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Development key concern in Mineola election Werther, Strauss debate village downtown revitalization plans BY R E B ECC A K L A R Larry Werther, a former Mineola trustee who briefly served as mayor and is running for the top spot again, said Monday night that the village’s current downtown revitalization plan is overdeveloping Mineola. His fellow Mineola My Home Party candidates, Regis and Cristi Gallet, compared their vision for downtown Mineola to the villages of Garden City and Huntington, during a debate at the Mineola Middle School, hosted by the Mineola American. The trio faces three current board members, Mayor Scott Strauss, seeking his fourth term as mayor, Trustee Dennis Walsh, seeking his third term, and Trustee George Durham, seeking his fourth term. Strauss, Walsh and Durham are running on the New Line Party ticket. Werther was previously elected as a trustee as part of the New Line Party in 2003, and served as deputy mayor under then-Mayor Jack Martins.
Werther served out the rest of Martins’ term in 2011, when Martins was elected to state Senate. Werther lost his spot on the board when Durham and Walsh beat him in a three-way race in 2013. Werther and the Gallets said the large apartment buildings either being built or recently finished downtown are overdeveloping the village and making it look like a New York City borough – which isn’t the vision they have for Mineola. Cristi Gallet said she would like the village to be more similar to Garden City’s downtown, with local shops and restaurants. She said the large apartment buildings are even blocking the sunlight. Werther said the buildings should not have been given tax breaks from the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency. Strauss said the spots where many of the buildings were built were not on the tax roll before. Continued on Page 59
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Honoring an educator Students of Lynn Vanderahall, who died in August, sang a couple of their late teacher’s favorite songs during a ceremony Monay when the Family and Children’s Association’s Nursery Co-Op was renamed for her. See story on page 24.
From W.P. to anchor at Super Bowl, Olympics B Y R E B E C C A K L A R both the Super Bowl and one on the way, McHugh and Winter Olympics for the netLiam McHugh spent most work. But now, McHugh, origiof February traveling across nally from Williston Park, is the country – and world. McHugh, a sportscaster back home on Long Island. With two children and for NBC, recently covered
his growing family recently moved to Garden City. McHugh didn’t always see himself going into sportscasting, he said. Continued on Page 60
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Ehrbar challenged N. Shore schools by former fire chief see tax levy hike Current chief Sais takes on 2 on mayor’s slate BY R E B ECC A K L A R
Mayor Paul Ehrbar
Former Fire Chief Anthony Gagliardi
Fire Chief Rich Sais
Bill O’Brien
Trustee Kevin Rynne
Williston Park Fire Chief Richard Sais and former Chief Anthony Gagliardi are looking to expand their reach in the village by running for spots on the village board. Gagliardi is facing Mayor Paul Ehrbar, who is seeking reelection for this third four-year term, in Tuesday’s election. Sais is part of a three-way race for two village trustee spots. He faces Trustee Kevin Rynne and Bill O’Brien. Ehrbar, Rynne and O’Brien are running under the Integrity Party. Sais is running with the Citizens Party, and Gagliardi with the Taxpayer Party. Though Gagliardi and Sais have both served as fire chief, Gagliardi said if elected he will make sure all organizations and committees will get fair treatment. Gagliardi said he think it’s time for a change in the village, adding that he has nothing personal against Ehrbar. Before Ehrbar’s eight years as mayor he served the village in other capacities. He was elected to the Herricks Board of Education, serving as both vice president and president, for a total of eight years. He currently serves as Herricks Community Fund co-president, where he oversees the Youth Council, Alzheimer’s Day Program and Community Players, a position he has held since 2007. Gagliardi said he is looking to improve road repair and tree trimming throughout the village. He said he is not looking to remove all the trees, but said the tree trimming program should be improved to remove potentially hazardous hanging branches. Gagliardi also said the vil-
lage is in desperate need of road repair. “I know that they claim that they’ve done a lot over the years, but all residents have to do is look out their doors and realize that only certain areas were taken care of,” Gagliardi said. “A lot of areas still need major road work.” In a statement, Ehrbar said road repaving has been a priority for the board and the board will continue reviewing the next phase of the road repaving process during the current budget process. Gagliardi also said he is looking to have a stronger police presence in the village, and wants to reassess the new single stream recycling system. Rynne noted the village’s switch to single stream recycling as one of the current board’s accomplishments. Rynne is seeking his third term on the board. “I enjoy what I do,” Rynne said of his decision to run again. “I love our community,” Rynne said. “Williston Park is a special place.” He said he thinks the board is functioning well and heading in the right direction. Sais said his experience as chief, with a two-year term that ends in April, has made him comfortable with and knowledgeable of budget balancing and village politics. “I’m running because I think I’m the best person around,” Sais said, adding that he knows the game and the players. As chief, Sais attends almost all village meetings and workshops. Sais said everyone running gets along, and he has nothing bad to say about the current board members or his other opponent, O’Brien. Continued on Page 59
Most expect about 2 percent raise BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN The majority of North Shore school districts will take advantage of a higher allowable property tax levy, early budget presentations suggest, with only one North Shore school district increasing its tax levy less than 2 percent. Under the state tax cap, first passed in 2011, districts generally cannot increase their property tax levies by more than 2 percent or the rate of inflation, according to the state comptroller’s office. But, school districts and municipalities can levy more for “certain excludable expenditures” or override the levy limit if necessary. None of the schools appeared likely to breach their budget caps, which are each calculated through a state equation taking the prior year’s tax levy, tax base growth factor, payments in lieu of taxes, deductible expenditures and other factors into account. Currently the tax levies are in flux because PILOT calculations are still being calculated, according to some school bud-
get presentations and assistant superintendents for business, but initial estimates had to be reported to the state comptroller’s office by March 1. The Great Neck Public Schools currently expect to have a 2.47 percent property tax levy increase, with the maximum allowed right now calculated at 2.85 percent, translating to a boost of $4.9 million from $198.56 million to $203.46 million. John Powell, the assistant superintendent for business at the Great Neck Public Schools, described the increased tax levy as a “double edged sword” both for his school district and North Shore schools in general. “The increased tax authority helps to balance the budget, but it’s also painful to the resident taxpayer and the business owner,” Powell said Tuesday evening. “So that’s one of the reasons we didn’t go to the maximum.” Powell added that in light of recent security concerns raised by parents, his district’s budget and levy could possibly undergo changes in the coming weeks. Herricks schools calculated a Continued on Page 44
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Roslyn school district Assistant Superintendent of Business Joseph Dragone, second from left, discusses the proposed 2018-19 budget with the Board of Education.
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From two cans of tuna to 15K raised Rob Hallam hosts seventh annual food drive; donations to be delivered in Freeport Saturday BY R E B ECC A K L A R Seven years ago Rob Hallam’s wife, Mary, handed him a box and tossed in two cans of tuna. From there, Hallam started an annual food drive that has brought in thousands of nonperishable goods for those in need on Long Island. “If you believe in a calling from God, that was clearly the message to me,” Hallam said on starting the drive. Hallam will be delivering this year’s donated goods to a food pantry at 230 Hanse Ave. in Freeport on Saturday around 11 a.m. Volunteers are invited to be part of the human chain that will pass the boxes from vehicles to the pantry. This year Nassau Door and Window is supplying trucks. The Hallams are actively involved in their church, the Community Presbyterian Church of Malverne. Every year, the church participates in the national Souper Bowl drive. Hallam said he felt God was telling him to take the food drive efforts outside of the doors of his
church. Though he was uncomfortable at first, with a little push from his wife’s initial donation, Hallam reached out to the community. Hallam is a sales manager at the Lynbrook Nassau Door and Window store. He said he decided to reach out to his clients to see if they would be interested in donating. He took a box with cartoon characters, that “looked like a fourth-grade homework project,” and put it in the stores for donations, he said. Nassau Door and Window also has locations in Williston Park and Hicksville. For monetary donations, Hallam equates one dollar with one item. The first year, the drive collected a total of 984 cans and dollars, he said. “And I thought that was tremendous that we had collected almost 1,000 food items,” Hallam said. The drive didn’t stop there, though. Each year it seemed to grow, Hallam said, especially with the help of social media.
tuna from this wife, the drive has drawn participants from across the island and beyond. Hallam said he has even received checks from people from other parts of the state and country – some of whom he doesn’t even know. Hallam said a lot of people want to give but don’t necessarily trust charities and want to know where their money is going. “What we’ve done is just provide a vehicle that everyone can see and feel and it’s going on in their own backyard,” Hallam said. Before being donated, all the goods end up in Hallam’s living room – in piles his wife organizes PHOTO COURTESY OF ROB HALLAM based on food type. Hallam named the drive the Rob Hallam started a food drive seven years ago that has “People’s Drive,” because that’s exactly what it is, he said. raised thousands of items for locals in need. It no longer is tied to his church or his company, but to a much largLast year, the drive raised close can of soup donated is going to the er community. to 15,000 items and dollars, Hal- people that need it,” Hallam said. Hallam said God’s dreams “are lam said. People are excited to help, he apparently bigger than his own,” Hallam attributes the drive’s added. because he never expected the success to its simplicity and grass“Many people out there want roots nature. to get involved and do something drive to expand to this scale. “But he’s got his own plans … “There’s no overhead cost, good but just don’t know how to go and I put my faith in him,” Hallam no administrative cost, everybody about doing it,” Hallam said. knows that every dollar or every Since the initial two cans of said.
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Mangano, Venditto corruption trial starts BY LU K E TORRANCE The trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, his wife, Linda, and Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto for corruption began on Wednesday in Central Islip as prosecutors gave their opening statement. A federal prosecutor said that Mangano accepted gifts from restaurateur Harendra Singh to maintain a lavish lifestyle after he took a $114,000 pay cut to run Nassau County, according to Newsday. Because of that, Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Treinis Gatz said, the Manganos accepted vacations, gifts and a no-show job for which Linda Mangano was paid $450,000. Venditto and the Manganos also received free meals at Singh’s restaurants in return for contracts and loan guarantees, prosecutors said. All three have pleaded not guilty. The defense attorneys
were scheduled to give their statements Wednesday afternoon. Craig Burnett, a professor of political science at Hofstra University, said on Tuesday that the defense would likely try to undermine Singh, who confessed to bribing public officials in documents unsealed by prosecutors earlier this year. He is expected to take the stand on Thursday and will be cross-examined next week, according to Newsday. “It will come down to whether the jury believes that Singh is telling the truth and is not just somebody out for retribution,” Burnett said. He said that Singh’s claims that he tried to bribe a New York City official – identified in news reports as Mayor Bill de Blasio — could affect the case in Nassau County. “He has made claims about de Blasio, and if he can’t show his bribes or illegal dealings with de Blasio, that might cast doubt on his dealings with Man-
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to return to a contractor, prosecutors said. According to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s office, Walker tried to return the money after learning he was under investigation by federal authorities. In February, Walker was charged with obstruction of justice and making false statements. He has pleaded not guilty.
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Assemblyman Chuck Lavine the measures when the Democrats tacked them onto the previous bill. Though Lavine is doubtful the bills will pass in the Senate, he said the bipartisan support in the Assembly “provided a real ray of hope.” State Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) said the bills strike a balance between protecting Second Amendment rights and ensuring public safety. Ra said the bump stock ban bill was important to help clarify that those devices are not legal in New York. Ra said he was also happy to vote for the extreme risk order protection bill, which aims to keep weapons out of the hands of potentially dangerous people because it helps ensure public safety and respects an individual’s due process rights. “When there are people sounding the alarm that somebody is dangerous to themselves or to others that there would be an opportunity, particularly for law enforcement, to come in and go before a judge and make a case as to why weapons need to be removed from an individual,” Ra said. Recently, in a meeting with lawmakers from both parties, President Donald
Trump suggested taking weapons away before allowing for due process. “Take the guns first, go through due process second,” Trump said at the meeting. Ra also noted the school safety bills that the Senate recently passed. The bills include measures to provide new security funding and increase the availability of school resource officers, improve mental health coordination in schools, enhance information sharing and strengthen penalties for school-based crimes. He said there are “merits to a lot of those as well,” and added that he thinks both houses will come together and find a common ground in these areas. Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso (D-Great Neck), who co-sponsored all five bills, said in a statement that the package of bills aims to prevent and reduce gun violence in the state. D’Urso said that Long Island has had its share of gun violence, noting that it is the 25th anniversary of the Long Island Rail Road shooting. In December 1993, Colin Ferguson, a passenger on a Long Island Rail Road train, murdered six people and wounded 19 others as the train pulled into the Merillon Avenue station. “When it comes to gun violence we need more than thoughts and prayers,” D’Urso said. “It is my hope that the state Senate will approve the legislation and that other states and the federal government will soon follow. “
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Employee Narcan training workshop Town, Northwell partner to teach employees how to aid people overdosing on opioids BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I The Town of North Hempstead recently partnered with Northwell Health to offer free Narcan training to employees during work hours to help residents found overdosing from heroin or other opioids around the town. “Our employees interact with the public every day, and you never know when someone may be in a car and we discover them overdosing or in one of our facilities, in one of our parks, or in one of our buildings,” Supervisor Judi Bosworth said. “It’s important that our employees have the training to deal with it. This isn’t a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence, unfortunately. It’s unlikely that you would encounter anybody who doesn’t have somebody they know that is dealing with addiction problems.” Bosworth said the training on March 2 was open to the first 75 town employees who registered from across all departments and was full within the first day. Much like CPR training, which is required for town employees, Bosworth said the Narcan training is a necessity in today’s society. The official statistics for 2017 have not been calculated for
with an introduction to addiction as a disease and options for treatment before the training. “It was really very interesting to see how engaged our employees were,” Bosworth, who stayed for the workshop, said. “You could have heard a pin drop in the room throughout the entire presentation, which was about two hours. No one was losing interest.” Bosworth said this was the first time the committee had partnered with a municipality for training and all workers, union or nonunion, were invited to PHOTO COURTESY OF TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD participate. Bosworth said the training was to instruct employees on the use of the NarThe Town of North Hempstead hosted a Narcan training workshop for interested employees on March 2. Pictured are Spencer Kramer, Project Manager of can inhaler and also to change the stigthe Opioid Management Steering Committee; Linda DeMasi; Heather Hugelmey- ma of addiction. Employees were also given a kit at the end of the workshop er, Program Director of the Garden City Treatment Center; Danielle Piatkowsky; with two Narcan inhalers, latex gloves, Bruce Goldman, CASAC Director of Substance Abuse Services at Zucker alcohol wipes and other necessities. Hillside; Supervisor Judi Bosworth; Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, Director of Screen“There was a time when if someone had a diagnosis of cancer, you’d hear ing, Brief Intervention and Referral Treatment and Departments of Emergency them whispering with their hand over Medicine, Internal Medicine and Psychiatry/Behavioral Health; Laura Harrison; their mouth about it as if it were someMelanie Ritter and Bernard Robinson, Operational Manager for EMS. thing to be ashamed of,” Bosworth said. “We have to change the attitude toward Long Island, but officials in Nassau and Nassau. addiction as well so that people are Suffolk counties are projecting about The two-hour training was conduct- more comfortable discussing it, which 600 Long Islanders died last year from ed by the Northwell Health Opioid Man- will lead to them getting the help they overdoses — 400 in Suffolk and 195 in agement Steering Committee and began so very much need.”
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Cop kills man on N.S. after bat attack Approaching assailant shot by officer following road rage incident: county police BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN A Nassau County police officer shot and killed a man on the border of Great Neck and Manhasset on Monday after the suspect attacked two men with a baseball bat in a road rage incident near the Equinox gym and then refused to drop the weapon when confronted by the officer, the police said. News reports identified the man as Michael Ward, who has also been listed as a suspect in a New Jersey carjacking and a crime spree in New York City. According to an NYPD spokesman, the man’s spree allegedly began in Bordentown, New Jersey, where he allegedly robbed an individual of a vehicle. He later allegedly robbed a 77-year-old man and fled in that man’s car before striking and killing a 50-year-old man in Brooklyn two days later. The spokesman said Ward then allegedly stole a newspaper deliverywoman’s car before repeatedly punching a man, stealing his vehicle, evading police and ending up in Nassau County driving a Volk-
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Police investigate an apparent road rage attack that left a suspect dead and two civilians injured. swagen. “He was all over the place,” the spokesman said. Police sources said the suspect’s vehicle was stopped at a stop sign at Bayview Avenue and Maple Street. After being honked at, Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said, the suspect al-
legedly exited his vehicle with a baseball bat, struck the windows of two cars behind him, and hit one of the drivers in the head when he tried to confront him. “The subject’s vehicle was stopped at the stop sign here behind us,” Ryder said, gesturing. “Two vans were pulled up behind
him. He was not moving, they beeped their horn, and then the subject got out and started his attack on those individuals.” The rookie officer, a February graduate of the police academy who was on patrol, engaged the individual and showed “great restraint,” Ryder said, repeatedly
telling the suspect to drop the bat as he approached. The officer fired his Taser at the suspect, Ryder said, but it only “fazed him a little bit” and the suspect continued his approach. At that point a civilian got involved to try and help the officer, but was struck in the head, Ryder said. “The last instruction was to put the bat down and the officer had no other option but to fire and then stop that subject at that location,” Ryder said. The unidentified officer fired twice, with one shot hitting the suspect in the upper torso, police said. The suspect died at a hospital about an hour after the incident. The two men injured in the attack were taken to North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset and the officer was taken to Nassau University Medical Center for treatment of trauma. Both civilians were “brought in, evaluated and discharged,” a spokeswoman for Northwell Health said. The incident is under investigation.
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STOP
MINEOLA TAXPAYERS
STOP
Rich Developers from getting sweetheart 20 year tax breaks at the expense of our Residents.
High-rise apartments from taking over Mineola and turning our suburban Village into a Borough of New York City.
STOP
STOP
Giving away precious commuter permits to the new high rise apartments who are located yards from the LIRR station.
The empty promise of revitalization to downtown Mineola. Let’s actually make the changes that our current board has promised for so long.
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Fixing county’s assessment mess
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assau County Executive Laura Curran recently said she expects to complete a full reassessment of all properties in the county by the time a new tentative tax roll is issued at the beginning of 2019. In most of the known universe, this would hardly be cause for celebration. But this is Nassau County and it’s been a while since the rules of the universe have applied here. In 2011, Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano froze all assessment increases. But, this being Nassau, he continued year after year to grant reductions to property owners and tax appeal firms that filed challenges on the value assigned to the properties by the county. The tax appeal firms received an estimated $500 million in business thanks to this system, and county politicians received large campaign contributions. Property owners who filed challenges also usually won, sharing their savings in most cases with the tax appeal firms. The losers in this system were anyone who did not challenge their property taxes and the county. A Newsday investigation found Mangano’s system created a $1.7 billion shift in the tax burden, overwhelmingly onto lower-valued homes and office buildings. And the county faced the expense of paying for the rebates. This year the cost to the county – and county taxpayers – was $70 million. So Curran deserves a good
deal of credit for trying to create an assessment system that is fair. She is also going to need some help in educating people when county residents get their tax bills next year. Which might not be easy. County Legislature Presiding Officer Richard Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park) said of the planned reassessment, “Whatever is proposed must be fair to the already overburdened property taxpayers.” This is either troubling, strange or both. A reassessment does not change the amount the county collects — just who pays for it. Under the current assessment system, there are many people who are paying too much in property taxes because their property is valued too high in relation to other property owners. Which means that under a new, fairer and more accurate system people paying too much will see their taxes go down. And others, many of whom have successfully filed appeals, will see their taxes go up. Relatively speaking, at least, those who have successfully challenged their taxes — often at the urging of town and county officials — are and have been underburdened property taxpayers. One way to soften the blow to residents facing higher tax bills would be for Nassau County to reduce overall spending. Good luck with that. So get ready for the cries of taxpayers who enjoyed the benefits of this system complaining about their taxes going up as well as the cheers of others who see
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them go down. This is the price of bad governance — both on the part of Mangano and the county legislators who allowed this to happen. And it is not as if they couldn’t have seen this coming. In 2000, Nassau County undertook reforms after settling a lawsuit alleging it had — surprise, surprise — overtaxed homeowners in minority neighborhoods. In 2003, there was a countywide reassessment and then property values were updated regularly until Mangano stepped in. Congressman Tom Suozzi, who served as county executive during the reassessment, said when he left office in 2008 Nassau had the ability to reassess property on a yearly basis.
Former Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos advocated yearly reassessments based on real value last year during his primary campaign against Curran. This is a concept that should be familiar to everyone who has bought or sold property in Nassau County. Buyers, sellers and the just plain curious routinely go online to see what comparable homes sold for on the Multiple Listing Service or county Tax Assessors’ Office website. Curran can leave a lasting legacy if she can create a system in which all property in the county is reassessed every year. In the year 2018, that should not be asking too much. The yearly reassessments
would ensure that property owners are paying their fair share – no more, no less. Prevent disruptions like the one taxpayers are about to experience. And stop the county’s bleeding from tax challenges. “It is an important issue that the county must get its arms around in order to reduce the large amounts of tax refund claims and its negative impact on the budget,” said Adam Barsky, chairman of the county’s financial control board. The state-authorized control board has overseen the finances of Nassau County, one of the wealthiest counties in New York, since 2000. It is time that state control ended. A rational assessment system is a good place to start.
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ON THE RIGHT
Gov. Cuomo’s tax and spend budget
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report released in February determined that New Yorkers pay the highest combined state and local taxes in the United States. “Facts and Figure 2017: How Does your State Compare?” compiled by the well-respected research organization, Tax Foundation, stated that 12.6 percent of citizens’ income is paid in New York taxes. That averages out to about $2,208 per person in income taxes, $2,581 in property taxes per capita and $662 in sales tax collections. Connecticut came in second, with taxes paid as a percent of income at 12.6 percent. The thirdplace award goes to New Jersey where taxes as a percent of income are 12.2 percent. Additional bad news: New York is the most expensive state to live in after Hawaii. Despite this grim data, for Governor Andrew Cuomo its business as usual. To to balance his proposed $163 billion budget for the 20182019 fiscal year that commences on April 1, he raises taxes and fees and employs fiscal gimmicks. According to the report on the
Executive Budget by the Office of State Comptroller, led by Tom DiNapoli, Cuomo’s claim that operating fund spending will increase by a modest 2.6 percent is problematic. That number is questioned because there are “budget actions that contribute to the appearance of lower State Operating fund growth.” In other words, the governor is employing fiscal slight of hand shenanigans that include “shifting expenditures to capital project funds, which is outside the scope of state Operating Funds: moving expenditures off budget to a public authority or an off-budget fund or account; specifically, excluding certain spending from the calculated growth of State Operating Funds; restructuring programs such that the cost is reflected on the revenue side of the ledger rather than as spending; deferring expenditures to future years; and others.” This kind of smoke and mirror accounting brought New York City to the brink of bankruptcy back in 1975. The Cuomo budget also includes $5.6 billion in anticipated revenue from either temporary
GEORGE J. MARLIN On The Right or non-recurring from the federal government and in non-federal resources. In other words, “oneshots.” Sadly, the governor has squandered close to half the settlements received from financial institutions and insurance companies to balance his budgets, including $838 million in this year’s financial plan. Since 2014, fines received by the state have totaled approximately $4.5 billion. Of that amount, 49.4 percent
have been dedicated to state budget relief while 46.7 percent has been deposited in the Dedicated Infrastructure Investment Fund. Frankly, all the Wall Street settlement money should have gone to rebuild New York’s decrepit infrastructure. Cuomo has done a grave disservice by siphoning off these precious one-shot revenues to balance his bloated budget. According to the State Comptroller, the Governor’s Executive Budget Financial Plan is subject to a laundry list of risks and uncertainties, including “federal aid for health care, education, transportation and other purposes, and many programs that drive current funding levels may be subject to change based on current budget and policy discussions in Washington.” Most disturbing, the financing resources for the $8.3 billion the governor has committed to the MTA for its 2015-2019 capital plan have not yet been identified. Cuomo’s budget contains tax and fee increases including a 14 percent fee on health insurer profits, an excise tax on opioids, the elimination of the sales tax exemption on energy services, amended tax rate on cigars and a tax on va-
por products. As for the transparency, Cuomo promised New Yorkers when he first ran for governor in 2010, the Comptroller warned, “certain elements for the SYF 2018-2019 Executive Budget falls short with respect to high standards of transparency, accountability and oversight. These include broad grants of unilateral authority to the executive to manage or reshape the Budget; broadly defined allocations of state resources; and use of budget actions that obscure the level and growth of state revenues, spending and obligations.” In other words, this is a budget that the Comptroller rightly concludes “may diminish New Yorkers’ confidence in their State government.” Gov. Andrew Cuomo appears to be emulating Gov. Mario Cuomo’s flimflam approach to state spending. And sooner or later it will catch up with our present governor just as it did with Mario in 1994 when voters booted him out of office.
A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
It’s that time of the year again
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was at my desk when it happened. “Oh, no,” I moaned. “What’s the matter?” my husband asked. “Are you in pain?” “Not pain, exactly,” I told him. “But I don’t have a single idea for this week’s column, and it’s due today!” “Oh dear, that is a dilemma,” he said. His words sounded sympathetic, but the effect was ruined by a smile from ear to ear. “I’m suffering and you’re happy?” “No, of course not. It’s just that, every time you’re stuck in your writing, you start to clean. The last time this happened, I noticed the grout in the bathroom shower was suddenly whiter. Now I see you’ve been dusting in the dining room.…” “You saw that? What gave me away?” “I can tell what color the placemats are, again.” “You know, there’s nothing stopping you from cleaning, too! I bet you can use the vacuum cleaner even better than I can.”
“Oh, but I don’t want to get in your way.” “At least, help me pull the ladder over here. I have to get those cobwebs off the light fixture.” He helped me get to the cobwebs. But anytime my husband looks that happy, I know I’ve done something wrong. So I quit dusting and went back to my desk. Or tried to. “How is it I’ve never noticed this stack of dirty dishes before?” I asked him. “Don’t ask me, I’ve been nudging them a little closer to your keyboard every day.” “You could just wash them yourself, you know.” “And deny you the pleasure? I wouldn’t dream of it,” he said. “Besides, you’re better at it.” We both know I’m not. More to the point, he knows that I am never interested in cleaning anything until I’m on a deadline for something else. The trouble is, then I’m doing two things badly, instead of one! Perhaps you know the fable about the donkey that was equally placed between two piles of
JUDY EPSTEIN A Look on the Lighter Side hay, and starved to death because it couldn’t decide which one to eat? I’m just like that donkey, except that I am fatally suspended between two things I equally hate — house-cleaning, or finishing a piece of writing when inspiration has failed to strike. Stumped for ideas, I start reading online articles about how to jump-start the brain. Here’s one, about how some people think that if you grunt while ex-
erting yourself — like Monica Seles playing tennis at Wimbledon, or me looking for a soup can at the very back of the cabinet — it can actually improve your efficiency. I give it a try. “What’s happened now?” my husband calls from another room. “Did you hurt yourself?” “No, I’m just trying to improve my efficiency.“ “Is it working?” “Not very well,” I must confess. I’ve forgotten what I was looking for. Other articles say it helps to smile, and might even improve your metabolism. That’s too ridiculous to even try. Besides, my spouse might believe I’m enjoying myself, and nothing could be farther from the truth. Back at my desk, I can’t help noticing all the dust on the bookshelves over my head. I decide that I must stop everything to dust them off. Three shelves later, it occurs to me that all I’ve done is knock a years’ worth of dust onto my keyboard…so it’s practically a health
requirement that I head out the door for some air! On my way out, I walk past a clock. I’ve only written three paragraphs, so far, but hey! I’ve also washed a few dishes, dusted some shelves, even organized a soup can or two — and it’s only 4 o’clock! Which is really 3 o’clock, when you factor in that this is the first day of Daylight Savings Time. “Oops! Sorry, Judy, that’s the one clock I forgot to change,” says my beloved. So it’s not 4 o’clock, after all, it’s really 5. In the blink of an eye, I’m two hours behind! How can it be so late, and me with nothing to show for it? “Say, Judy — if you’re not going to clean anymore, and you’re not getting anywhere with the writing, either, there is one thing I could use some help with: preparing our taxes.” That’s all the inspiration I need! Suddenly I’m back at my keyboard, fingertips flying. Turns out all I needed was the right motivation.
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THE FOGGIEST IDEA
Islanders’ return puts taxpayers on ice On a stretch of track over the Cross Island Parkway, Long Island Rail Road trains whiz by at up to 80 mph on their way to Penn Station. Belmont Park can be seen in the distance looming over the vast expanse of concrete parking lots that is slated to become the 18,000-seat new home for the New York Islanders in 2021. It is here that a westbound LIRR train would have to stop and pull off what Aaron Gordon of the Village Voice has equated to “doing a three-point turn in the middle of a highway, but with a train.” All to access a rarely used rail spur that leads directly to Belmont Park on game days, which mostly fall on the tail end of the evening rush hour. MTA Chairman Joe Lhota expressed his concerns about Belmont’s limited LIRR access at a state budget hearing in January 2018, saying, “We’re at capacity on the main line during rush hour, and so we’re going to have to look at that and weigh that in. I’m concerned about how that’s going to all fit in at any one particular point in time.” This troubling transit issue is just one of two problems that have arisen in recent weeks regarding the redevelopment of Belmont Park. The other directly hits taxpayers’ wallets. After being promised that the Belmont endeavor will be the
product of ample private investment, it turns out that taxpayers will be footing part of the bill to keep the Isles on ice. Essentially, a much-needed $1 billion reinvention that was to be fueled by private investment has turned into a public charity project for a professional sports team that is virtually inaccessible from where most of its Long Island fans live. All this to assist an NHL team that arguably has not been a dynamic draw even before it moved to Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. If things weren’t bad enough for the Islanders, the new venue has all but sapped fan enthusiasm even further. In recent years, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has acquired a taste for bombastic infrastructure projects such as a new Tappan Zee Bridge (to be named after his father) and LaGuardia Airport. Now he has proposed that while the new arena is being built for the Islanders in Belmont, the team will come back to play at “the barn” in Nassau County. But as it turns out, in order to make this move possible, New York State will spend $6 million to bear the burden of costs that are necessary to upgrade NYCB Live, the privately owned and recently renovated Nassau Coliseum to accommodate the team. County voters had snubbed a proposal from Nassau Coun-
RICHARD MURDOCCO The Foggiest Idea ty Executive Ed Mangano, a Republican, to foot the bill to construct an all-new venue in 2011—and the improved rink was going to remain right in their own backyard where the team had played for decades. This past season, the Islanders were ranked last in fan attendance, attracting just over 12,000 a game thanks to lackluster accommodations in Brooklyn. Beginning this October, the team has committed to playing 12 games in Uniondale during the regular season, and 48 games over the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 seasons. To welcome them back, even temporarily, the “new” Nassau Coliseum will need some upgrades to host them. These “enhancements,” according to a release by the governor’s press office, include
necessary improvements so the venue can meet NHL requirements, such as investing in ice plant redundancy and dehumidification, as well as in media and broadcast cabling infrastructure. The project is expected to be completed by the fall. Newsday took a strong stance on the issue, complaining that it’s a “slippery slope” for the state to contribute $6 million so the Islanders can play hockey in Nassau County— while Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment, the private developer who owns NYCB Live and Barclays Center, is let off the hook. The editorial raised another key question: Who exactly will be paying for the infrastructure to support the Islanders’ move to Belmont, including the muchheralded LIRR access that supposedly put the Islanders’ bid over the top in the first place? Thanks to the difficult logistics of enhancing access, those costs could be steep for the already cash-strapped MTA. Politicking and payments aside, the team seemingly can’t get out of Brooklyn fast enough. In late February, Barclays Center chief executive Brett Yormark compared his soon-to-be former tenants to a “rent-a-team.” He vented about the challenging market and wished them luck in building a new venue in New York State after his own arena took nearly a decade to construct. His concerns
didn’t sit well in the governor’s office, which was quick to restate New York’s commitment to Belmont. As reported in Newsday’s The Point, “An Empire State Development official told The Point that the environmental review of the redevelopment at Belmont will begin ‘shortly.’ Construction is expected to start in 2019.” Between the obstacles with Belmont’s access and the sudden reliance on taxpayers’ pockets, what once was clearly a winning proposition is now on thinner ice. Why weren’t the upgrades done to the Nassau Coliseum in the first place, and why weren’t the limitations of increasing LIRR service to the new arena clearly outlined earlier? It is likely the snafus will be eventually ironed out – but they don’t inspire the public confidence that these complex regional projects require. Richard Murdocco is an award-winning columnist and adjunct professor in Stony Brook University’s public policy graduate program. He regularly writes and speaks about Long Island’s real estate development issues. More of his views can be found on thefoggiestidea. org or follow him on Twitter @ thefoggiestidea. You can email Murdocco at Rich@TheFoggiestIdea.org.
FROM THE DESK OF JACK SCHNIRMAN
Independent approach to county’s audit As comptroller, it is my responsibility to guide my office to be the watchdog of the county’s finances. That is why I announced this week that I will be revitalizing the county’s Independent Audit Advisory Committee, an established citizen oversight function that has been underutilized for too long. The Independent Audit Advisory Committee, first created in 2003, is tasked with monitoring the county’s financial statements and providing input on the county budget and external audit plan. The committee is intended to be composed of five Nassau
County residents who have no conflicts or business related to county government and hold no position in any political party or local government. This is a vital layer of muchneeded fiscal oversight, and its existence and operations are too important not to be a regular oversight function of county government. We are looking for applicants with experience and expertise in accounting, financial reporting, and finance who will be independent, and grounded in professionalism. The committee members will bring their knowledge of accounting and finance from
JACK SCHNIRMAN Nassau County Comptroller the private sector to help identify best practices and guide the
Comptroller’s Office to be more efficient and effective by monitoring the preparation and external audit of the county’s financial statements. Positions on the Independent Audit Advisory Committee will be unpaid, and anyone interested in applying is asked to visit https://www.nassaucountyny. gov/4489/Independent-AuditAdvisory-Committee and download the application form. Unlike in previous years, the committee will meet on a quarterly basis to provide additional oversight to generate timely reports, regularly report back to the comptroller’s Office, and insist upon corrective actions
when needed to improve operations. The Office of the Nassau County Comptroller will review submissions from members of the public who wish to serve on this committee. Once the committee is set, a meeting schedule will be established so that this group can get to work looking out for the taxpayers. My office will soon announce additional opportunities for members of the public with applicable talents and experience to contribute to our mission of improving public oversight and transparency to drive reform.
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VIEW POINT
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all it what it is: the NRA Tax. This is Great Neck’s hysterical reaction to the threat of gun violence after a misconstrued Facebook post triggered a rumor mill, magnified by social media set off a panic. Some 30 percent of students stayed home from school, despite the notices sent around after the Nassau County Police Department thoroughly investigated and found absolutely no basis to a threat (unlike a more credible threat in two other school districts). North High School’s auditorium was standing room only for the March 5 School Board meeting, scheduled to be the first budget hearing. The board, joined by senior administrators and two Nassau County police officers, spent 3 1/2 hours answering questions and hearing comments from concerned parents (none of whom, stayed for the actual budget hearing which started around midnight). America’s gun violence epidemic is properly called “domestic terrorism.” It is really frightening to hear from parents who had previously lived in Israel, even served in the military and fought in Israel’s wars, expressing their terror. The perceived threat that was perceived has resulted in a new threat put to the school board: either you spend millions of dollars more on security (despite the fact they had not
been aware before of the level of security measures already in place), or we will work to defeat your budget. (The district’s safety plan can be reviewed online but building safety plans are confidential.) They didn’t seem to care that the district is already spending more than $2 million on security – I call it the NRA Tax. One man actually poohpoohed the 600 surveillance cameras, the automatic door locks, the database system that checks ID. He wants two armed police officers on duty at every one of the district’s 18 buildings, 24/7. Another woman suggested building safe rooms in every classroom. “It would only cost $1000 per student.” Another man who said he had purchased a Kevlar shield to insert into his child’s backpack, wants the district to supply the 6,000 students, at a cost of $300 each (but you could probably get a bulk discount!). I estimate just the cost of added police security at about $5 million a year. That amount would overwhelm this year’s increase of $4.9 million to $223.3 million. That 2.1 percent increase falls below the 2.85 percent that would be allowed under the cap; if the district increased spending to the amount allowed, they could squeeze out $1 million more for security. But to what purpose? There was an armed sher-
KAREN RUBIN View Point iff ’s deputy on duty at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when a 19-year old former student with an assault rifle massacred 17 students and teachers and injured 17 more. Two more deputies were outside. And it is dubious what they could have done – it took mere minutes for the shooter, armed with a military-grade AR 15 and high-capacity ammo clips, to get off dozens of rounds, then slip out among the fleeing students. And that meme used by Trump that a shooter would be intimidated by an armed guard also fails to take into account that most shooters expect to be shot dead. It’s in their plan. (Read this chilling account in the Washington Post, “Inside an accused school shooter’s mind: A plot to kill ‘50 or 60. If I get lucky maybe 150’”, goo. gl/8VoJFL) Even the former Israeli soldier, who fought in the Yom Kippur War, said, “Guns are not the
answer.” One of the fathers most adamant in pressing to spend unlimited dollars – millions – on armed guards, said that his child stayed home from school out of fear and that lost day might result in failing to get into the college of her choice. “It will be your fault.” J’accuse. But what if the cost of having armed guards means losing science research, Model UN and Mock Trial, losing art, music, theater, team sports? After all, despite these parents’ dubious assurances that the community will happily accept higher school taxes, the district has had to work within the state’s ridiculous tax cap. What if armed guards come at a cost of small-class size, probably the most important factor in how successful our district is and the best defense against a child with psychological problems falling through the cracks? What will he say then, when his child’s resume can’t compete with other kids for that Ivy League spot? Whose fault will that be? But thank heavens, New York is not Florida, Kentucky, Colorado, Nevada. Thank heavens, we have the strictest gun control laws and don’t have the warped view of “freedom” as the right of a would-be mass murderer to wield a weapon of war. Gov. Cuomo, who succeeded in passing the SAFE Act shortly after Sandy Hook school
massacre, is working to address other threats, forming a regional coalition of states. The woman who vaguely said that parents need to get active and get elected representatives to do something should be more precise. That energy needs to be directed at the Do-Nothing Accomplices in Congress: restore the assault weapons ban; ban high-capacity ammo clips and bump stocks; enforce universal background checks; bar purchases to mentally ill and domestic abusers. Require smart-gun technology so only the registered, licensed, presumably trained and responsible gun owner can fire it. Bring your passion for protecting your children to the halls of Congress and the White House. And let the schools be a place for knowledge and understanding, personal growth and achievement. Join the March For Our Lives, March 24. I’m headed to Washington D.C., but there will be local marches as well (some 725 scheduled), including at Firefighters Park, Great Neck Plaza (3 p.m.); Port Washington (6:30); SUNY Old Westbury (4:15 p.m.); Glen Cove (11 a.m.); 5 Towns, Cedarhurst (2:30 p.m.); Long Beach 2 p.m.); Farmingdale (11 a.m.); as well as a major march in Central Park, NYC (10 a/m.). See marchforourlives.com.
Bill O’Brien the right choice for W.P. trustee
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want to take this opportunity to give my support to Bill O’Brien for Williston Park village trustee. I’ve known Bill for several years and have been extremely impressed with his dedication to our village. Bill has served as the Williston Park Little League’s vice president for many years and has worked tirelessly to improve all of our children’s baseball and softball experience. When I was asked to join
the little league board and ultimately become president, and knowing that there is a tremendous amount of effort required to do this job, I rapidly knew that I had someone who was one of the hardest working people I ever met by my side. Bill is the glue that holds it all together and there is no doubt his hard work, calm demeanor, and extraordinary dedication will be exactly what all the residents in this wonderful village will get!
This made my choice very simple for leading our little league and it should be your choice for having him as one of our trustees! I also wanted share with you great news about our Little League and the support we received from the current village administration. As many of you know, a few years back we requested two grants from Jack Martins. The first has already paid for new equipment and the scoreboard.
In addition to this, we will be commencing a project with the remaining funds to relocate the batting cage and place new bleachers in the outfield, including a canopy. The second grant we submitted was for a large project to place a new turf infield at Kelleher Field. We are excited to work with Mayor Ehrbar and Deputy Mayor Kevin Rynne, who have committed to complete this project with us.
We anticipate being finished prior to the beginning of the 2019 spring baseball and softball season. These two individuals are truly committed to our village, and with the addition of Bill O’Brien to their team, I have no doubt they will meet the needs of our great village for years to come. Joe Manopella Williston Park resident and president of The Williston Park Little League
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READERS WRITE
Why wireless is an essential utility
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t’s no secret that Long Island has deficient cell phone service. U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer of New York has even urged carriers to improve coverage on the island, where more than 200 cell phone dead zones were identified in late 2016 as well as poor quality network speed, reliability and performance. As a longtime resident of Shoreham and as someone who served for several years as the First District’s assemblyman, I know the vital importance of seamless wireless connectivity for our personal lives and for businesses. My interest in improving the quality of mobile networks has grown even stronger since serving as executive director of the state’s Business Incubator Association, which helps develop and grow startups throughout the state. I’ve witnessed first-hand the impact that quality cell phone service can have on keeping the businesses within our local entrepreneur ecosystem running smoothly. I also know that if we do not keep pace as smartphone usage and data demands continue to increase, Long Island’s inadequate cell phone service will be further magnified. Today, if deployed efficiently, 4G LTE can meet most of the wireless connectivity needs for communities. But to enable new technologies in the future, like autonomous vehicles and smart cities, 5G (the fifth-generation of wireless broadband technology that the carriers will start rolling out this year)
will be required for cities and communities around the country – including Long Island. We’re using our smartphones more than ever – to chat, stream content, read the news, shop and more. By 2020, global mobile data traffic worldwide will be four times what the overall internet traffic was in 2005. All that data is putting a strain on wireless networks built before our “phones” became more than phones. The demands placed on wireless networks aren’t merely manifestations of trivial aspects of our lifestyle. Wireless bandwidth is important for individuals, communities, businesses and the wider economy. Less known, but increasingly important is the demand for public safety. FirstNet (First Responder Network Authority) was created in 2012 by the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act to provide first responders with the first nationwide broadband network dedicated to public safety. The rollout begins across the country this year to install the appropriate network infrastructure that will be critical in ensuring the FirstNet network runs smoothly and keeps communities safer in life-threatening situations. Furthermore, it is estimated that about 70 percent of 911 calls are placed from wireless phones. In other words, wireless is not just for smartphones, but for serving the public good as an actual utility.
We all have a critical stake in assuring our communities have quality network coverage. The villages of Kings Point, Lake Success, Flower Hill, Plandome, Plandome Manor and Williston Park are among the areas with inadequate coverage and more data demand than the current network infrastructure can accommodate. Addressing network infrastructure challenges requires collaboration between the carriers, neutral host providers (the companies that build the network infrastructure and lease it to the carriers) as well as residents and local leaders. In fact, those aforementioned areas are currently debating the path forward after reviewing a proposal from the carrier providing service to customers and ExteNet Systems (an Illinois-based neutral host provider) to improve network coverage and performance. New network infrastructure doesn’t mean unsightly cell towers, which is a common concern as it relates to aesthetics. Neutral host providers like ExteNet install “small cell” antennas, which can be as small as a lunchbox and are placed near the top of utility poles, much like electrical transformers. When citizens, community leaders and organizations can work together with the carriers and neutral host providers, the potential is there to install unobtrusive wireless sites that support today’s data demands, and the future.
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onsidering that Sharon Troiano, family member to Robert Troiano has worked in the tax department of the Town of North Hempstead alongside tenured tax receiver Charles Berman, claims of ignorance made by Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth regarding Mr. Troianos’ undisclosed tax liens holds no water.
Further, employing two family members within the same town government violates town, county and state anti-nepotism and anticronyism laws including New York State’s Constitution. Concentrated public integrity violations are veneer to organized criminal activity, therefore, treat it as such. Concerned constituents may
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bviously, all the Republicans in Congress have had spine removal surgery. The Current Occupant at 1600 is now putting the Presidential Seal on tee markers for
his golf courses. Legal? Doubtful. He’s also breaking the law by not imposing further sanctions on Russia. And he’s doing nothing to try to stop further Russia meddling in the 2018 and 2020 elections.
None of this would be accepted if it was being done by a Democrat. None. Of. It. Time to impeach Lawless, Lying Donald. Mary Ellen Scherer New Hyde Park
C L A R I F I C AT I O N A sub-headline last week mischaracterized an action by state Sen. Elaine Phillips. In a procedural vote, she voted against allowing a hostile
amendment with gun control measures to be attached to another bill. She did not vote no on a gun control bill.
I have attended meetings during which questions on health concerns related to radio emissions were raised. It is understandable, given how much we all use our smartphones. And, as a parent, I also want to ensure no health impact for my two children. Fortunately, several U.S. government agencies and international organizations are working together to monitor research on the health effects of radio frequency exposure. To date, the FDA and the World Health Organization, among others, have concluded that scientific evidence doesn’t effectively link radio frequency exposure with any known health problems. In addition, small cell networks with small antennas help limit radiated power. The deployment of faster 4G and 5G networks also will contribute to reducing the energy radiated by cell phones significantly. I hope that Long Island, and the residents and businesses which stand to benefit from the improved cell phone service can work together with the carriers and neutral host providers to ensure that our wireless network capabilities are the best they can be. Because if enhanced wireless service becomes a reality, our communities will be better off. Marc Alessi Attorney of counsel with the Long Island law firm of Campolo, Middleton & McCormick,
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r. Dragoon’s letter was spot on! Unfortunately, The Supreme Court of the U.S. ruled in April 2014 that, in essence, money is the equivalent of free speech, thereby nailing the coffin shut in our electoral process. The ruling was very long and while it interfered with the process of monetary donations in a very limited way, it did not interfere with monied interests redirecting their money through super PACs and other routes. essentially allowing monetary corruption to continue to feed our elected
officials through the election process. As long as this favoring of monied interests continues, our culture will continue its downward slide. It is a tragedy when one thinks about the myriad of folks who have sacrificed their lives, families, friends, etc. fighting for the principles upon which our country was founded. Facta non verba Richard L. Reiser Great Neck Letter Continued on Page 52
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t is said often but always rings true, Williston Park is truly a special place to live. The neighbors are friendly, and it has a true small-town feel. This doesn’t happen by accident. It happens through hard work and effort. People who love this place volunteer for events above and beyond their job descriptions. Mayor Paul Ehrbar, Kevin Rhynne and Bill O’Brien embody that spirit of volunteerism. They worked tirelessly to refurbish Kelleher Field, Henninger Park and Village Hall. They placed kiosks around town that advertise all the good things that are going on around the village. They have developed quality relationships with the Nassau County Police Department as well as state and local legislators.
More important than their list of achievements is the kindness, honesty and integrity each of these men employs. It has been a pleasure bringing events to our community that bring us together. The concerts, holiday celebrations, Belmont, and Fall Festival all happen because of the support and leadership of the board. There is a ton of tiny details that go into each of these outings and the board has been there every step of the way. We look forward to continuing our work with Williston Park Recreation and we ask you to stand with us on March 20. We will be voting for the Integrity Party. Thank you to Paul Ehrbar, Kevin Rhynne, Kevin Kiley and Bill O’Brien for all that you do for our village. Tara Bridges and Timothy Casey Williston Park
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BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N Herricks school officials focused on the expenses of their $114.16 million budget proposal at a presentation last Thursday night, noting the need to deal with cost increases that are out of their control while retaining programming. The budget would be $2.94 million, or 2.65 percent, above the current budget. This comes with a 2.55 percent increase to the tax levy, from $94.09 million to $96.49 million – or $2.39 million. This year’s tax cap is higher than usual, according to the school district, with the tax levy increase averaging 1.44 percent over three years, including this year. Just over three-quarters of the budget goes toward school programming, which will cost $86.78 million. This includes teacher salaries, materials and supplies. Lisa Rutkoske, the assistant superintendent for business, said that many budget items were out of the schools’ control. The teacher retirement system, which is run by the state, calls for a 10.63 percent increase. This is somewhat offset by the employee retirement system, also run by the state, which calls for a decrease of 14.9 percent. The school district also anticipates a
10 percent year-on-year increase in employee healthcare insurance costs, Rutkoske said, although this is “mitigated” by increased employee contribution rates. “It really is systematic, I think, across the United States right now,” Rutkoske said. According to the presentation, employee benefits will go up 7.47 percent – or from $25.26 million to $27.15 million. This translates to more than half the overall expenditure increase for the school district. Instruction costs, meanwhile, would rise 0.84 percent – or by $549,499 – from $65.71 million to $66.26 million. Additionally, the school district does not anticipate more than a “nominal increase” in state aid, which makes up 10 percent of the budget, Rutkoske said. According to the presentation, the Herricks school district is slated to get a 2 percent increase in total state aid and a 0.25 percent increase in foundation aid – or $17,134 – although this could change. But, Rutkoske said, New York is not following the foundation aid formula it created in 2007, meaning Herricks is actually seeing $4.72 million less than it should. Continued on Page 71
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The walkouts were a mix of memorials and a call for legislators to pass meaningful gun reform legislation to prevent mass shootings. Many also featured voter registration forms for students turning 18 before Election Day. Clinton said the call included raising the minimum age to purchase a gun from 18 to 21, a ban on bump stocks and an extended waiting period to include background checks. Manhasset, Roslyn, Herricks, Great Neck and Port Washington schools as well as Buckley Country Day School in Roslyn held events as did many other districts across Long Island and the country. Bonnie Charles, a student organizer for Great Neck South High School’s walkout, said that for her and many students, the events in Parkland were personal. For example, one of her friends, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, was shot in the knee. “This is our issue to really show the world we are the voters in the midterm elections and we know what is going on,” Charles, a senior, said. Great Neck North High School student Adi Sragovich, who organized her school’s walkout, said she was galvanized when she Continued on Page 60
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Braving icy waters for Special Olympics G.N. resident travels to South Shore polar plunge to lead fundraisers from N. Hempstead BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN When Great Neck resident Erin Lipinsky heard that North Hempstead’s Polar Plunge was canceled this year due to aggressive tides, he said his initial reaction was “bad.” But rather than sit this year out, Lipinsky headed to the icy waters of Tobay Beach on the South Shore, with junior members of the Alert Fire Company there in support. “I made a promise,” Lipinsky, who plunged for the third year in a row, said in an interview. “He didn’t want to disappoint all the people that donated to him,” added Joan Lazaunik, who went to Tobay Beach with Lipinsky. “He was the top fundraiser for North Hempstead.” Lipinsky raised $13,818 this year, according to the North Hempstead Polar Plunge event page, with all proceeds going toward Special Olympics New York. This was more than any other individual or team participating in North Hempstead. North Hempstead’s scheduled
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The Town of Oyster Bay held its fifth annual polar plunge this year, with people from all over Long Island charging into the icy waters of Tobay Beach. polar plunge, which would have taken place in North Hempstead Beach Park in Port Washington, raised $41,130 in total. Special Olympics New York has 68,547 athletes training and competing year-round, with it costing $400 to support training and competition for one athlete each
season. Lipinsky also surpassed his roughly $12,000 fundraising total from last year. “He goes from store to store for months to raise money for the [Special] Olympics,” said Mike Green, the chairman of the Alert Fire Company’s Board of Trustees.
“He makes fliers up and he hands them to people and the local fire departments pass the hats around during meetings. He puts a lot of effort in.” In addition to reaching out to stores and the fire departments, Lipinsky sold wrist bands and donated those proceeds as well.
George Motchkavitz, a former fire chief of the Alert Fire Company, said the company has come out to the polar plunges for many years to help with ground control. But the fire company and its junior members also have a “special interest,” Motchkavitz said, because Lipinsky frequently visits the firehouse and has worked hard to get where he is. “They know about Erin, they admire Erin, and they know it’s important to him to get as much support as he can,” Motchkavitz said. When asked what he would tell people who aren’t sure they want to run into the cold water, Lipinsky offered a few words of advice. “Just do it,” Lipinsky said. “It’s for the kids. That’s what we do it for.” As for whether or not he intended to tackle both Tobay Beach and North Hempstead Beach next year, Lipinsky said he’s up for the challenge. “This is not my last plunge,” Lipinsky said, noting he intends to do even better in 2019. “Next year will be my fourth year.”
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Honoring teacher who made difference Mineola-based Family and Children’s Association renames nursery following slaying BY R E B ECC A K L A R The Village of Hempstead is in need, and forgotten by many who live just a few miles to the north, said Jerey Reynolds, CEO and president of the Mineola-based nonproďŹ t Family and Children’s Association. But the way to build a community back up is not through bringing in stores or building apartment complexes, Reynolds said. It is through dedicated individuals – like Lynn Vanderhall, a teacher at the group’s nursery coop who died in August, Reynolds said. “Individuals who make a choice, who make a choice at some point in time to give back,â€? Reynolds said. “Who look around and see there are a lot of things that are wrong and need change and step up.â€? Reynolds spoke at a celebration on Monday at the Family and Children’s Association’s Nursery Co-Op, when the Hempstead nursery was renamed in honor of Vanderhall. The celebration was held on Vanderhall’s birthday. She would
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Elena Rios said Lynn Vanderhall, a nursery teacher who died in August, didn’t just plant a seed, she planted many. have been 59. Vanderhall, her daughter, Melissa, and Melissa’s friend Janel Simpson were killed in their home in August, according to Newsday. Police said Vanderhall’s son, Bobby Vanderhall Jr., who had a history of emotional issues and had been recently kicked out of his
house, attacked the women with a framing hammer, according to Newsday. Bobby Vanderhall Jr., 34 at the time, was charged with three counts of second-degree murder and one count of attempted murder involving a fourth woman who escaped with minor injuries, ac-
cording to Newsday. On Feb. 20 a judge ruled Bobby Vanderhall Jr., now 35, needs psychiatric treatment and isn’t ďŹ t to stand trial, according to Newsday. But Monday’s celebration, though somber, was a celebration of Vanderhall’s life – speciďŹ cally her work with the nursery. Vanderhall’s family joined her colleagues and former students to honor the many ways in which she touched the lives of those around her. Raiza Romero, 10, said Vanderhall changed her life when she was “very young.â€? “She was a person I looked up to for any necessity,â€? Romero said. “She still lives in my heart to this day and I will always remember her.â€? Romero and other young students honored Vanderhall in the ceremony by singing two of their teacher’s favorite songs, the “Pollito Song,â€? in Spanish, and the “I Love You Song.â€? Others returned to honor Vanderhall for the impact she had on their lives when they were younger. Elena Rios said she met Van-
derhall in 1999, soon after she had her son, Steven Padilla. Rios had been helped by the association a few years before, she said. She was homeless at the time and the association helped her get back on her feet, allowing her to graduate from high school in 1998, she said. Rios said she volunteered for Vanderhall and ultimately got hired by her. “She saw something in me and that’s where it all started,â€? Rios said. “My life started with the agency and just got better.â€? Rios said years later, after leaving the agency, Vanderhall helped her again. At the time, Rios’ other son, David, was 3, and she was about to be evicted from her apartment. Vanderhall helped her ďŹ ll out the necessary paperwork to keep her apartment, Rios said. At the ceremony Vanderhall was wearing the outďŹ t she wore to an interview at Oheka Castle, she said. The day of the interview, when Rios went to pick up her Continued on Page 70
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Martins heads to firm with top Dems BY R E B ECC A KLAR Jack Martins, the Republican who lost his two most recent runs for office to Democrats, has been named a partner at Harris Beach – a firm that includes top county Democrats who helped defeat him in November’s county executive election. Thomas J. Garry, a member of the Uniondalebased firm, also serves as vice chairman of the Nassau Democratic Committee. Garry chaired Nassau County Executive Laura Curran’s transition team following her win over Martins. “Jack’s background in the public and private sectors gives him a unique perspective to advise clients in strategically navigating their operational challenges on Long Island and across New York state,” Garry said in a news release. The county attorney, Jared Kasschau, also
Jack Martins worked with the firm before resigning to take his new position. Congressman Tom Suozzi, who beat Martins in a 2016 congressional race, is of counsel at the Manhattan-based Harris Beach office. Martins has served in both the public and private sector. He was elected to the state Senate in 2010. Before his election to the Senate, he served as Mineola mayor. Martins co-founded the law firm Martins & Silva before entering elected office. The practice fo-
cused on construction, land use and zoning, and commercial real estate. “I have spent the better part of the past 20 years promoting and fostering growth for our Long Island communities and our regional economy,” Martins said in the news release. “Whether leveraging private sector initiatives, downtown revitalization and transitoriented development opportunities, advancing quality health care, or meeting the challenges of energy independence, Harris Beach appealed to me because of their statewide platform and deep strength in each of these important regional challenges.” Martins will primarily counsel on construction and real estate matters, according to the firm. He will help clients see their projects though completion from the initial planning stages. His appointment will be effective on Monday.
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Cohen offers new cancer treatment Radioactive substance to be used to treat aggressive childhood cancer for first time BY R E B ECC A K L A R They may not be turning into superheroes, but pediatric cancer patients at Cohen Children’s Medical Center will become radioactive based on a new treatment the hospital is offering, said Dr. Jonathan Fish. “You’re injecting the patient with a radioactive substance that then makes the patient emit radiation,” Fish, a pediatric oncologist/ hematologist at Cohen, said in a Northwell Health news release. The treatment uses a compound, metaiodobenzylguanidine, which contains radioactive iodine that is delivered intravenously to destroy neuroblastoma cells, according to the release. Neuroblastoma is an aggressive childhood cancer that arises from the sympathetic nervous system. One of the most common places to develop neuroblastoma is in the adrenal glands that sit “like a hat on top of the kidneys,” Fish said. The treatment differs from conventional radiation therapy for
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Cohen Children’s Medical Center now offers a new radiation therapy option for patients with neuroblastoma. cancer, Fish said. Conventional therapy involves creating a high-energy radiation beam that targets the cancer, but a patient does not become radioactive, Fish said. The new option is used when neuroblastoma patients have relapses or don’t respond to con-
ventional treatments, such as chemotherapy, which typically cure between 50 and 60 percent of patients, according to the release. “In the context of a child who has high-risk neuroblastoma that has relapsed or is unresponsive, then the MIBG can extend a high quality of life for months or years,”
Fish said. Fish said researchers are close to incorporating high-dose metaiodobenzylguanidine as part of first-line treatment for newly diagnosed patients. Cohen is currently one of a handful of hospitals across the country, and one of the few in the tristate area, to offer the treatment, according to the release. Cohen invested upward of $1 million to begin offering the treatment. Part of the funding came from fundraising efforts by the Kostaris family of Queens, who lost their daughter Anastasia to neuroblastoma. Anastasia was diagnosed with stage four high-risk neuroblastoma two days before her first birthday. She received five rounds of chemotherapy at Cohen between December 2014 and February 2015. The Kostaris family then traveled to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for the metaiodobenzylguanidine therapy. Unfortunately, Anastasia’s
cancer never went into remission and by mid-May the family received news that her tumors had re-emerged. The Kostaris family founded Anastasia‘s Legacy to raise money for the creation of the program at Cohen. The money helped Cohen get specialized equipment, staff training and a customized lead-walled treatment room to project patients in adjacent rooms and staff from radiation exposure. The administration of the metaiodobenzylguanidine is done in one dose and takes only a few minutes. The patient then remains in the treatment room for three to seven days until the radiation level is safe to be in contact with others. Parents can visit their child in the room, but they must stay behind a lead shield and wear a monitor to track their radiation exposure. There is also an adjoining anteroom with two-way audio and visual communication for parents to interact with their child.
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Sam, belligerent OAP (UK term for old age pensioner) Albert, and precocious infant Baby, as seen in his winning performance on NBC-TV’s “America’s Got Talent,” which has had millions of views on YouTube. Since then, Zerdin has been keeping busy on both sides of the Atlantic. The comedian was part of a starstudded lineup as Buttons in “Cinderella,” the London Palladium’s first pantomime in 30 years, a performance that saw high praise for Zerdin from the Radio Times, the Daily Mail, The Guardian and The Stage, and he premiered on the Las Vegas strip with a headline residency at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. Zerdin made his TV debut in 1993 as the host of the GMTV’s “Rise and Shine” in England. He then went on to win ITV’s “The Big Big Talent Show,” hosted by Jonathan Ross. Since then, he has appeared on count-
less TV shows, including “The World Stands Up” on Comedy Central, “The Stand Up Show” and Michael McIntyre’s “Big Christmas Show” on BBC1, “Just for Laughs Montreal Comedy Festival,” “Comedy Rocks with Jason Manford” and “Tonight at the London Palladium” on ITV1, and three appearances on “The Royal Variety Show” — all leading up to his win on the tenth season of “America’s Got Talent” here in the U.S. in September 2015. Long Islander’s can now catch Zerdin’s one-of-akind act at The Paramount on Friday, March 23 at 8 p.m. Tickets may be purchased by calling 631-673-7300 or going to www.theparamountny.com. For more information about the artist, go to www.paulzerdin.com. The Paramount is located at 370 New York Ave. in Huntington.
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LEO’S JOIN US ALL DAY ST. PATRICK’S DAY FOR IRISH SPECIALS & LIVE MUSIC FEATURING “BRIAN MCGEOUGH” Serving Leo’s Famous Breakfast Saturday & Sunday 8-11:30AM
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Lúnasa at Adelphi Friday, March 16 at 8 p.m.
Lúnasa has long been one of contemporary Irish music’s leading voices. Named after an ancient Celtic harvest festival in honor of the Irish god Lugh, the group that Folk Roots magazine called an “Irish music dream team” has sold more than a quarter of a million records and collaborated with notable artists such as Natalie Merchant, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Tim O’Brien. Where: Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, 1 South Ave., Garden City Info & Tickets: (516) 877-4000 • pac.adelphi.edu
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Half Step: Grateful Dead Tribute Friday, March 16 at 8 p.m.
Founded in 2004 on Long Island, Half Step is a group that captures the spirit, improvisation, sound and complexity of the Grateful Dead while performing their classic songs, such as “Truckin’,” “Ripple,” “Fire on the Mountain,” and “Sugar Magnolia,” and winning over crowds of veteran Deadheads and a new generation of Dead fans. Where: The Space at Westbury, 250 Post Ave., Westbury Info & Tickets: (516) 283-5566 • thespaceatwestbury.com
Thursday is Mexican Night at Leo’s
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Saturday, March 17 at 7:30 p.m.
Everyone is sure to have “Fun, Fun, Fun” at this concert featuring the legendary band, The Beach Boys, who will bring their distinctive vocal harmonies and California surf vibe to Long Island, playing their many hits — from “Good Vibrations” and “California Girls,” to “I Get Around” and “Wouldn’t It Be Nice.” Where: NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury Info & Tickets: (516) 247-5211 • thetheatreatwestbury.com
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The Chieftains Saturday, March 17 at 8 p.m.
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with the six-time Grammy Award winners who have been recognized for reinventing traditional Irish music since forming in Dublin in 1963. Where: Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville Info & Tickets: (516) 299-3100 • tillescenter.org
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Sunday, March 18 at 8 p.m. Marc Cohn, the Grammy Award-winning folk-rock singer, songwriter and musician best known for his song, “Walking in Memphis,” will perform this one-night show with five-time, Grammy Award-winning gospel group, the Blind Boys of Alabama.
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Where: NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury Info & Tickets: (516) 247-5211 • thetheatreatwestbury.com
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Eat. Bid. Laugh! with Trevor Noah Thursday, March 22 at 6:30 p.m.
Sid Jacobson JCC’s annual fundraising event, Eat. Bid. Laugh!, will include a silent auction, epicurean tastings and a live, comedic performance by Trevor Noah, host of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central. Where: Fresh Meadows Country Club, 255 Lakeville Road, Lake Success Info & Tickets: (516) 484-1545 • sjjcc.org
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Marvel Universe Live! Age of Heroes
Thursday, March 22 through Sunday, April 1 (check venue website for daily times) Marvel fans will assemble for this live, action-packed battle to defend the universe from evil. Spider-Man, the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy and Doctor Strange unite in this all-new show that includes cutting-edge special effects, aerial stunts and immersive video projection. Where: NYCB Live, Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 1255 Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale Info & Tickets: (516) 231-4848 or (800) 745-3000 • nycblive.com
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Where: Barnes and Noble, 1542 Northern Blvd., Manhasset and 91 Old Country Road, Carle Place Call: 516-365-6723 (Manhasset) or 516-741-9850 (Carle Place) or barnesandnoble.com
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Children ages 10 and under can get excited for spring and the Easter Bunny by participating in this free Easter Egg hunt.
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Peter Rabbit, unlike sisters Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail, is following the advice of his tummy (and his cousin, Benjamin) versus the advice of his mother. Everyone (and we mean everyone!) knows that you stay out of Mr. McGregor’s garden. But Peter and Benjamin still venture into a world ďŹ lled with excitement, adventure, and scrumptious vegetables. The thrills are just beginning when the angry farmer spots the silly bunnies. Where: Broadhollow Theatre, 700 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont Info & Tickets: 631-581-2700 • broadhollow.org
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The Claddagh ring is a traditional Irish symbol. The design on the ring includes three parts: the hands (representing friendship), the heart (representing love), and the crown (representing loyalty). On this St. Patrick’s Day, children can celebrate the unique culture of Ireland by making a Claddagh crown to wear on their head — or a beautiful token to give to a loved one. Free workshop, with museum admission.
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Sunday, March 18, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. The Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York fosters a community of talented young musicians from Long Island by providing them with opportunities to rehearse and perform choral and orchestral masterworks with recognized leaders in music education and performance. Since it was founded in 1993, MYO has grown from a 15-piece orchestra to seven orchestras, a ute choir, and seven choral ensembles, serving over 1,000 musicians between the ages of 8 and 18.
Where: Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville Info & Tickets: 516-299-3100 or tillescenter.org
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Exhibit focuses on our stewardship BY K A R E N RU B I N “Nature has been inspiring artists for centuries, and its beauty has been captured in paintings, sculptures, photographs and a variety of another medium. But some artists take the relationship between art and the environment a step further, creating works from nature itself or producing artworks that make bold statements about the natural world and the imprint mankind has left on it.” This is what curator Jude Amsel was looking for when she put together the exhibition, COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS, on view at the Gold Coast Arts Center Gallery in Great Neck, Long Island through April 1. The seven artists whose works are represented “are commenting on man’s relationship with our planet. These artists have the power to make environmentalism a priority and bring green initiatives to the forefront of cultural conversations,” she stated. “With all the gloom and doom, we can feel sad with what’s happening in the world. But these artists bring an awareness,” a literal consciousness of our role and responsibility, Amsel said at the Artists’ Reception, March 4. The viewer is left with a sense of optimism that man’s better impulses will rise to the fore. Yoon Cho’s work – multi-media performance art which combines video superimposed with digitized drawings – is the starkest commentary on this theme: her project was inspired by a difficult pregnancy after 10 years of marriage and the birth of her son, she and her husband traveled to barren landscapes to comment on extinction and procreation, the images of life forcing its way through. Beth Williams Garrett created feminized Buddha head sculptures out of
plastic bags. Linda Cunningham turned the blighted industrial waterfront of the South Bronx into striking images on torn, furled canvas. Nancy Gesimondo found solace in creating assemblages of natural materials, where mussel shells appear as butterflies, a metaphorical prayer flying to heaven; water chestnut seedpods are like flying bats, and peacock feathers are like tall grass. Lauren Skelly Bailey re-creates the natural world of coral reefs with meticulous glazed ceramics, mimicking the surprise you have when you touch coral, which seems to be fluid and flowing to discover they are rock hard. Charles Cohen uses realistic photography to get reduce household products to the shape and color of their plastic containers to force a different perspective. Luba Lukova, whose graphic artistry can be seen in the New York Times, brings her timely commentary to an image of a green plant shielded by a hand as bombs fall, in her silkscreen, “Peace and Planet” (2015). What is so interesting is to see such variety of media and approaches that come together to the essential message of human impact on the natural world: a collective consciousness of our responsibility. The Gold Coast Arts Center is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting and supporting the arts through education, exhibition, performance and outreach. It offers classes for tots to seniors in art, music, dance and performance;, events, gallery, film festivals and outreach programs. The Gold Coast Arts Center, 113 Middle Neck Rd, Great Neck, NY, 516-8292570 or www.GoldCoastArts.org.
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INGREDIENTS • 2 tablespoon brown sugar • 4 cups reduced-sodium beef or chicken stock (organic if possible) • 4 cloves garlic, chopped • 2 medium yellow onions, chopped • 6 cups chopped cabbage (about 1 lge head) • 1 bay leaf • 1/4 cup brown sugar • 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning • 1-28 ounce can tomato puree • 1-28 ounce can tomato sauce • 2 pounds lean ground beef (at least 85% lean) • 1/2 fresh lemon, juiced • salt & pepper to taste
DIRECTIONS 1.) Add the beef to a large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium high heat and break apart with a wooden spoon. Add in the onions and garlic. Cook until the beef is no longer pink. 2.) Toss in the cabbage, broth, tomato puree, tomato sauce, and brown sugar. Stir everything together to combine. Bring the mixture to a boil and add in the seasoning and bay leaf. Reduce to a simmer and cover the pot. Cook for about 50-60 minutes until the consistency of a stew. 3.) Turn off heat and add the lemon juice, salt and pepper. Once the stew is cool, transfer to the refrigerator for a few hours or up to two days (You may freeze at this point as well) 4.) Reheat, ladle into bowls serve. (The fat on top is fine to keep and should be mixed in when reheating.) Nic’s Tips - Quinoa or Cauliflower Rice is Kosher for Passover and delicious served as a bed for this dish!.
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“Collective Conscious” Curator Jude Amsel, Gold Coast Arts Center Director Regina Gil and Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso with artists Beth Williams Garrett, Nancy Gesimondo, Yoon Cho, Charles Cohen, Lauren Skelly Bailey and Linda Cunningham.
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Larson Legacy concert at Adelphi Ty Defoe and Tidtaya Sinutoke, recipients of the 2017 Larson Legacy Grant, are known for their music that blends shape-shifting stories, vocal melodies, and percussive rhythms in a unique musical style that will be showcased on Sunday, March 25 at 3 p.m. in the Olmsted Theatre in the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, 1 South Ave. in Garden City. Defoe and Sinutoke write about identity, spirit of place, and inspiration for future generations to come while still honoring their cultural pasts. They also write about voices often unheard on the American stage — those of undocumented and indigenous peoples, and all those who identify as artistic warriors in today’s society. Defoe, from the Oneida and Ojibwe Nations, and Sinutoke, from Thailand,
began their collaboration together at NYU where they received M.F.A.’s in Musical Theatre Writing. Their joint credits include: “Clouds Are Pillows for the Moon” (Yale Institute for Music Theatre, ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop, Kilroy’s Honorable Mention List), “Hart Island Requiem” (Civilians R&D), “Gender Nation, Crossing Borders, Sunrise Prayer” (Goodspeed Residency) and “Water Is Life.” They are recipients of the Jonathan Larson Grants, Johnny Mercer Songwriter Project, and Robert Rauschenberg Residency, as well as members of the ASCAP and Dramatists Guild. The Larson Legacy Concert Series at the Adelphi Performing Arts Center celebrates the next generation of artists at the college home of the creator of the Pulitzer Prize-winning mu-
sical “RENT,” Jonathan Larson (’82). Each year, the American Theatre Wing presents emerging creators of musical theatre with Jonathan Larson Grants, and select recipients of these grants are showcased at Adelphi PAC in this series to help nurture and support the next generation of creative artists to carry on Larson’s legacy. Past recipients of these grants have gone on to create the Broadway musicals “Dear Evan Hansen,” “Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812,” “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,” “Grey Gardens,” “Next To Normal,” “Elf,” “Hands on a Hardbody,” “A Christmas Story” and more. The Adelphi PAC is one of Long Island’s premier cultural arts venues for entertainment of all kinds. Tickets are currently on sale for $25 with discounts available to seniors, students and alumni. Information is available online at www. pac.adelphi.edu or at the Lucia and Steven N. Fischer Box Office at 516-877-4000 or boxoffice@adelphi. edu. Regular box office hours are Tuesday through Friday from 1 to 6 p.m. The box office is also open two hours before most scheduled performances.
Art League open house The Art League of Long Island’s Open House will take place on Sunday, March 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Open House offers visitors an opportunity to learn more about its yearround art classes and summer programs and see what happens in the Art League’s specialized art studios. Art League instructors will perform live art demonstrations in painting, drawing, ceramics, jewelry making, and printmaking, catering to students of all ages. Visitors can enjoy hands-on art activities for the whole family and meet Summer Art Adventure Program Director Marianne
Mead and teaching assistants as kids work on fun hands-on activities. Children and young teens art instructor Laura Forrest will be on hand as well to help families create fun art projects. The Art League is a notfor-profit art center offering more than 250 visual arts classes in a large variety of mediums to adults, teens, and kids ages five and up. Classes, workshops, and open studios are offered to beginner, intermediate, and advanced students year-round, in the mornings, afternoons, evenings, and weekends. Students can register at any time
throughout the year. Summer programs are available for kids ages 5 to 14 and for older teens working on their college portfolios. Also available are workshops for individuals with developmental disabilities, traumatic brain injuries, and at-risk teens. In addition to the myriad art classes, the Art League also hosts special events, lectures, and exhibits throughout the year. The Art League of Long Island is located at 107 East Deer Park Road in Dix Hills, right off exit 42N of the Northern State Parkway. For more information call 631- 462-5400 or visit www. artleagueli.org.
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LIU Post Theatre to offer ‘In the Wake’ BY A S H L E Y BOWDEN AND JENNIFER COLEY Just a few weeks into the spring semester, LIU Post MFA theater students are preparing for a mainstage production with the Post Theater Company. The department usually hires outside directors for mainstage shows, but this year will be the first time master’s students direct the undergraduate students in the Post theater program. “It’s a bit [of an] experiment for the department,” Kayleigh Jacobs, second-year MFA student and director of “In the Wake,” said. “They’re trusting us with their kids, which is a big deal, so that’s why I’m a little frantic and want it to go very well.” Three different plays, “In the Wake,” “Glengarry Glen Ross,” and “Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” will be directed by Kayleigh Jacobs, Brady C. Ness and Chamila Priyanka, respectively. The shows will run in repertory from March 23-25 to March 29-31. “We have three plays that are going up at the same time, which is a little [crazy] and chaotic,” Jacobs said, “We’ve got three rehearsal rooms and three
full casts.” Jacobs is both nervous and excited about directing her first play in spring 2018. She came across the play by accident and immediately felt a personal connection to its message. “We were told to pick something we are passionate about, and I really feel like I connected with this play a lot,” she said. “In the Wake,” written by Lisa Krone, is set in the year 2000. Jacobs chose the script because she recognized parallels between events that happened in that time period and events that are happening now. The play highlights topics including 9/11, LGBT issues and politics concerning the presidential election of George W. Bush. “My plan is to keep it classic,” Jacobs said. “I think the message of the play, politically and personally, is super important.” The show is about protagonist Ellen, portrayed by sophomore musical theatre major, Sarah Franklin, who wants the world to change for the better, but is not willing to change it herself. “She’s not willing to change herself or the way that she lives
in order to help make the world a better place, and I think a lot of people can relate to that,” Jacobs said. Ellen continually experiences flashbacks throughout the play. “She’s realizing that it’s not one decision that you make, that it’s a bunch of different decisions that lead you to where you are,” Franklin said. The cast of LIU Post students spent the first few rehearsals getting to know each other better. “A lot of what makes this play so special is that it really attacks [the] idea of family,” Isabelle Rutens, a junior musical theatre major, said. “It’s a really loving environment. The whole cast just clicks; it’s like we already have that family energy.” Rutens plays the character Laurie, a chef married to a woman named Kayla, portrayed by Laura Gilchrist, sophomore musical theatre major. “I’m really excited to do nothing but eat, sleep and breathe this crazy, complicated production,” Rutens said. “I feel like this is a very important show,” Gilchrist said. “[With] the politics that are being brought up, it’s a handful for people to take in.” She is in the process of researching mat-
ters her character addresses in the script in order to deliver an honest performance. Gilchrist is excited to be performing for the first time in a PTC mainstage production. “I hope I can communicate to my actors, who are all much younger than me, how important it is to recognize what you need to change in order to change the world,” Gilchrist said. “We have to sacrifice a lot in ourselves to make the world better.” “In the Wake” will be performed at the Little Theatre on
the LIU Post campus in Brookville on March 23 and 29 at 7:30 p.m. and March 25 at 3 p.m. Tickets are available online at www. tix55.com/ptc700. Prices are $15 for general admission, $12 for seniors and $10 for students. This article was originally published in the Pioneer, the award-winning student newspaper of LIU Post, www.liupostpioneer.com, and is republished here by Blank Slate Media with the permission of the Pioneer.
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Friday, March 16, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Music at the Mansion: Jason & Alysa Hochman LONG ISLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM 11 Davis Ave., Garden City (516) 224-5800 • www.licm.org Saturday, March 17, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Claddagh Crowns For kids of all ages. Free with museum admission. Friday, March 16, 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Kids in the Kitchen: End of the Rainbow Cupcakes Tuesday, March 20, 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Rainbow Banners Tuesday, March 13, 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Rainbow Banners Tuesday, March 13, 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. stART (Story + Art) HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL AND TOLERANCE CENTER 100 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Cove (516) 571-8040 • www.hmtcli.org Sunday, March 18, 2:00 p.m. Secrets of North Korea: Torture, Slave Camps, Genocide and Silence BARNES AND NOBLE 91 Old Country Road, Carle Place (516) 365-6723 • www.barnesandnoble.com Saturday, March 17, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The Gingerbread Man and Leprechaun Loose at School Story Time BOOK REVUE 313 New York Ave., Huntington (631) 271-1442 • www.bookrevue.com Monday, April 09, 7:00 p.m. Long Island Writers Guild Writing Workshop TURN OF THE CORKSCREW BOOKS AND WINE 110 N. Park Ave., Rockville Centre (516) 764-6000 Friday, March 16, 7:00 p.m. Deborah Santana, “All the Women in My Family Sing” CINEMA ARTS CENTRE 423 Park Ave., Huntington (631) 423-7611 • www.cinemaartscentre.org Monday, March 19, 7:30 p.m. Women’s Herstory Month Screening and Discussion: “The Women” (1939) COLD SPRING HARBOR FISH HATCHERY & AQUARIUM 1660 Rte. 25A, Cold Spring Harbor (516) 692-6768 • www.cshfishhatchery.org Saturday, March 31, 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Spring Egg Hunt
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Paramount to host Canadian alt-rock band Walk Off The Earth is an unconventional, multi-talented five-piece musical phenomena that is currently taking the world by storm. Based in Burlington, Ontario (just outside of Toronto), their brilliant, fivepeople-playing-one-guitar interpretation of Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used To Know” recently exploded on Youtube, garnering well over 35 million views in under two weeks. The massive fan response quickly drew attention to their collection of innovative songs and videos spanning their last five years and generated an unprecedented flood of media interest. New fans from around the world
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N. Hempstead may reform ethics code BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N Further changes to the Town of North Hempstead’s ethics code and financial disclosure process could come within “a few months,” a town spokeswoman said, following issues with former senior adviser Robert Troiano’s tax liens. Blank Slate Media previously reported that Troiano listed $81,533 in federal income tax liens and a $749,264 lien on a house he owned facing foreclosure on his 2016 financial disclosure, but that he failed to list federal tax liens on at least one financial disclosure form before that. At the time, town spokeswoman Carole Trottere said this suggested the financial disclosure process “needs to be tightened further” and town officials “are doing that,” with a new requirement stating senior appointees must submit financial disclosures prior to being employed with the town. She also said no tax liens were listed on earlier financial disclosure forms. Trottere, after consulting with Town Attorney Elizabeth Botwin, highlighted a previous statement given to Blank Slate Media saying officials are “continuing to review and enhance our policies and procedures as needed.” “As of now this previous statement … is still accurate,” Trottere said via email on Tuesday. “Any announcement regarding
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North Hempstead Town Attorney Elizabeth Botwin, as seen at a previous Town Board meeting. new policies and procedures would be a few months out.” When asked to clarify how many months was meant and how many senior appointees are affected by the change, Trottere said she “cannot be more specific than what I stated.” Messages left for Town Board mem-
bers Viviana Russell, Peter Zuckerman, Angelo Ferrara, Anna Kaplan, Lee Seeman and Dina De Giorgio requesting comment on changes being considered for the ethics code and financial disclosure were not returned. Between 2014 and 2017, Troiano served as the town’s director of operations
and as the senior policy adviser to Supervisor Judi Bosworth. He left the town to join County Executive Laura Curran’s administration in January as a commissioner for traffic and parking violations. A day before his confirmation hearing, Troiano stepped down as acting commissioner for traffic and parking violations after his tax issues were revealed. Troiano maintains that he left for other reasons. Troiano was later appointed as a director of special projects in the county Board of Elections with a salary of $140,000 per year. It is unclear whether the Curran administration or campaign officials were aware of Troiano’s tax liens. A year ago, the town announced it had strengthened its ethics codes following disclosures that Gerard Terry, the former head of the North Hempstead Democratic Committee who held two jobs in the town, racked up nearly $1 million in unpaid state and federal taxes between 2000 and 2017. Terry pleaded guilty to tax fraud in September. Among the changes were requiring town employees to include more information in financial disclosures and beginning to reinforce a 25-year-old rule mandating town political committee leaders file financial disclosure forms.
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After Elodie Trouche tested positive for a BRCA gene mutation in 2015, she decided to pursue a preventative double mastectomy — but on her terms. Trouche, 45, a French native now living in Nyack, opted for the test after her sister’s breast cancer diagnosis in 2015. The results were the beginning of Trouche’s two-year search for a team of surgeons who could perform a nipplesparing mastectomy, which removes breast tissue while saving the existing nipple and areola, and her search led her to Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park. Trouche was the first patient in the United States to undergo a robotic nipple-sparing mastectomy and breast reconstruction surgery on March 4 and spoke of her experiences alongside her surgeons, Dr. Alan Kadison and Dr. Neil Tanna, at a news conference last Tuesday. Trouche said despite her test results, she “refused to be mutilated.”
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The surgical team at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park performed the country’s first robotic NSM mastectomy and breast reconstruction surgery on March 4. “I knew I had some time because I was having surgery as a preventive measure. I wasn’t sick,” Trouche said during the news conference. “I knew about robotic surgery and made up my mind that this was the best way for me. Once I found my team here at LIJ, I never looked back. I have found this entire experience to be very empowering. By educating myself and saying
‘no’ to what I didn’t want, I had the exact type of surgery that I was hoping for.” According to the National Cancer Institute, about 12 percent of women in the general population will develop breast cancer sometime during their lives. By contrast, a recent study by the institute estimated about 72 percent of women with a
BRCA1 mutation and about 69 percent of women with a BRCA2 mutation will develop breast cancer by age 80. Tanna said conventional forms of nipple-sparing mastectomies involved a long incision on the breast itself. “By doing the surgery robotically, incisions and scars are placed away from the breast, sitting instead on the chest wall near the armpit,” Tanna said. “This surgery was performed as an investigational study following strict Institutional Review Board protocols. We hope to be continuing this study with other women who are interested in considering this alternative to traditional surgery.” Kadison said he has seen advantages to using the Da Vinci technology for nipple-sparing mastectomies because it gives patients a shorter hospital stay, less post-surgery pain and an easier recuperation period. “So many women will be affected by breast cancer or the threat of it because of the BRCA gene,” Trouche said. “Through education and empowerment, we can learn about new technology that will help us get through this together.”
BY R E B ECC A K L A R Shots were fired into a Mineola pizzeria’s windows shortly after midnight on Wednesday, Nassau County police said. No injuries were reported and the investigation is ongoing, police said. Third Precinct officers found the front windows of Luigi’s Pizzeria, located at 528 Jericho Turnpike, were shattered after responding to a call that shots were fired in the vicinity of Beebe Road at 12:28 a.m., police said. Several shell casings were found inside the pizzeria and in the parking lot next to it, police said. The owner of Luigi’s Pizzeria was not immediately available for comment. Detectives ask anyone with information to contact Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.
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Continued from Page 2 2.55 percent tax levy increase in their budget presentation, with school officials noting the average increase in recent years – including this year – has averaged about 1.44 percent. “Herricks has established efficient, cost-effective operations,” Michael Ganci, a spokesman for the school district, said via email. “When creating our draft budget, we always try to balance the needs of our students with strong fiscal responsibility and respect for our taxpayers.” Roslyn schools projected a 2.42 percent tax levy increase, which will help pay for more than $600,000 worth of planned security improvements in wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. According to its last budget presentation, the East Williston schools expect a
3.06 percent increase in the tax levy from $54.57 million to $59.83 million. Port Washington, as of Feb. 27, calculated a 2.85 percent tax levy increase – or a boost of $3.78 million – with PILOT payments listed as an “unknown variable.” Sewanhaka schools calculated the lowest increase in terms of percentage out of all the school districts on the North Shore, with a currently projected 0.99 percent tax levy increase from $142.75 million to $144.16 million. New Hyde Park-Garden City Park school district residents could expect a 2.92 percent rise from $29.97 million to $30.84 million, the Mineola schools a 2.12 increase from $79.44 million to $81.12 million, and Manhasset schools a 2.99 percent increase from $83.908 million to $86.42 million, according to numbers calculated by Newsday.
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McCann sentenced for $98K embezzlement Continued from Page 26 Singas said that the Solid Waste Management Authority ran a drop-off program on Sundays, where the agency accepted yard waste, municipal solid waste, and debris from construction and demolition for a fee of $5 for the first 100 pounds and $1 for each additional 20. Employees working at the facility would receive the cash pay-
ments, generating receipts and enter information on how much garbage was taken and how much cash was involved, Singas said. An employee then “reconciled the amount of cash in hand with the cash taken in, per the scale reports.” Prosecutors said that starting on May 11, 2014, McCann’s weekly deposits in the agency’s bank account were often less
than the cash amount reported – and sometimes no deposits were made at all. This was correlated with a decrease in yearly deposits, prosecutors said, with $76,352 being collected in 2013, $62,649 in 2014, and $17,467 in 2015. The Town of North Hempstead’s comptroller’s office notified the authority about the revenue issues in mid-January 2016
before referring the matter to the district attorney about a week later. McCann, who was employed by North Hempstead starting in 1998 and transferred to the waste management agency in 2014, was then terminated. She surrendered to district attorney’s investigators on Feb. 29, 2016. “We brought this matter to the District Attorney as soon as
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N.Y. health act info Join Landmark and the League of Women Voters of Port Washington-Manhasset to learn more about the proposed NY Health Act on Tuesday, March 20, at Landmark on Main Street. The evening will include a screening of the short film “Fix It: Healthcare at the Tipping Point,” followed by a panel and audience discussion of the issues that face us in guaranteeing health care for all. The program will begin at 7 p.m. and admission is free. The community is invited to join the conversation. They’ll hear from experts and neighbors voicing a breadth of perspectives and decide for themselves whether they are in favor of the New York Health Act. If passed, the New York Health Act (A. 4738 / S. 4840) will provide for health care for all New York State residents and will eliminate financial barriers to care, while allowing people to go to the doctor and hospital of their choice. Like the rest of the industrialized world, it will give New Yorkers access to health care without fear of bankruptcy. New York Health will treat health care as a human right, not a commodity for those who can afford to pay. Moderating our discussion is Dr. Judith B. Esterquest, Healthcare Chair for the Port WashingtonManhasset chapter of the League of Women Voters. Our panelists are Professor Leonard Rodberg, Research Director for Physicians for a National Health Plan and on the faculty at the School of Public Health at Queens College, CUNY, for three decades and Martha Livingston, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of the Public Health department at SUNY Old Westbury and Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of the New York Metro chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program. Health care is a human right! Let’s guarantee health care for all New Yorkers by passing The New York Health Act in 2018.
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Norway offers government model
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his is the story about a nation of little more than 5 million people. Of the 180 nations of the world, it recently ranked number one in the following indices: democracy, freedom, economic freedom, and gender equality. It ranks in the top 10 in most of the positive indices. By any measure this is extraordinary. Norway was fortunate to have discovered oil off their coast some 20 or 30 years ago. Many other countries have much greater oil reserves. However, unlike other nations, Norway has put most of its oil profits into a Sovereign Fund now the world ’s largest at $882 billion ($175,000 for every man, women and child in Norway). Norway itself needs little oil as it consists of only 5 million people so virtually all of its oil is sold elsewhere. Annual revenues from this sovereign fund now exceeds income from oil sales. The Norwegians have one of the worlds highest Gross Domestic Product per person (GDP/person) which is at least double that of any other European nation and also more
than twice the United States GDP per person. Each year by law only 4 percent of the funds net worth can be extracted for use by the Norwegian government. In fact, there is talk of reducing this to 2.7 percent. Norway is aware that lavish spending now would result in high inflation. Some 98 percent of Norway’s electricity is produced by nonpolluting hydropower. This is the highest percentage in the world. Norway has more potential hydropower than the rest of Europe combined. Furthermore, no expensive dams are required to harness this power because the lakes are located high in the mountains from which water can flow down through a tube to a turbine to generate electricity. Also while worldwide fresh water supplies are seriously endangered Norway’s fresh water supply is more than ample. Norway is also aggressively tackling pollution from cars. It has put in place conditions that encourage the use of electric cars. Import duty and other charges have been eliminated: free plug-in charging; free parking; driving in bus lanes etc.
Today 25 percent of new car purchases are electric, the highest percentage in the world by far. In most countries going electric cars merely exchanges oil for coal (or gas). The electric energy must come from somewhere to produce electricity for cars. Norway is unique. As noted above, it has enough electricity generated by hydropower to even run all cars in the country. Norway has long been a leader in offshore oil rig technology. Recently it has deployed the first portable oil drilling rig. When oil runs out a rig must be demolished so that it is not a navigational hazard. Norway is now operating the first portable ocean oil rig. It can retract its legs, be floated to another location and redeploy its legs. Offshore oil deposits are located on continental shelves where water depth are most often less than 300 feet.The Norwegian portable rig has 300 foot long legs. Norway has won more Winter Olympic Gold medals and total winter medals than any other nation. Many of these medals were won years ago when the Olympics were for amateurs
only. Even as the Olympics has gone totally professional Norway still wins a disproportionate number of these medals. Prosperity apparently has not made them fat and lazy!! The weather in Norway is fairly mild despite that fact that its latitude is the same as Anchorage, Alaska. Its weather is relatively mild because of the Gulf Stream that flows north along our East coast and on to Europe and up the Norwegian coast. All harbors even in the very north of Norway remain ice-free all winter long. In southern Norway, where the vast majority of the population resides, the winter temperatures are not markedly different than in New York City. One difference from New York is the hours of daylight. Very few hours of daylight in the winter and very few hours of darkness in the summer. Norway is an amazing country. Blessed with resources yes but also with maintaining a world leading egalitarian democracy. Theodore Theodorsen Manhasset
Plaza officials work for Schumer wrong perks, pay; not the people on Access funds
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elow is a copy of the letter I recently sent to Great Neck Plaza Mayor Jean Celender and all of the village officials; once again, I did not receive a response. Dear Mayor Celender, Elections for officials of the Village of Great Neck Plaza will be taking place this month, so of course, the candidates want to let their constituents know what a good job they are doing. In Janelle Clausen’s article about Deputy Mayor Ted Rosen that appeared in the March 2 issue of the Great Neck News (“Rosen touts Plaza’s record of excellence”), we are supplied with all sorts of platitudes about the Village’s “record of accomplishment” and how it is a “very nice place to live, work and shop.” But when asked by the reporter about whether there is a parking problem in Great Neck Plaza, Rosen responded, “I think there’s at times a perception that parking is a challenge, but I think in reality there is parking and I think that’s something over the years we’ve tried to address.” After the multitude of conversations and written communications about the dire parking situation for residents of the Welwyn/ Shoreward area — along with
clearly documented purposeful bypassing by code enforcement of the daily multitude of illegally parked Shop Delight employees— Ted’s response in the newspaper was just another attempt to whitewash an issue that the Village refuses to deal with. Since Shop Delight has been open, large numbers of employees have been persistent in illegally parking in the Welwyn/Shoreward area, depriving residents of ample places to park on the street. In spite of the fact that clear documentation of this illegal behavior has been sent to the Village over an extended period of time, it has not been apparent to residents that tickets have been issued to those employees by code enforcement — regardless of the fact that there has been ample opportunity to do so. During a meeting with Chris Backmon and Ted Rosen late last year, both Chris and Ted confirmed to my husband and me that over a 10-month period in 2017, VGNP code enforcement issued 200 tickets in the Welwyn/Shoreward area (which amounts to 20 tickets per month — fewer than one ticket per day), and neither confirmed that any of the 200 tickets were given to Shop Delight employees. Every Plaza official knows full
well that the very presence of these illegally parked cars on the streets adjacent to Shop Delight is a violation of their conditional use permit, paragraphs 13 & 23, as well as a violation of the Village of Great Neck Plaza’s Parking Code, Chapters 151-2, 3 & 4. Little or nothing has been done to enforce the law, or to mete out proper consequences to Shop Delight; occasional “lip service” is all we get. Residents are painfully aware that the Village has no real intention of dealing with this problem. Regarding the upcoming elections in the village, Rosen states in the newspaper article, “I think the opportunity to serve the public is a very special opportunity. And if you feel that you’re doing a good job and you could serve the public, I think you should run.” Do any of you actually believe that “you’re doing a good job” serving the needs of the residents of my Welwyn/Shoreward neighborhood when no one at the village even bothers to respond to our communications or concerns? If you really want to know what kind of job you’re doing, just ask my neighbors. Muriel Pfeifer Village of Neck Plaza (We want our “Great” back!)
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en. Charles Schumer is incorrect when saying funding under his proposed $1 trillion infrastructure program could also pay for completion of the Long Island Rail Road East Side Access to Grand Central Terminal. The original Full Funding Grant Agreement between the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration and Metropolitan Transportation Authority for East Side Access was approved in December 2006 at a total cost of $6.3 billion. The $2.63 billion federal share of funding under the FTA Full Funding Grant to MTA remains unchanged (virtually all of which has already been spent) with the MTA as local sponsor legally required to cover billions and growing cost overruns. Ten years later in August 2016 the FTA amended Full Funding Grant Agreement was signed off by both FTA and the MTA. After years of negotiations, the MTA and FTA finally came to an agreement which would reflect the true current
cost and schedule. Both the cost went up and first revenue day of service slipped once again. Taxpayers may end up paying $12 billion in direct costs for this project. The original completion date of 2011 will slip to December 2023. The last construction contract for MTA Long Island Rail Road East Side Access to Grant Central Terminal was awarded in 2016. The MTA previously programmed local funding within the 2015 – 2019 Five Year Capital Plan to pay for all remaining work. Any additional unforeseen future cost overruns would have to be paid for out of the next MTA 2020 – 2024 Five Year Capital Plan. Larry Penner Great Neck (Larry Penner is a transportation historian and advocate who previously worked 31 years for the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Office)
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Dunning, Yakaitis right on tree issue While each of the four people running for trustee in Munsey Park Village on March 20, 2018 are good decent and thoughtful people, only two of them have shown they are correct on the “Village Trees next to the street question:” Brian Dunning and Nathy Yakaitis. What is the “Village Trees next to the street question”? If you live in Munsey Park and there is a tree, including the massive trees planted long ago by the Villages, in the “approximately 12 feet” next to the street in front of your house, the present administration of the village, in a change policy from the last administration, takes the position that you, the homeowner, must maintain it or pay for chopping it up, should it become diseased or fall down. (Except on Park Avenue and Manhasset Woods Road, where the village has fairly recently agreed to maintain them.) That position on homeowner responsibility is legally wrong.
If a Munsey Park homeowner looks at his or her survey, it shows that the “approximately 12 feet” next to the street does not belong to the homeowner. That “approximately 12 feet” belongs to the village for possible other uses including road widening, gas pipes or whatever. Further, there is a specific ordinance that forbids the homeowner from planting anything there. How can such a homeowner be made to pay directly for the maintenance of trees it does not own? On land it does not own? The prior village administration recognized this fact and included in its budget money for a proper tree maintenance and pruning policy. Not only is such a policy legally correct but it is the proper governmental policy. Do we really want individual homeowners deciding whether a tree should have a limb in the approximately 12 feet
next to the street cut-off and then applying for a permit to trim or cut it down? And for a tree on village land? These trees, which overhang where people, including children, walk need a collective and professional approach to trimming and maintenance. Anything else is dangerous. And if the village decides to cut it down or trim it, why should the adjoining homeowner be billed for it? Now to be fair to the current village administration: The village has recently come round to being responsible for the trees on Manhasset Woods Road and Park Avenue. The mayor and voard have listened to me argue my position over recent meetings in a respectful and polite way. I think their present position is that they need further time to consider the correctness and costs of reinstituting the old policy. However, with all due respect, I think
the time has come, or very shortly should come, for a “Yes” or “No” answer on reinstituting the old policy whereby the Village is responsible for trees in the approximately 12 feet near to the street. I do know that two of the trustee candidates, Brian Dunning and Nathy Yakaitis are for reinstituting the old policy whereby the Village is responsible for these trees. Mrs. Noone has been a “further study” advocate on this question. I do not know the position of the other candidate who is running for trustee, Mr. Anthony Sabino. I submit this letter leaving time for contrary views to be expressed in this newspaper before the next election. Also in the interests of full disclosure, I have two “village trees” in front of our house. James H. McGivney Munsey Park
Justice served Turano exceptionally qualified by Turano win I
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n light of Mr. John Turano’s candidacy for re-election as the Munsey Park village justice, I feel that it is my civic duty, as a resident of Munsey Park, to show my support for John. I have lived in Munsey Park for about 16 years. During this time, I have witnessed John’s dedicated service to residents and our community for over 14 years. I believe that John’s credentials and the extensive experience he has in the role of village justice make him eminently qualified. John is an accomplished attorney who has served as an assistant district attorney for over three years, a Deputy Town Attorney for the Town of North Hempstead for four and a half years and a prosecuting attorney for the Villages of Lake Success
and New Hyde Park for approximately 40 years. I believe John has served with dedication and shown remarkable character and judgment. Over the years he has worked to improve the criminal justice system in the village, and has been able to provide justice to and protect the rights of the individuals passing through the court system for the betterment of the community at large. John’s outstanding credentials, his loyalty to his community, and his demonstrated excellence as a public servant have convinced me to support him in his effort for re-election as the village justice. Please vote on March 20, 2018 at Village Hall from 12:00 to 9:00 p.m. Joseph W. Duggan Munsey Park
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am writing this letter in support of John Turano for the position of village justice for the Village of Munsey Park. I have been a resident of Manhasset for 43 years and have had the pleasure of being a close neighbor of John for the past eight years. My wife, Patty, was also fortunate to study law under the guidance of John’s wife, Peggy, where Peggy has held positions as both dean and professor at St. John’s Law School. Village Courts, in general, are incredibly unique due to the intimate relationship between the motorists and justices. I believe John Turano has done an exemplary job at representing the Village of Munsey Park in this position. He is informative and approachable to the motorists while instilling in them the importance of safety to our community.
I have personally seen John while acting as village justice explain how important the traffic control devices and parking regulations are to the safety of our children and the integrity of the community. Similarly, the village justice is responsible for adjudicating matters with regard to neighbors which can be very difficult. I believe that John has shown the ability to interpret the local statutes fairly and justly. John is a good neighbor and a great candidate for Village Justice. Please vote to re-elect John Turano as Village Justice on March 20 and re-elect Jennifer Noone and elect Anthony Sabino as village trustees. Drew Miller Munsey Park
Strauss oversaw smart growth
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have personally known Scott Strauss for almost my entire life. In addition to growing up with Scott, I have worked alongside him in the Mineola Volunteer Ambulance Corps, the New York City Police Department and in my current role at a major health system here on Long Island. His reputation at each and every agency is impeccable. He is looked upon as a leader and a person of the highest integrity. His sense of duty to his responsibilities are second to none. I proudly support him in his re-election for mayor of Mineola. During his tenure as the mayor of Mineola, he has steered the village through new development projects, allowing smart growth to help ensure and maintain a stable tax base. He has also overseen the redevelopment of Mineola Memorial Park into a wonderful “jewel”
for the enjoyment of the residents of Mineola. If the enthusiasm and attendance at the last few summer concert series are any indications, we will be enjoying their wonderful park for years to come. Scott along with trustees Walsh and Durham have kept the village finances “on track” and have reduced debt while maintaining essential services. In a time where it seems a different municipality emerges every day as being in fiscal distress, it is comforting knowing Mineola’s financial standing is excellent. I respectfully encourage my fellow residents to re-elect Mayor Scott Strauss and Trustees Walsh and Durham on election day March 20. Kenneth Solosky Mineola
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Yakaitis, Dunning offer Munsey Park change
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have known Brian and Nathy since they each moved to Munsey Park. They are now running for election to the Munsey Park Board of Trustees. Both are attorneys, and despite family and professionals responsibilities and commitments, they have been active neighbors and given generously of their time and energy to help maintain our village as the wonderful, beautiful place it is. If elected, they will return sanity and grace to board meetings, carefully weighing the merits of issues, allowing residents to express their opinions free from bullying and mocking, and unlike the current trustees, they will no longer tolerate the lack of transparency in official actions. Five years ago this month, Frank DeMento, then running for mayor of Munsey Park and leading a slate that included Jennifer Noone for trustee, told Newsday, “The village has become just a place that’s very adversarial for the residents.” A year later, a resident supporting the reelection of Jennifer Noone as trustee, wrote that “[she and her fellow trustees] have lived up to their campaign promise to improve transparency of our village for everyone.” The letter went on to assert that “For the first time ever, every village resident can now look over the shoulder of our village trustees…to see, line by line, how their tax dollars are being allocated and actually spent.” And “this new team has openly invited and welcomed everyone into village hall so that all opinions can be heard and considered.” Really? Let’s review the record of the current administration of DeMento and Noone (who is now standing for reelection): In a public meeting over a proposed walkway to connect the Congregational Church parking lot with the Munsey Park School, Mayor Frank DeMento is quoted as saying the following of a resident question-
ing the merits of the proposal, “He doesn’t care if somebody is killed.” The article quotes DeMento referring to Munsey Park residents as “the peanut gallery,” and saying that he “singled out specific residents and said that they were ‘not recognized.’” A neighbor is quoted as saying, “As a 44-year resident of Munsey Park, to hear that you can’t speak at a village meeting, I don’t know what to say.” (The Manhasset Press, July 25, 2017) A State Supreme Court justice, lifting a stay temporarily stopping the ManhassetLakeville Water District from replacing a water tower, had this to say, “In his Aug. 8 ruling, [the judge] wrote the village ‘failed to establish a likelihood or probability of success on the merits.’” As to the cost to village residents for this wasteful litigation, no one knows, as the Village has apparently refused to respond to repeated requests for the answer, but there’s speculation it might be as high as $250,000. (Newsday, August 18, 2014) Then, of course, there is the debacle over the board’s attempting to appoint the mayor’s brother-in-law to a new administrative position – neither advertising for the job, in accordance with village regulations and sound human resources practice, nor disclosing the intended appointment on the board’s meeting agenda – actions that Newsday characterized as violating state law . I have no complaint with the man in question; in my brief encounters with him in his role as a maintenance worker I have always found him to be both friendly and diligent. My objection is to the lack of process, the appearance of self-dealing, and the attitude of the trustees toward residents raising legitimate questions. In addition, at least one trustee is quoted (Newsday – June 2, 2017) as attacking residents for publicly questioning the trust-
ees’ actions, saying, “That was published in the paper…do you realize what you are doing to the village?” Newsday columnist Joye Brown answered that question (June 10, 2017): “Does the village – with its lack of transparency in creating and filling a position, when officials so easily could have advertised the post and openly solicited candidates – realize what it’s doing to residents?” In addition, Village officials were reported to have earlier stated there would be no salary increase for the individual in the proposed position; yet they are later quoted as saying, “[The employee’s] salary and benefits were to be determined [emphasis added].” This is typical of the double-talk and obfuscation put out by the current administration. The village attorney is stated to have said that the proposed appointment was “in conformance with the law and village code,” and that village officials had performed an ethics policy review of the proposed action, though the ethics board’s chairman could not be reached for comment, nor were the identities of the other members of the ethics board disclosed (Newsday May 16, 2017). I’ll leave it to the reader to decide whom to believe, Newsday or the Village Attorney, as to whether the proposed appointment was legal. Finally, on the subject of this debacle, our former Village Clerk, when questioned by reporters, replied that she was unaware of the proposed appointment and was “shocked” that it had not been placed on the board’s agenda. Shortly thereafter, her employment was effectively terminated, and she was replaced with someone whose published qualifications fail to indicate any experience or training as a local government official. Again, I have no problem with the individual in question, having found her also to be very diligent and courteous – it is the lack of transparency and process that I find disturbing. And lest anyone assume that the ad-
ministration has learned from its mistakes, we have the latest outrage, leading The Manhasset Times to issue a scathing editorial (February 20, 2018). It denounced the Village’s lack of transparency and responsiveness in refusing to disclose who had filed for the upcoming village election, and provided a laundry list of the trustees’ other affronts to residents and refusals to respond to legitimate inquiries – actions that the editorial characterized as an “assault on common sense and good government.” I have lived in Munsey Park for over 38 years. At various times I have served on the Village’s Board of Zoning Appeals and Building Advisory Committee; I participated in rewriting and modernizing the Village’s Zoning Ordinance; and I was twice elected to the Manhasset Board of Education, serving one year as vice president followed by two as president. In the latter capacity, I participated in the renegotiation of the District’s union contracts. I know first hand how heated some local issues can become, but I have never witnessed the flagrant arrogance and disregard for common courtesy and proper procedure exhibited by this current village administration. In the upcoming election, we are presented with a clear choice – we can continue to allow the current administration to operate as if this is the “new normal” by voting for incumbent Jennifer Noone and Anthony Sabino, her running-mate, or by failing to vote at all. Alternatively, we could take a stand to bring back good government and neighborliness to our village, by voting for Nathy Yakaitis and Brian Dunning. I urge you to support Nathy Yakaitis and Brian Dunning for election as trustees of the Village of Munsey Park. Christopher J. Lowery Munsey Park
Turano brings strong Turano right person legal background for village justice
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am writing to support the re-election of the Honorable John Turano to Village Court Justice of Munsey Park. My wife and I have resided in Munsey Park for over forty years and I have known John since 1969. John became an assistant district attorney in Queens County in 1969. I had left that office the previous year. I had the experience of observing John from the other side; from the perspective of a defense attorney. He was well respected as a tough but just and fair-minded prosecutor. After he left the district attorney’s office, John has been a deputy attorney for the Town of North Hempstead, a prosecutor for the Villages of Lake Success and New Hyde Park as well as engaging in private practice.
He has also faithfully served as our Village Justice for the past 14 years. Through the years I have known John, our paths have often crossed many times in the courtrooms and at various meetings and functions of professional organizations. I can attest to his reputation as an honest, highly skilled attorney with a wide knowledge of the law who enjoys the utmost respect of the members of our profession. By virtue of his experience, background, integrity and work ethic, John is highly qualified for Munsey Park Village Court Justice. He has served in that capacity for over 14 years and it would be our loss if he was not re-elected on March 20. Joseph Filardi, Esq. Munsey Park
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have been a Munsey Park resident since 1984. I have known Mr. John Turano, Esq. since our undergraduate days at St. John’s University. Mr. Turano excelled academically at the University both on the undergraduate and Law School level. He was also an excellent student at Bishop Loughlin High School in Brooklyn. Since 1988, I have utilized the professional services of Mr. Turano. Upon referral, he has helped many of my professional clients in the area of trusts, estate planning, elder care and guardianships. In each of these relationships, he has treated clients with the utmost professional, ethical and respectful services. His expertise in these areas cleared difficult hurdles for these clients.
Mr. Turano has utilized his legal expertise and talent while serving as the village justice for Munsey Park. His professional expertise has facilitated a positive experience for defendants. They were afforded fair, timely and respectful treatment. The re-election of Mr. Turano will ensure the Village high-quality professional services for residents and non-residents. The Village will also have on its staff an attorney who is focused on continual improvements in the rendering of its legal and fiduciary responsibilities. Please vote on March 20 for John Turano as Village Justice and Jennifer Noone and Anthony Sabino as Village Trustees. Stephen Conroy Munsey Park
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Dunning, Yakaitis offer respect and fairness
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write to support the candidacy of Brian Dunning and Nathy Yakaitis who are running for election to the Board of Trustees of the Village of Munsey Park. Rita and I have been residents of the Village of Munsey Park for over 30 years. I had the honor of serving the village from 1994 to 2006 as a trustee and deputy mayor. I have continued my interest in village affairs through the years and have attended meetings of the Board of Trustees from time to time. When I was on the board I always encouraged residents to attend meetings. During my tenure, every meeting included a segment where residents were welcome to raise any issue they wanted. The criticisms that I have recently seen expressed in the press by some members of the Board and a few others about residents (especially former trustees) attending meetings are very troubling. Trustees should remember that as elected officials they are required to treat “all members of the public …with respect and in a pro-
fessional manner ….” Instead of deriding participation at board meetings by residents and former trustees, the board should be celebrating the fact that those few who do attend meetings have the best interests of our community at heart and only have one goal: a better Munsey Park. The board should welcome a frank and open discussion of all issues and, yes, as members of one big family, that means we will often disagree. The problem is that we are not working together and from where I sit I see several serious issues that concern me that I believe have to be considered when you cast your ballot: Why is there a lack of public discussion at board meetings and why is it that most decisions are presented to us as a fait accompli? Trustees, you are not sitting in secret as a cooperative or condo board free to make decisions in the privacy of your basement without input from the public. The Open Meetings Law requires with certain specific exceptions public discussion of all issues. So why do the members of the board criticize and demean
residents who take the time to attend meetings? Trustees, you are there to protect us so why do you not insist on all decisions being made in public? Why does the Board go into executive session at virtually every meeting usually to discuss so-called “employment” matters? The village has only five employees. The Open Meetings Law limits executive sessions to eight issues such as matters of public safety, criminal matters and investigations, litigation, civil service collective negotiations, sensitive matters regarding employees, employmentrelated examinations, and matters relating real property and securities transactions. Under the Open Meetings Law, minutes of the executive sessions are to be made available to the public within one week of the executive session. Why aren’t trustees insisting that the board post minutes of the executive sessions on the village web page? Why has the board which prides itself on fiscal conservativism not disclose what the Village paid in legal fees (which is believed to be in excess of $200,000 in taxpayer dollars) on its unsuccessful and some believe frivolous
water tower litigation against the ManhassetLakeville Water District, which in itself cost the water district taxpayers an additional $200,000? Why does the board pretend that it has kept taxes down when it has formulated a fee schedule that includes items such as $100 to prune a tree and $25 for each window replaced in a house? These taxes (which the Board calls “fees”) are posted on the Munsey Park web page. Why is the board even considering a discontinuance of the village’s maintenance of village trees in the village strip (a policy that has existed since the Village was founded) as part of an apparent attempt to shift the expense of maintaining these trees on to the shoulders of the abutting property owners? This is another tax which shouldn’t be tolerated. I could highlight more issues but these are the issues that trouble me the most as a resident. These clear problems tell me why it’s time for a change. Vince and Rita Syracuse Munsey Park
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am writing this letter in support of the candidacy of John Turano for village justice of Munsey Park. I first met John Turano about 29 years ago on the field in front of Manhasset High School watching our oldest sons playing soccer. He and his wife had recently moved to Munsey Park. It turned out we had lots in common. We both had similar backgrounds growing up. We both had three sons whose ages line up. His wife and I were professors. Our families continued to meet at various sporting events and became friends. John has practiced law for 48 years, a good portion of which has been spent in the courtroom, and for the past 14 he has served as the Munsey Park village justice. Prior to that John was an assistant district attorney for over three years and a deputy town attorney for the Town of North Hempstead for four and a half years. He also served as the Prosecuting Attorney for the Villages
of Lake Success and New Hyde Park for over 40 years. He has been a Little League coach and volunteer parent at Our Lady of Grace Montessori School. He is currently involved in his church’s men’s ministry and regularly serves as an usher. He is an avid cyclist, kayaker and runner. It is often said that a Village Justice Court is the “People’s Court,” in that for most people, it’s their first experience with the criminal justice system. Munsey Park Village Court typically handles traffic and building-code violations. John has always treated the parties who appear before him fairly, with dignity and respect. I believe John’s background, experience and temperament make John the person to serve the people of Munsey Park as their Village Justice for another term of office. On Tuesday, March 20, please join me and vote for John Turano for Village Justice of Munsey Park. Vincent J. Calluzzo, Ph.D Munsey Park
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ecently on social media, I saw that Brian Dunning again posted an article that accused the Board of Trustees and mayor of Munsey Park of refusing to let people speak at a meeting. I was at that referenced meeting and nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, this was the second meeting regarding a proposed walkway to Munsey Park Elementary School. At the first (where I was also present), Mr. Dunning railed against the proposed walkway for the better part of an hour because he felt traffic might be increased on his street during drop off and pick up. At the second meeting, after an hour of open discussion on the issue, Mr. Dunning again filibustered that “the walkway was a solution without a problem.” The Mayor had to restore order to the meeting and move on. For Mr. Dunning to continue to circulate a false article instead of correcting it, is despicable. More notably, the proposed candidates seeking positions with the village have spent the better of the last four years rejecting, complaining and arguing about every possible option that could and should keep our children safe. The school, church, elected officials and the village have all come together to create solutions to maintain the safety of
our community, yet this opposition from Mr. Dunning and his cohorts continue to halt these noble efforts. How are they fit to run for a position that is so oppositional to the best interests of the people they would be tasked to represent? They should not only be
denied a voice going forth, they should be denied everyone’s vote on March 20. The existing team of Noone, Sabino and Turano have my unequivocal vote! Matthew Fulgieri Munsey Park
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Mayor Ehrbar has gone extra mile for us
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am writing this letter in support of Mayor Paul Ehrbar, Trustee Kevin Rynne and trustee candidate Bill O’Brien as they seek office in the upcoming Village of Williston Park elections. My wife Beth and I have lived in the Village of Williston Park for 14 years. Our three children are all growing up in this great neighborhood and they are each student in the Herricks School system. Eight years ago, when our boy Ty was 5 years old, he was diagnosed with Duchennes Muscular Dystrophy. It was around this same time that our family met Bill O’Brien and Kevin Rynne for the first time. Despite his condition, Ty wanted nothing more than to play baseball with his friends in the Williston Park Little League. My wife and I were concerned that this might not be an option for Ty. Through mutual friends, Kevin Rynne and Bill O’Brien became aware of our situation. As a coach and the administrator of the WPLL respectively, these two men reached out to our
family and made it abundantly clear that Ty would be safe and welcome in their program! Thus, began a relationship with Ty and coach O’Brien that continues to this day! As the parents of a handicapped child, it’s an unfortunate reality that our son is not always welcome in organizations or at events, even some ostensibly designed for children. One can then imagine the great comfort we got from knowing our boy was under the trusted guidance of these two fine men! Neither I nor my son will ever forget the end of that first season when coach O’Brien told Ty, in front of his whole team, that as long as he was a coach, he wanted Ty on his team! Those words will stay with us forever. Kevin Rynne’s concern for our family extended well beyond the baseball field. Through a cursed coincidence, Kevin had friends whose son also had Duchennes. He arranged for us to meet and although the details are perhaps too personal to go into here, suffice to say his introduction of
our families has been an extreme comfort to my wife and me. As our son approached his 10th birthday, he transitioned into a wheelchair. That harsh development brought with it the fact that our beautiful home in Williston Park was not nearly adequate to support his needs. As my wife and I contemplated our dire situation, as an answer to prayers, the benevolence of friends, family, neighbors and even complete strangers provided us with the wherewithal to modify our home and make it handicap accessible. One day as we pondered our son’s needs, our doorbell rang. As I opened the door, I met Mayor Paul Ehrbar. Although I knew who he was, I was surprised and curious to find him on our doorstep. Mayor Ehrbar introduced himself and told us that he had heard about our situation and asked if we could come to the Village Hall at our convenience to meet with him. When we did meet a few days later, Mayor Ehrbar extended every courtesy to Beth and I and made it perfectly clear that his
administration would be there to serve and support us. He knew we would be doing renovations to our house and he wanted to make sure we avoided the common mistakes that homeowners make throughout the renovation process as he knew time was of the essence for us. Over the next several months, I became intimately aware of the inner workings of the renovation application process of the Village of Williston Park. The thing that struck me at the time, and what still sticks with me, was the utter professionalism, concern and dedication to duty that Mayor Ehrbar and his entire administration exhibited every step of the way. No corners were cut for us; and in fact, during the process we were required to answer some very personal and sensitive questions. However, the respect and compassion shown by Mayor Ehrbar and his administration as they conducted their due diligence on our application increased my already expansive pride in this Village.
Through his leadership and guidance, Paul Ehrbar is as fine an example of public service and dedication that you could hope to find. Fast forward to today, and it comes as no surprise to my wife and me to find out that these three individuals would be together as they run for elected office in the Village of Williston Park. For our family, they share the common thread that they all, at separate times, came to the aid of a family in their village that needed help. At the times they did so, there was nothing to be gained from them. Our family was in no position to help them, nor was there anything we could do for them. And yet, they were there for us. Paul Ehrbar, Kevin Rynne and Bill O’Brien, separately and now together, all answered a calling to serve the Village of Williston Park, and on March 20, my wife and I will be happy and proud to cast our votes for them! Timothy Flood Elizabeth Flood Williston Park
Integrity Party the right My grandfather ticket for Williston Park is the best choice
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am very excited to be supporting Paul, Kevin, Bill, and Kevin all of which are all running under the Integrity Party. Paul, our current full-time mayor, is always concerned for the residents. He welcomes both complements and complaints and looks to help where he can. You can always find him in Village Hall if not here, he is out representing our Village at a public event. His love of Village is shown by all of the committees that he and his wife, Doreen, are involved with. The Beautification Committee, Neighborhood Watch, and Historical Committee are just a few examples of how they put their time and energy to making our Village a better place to live. Kevin Rynn has been a friend and college for 7 years. We met through the Recreation Committee. That was my first taste for all of the hard work
that he does for the village. He has stuffed many an Easter egg, set up for concerts, and sold shirts and raffle tickets. He was very involved with the Little League for 20 years as Treasurer, this is more proof of his hard work and dedication for the residents. Bill O’Brien is coming out of the woodwork and into the spotlight. He has been involved with Little League for many years. I have received numerous emails from him regarding sign up, rule changes and scheduling for the teams that my children have played on. During my years as committee chair for Cub Scout Pack 311, Bill was always one parent who I could count on for helping out. Please join me March 20 in supporting the Integrity Party. Billy Carr Williston Park
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am the 10-year-old granddaughter of Mayor Paul Ehrbar. Mayor Ehrbar is a very focused mayor and is there for the village even when visiting my family and I live in Texas. He is currently doing a magnificent job helping the village and he will continue to do so if
re-elected. I believe Mayor Ehrbar and his team of Rynne, O’Brien and Kiley will do a tremendous job serving the Village and its people. Vote Ehrbar! Darby Ehrbar Flower Mound, Texas
Allow Ehrbar team to continue I have had the pleasure of seeing the great work of Paul Ehrbar and his team over the last eight years. Our village has had a fulltime mayor with an efficient approach to finance and a community-minded philosophy that has improved the quality of life in our village. Mr. Ehrbar is a fair-minded, hard-working asset to our com-
munity. His team of Rynne, O’Brian and Kiley will continue to provide a sound, safe and thriving community. I highly recommend and ask you to please vote for Paul Ehrbar, and his team of Rynne, O’Brian and Kiley on March 20. Rich Buckley Williston Park
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Business&RealEstate A buyer? What are you waiting for? Just a note from last week’s article. I forgot to mention as part of my lemonade story. I somehow forgot to mention, after a month or so, my dad had asked me where I got the frozen lemonade from? I said from the freezer, where else would I have gotten it; I don’t drive, I am only 7! Then he said, “who’s frozen lemonade do you think it is? I said, it’s ours! He said, no, no, no, that’s mommy’s and daddy’s; so, give me some money! I then pulled out some cash, to pay my parents back for the lemonade that I had used. But of course, we negotiated what I had owed and I think I paid below retail, more like, wholesale; the way we like to purchase investment properties today, if you can find them (mostly out of state)! The moral to this short snippet of a story, is that there is always a price to pay, whether it be about money, time, effort and being honest and transparent, when you are trying to earn money! Now to my subject for this week; are you waiting for prices to come down before you purchase? Try to get your down payment together? Waiting for interest rates to come down again? Enjoying renting, thinking that you have no obligations and not locked into a mortgage? Are you crazy? You are stuck every month paying your landlord’s mortgage, taxes etc. or if no mortgage, you are building or adding his or her wealth or retirement fund; while yours is being decreased each and every month. Your landlord has the hedge against inflation and you do not; because your lease eventually will be renewed and do you think the rent will stay the same or increase? Most likely increase, the way this market is progressing! So you see, you do have an obligation each and every month; it’s called rent! Prices are not coming down anytime soon in many areas, especially in Long Island. As per FedRate.Com, the median price of a new home in the U.S. as of December 2017 was $336,700 and in January 2018 was $323,000. The average price of a new
home in the U.S. in December 2017 was $394,600 and in January 2018 was $382,700. Remember this is countrywide and at this point has not had any major effect on local prices, due to the fact we have more “used homes” than new homes in Nassau, Suffolk and Queens. The inventory of used homes in the U.S. at the end of December 2017 was 1,460,000 and by the end of January 2018, the preliminary data showed that it had spiked up to 1,520,000 (not yet varied) throughout the U.S, maybe because of the harsh winter in various areas, slowing the contracts and closings. However, in June 2011, when the market finally bottomed out, the inventory was 3,160,000 and then finally decreasing a small amount to 3,150,000 in July 2011. So you can observe that our U.S. inventory is less than half of what it had been in July 2011. However, today our home inventory is at historic lows, with less than 4 months of availability in Long Island and demand is at a 35 year high and interest rates are still very low. However, there is an excess of new home inventory in many areas of the country accounting for the reduction in prices on new homes. But locally, where you buy a new home at those prices? I don’t think so! I don’t think you could buy a postage stamp in Harlem or out in the Island for those prices, let alone, a new home, (in case some of you don’t understand the new internet lingo. There is a correlation between interest rates rising and Inventory increases since this situation is starting to push individuals and families out of the “buying” market and into rental in many geographic regions in the U.S. However, locally our market, due to its strong economy and jobs, is doing extremely well; over the top demand for the limited supply of used homes; however, new homes, depending on their price points are languishing longer before being sold. In New York City, condos and Co-ops above $2,500,000 are taking longer to sell and more negotiations are occurring. The higher the price, the longer it is taking to find a purchaser and much more negotiations are oc-
PHILIP A. RAICES Real Estate Watch curring. However, those that are below that threshold are selling very well. Brooklyn is the hot spot that is doing exceptionally well, Dumbo, Bed-Stuyvesant, Williamsburg, Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill, Crown Heights, Brownsville; some areas are still a bit challenging, to say the least, but that is why prices are lower than NYC. Anyone that is reading my column or if you know anyone that is in a rental or contemplating renting, tell them to beg, borrow and steal (only kidding) to try to get into some kind of ownership position, before rates go back to the normal 6.5-7 percent, (that they were between 1955-1975)and their monthly costs increase dramatically. Then again, if you aren’t buying and now renting, what do you think the cost of your lease will be each year? Stable like a mortgage for 30 years or with increases upon each
renewal or every other renewal. You will watch your wealth be transferred from your pocket to your landlords, sounds like a real advantageous situation if you are a landlord, but a real loser if you are the tenant. When inflation rears its ugly head, then you will see prices increase on many things and eventually the replacement cost of real estate will also escalate too as well as prices! So my advice to everyone that is not in an ownership position, do something about it if you are able to; try to get a gift (as opposed to a loan, which will increase your debt/income ratio for financing purposes) from your parents or relatives or anyone else. Feel free to reach out to me so we potentially figure out a creative strategy to place you in an ownership position. I have several cutting-edge ideas that I can share with you. Lastly, if you are an owner of higher priced homes above $2 million, you should really consider the market and have a plan to think about selling now, before rates go up higher; because your audience might or might not be able to afford your home as rates rise or psychologically, they might back off, as they have done in the “Big Apple.” It’s not because they can’t afford to purchase, but, like vultures, they are circling the market, waiting for prices to drop further. I would suggest that those who can afford to, and don’t
need to cash out, should provide prospective purchasers short or longer term mortgages, since the rate of return in banks today is a measly .50-.75 percent, not much to write home about, when you could derive 4-8% or more, depending on the prospective buyers, income, credit, debt/ income ratio; since there would be a lien on the home, as your security, until the mortgage gets satisfied. Rates are rising and may never be as low as they had been, so you can now notice that banks are advertising higher returns on 2-5 year or longer notes, anticipating the increases in the federal funds rates and the related increases in mortgage interest rates. Lastly, we shall observe and see over the next few years, what impact the new tariffs that are supposedly going to be imposed, on Steel and aluminum imports from Canada, Mexico, Japan and China will have on housing and those capital and consumer goods, whose prices may be affected as well as the jobs attached to them! Phil Raices is the owner/ broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 7 Bond St. in Great Neck. He has earned the designations as a graduate of the Realtor Institute and is a certified international property specialist. He can be reached by email:Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate.Com or by cell (516) 647-4289 to answer any of your questions or article suggestions or provide you a free comparative market
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Recent Real Estate Sales in the Williston Area Williston Park Real Estate Market Conditions MEDIAN SALES PRICE $637,500 Demographics near Williston Park, NY Population Population Density Median Age People per Household Median Household Income Average Income per Capita
City 7,331 11,692 42.7 2.8 101,921 42,231
County 1,361,350 4,744 41.3 3 98,401 42,949
191 Latham Road, Mineola Sold Price: $487,000 Date: 10/30/2017 2 beds, 1 Full baths Style: Cape # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 40x100 Schools: Mineola Total Taxes: $9,343 MLS# 2944652
76 Shortridge Drive, Mineola Sold Price: $549,000 Date: 01/18/2018 2 beds, 1 Full baths Style: Cape # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 72x100 Schools: East Williston Total Taxes: $9,918 MLS# 2986977
364 1st Street, Mineola Sold Price: $505,000 Date: 01/30/2018 3 beds, 1 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 50x100 Schools: Mineola Total Taxes: $7,666 MLS# 2980815
391 Titus Way, E. Williston Sold Price: $1,050,000 Date: 01/25/2018 4 beds, 2 Full baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 116x80 Schools: East Williston Total Taxes: $21,884 MLS# 2983013
Editor’s note: Homes shown here were recently sold in the Willistons, Mineola and surrounding areas by a variety of real estate agencies. The information about the homes and the photos were obtained through the Multiple Listing Services of Long Island. The homes are presented based solely on the fact that they were recently sold in the Willistons, Mineola and surrounding areas and are believed by Blank Slate Media to be of interest to our readers.
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Development a key concern in Mineola Continued from Page 1 The village now gets money from them that it would not have had before, he said. The Gallets, who own and operate the Recovery Room bar and grill located at 214 Station Plaza North, said the village should be helping small businesses, not big developers. Walsh said if the buildings had not been built, the sites would likely have been taken over by NYU Langone rather than going to small businesses. The medical organization has stated that it plans to spend $1 billion on the Winthrop hospital campus in the next 10 years, Walsh said. He added that any property the medical center takes over would pay zero taxes to the schools or village. The Gallets are a married couple who own a business and home in
Mineola. Cristi Gallet said as local small-business owners they have “their feet on the ground,” and know about issues facing local businesses. They also said that they, along with Werther, would not accept a salary for the positions if elected. The mayor earns $29,000 a year for a fouryear term. The trustees earn $14,500 a year for a four-year term. That money instead will be put back into the village to spend on projects, they said. The Gallets’ business might require them have to abstain from certain votes if elected to the village board, Durham said. Their bar might cause them to have a conflict of interest involving certain applicants, he said. Two trustees unable to vote would add a burden on the applicant, Durham
said. In an interview after the debate, Regis Gallet, who is also a sergeant in the Mineola auxiliary police, told Blank Slate Media it shouldn’t be an issue. He said he and his wife are “completely unbiased.” “Frankly, there’s three other trustees, so if a small district of business wouldn’t be appropriate for me and my wife to vote on it wouldn’t hamper the village,” Gallet said. He also said trustees have conflicts of interest in other ways. He noted that Strauss is a firefighter and voted on approving new trucks for the department. During the debate Walsh said the Gallets and Werther also broke state campaign laws. According to a Freedom of Information request Walsh filed, a copy of which he shared with Blank Slate Media, the
Gallets and Werther are in violation of New York State law for not filing campaign finance disclosures. According to the response to the request, there are no records of financial disclosure from the Mineola My Home Party or its candidates received before March 12. Village Clerk Joe Scalero said the first filing date is 32 days before the election, which would have been Feb. 16. The second is 11 days before, which would have been March 9. There is a third filing date 27 days after the election. During the debate, the Gallets said they did not file because they did not accept any donations. Harpers Ferry, a Long Island-based Irish folk band, lists a Mineola My Home Party fundraiser as a past event on the band’s website.
The event was held at the Recovery Room Bar, which the Gallets own, on March 1, according to the Harpers Ferry website. Werther said in an interview after the debate that a couple of dozen people showed up, but the party did not take any donations and is 100 percent financed by the candidates. Werther also said he wasn’t aware of having to file campaign financial disclosures, but is currently doing so. Another issue raised during the debate was water quality. Werther said that according to a Newsday article there is a carcinogen, 1,4-dioxane, in Mineola water. Strauss said it is found in trace amounts and noted that it is an issue across the island, not just the village. Strauss also said there
is currently no approved treatment solution by the Environmental Protection Agency or New York State Department of Health. When a solution comes out of the testing phase, “lord knows we’re going to get it here in Mineola, too,” Strauss said. “I drink the water, too, so do my kids, so do my family,” Strauss said. “So why would I take the chance and jeopardize our own public safety, something I drink and you drink, it just boggles the mind.” He added that “our water is safe … drink up.” Strauss, Walsh and Durham also all noted the village board’s ability to keep increases in village taxes low in the last few years. There has been no increase in the last two years, Walsh said.
Mayor Scott Strauss
Former Trustee Larry Werther
Cristi Gallet
Regis Gallet
Trustee George Durham
Trustee Dennis Walsh
W.P. fire chief, ex chief run for village board Continued from Page 2 O’Brien, who works at NBC in the Global Response and Intelligence Division, is new to village politics – but he has been an active member of the village community. He coached his daugh-
ter in volleyball and his sons in basketball at Saint Aidan’s School. He has also coached baseball and softball for the Williston Park Little League over the past 10 years, and has been the vice president of Williston Park Little
League for the last five. “I thought the natural transition would be to move into government and see if I can help the town by being a trustee,” O’Brien previously told Blank Slate Media. As someone who hasn’t
been involved in politics for too long, O’Brien said he can bring a fresh point of view to the board. Trustee Teresa Thomann’s term is ending this year, and she is not seeking re-election. Thomann is at the
end of her eighth consecutive year as a village board member, after previously serving a four-year term in the 1990s. She previously told Blank Slate Media that she hopes she can now serve residents as a member of
the Williston Park Civic Association. Village Justice Kevin Kiley is also running unopposed for re-election. The village elections will be held Tuesday at Village Hall from noon to 9 p.m.
Northwell to open innovative rehab center BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I In the face of a rising opioid addiction crisis across Long Island, Northwell Health has part-
nered with the Garden City-based Engel Burman Group to create a state-ofthe-art detoxification and rehabilitation center in Suffolk County. The 134,000-square-
foot facility called Wellbridge will be built on 40 undeveloped acres in Calverton, Terry Lynam, Northwell’s senior vice president and chief public relations officer, said.
The Town of Riverhead approved the Wellbridge site plan at a March 6 meeting. “We intend to make this facility a center for addiction research and
treatment together, which is the first of its kind in this country attached to a major health system,” said Jonathan Morgenstern, director of substance abuse services at North-
well Health. “Having patients down the hall from researchers is very rare in addiction treatment centers. We will continue to follow our clients even Continued on Page 69
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North Shore students honor Parkland victims Continued from Page 20 saw students her own age protesting and pushing for officials to embrace gun reform laws following the school shooting in Parkland. “It really invigorated me. I feel like my generation is finally coming into its moment,” Sragovich said last Thursday. “Unfortunately, that power comes from the fact we’re the ones being hunted and killed.” But it was not only high school students who participated. At Buckley Country Day School, students in grades five through eight assembled outside to place flowers, recite poems, sing songs and call for change. “We are a school that works diligently to instill what it means to be a good citizen, to be aware of what your privileges and rights are,” Colleen Fortuna, the school’s director of admissions, said. “And so it was a natural evolution that they would have some awareness of this and want to participate … this was really driven by the children.” One of the students who spoke was Bryan Byrne. “Mass shootings in this country aren’t an anomaly like they used to be,” the seventh-grader said. “I was inspired to speak because these kids died doing the most ordinary of tasks in math and English … it wasn’t correct and something needed to be done.” At the Wheatley School, in addition to the school-wide gathering at 10 a.m.
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Seventeen Manhasset High School students lie on the school’s football field surrounded by hundreds of students and teachers during a walkout Wednesday, joining schools nationwide to commemorate the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 14. in honor of the Parkland victims, the school was celebrating the theme of the “power of one’s voice in a democratic society” throughout the day, said Principal Sean Feeney. In social studies classes, students will look up representatives on the federal, state and local level, Feeney said. Once discovering an issue that matters to
them, students will write an email to a representative, Feeney said. “Wheatley voices will be heard, whatever the issue might be,” Feeney said. “And I think the lesson will be this is how one gets engaged civically.” The school will also register seniors to vote, he said. The students at Roslyn High School,
who gathered in the gymnasium Wednesday morning to honor the victims, are already getting the attention of a political candidate for their efforts. Brad Schwartz, a Democrat running for state Senate in District 7, visited his alma mater on Wednesday morning in solidarity with the students. “These young people are an example to our country on how to take action and inspire lasting commitment to change when adults in government have failed,” Schwartz said in a statement. Schwartz said he was struck by the high level of security installed that differed from what was there when he attended two decades ago. “Kids no longer have the open sense of safety my peers and I enjoyed,” Schwartz said. “Children deserve that.” Schwartz has previously signed the No NRA Money Pledge and supports gun control measures approved by the Assembly that have yet to be voted on in the state Senate. Students at Herricks High School also held a ceremony on Wednesday morning, according to a message shared with Blank Slate Media by a student. At 10:05 a.m. students planned to meet in the front circle to spend 17 minutes in honor of the 17 victims. The time was set aside to allow the students who wanted to participate to express themselves, according to the message.
From W.P. to Super Bowl anchor Continued from Page 1 “I definitely was not one of those kids that sat by a TV with a tape recorder calling play by play,” McHugh said. He added that despite the fact that he’s 5 feet 10 inches tall and “not that fast,” he thought he would be the one on the field. As a Herricks student, McHugh said, he played soccer and basketball. He continued to play soccer a few years at the University of Buffalo where he got his undergraduate degree. Journalism, though, was never too far from McHugh’s mind. His father was an English teacher and his mother was a librarian at the Williston Park library, he said. “I loved reading, I loved writing, I knew I wanted to be involved in something like that but I couldn’t put my finger on it,” McHugh said. McHugh said he started to write for his school newspaper in college and went on to get a part-time job at Newsday writing about high school sports. A few years in, McHugh said, he hit a point where he figured if he was ever going to give broadcasting a shot it was the time to try. He decided to go to Syracuse University for his master’s degree. After graduating, McHugh began
PHOTO BY VICTORIA WILL, COURTESY OF NBC SPORTS
Liam McHugh, a Williston Park native, is a sports anchor for NBC. in front of the camera in 2004 in Terre Haute, Indiana, as a sports anchor for WTHI-TV. He went on to anchor for KOKH in Oklahoma City from 2007 to 2009. “I think it’s one of those things if you look back now I’m in this position like it all fell into place and worked out,” McHugh said. “But it was one of those things where it was a difficult choice to go back into broadcasting.”
It wasn’t just the career pivot that was a leap out of his comfort zone, McHugh said – it was also the change of scenery. He went from working and living where all his friends were, on Long Island or in the New York City area, and opted to leave that to give broadcasting a chance. “It’s difficult to be in your early to mid20s and decide you’re leaving,”McHugh said. “You’re going to go live somewhere you know nothing about.” It was also a culture shock, moving from New York to a small town he wasn’t used to, he said. Ultimately, McHugh said he thinks he’s better off because of his decision – one that didn’t just help his career but also helped shape his world view, he said. “I have a little more perspective on the way people live in different parts of the country, and I love that,” McHugh said. “I think I benefited from that greatly.” Now, McHugh’s job, which recently landed him a couple of weeks in South Korea, is expanding his horizons even more. McHugh said he loved experiencing the different cultures at he Olympics. “Olympics are kind of a special event
and you get a feel for that when you’re broadcasting that,” McHugh said. It also exposed to him to broadcasting for new sports, he said. Like figure skating. “I can say for the first time in my career I did a lot figure skating coverage, which is very different for me because it’s not really in my wheelhouse, but I loved it,” McHugh said. “And you also realize there are people that pretty much never watch sports but love figure skating.” He said that despite being on the air for well over a decade there were people who had no idea he was doing this before they saw him covering the Olympics. While McHugh has since found his niche, he remembers the uncertainty and doubt he faced along the way. He said the most important thing for people who are unsure of what their future holds is to keep an open mind. “I think I thought especially once you graduate or decide on a major that that’s it, you’re stuck and that is what you’re doing,” McHugh said. “And it’s certainly not the case, and I think that’s difficult because people immediately have success out of college and it can feel like you’re struggling. But you can always make a change.”
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Grant Wood, our American life and Williston Park The job of a journalist is to show folks things that are worth seeing and to talk about things worth talking about. This paper’s “letters to the editor” section is a good place to get clues about that which is worthwhile. Last week Timothy Farrell wrote a letter of such sweetness that it warrants a comment. In fact it warrants a full column. Mr. Farrell was endorsing Kevin Rynne for a trustee position in Williston Park but what I found most noteworthy was how Mr. Farrell described the values of small-town life where “neighbors still look after neighbors. We take pride in our homes and cherish the small town life and participating in community activities.” There is much to be said about this simple passage since as we all know our lives are now far, far from what I would call simple. In fact, we are all faced with a veritable tsunami of information, mind-numbing bad news, inflammatory discourse, mass shootings, news about celebrities and advertising images that never stop coming. Alas, divine providence has occurred since on the very day I read Mr. Farrell’s sweet letter I also read that the Whitney Museum of American Art was having a major retrospective of Grant Wood, the Regionalist painter from Iowa. And like Mr. Farrell’s heartfelt sentiment concerning small town life, Grant Wood’s oeuvre can also be described as an elegy to a time from America’s past when we led simple lives in small towns and on the farm surrounded by family, nature and animals. You may not know of Grant Wood but I assure you that you are very familiar with his most famous work. He was the guy that painted “American Gothic” in 1930, the portrait of that stoic looking farmer with his pitchfork rigidly standing next to his puritanical looking wife as they posed in front of their American Gothic farmhouse. The manner in which this couple was drawn captured the essence of America and gained Grant Wood almost in-
DR. TOM FERRARO Our Town stant international fame. On a single canvas, Wood was able to display the American spirit of hard work, practicality, honesty, God fearing perseverant austerity. Prior to this piece of art, the only person who managed to capture the American spirit was Alexis de Tocqueville, the French aristocrat when he wrote “Democracy in America” back in 1831. Alexis de Tocqueville needed 854 pages and two volumes to do what Grant Wood managed to do on one small canvas. So I guess it’s true that a picture is worth a thousand words. Grant Wood was the leader of the Regionalist movement in America during the first part of the 20th century and the reason his work continues to grow in stature is the same reason that Mr. Farrell’s sentiment about small-town America is so important to discuss. I spend much of my free time reading the masterpieces or getting myself in front of the world’s greatest paintings. I do this for one reason. I am curious to learn what these mystic geniuses seek to find. By seeing Grant Wood’s work I think I finally discovered what the object of his toil was about. Grant Wood embraced a time from his childhood when he lived on a farm with his parents in Iowa. His father died when Grant was 10 years old and that was pretty much the end of his bucolic life. So he paints to remember his sweet childhood. This is very much like all the great artists of today. Murakami and Narr are
the two leading artists of Japan and both create lovely cheerful/sad cartoon-like characters they both recall from their childhoods. Our most important American artist is Jasper Johns and he has spent his career drawing letters and numbers and maps and American flags, all images from his childhood. The importance of nostalgia and efforts to capture the past is even more obvious in literature. Proust’s masterpiece is essentially about his childhood in a small town outside of Paris. Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” is a classic in American theater largely because he lovingly describes an America of the past where no one locked the doors and everyone knew each other. J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan is adored by adults as well as children because it is about a boy who refuses to leave childhood behind. Peter Pan decides it better to play than to work. Grant Wood’s work is sometimes criticized because it has a frozen quality but I think the frozen feel gives his work its magical touch. Wood’s was stuck in his past and so was Proust and Barrie and Johns and Murakami. For that matter so was Michael Jackson. He was the boy genius who never grew up. The public and that means you and I, are the lucky recipients of these mystical gifts given to us by the great artists who happen to be stuck in their past. In psychoanalysis, these are called screen memories. I can see that Grant Wood’s dream of having a safe and loving childhood back in 1930 is the very same dream that Mr. Farrell has for his children right here in Williston Park in 2018. Our basic needs as humans have not changed at all. Just to have a life where “neighbors look after neighbors….pride in our homes and cherish the small town life.” So thank you for your gracious, heartfelt letter Mr. Farrell. Your points were well taken.
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FARM LABOR: 4/23-11/30/18 40 openings. Perform manual labor to plant, cultivate, harvest, grade and pack the following crops: strawberries, sweet corn, tomatoes (round, plum, grape), peppers (bell, jalapeno, long hot, cherry), pickling cucumbers, eggplant, peaches and sweet potatoes. 3 months exp req. $12.05 /hr plus piece rate. Free housing, tools provided at no cost to workers, transport and subsistence expenses pd upon completion of 50 percent of contract; Employment guaranteed for three fourths of work period. Pastore Orchards, 626 S White Horse Pk, Elm, NJ; Apply at nearest NJ Dept of Labor office and show this ad. Contact Workforce NJ One Stop Career Center 2 S Main St #1, Pleasantville, NJ 08232; Ref: Job Order #NJ1211320 LION WANTED! Are you a fierce competitor? Resourceful? Aggressive? Do you command respect? Instill client confidence? Blank Slate Media is looking for a hungry lion to fill a unique and rewarding Advertising Sales position. You will represent a successful and fast-growing chain of 6 Blank Slate Media publications and website, in addition to five other publications and website owned by our partner, Litmor Publications. Minimum 2 years outside sales experience. Newspaper sales experience will be a plus. Must have own car. Up to $60,000 first year. Salary + commission. Health Insurance & Holidays. Email resume and cover letter: sblank@theislandnow.com or call Steve at: 516-307-1045 ext 201. All inquiries are in strict confidence. Blank Slate Media, 105 Hillside Ave, Suite 1, Williston Park, ny 11596. Fax: 516-307-1046
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HOMES FOR RENT FRANKLIN SQUARE ON CYPRESS DRIVE; 3 BEDROOMS; LIVING ROOM; KITCHEN; DINING ROOM; DEN; FINISHED BASEMENT; GARAGE; USE OF YARD; LAUNDRY. LISA DP REAL ESTATE INC TEXT: 516-319-3647 FRANKLIN SQUARE RENTALS 3 Bedroom House with Basement (Near Willow Rd), $3,200. 3 Bedroom First Floor with Washer & Dryer (Near Lincoln Rd) $2,450 Credit Check Required LISA DP REAL ESTATE INC TEXT: 516-319-3647
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OUT OF TOWN REAL ESTATE SOUTHAMPTON SHORES Rental $20k WEEK OF US OPEN (JUNE 11-18) OR $25k for 2 weeks. Only a 10 minute drive to Shinnecock Hills or Town of Southampton. 4 BR, 2 BA, Lg Entertaining Room, Built in Pool, Lg Deck. Use of Community Beach and Tennis Courts. Private Home. Call Owner: Jerry 516-3535804
OFFICE SPACE GARDEN CITY Prime 7th Street Garden City location. Office space available. $775.00 per month. Owner, 516-510-9452
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SERVICE DIRECTORY CALL EMPIRE TODAY to schedule a FREE in home estimate on Carpeting & Flooring. Call Today! 1-800-496-3180 TAX & ACCOUNTING: Winnie Malone, CPA, MBA. Smart Allied Accounting & Tax Services. Individual & Business Taxes, Tax Problems Resolved, Financial Statements, Year-Round Accounting, Bookkeeping & Payroll. 516626-0711 www.smartallied.com, winnie@smartallied.com TAX PREPARATION Income tax preparation service located opposite Roosevelt Field Mall. Qualified Public Accountants. Highly experienced staff. Same day service. Open 7 days a week. Call for an appointment: 516-747-8939 WATER DAMAGE Dealing with water damage requires immediate action. Local professionals that respond immediately. Nationwide and 24/7. No Mold calls 1-800-7601845
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INSTRUCTION PIANO LESSONS By Ira Baslow. Experience the joy of playing the piano. Private lessons in your home, free no-obligation piano lesson, all levels, all styles, all ages. Beginners a specialty. 516-312-1054 www.iwantmypianolessons.com
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FREE ESTIMATES CALL/TEXT 516-852-1675 mbrhousecleaning@gmail.com CLEANING WOMAN AVAILABLE: English speaking Polish woman with years of experience, hardworking & responsible is available to clean your home or office. Reasonable rates, excellent references. Please call 516-564-0139 HOUSE AND APARTMENT CLEANER with many years experience and good references available 7 days with flexible hours. 516-632-0169 RELIABLE, high quality service with great references. Please call Mirian at 516-642-6624 SPRING CLEAN !EASTER APRIL 1HOP TO IT! CLEANING LADY AVAILABLE Also organizes homes, offices, garages. English speaking, honest, reliable. EGGcellent references. Own transportation. Animal friendly. Free estimates. Call 516-225-8544 STRONG ARM CLEANING: Residential and commercial cleaning specialist, post construction clean ups, shipping and waxing floors, move ins and move outs. Free estimates. Bonded and insured. 516-538-1125 www.strongarmcleaningny.com
SERVICES A & J MOVING & STORAGE: Established 1971. Long Island and New York State specialists. Residential, Commercial, Piano & Organ experts. Boxes available. Free estimates. www.ajmoving.com 516-741-2657 114 Jericho Tpk, Mineola NYDOT# 10405 APPLIANCE REPAIR Insinkerator Garbage Disposals, Instant Hot Water Dispensers & Filtration Systems only. Marty’s Appliance Repair Call 516-532-0385 BACKFLOW DEVICE TESTING, INSTALLATION and REPAIR of all Double-Check and RPZ Backflow Prevention Devices. LICENSED MASTER PLUMBER/NYS BACKFLOW DEVICE TESTER. Honest, clean, professional work. GREATER NY PLUMBING CORP 516-731-5630 COLLEGE ARTS ADMISSIONS: College Counseling in the Visual and Performing Arts. Dance, Musical Theatre & Drama. Film, Instrumental & Vocal Music. Audio Recording & Production. Theatre Technology & Production. Visual & Graphic Arts. Resume, Essays, Repertoire Lists. Michele Zimmerman. 516-353-6255 CollegeArtsAdmissions@gmail.com www. CollegeArtsAdmissions.com COMPLETE JUNK REMOVAL/ DEMOLITION SERVICE: Strong Arm Contracting Inc. We haul anything and everything. Entire contents of home or office. We clean it up and take it away. Residential/ Commercial. Bonded/Insured. Free estimates. 516-538-1125 OLD VILLAGE TREE SERVICE: Owner operated since 1989. 24 hour emergency service. Licensed /insured. Free estimates, member LI Arborist Assoc. Please call 516466-9220
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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR WINSTED FUNDING FINANCE TRUST 2016-5, Plaintiff, vs. VIVIAN GEORGE A/K/A VIVIAN E. GEORGE A/K/A VIVAN GEORGE, IF LIVING, OR IF EITHER OR ALL BE DEAD, THEIR WIVES, HUSBANDS, HEIRS-AT-LAW, NEXT OF KIN, DISTRIBUTEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS AND GENERALLY ALL PERSONS HAVING OR CLAIMING UNDER, BY OR THROUGH SAID VIVIAN GEORGE A/K/A VIVIAN E. GEORGE A/K/A VIVAN GEORGE, BY PURCHASE, INHERITANCE, LIEN OR OTHERWISE, OF ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN AND TO THE PREMISES DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN, AND THE RESPECTIVE HUSBANDS, WIVES, WIDOW OR WIDOWERS OF THEM, IF ANY, ALL OF WHOSE NAMES ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on November 14, 2017, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the CCP (Calendar Control Part Courtroom) in the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on March 27, 2018 at 11:30 a.m., premises known as 800 Willis Avenue, Unit 117, Albertson, NY 11507. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of North Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 0009, Block 00659-00 and Lot 00013 and unit 00117 together with an undivided 1.675 percent interest in the Common Elements. Approximate amount of judgment is $358,168.13 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 1805/13. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney, or the Referee. Janine Tara Lynam, Esq., Referee Peter T. Roach & Associates, P.C., 6901 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 240, Syosset, New York 11791, Attorneys for Plaintiff WT #147736 4x 02/23, 03/02, 03/09, 03/16 /2018 #147736
Legal Notice Notice of Formation of Expo Assets LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/21/2017. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 2417 Jericho Turnpike Suite 285, Garden City Park, NY 11040. Purpose: We are an asset acquisition company specializing in real estate, businesses, property, etc. We acquire these assets to restructure, rehab, and restore with extreme care, precision, and accuracy for future owners to enjoy. WT #147665 6x 02/09, 02/16, 02/23, 03/02, 03/09, 03/16 /2018 #147665
Notice of Formation of GQ Management.com LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/14/18. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 446 Willis Avenue, Williston Park, NY 11596. Purpose: any lawful purpose. WT #147906 6x 03/09, 03/16, 03/23, 03/30, 04/06, 04/13 /2018 #147906
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: NASSAU COUNTY WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; Plaintiff(s) vs. JAMES MICHAEL BOWEN; LISA BOWEN; et al; Defendant(s) Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s): ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 2 Summit Court, Suite 301, Fishkill, New York, 12524, 845.897.1600 Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale granted herein on or about June 5, 2017, I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501. On April 10, 2018 at 11:30 am. Premises known as 515 LATHAM ROAD, MINEOLA, NY 11501-1009 Section: 09 Block: 535 Lot: 0056 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Mineola, Town of North Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, known and designated as and by the lot no. 7 in block no. 535, on a certain map entitled, “Map of Herricks Estates in the Incorporated Village of Mineola, Nassau County, N.Y. surveyed September 18, 1945 by Paul Ross and Charles H. Weckerte, Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors,” and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau on August 13, 1948, as map no. 4581, case no. 4581. As more particularly described in the judgment of foreclosure and sale. Sold subject to all of the terms and conditions contained in said judgment and terms of sale. Approximate amount of judgment $364,364.00 plus interest and costs. INDEX NO. 5221-13 Luigi DeVito, Esq., Referee WT #147889 4x 03/09, 3/16, 3/23, 3/30/ 2018 #147889
Notice of Formation of Restorative WWL LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/7/2017. Office location: 486 Willis Avenue, Williston Park. Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 2700 Terrell Avenue, Oceanside, NY 11572 Purpose: any lawful purpose. WT #147911 6x 03/09, 03/16, 03/23, 03/30, 04/06, 04/13 /2018 #147911
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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: NASSAU COUNTY. FLUSHING BANK F/K/A FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB, Pltf. vs. HYE KYEONG PARK, et al, Defts. Index #006946/2012. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale dated Nov. 28, 2017, I will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, NY on Tuesday, Mar. 27. 2018 at 11:30 a.m. prem. k/a 260 Center St., Williston Park, NY a/k/a Section 9, Block 627, Lot 52. Said property located at the corner formed by the intersection of the Southerly side of Center St. with the Easterly side of Herricks Rd., being a plot 52.12 ft. 100 ft. Approx. amt. of judgment is $849,463.41 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale and the right of the United States of America to redeem within 120 days from the date of sale as provided by law. SCOTT BRAZILLER, Referee. JASPAN SCHLESINGER LLP, Attys. for Pltf., 300 Garden City Plaza 5th Floor, Garden City, NY. #94125 WT #147662 4x 02/23, 03/02, 03/09, 03/16 /2018 #147662
NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau HSBC Bank USA National Association as Trustee for the Holders of the Ellington Loan Acquisition Trust 2007-2 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-2, Plaintiff AGAINST Curtis W. Walton, Beth L. Walton, et al, Defendant Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 1/27/2017 and entered on 2/8/2017, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Courtroom of the Supreme Court Mineola, 100 Supreme Court Drive, The Calendar Control Part (CCP), Mineola, NY on March 27, 2018 at 11:30 AM premises known as 314 Marcellus Road Mineola, NY 11501. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the County of Nassau, State of New York, SECTION: 9, BLOCK: 296, LOT: 133. Approximate amount of judgment is $578,079.99 plus interests and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 013629/2012. Kevin Johnston, Referee FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 WT #147735 4x 02/23, 03/02, 03/09, 03/16 /2018
lows: BEGINNING at a point on the westerly side of Searingtown Road, distant 2185.95 feet northerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the westerly side of Searingtown Road with the northerly side of I.U. Willets Road; being a plot 125 feet by 100 feet by 125 feet by 100 feet. Said premises known as 87 SEARINGTOWN ROAD, SEARINGTOWN, NY Approximate amount of lien $393,234.31 plus interest & costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Index Number 26142/2009. MICHAEL WOLKOW, ESQ., Referee David A. Gallo & Associates LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 99 Powerhouse Road, First Floor, Roslyn Heights, NY 11577 File# 7254.974 WT #147886 4x 03/09, 03/16, 03/23, 03/30 /2018 #147886
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Northwell to open rehab center Continued from Page 59 after they’ve completed their treatment so we’ll have outcome information on them for years to come so we can track their longterm progress. “Because we’re starting this program from scratch, we can employ the best evidence-based medicine and the latest technologies that are available, recognizing that recovery is a complicated and long-term process.” Construction is expected to begin in May on the 80-bed facility and is planned for completion in late 2019. Construction is estimated at $92 million for the six-building facility. Lynam said the facility will be divided into three areas, with 20 beds for detoxification in a medically stabilized unit, 40 beds for residential treatment for 30-day programs and 20 beds for long-term rehabilitation. “We’re in the midst of an opioid epidemic of chilling proportions,” said Andrew Drazan, an Engel Burman partner in this venture. “The statistics speak for themselves. Over 500 Long Islanders died in 2017 from opioids. There is not a single one of us who does not know some family that has been harmed by this scourge. This facility will help fill
a major gap in substance abuse treatment in our community.” Lynam said 30 clinicians will be hired for the facility as well as 60 support staff members. As the largest provider of behavioral health services in the state, Lynam said, Northwell is involved in the partnership as part of its long-term commitment to meeting the needs of the community as well as responding to the major health crisis. Lynam said beyond treatment, patients will be part of a long-term research study to focus on the disease of addiction. “What makes it unique is it combines treatment with addiction research, and that includes brain imaging of the clients, other neuroscience investigational methods and pursuing other alternative treatments,” Lynam said. “You usually don’t have research and treatment together in the same facility. As best as we know, it will be the first in the country to do that.” As part of its clinical offerings, the joint venture will develop a digital platform, which will include remote access to a recovery coach and counselor, and an app for patients to access resources when needed.
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SUPREME COURT—COUNTY OF NASSAU FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISITING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff -against- MOHAMMAD T. SAMII, SHOKAT MOTAMEDI-PIROUZ, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and dated December 8, 2017, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at (CCP) Calendar Control Part Court Room of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, NY on April 10, 2018 at 11:30 a.m. premises situate, lying and being at Searingtown, Town of North Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, bounded and described as fol-
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COMMUNITY NEWS
Clark garden classes on sustainability North Hempstead Town will once again be offering residential sustainability classes including Composting Cooperative, “Recycle the Rain,” Native Gardening, Rain Garden and Sustainable Yard Care. The programs will run at Clark Botanic Garden in Albertson from May to September. “It is such a wonderful benefit to our Town that our very own Clark Botanic Gardens hosts these classes for our residents on environmentally friendly practices such as using compost, rain barrel, planting rain and native gardens and sustainable landscaping,” Bosworth said. The Composting Cooperative program is a 30-minute instructional class and, upon completion, residents can purchase a
composter at the reduced rate of $50. By using a composter, residents can create organic material for their soil by reusing kitchen waste that would ordinarily end up in landfills. North Hempstead’s “Recycle the Rain” water conservation program teaches residents the benefits of rain barrels and, after taking the 30-minute class, residents can purchase 50-gallon rain barrels at a discounted rate of $50. The rain barrels can recycle as much as 1,800 gallons of storm water during in a single summer season. The Rain Garden program is a free course that instructs residents the environmental benefits of rain gardens and how to create one. Rain gardens are gardens that are positioned near
a water run-off source, like a downspout, driveway or sump pump to capture rainwater, keeping the fresh rainwater out of the sewer system and in the ground. By re-routing run-off, the rain garden helps to reduce pollution by filtering out contaminants as the water slowly seeps into the ground. The Native Plant Gardening class is a 60-minute free class that will instruct residents on how to conserve water, reduce fertilizers and pesticides while providing food and habitat for wildlife. The president of the Long Island Native Plant Initiative will teach how to build and select plants for native gardens. Finally, the new class for 2018 is Sustainable Yard Care. Find out how to make your
Upcoming Composting yard more sustainable by saving water, creating wildlife habitat, Cooperative classes will be using alternatives to pesticides, held Thursday, April 26 at 10:30 applying fertilizer properly and a.m., Wednesday, May 16 at more. This 90-minute class will 7 p.m., Saturday, June 9 at take place on Saturday, April 14 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, July 10 at 7 p.m., Saturday, August 11 at at 10 a.m. and is free for all. All classes are held at Clark 10:30 a.m., Thursday, SeptemBotanic Garden, located at 193 ber 20 at 10:30 a.m. Upcoming Rain Garden I. U. Willets Road in Albertson, and are rain or shine. Resi- classes will be held Saturday, dents must register in advance. May 19 at 10 a.m. and Saturday, Please note that only check or September 22 at 10 a.m. Upcoming Native Garden credit/debit cards are accepted for rain barrels and composters. Classes will be held Saturday, Upcoming “Recycle the Rain” May 19 at 12 p.m. andSaturday, classes will be held Thursday, September 22 at 12 p.m. Upcoming Sustainable Yard April 26 at 10 a.m., Wednesday, May 16 at 6:30 p.m., Saturday, Care will be held Saturday, April June 9 at 10 a.m., Tuesday, July 14 at 10 a.m. For more information or 10 at 6:30 p.m., Saturday, August 11 at 10 a.m. and Thursday, to register call 311 or 516-8696311. September 20 at 10 a.m.
Persian New Year Nursery renamed in Nassau County Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum (DGreat Neck) will recognize Norooz – the Persian New Year, on Tuesday, March 20, from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., at the Theodore Roosevelt Executive & Legislative Building, located
at 1550 Franklin Avenue, Mineola. Norooz translates to new day and symbolizes the end and renewal. It is an ancient Zoroastrian holiday celebrated by Iranians of all faiths on the spring equinox. In this first time
celebration of the Persian New Year at the Legislative Chambers, there will be a musical performance by the notable Parham Haghighi and poetry recitals exemplifying the contributions of Iranian Americans. Legislator Birnbaum is partnering with several community organizations including, Sephardic Heritage Alliance Inc. (SHAI), Iranian Mother’s Association (IMA) and the United Mashadi Jewish Community Organization (UMJCO). Persian refreshments will be provided. Seating is limited. Kindly RSVP by March 18 to (516) 571-6210 or by email to ebirnbaum@nassaucountyny.gov.
honor of late teacher Continued from Page 24 son, Vanderhall looked at her and said “you got the job,” Rios said. Rios is now a supervisor at Oheka Castle. “Every morning I get out of bed, and it isn’t easy getting up at 5 in the morning,” Rios said. “But my motivation is people like Lynn, that helped me get where I am now.” Kandice Mayo’s history with Vanderhall dates back to when she was a nursery student at 3 years old. Mayo compared her relationship with Vanderhall to that of a mother and
daughter. “She nurtured me and cared for me … and that story went on throughout my life with her,” Mayo said. Mayo returned to the association to volunteer. At 18, Mayo had her own son. “She looked at me and said you wanted to go to college, I want you to go to college,” Mayo said. Vanderhall and the nursery took care of Mayo’s son, and when Mayo graduated from college with a degree in social work Vanderhall helped her get a position at the association.
One day, Mayo said, Vanderhall told her “this is not where your story ends.” Vanderhall helped Mayo fill out applications for an agency, Mayo said. “Before I knew it my letter of resignation was already submitted on behalf of her,” Mayo said. Rios and Mayo were just a couple of many former students who returned to honor Vanderhall. Rios said people often say that certain people plant a seed. “Well Lynn didn’t just plant a seed,” Rios said. “She planted many seeds.”
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Herricks discusses budget cost drivers
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Lisa Rutkoske, assistant superintendent for business, discusses the budget and some of its main cost drivers to parents and officials.
Continued from Page 19 Capital projects, which focus on facility improvements, make up 13.65 percent. Administrative costs, meanwhile, would be worth $11.79 million – 10.34 percent of the budget. The proposed budget also includes funding for two new school buses, as many of the buses are over 12 years old and have 100,000 miles on them, Rutkoske said. This makes up most of the $272,414 increase in transportation costs from $3.43 million to $3.7 million. The proposal also features funding for the expansion of STEM programs, expanded Nassau BOCES health and safety services, new fire alarm smoke heads, broken sidewalk replacements and
new equipment like tablets, smart boards and Chromebook carts. The next budget discussions will take place on March 22, April 12 and May 3. The budget adopted by the school board will then be subject to voter approval on May 15. In unrelated business, trustees announced that the state Education Department approved phase 2 capital projects for the school, which will include cafeteria renovations. “It’ll be an exciting summer for Herricks,” Fino Celano, the superintendent of Herricks schools, said. In other business, two problem-oriented police officers visited the school, outlining what they do to help keep schools safe. Some of these actions includ-
ed conducting lockdown drills, safety planning with officials, using crime analysts at each precinct, having a presence on social media and investigating every tip extensively. “Safeguarding children is one of the main things we do as POP,” Todd Atkin, one of the officers at the meeting, said. The meeting was the first since a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people were killed. This in turn prompted many schools to closely review their safety procedures and host public safety meetings. Some students are also hosting walkouts to push for gun reform legislation and remember the 17 victims.
SCHOOL NEWS
Mineola High to presents ‘The Pajama Game’ Mineola High School’s drama department and Thespian Troupe 276 will be presenting “The Pajama Game” on March 23 and 24. “The Pajama Game” was awarded the 1955 TONY for Best Musical and over half a century later claimed the award for Best Revival of a Musical — proving the story, about a union strike at a pajama factory, is truly timeless. Conditions at the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory are anything but peaceful, as sparks fly between new superintendent Sid Sorokin, played by Jake Lenze, and leader of the union grievance committee Babe Williams, played by Sarah Harty. Their stormy relationship comes to a head when the workers strike for a 7 ½ cent pay increase, setting off not only a conflict between management and
labor, but a battle of the sexes as well. Katrine Gulinao also stars as Gladys, the boss’ vivacious secretary, and Nathan Bischoff as Hines, a time-study man and Gladys’ eternally jealous boyfriend. Joining them are Robert Shevlin as Mr. Hasler, the cantankerous owner of the SleepTite Pajama Factory, Sarah Carbain as Mabel, the spunky secretary and Miguel Velasquez as Prez, the union president and resident lothario. Don’t miss out on this show from the golden age of Broadway. Performances will be Friday, March 23, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, March 24, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available for $10, for adults, and $5, for students and seniors, through the website http://www.mineoladrama.com.
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