb appeal as people do their drive-by to check out homes in the area. Having an outstanding exterior landscape will spark more curiosity without satisfying it, leaving potential buyers to wonder what the interior of your home looks like since the outside looks so beautiful. This will provide greater opportunity for more showings because your high-resolution photos and virtual tours will be greatly enhanced. Philip A. Raices is the owner/ Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 in Great Neck. He has 40 years of experience in the Real Estate industry and has earned designations as a Graduate of the Realtor Institute (G.R.I.) and also as a Certified International Property Specialist (C.I.P.S). For a “FREE” 15 minute consultation, a value analysis of your home, or to answer any of your questions or concerns he can be reached by cell: (516) 647-4289 or by email: Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate. Com

The Williston Times, Friday, October 1, 2021

Recent Real Estate Sales in the

Willistons

6 De Chiaro Lane, Williston Park

469 Mineola Blvd., Williston Park

3 bd, 3 ba, Sold On: 8/18/21, Sold Price: $950,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Herricks

4 bd, 3 ba, Sold On: 7/16/21, Sold Price: $915,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Mineola

454 Horton Highway, Williston Park

238 Cushing Avenue, Williston Park

3 bd, 1 ba, 1,288 sqft, Sold On: 8/17/21, Sold Price: $570,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Mineola

5 bd, 3 ba, Sold On: 8/31/21, Sold Price: $908,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Herricks

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

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School district mismanaged finances: audit

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The Mineola school district was found to be mismanaging its finances during an audit period of 20162020.

Continued from Page 1 One recommendation was that the district comply with the statutory fund balance limit of 4 percent. The state suggested using surplus funds to benefit taxpayers in the form of one-time expenditures, paying oﬀ debt and reducing district property taxes. In response, the district said, “The district will continue to repair and update district facilities with capital transfers.” The statement continues, “The District has continued an aggressive schedule of debt repayment resulting in a 35% reduction and

has also incurred savings in excess of $800,000 by leveraging low interest rates to refinance debt obligations.” Asked for comment, Nagler said in a statement: “Last year the district had a zero levy. For the past 12 years the district averaged a 1.2% levy. Simultaneously, the district transferred money from the fund balance into the budget to achieve capital upgrades. Our community is informed of how the district spends the surplus and has supported our budgets every year with over 70% approval.”

Ex-Nassau Comptroller Weitzman dies at 75 Continued from Page 2 “Everyone here in the Comptroller’s Oﬃce is sad and surprised – and so many of us share fond memories and have wonderful stories about Howard,” Nassau County Comptroller Jack Schnirman said in a statement. “Howard made a lasting impact on our community, and we will forever be grateful for his service. Our thoughts go out to his family during this diﬃcult time.” “Sad to hear of the passing of former Nassau Comptroller Howard Weitzman, a long-time public servant to our County,” Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said in a statement. “County flags will be

lowered to half-staﬀ as a tribute to his memory.” Legislative Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams (D-Freeport) praised Weitzman for “his vast intellect and fiscal expertise” while serving Nassau residents in various roles. “Whether his role was that of a local elected oﬃcial, our County Comptroller, or a NIFA board member, his style of leadership embodied the type of wisdom and dignity that was a constant throughout his life,” Abrahams said in a statement. “We are tremendously saddened by the news of his passing and pray that his memory will always be a blessing for his family, friends,

and loved ones in the days ahead.” The County Legislature held a moment of silence for Weitzman on Monday afternoon. “He was just a very talented man, very devoted to his family and very honest,” U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) said in a statement. “He was a great help to me when I was county executive. We were facing such a diﬃcult financial crisis at the time, and he was a great help in figuring out how to move the county forward.”’ Finance authority Chairman Adam Barsky told Newsday that he “lost a friend whose wisdom and advice I had come to rely on as NIFA seeks to help the county.

Howard Weitzman leaves a monumental legacy and represents the best in public service.” Weitzman died in his Roslyn home Monday morning, his wife, Suzanne, told Newsday. Eﬀorts to reach her or another member of Weitzman’s family for comment were unavailing. In addition to his wife, Weitzman is survived by his children Catherine Diamond, Peter Weitzman and Matthew Weitzman, his sister, Leslie Kornfeld, and four grandchildren. Temple Israel of Great Neck was to hold a private funeral service for Weitzman on Thursday.

Northwell Health fires unvaccinated employees Continued from Page 19 The state Health Department, which breaks down vaccination rates by ZIP code, found that on the North Shore the 11042 ZIP code of New Hyde Park continues to have the lowest rate at 23.1 percent of people vaccinated. That area, however, consists primarily of businesses south of Northern State Parkway and along Marcus Avenue. The next lowest vaccination rate on

the North Shore is the 71.8 percent in the 11024 ZIP code of the Great Neck peninsula, which includes the Village of Kings Point. The next lowest one is also in Great Neck, with the 11023 ZIP code at a 74 percent rate, according to the figures. This area incorporates parts of the villages of Great Neck and Saddle Rock, along with Great Neck Gardens and Harbor Hills. The highest vaccination rate, 92.9 percent, is also on the Great Neck peninsula,

the 11020 ZIP code, consisting primarily of the Village of Lake Success and University Gardens. Some of this area is also made up of Great Neck South Middle and High School, North Shore Hebrew Academy and the Fresh Meadow Country Club. The statistics also show vaccination rates of 90.4 percent in Roslyn, 86.6 percent in Albertson, 86.4 percent in New Hyde Park’s 11040 ZIP code, 85.3 percent in Mineola, 84.6 percent in Port Washing-

ton, 84.4 percent in Williston Park, 83.8 percent in Great Neck’s 11021 ZIP code, 83.6 percent in Roslyn Heights, 79.8 percent in Manhasset and 77.5 percent in Floral Park. In total, the 13 North Shore ZIP codes average a 84.9 percent vaccination rate. Without the 23.1 percent figure in the 11042 ZIP code, the average for the remaining 12 ZIP codes increases to 90.1 percent.

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Pusateri touts advocacy, transparency Continued from Page 1 A representative from the Democratic committee reached out to Pusateri and approached her to run. After discussing the decision with her husband, she decided to throw her hat in the ring. “Having a child with disabilities, you have to be a team,” Pusateri said in an interview with Blank Slate Media. “I went to my husband with this and told him this is something we have to do together. This isn’t just one of my things.” Pusateri said one goal is increasing the participation in some of the town’s respite programs, which provide services to the special needs population. She lauded some of the programs in the town, but stressed the importance of promoting and potentially expanding programs to disabled people. “One of the best ways to look at what we can do is to send out a questionnaire and send it out to all of the people so we can discuss what the concerns are and collect data on how to best support this community,” Pusateri said. “The function of all these programs are meant to keep people in our town.” As a candidate for the town’s 3rd District, which encompasses Garden City Park, Mineola, Williston Park, Garden City and portions of New Hyde Park, Pusateri said residential issues depend on which door you’re knocking on. Aside

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Christine Pusateri is running for the Town of North Hempstead’s 3rd District seat. from advocating for programs for the disabled community, other goals Pusateri wants to achieve if elected include maintaining the town’s AAA bond rating and quality of life, and keeping residents informed and safe during the coronavirus pandemic. Another issue that many residents bring up when speaking to elected of-

ficials, or aspiring ones, is the town’s Building Department. Pusateri said creating greater transparency between the department’s employees and the public is one of the most important aspects to improve before making further decisions. “The bigger picture is how do we fix the department now,” Pusateri said. “If I blame something that happened be-

fore I got there, it shows that I have not grown.” As a speech pathologist, Pusateri said, remote education was one of the most challenging aspects for teachers and students during the coronavirus pandemic. Though she stressed the need for school districts and other educational institutions to permit in-person instruction, she did not take a stance on whether vaccinations should be required. Instead, Pusateri sided with state guidance as to what should be mandated. Communication between the town and its residents is another area where Pusateri wants to see improvement. Pointing to a newsletter from Councilwoman Marianne Dalimonte, Pusateri said it is important that people in each district know what is happening throughout the town and what programs they could potentially take advantage of. Pusateri, who is running against Mineola Trustee Dennis Walsh, a Republican, to replace Angelo Ferrara, touted her hard work and ability to be transparent with the community as reasons she should be elected. “I feel that I am reachable and at this point in time, as an advocate, I understand that I have to listen to a person’s perspectives,” Pusateri said. “I also have to make sure I meet those challenges and meet those needs within the community.”

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Continued from Page 17 as one commission to develop a consensus map. We agreed to do so and today our colleagues appointed by the majority members of the legislature turned their backs on that commitment refusing to confer and come to common ground.” (You can well wonder if he would have expressed such outrage if Republicans controlled the Legislature.) (An excellent analysis: “Takeaways from New York’s (competing) redistricting draft maps” https:// www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2021/09/new-yorks-first-draft2022-redistricting-maps-have-beenreleased/185374/) It is vitally important for New Yorkers to be engaged, involved and participate in this process. The maps have been published at the NYIRC.com site, and the commission has scheduled 14 public hearings throughout the state before submitting maps to the state Legislature (by Jan. 1-15, 2022). The Nassau County hearing is on Nov. 22 at 4 pm at Nassau County Community College (unclear whether it will be in-person or virtual or both). Nassau County residents can register to testify at the hearing and/or submit comments or maps at www.nyirc.gov where you can also see past testimony, the draft maps, etc. , and zoom virtual meetings. (Information on the IRC process and tips on how to testify can be found on the League of Women Voters NY website: https://lwvny.org/redistricting-2021-people-powered-fair-mapsnys/)

If the state Legislature rejects the maps or the governor vetoes the maps, the commission must be notified within 15 days but no later than Feb. 28. If the Legislature rejects the second set of maps, the Legislature can amend the implementing legislation and redraw the district lines on its own. Now here’s the dilemma: even though Texas had suﬃcient population increases to get two additional Congressional seats and 95 percent of that gain came from (Democratic-leaning) communities of color, suburban and urban communities, Texas is creating maps where the number of majoritywhite districts increases; it “packs and cracks” communities so that none are competitive and the votes from cities and suburbs of El Paso, San Antonio, Austin, Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth are drastically diluted, according to Saumya Narechania, States Director for AOTL (All on the Line). Ohio (the state that no Republican can win the presidency without) similarly is gerrymandering with abandon. The Republican-controlled redistricting commission voted on party lines to adopt state legislative maps so gerrymandered even Republican Governor Mike DeWine questioned their constitutionality: they are skewed so that Republicans would likely win 72% of state Senate seats and 68% of state House seats – enough for a super majority — even though Republicans won 54% of the statewide vote in the last decade, according to AOTL. The consequence contradicts the ideal of “one person, one vote” (the NYIRC ideal) and even the clichéd “free and fair election” or monumentally hypocritical “election integrity”.

So yes, what happens in Texas, Ohio, Arizona and Florida doesn’t stay there. Like the California recall, the Texas abortion ban, Georgia voter suppression legislation and Arizona election nullification, these all have national implications for civil rights, with voting rights being preeminent from which all the rest flow and the ability to nullify the will of the majority (climate change, gun sense, tax reform, reproductive rights) without accountability at the ballot box. Significantly, “Almost as soon as she became governor, Kathy Hochul indicated that she was in favor of ensuring the maximum number of Democratic seats. And a few state senators from New York City have already said that they won’t commit to the lines drawn by the commission,” Rebecca C. Lewis and Zach Williams reported at cityandstateny.com. There should be a test for appropriate district lines and maps rejected if the results of voting should yield the same percentage representation between the parties in state legislatures and Congress – except that would be after the fact, when the minority in control of the levers of power, the damage done and the results impossible to undo. Groups like All on the Line, the National Redistricting Action Fund, and Marc Elias are gearing up to challenge such rigged maps in court. But the more eﬀective antidote (especially given the fact that state courts are equally partisan and the Supreme Court has already given the green light to gerrymandering) is for voters to be actively engaged and participate at all levels of redistricting: Congressional, state legislative districts and county.

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Hispanic Heritage Month celebration North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the Town Board announced that the Town will be celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month on Tuesday, October 5 at 6:30 p.m., with a very special ceremony at North Hempstead’s “Yes We Can” Community Center, 141 Garden Street in Westbury. Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated each year from September 15 to October 15. “Hispanic Heritage Month serves as an important opportunity to highlight the significant contributions made by Hispanic-American across the country and right here in the Town of North Hempstead,” said Supervisor Bosworth. “This community has always demonstrated a commitment to others, through service, diligence and hard work, and it is imperative that we pay tribute to the generations of Hispanic-Americans who

have made a lasting and positive impact on our communities.” The event will include live entertainment from Fiesta Tropical Triple M, Las Guadalupanas, and Krisia & Khristian Romano. All members of the public are welcome to attend. Hispanic Heritage Month begins each year on September 15, the anniversary of independence for five Latin American countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, with Mexico’s anniversary of its independence on September 16. North Hempstead’s “Yes We Can” Community Center is located at 141 Garden Street in Westbury. Please be advised that mask wearing is required indoors at all Town facilities. For more information, please call 311 or visit www.northhempsteadny.gov.

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League to host virtual candidates’ forum The League of Women Voters of Port Washington-Manhasset is proud to announce that it will once again host a virtual Candidates’ Forum on Tuesday, October 5, starting at 6 pm, for candidates running for local Town of North Hempstead and Nassau County oﬃces. Voters can learn more about their choices and ask questions before and during the forum from the comfort of their own home or anywhere with internet access. All four forums will be live-streamed – and can later be replayed – from the LWV of PWM YouTube channel (youtube. com/c/LWVofPWM). Questions for specific candidates and sets of candidates can be submitted to the websites listed with each forum.

Town of North Hempstead Clerk — 6 PM: Viviana Russel (D) vs Ragini Srivastava (R). Questions: bit.ly/LWV_TNH_Qs Town of North Hempstead District 5 Council Member — 7:05 PM: David Adhami (R) vs Peter Fishkind (D). Questions: bit.ly/LWV_TNH_Qs Nassau County District 11 Legislator — 8:00 PM: Delia DeRiggi Whitton (D, Incumbent) vs Megan McCarty (R). Questions: bit.ly/LWV_LegNC_Qs Town of North Hempstead Supervisor — 9:15 PM: Jennifer DeSena (R) vs Wayne Wink (D). Questions: bit.ly/LWV_NC_Qs The Nassau County LWV plans to cohost a separate forum with LIU Post for candidates running for Nassau County District Attorney on Monday, October 11, at 7 PM. Details will follow.

For questions about the forums, contact LWV Voters Service Chair Judy Jacobson at judyhp@gmail.com or 516627-0831.

Voters’ last chance to cast ballots for their favorites in person or by Absentee Ballot is Election Day, Tuesday, November 2, 6 AM — 9 PM ; but they can also do so on Early Election Days from October 23 to 31. October 18 is the last day to apply for an Absentee Ballot by mail, and November 1 is the last day to apply in person. More details are on the LWV website my.lwv.org/new-york/ port-washington-manhasset and VOTE 411.org. The League of Women Voters is a non-profit, non-partisan organization of both men and women, dedicated to promoting political responsibility through informed and active participation in government. New members are always welcome.

Northwell tabs Ibrahim to oversee service line Dr. Said Ibrahim, a respected clinicianinvestigator with a focus on closing the health disparities gap, has been appointed senior vice president of Northwell Health’s Medicine Service Line. In that role, Dr. Ibrahim will also serve as chair of the Department of Medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset and the Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Ibrahim joins the health system from Weill Cornell Medicine, where he was professor of Healthcare Policy & Research and the founding chief of the Division of Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation at the Department of Healthcare Policy & Research. He also was Weill Cornell’s inaugural senior associate dean for Diversity and Inclusion. Previously, Ibrahim had stints at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and served as chief of medicine at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center, where he led all medical subspe-

cialties, primary care, emergency department, nursing home and geriatrics and the internal medicine residency program. “He has the perfect mix of leadership experience, academic success and an engaging personality,” said Dr. Lawrence Smith, executive vice president and physician-in-chief at Northwell Health and dean of the Zucker School of Medicine. “We are so excited to welcome him.” Ibrahim, a onetime member of the Somalia national team, surreptitiously left the African nation for a better life in the United States and used basketball to attend college. He received his bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College in Ohio and his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He also holds a master’s degree in public health from Harvard University’s School of Public Health and a master’s degree in business administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management. Ibrahim completed his internship and residency training in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a teaching hospital

of Harvard Medical School. A National Institutes of Health-funded clinician-investigator, Ibrahim’s has researched health equity and disparities, particularly osteoarthritis care. As co-director of the VA National Center of Innovation for Health Equity Research and Promotion in Philadelphia, Ibrahim leveraged its $20 million research-funding portfolio to support 40 physician and doctorate investigators engaged in health services research at the VA. “I am truly delighted and honored to become a member of the Northwell Health,” Dr. Ibrahim said. “I look forward to working with everyone in our mission of providing the highest quality patient care, to conduct cutting edge research and to train the future generation of scientists and health care providers.” Ibrahim is a recipient of the Harold Amos Faculty Development Award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the NIH K24 award to mentor future generations of investigators on patient-centered research in health care disparities. He has

Dr. Said Ibrahim served as associate editor of the American Journal of Public Health and as a member of the Journal for General Internal Medicine’s editorial board. He’s currently the associate editor for the JAMA Health Forum and a member of the NIAMS Advisory Council. In addition, he has authored more than 150 peer-reviewed papers and is a sought-after lecturer and speaker on the topic of health equity and disparities of care. Dr. Ibrahim has also mentored dozens of physicians and investigators.

Temple Judea observes Sukkot outdoors On the Sunday before Sukkot, on possibly the most beautiful sunny warm day this year, Temple Judea celebrated the holiday of Sukkot outdoors under an azure blue sky. The celebration began in the sukkah, the temporary building that was again built this year in its annual location in the Temple’s beautiful Lipsey Gardens. It was decorated by young Temple Judea students, as well as some preschoolers who were meeting for their monthly “Bagels and Blox” experience. Rabbi Todd Chizner explained the origins of the holiday as well as its custom of having meals in an open place “under the sky”. The holiday celebrates the gathering of the harvest. Beginning five days

after Yom Kippur, Sukkot is named after the booths or huts (sukkot in Hebrew) in which Jews customarily eat their meals in their own sukkot during this weeklong celebration. According to rabbinic tradition, these flimsy sukkot represent the huts in which the Israelites dwelt during their 40 years of wandering in the desert after escaping from slavery in Egypt. It is built with three sides. Its roof is to be partially covered with branches, with spaces between to allow the sky overhead to be seen.. After seeing and admiring the sukkah and its beautiful decorations, everyone assembled on the large patio for a barbecue hosted by the Temple’s Brotherhood, chaired by Stanley Goldklang, and WRJ

Sisterhood, chaired by Phyllis Wininger. It was especially meaningful for the congregants and guests to see and greet each other “in person” after so many months of “virtual” services and meetings. A guest speaker, Rivkah Halpern

from JAFCO (Jewish Adoption & Family Care), addressed the congregation, explaining the goals of this organization whose purpose is to provide services to abused & neglected children and those with disabilities. Temple Judea’s Social Action Committee, chaired by Rita Marcus and Alicia Munves, has for several years supported this worthwhile organization. Two days later, on Sukkot, Rabbi Chizner and Temple Judea hosted Rabbi Randy Sheinberg of Temple Tikvah, for a special Sukkot service. Both rabbis discussed the origins of the Sukkot customs and traditions with the many congregants of both temples in the Temple Judea sukkah.

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Williston Park Library news From the Director: We are no longer accepting donations at this time. New titles added to the collection: Emily’s House—Amy Belding Brown To Sir, with Love—Lauren Layne Reading List—Sara Nisha Adams I Don’t Forgive You—Aggie Blum Thompson After the Fall: Being American in the World We’ve Made—Ben Rhodes Dream Girl—Laura Lippman Facing the Mountain: True Story of Japanese American Heroes in WWII—Daniel James Brown Damnation Spring—Ash Davidson Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter—Kai Bird Her Heart for a Compass—Sarah Ferguson Facing Reality: Two Truths about Race in America— Charles Murray Revival Season—Monica West Long Slide—Tucker Carlson Immediate Family—Ashely Nelson Levy Our Daily Hours Are: Browsing &Vestibule Pick-Up: Monday-Friday: 10am5:30pm and Saturday: 10am-4pm “Open for Browsing” means you can come inside, walk around the Library, and look for books and other items. Please limit your time to 1 hour. Only one family at a time will be permitted in the Children’s Room. Items requested over the phone can be picked up in the Library vestibule. Please maintain social distancing practices while in the Library. All customers and staﬀ are required to wear face cov-

erings at all times while in the Library, per Executive Order 202.17. Face coverings must cover both your mouth and nose. Congregating is not permitted. Three computers are available for public use for a limit of 30 minutes. Library items may now be returned inside the library Adult Programs ELL Fall Class Registration—Friday—September 17—10am-2pm in the Assembly Room of Village Hall. Classes will be held September 27-December 17. To make an appointment, call 516-867-3580 or go to www. literacynassau.org/appointment Reiki—Thursdays—October 7 & 21—6pm in the Assembly Room of Village Hall. $10 p/person. Book Club—Wednesday—September 29—7pm. Copies of Woman in the Window are available at the Circulation Desk. Take & Make Ceramic “Home”—available for pick up the week of September 27. $12 each Great Give Back—Saturday—October 16-30. The library is partnering with LI Cares and will be collecting donations of pet food and pet supplies. Assemblywoman Gina Sillitti Mobile Oﬃce Hours— Thursday—October 21—10am-Noon in the Assembly Room of Village Hall. Children’s Programs Take & Make Ceramic Skull Bank—available for pick up the week of September 27. $12 each Come into the Library for a free children’s craft every Monday for Take and Make Mondays. Check out the calendar of events for Virtual Puzzle Wednesdays and Virtual Game Fridays. Please check our website willistonarklibrary.org for updates on all upcoming events.

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Homecoming back Herricks musicians at Herricks High earn 18 all-state OKs Nassau County Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum (D — Great Neck) joined the Herricks School District community and her colleagues in local government on Friday, Sept. 17 for the district’s homecom-

ing celebration and football game. “After all we have all navigated together during the last year and a half to reach this point, I was absolutely delighted to join the Herricks High School

community for this wonderful homecoming celebration,” Birnbaum said. “I am thankful to everyone who contributed to the success of this long-awaited Herricks High School event.”

PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE OF LEGISLATOR ELLEN W. BIRNBAUM

Legislator Birnbaum joins revelers at homecoming in Herricks on Friday, Sept. 17.

Herricks High School is proud to announce that student musicians have earned a total of 18 AllState acceptances. Their talents will be featured at the New York State School Music Association’s Winter Music Conference, which will be held in Rochester in December. Seven students were selected to chorus, band and orchestra ensembles. David Gonzalez joins the Mixed Chorus as a Bass 2 vocalist, Genesis Kang and Madeleine Wang will both play violin in the Symphony Orchestra, Carolyn Lau will perform in the Symphony Orchestra as a flutist, Keneil Soni will play the French horn in the Symphony Orchestra, Ranjani Srinivasan joins the Symphonic Band on Bb clarinet and Liam Tan will perform in the Symphony

Orchestra as a violist. Liam Tan and Madeleine Wang also earned acceptance to the All-State Piano Showcase; another component of the conference. Additional congratulations go to nine students who were chosen as AllState alternates. They are Caitlin Chheda and Ved Dattaray (flute) Kailey Simons, Katherine Yee and Tina Zhao (violin), Leon-

ardo Gomez (tenor 1), Meaghan Haller (piccolo), Ellie Kim (viola) and Esther Min (cello). “As always, we are very proud of these musical accomplishments,” said Director of Fine & Performing Arts Anissa Arnold.“Congratulations to each of these students and to all the music teachers who have aﬀected them along the way to this milestone.”

Artist program honors Wheatley announces Mineola senior Shatz Hispanic scholars Mineola High School senior Bethany Shatz has been named a Merit Award winner in the Long Island Scholar Artist program for the 2021-2022 school year. Shatz is one of nine students to be honored in the visual arts category. The Long Island Arts Alliance and Newsday

sponsors the program each year, honoring up to 40 high school seniors from Nassau and Suﬀolk counties in the fields of dance, media arts, music, theater and visual arts. Districts can nominate students who are exceptionally accomplished in their field and hold an unweighted GPA of 90 or

above. Nominated students are then asked to submit a portfolio of their work and an essay to be reviewed before being selected. The award for the top 20 students selected is the Scholar Artist designation and the remaining 20 students receive an Award of Merit. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE EAST WILLISTON SCHOOL DISTRICT

From left, The Wheatley School National Hispanic Scholars Elianny Acosta, Caitlin O’Keefe and Marco Garcia. The East Williston School District is proud to announce that three students attending The Wheatley School have been recognized by the College Board National Hispanic Recognition Program for their outstanding academic performance. Congratulations to Elianny Acosta, Marco Garcia and Caitlin O’Keefe.

Each year, the College Board recognizes outstanding Hispanic/Latino high school students through their National Hispanic Recognition Program. Approximately 5,000 students nationwide from among more than 250,000 Hispanic/Latino juniors who scored in the top 10% of students on the PSAT and successfully passed at least

two Advanced Placement exams are recognized. The East Williston School District Board of Education, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Elaine Kanas, High School Principal Sean Feeney, administrators and staﬀ congratulate these students on their academic eﬀorts and outstanding achievements and wish them continued success.

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Orthopedic group Rally for reproductive rights ads surgeon Ju Orthopaedic Associates of Manhasset, the leading provider of multi-specialty orthopaedic and neurosurgery services across Long Island, announced today the appointment of Dr. Derek G. Ju. Ju is an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in spine surgery. He will see patients at the OAM oﬃces in Great Neck and Commack. “We are very pleased to have Dr. Ju join the OAM team. His exceptional credentials from leading orthopaedic institutions and his specialized training in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions and injuries of the spine will be a great asset to the practice and our surrounding Long Island communities,” said OAM Senior Partner Richard D’Agostino. Ju graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Engineering Cambridge, with a bachelor’s degree in biological engineering and a minor in biology. He received a medical degree from Johns

Derek Ju, M.D., Orthopedic Associates of Manhasset Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, Md. Ju completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedics, Los Angeles, Calif. He went on to complete fellowship training in spine surgery at Rothman Orthopaedic Institute/Thomas Jeﬀerson University, Philadelphia, PA. In addition to clinical practice, Ju is a member of the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, the North American Spine Society and a reviewer for the Global Spine Journal.

Reach Out America, a local grassroots progressive organization founded in 2004 by Great Neck residents, is hosting a Rally for Reproductive Rights on Saturday Oct. 2 at 2:00 pm in Firefighters Park in Great Neck Plaza. We will have a variety of speakers, testimonies, musicians & elected oﬃcials who stand with us in protecting women’s rights. Masks & social distancing protocols will be observed. This event is just one of thousands of protests taking place in all fifty states on October 2, ahead of the Supreme Court reconvening on Oct. 4. Abortion has never been fully

accessible, but we are at the risk of losing our reproductive freedom completely. The call to action is clear and urgent. The relentless attacks from Texas to Mississippi are ramping up quickly. On Oct. 2, we’re going to send the Supreme Court and lawmakers across the country a clear, unified message. The attack on our reproductive rights will not be tolerated. We invite all people into this important movement as we build something better for our families and communities. As a small powerful group tries to come for our human rights over and over again, we’ll never let go of our vision of reproductive justice; for unfettered

abortion access and everything we need to support and grow our families to thrive and live healthy lives. For more information and to register for this event, visit — https://act.womensmarch.com/ event/oct-2-2021-march/2371 For more information on Reach Out America, visit our website www.reachout-america.com or our Facebook page https:// www.facebook.com/ReachOutAmerica.LI Press Contact: Nina K. Gordon, Human Rights Committee, Reach Out America (917-7719519) or Patty Katz, President, Reach Out America (917-6702917)

Families gather to celebrate fall harvest On the heels of the Jewish High Holidays comes the holiday of Sukkot, a festival holiday in which Jewish people around the world celebrate the yearly harvest of the farmers. The week-long celebration is also recognized as a time to give thanks for things like food and shelter. The most widely known symbol of the holiday is a structure called a sukkah. During the week of Sukkot, the students at Temple Beth Sholom’s Early Childhood Center and Religious School help decorate the sukkah in preparation for the daily gatherings with family and friends. On humid Thursday evening September 23rd, with rain and flash flooding threatening, children and families from the Early Childhood Center gathered outdoors in the synagogue’s sukkah for “Pizza in the Hut.” Families with young children ages 2-8 came together to sing songs with Temple Beth Sholom’s Cantor Ofer Barnoy, and to shake the traditional lulav and etrog with Educational Director Sharon Solomon and

Early Childhood Center Director Jen Schiﬀer. “In this time of COVID, as school leaders we are chal-

lenged to find creative ways to bring our families together safely. Sukkot not only gives us a reason to celebrate, our beau-

tiful sukkah provides a perfect backdrop for a safe outdoor venue to gather, “ said Schiﬀer. The event also included an in-

Temple Beth Sholom Early Childhood Center families gather in the sukkah to celebrate the fall harvest.

teractive arts and crafts activity in which the children were asked to fill a paper basket with cut-outs of fruits and vegetables associated with the fall harvest. Presently, the Early Childhood Center does not allow parents to enter the early childhood center at any time during the school day. Children are dropped off and picked up outside of the building daily. This outdoor event allowed parents, many for the very first time, the opportunity to come to school with their child. Barnoy, Solomon and Schiffer were joined by many of the school’s teachers, who also had the unique opportunity to interact with young families from the school separate and apart from the school day. At the conclusion of the evening, Schiffer shared, “It was truly heart-warming to look out at the families in our community, enjoying a beautiful night under the stars together. Even behind the masks, I can see the smiles of parents and children alike. We are blessed beyond measure.”

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