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October 1, 1946–June 15, 2023

York passed away on June 15th at Good Shepherd Hospice in Rockville Center. For over a year, he fought a valiant battle after experiencing complications from a heart procedure.

Tom was born October 1, 1946 to Margaret and Aloysius Mulrooney in Brooklyn, New York. The family soon moved to Williston Park, New York where he attended St Aidan Catholic School, grades K-8, then went to Chaminade High School, graduating in 1964. At Chaminade, Tom was a member of the Varsity Football Team and was selected to the CHSFL AllLeague First Team and The News All Nassau-Suffolk Team. He attended Hofstra University where he played both football and lacrosse.

Tom began his career on Wall Street at Bache & Company in 1970. He moved on to work at various firms such as Bradford Trust, McGraw Hill and JJ Kenny Drake

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where he served as senior vice president and director of trading. His final and favorite position was at Rafferty Capital Markets where he served as President & Chief Compliance Officer. He oversaw all compliance for Rafferty Capital and managed the Mutual Fund Distributor. Ironically, in 2004, when Raff Cap acquired JJ Kenny Drake, Tom was appointed Executive President of their trading operations. Prior to Rafferty, he was a Managing Director for Cantor Fitzgerald.

Tom was a devoted husband, father and grandfather. He loved the beach, tackling the NY Times Sunday crossword puzzle, and spending time with his precious grandchildren. He treasured the comradery he found at Garden City Golf Club, “taking shade” at LaRonde Beach Club and joining friends after a round of golf in the Grill Room at Westhampton Country Club.

Araci Rocha Gomez

Araci was born in Rivera, Uruguay on December 17, 1940 to Floro Lazaro and Lucia Rocha and passed away at NYU Langone, Mineola on June 22, 2023 after struggles with her health for a long period of time. She was 82 years old. She is survived by her loving son Cesar Fabian, daughter in law Maria, and granddaughter Natalia. Araci is also survived by her sisters, nieces, nephews and extended family in Uruguay, Brazil, Spain and Italy. She was predeceased by her parents and brother. Her visitation was at Fairchild Sons Funeral Home on June 27 and her Mass was at Notre Dame Church on June 28.

Araci came to the United States in 1980 from Uruguay and began working in the Garment District as a Design Sample Maker creating apparel from leather. Her design samples were used as prototypes for garments made by Gucci and Givenchy amongst other designers. She was an exceptional worker and was in high demand for her work. She retired after a long career in 2000, and focused on her family.

Araci will be remembered for always being available for people, especially caring for her brother after a tragic accident. Some of the great memories she created included her surprise Friday afternoon adventures around NYC with her son, to exchanging recipes and cooking with her daughter in law, and forming an enduring bond with the newest love of her life, her cherished granddaughter Natalia. She was known for her love of entertaining family and friends and had a passion for cooking and baking. Her signature dishes of lasagna and tiramisu were highly requested by her guests invited to her Thanksgiving and Christmas tables. er Trustee, but I do not think anyone would disagree that it is a good question to ask now. The response to this question from Lloyd Westerman was “entire top level would have to be rebuilt.”

Tom was a man of substance and integrity, known and admired for his calmness in times of trouble, and willingness to be there for anyone in need. Throughout his life he believed faith, family, honesty and integrity were the cornerstones of a good life. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Linda; two children: son Ryan and his wife, Lorraine, his daughter Tara Sullivan and husband, Brad; four grandchildren, Fionn, Liam and Neave Mulrooney, and Henry Thomas Sullivan; his sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Dale and Dan Bernstein and June and John Nesbitt. He was predeceased by his parents and his sister, Kathy Vornlocker.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Garden City Centennial Soccer Club Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 368, Garden City, New York 11530.

Araci will be dearly missed by her family and friends and always remembered for the kind, loving and generous person she was.

A Somewhat Discouraging Update But We Keep Moving Forward

As I am writing this letter, we have a new version of the Westerman report which unfortunately continues to be unclear. Somehow it is still not clear in looking at the adaptive reuse estimate what we would have at the conclusion of phase one. How many rooms would be available for use? How big would those rooms be? Would the plan still include covering 584 windows with plywood painted black? And will it not be up to code for “public assembly”? Even the two Trustees who served on the Mayor’s Committee on St. Paul’s cannot tell from reading the reports.

As we all know, cost is an issue our residents care about. We have been pressing to get as much information as we can, hoping to have sufficient facts to present to Village residents.

I ask residents to continue to follow the discussion, as your Board finds more specific information regarding project costs, and how those costs will impact Village taxes. I welcome input from all residents and I’m happy to answer any questions.

Mary Carter Flanagan

Mayor, Village of Garden City Alliance group — sour grapes

To the Editor:

I am responding to an elaborate Letter to the June 23rd Garden City News, which strongly criticized Mayor Mary Carter Flanagan’s June 16th “Mayor’s Update.” The letter states that our Mayor has a “casual concern for the truth” and is “misleading” GC residents regarding the Village’s relationship with the Waterman outside consultant on plans for St. Paul’s. The June 23rd Letter was signed by eight persons who were essentially representing the leadership of the now-defunct St. Paul’s Committee. (Although there were eight Sub-Committee signers of the Letter, in fact there were only five designated at their formation in December 2021.)

In my view, the demise of the Committee was clearly warranted owing to its gross failure and ineffectiveness during its 15-month existence. (I resigned from the Uses Sub-Comm in April 2022 when it became apparent that the leadership had a closed mind to any use beyond preservation.)

The Usage Subcommittee, the most important of the five, was clearly a fail- ure despite spending thousands of dollars of Village-granted funds in a media blitz of mailings, town halls, drawings and meetings. In my mind it was brainwashing the residents. It would be no exaggeration to label the Usage SubCommittee as biased or disingenuous. They deserve no credit for objectivity or always telling the truth. And they have given short shrift to the merits of demolition or façadism.

Yet it appears that the former Usage group, and the just-created St. Paul’s Alliance, are the SAME individuals with a “never say die” objective. In other words “sour grapes.” They have lots of nerve and gall. The Alliance has yet to formally identify itself and its leaders.

It appears to me that the group is most likely led by resident Frank McDonough who has openly campaigned for decades to save the building—often with questionable, impractical, even illegal uses ideas. Most of his proposals lack accurate cost estimates or doable financing plans. I am reminded of one definition of insanity, attributed to Albert Einstein... “insanity is doing something that failed, over and over, and expecting different results.”

Conclusions. Let’s let our mayor do her job. She has stated that there will not be another official St. Paul’s Committee. Instead she will be seeking advice from experts inside and outside the Village. It is true that Mayor Flanagan has not yet come up with concrete plans for bringing the 30-year St. Paul’s debate to a conclusion via a Village-wide vote. It is by far the most important issue facing our residents and is complex and controversial.

She wants to get it right and approved in a truly DEMOCRATIC manner. I trust that she will.

George M.Salem

Transparency & the St. Paul’s Alliance

To the Editor:

My, and I assume all households in Garden City, received a glossy postcard from the St. Paul’s Alliance, a new organization that apparently wants to see the entire St. Paul’s building, or at least from the images, a significant part of it, completely restored and made into, among other things, a gym, meeting rooms, and a cafe (Just how much coffee do people here drink? We have at least four coffee shops already!)

There has been a lot written in this paper about the need for transparency in the St Paul’s process. There appears to be little coming from the Alliance. Who is behind it? No names appear on the postcard. How is the very ambitious project to be funded? What is it going to cost? How will robotics rooms, a fully equipped gym, cafe, exhibition space, music rooms, senior space be paid for and maintained and upgraded as needed?

Beyond costs, did the Alliance do a needs assessment? Do we really need more meeting space? Is the Senior Center not sufficient for our seniors? Why would the Village undertake to compete with local business such as our coffee shops and restaurants, gyms, wellness centers? It seems the proposed uses are redundant, unneeded and prove that no one, no committee, has been able to come with an original, viable and needed use for the building.

The loss of St Paul’s would be tragic for a Village that appreciates its history, but the building has reached a point of no return. It is too large, too deteriorated and too outdated. Most of us have undertaken renovation projects on our houses. We all know that the cost of returning it to its architectural glory while at the same time modernizing it to meet today’s needs and then maintaining it is cost prohibitive. Different factions can argue about the specific dollars involved, as if anyone could hit that nail on the head, but we know the costs would be astronomical.

Let’s be practical about this. Let’s start by getting a sense of what residents are thinking, what the community as a whole wants as a future for St Paul’s.

Linda Ryan

Straightforward mayor

To the Editor:

Agree or disagree with a position on St Paul’s but always respecting the other side’s viewpoint as something they are entitled to express without being maligned. While passion and partisan positions are nothing new when it comes to reaching an informed decision, demeaning someone about honest differences and approaches seems neither prudent nor effective in changing minds. If one position is so favorable and beneficial to the Village, it will come out. A healthy dialogue with respect for the other side is one of the hallmarks of being fair .

The fairest, most straightforward mayor this Village has had in many years is Mayor Mary Flanagan. Her efforts are always the same - to do what is best for this Village. She gathers facts, listens and makes up her own mind. No one dictates anything to her. To say anything else would be a gross misstatement.

The most pressing point, the most threatening issue facing this Village is Bruce Blakeman’s efforts to bring a Sands gambling casino to our doorstep. Everyone in GC should recognize the real threat of new crime ( assaults, robbery,sex trafficking, DUI’s etc), devastating air pollution, declining home values, loss of water, and more harm. All for a plan that will COST us money, save us nothing, and only feed political power. Every association in GC from the BOE to the PTA, from the Churches to the sports teams should be “SAY NO