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Plandome, F. Hill see developments over ExteNet

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Plandome to hold hearing Monday, Flower Hill receives court date BY R O S E W E L D ON The Village of Plandome will hold a public hearing on an application from ExteNet Systems on Monday, Nov. 18, as the latest in a series of villages considering cell nodes within their limits. The hearing comes in the wake of the Village of Flower Hill receiving a date for a conference in federal court in Brooklyn with the wireless infrastructure provider in connection with a lawsuit brought by ExteNet. ExteNet claims in the lawsuit that Flower Hills oﬃicials were delaying its work with unwarranted objections. Oﬃcials from Plandome previously met with representatives from Elite Towers in July. A 71page application filed with the village on Oct. 17 includesa mapdetailing the proposed 10 cell nodes. Three nodes would replace wood poles on Plandome Road, Rockwood Road and Dogwood

Lane. Two nodes would be new wooden poles, one on the end of the Woodedge Road cul-de-sac and the other on Rockwood Road near the Long Island Rail Road’s Plandome station. Another two nodes would be placed within “stealth poles” next to trees on The Ridge and North Drive. One node would be placed on an existing metal lattice tower on Plandome Drive in a corner of the Village Green, another on an existing wooden light pole on Rockwood Road, and one more on an existing wooden pole on Rockwood Road West. Village of Plandome oﬃcials would not comment on the upcoming hearing. Verizon Wireless had contracted ExteNet four years ago to install small cell devices in a number of Long Island communities to improve local 4G and later 5G networks. In Flower Hill, ExteNet had Continued on Page 69

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Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth and Councilwomen Lee Seeman and Viviana Russell examine some of the quilters creating squares for the town’s Civil Rights historical initiatives. See story on page 71.

Uber driver crashes into Flower Hill pool BY R O S E W E L D ON The “morning routine” for Flower Hill resident Deborah Wrynn was interrupted when a car crashed through her neighbor’s fence and into the

shallow end of her own home’s in-ground pool around 10 a.m. last Wednesday. “I heard a loud bang that shook the house,” Wrynn recalled. “When that happened, I ran downstairs. I noticed

water all across the windows in the rear of the house, saw that my neighbor’s fence was destroyed. And I looked out to see the roof of a car submerged in the pool.” Continued on Page 71

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New cardiology chair for hospitals Northwell hire to head three heart units BY R O S E W E L D ON

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The Herricks Board of Education recognized Herrick High School students for their collaborative award-winning documentary “The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Courage Knows No Number,” last Thursday.

Herricks recognizes students for doc Film about Warsaw ghetto also honored by state BY D E M I G U O The Herricks Board of Education recognized four Herricks High School students for their award-winning documentary on the Warsaw Ghetto last Thursday. Students Aarya Agarwal, Abhinav Goyal, Aditya Lodha, and Prameet Shah spent eight months producing “The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Courage Knows No Number,” a film detailing of Poland’s famed rebellion against the Nazi occupation. They were granted the 2019 Chodos Family Fund 2nd Place Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical Records by the New York State

Archives and Archives Partnership Trust. They also went on an allexpense-paid trip to Poland this summer, where they were recognized by the Polish History Film Institute. Goyal and Shah said they were assigned a theme about both tragedy and triumph for National History day. “We looked at the Holocaust first,” Shah said. “There are lots of tragic stories. This is the first we found that shows resistance.” Their trip included a visit to the Warsaw ghetto. “We teach them that history is all our stories,” said Melissa Jacobs said, their teacher and History Day adviser.

The documentary includes a section about the Jewish Fighting Organization leader, Mordechai Anielewicz. To this day, he is a historical figure who represents Jewish resistance during the Holocaust. Research about him and other topics in the film took about 1,000 pages of bibliography, Jacobs said. In other business, Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Elizabeth Guercin highlighted a bump up in Herrick High School students with disabilities’ graduation rates. In 2019, the rate was 87 percent. Those who graduated with a Regents diploma with Continued on Page 58

The new chair of cardiology for North Shore Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center and the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hostra/Northwell is seeking to use Northwell Health’s size and influence to further research in the field and provide for the system’s patients. Dr. Jeﬀrey Kuvin, whose appointment was announced on Tuesday, will be coming to Long Island with over 20 years of experience in cardiology - 17 of them spent in leadership positions at Tufts-New England Medical Center and School of Medicine in Boston. For the last three years, Kuvin has worked at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center’s Heart and Vascular Center in Lebanon, N.H., as section chief of cardiovascular medicine. “I’m excited to lead at the system, to improve cardiovascular care and the system’s academic mission,” Kuvin said. The doctor said he is looking to use the scope of the Northwell system to improve care for its patients. “I think there’s an opportunity to really utilize a large system, to have identified centers of excellence, and to allow patients to receive a full spectrum of care within one system,” Kuvin said. In addition to his medical duties, Kuvin will be teaching at Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Kuvin taught medicine at Dartmouth College’s Geisel School of Medicine, and is an 11-time winner of Tufts School of Medicine’s Excellence in Teaching Award, with his past research including studying

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Dr. Jeffrey Kuvin will take office in 2020 as chair of cardiology for three hospitals in the Northwell Health system.

how blood vessels function and how to improve improving blood vessel function to improve cardiovascular health. Dr. Lawrence G. Smith, executive vice president and physician-in-chief at Northwell Health and dean of the Zucker School, said that Kuvin’s past experience makes him ideal for the job. “As a highly regarded leader in clinical and investigative cardiology, as well as mentorship and education, Dr. Kuvin will be a tremendous asset to students and the faculty at the medical school,” Smith said. Kuvin will begin in the role on Feb. 3, 2020, and says that he and his wife intend to move to Manhattan to be closer to his work. “We’re thrilled to relocate and are excited about this next chapter,” Kuvin said.

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Girls tennis named island champions

Schreiber team bests Westhampton in Commack match for second title in three years BY R OB E RT PELAEZ It took an extra week to happen, but the Port Washington Vikings Varsity Girls Tennis team won their second Long Island Championship in the past three years. The girls of Paul D. Schreiber High School capped oﬀ their 18-0 season with a championship win over Westhampton on Wednesday at the Hamlet Golf & Country Club in Commack. The team won all four singles and three doubles matches while only dropping one set. “I told our girls at the beginning of the match, try to get out to early leads,” head coach Shane Helfner said. “Just go out and play clean, fundamental tennis, and the rest will all work itself out.” The match was postponed for weather delays on several occasions, but Helfner ensured that his team would be ready to win, whenever the match was officially scheduled, she said. “We could have allowed the

in his sixth year coaching the girls. Over the past three years, the lady Vikings have gone 501, with their only loss coming in last year’s county semifinals against Hewlett. This year, the stars aligned for a rematch between the two in the same setting. “Last year stung. It was the perfect storm of us being oﬀ our game, and they were playing their A-game,” Helfner explained. “This year, we knew we were the more dominant team, and we proved it.” Helfner also harked on the importance of his two senior captains, Casey Fanous and Charlotte Forman. Both girls were a part of the team’s 2017 championship victory, and they expressed some of the similarities and diﬀerences between PHOTO COURTESY OF SHANE HELFNER their two Long Island titles. “They really carried this team,” Helfner said. “Though The Port Washington Vikings varsity girls tennis team won their second Long Island champiour team may feature singles onship in the past three years on Wednesday. players that are younger, those two took charge of the team. delays to psych ourselves out, “We used every day to practice, film inside.” but our girls know better than to either physically playing outside, Helfner, who took over the Casey is a great, energetic player, let that happen,” he explained. or watching practice and game boys’ team two years ago, is and Charlotte is just a competiContinued on Page 69

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State judge denies Belmont work halt

Mayor says developers have begun correcting issues raised in motion BY TOM M CC A RT HY A state judge has denied a temporary restraining sought by the Village of Floral Park on work at the Belmont arena project, Mayor Dominick Longobardi said Thursday. Longobardi said in an interview he was not disappointed by the ruling because the project’s developers, New York Arena Partners, have begun correcting issues raised by the village in the restraining order motion. This included having New York Arena Partners instruct crews working on the project to not drive down Plainfield Avenue and through a gate near Floral Park Memorial High School as well as start cleaning up debris and trash along Crocus Avenue, Longobardi said. But he said he wished that the changes were were made because of application for a restraining order. “All this could’ve been accomplished with a phone call or discussion,” Longobardi said. The request for a temporary restraining order did not ask for

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A state judge has denied a temporary restraining order on work the Belmont Redevelopment project requested by lawyers representing the Village of Floral Park Thursday. all construction on the project to the village has filed challenging be halted, Longobardi said. The the project’s approval. filing in state Supreme Court in Longobardi said in a previMineola was part of a lawsuit ous interview that there had

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Business leaders tout Curran accepts some, strong L.I. economy not all, budget changes BY TOM M CC A RT HY

Industrial Development Agency, said. “I see industries that we can tap into.” The Oct. 17 round table was joined by Coghlan, Lisa Mirabile, president of advertising and marketing firm Vertigo Media Group, and Eric Alexander, director of Vision Long Island, which partners with communities across the island to promote economic revitalization and stability. Continued on Page 68

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officer of the Legislature, said more changes are needed to deal with cashless bail and will hold an override vote on amendments that Curran did not approve in the legislature. For an override vote to be successful, 13 votes are needed. The GOP only has an 11-8 advantage. Nicolello said Curran has rejected a number of items proposed by the GOP majority. They include additional Department of Public Works positions, additional fire marshall positions, an increase in the number of police medics, restoring positions in the Department of Health and Consumer Affairs and training police patrol officers to use weapons so that they are prepared to deal with active shooter situations. Curran said these cuts will save about $315,000 in next year’s budget. “I am pleased that the County Executive has accepted our amendments intended to mitigate the effects of the State’s cashless bail ‘reforms,'” Nicolello said “Unfortunately,” he continued, “the County Executive vetoed common-sense measures that would have provided our patrol officers with needed resources to deal with active shooters, provide real enforcement of under-age vaping and smoking, imContinued on Page 52

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran submitted a $3.11 billion 2020 county budget Thursday that included some but not all changes requested by the Republican majority in the Legislature. Curran said the changes she approved will help ensure the implementation of criminal justice reforms approved by New York State earlier this year. These reforms called for the county to implement a cashless bail system and an open evidence discovery process in the pretrial period. Curran’s oﬃce said these budget amendments will provide $890,000 to support crime victim’s advocacy while increasing funding for the district attorney’s oﬃce and the Department of Probation by $2.8 million to help manage new responsibilities and procedures resulting from these reforms. “I’ve worked closely with our law enforcement to provide the resources needed to comply with new obligations, and to ensure victims and witnesses of crimes are fully protected under the new system,” she PHOTO BY TOM MCCARTHY said Nassau County Legislator Richard NiFrom left, Eric Alexander, Lisa Mirabile and Harry Coghlan. colello (R-New Hyde Park), the presiding

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Peter King not seeking re-election in 2020 BY TOM M CC A RT HY U.S. Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford) announced Monday he is retiring from Congress at the end of his 14th term ending a nearly three-decade run as a congressman Monday. King said in a Facebook post that his primary reason for deciding to not seek reelection is the constant weekly commute to Washington D.C. where he said he spends four days a week for work. He said he will complete his term “all the way to the final bell of the final round” on Dec. 31, 2020. “This was not an easy decision. But there is a season for everything and Rosemary and I decided that, especially since we are both in good health, it is time to have the flexibility to spend more time with our children and grandchildren,” King said. In the coming weeks, King said he will be voting against the impeachment of President Donald Trump and will support his bid for re-election. He did the same with President Bill Clinton in 1998. He came to this decision after discussing it with his wife Rosemary; his son Sean; and his daughter Erin, he said. Before entering office as a representative in 1993, he served as deputy Nassau County Attorney. From 1974-1976 he served as an assistant chief deputy to the county executive. Following the county executive’s office, King served as a member of the Hempstead Town Board from 1977 to 1981 followed by a successful run for county Comptroller in 1981, where he remained in office until he joined the house. From 2005-2006 and then from 2011-2012, he was a chairman of the Homeland Security Committee. U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) wished King farewell in a statement. King often collaborated with Suozzi on resolutions like a recent one protecting the bor-

der between Ireland and Northern Ireland in the wake of Brexit negotiations. “Pete King is a friend. Much like Ed Koch was, Pete can always be relied on to say exactly what he thinks,” Suozzi said. Suozzi said he and King always tried to “work past our diﬀerences to find common ground” on issues like repealing the SALT cap, funding the cleanup of the Navy Grumman plume, helping 9/11 first responders, finding a compromise on immigration reform, and combating teen vaping. “Whether you agree with him or not, you can’t argue that he compiled a record of accomplishment. I wish him many good days in his well-deserved retirement from serving his country,” Suozzi said. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) received jeers from his side of the aisle for his complimentary farewell to King in a tweet Monday. “Peter King stood head and shoulders above everyone else, He’s been principled and never let others push him away from his principles. He fiercely loved America, Long Island, and his Irish heritage and left a lasting mark on all three,” Schumer said. “I will miss him in Congress & value his friendship.” King, seen by some as a moderate congressman willing to work across the aisle for the residents in his district, did not receive complimentary farewells from all with some calling out his record over his treatment of Muslims and his strong vocal support of the Irish Republican Army. A Slate article bidding farewell to King said that when he was “Long Island Irish Guy” Peter King he said of civilian casualties in IRA attacks, “If civilians are killed in an attack on a military installation, it is certainly regrettable, but I will not morally blame the IRA for it.” Continued on Page 64

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BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Temple Emanuel of Great Neck on Sunday hosted an interfaith recognition of the heroism Giuseppe D’Urso, father of state Assemblyman Tony D’Urso (D-Port Washington) displayed during the Holocaust. “Who in the world would believe that a farmer and his wife would risk their lives

and the lives of their children, and live in the woods for nine months while hiding a large Jewish family?” the assemblyman asked, speaking of his father. In 1944, Giuseppe risked his life and the lives of his family, to hide two Jewish families from the Nazis for nine months in the mountains. Continued on Page 52

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Temple Emanuel of Great Neck hosted a recognition of the heroism of Giuseppe D’Urso, father of state Assemblyman Tony D’Urso (D-Port Washington), during the Holocaust. The D’Urso family, including Tony, played an integral part of the harboring of two Jewish families from Nazi control in 1944.

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Old Westbury’s Butts recalls career, legacy BY R O S E W E L D ON He may be leaving in January, but the farewells have already begun for The Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, the soon-departing president of the State University of New York College at Old Westbury. Butts’ 20-year tenure as president was celebrated at “An Evening and Conversation with Calvin O. Butts, III” on Saturday, Nov. 2, where he was interviewed by journalist Randall Pinkston about his careers in education, non-profit work and as pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City. State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli was in attendance at the event, as well as former SUNY Chairman Carl McCall and Academy Award-nominated actress Cicely Tyson. Under Butts’ tenure, the school has seen more than $200 million in capital construction and renovation projects for the campus. Plans are also underway for an expansion and renovation of the current Natural Science Building into a state-of-the-art STEM center that will require an investment of more than $130 million. Academically, Butts oversaw the implementation of higher admission standards for the school and the introduction of graduate programs at Old Westbury in 2004. In the 2019 to 2020 school year, the college had its largest student enrollment, with 5,128 students enrolled in un-

dergraduate or graduate programs. “My experience with the students, faculty and staff of Old Westbury has been very rewarding,” Butts said. “I have enjoyed greatly the work we have done as a team of faculty, staff and administrators to create offerings and programs that allow our students to grow and to prepare themselves for the lives and careers they want to lead.” In addition to his work at Old Westbury, Butts founded and serves as chairman of the non-profit Abyssinian Development Corporation, which since 1989 has created over $500 million worth of residential and commercial developments in Harlem. His work with ADC saw Butts appointed to various state boards, including the Empire State Development Board under Gov. George Pataki. The evening ended with a reception in the school’s newly renovated library, where it was announced that the college intends to dedicate that facility in honor of Butts and his work, and he thanked the faculty of the college. “It is the great commitment of the men and women who teach and work for the students of Old Westbury that has driven, and will continue to drive, this college to even greater heights,” Butts said. Butts’ final day will be Jan. 21, 2020, according to a release from the university. No successor has been announced as of yet.

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Mets broadcaster honored for career Roslyn resident Howie Rose joins New York State Baseball Hall of Fame BY B R E T T TO PE L

For Howie Rose, it’s always been about family. The Queens native has been a part of the Mets’ family for his entire life — both personally and professionally. On Nov. 3, his two families came together for his biggest day — when he was inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame. It was an honor that Rose didn’t take lightly. “When I got the call out of the blue, I was really overwhelmed with appreciation,” Rose said about finding out he had been elected to the Hall. “I’m honored to be part of a collection of some of the biggest names in baseball history.” While his election to the Hall might have been unexpected for Rose, it was the surprise that occurred about 30 minutes before the induction ceremony began that caught him completely oﬀ guard. When Rose traveled with his wife Barbara from his Florida home to Troy, the long-time Roslyn resident had no idea that his daughters Alyssa and Chelsea had

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Howie Rose, along with his wife Barbara and daughters Alyssa and Chelsea. been cooking up a little scheme. “My daughters actually surprised me,” Rose said. “I was getting dressed for the ceremony, and there was a knock on my hotel room door which had a ‘Do Not Disturb’ sign on it. To be

honest, I was pretty ticked oﬀ. I was not going to open the door. I looked through the peephole and there was no one there. … Finally, my wife — who was in on the secret — said ‘will you just open the door!’ So I opened the door and

there was Alyssa and Chelsea and I was speechless for a couple of seconds. Completely surprised.” Having his entire family with him made the event even more special. “I was incredibly touched,” Rose said. “It meant the

world to me.” Rose has been a part of the Mets’ family — at least professionally — since 1987, when he first hosted “Mets Extra” and the team’s pre-game show on WFAN radio. Over the years he has been a Mets’ broadcaster both on television and radio and became the lead radio play-by-play voice in 2006. He now heads up the broadcast team on the Mets’ flagship station, WCBS-880 AM. In his Hall of Fame acceptance speech, Rose spoke about many aspects of his career, including some of his favorite calls — such as Mike Piazza’s post-9/11 home run and Johan Santana’s no-hitter. However, he also spoke of the men he has had the fortune to work alongside of — people such as Bob Murphy, Ralph Kiner, and Tom Seaver. While those men are all legends in their own right, Rose himself has carved a very special niche into Mets history. “For me, the default mechanism is to just accept the surrealism of it all,” he said about working with some of the all-time Continued on Page 58

Roslyn doctor indicted on drug charges BY R O S E W E L D ON An anesthesiologist who practices in Roslyn was indicted in federal court on Thursday for illegally prescribing oxycodone. Dr. Tameshwar Ammar was charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone, and two counts of distribution of oxycodone. Ammar pleaded not guilty to all three counts. Court documents allege that between 2013 and 2019 Ammar illegally prescribed more than 19,000 oxycodone pills to two individuals, identified in the indictment as John Doe 1 and John Doe 2. The U.S. Attorney’s Oﬃce said Ammar prescribed over 8,000 pills to John Doe 1 with the knowledge that he would be reselling them, and that he prescribed over 11,000 pills to John Doe 2, even after the latter was admitted to a psychiatric clinic. John Doe 2 would die in 2019 of a mix ofoxycodone, methadone, which attorneys also claim Ammar prescribed, and ketamine, prosecutors said. Richard P. Donoghue, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, announced the indictment on

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Tamshwar Ammar, who practices at Age Management Associates at 55 Bryant Ave. in Roslyn, has been indicted on charges of illegally distributing oxycodone. Thursday. “As alleged, Ammar prescribed thousands of highly addictive opioids without a legitimate medical purpose, which makes him a drug dealer and, sadly, in this case one of his customers lost their life,” Donoghue said.

A biography in the Fall 2008 issue of Elements Magazine claims that Ammar, who graduated from SUNY Stony Brook’s School of Medicine at age 22, was the youngest graduate in SUNY medical school history at the time. The magazine says he also complet-

ed research and served as chief resident at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. Ammar’s practice, Age Management Associates at 55 Bryant Ave. in Roslyn, was reached by phone, but the person who answered declined to comment.

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Couple accused of animal cruelty protested BY TOM M CC A RT HY A Mineola couple who were arrested for allegedly killing two dogs and beating a third is due back in criminal court Thursday, the District Attorney’s oﬃce said. Protestors from activist organization Puppy Mill Free Long Island gathered outside a Nassau County courthouse in Mineola on Sunday to protest Ellie and Jessica Knoller in advance of the court hearing and what they predict will be a light sentence if the couple is convicted. “I have to believe this is one of the most heinous animal cruelty acts that I have heard,” animal activist Keri Michel said. “The overall mission is to send a message that we are not going anywhere.” She said “it’s our lawmakers that are responsible” for animal cruelty law reforms and how they can be reformed. Michel said the overall goal of the protest was to demand that animal cruelty charges be moved into the state penal code. The maximum jail time a person can get for animal abuse charges in the state is two years, which Michel said is not enough. This couple in a three-week period bought a dog and allegedly murdered it. They bought another dog and allegedly murdered it. They bought a third and allegedly beat it to a “bloody pulp,” Mitchel said.

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Protestors gathered outside a county courthouse Sunday over a Thursday court hearing for a Mineola couple accused of killing two dogs and beating one. Michel, holding a sign of infamous killers like Jeﬀrey Dahmer and David Berkowitz at the protest, said that acts of cruelty are telltale signs of future acts of

future psychopathic actions. Verbena Smith, another protestor with Puppy Mill Free Long Island, echoed Michel’s calls for stricter animal laws.

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Opinion

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Lessons of GOP victory in Nassau

emocrats swept to victory across the country on Election Day, carried by suburban voters who have abandoned the Republican party in increasing numbers in response to President Trump. But not in Nassau County. In Nassau County, Republicans swept the Town of Hempstead, recapturing the supervisor position that they had held for 112 years before Laura Gillen defeated Anthony Santino two years ago. The results were similar in the Town of Oyster Bay where the GOP captured all four races including the one of town supervisor, where incumbent Joseph Saladino easily won re-election. In the Nassau County Legislature, the Republicans maintained their 11-8 advantage. Which likely guarantees Republicans control of the Legislature for the next decade. How so? The old fashioned way: Gerrymandering. In 2011, Republican legislators used a 10-9 majority to redraw the legislative map in a way that gave Republicans an advantage in registered voters in 12 of the 19 districts. In a county in which registered Democrats outnumbered registered Republicans. Think they are now going to start playing fair? The lone bright spot for county Democrats was the Town of North Hempstead where the wave was blue and Mariann Dalimonte, a lifelong Port Washington resident with strong ties to local groups, easily defeated the Republican incumbent, Dina De Giorgio, as part of a sweep of town seats. As expected, the Democrats also held onto the District Attorney’s Oﬃce as Madeline Singas defeated a candidate with no ex-

perience as a prosecutor and little campaign money, who believed that Singas was extreme for supporting a woman’s right to choose. Still, the election gave Republicans control of two towns representing three-quarters of the population of Nassau County and the county Legislature. Not a good outcome for Jay Jacobs, who is not only the chairman of the county Democratic Party but the state party as well. Unsurprisingly, state Republican Chairman Nick Langworthy seized on the Republican victories in Hempstead and Oyster Bay to tout what he said was a Republican resurgence in New York. Conservative Party Chairman Gerard Kassar did the same, claiming a share of the GOP’s victories. Kassar actually has a point. Democrats actually gave Gillen more votes than Republican Don Clavin, the longtime Hempstead Receiver of Taxes who defeated her. Same for Town Clerk Sylvia Cabana who was defeated by Kate Murray, the former town of Hempstead supervisor who ran an unsuccessful race for District Attorney Madeline Singas. In both cases, people casting their votes on the Conservative line provided Republicans with the margin of victory. The only thing missing from the Republican victories in Nassau was a presidential tweet. The Republicans’ success in Nassau raises many questions. Is the success of the Nassau GOP an indication of growing Republican strength statewide? And, if so, why? Did legislation passed by the new Democratic majority in the state Senate play a role? And if so, what does that mean to newly elected Democratic legislators from Long Island and their future

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challengers? How about the role of reassessment on the outcome of races for county Legislature? And what about the quality of candidates chosen to run? One answer to the question of why Republicans did well is that they appear to do politics better than Democrats. That certainly seemed to be the case in the race for the Legislature. In recent years, a parade of Republican oﬃcials led by state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to political corruption. Did you hear anything about it in the county races? We didn’t either. Why not? Nor did we hear anything about how residents’ votes would be diminished by Republican gerrymandering of county Legislature districts. And Republican legislators have somehow appeared to gain the advantage in the debate over reassessment at a time where County Executive Laura Curran is fixing the mess created in eight

years under Mangano and the Republican majority in the Legislature. Yes, the result of the reassessment is that the half of property owners who were underpaying their taxes will now pay more. But the reassessment also means that the half of the property owners who were overpaying their taxes will pay less. And the cashstrapped county will stop paying $50 million a year in successful assessment challenges. Add to that the selection of opponents. The person chosen to challenge Presiding Oﬃcer Richard Nicolello, who has led the GOP charge, was a candidate who had never held elective oﬃce and had been defeated by Nicolello the last two elections. Is that really the best the Democratic Party could do? The victory of Dalimonte shows that a strong candidate can defeat an incumbent. But on this one, we will acknowledge that the Democrats were certainly not alone in running candidates with thin resumes and little chance. The Democratic party was not

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alone in political mistakes. Gillen offered a needed jolt of reality to Hempstead, where patronage jobs have long taken precedence over good government and the needs of taxpayers. But she stumbled in her approach soon after taking office. Gillen rightly sued the Town Council for handing out $4 million in raises to 197 employees, moved his top patronage hires to permanent positions and granted the town’s unions a no-layoff clause in Santino’s last days. But she burned bridges in filing her suit by including council members – including those who voted against the personnel changes and, in two cases, backed her against Santino. Then again Clavin, who had done a good job as a receiver in taxes, was a much better candidate than Santino and you had all those employees who owed their jobs to the Hempstead Republican machine. As Nicolello recently pointed out, it’s not the number of registered voters, but the number of registered voters who vote that decides elections.

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KREMER’S CORNER

Warren fails most important tests

n the current political climate, our nation is more polarized than it has ever been. People on the right are adamant that they are the only smart ones. People on the left are just as intolerant on a whole variety of issues. If you disagree with either side of the spectrum, you are classified as uninformed or just plain dumb. During my years in politics, I have never applied a litmus test to determine which candidate I like. But, I confess that I do have a simple unscientific test. When I look at any candidate of either party, I ask, “Do you feel my pain.” I don’t mean me personally, but rather do they have any genuine empathy for the people whose support they seek. One of former President Bill Clinton’s greatest qualities was that he could look you in the eye and say I understand who you are and what your issues are. Clinton’s support arose out of the fact that he suﬀered in a

dysfunctional family. His father was alleged to have been a serial wife abuser and an alcoholic. His early life was stressful and his mother did her very best to give him the love and sacrifice that he needed. As we all know, despite many youthful setbacks, he went on to become a Rhodes Scholar and the rest is history. As the Democratic presidential debates continue, I look to see which of the many candidates emerges as a person who can win the trust of voters because of their real compassion for others. Please don’t mistake compassion with passion, as they are two diﬀerent things. When I hear Sen. Elizabeth Warren announce some new program or is making a speech, she shows passion for everything she says. But when any of the other candidates disagrees with her she flashes signs of arrogance that I find distasteful. As a former Harvard law pro-

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fessor, she is no doubt brilliant. She has more plans than any of her fellow candidates, but if you don’t like any of them and you challenge them, you are berated for not agreeing with her. As for that feeling that she cares about you personally, I haven’t seen it yet and I doubt I ever will. Having many solutions to issues that impact on people’s

lives does not make you an automatic winner. When Sen. Corey Booker talks about the hardships of life in the inner city, he has lived it and cries out for your support. When Amy Klobuchar talks about the loss of the family farm, she exudes her own brand of compassion. She acknowledges that her father is and was an alcoholic, so she understands addiction. Gov. Steve Bullock of Montana comes from the reddest of states but gets re-elected because the people back at home view him as truly one of them. Kamala Harris has the ability to make you understand what challenges women face today because she has seen it and can talk about it. Mayor Pete Buttigieg has sincere answers to tough questions but lacks that softness that says, “don’t worry.” In every one of his speeches, Bernie Sanders calls for a revolution, but I don’t feel like picking up a pitchfork when his

remarks are over. Julian Castro has a deep background on such issues as immigration and border crossings and at times shows flashes of caring. Former Vice President Joe Biden has seen his share of tragedies, and occasional missteps aside, knows what personal pain is because he has lived it. The only one of the twotiered candidates that fails the Clinton test is Mrs. Warren. She won’t become the president by waging a war on the rich. You can’t get elected by being the candidate with the most solutions, without making people feel something warm and fuzzy. Maybe time and the challenges of being one of the frontrunners will soften her know everything attitude and she will figure out what is missing from her crusade to be at the top. But without showing that she feels your pain, she will never make it.

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

My trip thru the Holy Land, Part II

or me, it always comes back to the Wailing Wall. They don’t call it that anymore, though. Now it is simply “The Western Wall” of the old Temple — or, in Hebrew, “The Kotel.” I don’t know what that word means. It sounds like a jazzy hotel chain, but I’m sure that’s wrong! As soon as our flight landed in Israel, we got on our tour bus and headed for Jerusalem, arriving on Friday evening just as the sun was going down. We headed straight for the Wall, the Kotel — a place of dream and legend. I am not usually superstitious, but I had a long list of people whose health I wanted some help with. I’d written them all on a scrap of paper and twisted it up small enough to fit in whatever crack I could reach. Then, note delivered, I rested my forehead on the stone of the Wailing Wall. It was time to pray for healing for the folks on my list. Except — yikes! I suddenly realized I

didn’t know the right prayer. Then I realized that, actually, I did. It’s contained in a beautiful song written by the late Debbie Friedman, and we sing it every Friday in my congregation, Port Jewish Center. (This tour was jointly organized by PJC and Temple Judea of Manhasset.) As I stood there, singing quietly with my forehead still touching the smooth white Jerusalem stone, I thought of my grandpa, my mother’s dad. He had owned a little book of pressed “Flowers of the Holy Land.” The book’s covers were made of wood — olive-tree wood, from the Holy Land. According to my mother, that book had been given to her father by his father. They had traveled from the Pale of Russia to New York’s Lower East Side — but that book was the closest either of them ever got to their Holy Land. Now here I was! What would they think of me, finally here? Would they be satisfied? Pleased, even? Or would they be angry?

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A Look on the Lighter Side Because I was on the smaller side of a big barrier — the side reserved for women. And here, at the epicenter of my own religion, women have actually been arrested for daring to read from our own sacred scrolls at our most sacred place. I’ve met Israelis who like to ask, “Why choose to be a minority, in the U.S., when you can come to Israel and be part of a Jewish majority?” It sounds good — until you read about women being

told by ultra-religious men that they must step to the back of a public bus. Apparently, it disturbs these men to have women sitting near them up front. I always think that these men are entirely free to step to the back themselves if they can’t handle where they’re sitting; but apparently they haven’t thought of that. And with no Constitution in Israel, no Bill of Rights, and no Title IX legislation to even roll back, being a woman in Israel could mean being a second class person at any time. On top of that, there’s the fact that I choose to belong to Reform Judaism, which is also regarded by some Israelis as inferior. Israel is a beautiful, amazing, challenging place to visit… but could I really see myself in this picture as anything but a tourist? I didn’t see how. Then our bus pulled up at Reform Congregation B’Vat Ayin, in Rosh Ha Ayin, an outer suburb of Tel Aviv. And their leader welcomed us

with open arms: Rabbi Ayala Miron, a woman! An Iraqi Jewish woman at that, who told us how she went to rabbinical school determined to prove that a minority Mizrahi (the Jews from Arab countries) could be every bit as good a student, and rabbi, as anyone else. It was a revelation and felt just like coming home. We sang the same songs together, we chanted the same prayers — and then we were invited to Shabbat dinner in congregants’ homes, which felt exactly like being at my own congregation’s Progressive dinner, except for the small detail that this beautiful home had orange and mango trees bearing fruit right in the back yard! So now I am less sure of everything. Except for this: I feel sure that my grandpa, wherever he is, is simply happy I made it to the Wailing Wall, to wail no more. Kol B’seder — or All is Well, as they say when they are happy in Israel.

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E A R T H M AT T E R S

Turning brownfields to brightfields

ccording to New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation, Nassau and Suﬀolk counties contain 623 brownfield and superfund sites with unsafe levels of hazardous materials. Brownfields are properties with a contaminant present at levels exceeding health-based or environmental standards, criteria or guidance. Superfund sites are sites used for hazardous waste disposal that present a threat to public health or the environment. We cannot delay focusing time, energy, attention and money on converting these contaminated land parcels to solar farms. On a solar farm, like on a rooftop, solar panels capture energy from the sun. The photovoltaic eﬀect helps the panels harness the sun’s energy to generate electricity that can be used immediately, stored in a battery or sent to the electric grid. Depending on the region and the amount of sunlight available, a 1 megawatt solar power plant can generate between 3-4.5 megawatt hours of electricity a day, or 1100-1600 MWh of electricity a year. This equates to 1.1-1.6 million units of electricity a year, per MW (1 MWh equals 1000 kilowatt hour, and a kWh is the unit of electricity). The amount of energy consumed by the average American home each year is 10.76 MWh’s. For comparison sake, a football field approximately 1.32 acres large filled with solar panels will

produce 1.1-1.6 million units of electricity a year, per MW and power 100-160 homes. Below is a random sampling of brownfields and superfund sites in Nassau County. The name and location of the site, the contaminants and location of contamination are noted as well as the size of the site to give an idea of the energy potential of the site if converted to a solar farm. A 1-acre site will produce approximately enough electricity for 70 – 110 average American homes per year. Photocircuits Corporation, Glen Cove, 10.33 acres – contaminants: 1,1,1 TCA; 1,1-dichloroethane; 1,2-dichloroethane; dichloroethylene; tetrachloroethylene (PCE); vinyl chloride; trichloroethene from manufacturing printed circuit boards; groundwater contamination. Unisys Corporation Site, Lake Success, 90.2 acres – contaminants: trichloroethene; tetrachloroethylene; 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2triflouroethane (Freon 113); CIS-1,2-dichloroethane from defense-related casting, etching, degreasing, plating, machining and assembly. Alsy Manufacturing Inc., Hicksville, 4.5 acres – contaminants: arsenic, beryllium, chromium, copper, lead, mercury, nickel, selenium, and zinc from manufacturing electric lamps and lampshades; groundwater and surface/ subsurface soil contamination. Powers Chemco, Glen Cove, 1.5 acres – contaminants: toluene,

LYNN CAPUANO Earth Matters ethylbenzene, ethyl acetate, and other residues from the formulation of printing inks from manufacturing photographic equipment and supplies; subsurface contamination and soil vapor intrusion. Utility Manufacturing/Wonder King Site, North Hempstead, 0.85 acres – contaminants: volatile organic compounds from blending and repackaging materials; groundwater and soil vapor intrusion. Columbia Cement Company, Freeport, 1.48 acres – contaminants: volatile organic compounds from manufacturing contact cement and other adhesives; subsurface soil and groundwater contamination. Gent Uniform Rental Service Site, Massapequa, 0.34 acres – contaminants: volatile organic compounds from washing and dry cleaning services; surface/ subsurface soil and groundwater contamination.

Citizens Development Company, University Gardens, 0.27 acres – contaminants: volatile organic compounds from dry cleaning and commercial florist; soil gas/air, subsurface soil and groundwater contamination. Bartlett Tree Company, Westbury, 0.41 acres – contaminants: aldrin; DDD; DDT; dieldrin; lindane; DDE; chlordane; alpha-BHC from pesticide storage; groundwater contamination and soil vapor. Techem, Inc., New Hyde Park, 0.19 acres – contaminants cadmium; chromium; copper; iron; lead; manganese; nickel; selenium; sodium from manufacturing acid-based chromium, cadmium, cyanide, nickel and zinc electroplating solutions; groundwater and soil contamination. Former Cibro Petroleum Terminal, Island Park, 12.12 acres – contaminants: semi-volatile organic compounds and volatile organic compounds from petroleum storage; soil contamination. 20 West Centennial, Roosevelt, 0.64 acres – contaminants: tetrachloroethene; trichloroethene; vinyl chloride; cis-1,2-dichloroethene from uniform and linen supply and commercial laundry; groundwater and soil contamination and soil vapor intrusion. Award Packaging, Garden City, 2.26 acres – contaminants: toluene; xylene (MIXED); tetrachloroethylene; acetone; ethylbenzene; chromium; copper; lead; benzo(b)fluoranthene; benzo(k)fluoranthene; Chrysene; benz(a)anthracene; benzo(a)

pyrene; indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene; debenz[a,h]anthrace from application of print to plastic packaging material; groundwater and soil contamination and soil vapor intrusion. Former Aluminum Louvre Corporation, Old Bethpage, 3.39 acres – contaminants: trichloroethene (TCE); tetrachloroethylene (PCE); dichloroethylene; 1,1,1 TCA from manufacturing louvres; groundwater and soil contamination and soil vapor intrusion. EPA surveyed over 130,000 sites for their renewable energy potential. Of Long Island’s 623 contaminated sites, EPA identified 527 as having renewable energy potential. These sites are all over Long Island and in every community. Instead of continuing to endorse the development of fossil fuel-based energy like natural gas, we should provide more incentives and regulatory assistance to developers to convert brownfields and Superfund sites to brightfields. We need to streamline and expedite the permitting process and develop a pool of knowledgeable people who can advise developers on the safety and engineering requirements of building a solar farm on contaminated land. This is an economically viable and practical use of otherwise low value, vacant and unused land. It is a common-sense response to climate change that we should embrace and pursue wholeheartedly. We cannot aﬀord to ignore this solution.

VIEW POINT

Travesty of food waste must be addressed

ne third of all the food produced in the world is wasted, but in the United States, that figure balloons to 40 percent. Even more indicting is the fact that 90 percent of food waste goes into a landfill, where (as we have seen right here in North Hempstead), without oxygen, that waste over time is converted to methane, a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. And yet 815 million people around the world go hungry. In the United States, the wealthiest country in the world, 41 million suﬀer food insecurity, including one out of six children. On Long Island, 300,000 do

not get enough to eat or know where their next meal will come from. “You could fill Citifield with all the children we are helping two times and still a line out the door,” said Island Harvest CEO Randi Shubin Dresner. And yet, with so much food going to waste, how we produce food, process it, package it, distribute it, transport it, and ultimately discard it is the single biggest cause of forest deforestation, loss of biodiversity, and contributes mightily to the climate crisis which ultimately, will result in even greater shortages of food and water – a most unvirtuous cycle. The greater irony of food waste is how uneconomical it

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is, literally wasting away $1 trillion; in the US, what we throw away amounts to $1,500 per person. Some 10 million tons of

agricultural produce are unharvested – and think about how our farm subsidies incentivize waste instead of sustainable agricultural practices. But what seems an endless cycle of destruction and despair can be reversed. Festival director Carolyn Sorokoﬀ, introducing the Gold Coast International Film Festival, promised that films have the ability to take us out of our own provincial perspective, make us think and even make us act. And that’s exactly what the documentary, “Wasted! The Story of Food Waste” accomplished. The film, whose executive producer was the renowned chef

Anthony Bourdain, is the first in a series of social action films the Gold Coast Arts Center will be oﬀering in the course of its yearround series. This presentation at the Sid Jacobson JCC, sponsored by Island Harvest and Long Island Community Foundation, featured a panel with Island Harvest’s Dresner, Halie Meyers chief of staﬀ representing state Sen. Todd Kaminsky and state Assemblyman Steve Englebright that provided a banquet of food for thought. “Wasted” shows a new food waste pyramid designed by Obama’s EPA what can’t be recycled or repurposed for people Continued on Page 68

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KIDS F IRST

When parents are cut out of equation

isunderstanding and fear are common among people who have incorrect ideas about mental illness. The result: Young people suﬀering with mental health issues feel isolated, believing that there’s something innately wrong with them that can never change. In 2018, public schools in New York State were mandated to begin educating students about mental health. Among the goals are to recognize when help is needed and to learn how to find help. This initiative was the result of long-overdue legislation signed by Governor Cuomo in 2016. But oﬀering instruction aimed at advancing emotional wellness and reducing stigma is not the norm everywhere. For example, trouble is brewing in a school system in Raleigh, North Carolina regarding a program that was initiated to support students’ emotional well-being. A group of Raleigh parents who identify themselves as “Parents for the Protection of Students” hired an attorney to advocate for them against the school system’s use of “Community Circles” to build a sense of belonging and friendship. I obtained a copy of the attor-

ney’s letter, which was addressed to the Apex Middle School principal and which lays out the parents’ concerns. Although the school initiative in the Raleigh schools was not mental health instruction per se, it was, in essence, an effort to support the mental health of students. Following is a portion of their attorney’s five-page letter: “I represent PARENTS FOR THE PROTECTION OF STUDENTS, an unincorporated grassroots association of concerned Wake County parents who have been disturbed by recent actions taken by the Wake County Public School System. “The specific concern addressed by this letter is a practice that has been instituted at Apex Middle School and perhaps other schools in the system as well – ‘the Circle’ . . . As described by our parents and their children, as well as the school’s own materials about the Circle, it is expressly intended to address ‘difficult emotions and difficult realities.’ Moreover, this activity effectively compels disclosure of highly sensitive and personal information from students, including the following [partial list]: • What it means to “listen

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from and speak from the heart.” • Answering, “If you were a kind of weather today, what would it be?” • What it feels like to be “bullied.” • Talking about a “high point” and a “low point” in the student’s past week. • Describing “friendship” for the student. • Aspirations for who the student wishes to be. • Describing the student’s family. • Experiences of being “hurt” and “angry.” “The program makes clear that its purpose is to ‘talk about [the student’s] feelings’ and furthermore that there is ‘no hiding behind a desk.’ These are not academic topics; they are topics for a

group therapy session. “Group therapy, like other forms of traditional psychological treatment and counseling, can bring great benefit to many people. But it is not within the purview of a school to conduct such treatment during the school day, without parental consent, and outside of the supervision of duly-trained and licensed psychological and counseling professionals. Therefore, we call for the immediate discontinuation of this activity.” In researching the implementation of the Circle, what I discovered is that although school staﬀ members were trained in implementing the Circle program, an important step was missed in planning these groups. In my role as a licensed clinical social worker, I have worked with children and teenagers in groups since the early 1970s. I have written extensively on the subject, including the textbook, Group Work with Adolescents: Principles and Practice, now in its 3rd edition. In the case of the Wake County School System, I believe parents are rightfully upset. From what I have been able to gather, the parents were not adequately in-

formed about the Circle program or told that they had a choice to opt out. Balancing the tenuous relationship among parent, child and school should be paramount when a program like the Circle is being considered. This requires foresight and careful attention, particularly before rolling out a program that is not academic in nature. Forging a working alliance with parents of children who participate in mental health-oriented groups in a school system is essential. For a group-oriented mental health program like this to succeed in a school, this important element of planning cannot be overlooked. Although it will require extra work to fully engage parents, in the end it will be worth the effort to implement a successful program and prevent the kind of fallout that the school system in Raleigh is now experiencing. Andrew Malekoﬀ is the Executive Director of North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, which provides comprehensive mental health services for children from birth through 24 and their families. To find out more, visit www.northshorechildguidance.org.

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6th Pct. Dalimonte thanks Thanks from returns voters, opponent DeRiggi-Whitton at last

inally Finally Finally The 6th Precinct is finally oﬃcially open! Hooray! I am so happy – – I wish them well. We need them to stay. Sandra Atlas Bass Great Neck

his past election season has allowed me to meet with so many of our neighbors and hear about all of the issues that our community faces. I wanted to take a moment to thank everybody across the community who supported my campaign and worked tirelessly to help achieve our successful result on Election Day. I would also like to thank

Councilwoman Dina De Giorgio for serving our community for the past eight years. This victory belongs to everybody, and I’m excited to get to work in January and represent every voice on our peninsula. Mariann Dalimonte Councilwoman-Elect, District 6 Port Washington

want to express my gratitude to all those who supported me in my re-election campaign. Representing the 11th Legislative District is an honor and my absolute pleasure. I look forward to seeing a number of new endeavors begin in my new term. As always, feel

free to contact my oﬃce with any questions or suggestions at 516-571-6211 or dderiggiwhitton@nassaucountyny.gov. Delia Deriggi-Whitton, Nassau County Legislator, 11th District Glen Cove

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Knives come out for Elizabeth Warren

here is a cancer within the Democratic Party that needs to be cut out. Some well-placed people within it are under the impression that the party’s primary mission is keeping its consultant class employed. This was first noted by Bruce Bartlett, a Reagan administration economist who came to regret the policies he helped implement. Would that the evidence would stop there. Steve Rattner, a treasury oﬃcial in Mr. Obama’s administration, called a Warren presidency a “terrifying prospect.” Rattner said that if we wanted a president like Warren, we should move to France. Maybe not a bad idea since they spend about half the level of GDP on their health care than we do. The food isn’t bad either. He opined that Warren would “extend the reach of the federal government far further than anything even FDR ever imagined.” That is not only historically false, but it was also

Mr. Rattner who completely restructured the auto industry by fiat during the financial crisis, and violated centuries of statute law by stiffing GM bondholders. Please note Mr. Rattner is still barred from the securities industry due to an investigation regarding kickbacks involving the New York State Common Retirement Fund. Nancy Pelosi criticized M4A and Sen. Warren’s proposed wealth tax, saying “what works in San Francisco does not necessarily work in Michigan.” Unfortunately, Ms. Pelosi’s appeasement of the ghouls at the PhRMA lobby is the reason why Medicare is forbidden to negotiate drug prices. She had to buy off their opposition to ACA by promising that billions of dollars in profits- a wealth transfer from the afflicted to the CEOs of these firms – with that assurance. I don’t think that would be tolerated in a Warren Administration. If preventing that sounds too “socialist” for you,

perhaps take a moment to reassess your priors. Her proposition for a “wealth tax” is controversial. While I don’t believe that’s the most effective tool for meeting our obligations to our citizens, Mr. Bill Gates has registered his concern. Mr. Gates has given away over $10 billion of his own money on various projects, but oddly enough, even though he retired many years ago, he is now worth far more than ever. One reason for that is that we tax labor at three times the rate of investment, which is a sure-fire recipe for widening inequality. Again, if anyone thinks amending that structure is “too progressive,” maybe take a moment to reconsider. Larry Summers, another former Obama official, is also upset. Then again, Sen. Warren was instrumental in keeping him off a position at the Fed, so if she wins, no meal ticket. See where this is going? One odd feature of this elec-

tion process was asking Ms. Warren how she intended to pay for M4A, because she was baited by members of her own party into doing it. Getting into minute details in the middle of an election is a fool’s errand since any proposal like this has to go through Congress anyway. But it took courage to take the bait, spell it out, and let the chips fall where they may. What led me to write this was the calumny against Senator Warren expressed by Jerry Kremer in his Nov. 7 piece. He writes “Biden has seen his share of tragedies, and occasional missteps aside, knows what personal pain is because he has lived it. The only one of the two-tiered candidates that fails the Clinton test is Mrs. Warren. She won’t become the president by waging a war on the rich. You can’t get elected by being the candidate with the most solutions, without making people feel something warm and fuzzy.” Allow me to quote Professor

Connie Schultz, the wife of Sen. Sherrod Brown: “First, a disclosure: I first knew Elizabeth Warren as my husband’s colleague in the U.S. Senate. I would not presume to describe us as friends. And yet. After my brother’s suicide, Elizabeth Warren texted. Then she called. And then wrote a personal note of support. This was during one of the darkest times of my life, and I had no intention of sharing this publicly. Until now, in response to recent coverage. This is not an endorsement of Elizabeth Warren the candidate, but an aﬃrmation of who I know her to be. Anyone falsely casting her as angry & antagonistic is telegraphing the limits of their minds, and the magnitude of their insecurities.” Make what you will of the timing and the sentiment of Mr. Kremer’s unjustified smear. Donald Davret Roslyn

Anti-Trump fervor costs De Giorgio

his past Tuesday, Election Day, was a day of monumental disasters for all Republican candidates who ran for oﬃce with our Town of North Hempstead government. While the voting was an unmitigated disaster for all Republican candidates, it was also a day of disaster for all Port Washington residents, but very few of them realize that today. I will explain that community disaster, in a moment. All Republican candidates lost the election, not by a landslide vote, but by a great tsunami of a vote, that may not be seen again for a generation, or more. That great tsunami was caused by an antiTrump fervor, that almost borders on religious fanaticism. Months ago, I predicted to our Republican Town Councilwoman, Dina DeGiorgio, that that great tsunami was coming and I told her that I hoped that she and her re-election team could plan to avoid it. No, I‘m not a seer and I don’t have a crystal ball. I based my prediction on what had happened last year, to our former state senator, Elaine Phillips.

Mrs. Phillips, a Republican, was elected to oﬃce in 2016 over Adam Haber, and she proved to be an outstanding state senator. However, the fierce anti-Trump tsunami was already moving in 2018 and Mrs. Phillips was defeated in her bid for re-election by a nobody Democrat from Great Neck, Anna Kaplan. Our community disaster is that we’ve lost Dina De Giorgio as our representative on the town council and that she’s being replaced on it, by Mariann Dalimonte. Dina, a Republican, is a lawyer, is independent-minded and she has been in town government since 2011. Because she is a Republican, Dina did not have to rubber-stamp all proposals made by the Democratic Partycontrolled town government and I truly believe, that she always made strong eﬀorts to conduct herself on the town council in ways that were in the best interests of all Port Washington. I cannot say any of that about Ms. Dalimonte. Ms. Dalimonte is not an attorney and she has absolutely no experience in any form of government, at any level. She will

not be an independent voice on the town council, advocating for Port Washington. She will be nothing more than a rubber stamp sitting on the town council, agreeing to whatever Judi Bosworth and the Democratic Party bosses propose. Jon Kaiman and his Democratic-controlled Town Council gave us the Knickerbocker monstrosity that ruined the Manhasset Bay shoreline and that is nothing more than an eyesore, for all Port Washington residents to look at. Jon Kaiman and his Democratic-controlled Town Council also gave us the “Model Blocks” rezoning of four blocks on Main Street, to build apartment buildings on. The one block that was rezoned on lower Main Street was used by the Scheinmans (Martin and Laurie, wealthy Sands Point residents who are heavy financial contributors to the Democratic Party) to build their unnecessary and unwanted Scheinman House on, to the detriment of the Manhasset Bay area and our community in general. You can be sure that when other grandiose real estate proj-

ects have to be approved of by our Democrat Party-controlled town government, which includes the town BZA, that Ms. Dalimonte will be in favor of every project. If Harry Macklowe, that renowned New York City real estate developer, proposed to build a 65-story tall apartment building on Haven Avenue tomorrow, opposite the railroad station, and he paid the price to the Democratic Party machine for the proposal, you can be sure that Judi Bosworth, Mariann Dalimonte and all the other Democrats now serving in our town government would enthusiastically be in favor of the project, telling our community that the new apartment building is needed to make Port Washington more accessible, more affordable and more walkable. Democrats Judi Bosworth and Charles Berman were easily re-elected last Tuesday to their respective positions of town supervisor and receiver of taxes. Both are protégés of that Democratic Party kingmaker, Gerard Terry, who is now serving a longterm prison sentence for income tax evasion and other misdeeds.

I had hoped that the Republican candidates for those positions, David Redmond and Ron Rochester, would be successful in unseating Ms. Bosworth and Mr. Berman, so that we would finally be done with Gerard Terry’s maneuverings and so that also, we would have some fresh eyes focusing on government. Mr. Redmond and Mr. Rochester were each highly qualified to fill those positions. I think that it’s a very bad idea to have one-party control of any government, for an extended period of time. Cronyism, nepotism, “pay to play” and all of the other possible sins of a corrupt government, seem to develop, when only one political party controls a government, for a long period of years. Some of those sins were revealed when Jon Kaiman was our supervisor. We have to be watchful for a recurrence of any of those sins, under Judi Bosworth’s leadership. Joel Katz Port Washington Letters Continued on Page 53

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Port schools seeking funds to fix roofs Trustee on board of education attests to feeling ‘give’ while standing on South Salem BY R O S E W E L D ON Six of the seven schools in the Port Washington School District will require funds to fix their atrisk roofs, according to members of the district’s board of education. Trustee Dave Kerpen, a member of the Budget and Facilities Committee for the district, reported at the board’s public meeting on Tuesday that after a walkthrough in which he and other committee members observed the roof of South Salem Elementary School. “I can attest that I was concerned as I tapped my foot on the roof and actually felt it give a bit,” Kerpen said. Kerpen later said in an interview with Blank Slate Media that six of the seven schools in the district would require repairs, except for Guggenheim Elementary School, which had its entire roof repaired three years ago. Mary Callahan, the district’s assistant superintendent for business and also a member of the committee, said that of the 130 roof sections in the district, 15 percent were in need of replacement.

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The Port Washington Board of Education discussed finding funding to repair roofs on five of its six schools at its meeting on Tuesday. “I don’t want anyone to think that all the roofs are leaking,” Callahan said. “That is not the case and vast majority of roofs, as presented at the public meeting, have been put in place from 2004 to the present, and those that are older are the ones were are speaking of.” Callahan said the district has several diﬀerent options to procure funding for the repairs.

“We talked about the diﬀerence between the cost of bonding for a large amount of money over a 15- to 20-year period, versus trying to come up with a longterm, more moderate plan of utilizing what we refer to as our ‘transfer to capital’ line, which is part of our annual budget,” Callahan said. Callahan added that district Director of Facilities Jim Ristano,

also a member of the committee, proposed a third option involving a new kind of material, which fellow trustee and would require a 15- to 20-year warranty. “We’re really still investigating, and while there may be a sense of pressure to have a resolution on which direction we’re going in, unfortunately, this is a slow-moving process,” Callahan said.

“I’m very excited about taking care of this central issue once and for all, and I’m very confident that we’re going to do it well,” Kerpen said. The Budget and Facilities Committee of the Port Washington Board of Education will meet on Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 10 a.m. The board of education’s regular meeting will be the same day, at 8:00 p.m.

COMMUNITY NEWS

Honor Flight to hold 11/23 reunion Honor Flight Long Island will hold a reunion Nov. 23 at the American Airpower Museum, to celebrate our WWII and Korean War Heroes who took a free flight to Washington, D.C. on Sept. 21 for a one-day guided tour of their military memorials. They returned that evening at Islip MacArthur Airport to a raucous welcome by Nassau County Firefighter’s Pipes & Drums Band and to thunderous applause from hundreds of family and friends! Honor Flight Long Island is our local, nonprofit chapter of the national Honor Flight Network. HFLI organizes, hosts and pays for the flights to Washington, D.C. each spring and fall. As part of the day’s events, Veterans and their Guardians fly to Baltimore-Washington Inter-

US WWII Veteran Harold Cohen upon his arrival at Islip MacArthur Airport.

national Airport, where a motorcoach takes them to D.C. for the guided tour of WWII, Korean War and other military memorials. Each trip includes 50 veterans who go for free, thanks to donations from across Long Island. They are accompanied by 50 Guardians, next-generation, able-bodied volunteers who donate $400 (tax deductible) to oﬀset the day’s costs. If there is no family member to act as a Guardian, HFLI has a roster of volunteers ready to step up for the privilege and donate the suggested fee. HFLI is now accepting applications for future flights from WWII, Korean War and Vietnam War Veterans. To apply for spots on 2020 flights or make a donation and become a Guardian, please visit www. honorflightlongisland.org.

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All Veterans and their families, MEDIA and the public are welcome at our Gala Honor Flight Reunion on Saturday, Nov. 23, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., at the American Airpower Museum, Hangar 3, 1230 New Highway, Farmingdale, NY 11735, (631) 2936398 or info@americanairpowermuseum.org. Applaud our HFLI Veterans during the Ceremony of Honors, as they receive their Tribute Journals full of photographs taken during their memorable day in the nation’s capital. For more information, call Virginia Bennett, HFLI Secretary, at (631) 702-2423 or vbennett@southamptontownny.gov. Submitted by Robert F. Salant, public aﬀairs, Honor Flight Long Island

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COMMUNITY & SCHOOL NEWS

MHS club donates to INN

Laffey to hold toy drive 12/7 Donate an unwrapped toy anytime on Saturday, Dec. 7 at Laﬀey Real Estate at 116 Plandome Road in Manhasset at the Holiday Toy Drive Even. Join the Fun of the holidays and come take a picture with Santa from 11:00 a.m— 1:00 p.m. Share the holiday cheer and bring the whole fam-

ily for treats and surprises from 9:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m. on Saturday! The event’s goal this year is to collect 1,250 toys to present to children with disabilities. This is Laﬀey’s 13th year hosting the event and we need your help to make it happen!

Our sincere thanks to the Manhasset School District, especially the Manhasset High School Interact Club, who recently solicited food at the Manhasset King Kullen Supermarket.During the weekend of Nov. 2 and 3, they raised $501.00 in cash and 30 cartons of food for those in need. This is the annual Manhasset Thanksgiving Food Drive the students undertake to help the hungry and homeless on Long Island. The INN (Interfaith Nutrition Network) packages food cartons for the needy containing all the food necessary to prepare Thanksgiving meals at home. The INN, a Long Island organization, has fed those in need since 1983. The INN is the largest soup kitchen on Long Island and feeds over 300 meals per day. The INN addresses the issues of hunger and homelessness on Long Island by providing food, shelter, clothing, and

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A club at Manhasset High School donated money and food to the Interfaith Nutrition Network. supporting services in a dignified and respectful manner for those who seek their help. Many thanks for to the

Manhasset community for supporting The INN. Submitted by Richard Law.

Getting positive in Herricks

Opportunities Fair at Schreiber AGATE hosted its first annual Enrichment Opportunities Fair at Schreiber High School. The fair featured 12 stations staﬀed by knowledgeable parents with information about enrichment opportunities in math, English, social studies, foreign language, research, art and music. Parents connected with one another, asked questions,

shared experiences, and left the fair better informed about the many enrichment programs and classes oﬀered by the Port Washington School District. Thanks to the parent volunteers and our chairperson, Bin Laurence, the first fair was a great success! Submitted by Nanette Melkonian and Kim Keiserman.

Herricks Middle School celebrated Unity Day Oct. 23, when students combined their positivity to create a unity tree filled with meaningful messages. Paper leaves prepared by art teachers were counted and distributed by Tova Umlauf’s class, and all students decorated them with themes of hope and antibullying. Members of the Art Honor Society aﬃxed the leaves to the tree, which is now on display in the hallway outside the cafeteria.Some of the leaves are adorned with famous sayings while others reflect students’ original words of advice. “Bullying doesn’t make you cool, kindness does,” “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all,” “Strong people stand up for themselves but the strongest people stand up for others” and

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Herricks Middle School students Damien Chu, Isabella Bacich, Ava Stanza, Breanna Mathews, Isha Joseph and Peter Katehis stand before the Unity Tree. “Blowing out someone else’s candle doesn’t make yours shine any brighter” are just some of the phrases that are encouraging

all who walk through the middle school. Submitted by Herricks Public Schools

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‘MY FATHER’S PLACE’ LIVES ON

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ow did a Roslyn bowling alley-turned country and Western bar become an underground sensation? A new film seeks to explore how and why. An as-yet-untitled documentary about the legendary concert venue My Father’s Place, and its owner and promoter Michael “Eppy” Epstein, is currently in post-production from production company Suburban Rebel Productions. The 400-seat Bryant Avenue hot spot, which hosted names like Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Andy Kaufman and Joan Jett throughout the

1970s and 1980s, may have closed in 1987, but its legacy continues on, says director Meshakai Wolf. “My Father’s Place is that place that if you bring it up in conversation, somebody has a connection to it,” Wolf said. Wolf, a Manhattan native whose father grew up in Old Westbury, first heard about My Father’s Place when his father and uncle told him stories about the club and Epstein himself in 2011. He was introduced to Epstein soon after. “That’s when he told me about his story and the club’s story, and I was just very interested in how he told stories, and

found to be him personable and funny, and a character overall,” Wolf said. With Epstein’s participation, Wolf began a multi-year process to bring the documentary to life, putting together a crew and funds, and thinking of how to tell Epstein and the venue’s story. The film will also include re-enactments, with a local actor cast to play Epstein. But the venue’s legendary performers, Wolf says, won’t be included in them, with pictures and footage of concerts included instead. “We want David Byrne to be David Byrne,” Wolf explained, naming the frontman of Talk-

ing Heads, who performed on a double bill with the Ramones one night in 1976. The latter group, who performed at the original venue seven times, will be depicted, Wolf says, albeit through animation. The producers saw over $30,000 raised for the documentary through Kickstarter in March, with more fundraisers to come in order to complete postproduction, Wolf says. “We’ve done a Facebook fundraiser since then, and we’re going to do another soon,” Wolf said. “We’d love to have a big pot of money, but we don’t. We’d like it to take a little bit longer and come out with some-

thing we’re happy with.” Wolf originally put the film on the shelf when he and the production crew couldn’t think of how to end it. “We had no idea how to end it,” Wolf said. “And then I got another call from Eppy.” Epstein told Wolf that he was opening another version of My Father’s Place, in the ballroom of the Roslyn Hotel in 2018. The documentary now had a happy ending, and will enter the festival circuit in early 2020. “The whole film came full circle, because now it’s a redemption story where the guy never quit,” Wolf said.

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THE TOP SEVEN EVENTS WizardFest 2019 Friday, Nov. 22, 8 p.m. Mulcahy’s Pub and Concert Hall will be honoring the world of Harry Potter with its own “WizardFest.” The Harry Potterthemed dance and costume party will also feature photo booths and trivia on the beloved franchise. There will also be a Halloween egg hunt for cash prizes, and a sweepstakes for a trip for two to London, England. Where: Mulcahy’s Pub and Concert Hall, 3232 Railroad Ave., Wantagh, NY 11793 Info: 516-783-7500 or muls.com

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A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder Saturday, Nov. 23, 8 p.m. A musical by Robert Freedman and Steven Lutvak, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” follows a distant heir to a family fortune who sets out to speed up the line of succession by using charm and murder. The play has won four Tony Awards in ten nominations. Advance tickets, which can be purchased up to two hours before curtain time, are $27 for adults and $25 for seniors of at least 65 years of age. Standard tickets are $30. Where: Broadhollow at Elmont 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont, N.Y. 11003 Info: 516-775-4420 or broadhollow.org

Heckscher Museum of Art Presents “Locally Sourced: Art and Artists on Long Island” Sunday, Nov. 24, 11 a.m. The Heckscher Museum of Art will have an exhibit celebrating the art and artists of the past and present who were inspired by the rich artistic tradition of Long Island. Each artist whose work will be displayed lives or had resided on Long Island. The exhibit will include a look at artistic communities, the influence of women artists and much more. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and $5 for students. Kids ten years or younger get free admission.

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FOR THE COMING WEEK “Twilight Zone,” 60th Anniversary Tuesday, Nov. 26, 6 p.m.

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In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the legendary science fiction television show, local author Nick Parisi will be on hand at the Connetquot Public Library. There, he will discuss his biography on creator of the show Rod Serling, “Rod Serling: His Life, Work, and Imagination.” Parisi will also discuss how he feels Serling was a genius in his era. Where: Connetquot Public Library 760 Ocean Ave., Bohemia, NY 11716 Info: 631-567-5079 or connetquotlibrary.org

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Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling Wednesday, Nov. 27, 8 p.m.

North Shore Animal League America has many puppies, kittens, dogs, and cats to choose from. Mixed-breeds, purebreds, and small breeds too!

A former fixture of “The Howard Stern Show,” Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling will be performing at My Father’s Place at the Roslyn Hotel. He spent 15 years working as head writer for Stern’s radio show before leaving in 2001. Martling has released six dirty joke CDs. Tickets are on sale for $40 per person. Where: My Father’s Place at the Roslyn Hotel 1221 Old Northern Blvd., Roslyn, NY 11576 Info: 516-413-3535 or myfathersplace.showare.com

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Thanksgiving at Sandbar Thursday, Nov. 28, 12 p.m.

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In celebration of Thanksgiving, Sandbar will be serving a special a la carte holiday-themed menu. The special entrees that will be available include roasted organic turkey, steelhead troupe, pan seared scallops, trofie pasta, grilled swordfish, Long Island duck duo and a 12 ounce 28-day dry-aged New York strip steak. Reservations can be made by calling the restaurant. Where: Sandbar, 55 Main St.,Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 Info: 631-498-6188 or patch.com

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THE TOP EVENTS FOR KIDS FOR THE COMING WEEK Tiny Tots: “Nature Discoveries”Turkey Talk at Sunken Meadow Children from the ages of three to five, alongside their parents or guardians, will have the opportunity to connect with nature through short walks, visits from animals and making crafts at Sunken Meadow State Park. The area is home to many diﬀerent kinds of plants and animals due to its wide range of topography. When: Friday, Nov. 22, 10:15 a.m. Where: Sunken Meadow State Park, Rte. 25A and Sunken Meadow Pkwy., Kings Park, NY 11754 Info: 631-269-4333 or parks.ny.gov 1

Barnaby Saves Christmas Kids can watch Barnaby the elf and his reindeer Franklynne as they set oﬀ on an adventure in order to save Christmas. Along the way, the pair will meet some new friends and learn about the true meaning of the holiday season, whether it’s Christmas, Hanukkah or any other holiday at that time of year. Tickets are $10 per person. When: Saturday, Nov. 23, 11 a.m. Where: Theatre Three, 412 Main St., Port Jefferson, NY 11777 Info: 631-928-9100 or theatrethree.com

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Pinkalicious The Plaza Theatrical Production will be putting on a performance of “Pinkalicious: The Musical,” featuring costumed characters. The play is about Pinkalicious being unable to stop eating cupcakes, despite warnings from her parents. After the play, kids will have the chance for a meet-and-greet with the characters. Tickets are on sale for $12. When: Sunday, Nov. 24, 12 p.m. Where: The Showplace at Bellmore Movies, 222 Pettit Ave., Bellmore, NY 11710 Info: 516-599-6870 or plazatheatrical.com 4

stART: “Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message” The Long Island Children’s Museum’s Story and Art program will be reading “Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message,” by Chief Jake Swamp. The book discusses how thankful we should be for the resources nature provides for us. After the book reading, kids can use paint in crafting their own multicolored corn to take home for Thanksgiving. Tickets to the event are $4 with the $14 museum admission. Long Island Children’s Museum members only need to pay $3 and get free admission into the museum. When: Tuesday, Nov. 26, 11:30 a.m. Where: Long Island Children’s Museum, 11 Davis Ave., Garden City, NY 11530 Info: 516-224-5800 or licm.org

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Early signs and symptoms of dementia • Withdrawal - Moving away from social circles or friends. Refusing to join in or attend activities once familiar and fun.

BY L I N D S AY K N U D S E N November is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. With more than 50,000 people on Long Island suffering from the Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, many of us are all too familiar with the effects of cognitive impairment. As dementia is a disease that affects thinking and memory, it is among the most feared and most devastating. Dementia is not inevitable as we age. While “senior moments” can happen to anyone, at any age, most of those occurrences are, in fact, just moments. Here are some signs and symptoms to watch out for that may signal the onset of dementia: • Memory loss - Forgetting new information, relying on family or friends to help ‘fill in the gaps’ or for reminders. • Difficulty with tasks that were once familiar - Problems cooking a meal that was once familiar, difficulty using appliances, or completing a job task. • Time and place confusion - Struggling with dates, periods of time, or understanding a clock. Also, difficulties may arise with places, such as not being able to find the restroom in a familiar location. • Challenges with retaining

• Mood or personality changes - Irritation or depression are common symptoms. Forgetting or not understanding the cause of irritation. Additionally, unexplained anger, lack of, or too much sleep.

new information - Diﬃculty reading and understanding material, visual issues when driving, unable to recall recently learned information. • Diﬃculty with words or written language - Trouble finding the correct word when speaking and/or mixing up words. Inability to write out a complete or coherent sentence. • Misplacing items - Putting items in unusual location, for example, placing keys in the refrigerator.

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If you are concerned for yourself or a loved one, it is important to seek medical help. Any person who experiences these symptoms should visit a doctor to rule out other underlying medical causes. Until there is a cure, the Long Island Alzheimer’s & Dementia Center is a critical resource that can help families find guidance, support and hope. Our licensed social workers provide trusted referrals, including doctors who may prescribe medications to help alleviate symptoms and slow the progress of the disease. Living with Alzheimer’s and other diagnosed cognitive disorders is not easy and should not be undertaken without help from professionals. Sources: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324516.php; Alzinfo. org; Lindsay Knudsen, LMSW, is the Director of Day Program Services at the Long Island Alzheimer’s & Dementia Center in Westbury. For more information visit www.lidementia.org.

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Senior living options abound

providers. Taxes, insurance, utilities, and maintenance expenses may be covered in one fee. Clubhouses, golf courses, lakes, card rooms, and many other offerings are designed to appeal to residents of many ages.

Now that baby boomers have reached the age where retirement communities are a consideration, there has been an influx of interest. Those considering a move to one of these communities should research some information before purchasing a unit.

enior living communities often present an affordable and comfortable option for adults over the age of 55. Filled with like-minded and similarly aged residents, these communities can be the right fit for individuals no longer interested in or capable of taking care of a larger home. Senior communities are located all across the country. Finding one that meets your needs takes only a little research. Although they are often moderately priced and offer a variety of amenities, senior living communities sometimes suffer from a bad reputation. But such communities are not the “old age

homes” that some people purport them to be. Rather, they’re entire living neighborhoods that cater to the needs of an active resident base. These communities can range from independent living private homes or condos to managed care facilities. Residents may be able to enjoy organized outings, recreation, shopping, and socialization without having to venture far from property grounds. Some communities offer food services or an on-site restaurant. Fifty-five and older communities offer conveniences that many find irresistible. They’re frequently located close to shopping, dining and healthcare

• Determine the fees associated with a community. Can Medicaid or longterm care insurance pay for all or a portion of the fees? Which types of services does the monthly fee cover?

may indicate that the property must be kept in a certain manner. You may not be able to paint exterior items a certain color, nor put up fencing or set up outdoor patio furniture. Get the details before you sign anything. • Is this the type of community where you can age in place? Meaning, are there separate accommodations if you eventually need assisted living care? Some communities offer living options that vary depending on residents’ ages. • Be sure there are activities or amenities that appeal to you. You eventually want to find your niche and get together with a group of friends who share the same interests.

• Who is eligible to live in the community? Some restrict all residents to a particular age, while others do not. Rules may be in effect that include an age cut-off limit.

• You may want to find a community close to your children or other relatives. This way you will not have to travel far to visit others, and they will be able to visit you easily in return.

• Look into the particular home owner’s association rules. Bylaws

Following these guidelines can mean discovering a community where anyone can feel comfortable for years to come.

• Investigate the types of residents and who would be your immediate neighbors. What percentage of people live in the community all year long, and how many are part-time residents?

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ew people would pass up the opportunity to look younger. But men and women who want to look a little more like their younger selves without resorting to surgery can still have younger, healthier-looking skin without going under the knife. The following are a handful of natural ways to keep skin vibrant and youthful. • Quit smoking. Quitting smoking can add years to your life and improve your appearance. Smoking damages collagen and elastin in the skin, which are the substances that help keep skin flexible and firm. Also, smoking decreases blood flow to the skin and makes it difficult for it to receive enough oxygen to stay healthy. The act of smoking also can contribute to older-looking skin. Pursing the lips to draw on a cigarette, as well as squinting to avoid smoke in the eyes can lead to the formation of

• Steer clear of the sun. Excessive exposure to ultraviolet light damages the skin and can cause it to age prematurely. Also, inadvertent UV exposure, which can happen when running errands or sitting in front of an open window, also can affect the skin. Sun exposure is the top cause of uneven skin tone and dark spots. Always wear sunscreen to protect the skin from the sun. Applying sunscreen should become as automatic as brushing your teeth each day. • Drink more water. A dehydrated body will divert water to the organs that need it the most, including the liver and heart. When that happens, skin pays the price by not receiving adequate hydration for skin cell renewal. By drinking the recommended six to eight glasses of water per day, you can ensure your body is getting the fluids it needs to fuel natural functions, including skin cell production. • Exercise. By working out you’ll promote good cardiovascular health, which in turn will deliver blood flow and nutrients to the surface of your skin. Skin cells are pushed to the surface of the skin,

helping to create a younger appearance and glow. Exercise also can help banish stress, which can contribute to an older appearance and frown. • Avoid alcohol. Drinking alcohol in excess can damage blood vessels over time. This can cause burst capillaries at the surface of the skin, which are highly visible. Drinking also may lead to flushing, which can affect appearance. People who have damaged their livers from drinking too much or abusing medication may develop jaundice, a medical condition characterized by a yellowing of the skin. • Avoid stressful situations. It’s impossible to avoid all the stressors in life, but taking steps to reduce stress can improve your psychological outlook and appearance. Stress can lessen your body’s ability to function properly, and that can affect the appearance of your skin. Stress-related insomnia can lead to under-eye bags and a tired appearance. And according to the Archives of Dermatology, stress can increase your risk of skin diseases and may cause wounds to take longer to heal.

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ho doesn’t enjoy a night out on the town? Restaurants fulfill people’s desires for new experiences and enable them to sample new cuisine they may not prepare at home.

A night out means experiencing the latest trends

The Restaurant Performance Index, a monthly composite index that tracks the health of and the outlook for the United States restaurant industry, reached 101.6 as of May 2019. A value of over 100 is considered a time of good performance. Plus, Toast’s 2019 Restaurant Success Report states 20 percent of American diners eat out at least once a week, with a whopping 45 percent dining out multiple times per week. As the restaurant business thrives, diners may be interested to learn how their fellow foodies are spending their dining dollars. Increased online ordering Convenience is key, and the National Restaurant Association says delivery and takeout are very popular. UBS, a leading investment bank, states that delivery sales could rise by more than 20 percent annually, reaching $365 billion worldwide by 2030. To facilitate the process, many restaurants have online menus and ordering services that increase the ease of ordering and help reduce errors.

Experimental foods Many restaurants are scaling back on size and putting more effort into experimental, creative foods that focus on niche menus. Open kitchens, tasting menus and varied offerings are trending, according to Food & Wine magazine. Wellness options Data from Upserve, a restaurant management service, indicates a rise in mainstream restaurants featuring menus that are designed to provide specific health benefits, such as dishes that reduce inflammation or improve the gut microbiome. Plant-based options Using fresh, plant-based ingredients as the main component of the meals has become more the norm, which is a boon to vegetarians and vegans. And it’s not necessarily a matter of replacing meats with meat alternatives; these are entirely plant-based meals for the sake of being plantbased meals — with a focus on plant proteins. Spending time out on the town gives diners new food experiences and opportunities to experience the latest trends.

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4 factors to consider when choosing a business dinner venue

osting a business dinner for the first time is a great chance to make a strong impression on clients and colleagues. Planning such dinners can be intimidating, but hosts who give careful consideration to a handful of factors when planning the party may find hosting isn’t so tall a task, after all.

1. Space

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Venues with tight quarters and intimate settings may be perfect for date nights. However, business dinners may work better in restaurants with ample room for everyone to spread out. This is especially important when hosting new or prospective clients who hosts have never before met in person. Clients might be tall and may not appreciate being crammed into small quarters, regardless of how good the food is. Visit each venue before making any reservations to ensure there’s ample space for everyone. Business dinners can sometimes be lengthy, and a little extra legroom can make everyone more comfortable as the dinner progresses.

Food allergies and dietary restrictions are relatively common, so look for a venue with a menu that can accommodate people who may only eat certain foods. Restaurants that offer vegetarian foods and gluten-free menus are safe bets. In addition, speak with a restaurant representative before making a reservation, discussing how flexible the kitchen staff may be in regard to accommodating people with more unique dietary restrictions.

2. Location The location of the venue is another factor that bears ample consideration. The venue should be located near accessible highways that make it easy for guests to arrive and get home. If hosting out-of-town clients, look for an establishment within a reasonable distance of the airport or the hotel where guests will be staying.

4. Reputation Subpar service is not the fault of the person trusted with hosting the business dinner. However, a restaurant with a strong reputation for great service can help hosts create a strong first impression in the eyes of their colleagues or prospective clients. Peruse online reviews of restaurants before making a reservation, ultimately choosing a venue that has glowing reviews in terms of its reputation for service. Hosting a business dinner is a big responsibility. But dinners tend to go smoothly when hosts exercise their due diligence in regard to planning.

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Throw a successful restaurant party

eople who love to entertain but don’t have the space to do so at home often take their love of hosting to nearby restaurants. While much of the work on the day of the party is likely to be performed by restaurant staff, hosting a gathering at a local establishment has its challenges, particularly in regard to planning. It’s easy to focus solely on the cost of hosting a restaurant party, as that’s likely to be the foremost consideration for hosts. And it’s wise for hosts to develop a budget for their parties while also considering other ways to make their get-togethers successful. On-site expenses When shopping restaurants and other venues, ask the establishment managers to give a thorough rundown of proposed expenses. Get all estimates in writing so they can be easily compared. The financial management resource The Balance says that common venue expenses can include room rental, food and beverages, security deposit, insurance needs, valet parking, taxes/ gratuities, and other add-ons. These add-ons can include plating fees for cakes made off-premises or corkage fees for host-supplied wine. Explore entertainment Mingling and conversation are part of restaurant parties, but hosts can facilitate even more guest interaction by planning entertainment for the party. Discuss with the venue whether hired musicians or other entertainers are permissible. Something as low-key as a table-side sleight-of-hand magician or a tarot card reader who can offer psychic intrigue may be fun.

What is a chef card? balloons, ribbons or chair covers or colorful flowers or centerpieces, and take-aways for guests. Discover if you can work with the chef to curate a special menu. This helps the kitchen staff immensely because they’ll only have a set number of dishes to prepare rather than having to make foods off the larger menu all at once, says the food, home and wellness site MyDomaine. Family-style appetizers also are effective. Print out custom menus with the event title on top, or ask if the restaurant can make them.

hen dining out, people with food allergies may find it difficult or uncomfortable to communicate their allergy concerns with restaurant staff. In recognition of that, the organization Food Allergy Research & Education, which aims to improve the quality of life and the health of individuals with food allergies, provides an interactive “chef card” that outlines the foods diners must

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avoid. Such a card, which is free and available via the FARE website at www.foodallergy.org, can make it simple for people with food allergies to communicate that information to restaurant staff. The card is available in English and a number of foreign languages, which can benefit people who travel and those who enjoy dining at ethnic restaurants where staff members may not speak diners’ native tongues.

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Match food

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he rise of craft and home brewing has created more beer flavor profiles than ever before. In fact, there’s likely a beer for everyone, whether you’re a novice or connoisseur. The Brewer’s Association, a trade association that represents small and independent American craft brewers, reports that, in 2018, small and independent brewers collectively produced 25.9 million barrels and experienced a 4 percent total market growth. The BA also states that these small brewers achieved a collective retail dollar take-in of $27.6 billion. While wine will always have its enthusiasts, beer is fast on its heels as a popular mealtime beverage. Much in the way wines are paired with certain foods, it has become the natural course of action to pair certain foods with particular styles of beer.

“Beer is a great match for food because of the complexity of its flavors, its ability to provide refreshment and to interact with many food flavors,” says Marc Stroobandt, a master beer sommelier for the Food and Beer Consultancy, UK. American Amber Lager: Creamy risotto, wild rice, polenta American Pale Ale: Game birds, such as duck and quail Belgian-style Dubbel: Pork chops, sausage, tenderloin Belgian-style Flanders: Grilled ribeye, root vegetables Blonde Ale: Chicken, salads, salmon, nutty cheese Dark Lager: Barbecue, sausage, roasted meat Hefeweizen: Weisswurst, seafood, sushi Imperial Stout: Smoked goose, foie gras, strong cheeses IPA: Spicy foods, curries Porter: Roasted or smoked foods, blackened fish

The Brewer’s Association recommends matching delicate dishes with delicate beers and strong dishes with assertive beers. Commonalities, like aromas and sub-flavors, also work together. A beer with roasted notes may pair well with chocolate, for example. Opposites also attract, in that a spicy food may taste best when paired with a sweet beer. Pairing might once have been limited to matching wines with certain foods. But the booming craft beer business has popularized pairing flavorful beers with foods to make meals even tastier.

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How to make guests feel comfortable at nightclubs and bars?

arty hosts and hostesses may feel the stirrings of butterflies in their stomachs in anticipation of a special event. It’s natural to have nerves when inviting others into your home or planning an event at a restaurant or catering hall, as you no doubt want everything to go right and may feel the pressure to impress. Although hosts may be feeling some mild trepidation, they should recognize that guests may be a little nervous about attending an event as well. When attending a party, guests may not know what to expect or who else may be on the guest list. To ensure everyone has a good time, hosts can take steps to make guests feel more comfortable and at home.

averns and bars have served as popular gathering places for centuries, and nightspots remain a vital component of nights out today. According to data from the market research firm IBISWorld, in the United States alone, bars and nightclubs generated $27 billion in revenue in 2018. Information from IBISWorld indicates that average annual revenue for the same industry in Canada is $3 billion. Many people like to go out because they know local bars and nightclubs will keep them abreast of new trends. Here are a few things consumers can expect when hitting up a bar or nightclub in the near future. Organic spirits: Many spirits manufacturers are helping to paint alcohol in a more positive, healthy light. Spirits made from organic cane sugar, non-GMO ingredients and gluten-free grain are just some of the products emerging from those efforts. Rise of tequila and bourbon: Beer, vodka and wine will always have their place, but bourbon and quality tequila have seen a huge spike in popularity in recent years, states LitAPP, an event and nightlife information service. Another notable spirit is single malt whiskey, which was made popular in Scotland. Single malts are now produced all over the world, according to William Grant & Sons, a family-owned distillery. Reusable products: Many bar and nightclub owners have transitioned to paper straws, while others are

giving out straws only on request. Reusable coasters instead of paper napkins and bare tables (to cut down on linen laundering) also are becoming the norm. Businesses like Trash Tiki, which recycle discarded cocktail fruit into syrups, cordials and other drink ingredients, also are changing how bars and nightclubs handle their excess supplies. Electric hookahs: Electric hookahs have been on display at the Nightclub & Bar Show in Las Vegas. Electric hookahs feature flavored vapors and give enthusiasts a chance for communal smoking as the law allows. Charging stations: Running out of phone steam while at a club or bar may have people heading home. But charging stations are becoming the norm and keeping patrons inside. Emergence of boxed wine: Boxed wine can keep vintages fresher longer, and many businesses are pouring from a box instead of a bottle to reduce waste and keep products fresh. Multi-concept venues: Multiconcept venues appeal to younger generations who are always looking for new experiences on demand, according to the trends predictor Toast. Fine food, good music, digital entertainment, and more are edging out flashy cocktails and bottle services. Bars and nightclubs are keeping up with the times by offering new services.

When attempting to make guests comfortable, lead by example. Guests will sense your energy when they walk through the door. If you are agitated or appear stressed, guests may feel that way as well. Project a calm and inviting spirit and greet guests with a smile. This will help set the tone for the rest of the festivities. Get as much done as possible before guests arrive so they’re not walking in on the set-up of the party. Leave a trivial

task, such as mixing a salad or preparing cocktails, for last so you can pay some attention to early arriving guests. Keep in mind that food should look inviting, but don’t feel pressured to make food look like something out of a cookbook. Some guests may even be hesitant to be the first to dig if dishes appear too perfect. Arrange foods in such a way that guests won’t be afraid to dig in and ruin the impressive display. Play soft music make sure snacks are available before guests arrive. This way the first guests are not walking into a house where they can hear a pin drop. Set up appetizers around seating so that smaller groups of people can mingle. Take time to chat with different guests throughout the evening. This allows you to introduce people who might not know one another, and such introductions can make guests feel more at ease. Don’t forget to toast or thank your guests for coming and show them your appreciation by sending them home with a small party favor. A token of appreciation mixed with having a fun and festive night will ensure guests look forward to your future parties.

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How to avoid growing bored in retirement

rom the moment young men and women first walk into the office for their first day as a working professional until the day they officially retire, the notion of planning for retirement is never far from their minds. But when the day to hang up the briefcase and donate all those business suits arrives, some retirees wonder what to do next. Some retirees know exactly how they will spend their days when they no longer have to work, while others who decide to play it by ear may find themselves battling boredom.

For those among the latter group, it’s important to understand that many retirees find themselves bored once they no longer have to focus on a career. Jobs keep men and women busy and provide a sense of purpose in their lives, so it’s understandable that retirees feel bored once those jobs are no longer a part of their lives. But just because you no longer have an office to go to every day does not mean life cannot be as fulfilling or even more fulfilling than it was when you were still working. You just need to find something to avoid succumbing to retirement boredom.

• Work part-time. Though it might seem odd to start working right after you retire, a part-time job can provide the type of structure you have grown accustomed to without all of the responsibility that comes with a full-time career. Part-time jobs can range from consultancy work that makes use of your professional experience to something entirely different like landscape maintenance at a nearby golf course that gets you out of the house and enjoying the warmer seasons. Whichever you choose, make sure it’s something you find fun and interesting.

• Embrace a new hobby. Working professionals often say they wish they had time to pursue a hobby. Now that you are retired, you have all the time in the world to do just that. Whether it’s perfecting your golf game, writing that novel, learning to cook like a gourmet chef or whatever else you might have always wanted to do, retirement is a great time to do it. • Get in shape. If retirement boredom has started to negatively affect your mood, one great way to conquer your boredom and improve your mood at the same time is to start exercising. Exercise is a natural mood enhancer.

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Embracing a new hobby is one way for recently retired men and women to avoid growing bored during retirement. When the body exercises, it releases chemicals knowns as endorphins, which trigger positive feelings in the body. In addition, regular exercise has been shown to reduce stress, boost self-esteem and improve sleep. Working out at a gym also is a great way to meet fellow retirees in your community, and the energy you have after exercising may give you the boost you need to pursue other hobbies. • Volunteer. If a part-time job is not up your alley, then consider volunteering in your community. Volunteers are always in demand, and volunteering with

a local charity can provide a sense of purpose and provide opportunities to meet like-minded fellow retirees, all while helping to quell your boredom. Retirees who love to travel can combine their passion for volunteering with their love of travel by signing up to work with an international relief organization that travels abroad to help the less fortunate. Upon retiring, many retirees initially find themselves coping with boredom. But there are many ways to avoid the restlessness of retirement.

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Did you know? A 2017 report from the World Economic Forum recommended that the richest countries across the globe raise their retirement ages in order to prevent the collapses of pension systems. Full retirement age in the United States varies depending on when a person was born, though it’s currently between age 65 and 67. In Canada, eligible residents can begin receiving their full Canada Pension Plans at age 65. But longer life expectancies among today’s men and women as well as considerably longer life expectancies for babies born today is partly why the World Economic Forum recommended raising the age at which people can begin receiving their full benefits. Pension funds have been unable to keep pace as people are living longer but still retiring around the same age as they have for decades. That will create a considerable shortfall by 2050, when the World Economic Forum predicts eight countries, including the United States, Canada, India, and China among others, will face a combined pension fund shortfall of $400 trillion.

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Appointment companions are a smart move

isits to a physician are just one step people make in an effort to improve their well-being. While it’s important that everyone visit their physicians at least once a year for a checkup, seniors may need to see their physicians more frequently than other age groups. When visiting the doctor, it is easy for anyone to miss important components of what the doctor is saying, and it’s just as easy to misunderstand certain instructions or medication information. Seniors who bring companions along to appointments with their physicians can reduce the risk of misunderstanding advice or diagnoses given by their doctors. Data from U.S. News and World Report states that about one-third of seniors still living on their own take a companion with them to their routine doctor’s office visits. Companions are typically spouses, but they can include children or other family members as well.

people are actively listening. Together, the information they’ve heard can combine to provide a full account of the visit.

Taking notes

Companions can jot down important notes about the appointment, such as dates and times for follow-up visits, medication advice and any other instructions that may be forgotten once the patient leaves the office. Companions can later translate the jargon-heavy language of a physician into an understandable language the patient can fully understand.

Medical history

Sometimes a companion can be a useful resource, calling a doctor’s attention to a patient’s prior hospitalizations and illnesses. Companions can even call attention to any medications the patient is currently taking.

Serving as an advocate

Patients may find there are many advantages to bringing someone along to an appointment. And companions may want to learn more about patients’ goals at each appointment prior to going along so they can prepare and know how to help during the appointment.

Very often a companion can operate as a patient advocate, clarifying questions or getting further information out of a doctor if the patient is hesitant to ask. If the information isn’t clear, the companion can raise red flags or ask to have the instructions put in a different light.

Listen

Sometimes patients need companions who speak their native languages when their physicians do not.

People tend to forget at least half of what they hear in the doctor’s office, says the Archives of Internal Medicine. This tendency may be increased when patients are nervous about the potential outcome of their visits. Bringing a companion along means that both

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People are learning that bringing a family member or friend along to doctors’ appointments can be a smart way to make the most of doctor/patient interactions.

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The SECURE Act Looms

Information written by Stephen J. Silverberg, Esq., CELA The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (the "SECURE” Act) has been on the radar since the spring. The Act, passed by the House of Representative on May 23, 2019, changes estate planning for retirement benefits from qualified plans and IRAs. Its passage by the Senate is imminent. The SECURE Act raises the age at which a participant must begin distributions to age 72 and allows contributions to an IRA after beginning distributions. More significantly, the Act eliminates the ability of most beneficiaries of an IRA, 401(k), or other qualified retirement plan (other than a spouse, disabled or chronically ill individual, or a minor child) to stretch the payment of inherited benefits over their life expectancy. Instead, they must withdraw the entire account balance within 10 years after the account owner’s death. When enacted, every estate plan including retirement assets will require a substantial overhaul. An additional provision of the

SECURE Act fixes an unintended consequence of the 2017 Tax Act. What came to light was the taxation of benefits paid to families of soldiers killed in action. The VA pays a Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (“DIC”) benefit. DIC is a tax-free monetary benefit paid to eligible survivors of service members who died in the line of duty or from a service-related injury or disease. The Department of Defense also pays under a Survivor Benefit Plan (“SBP”). SBP is a lifetime annuity based on a percentage of pay (adjusted for inflation) and is paid to an eligible beneficiary. However, there is an offset for the Department of Defense benefits paid while also receiving Veterans Affairs benefits. This is sometimes called the Widow's Tax. The SBP is often assigned to the surviving children to avoid the reduction. When the SBP is paid to children under 18 (or 24 if a student), it is subject to the Kiddie Tax. Before 2018, the Kiddie Tax was based on the parent's income tax rate, and it was estimated the tax rate was

between 12%-15%. The 2017 Act raised the Kiddie Tax rate to 37% on unearned income over $12,500; surviving children pay a confiscatory tax. A provision was added to treat the SBP as earned income for Kiddie Tax. HERE IS THE HIDDEN PROBLEM Section 204 of the SECURE Act gives a safe harbor to 401(k) plan sponsors who offer an annuity option. It is seen as beneficial as many seniors feel they will run out of money during their lifetimes. (something I repeatedly heard while testifying on behalf of NAELA before the ERISA Advisory Council of the Department of Labor). This means if an employer picks an annuity provider, and it goes out of business or rips off workers, they could not sue the employer afterward. That could incentivize companies to find fly-by-night annuity providers that give good deals to the companies for business, making their money by ripping off the firm’s workers before filing for bankruptcy.

Annuities from retirement vehicles are only exempt for Medicaid eligibility purposes the State is designated the primary beneficiary of the annuity (a surviving spouse or disabled child may take precedence over the State). If the account holder requires Medicaid services, upon their death, the State is reimbursed for the cost of services provided to the account holder and the balance, if any is paid to the family. If the State is not designated as a beneficiary, the accountholder is ineligible for Medicaid benefits until the entire retirement account is exhausted. The SECURE Act does not mention this requirement so it is up to the individual to know the rules. BUT WAIT - THERE’S MORE Given the overwhelming bipartisan support for the SECURE Act in the House and Senate, it is almost certain the SECURE Act will be enacted in some form. Our office will be carefully following the progress of these two pieces of legislation and keep you posted on what’s going on.

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3 money-saving Make vacations and travel tips travel a key component for retirees of your retirement T

hen the time comes to bid farewell to conference calls, meetings and daily commutes, retirees have open schedules to fill with whichever activities they choose. Travel is one exciting way to pass the time. Traveling can be a rewarding prospect for active seniors, particularly those who successfully preplanned for retirement and have the income to fund various excursions. Many seniors, both in the United States and Canada, find that travel tops their to-do lists once they retire. According to Senior Travel magazine, new travel options are emerging for newly minted retirees looking for something a little different from the status quo. The list of destinations retirees have at their disposal is limitless. The following ideas are some of the more popular ways retirees choose to travel.

Road trips rule. Taking to the highways and byways is an excellent way to see the country. Seniors can customize their routes depending on which places they want to visit. RV travel can be as comfortable or as rustic as

travelers prefer. Many seniors spend months traveling in their campers, which offer many of the same amenities of home. Campsites and special RV hookup sites offer the other necessities of traveling the open road. Genealogical tourism is popular. People hoping to trace their ancestry and visit their ancestral homelands are one of the fastestgrowing travel segments. Visiting an old church in Europe where ancestors were married or buying food from a market in which a great aunt or uncle once worked leads retirees on many international adventures. Such trips provide travelers with a unique opportunity to understand their roots up close and personal while enjoying some international travel along the way.

Exotic tours can be exciting destinations. History buffs or adventure-seeking couples may be particularly attracted to exotic travel destinations that are slightly off of the beaten path. Travel tours may take vacationers to destinations such as excavation sites or backpacking through the rainforest. With passport in hand, seniors can go just about anywhere

their desires take them.

Enjoy a relaxing seaside trip. A seaside vacation can be the perfect trip for seniors who want to put their feet up and sip some cocktails while watching the waves lap the shores. Many beach resorts offer all-inclusive packages for different age groups. Meals, excursions and hotel rooms can be bundled into one affordable, confusion-free price. Go cruising. Speaking of allinclusive vacationing, cruising seems tailor-made for those ages 50 and older because it offers the convenience of accommodations, food, entertainment, and transportation all in one. The various activities offered on the ship mean travelers can find ways to spend their time how they see fit. Cruising couples can opt to spend all of their time on the ship enjoying carefully prepared meals and entertainment or disembark and explore the various ports of call along the way. Now that they have more free time, retirees can gear up for travel adventures to remember.

hough a transient lifestyle is something few people aspire to during much of their lives, come retirement, the idea of staying in a place for only a short time has more appeal.

According to a recent study from the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies, 36 percent of baby boomers want to spend their retirements traveling. Many are succeeding in doing just that, as a study from the luxury travel network Virtuoso found that today’s seniors spent an average of just over $11,000 per year on travel. That was more than any other generation, highlighting just how much older adults like to get out and explore the world. Retirees who fear they cannot afford to travel can explore the various ways for seniors to cut costs and still satisfy their wanderlust during retirement.

1. Take advantage of age-related discounts.

Some adults prefer to hide their ages, but when it comes time to travel during retirement, honesty is the best policy. Many businesses that cater to travelers offer discounts to seniors. Car rental agencies, hotels, travel agencies, and cruise lines may offer direct discounts to customers 65 and older, while membership in organizations such as AAA and AARP may make seniors eligible for additional discounts. Discounts on lodging and airfare might net the biggest savings, but even discounts on various smaller expenses can add up to big savings.

2. Don’t overlook travel agencies.

While many prospective travelers’ first instincts are now to visit various travel websites in an effort to find the most affordable trips, it’s important that travelers not overlook travel agencies when planning trips. Travel websites, though a valuable resource, only list the hotels and airlines that agree to be included on their sites. While many participate, some do not, and those that do not may instead work independent of travel websites or partner with travel agencies. Travel agencies have access to the latest information, and many specialize in certain countries, knowing all the attractions visitors to their countries want to see. Travel agencies may offer packages that include admissions to popular attractions, which can be more affordable than planning a trip a la carte.

3. Travel as part of a group.

Group travel may not appeal to everyone, but it should appeal to older, budget-conscious travelers. Retirees who are uncomfortable driving at home will likely be even less comfortable driving in foreign countries where the rules of the road are not the same. Traveling in groups, whether it’s with a retirement community, religious organization or another program, can save travelers substantial amounts of money. Many hotels and tourist attractions offer steep discounts for group tours, which can even be arranged through travel agencies. A hidden benefit of signing up for a group tour is the chance to meet new people and develop new relationships with fellow globetrotters. Many working professionals hope to spend the bulk of their retirement traveling the globe. While such a goal is potentially costly, there are various ways to save and still see the world.

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‘Cloven Kingdom’ at Adelphi Adelphi University’s Department of Dance honors the legacy of choreographer Paul Taylor by performing his classic work Cloven Kingdom on Wednesday, November 20, through Sunday, November 24. The six performances will take place at the Olmsted Theatre at the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center (PAC). The exciting program will also include ballet and modern works choreographed by Adelphi’s own faculty including Frank Augustyn, Tamara Babic, and Adelheid B. Strelick. Fall Dance Adelphi: Cloven Kingdom will take place with four evening shows at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 20; Thursday, November 21;

Friday, November 22; and Saturday, November 23, in the Olmsted Theatre in Adelphi’s PAC Concert Hall. Two matinees will also be oﬀered at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 23, and Sunday, November 24. Tickets are $25, with discounts available to seniors, students, alumni and employees. For more information

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Celebrating 50 years since Apollo 12 In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 12 (Nov. 14-Nov. 24, 1969), the Cradle of Aviation Museum and Education Center is celebrating the accomplishments and work of Apollo 12 Astronaut and Artist, Alan Bean, with an art exhibit

featuring reprints of select Apollo-themed paintings and a free lecture on Nov. 20 at 7:00 p.m. from Alan Bean’s wife, Leslie, about life with Alan. Reservations for the lecture are recommended and can be made by calling 516-572-4066.

Apollo 12 Astronaut Alan Bean’s Portrait entitled Conrad, Gordon, & Bean & The Fantasy

Travel the world with Adelphi Jazz Nov. 22 The Adelphi Jazz Ensemble takes its audience on a journey to iconic destinations around the globe as seen through the eyes of classic composers at the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center on Friday, Nov. 22. Under the direction of Cilla Owens, the talented artists will feature words and music by Duke Ellington, Vernon Duke and Yip Harburg, Henry Mancini, Thelonius Monk, Peggy Lee, Bobby Troup, Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson, Dizzy Gillespie, and much more. Ride along on Route 66. Cross the pond and enjoy April In Paris. Explore the beaches of St. Thomas and Corcovado. Travel on a Caravan and enjoy

A Night In Tunisia. The Adelphi Jazz Ensemble will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 22, on the Westermann Stage in Adelphi’s PAC Concert Hall. Tickets are $20, with discounts available to seniors, students, alumni and employees. For more information call the Lucia and Steven N. Fischer Box Office at 516-877-4000 or email boxoffice@adelphi.edu. Regular box office hours are Tuesday through Friday from 1 to 6 p.m. and the box office is also open two hours before most scheduled performances. Ticket sales and additional information are available online.

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Temple Beth Sholom to host Susan Winter Temple Beth Sholom will hold a Cabaret Night on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 7:30 p.m. that will feature awardwinning cabaret performer Susan Winter, accompanied by pianist Alex Rybeck, in Minor Miracles. It’s a show that explores the impact of minor-key, Eastern European melodies on popular music. The Sisterhood and Men’s Club, in partnership with The Arthur Goldberg Social Action & Cultural Arts Program Fund and the TBS Inclusion Committee, are sponsoring the evening. Jazz vocalist Ghazal Mizrahi will open the program. The event will feature a family-style dinner at 7:30 pm, followed by the show at 8 pm. Winter has been making a name for herself in the cabaret world, honing her craft by performing with jazz trios, big bands, and Top-40 groups. Minor Miracles is Susan and Alex’s new, original show. Susan has been nominated for eight MAC awards beginning with her “debut” performance of Million Dollar Matinee. A Bistro Award as “Outstanding Vocalist” and then a MAC Award for Best Recording quickly followed. She was commissioned by the Kupferberg Holocaust Center at Queensborough Community College to create a program for its fundraiser and later performed “Rise Up Singing” oﬀ-Broadway at Urban Stages and other venues. Backstage writer Roy Sander said, “She can wow us with a knockout arrangement one moment, then move us to tears with an introspective interpretation the next.” Ghazal Mizrahi is a contemporary and jazz singer with a degree in vocal performance from Adelphi University. She can be found using her versatile and electrifying voice on such stages as the Amityville Music Hall and Rockwood Music Hall – and has been professionally recording with A Stillwater Satellite in the notable Excello Studio in Brooklyn. Ghazal is a private voice and piano instructor and freelance photographer. She has recently landed a role in an independent movie currently filming on Long Island. Alex Rybeck is a composer, arranger,

Featured Vocalist Susan Winter and pianist whose Broadway credits include Merrily We Roll Along, Grand Hotel, Tommy Tune Tonite, and Damn Yankees. Off-Broadway shows include Really Rosie, Dames at Sea, and Wings (Public Theater). He conducted the world premiere of What the World Needs Now, earning personal praise from Burt Bacharach. He is the winner of the 2005 MAC Award (given for excellence in cabaret) and has many albums to his credit. He has participated in countless benefits, and organized Heartsongs, one of the first fundraising concerts in response to Hurricane Katrina. Tickets are $75 per person. Become a sponsor and support the synagogue’s inclusion efforts to accommodate children and their families with an appropriate education. To pay by PayPal, please go to www.tbsroslyn.org, then go to Upcoming Events: Fall Cabaret Minor Miracles, or send your check payable to Temple Beth Sholom, earmarked Inclusion Initiative, to Temple Beth Sholom, 401 Roslyn Road., Roslyn Heights, NY 11577. For further information, or to pay by credit card, please contact the temple office at 516-621-2288.

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Temple honors Guiseppe D’Urso’s heroism Continued from Page 8 Tony, at five years old, also played an integral role in harboring the Jewish families. He served as a lookout, calling out to his mother whenever German soldiers were approaching. This past February, D’Urso and his family were recognized for their heroic acts in Rome by Pope Francis. Bishop Gerald T. Walsh of the Archdiocese of New York City, lauded D’Urso’s actions.

“There is no better example of a man living his faith than Giuseppe D’Urso,” Walsh said. He could have looked the other way, he did not. He could have gone home to his family, he did not. Pope Francis honored Giuseppe D’urso because he is a man of holiness for all of us to follow.” Representatives of the Long Island Muslim Society, the Chinese Society of Long Island and the Sons of Italy, all took turns expressing their admiration for

the extraordinary courage and sacrifice demonstrated by the D’Urso family during the Holocaust. Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth told those in attendance that her parents were both Holocaust survivors. She never got the chance to meet her grandparents “because there weren’t more people like Giuseppe D’Urso.” Giuseppe’s grandson Anthony D’Urso told the audience, “My

grandfather did the right thing when the rest of the world went absolutely crazy.” Rev. Jennifer Brower of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock was included among the diverse group of clergy who shared the podium at the synagogue. She implored everyone to learn from the example set by Giuseppe. “Yes, we should all marvel at Giuseppe’s courage. But that’s not enough. We should follow

his example and stand up for injustice whenever we encounter it.” Michael Weinstock, who traveled to the Vatican with the D’Urso family after finding diaries that confirmed the family’s heroism, said, “I’ve never seen such a diverse crowd, from such diﬀerent faiths and backgrounds, talk about one man with such pride of ownership and love. And he’s not even a New Yorker!”

Curran accepts some, not all, budget changes

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County Executive Laura Curran accepted some, but not all budget ammendments suggested by the Nassau GOP.

Continued from Page 6 prove county roads and parks, and reduce delays on opening news small businesses and the jobs they create, all without putting an additional burden on taxpayers.” Curran said her budget was driven by safety concerns. “My number one priority as County Executive is keeping our residents safe. That’s why as New York state implements new criminal justice procedures, Nassau County will take a proactive approach towards safe and orderly management of these reforms,” Curran said Nicolello commended the creation of an office of the crime victim advocate, which the 2020 budget allots a budget for an executive director, deputies, officers, and employees. He also commended increasing the budget at the District Attorney’s Office as he said this will help mitigate the effects of cashless bail reforms. Curran said she has vetoed additional spending amendments passed by the Legislature, but said it is made clear that her administration plans to discuss additional department needs going into the 2020 fiscal year. Curran said her administration is

working directly with the county fire commission, Nassau police, and CSEA to ensure appropriate funding and staffing for police medics. There will also be an “enhanced deployment” plan for Nassau police with SWAT rifles, Curran’s office said. Last month, Curran released her 2020 budget plan, which she said includes no property tax increase for the second year in a row. The budget includes investments in the modernization of county operations, improvements to housing, sustainability and transportation, and efforts to save taxpayer dollars through increased collaboration with towns and villages, Curran’s office said “It is my priority for the government to do more with less. We continue to operate under a NIFA control period. That’s why I am committed to exercising spending discipline while ensuring residents continue to receive the efficient and high-quality services they deserve,” Curran said. “This is my second no property-tax increase budget, and I will continue to protect Nassau County taxpayers by holding down spending levels.”

COMMUNITY NEWS

Town attends Diwali event

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(Left to Right): Council Member Viviana Russell, Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Girish Patel, and Council Member Peter Zuckerman celebrate Diwali with the members of BAPS) Shri Swaminarayan Mandir.

North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Town Council Member Viviana Russell, and Town Council Member Peter Zuckerman recently attended the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Sanstha, or BAPS, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Diwali Celebration in Melville on Monday, Oct. 28. BAPS is a Hindu religious and social organization within the Swaminarayan branch

of Hinduism. BAPS Mandirs teach the arts, language, music, and philosophy that are the roots of Hindu heritage. Supervisor Bosworth and the Town Board Members presented a Proclamation of Recognition in honor of their Diwali celebration. Diwali, an annual five-day celebration, is the Hindu festival of lights celebrated all over the world.

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More reasons why Pataki failed as governor

ere are even more reasons why “Gov George Pataki: Forgotten Man” (On the Right by George Marlin – Nov. 8) rings true. No one who truly believed in limited government, balanced budgets, reduction in long term debt and support for the free enterprise system signed up for former Republican Gov. George Pataki’s ill-fated presidential campaigns. Each time, Pataki never got out of the starting gate. Pataki’s lavish spending of taxpayer dollars to special interest groups to grease his 2002 re-election for his third and last term made the late liberal Republican Gov. Nelson Rockefeller roll over in his grave! His record deficits, excessive spending and late budgets give real conservative Republicans pain. Spending in Patkai’s last 2006 budget was more than twice the rate of inflation. This budget contained almost $1 billion worth of legislative members pork-barrel projects, known as member items, along with a potential deficit in the billions.

Under Gov. Pataki’s tenure, with bipartisan support of the state Legislature (including both Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Republican Senate Leader Joseph Bruno both of whom went on to resign years later due to corruption charges), borrowing for quasigovernment agencies grew by billions of dollars. The combined budgets for dozens of these agencies ran into the tens of billions of dollars. In many cases, these expenditures are tracked oﬄine and not counted as part of the regular budget. Even worse, they are exempt from basic oversight by both the New York State comptroller and state Legislature. In 2006, Albany’s three-way dance between Pataki, Bruno and Silver continued. Career politicians, on a bipartisan basis, still operate the same closeddoor budget process. Albany’s $115 Billion budget was greater than most states and many nations. New York State was ranked No. two among the 50 states in

debt with each resident responsible for $3,515 of the $50 billion total debt. Under “TaxPaki,” state debt grew from $27 billion in 1995 to $50 billion in 2006. Projected future red ink raised this debt to $54 billion by 2009. New York State public authorities’ debt is an additional $72 billion. These combined debts plus future interest total $187 billion dollars! Under Pataki’s political leadership, Republicans lost or were unable to regain numerous public oﬃces. This list includes two Senate seats, eight Congressional seats, state comptroller and attorney general, county executives of Nassau, Suﬀolk and Westchester counties, New York City Comptroller, New York City Public Advocate and five New York City Council seats. His approval of the 2002 reapportionment plan for the State Assembly allowed Democrats to gerrymander so many seats, the GOP became a permanent minority with only 44 of 150 seats. Democrats needed only four more seats to take control of the state Senate. Enrolled Demo-

crats outnumber Republicans 3 to 2 statewide. The returns in the November 2006 election resulted in even more defeats for GOP candidates. Pataki, Senators Schumer and Clinton had a mutual nonaggression pact. Each would talk the talk. but not walk the walk when it came time to actually support or share their respective massive campaign finance machines with fielding challengers to each other. This was necessary if one wanted to run a serious candidate against each other when running for reelection. Just like the cowardly lion from the land of Oz, Pataki would not run against either Schumer in 2004 or 2010. Ditto for Sen. Clinton in 2000 or 2006 or Sen. Gillibrand in 2012. His public service announcements at taxpayers expense kept running while he ran around the country in 2006, trying to position himself for a 2008 presidential run. In New York, he left the GOP in ruins from which it has never recovered. Intelligent Republican Party presidential primary voters look

past glitzy campaign commercials to a potential President’s past leadership, management style, philosophy and political track record. Pataki’s fiscal mismanagement and his presiding over the destruction of the GOP as an effective opposition party within New York was not overlooked. Republican presidential primary voter never wanted to inflict the Pataki virus on a national level. Native New York Republicans who knew Pataki best denied him the ability to carry New York as a favorite son candidate. Having been out of oﬃce for many years, his pay-for-play campaign contributors abandoned him long ago. They ran for the hills to place their bets on other far superior candidates. Pataki wrote his own political obituary long ago.Except in his mind and personal ego, Pataki has been irrelevant in politics, since leaving public oﬃce at the end of 2006 13 years ago. Larry Penner Great Neck

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No gov solution for runaway drug prices

hosewho argue that government regulations are necessary to protect consumers, the environment and the general public, claim that corporations are not looking out for the public’s interest and that it is precisely for this reason that regulations are required. Price controls, by definition, are restrictions, usually set in place and enforced by governments, on the prices that can be charged for goods and services in a market. There are two primary forms of price control, a price ceiling, the maximum price that can be charged, and a price floor, the minimum price that can be charged. When a price floor is set above the equilibrium price, which is the market price where the quantity of goods supplied is equal to the quantity of goods demanded, instead of letting market forces determine prices, it is the quantity supplied will exceed quantity demanded, and excess supply or surpluses will result. When government laws regulate prices known as price control. STAT, a pharmacy publication issued by Stat news.com. recently issued a report on prescription drug pricing written by Alfred Engelberg, a philanthropist and retired intellectual

property lawyer. He asks the question “Are reasonable restraints on drug price increases doomed by pharma lobbying?” The legislation, known as the “Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act,” includes a meaningful solution to the crisis created by runaway drug price increases. This act would, according to Brookings, lower drug prices, improve the benefit of Medicare’s outpatient prescription drug benefit (Part D) and eliminate myriad impediments to competition, and put a cap on drug price increases in Medicare Part D by “requiring drug manufacturers to rebate 100% of any price increase that exceeds the rate of inflation.” It is, as the author writes, “a rare but important display of congressional bipartisanship.” Engelberg writes “Nothing in the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act limits the ability of a pharmaceutical manufacturer to set the initial price of a drug. He says that launch prices are high enough to cover research costs and earn a profit. Nor are price increases related to either a drug’s cost or to a significant increase in research spending” He also writes” “Rather, $200 billion in price increases between 2006 and 2017 simply oﬀsets the loss of a comparable amount of revenue due to generic competition as the

monopolies on old medicines expired. In short, price increases are being used to maintain high levels of profit.” I am not certain how he arrived at this number but Mr. Engelberg is a highly respected intellectual property attorney. This bill would repeal the extra patent protection and market exclusivity they granted to the pharmaceutical industry that delays the existence of a free market and makes it possible for the industry to profit from price increases rather than from the discovery of new medicines. Engelberg Writes that “many experts reasonably argue that the U.S.drug prices should be rolled back so they are no higher than the prices being paid in Canada or Europe, or that prescription drugs should be imported from those countries as a way to achieve price parity. The Grassley/Wyden plan would simply prevent further “predatory price increases without attempting to correct the unfairness of past increases.”There was a price increase cap which industry did not want in this new bill contending that the price cap is really price control. Price control will undermine investment in the discovery of new medicines. Adler, Ginsberg and Lieberman writ-

ing in “Brookings” on health policy write “while existing evidence is clear that higher rewards to drug development in therapeutic class tend to result in more new drugs in that class, little is known about the exact nature of that relationship or the social value of the newly developed drugs-and this relationship is likely characterized by diminishing marginal returns to investments in research and development”. Marc Orlitzky writes “Free Market, is an unregulated system of economic exchange., in which taxes, quality controls, quotas, tariﬀs, and other forms of centralized economic interventions by the government either do not exist or are minimal”. Critics of the free market system tend to argue that certain failures require government intervention. First, prices may not fully reflect the costs or benefits of certain goods or services, and second, a free market may tempt competitors to collude which makes antitrust legislation necessary. In response to these critiques, economists like Milton Friedman have argued for the robustness of markets because they can adjust to or internalize supposed market failure in many situations In its purest form, Chris

Seabury argues, that free-market economy is when the allocation of resources is determined by supply and demand, without any government intervention. There is a continuing debate among politicians and economists about how much government is necessary for the US economy. The government is ineﬃcient and creates nothing but a big bureaucracy that increases the costs of doing business for everyone. Engelberg argues that limiting price increases to inflation is not a form of price control. It certainly looks that way to me. I have said in the past that I have definite issues with this new proposal. Some opponents of this bill say they are serious about protecting” free market” capitalism. They would repeal the extra patent protections and market exclusivity they granted to the pharmaceutical industry. Those protections and exclusivity, they claim, make it possible for the industry to profit from price increases rather than the discovery of new medicines. While I am not an economist, curbing the free market environment is not the American way of doing business. Bertram Drachtman Great Neck

G.N. discusses Complete Street

wanted to thank our Nassau County Legislator Ellen Birnbaum for presenting the Middle Neck Road Traﬃc Safety Evaluation and initiating the important discussion in the community that is long overdue. Special thanks for the live stream of the meeting (helpful to those who couldn’t attend) and for listening patiently to the concerns of the residents. The presentation included suggestions in accordance with complete streets – a worldwide approach to fight street congestion and to make the urban landscapes more human by giving safe space to all street users, not only cars. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed the Complete Streets Act on Aug. 15, 2011, requiring state, county, and local

agencies to consider the convenience and mobility of all users when developing transportation projects that receive state and federal funding. Nassau County adopted a Complete Street Policy in 2013. A complete street is a roadway planned and designed to consider the safe, convenient access and mobility of all roadway users of all ages and abilities. This includes pedestrians, bicyclists, public transportation riders, and motorists; it includes children, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. It’s a must in family-oriented community like Great Neck. The size of the Great Neck peninsula is also perfect for bicycling and walking. The complete street approach means the adding of bicycle

lanes on MNR. A long-overdue step, considering the growing numbers of bicyclists and the growing local population. With the increasing congestion and the number of accidents, the call for designated bike lanes is delinquent. The more residents live on the peninsula, the more obvious is the quest for alternative transportation, less space-consuming and less air and noise polluting. Aside from condemning the rows of buildings through eminent domain for street expansion, it’s pretty much the only way to increase the capacity of the local streets. The arguments in favor of bike lanes are manifold: – Biking reduces pollution and noise, increasing nearby property values.

– It poses far less of a threat to pedestrians. – Bicycle parking needs less space. Twelve bicycles can fit into a space needed to park a single car. – Bicycle lanes can accommodate more people moving at the same time. – Cyclists improve local businesses: they are closer to shops similar to pedestrians, easier to park for a cup of coﬀee or shopping. – Biking promotes social interaction: people see and greet each other; they can stop for a chat. – Biking makes life in Great Neck more aﬀordable since obviously it is much cheaper than driving a car. – Biking is appealing to younger people, making Great Neck more attractive to them. The ultimate success of the

bike lanes will be determined by the level of protection it provides for the bikers. I implore the Nassau County to design protected bike lanes behind the parking lane, to ensure the safety. Only if cyclists will feel safe on the bike lanes will the Great Neckers switch to the bikes en masse. Whoever wants to support local businesses, have to support bike lanes as a way to bring customers closer to the shopping doors and windows. And whoever wants to show a sustainable way to support the local development, must provide alternative ways of transportation for the growing population of the peninsula. Kate Goldberg Great Neck

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Muscarella now accountable for promises

he election results are in and the people who voted have spoken. Thomas E. Muscarella will continue to serve as councilman for the second district. The western Nassau communities within the second district have been represented by Republican board members for over one hundred years, so I am proud that over 10,000 of my fellow citizens voted for me, making it the closest election in the history of the district. Councilman Thomas E. Muscarella made many promises to ensure that he continued to stay in the seat vacated by Edward Am-

brosino, all of which he and the other successful candidates will now be held accountable to fulfill. Councilman Muscarella said he never has and never will raise our taxes, a pledge he must now fulfill. Councilman Muscarella also said that he is completely against and wants to stop the proposed development at Belmont Park, so his constituents can rightfully hold him to that pledge. While I fought the proposed overdevelopment of Belmont Park, let’s see if Muscarella will actually derail it altogether. I never could make some of the promises he has made to get elected, but

now that he is our elected public oﬃcial, he has the next four years to keep them all, not just some. I truly enjoyed and was privileged to work with a diverse group of talented and honorable citizens in the Democratic Party. As mayor of Floral Park, with its 16,000 residents, I had some exposure to our neighboring communities, but as a candidate for one of the six seats on the Town Board, over these past many months I have gotten to interact with many of the over 100,000 constituents in the district as well as the over 750,000 town residents.

It has been an absolute honor and privilege to do so. To those who may have been upset with my audacity to upset the status quo, just like the much improved LIRR Third Track project, I hope my active participation and contributions to our civic life will continue to result in a better community for us all. Finally, I want to thank my family and friends who have bolstered me both emotionally and spiritually. I have never experienced more slings and arrows directed at me or at them. The ones directed at me never hurt, but the ones directed at them concerned

me deeply. My faith has never been stronger or more challenged – something that should have no place in our public debate. I will pray for them, as well as our newly elected public oﬃcials, and most of all for God to bless these United States of America. The elections are now over, I salute both the victors as well as their worthy opponents, and now we must come together to make our community a great place to live, work and raise a family. Tom Tweedy Floral Park

Too much traffic to okay Macy’s plan

he following is not a news article but an opinion and in response to your news article regarding Manhasset/Long Island “being Full” and cannot accept any more residents, specifically regarding a proposed mixed-use development on the Macy’s parking lot. For anyone traveling on either Northern Boulevard or Community Drive in the Great Neck and Manhasset areas between around

3 p.m. and 7 p.m., the traﬃc is an excruciating nightmare! Like midtown Manhattan at rush hour! For anyone trying to get to NorthShore Hospital or any of the surrounding medical facilities, this can even be life-threatening! The roads are supersaturated. There will always be complainers who say ” not in my neighborhood” for one reason or another but in this case, it is a very valid complaint.

I have been living in Great Neck for 45 years and personally witnessed the increased development with accompanying increased traﬃc. In fact, as an architect, urban planner and former planning board member and chairmen of the Architectural Design Review Board of the Village of Thomaston, you could say that I was involved with some of this development (which was very carefully

studied and on properties that were zoned properly and did not need variances). But the plan for a mixed-use development on Macy’s parking lot is only a money-making proposition for the builders but a disaster for the area residents, medical professionals and others currently living or working in the area and should be rejected. Sure, we need to attract more young families, deal with empty

storefronts, etc. but this proposal won’t accomplish this and only increase existing problems. There will have to be other solutions. By the way, the renderings of the proposed development are beautiful and hopefully, the developers can find a more suitable location for their plans. Arthur M. Cohen Great Neck

Macy’s proposal plan needed by N. Shore

he News did its readers a disservice with the article “Over 1,100 Residents Petition Against Brookfield Rezoning” in its most recent issue. The reporting was nothing more than an anthology of complaints. The article did not provide any commentary from those in the community who support

the development or believe that revitalization is an urgent need in our region. At a time when North Shore communities suﬀer from economic erosion, Macy’s and Brookfield Properties should be commended for wanting to redevelop what is now a desolate park of asphalt and create a modern destination

for people in the region to shop, eat and visit. This level of economic development is the sort of investment that our community needs and our elected oﬃcials should celebrate. After years of economic dysfunction, failed policies, and government inaction, town poli-

Columnist gets it wrong about Warren

aren Rubin wrote that Elizabeth Warren has been flawless up until now – her character and her campaign unimpeachable. Warren’s climb to prominence has been built on a lie claiming to be an American Indian. Even real American Indians have disputed her claim and distanced themselves from her. I have as much American Indian blood as she does and

I’m a third-generation American of Italian descent. I did, however, meet several real American Indians last summer when I visited Yellowstone. I submit that I am now an American Indian just like Elizabeth Warren. I think I’ll apply to Harvard. Warren is a joke. Vic Oliveri Williston Park

ticians should be grateful for this opportunity. The benefits of this initiative far outweigh any concerns. Quality of life issues, suggestions of school overcrowding, and concerns about the urbanization of our community are nothing more than shortsighted hyperbole. Modernize our community

and make this part of the North Shore more attractive to new businesses and residents. This revitalization will increase property values, grow the tax base, support local businesses, and help our community stay relevant. Michael S. Glickman Great Neck

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Business&RealEstate

What I learned, experienced in S.F. I just returned from my yearly convention of the National Association of Realtors in San Francisco, where 25,000 Realtors converge to learn, absorb and apply what they have learned and network among one another to further their businesses and their return on their investment. Brokers and agents from around the globe came to meet one another as we do each and every year and to rekindle and further relationships that have grown into an amazing source of referrals in and out of the U.S. However, not surprisingly, there were so many more new faces to establish connections with and develop the rapport and relationships that are so desperately needed within our industry to expand and scale our businesses to new heights and to become more profitable as any smart Broker and agent should strive for every day! I do not know how many brokers and agents showed up from Long Island, except those that are on my global and a few other committees that I contribute my time and eﬀorts to; but our showing was not what it should have been. There were many more from other states, like California, Texas, Florida, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, North Dakota, Nevada, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Guam, British West Indies, France, Japan, Indonesia, France, Spain, Italy and so many more. I believe there were thousands more agents from other countries than in 2018, that had not only the passion to per-

form their businesses on a topnotch level and to service their clientele without any regard or thoughts of focusing primarily on the money to be made; but first to realize it’s about the client’s “needs and wants” and finding their first home, “move up” dream home, commercial sale or lease or even a basic rental or relocation! A typical agent many times focuses on the commission and how much money they can make and might just dwell on this way too much and not enough on the consumer who they are serving and who will be paying them, not only directly on a rental but indirectly when purchasing; for their purchase is where our commission is derived from and not the seller! Although we do eventually get remunerated by the seller, where do you think our fee comes from, you the buyer! So whether you are a listing agent, representing the seller, a buyer’s

PHILIP A. RAICES Real Estate Watch

agent, representing the buyer or a dual agent representing both, (but not each exclusively), one must understand the importance of the entire transaction and why it’s so critical to make sure all the parties are extremely satisfied with your service, not only the seller, but the purchaser, where, as I just mentioned, our fees are indirectly coming from. The agents

want reviews and testimonials, then they must truly earn them by providing their expertise and knowledge by plying their trade to all parties, regardless of who you might be representing, so the impression you will leave behind, is that you did an exemplary professional job in making the sale or rental end on a positive note, instead of the disasters and sad outcomes of what I have experienced and observed with other agents and also have been told. The closing or lease signing should be the most exhilarating and happy time for all if you do your business correctly! Stress and poor communication should never enter into the picture if handled in the proper fashion. It’s never been about us (although some act that way and become way too self-centered, self-absorbed, narcissistic and try to ingratiate themselves in a phony way to make a deal),

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or think that their, “you know what,” doesn’t stink; but to always be cognizant about who we work for, the public. We serve them and always must regard them in the highest esteem, and allow us to earn their trust and credibility as long as we do our part in guiding them through the arduous and complicated process from the start to the finish; and who enable us to earn such an amazing living. We should never take them for granted, for in the short and long run, they are our most important advocates for our future referrals and connections to scale our businesses to higher more profitable grounds. Attending all our conventions in June, October, November, and December will make an agent that much more professional and knowledgeable and will put them on a diﬀerent trajectory than the 80 percent who barely make a living. No wonder that most drop out of our business because they don’t have the proper training and support (or they don’t seek out the necessary training and tools) to build a strong foundation to understand and learn this business the correct way. An excellent agent’s motto should be, “For Service, Before, During and After the Sale.” Philip A. Raices is the owner/Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 Great Neck. He has earned designations as a Graduate of the Realtor Institute and a Certified International Property Specialist. He can be reached by email, at:Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate. Com, or by cell: (516) 6474289.

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Recent Real Estate Sales in Manhasset Manhasset Real Estate Market Conditions MEDIAN SALES PRICE $1,395,000 Demographics near Manhasset, NY Population Population Density Median Age People per Household Median Household Income Average Income per Capita

City 17,711 2,651 47.2 2.9 132,741 92,018

County 1,352,825 4,752 42.5 2.9 85,195 45,421

7 Bonnie Heights Road, Manhasset Sold Price: $3,450,000 Date: 06/25/2019 6 beds, 6 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 1.52 acres Schools: Port Washington Total Taxes: $41,306 MLS# 3066913

35 Bridge Road, Manhasset Sold Price: $2,350,000 Date: 06/28/2019 5 beds, 5 Full baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 65x184 Schools: Manhasset Total Taxes: $35,343 MLS# 3109619

47 Castle Ridge Road, Manhasset 102 Boulder Road, Manhasset

Sold Price: $1,550,000 Date: 09/26/2019 5 beds, 3 Full baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 105x75 Schools: Manhasset Total Taxes: $21,778 MLS# 3130175

Sold Price: $2,060,000 Date: 10/28/2019 5 beds, 3 Full baths Style: Exp Ranch # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 126x175 Schools: Manhasset Total Taxes: $14,234 MLS# 3162147

Editor’s note: Homes shown here were recently sold in Manhasset 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 Manhasset and are believed by Blank Slate Media to be of interest to our readers.

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Protest over accused Mineola couple Judge nixes Belmont work halt

Continued from Page 13 animals go on to do worse things,” Santo said. “The first we have to do is prosecute and then we have to follow through.” Ellie Knoller, 29, of Mineola, faces charges of three counts of aggravated cruelty to animals – an E felony – and three counts of overdriving, torturing and injuring animals, an A-grade misdemeanor. His wife Jessica Kuncman, 30, also known as Jessica Knoller, faces one charge of overdriving, torturing and injuring animals. Ellie Knoller, if convicted on the top count, faces up of two years in jail. Jessica Knoller faces a maximum of one year in jail. “Three healthy puppies suﬀered horrific injuries while they were under the care and control of these defendants,” Nassau County DA Madeline Singas said in a news release issued after the couple was arrested. “Sadly, these animals can’t testify about the unconscionable suﬀering that they endured, but their blunt-force and neck trauma injuries tell a gruesome story, and we are committed to seeking justice on their behalf.” Ellie Knoller, 29, allegedly adopted a 10-12-week-old Shepherd mix named Tucker on Feb. 8 from a local pet adoption agency. Nine days later the puppy died from kidney rupture, likely of blunt

force trauma that led to extensive internal bleeding, prosecutors said. A day later, prosecutors allege, Knoller and his wife, Jessica, 30, purchased a brown Goldendoodle puppy named Cooper from a Pennsylvania breeder. Two days later, prosecutors said the dog was brought into Garden City Veterinary Care in cardiac and respiratory arrest. Cooper’s death was determined to be from a lacerated liver, which prosecutors alleged stemmed from blunt force trauma that led to a lacerated liver and extensive, fatal internal bleeding. Prosecutors said the incidents followed an investigation after the defendants allegedly brought in a lethargic and lifeless 11-week-old female Goldendoodle puppy named Bella to Veterinary Referral & Emergency Center of Westbury on Feb. 27. Kuncman did not take Bella to a veterinarian for about 15 hours after she appeared to be in pain, prosecutors also alleged. Prosecutors said veterinarians found multiple fractured ribs, bruises on her lungs, bleeding behind her eyes and a broken leg. Doctors performed surgery on Bella and had to insert a metal rod to repair her leg and a steel plate to hold her bones in place.

Gary Rogers, a spokesman for Nassau’s SPCA, said in an interview that Bella is okay and is living with a new family. “Bella is fine. She’s living on her own now,” Rogers said. “She has adjusted well to her new family.” Greg Madey, an attorney for Knoller, could not immediately be reached for comment on Tuesday but had previously told the Daily News that the dogs became sick after they came home. “He’s denied this from the get-go,” Madey said, according to the Daily News. “They’re horrible accusations, but [it’s] just as bad to be charged with something like this. They’re upset.” Jeﬀ Groder, a Mineola-based attorney representing Jessica Kuncman, did not immediately return requests for comment but had said in a previous interview that “prosecutors can say what they want” and evidence needs to be bared out, but there is documentation that Bella was taken to the veterinarians. “Under the circumstances, it’s going to be my position that Ms. Kuncman acted properly,” Groder said. Assistant District Attorney Stephanie Hernan is prosecuting the case. Both Knoeller’s have pleaded not guilty.

Mets broadcaster honored for career Continued from Page 12 greats. “I’m really trying to embrace the tremendous honor that it’s been for me to represent the organization that I grew up in love with.” Rose, a baseball-crazy kid from Queens, who sat in the parking lot and watched Shea Stadium be erected in the early 1960s, attended Cardozo High School in Bayside and later Queens College. He broke into the broadcasting business in 1975 as one of the original voices of the long-defunct SportsPhone and has never stopped working. Rose is grateful for the opportunities he has had with the Mets, however, doesn’t need to take a step back to soak it all

in. He keeps all of the great memories he has had right in the forefront of his thoughts. “I’ve always been introspective by nature,” Rose said. “It’s all very humbling. When I think of the 1969 Mets and where I was then — as a 15-yearold at Cardozo High, and what it was like to be enveloped by that team — and move the clock forward 50 years, really dig into the number of years that I’ve worked for the club and the connection that hopefully, I have made with the fans, it’s mind-boggling for me. I’ve never needed to take a step back because it has happened organically.” Inducted into the New York State

Baseball Hall of Fame along with Rose were 15 other men and women. The 2019 honorees included former Mets Ron Darling and Art Shamsky, former Yankees Bobby Murcer, Ron Guidry, and Thurman Munson, and sports writer Bill Madden. Each year, the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame selects players, executives, broadcasters, and other influential members in the state. Brett Topel is the author of four books, including “Miracle Moments in New York Mets History” and “When Shea Was Home: The Story of the 1975 Mets, Yankees, Giants & Jets.” Visit www.topelmetsbook.com for more information on Topel’s books.

Herricks students acclaimed for doc Continued from Page 2 advanced designation increased from last year’s 31 percent to 33.4 percent, while those with a Regents diploma increased from 48.8 to 53.33 percent. Vice President Gary Gonzalez from Park East Construction said that plans for a new Herricks Middle School fitness

center is anticipating state approval by Dec. 2. It would then be open for bidding from Dec. 17 to the end of Jan. 2020, with awards being handed out on Feb. 13. Construction would be completed in 12 months, from May 5, 2020, to June 3, 2021. He said they were also awaiting ap-

proval for plans for a bus loop by the school, which would come in by March 16, 2020. The bidding period would take place in late March, with awards in April, he said. Construction would begin after school is out for summer break, on June 27, and completed by the end of August.

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Continued from Page 4 Avenue, he said. Jack Sterne, a spokesman for the agency overseeing the project Empire State Development said, “Today’s decision is a victory for smart economic development and is an important step forward in our eﬀorts to transform Belmont Park, while delivering thousands of jobs and billions in economic activity to Nassau County. “ Sterne said the project has gone through a transparent, public process that followed all requirements under state law. “We are pleased the judge’s decision recognizes that.” he said. The Belmont arena project includes a 19,000-seat arena for the New York Islanders, 350,000 square feet of shops and restaurants, a hotel containing 250 rooms and parking on 43 acres of vacant state-owned property at Belmont Park. The village has raised concerns about the project’s impact on traﬃc, the influx of commuters coming into Floral Park for Islander games, Floral Park becoming a “soft target” for terrorism, propane cylinders being installed for the project and the location of a new LIRR station at the north parking lot of Belmont Park to support the project. Longobardi said the judge overseeing their case, Roy Mahon, has scheduled a preliminary injunction hearing Dec. 5 with a possible ruling on the Village’s article 78 lawsuit. County Executive Laura Curran celebrated the court decision calling Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s groundbreaking ceremony for the project in Septembeer a “milestone marking a new era for Nassau County.” “Say goodbye to the Land of No – we’re growing again and building for the future,” Curran said in a statement. “The Belmont project will accomplish three vital goals for Nassau County: it will boost our economy with new jobs and revenue, expand our public transit network, and bring our Islanders home. “

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Winthrop provides care at NYC marathon For racers in the New York City Marathon, the battle doesn’t always end at the finish line. That’s why nearly two dozen physicians, med students, and nurses from NYU Winthrop Hospital volunteered to provide acute care for racers in need of urgent medical care as they crossed the finish line. The volunteers helped man a massive, acute care tent, which held enough cots to provide triage for 1,700+ runners and included an ICU (Intensive Care Unit) for serious medical issues. Where one battle ended—runners finishing the race—the next battle began—to send them home healthy. “Thousands of runners were collapsing, non-stop,” said NYU Winthrop’s volunteer team leader, Andrew Moawad. “Our triage tent almost resembled a battlefield environment, but fortunately our experienced medical team stabilized the vast majority of runners that we treated.” NYU Winthrop’s team was among dozens of such medical teams, among the many unsung heroes who serve behind the scenes to help make the world’s largest marathon a success. NYU Winthrop medical volunteers hailed from all over Long Island including Melville, Merrick, Smithtown,

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NYU Winthrop medical volunteers team to provide acute care at finish line of NYC Marathon. and Cutchogue, as well as from points further afield such as Miami and Rockville, Maryland. They tended to issues that included dehydration; hypothermia and hyperthermia (temperatures too low or high), and rhabdomyolysis—a potentially dangerous condition involving a breakdown of muscle tissue into the bloodstream that can lead to kidney damage. Other runners suﬀered from hyponatremia, their bodies diluted of

crucial sodium from drinking too much water along the way, and on the flip side were those under-hydrated with hyponatremia, both conditions presenting risks such as an altered mental state or more serious problems. “Caring for these bold and ambitious runners was such a rewarding experience for our medical team,” added James Ciancarelli, MD, chief resident at NYU Winthrop Hospital. “The experience has

now inspired in us the goal of serving on medical teams in the five major marathons in Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Washington DC.” Prior to assisting with the New York City Marathon, the medical volunteers were required to attend lengthy medical orientation sessions in New York in order to be credentialed for the marathon. Submitted by NYU Winthrop Hospital

Landmark hosts Rimsky family donates $400K anti-gun activists The family of Jeanne Rimsky was recognized for their ongoing support of the Landmark on Main Street at the Oct. 3 concert by Lucy Kaplansky and Richard Shindell. Landmark’s theater, which bears the Jeanne Rimsky name, has now been the subject of two major endowments by the family and its charitable foundation. In 1995, a substantial donation from the Rimsky family, then residents of Port Washington, underwrote the renovation of the

New Yorkers Against Gun Violence launched a statewide educational campaign on Extreme Risk Protection Order (so-called “Red Flag Law” or ERPO”) with a public forum at the Landmark on Main, Port Washington. Michelle Schimel, longtime board member of NYAGV, gave remarks before the panel

former Main Street School auditorium into a professional theater. Since that time, the Jeanne Rimsky Theater has developed a solid reputation as an intimate concert venue with quality acoustics. As a result, the theater has attracted iconic performing artists like Mavis Staples, Graham Nash, Arlo Guthrie and the Indigo Girls. At the same time, the theater has served the community as a home for recitals, meetings, fundraising events and amateur the-

ater. It is in use 150+ days each year. With this new donation, the Rimsky Family has reaﬃrmed their commitment to the theater. This is the largest single donation ever received by Landmark on Main Street, Inc, and it guarantees that the theater will carry the Jeanne Rimsky Theater name for decades to come. Submitted by the Landmark on Main Street

which featured Rebecca Fisher, NYAGV Executive director; state Sen. Anna Kaplan, Dr. Jeﬀrey Oestreicher, Gun Violence Prevention, American Academy of Pediatrics; Dr. Abid I. Khan, president and CEO of American Psychiatric Consulting, Dr. Lorna Lewis, Schools Superintendent Plainview-Old Bethpage.

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Many years ago we owned thoroughbred horses. On special occasions, I would invite some friends to join me when one of our horses was in a big stakes race. One of our fastest and most profitable horses was Dr. Carrington and one Saturday we entered him in the Grade II Whirlaway Stakes at Belmont. He won that race going away which is neither important nor interesting. But what was unique that day was a photo taken of our group shortly before the race was run. If I recall properly in the box was my Aunt Betty, two of the handlers of the horse, my cousin Alan and myself. In the photo, we all looked very happy and at ease as we smiled at the camera. Our body language could not have been more confident or optimistic looking. It was as if we all instinctively knew that our horse was about to win. Since that epiphany, I have always looked at athletes before a game to observe the body language they are showing. If they look relaxed and confident and happy it’s a sure sign that they will perform optimally. As a sport psychologist, I have been lucky enough to work with and met many of the world’s finest athletes. Hands down the most powerful looking, most charismatic and most confident looking athlete I have ever met was Tiger Woods. His body

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language was so powerful that it was like he had a gravitational pull that would weaken, mesmerize and capture anyone in his presence. I have seen other professional athletes grow quiet and even submissive when he is around. Arnold Palmer had the same impact on people. A former player who I worked with years ago said that Palmer was the only competitor that intimidated him and he told me he actually felt weak when he played against Palmer. Arnold said nothing, in particular, that was aggressive but his body aura emanated power and domination. And if you watch closely you can see this occur in every sporting event you see. As an example, the Golf Channel aired the Turkish Airlines Open this past weekend. This event is part of the Rolex Series in golf and the winner takes home over 2 million dollars. As it turned out after 72 holes there were six in a sudden-death playoﬀ which included five rookies and the irascible and

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His support of the IRA was brought into question when he rejoined the House’s Security Committee in 2011 with his priority of eyeing radicalization within American Muslim communities. A Trump supporter, King recommended after the 2016 presidential election that President-elect Trump establishes a federal Muslim surveillance program like the one attempted by the NYPD following 9/11. According to the Slate article, when confronted with his history of supporting the IRA before 2011 radicalization hearings in the security committee, he noted that the IRA’s attacks were not on American soil. “I understand why people who are misinformed might see a parallel,” King said.” The fact is the IRA never attacked the United States. And my loyalty is to the United States.” Muslim congresswom-

an Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said in a tweet Monday that King was an “Islamophobe who held McCarthyite hearings targeting American Muslims” and said that King said there were too many mosques in America. She said that King blamed Eric Garner for his own death at the hands of NYPD oﬃcers. “Good riddance,” her tweet closed. Representatives from the oﬃce of U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City) did not immediately return requests for comment. “Governmentally I will miss fighting for the people in my district and America,” King said. “Most importantly I want to thank the residents of the 2nd Congressional District for giving me the opportunity to represent them in Washington D.C.,” King said. King said he will continue to live in Seaford and remain active politically.

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Business leaders tout strong L.I. economy Continued from Page 6 Mark Meinberg, partner-incharge of accounting firm EisnerAmper’s Long Island oﬃce, who could not attend, discussed the issues in a telephone interview Oct 28. Coghlan said new industries can benefit the economy like the renewable energy sector due to the climate measures signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The problem is that while the economy is doing well, positions have become more specialized, Coghlan said. “Right now, we’re a victim of our own success because that low unemployment rate creates challenges,” Coghlan said. “On our side, we have clients that are having issues staﬃng up in specialized areas.” These areas include specialized machinery, manufacturing and engineering, Coghlan said. Some other “growth sectors” include the film and TV production industry. Grumman Studios has even begun to expand into Port Washington from Bethpage, Coghlan said. Streaming services like

Netflix, Hulu and Disney are constantly trying to outdo each other and are setting up production facilities in New York due to state tax incentives, Coghlan said. “You talk about attracting millennials. It’s about those exciting industries,” Coghlan said. Meinberg said that it is imperative for employers to listen to what is important for millennials. While they do want to work, they may not want to work as their mothers and fathers did, Meinberg said. Mirabile said that as an incentive to have millennials stay engaged, her marketing firm oﬀers “flex time” to employees. Rather than adhering to the traditional 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. lifestyle, Mirabile’s employee can work whenever they want throughout the day as long as the work is getting done and deadlines are being met, she said. “If you’re more comfortable working 10 p.m. through the night go for it,” Mirabile said. To combat expensive living on Long Island, Alexander said, despite the fact that his organization is a nonprofit he hires

workers at a $50,000 minimum. “Just because we have a good economy doesn’t mean it’s cheap to live here,” Alexander said. Small-business owners and general market brands must also accept changing demographics on Long Island, Mirabile said, adding that her company accepts that Long Island is a diverse community. Demographics and research show that Hispanic culture is on the rise, she said. “You have to show and pay a nod and pay respect to what’s here on Long Island. We are a diverse community,” Mirabile said. Mirabile said that five languages are used in her oﬃce and applauded T-Mobile for using “Spanglish,” showcasing a mix of English and Spanish, in its advertisements. Education has been growing on the island and will result in more educated workers, Mirabile said. People are coming from areas like Brooklyn to the island for universities like Hofstra and Stony Brook, Mirabile said. On downtown revitaliza-

tion efforts, Alexander said that polarization and extremism can detrimentally affect zoning and business changes that could greatly help Long Island. ‘We have a tendency to zoom in on bad news and we zoom in on polarization. In fact, we promote polarization at every turn,” Alexander said. Media coverage often covers big projects as “who’s for and who’s against,” Alexander said. The hyper-locality of suburbs can actually help community members get together to get things done, Alexander said. “When things stay hyper-local there’s actually a decent shot at getting a project approved,” Alexander said. When things become a large-scale regional need, communities may lash out against the project, Alexander said. On housing projects, Coghlan said that affordability is critical for projects that come before the IDA. On millennials leaving Long Island, Meinberg said, “They’re coming back. They’re buying homes.”

Coghlan said that there are “stages of life” that millennials are going through. A person does not want to live in a 350-square-foot apartment for the rest of his or her life, Coghlan said. With downtown revitalization being completed in villages like Farmingdale and Mineola, millennials are incentivized to come back, Meinberg said. “They like the atmosphere of a small city,” Meinberg said. “Building little downtowns is going to help.” Meinberg said that he and his accounting firm often try to keep up with trends and said that second-generation immigrants tend to be educated and very high-income people. On what government’s role can be in helping the economic growth of Long Island, Meinberg said that the government can either continue to enforce and nurture old outdated policies or can innovate. He warned that a potential threat to Long Island’s future is water quality and the eﬀects of toxins put into the ground decades ago.

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Travesty of food waste must be addressed Continued from Page 16 (like Island Harvest picking up 11 million pounds of excess food from groceries and restaurants to provide food for 70,000 each week) could go to feed animals (in Japan, specific food waste streams are used to feed pigs to get 400 diﬀerent varieties of pork taste) then to compost; then for energy (an anaerobic digester is being built on Long Island, while spent cooking oil from restaurants could be repurposed for biodiesel). So much in the film demonstrated what can be done, what is being done – farmers who rotate crops grown in the fields because each one takes and gives back diﬀerently to the soil; chefs who find ways to use every part of a plant or animal or find new recipes (in

U.K., they are turning wasted bread into beer); in South Korea, where there is such a limit on land to accommodate the population, instead of garbage cans, have a machine where residents take their food waste to be weighed, use an ID card to be charged a fee, the waste is then collected for compost; a big food processor like Yoplait yogurt maker in Tennessee is turning its waste into energy to power the factory, saving $2.4 million in energy cost. It may be diﬃcult for urbanites or suburbanites to do composting which is where municipalities and government come in. But what if we separated out food waste from the rest of the garbage (we already recycle) and it was picked up and sent to places that would

use it to enrich their soil. That could be in the US or shipped abroad – a more productive garbage barge. Indeed, the film shows that on average food waste companies see a $14 return for $1 invested. New York State, thankfully, has been confronting climate change in significant ways (recently passing the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act), and in conjunction, has also taken action on such issues as plastics and now, food waste. A law that goes into effect in 2022 will require big generators of waste (two tons a week) to provide a plan for responsibly dealing with it, such as donating to organizations that feed people, go to biodigester or municipal com-

posting. Stop & Shop already has a program in place, as Kendrick Repko, with the impressive title of Brand Lead, Sustainable Retailing, described, in which the company donates $26 million worth of money and food, opening four pantries in schools and 20 more next year; what it can’t recycle, it turns into animal food or sends to an anaerobic digester in Massachusetts for energy, generating 40 percent of distribution center’s power needs. Certainly, a model that could be replicated. Frankly, all producers and manufacturers should be required to figure out an “endof-life” plan for whatever they create. We need to take more personal responsibility as well.

A large part of that is education and cultivating a culture and value system, as many societies have, that makes waste a taboo – and this starts in schools, like New Orleans where the kids take their waste and use for compost in their garden, so they have an appreciation for growing food, for fresh and healthy eating, and for waste. We need to know how long we can keep canned tuna and soup, packaged cereals and pasta. The Island Harvest has that information and hopefully, will make it available on their website for anyone Googling the question (islandharvest.org). Something to think about as you gather your family around the Thanksgiving feast.

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A map of where possible ExteNet cell towers would be placed in Plandome. Continued from Page 1 originally applied with the village in 2017, before the board implemented a yearlong moratorium on cell nodes to last from August 2017 to August 2018. “The moratorium enacted by the Board, by its terms, expired August 1, 2018,” materials from ExteNet’s lawsuit state. “However,

in practice, a de facto moratorium continued to be in eﬀect post-August 1, 2018.” After its application for 18 cell nodeswas rejected by Flower Hill’s Board of Trustees in September, ExteNet sued the village, contending that their determination that ExteNet had provided the board with a special-permit

application with conflicting plans and options instead of “specific alternate plans” is a “charade.” A call for comment to ExteNet’s legal department was not immediately returned. Another call, to Flower Hill village attorney Edward Ross, of the Garden City-based firm Rosenberg, Calica and Birney, was also

not immediately returned, though Village Clerk Ronnie Shatzkamer confirmed that Flower Hill and ExteNet will next meet on Dec. 17, for a conference before a federal judge in Brooklyn. Plandome’s ExteNet hearing will take place Monday, Nov. 18 at the Village Clerk’s Oﬃce at 65 South Drive at 8:00 p.m.

Girls tennis named island champs Continued from Page 3 tor and a winner.” “The dynamic of this year’s team is very diﬀerent than two years ago,” Fanous said. “We became such a close team over this year by going out to lunches, dinners, and hanging out before and after practices. It was such a great feeling throughout the season.” “Casey and I were sophomores in 2017. Being captains gave the championship a whole new feeling to it,” Forman explained. “We supported each other through the entire season, and as a result, so many of our girls came out of their shell. It was great to see.” Though Fanous and Foster have played their last matches on

the court, there is plenty of youth that Helfner has been cultivating. The Vikings’ top three single players will not exceed past sophomore status next year, making the team an early favorite for 2020. “It all really starts with Thea [Rabman],” Helfner said. She is such a fighter and just amazes me every time I see her play.” Rabman, who lost in the state finals for girls’ singles earlier in the week, beat her Westhampton opponent 7-5, 6-4 to cap oﬀ her first championship run. The Vikings only dropped one set on Wednesday, shutting out Westhampton, the number one ranked team in all of Suﬀolk County.

Forman and her doubles partner Dasha Perfiliev only dropped one individual game to their Westhampton counterparts, dominating 6-0, 6-1. Fanous and doubles partner Samantha Radinsky won their matches 6-1, 6-2. “We know we’re dominant,” Fanous said. “Coming into this game we knew what was at stake. We were very motivated the whole season, and even with the championship delays, that didn’t change.” “These girls are already so mature,” Forman said. “Not many people see how much eﬀort is put in behind the scenes, but we do so much to make sure we are playing our best each match.”

The two captains also thanked their coach and teammates for being an integral part of the culmination of their high school tennis tenures resulting in a championship. “Nobody could ask for a better coach,” Fanous said. “He is one of the best people you will ever meet, and he does everything in his power to be there for the team.” “He’s so knowledgable about the game,” Forman elaborated. “He and the whole staﬀ were so crucial to our success. I owe all the success I’ve had in high school tennis to those coaches and my teammates.”

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Ex Port, G.N. athletes honored Bill Omeltchenko, William Dumpson make Nassau County High School Athletics Hall of Fame Two men with ties to Port Washington were inducted into the Nassau County High School Athletics Hall of Fame at a ceremony at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury on Sept. 25. The Nassau County High School Athletics Hall of Fame is organized as a means of recognizing, preserving, and promoting the heritage of interscholastic sports in the county. The inductees are honored for their contributions and accomplishments which exemplify the highest standards of sportsmanship, ethical conduct, and moral character. Previous inductees encompass a “Who’s Who” of famous athletes with Nassau County ties, such as Jim Brown, Hank Bjorklund, Jay Fiedler, Matt Snell, Julius Erving, Wally Szczerbiak, Art Heyman, Sue Wicks, Danielle Gallagher, and Al Oerter, This year, the late William “Bill” Dumpson, who starred for Port Washington High School basketball in the championship years of the late 1940s, and Bill Omeltchenko, who grew up in Great Neck but has lived in Port for 25 years, were among 34 individuals so honored., William “Bill” Dumpson Bill, also known as “Myrt” at the time, played football, basketball and baseball and led Port Washington, and left an indelible mark the community.

More than 70 years after his accomplishments as a threesport star, he is considered the greatest all-around athlete to come out of Port Washington (now Schreiber) High School. Although Dumpson starred in both football and baseball, it was in basketball that the made a name for himself. Dumpson lead the Vikings to consecutive county championships in 1946 and 1947 (the team won the Long Island championship that year, too). During those two years, the Port team ran through a 35-game winning streak, a Nas-

Gibson, Satchel Paige, Buck Leonard., and Hank Aaron over the following three years with several Negro League teams, including the Indianapolis Clowns, the Philadelphia Stars, and the New York Black Yankees. An arm injury led him to the Harlem Globetrotters, where he made a name for himself as “Showboat” Dumpson from 1953-1954. When his Globetrotter career ended, he formed a local basketball team – the Court Jesters – that toured Long Island playing high school faculties, raising funds

Local Hall of Fame inductees Bill Omeltchenko and Darin Dumpson (representing his late father William Dumpson) sau County record at the time. He was the first black player to be named to the Newsday All-Scholastic (so named at the time) basketball team, achieving that honor in both his junior and senior years. Upon graduation, he went to South Carolina State University, and in the spring of his freshman year, he pitched in a game against the Homestead Grays of the Negro League, struck out 17 of their players, and left town as a member of that team that night, as his son Darin (accepting the award on his late father’s behalf) relates. He played alongside great legends of that league like Josh

for scholarships for underprivileged athletes. Dumpson later became the director of an athletic program for the Nassau County Corrections Center. He passed away in 2014. Billy Omeltchenko, Great Neck North Omeltchenko was raised in Great Neck, where he graduated from Great Neck North High School in 1974. An exceptional athlete, he received 9 varsity letters – 3 each for soccer, basketball, and baseball – and excelled in them all. “Omo” was a two-time All-Long Island player in both soccer and basketball in his junior and senior years, and

an All-Conference shortstop in baseball both years as well. He set several school records during those years. As a center forward in soccer, he finished his career as the all-time leader in goals while leading the team to the playoﬀs every year. Billy also totaled 1,070 points for his three-year basketball career, breaking the school record set in 1969 by Phil Hankinson, who later went on to play with the Boston Celtics. “He was beyond the level of being good, he was exceptional, onSe of the best – with Phil Hankinson – that we’ve had in my 17 years as a coach,” said his high school mentor Bob Morrison. To cap oﬀ his high school career, Omeltchenkoilly was named Great Neck North Athlete of the Year in his senior year. Heavily recruited by numerous colleges for soccer, he opted instead for a collegiate career in basketball. At Princeton University, he was captain and MVP of the Tigers basketball team, graduating in 1978. He earned All-Ivy honors in both his junior and senior years for a team that was consistently ranked in the top 20 all three years he played on the varsity, including Ivy League championships in 1976 and 1977, and NCAA berths in both those years, too. After graduating from Princeton, Omeltchenko briefly pursued a professional basket-

ball career in Europe for teams in Italy, Spain, and Israel, and then back in the USA with the Tucson (AZ) Gunners of the Western Basketball Association (absorbed by the Continental Basketball Association). From a community service standpoint, Omeltchenko has been a member of the Port Washington Youth Activities board of directors since 1998. He served as PYA President from 2005 – 2009, and before that had a 2-year stint as VP. Prior to that, he was a PYA coach and commissioner for both basketball (12 years) and baseball (6 years). The sold-out Crest Hollow Country Club, with over 700 attendees that night, included another Hall of Famer with Port Washington ties, Stephanie Joannon. She was inducted in 2018 for her career as a soccer, basketball and softball coach at Schreiber High School, as well as her Athletic Administration career at Schreiber, and as the Section VIII Basketball coordinator responsible for the direction and implementation of basketball in Nassau County. Joannon is also a past president of the Section VIII Athletic Council. A complete list of inductees can be viewed at www.secviii.org/about-sectionviii/hall-of-fame/inductees-byyear.

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Town helps fund quilt project North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the Town Board recently approved a resolution authorizing an agreement with Karen Harry D/B/A KS Creations, LLC to design and produce a quilt as part of the Town of North Hempstead’s recent Civil Rights historical initiatives. The quilt project, which is being headed by a group of local women, will depict the growth of the Spinney Hill community in Great Neck. “Creating this historic quilt is a moving tribute to the many North Hempstead residents, past and present, who were key participants in the Civil Rights Movement and the development of the community of Spinney Hill,” said Supervisor Bosworth. “What a unique way to teach people the history of their community, while also giving us a beautiful piece of artwork to enjoy.” The project will be funded with $2,000 of a $50,000 grant awarded to the Town by the National Park Service. The grant was originally awarded to the Town could cultivate and preserve its residents’ history with the Civil Rights movement. The quilt project was conceived and organized by Barbara Masry, researched by Ruth Freeman, Winnie Fant, and Leslie Arluck, and stitched together by Karen Harry. Photos were

taken by Mack Bradley. Other contributions were made by Naomi Penner, Barbara Williams, Cheryl Levitan, and Christy Orquera. The squares on the quilt have been handpainted by a local artist, Raisy Derzie of Great Neck. Masry stated that their goal is to “celebrate the rich heritage of the Spinney Hill community by raising awareness and pride among the children and adults of this vibrant area.” The group plans to unveil the completed quilt in December 2019 at the Great Neck/Manhasset Equal Opportunity Center on High Street in Manhasset. From there, it will be on display at Town Hall in Manhasset, the Manhasset Public Library, the Great Neck Library, before finally returning to the EOC Center to be permanently displayed. “We are just delighted that we were able to support this project through the grant funding we received from the National Parks Service for the preservation of civil rights history in North Hempstead,” added the Supervisor. “It will be an honor and pleasure to have it hang here in the Town.”

Continued from Page 1 Wrynn immediately called 911 and ran outside, seeing a Nissan SUV with an Uber sticker on the windshield. “I didn’t know if anyone was in the car at first,” Wrynn said. “Then I noticed the driver trying to get out of the car. I couldn’t see the passenger because the side airbags were going. I yelled to him that help was on the way and that they’d landed in the shallow end of the pool.” Members of the Nassau County Police and the Port Washington Fire Department arrived soon, Wrynn said. The driver was pulled from the driver’s side window, while the unresponsive passenger was carried out on a stretcher. “From what I understand, the passenger was in the back seat when the driver accelerated before being thrown to the front seat,” Wrynn said. The car was dredged

from the pool the same day. Wrynn said that the in-ground pool, which was covered for the winter, saw itsstructure damaged and cracked, which Wrynn said would later be addressed. Nassau police said that the driver, a 66-year-old male, was traveling north on Port Washington Boulevard and failed to turn at a bend, resulting in the vehicle going through a wooded area before crashing into the fence and pool on Sunnyvale Road. “I would love to know how we could make it safer for the residents that live by Port Boulevard, because as I understand, there’s a lot of accidents on the boulevard and it needs to be addressed,” Wrynn said. The driver and passenger were taken to a local hospital in stable condition, according to the Port Washington Fire Department’s Facebook page.

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A Nissan SUV landed in a Flower Hill homeowner’s pool after an Uber driver failed to turn on a bend on Port Washington Boulevard.

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