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Staff EDIT

Off the reservation p.12

Christopher Twarowski

Gun Nuts and Chilled Speech: The debate over gun control would be uproarious if it wasn’t so pitiful. By Jed Morey

Editor in Chief / Chief of Investigations

Spencer Rumsey Senior Editor

Timothy Bolger News/Web Editor

Jaclyn Gallucci Managing Editor

Lindsay Christ Staff Writer

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Change Leader: Marianne Russo founded The Coffee Klatch Special Needs Talk Radio, covering topics affecting children with disabilities. By Beverly Fortune

Rashed Mian Staff Writer

Licia Avelar Staff Writer

Contributors

Shelly Feuer Domash, Jackie Salo, Pete Tannen

The Portrait p.16

Sands Point’s Arnold Saltzman: Ambassador, Art Collector and Benefactor. By Spencer Rumsey

ART Jon Sasala Art Director

Scott Kearney Graphic Designer

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New Revelations in NCPD Conspiracy Case By Shelly Feuer Domash, Timothy Bolger and Christopher Twarowski

Jon Moreno

Contributing Illustrator

Jim Lennon

Contributing Photographer

Digital Mike Conforti

Director of New Media

SALES Felice Cantatore

Just Saying p.32

Executive Vice president

Nassau Bailout: Somali pirates to the rescue! By Peter Tannen

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We already have some of the toughest gun laws on the books, the only people it affects are those who follow the laws. The only thing I see this doing is turning the law-abiding people into criminals.

The true criminals with long history of gun crimes are still going to walk before the ink on their arrest paperwork is dry. Allan Caporuscio

Valid points made by both sides here but I am glad that in NY they are at least addressing gun control. Is this legislature the perfect answer NO but at least it is a start. I am sure I am not in the minority when I commend Gov. Cuomo and the NY legislators for taking action. Lorraine Sventora $8.75 is unlivable in New York. Minimum wage should be what the average NYS Senator makes per hour! @GetCollegeEven

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Atomic Warfare Sick Employees Seek Justice In Lawsuit Over Former Nuclear Site in Hicksville BY CHR ISTOPHER T WA ROWSK I Photo by Jim Lennon

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In its recent article “Atomic Warfare” (Jan. 2), The Long Island Press presents a sensational and inaccurate portrayal of both the condition of the former Sylvania Electronic site in Hicksville as well as Verizon’s efforts to address contamination that was discovered at this site since the beginning of the work in 2000. The story was written without any effort to contact Verizon for comment or balance. The article’s assertion that “there is a secret in Hicksville” is false. The operations that took place in the 1950s and ’60s by Sylvania have been well documented. Prior to the commencement of the investigation and the remedial work and during the investigations and remedial work on the site a number of public meetings were held and written fact sheets providing updates were provided. In fact, information about the investigation and remedial efforts to date has been placed in the Hicksville Public Library. In addition, these meetings, as well as other activities relating to the site, have been widely reported in the press. The article fails to mention that the New York State Department of Public Health AND the New York State Department of Environmental Conser-

who worked at the 100 building and its warehouse precious groundwater supply. here’s a stretch of Cantiague from about 1990 till 2002, when the company It’s a revelation that Ronkonkoma resident Rock Road in Hicksville, suddenly moved (employees were told it was the Gerard Depascale, a father of three and recent just north of Hicksville High end of their lease; court transcripts reveal General grandfather, and his former coworker Liam School, its middle school Telephone and Electronics Corp. (GTE), who Neville, of Bayside, Queens fought relentlessly and Lee Avenue Elementary, merged with Verizon in 2000, “assumed” the lease to find out, a reality they live with every single where pedestrians aren’t from MDI after purchasing the 140 property in moment of their lives, one the global communipermitted to stand on the 1999 for contamination remediation efforts and cations giant is doing everything in its power to sidewalk. the 70 location in 2004) are literally battling for control. It’s an ongoing tragedy that a federal judge There are no signs stating this, no barricades survival. recently made even more tragic for the plaintiffs; a cordoning the area off, no flashing lights demarThey’re also fighting for justice. reality that will undoubtedly affect more families cating a construction zone or telling passersby it’s Depascale, his wife Joanne and Neville filed a in the future. private property. But if you stop there for even a toxic tort lawsuit against Verizon and its predeThis vacant 10.5-acre stretch of land, just few moments to take a gander at the fenced-off cessors claiming negligence and liability, among north of those schools, separated by a chain-link property—three decrepit-looking buildings and other charges, in Nassau County State Supreme fence from the public park and situated directly their equally decrepit-looking parking lots—any Court in 2007. The case was moved to federal across the street from Nassau BOCES Career Preday of the week, during any time of day, 24/7, court at the request of the defendants, who argued paratory High School, is a radioactive toxic waste someone will unquestionably instruct you to keep defense under government contractor immunity site where nuclear elements and fuel rods were moving, to shuffle along, scram. law—which protects contractors who perform fabricated and processed during the nation’s early If your intention is to snap a few photos, as federal work from lawsuits such as theirs. The atomic energy program in the 1950s and 1960s. mine was at about 3 p.m. on the Sunday before jury heard expert testimony from both sides, also Uranium was burned here. It was released Christmas Eve, you’ll get more than advice; learning that an untold number of records relating into the surrounding neighborhood from an open undoubtedly you’ll receive an angry visit by one of to the Hicksville site had simply disappeared from “smelting oven,” according to one former worker— several charged-up, plain-clothed men shouting GTE/Verizon’s files. Near the end of the trial, the or within a “burning building,” according to for you to buzz off—they might even chase you presiding judge in that case, U.S. District Judge another. It was also buried here, along with nickel away. Leonard D. Wexler, impaneled an additional two and much more. Unknown amounts of chlorocarThere’s really not much to look at, though. alternate jurors, and according to Neville, ordered bons—Tetrachloroethene, or Perchloroethylene, Sandwiched between a distribution warehouse on that for them to win, the verdict would have to be known as PCE and PERC, respectively—and its south, a driving range and children’s playunanimous. byproduct chlorinated hydrocarbon Trichloroethgrounds of Nassau County’s Cantiague Park on It was, and on Nov. 12, 2009 after just eight ylene, or TCE (classified as a human carcinogen by the east, and the county’s Department of Public days of testimony, the jury issued its verdict, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), were Works headquarters on the north, the three parcels awarding the trio $12 million on the grounds of dumped into unlined sumps and leeching pools, at 140, 100 and 70 Cantiague Rock Road are silent causation, negligence and damages, finding they and currently reside in the soil, the groundwater and devoid of life. got past the federal contractor immunity. and have volatilized into the air. The latter’s facade is a beat-up, worn-down That detail of this saga has been reported People who unknowingly worked atop the brown, with cloudy windows, drawn blinds and before—as well as the settlement the faded outline of its former of a 2002 complaint alleging that tenant, Air Techniques, tattooed nearly 300 Hicksville residents on its side. At 100 next door who live near the site developed stands a naked flagpole, a vast cancers and related injuries loading dock area long since because of it. abandoned and weeds towering Unreported is that more several feet high. Several massive than five months after Depascale metal frames arch above an alley and Neville’s win, following between it and the 140 building, an appeal by Verizon, Wexler, which has part of its exterior in the rare instance of a judge wall peeling off and is covered in going against the will of a jury— shredded plastic. ordered the case be retried, on It’s here where an outhouselimited grounds, effectively nulshaped guard booth is manned —gerard depascale, a former Magazine Distributors, Inc. employee, who developed Stage Four Extra-skeletal Myxoid Chondrosarcoma, an ultra-rare cancer, after unknowingly lifying the award and ultimately, around the clock. working atop a former nuclear fuel site in Hicksville deeming the jury’s verdict a “Off the property,” said an “miscarriage of justice.” agitated, bespectacled, middleThey lost that trial—Neville aged man sporting a moustache bleeding through his shirt in the courtroom, site, such as Depascale and Neville, have conwhen a camera crew and I recently visited to ask a though restricted to tell the jury that he or tracted rare—make that extraordinarily rare and few questions. A mock “Terrorist Hunting Permit” Depascale were even ill. They appealed, Verizon obscure—cancers. was fastened to his window. “This is private filed a cross-appeal, and now the pair is set to Neville has a rare kidney cancer called memproperty. Get off the property,” he commanded, present oral arguments for why Wexler’s order for branous nephropathy. Following years of dialysis, refusing to explain who he worked for before retrial should be overridden and the jury’s award he was lucky enough to find a donor and receive a slamming the door. reinstated before the Second Circuit U.S. Court of transplant, though now he’s currently facing some There’s a secret in Hicksville. It’s a secret Appeals Jan. 15. Yet it’s not simply reparations for complications. that only a handful of residents of this suburban their medical debts that they’re fighting for now. Depascale has an even rarer cancer, called hamlet know all too well while way too many The fate of countless other former residents, extra-skeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma. It’s Stage others haven’t a clue. A secret that has already cost former MDI employees and others who’ve worked Four and it’s in his bone marrow. one of the biggest communications companies in at the site may literally hang in the balance, since Besides the unquantifiable pain and anguish the world millions and may end up costing them Wexler ordered a stay on another pending class suffered by the two and their loved ones are insurmuch, much more. It’s a secret that no matter how action “medical monitoring” suit that could mountable medical bills and an inability to work, tight a lid the security guards stationed there or include innumerable plaintiffs until Depascale and not to mention their shortened lifespan. the site’s owners, Verizon, try to keep on it, the Neville’s appeal has been decided. Depascale and Neville, both former truth is literally leaking out—bleeding into the soil, A Press investigation—part of an ongoing employees of Magazine Distributors, Inc. (MDI), contaminating the air and poisoning Long Island’s

“They should have told us that that place was contaminated. If I knew about it, at least it would have been my choice to be there, not their choice.”

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vation, as well as other federal and local agencies, have reviewed the environmental data relating to the site, and none has found the site to present a health hazard. Similarly, many of these agencies have overseen the remedial efforts performed by Verizon, which have gone well beyond legal requirements to assure the safety of the community. Verizon has acted responsibly in response to the discovery of contamination at the site. Sylvania operated the site exclusively for the benefit of and under the close supervision of the federal government. The contract for that work stipulated that the Federal Government, and not Sylvania, was to be responsible for any resulting contamination. Nonetheless, many decades later, Verizon stepped up to the plate and began to address the contamination until the federal government took responsibility to remediate the site. Any future articles by the Long Island Press about this property should be based on complete and thorough investigations into the facts, so there is a correct and accurate record of what has been an ongoing open and transparent process. John Bonomo Verizon, Director-Media Relations

Corrections The correct phone number for Digital Mix Entertainment is 631-736-0282. The Tire Shop Plus was incorrectly listed as Martino’s Tire Shop. Its correct contact information is: 85 Glen Head Rd., Glen Head. 516-676-6525. The Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center was incorrectly listed as Bethpage Ice Skating Rink. The correct name of the chef at Vitae Restaurant & Wine Bar is Chef Steven Del Lima. The correct website for The Center for Medical Weight Loss is www.cmwl.com The correct phone number for Esquire Tuxedos is 516-378-6060. L o n g I s l a n d P r e s s f o r F e b r u a ry, 2 0 1 3 / / / w w w. l o n g i s l a n d p r e s s . c o m

Sound Smart at a Party By Lindsay Christ lchrist@longislandpress.com

Prisoners

NPR

United Kingdom jails apparently have their own radio station called National Prison Radio, commonly referred to as NPR. That alone, should be a magnificent Sound Smart factoid. But it gets better. The station, which has a captive audience of 84,000 inmates, will play their requests, and it compiled a list of the most popular artists. It turns out the prisoners have excellent tastes. The number-one artist was Tupac. Although the rapper “died” in 1996 (exaggerated wink), he beat out artists like Rihanna, Drake and Lil’ Wayne. And yes, Notorious B.I.G. was on the list. He placed ninth.

Nudiustertian (nu-di-uhs-TUR-shuhn)

is an actual word in the English language that means “of the day before yesterday.” You can also just say two days ago, but that doesn’t sound as cool.

Slippery When Wet

Have you ever wondered why your fingers and toes get all wrinkly after spending too much time in the bathtub or the swimming pool? Well, scientists now know why. Recent research shows it’s because of an evolutionary trait that allows humans to have a better grasp on wet objects. The wrinkles appear because of vasoconstriction, which occurs when blood vessels constrict beneath the skin, creating a consistent pattern that allows “water to sluice away.” Researchers compared the phenomenon to treads on a tire. Back in the day, we probably used this feature for gathering soggy vegetation or food from ponds and streams, and it also helped our feet get better footing in the rain.

The horse Django rides in the movie Django Unchained is actor Jamie Foxx’s actual horse in real life.

The ancient Romans believed that the fourth finger of the left hand contained a vein that ran straight to heart. They called the vein the “vena amoris,” which means the “vein of love.” While the theory is incorrect—all fingers have a similar vein structure—many historians consider this belief explains why people in Western cultures wear their wedding bands on that finger.

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Did you grow up idolizing Marvin the Martian? Probably not, but now you have a chance to live on his home planet—and be on reality TV. Mars One, a Dutch-based non-governmental organization, wants to send human colonists to live on Mars. The listed criteria that travelers must have are: resiliency, adaptability, curiosity, ability to trust and creativity/resourcefulness. To make the story even more bizarre, the contestants are picked by other Earthlings, via reality TV. Viewers will watch the show and determine who they think is suitable for becoming one of the first humans on Mars. If you’re interested, the application process begins this year for a launch set for 2023. Also, you have to be really sure you want to go—since there is no return flight scheduled, due to funding.

“PANDAS is an acronym for Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal infections.” Fortune 52 p.14

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NY GUN LAW

BULL’S EYE In response to the Sandy Hook school massacre, New York becomes the first state to approve a new gun control law, the toughest in the nation, which expands the state’s existing assault weapons ban, limits the number of bullets allowed in magazines and strengthens gun ownership regulations for the mentally ill. In the mean time, an oblivious NRA endorses Practice Range, a 3-D shooting app for iPhone and iPad, first marking it appropriate for kids ages 4 and up and later changing it to ages 12 and up. Fun fact: NRA Executive Director Wayne LaPierre recently blamed video games for a culture of violence. Thank god this is just an app.

“It was probably morally the wrong thing to do.”

JUDGE SAUTNER

PARTIAL SCORE After attempting to skip a court date over an illness, then getting caught on a shopping spree in SoHo, Lindsay Lohan mans up and flies to LA to face an angry judge. When LiLo’s new lawyer tells the court that his celebrity client had an upper respiratory infection, Judge Stephanie Sautner responds, “Is that like a cold?” to which the lawyer attempts to argue that it is more like the flu. “No, it’s not,” the judge fires back. “The flu is the flu.” Unfortunately Judge Sautner plans on retiring before Lindsay’s next court date. Los Angeles is filled with murders, rapes and gang violence, but it’s a Lohan that makes Sautner, a law veteran and former NYPD-SVU detective, finally say, “Enough!”

BELMONT SOCCER

BULL’S EYE Just as Long Island loses the Islanders to Brooklyn, New York soccer team the Cosmos wants to develop part of Belmont Park in Elmont into a professional soccer stadium along with retail, hotel and public park space. Finally, a team to take our minds off the Jets!

ESTéE LAUDER

PARTIAL SCORE The cosmetics giant plans to close its fragrance operations in New Jersey and expand operations at its state-of-the-art Melville facility, bringing more jobs to Long Island. Hey, we gave Jersey’s economy JWOWW. It’s our turn for a boost. Then again, Jersey could probably use all the perfume it can get.

THe Target BVO OFF TARGET PepsiCo says it is removing Brominated Vegetable Oil (BVO), a controversial chemical also found in fire retardants, from its Gatorade products. Small quantities of BVO are used to keep the flavor evenly distributed in some citrus-flavored drinks. BVO-free Gatorade will start hitting the shelves over the next few months. So, next time you decide to obey your thirst, check the label first. VERNICE ARMOUR BULL’S EYE The United States ban on women in military combat is lifted, allowing women to apply for jobs in front-line positions and elite commando units. Vernice “FlyGirl” Armour, the first African-American female combat pilot, responds to those against the move via a CNN editorial, saying, “True, the average man is physically stronger than the average woman. Standards should not be lowered, and women don’t want them to be. No one should be in a job where he or she doesn’t meet the standards—not every man, for example, is fit to be a Navy SEAL.” Boom.

The Long Beach Boardwalk is demolished at the Laurelton & Broadway streets section on Jan. 21, 2013. (Joe Abate)

Pink Slip

A-Rod Beyonce Manti Te’o Monica Christopher Nechemya Weberman Philipp Plein Ira Isaacs Lance Armstrong Moktar Belmoktar Raymond Ragen Elissandro Spohr Mauro Hoffman

—Nassau County Police Department benefactor Gary Parker, testifying in the criminal conspiracy trial against former Second Deputy Commissioner William Flanagan, regarding his “panicked” deletion of emails between the two following a March 31, 2011 Long Island Press cover story about the non-arrest of his son for a burglary at John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore.

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x Liberty & Justice For All

The amount of the long-delayed Superstorm Sandy aid approved by the Senate on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, three months after the storm ravaged Long Island, New Jersey and Connecticut. The package was approved 62-36.

So, who can we deport?

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A MIND OF WINTER

Your To-Do List for this month

By Shira Nayman

1. BUY PUNK ROCK FAMILY CAR STICKERS:

You’re stuck in traffic. There’s nowhere else to look but at the back of the giant minivan in front of you with their whole family—in stick figure form— plastered across the back window. Mom. Dad. Two kids. Cat. Dog. Do we care? Not really. But hey, congratulations on your ability to reproduce. If you must let the world know every member of your family, at least give us something fun to look at. For 10 bucks, StickerPunx on Etsy will outfit your car with your family members—in punk rock form—all the way down to your badass fish.

2. TIVO CHOPPED:

A new season of Food Network’s Chopped is underway and on Feb. 24 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 25 at 10 p.m., former New Yorker Maureen Sanchez will compete and talk about her sister, Judith Erin O’Donnell, the subject of the 2011 Press cover story, “Still Looking for Judy.” Judy has been missing for more than 30 years and Maureen has been waiting for more than a year for DNA analysis to be completed to determine if an unidentified murder victim found in a block of concrete in NYC in 2003 is her sister.

3. GET A $1 REUSABLE STARBUCKS CUP:

In an attempt to curb trash—and inevitably boost profits—Starbucks has debuted a reusable plastic cup, a replica of the paper one, for only $1. Each time the cup is used the coffee giant will give you a 10-cent discount. So after 10 refills, the cup pays for itself. Sweet.

4. DOWNLOAD LUMOSITY’S BRAIN TRAINER APP:

Designed by the neuroscientists at Lumosity, Brain Trainer has eight exercises targeted at improving your brain’s health, performance and overall intelligence. Match the dots, figure out which way the bird is flying and flex your mental muscles. It’s fun and only takes a few minutes per day.

5. YOUTUBE “GIANT YELLOW DUCK”:

Sydney’s famous harbor was turned into a giant bathtub during January’s Sydney Festival, a month-long arts and music celebration, for a five-story, yellow duck created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, who said his PVC creation, titled “Rubber Duck,” has healing properties. We’re not sure about healing, but watching this thing move slowly down the harbor is pretty awesome.

a surprisingly satisfying catharsis when banged on the dashboard (not while driving, of course).

8. JOIN SOUPER BOWL VI:

For those of us whose most anticipated part of Super Bowl Sunday is Beyonce’s half-time performance, and the Puppy Bowl, here’s something else to get you in the mood. In Port Washington, the United Methodist Church hosts a delicious football alternative on Feb. 2nd, from noon-3 p.m. where local restaurants vie for the chance to be voted the 2013 SOUPer Bowl Champ. Everyone is invited to buy a spoon and become a taster.

6. VISIT CUPS FRO-YO: With its first Long Island location recently opened in Carle Place and two more coming to Commack and Huntington, Cups brings its insane line of low-fat frozen yogurts to our shores. Run by quirky “cast members” with club music pumping and a lounge-type design, Cups serves up heavenly creations like their Low-Fat Chocolate Chip Cheesecake frozen yogurt.

7. GIVE A DAMMIT DOLL:

The 12-inch Dammit Doll (DammitDolls.com) is so sturdily sewn that it stands up to an onslaught of slams on tables, desks, floors and walls while its owner attempts to ease life’s stressful moments. Keep one in the glove compartment for annoying occasions like traffic jams on the Long Island Expressway—the Dammit Doll offers

9. PLAY LLAMA OR DUCK:

This smartphone game seems like a joke, but once you start playing it’s not only addicting, but pretty damn hard. You literally have a split second to decide if the creature on your screen is a llama or duck. Sounds simple, but…give it a try.

10. SPEND VALENTINE’S DAY AT WHITE CASTLE: Because nothing says love like sliders and chicken rings. Call 718-899-8404, Ext. 304 for reservations.

From Shanghai to England to Long Island, the lives of three characters, all restless and tortured in their own way, are intricately meshed together and their souls laid bare in A Mind of Winter by Shira Nayman. The book begins with a brief introduction from Oscar, who tells the reader he is accused of war crimes. We don’t know why or by whom or when this happened or if he’s guilty—and we won’t know until the last pages of the book—but this compelling introduction pulls the reader into this haunting tale immediately. Oscar, a mysterious Gatsby-like Englishman lives in a North Shore mansion and hosts glamorous parties every weekend, but little else is known about him. Christine is an opium addict who hits rock bottom and ends up on the fringes of society in Shanghai. Marilyn, a photographer who spent the 1940s in England, moves into Oscar’s mansion to work on a book of wartime photography, sorting through her inner demons by carrying on an extramarital affair and developing haunting photos. Divided into three parts, the narratives of these characters weave three seemingly separate stories into one complex whole, each one filling in the others’ blanks. The stories, bouncing from past to present and back to past again, intertwine seamlessly. Maybe it’s because Brooklyn author Shira Nayman has a background in clinical psychology or maybe it’s because she grew up in Australia in a community of Holocaust survivors, but this novel touches upon the innermost depths of its character’s souls, those dark and shadowy corners that many writers stop just before reaching. Resounding with the beauty and elegance of a Victorian novel, this page-turner touches on everything from the horrors of war to prostitution and addiction. This is a book that will make you think deeply. It may even make you uncomfortable at times. While some may be turned off by some violent scenes, they serve a purpose. They aren’t merely put there for shock value but lead the reader to a deeper understanding of the character experiencing them. These characters, and the darkest moments of their lives, are crafted with such tender care it seems Nayman has been molding them for decades. There is a lot of darkness in these pages, but there is also light. By the last page of the novel, you realize that one can’t exist without the other, and together they make a beautiful shade of gray…or winter. —Jaclyn Gallucci

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Gun Nuts and Chilled Speech O f f t h e Re s e rvat i o n

BY Jed Morey Publisher, Long Island Press www.jedmorey.com facebook.com/jedmorey

kay, so now we’re all armed. Present company included. Great job, America. Now what? The debate over gun control would be uproarious if it wasn’t so pitiful. In typical American fashion we have taken to the streets and airwaves in the aftermath of Sandy Hook to engage in an irrational debate that, once again, places misguided ideology over common sense and humanity. If we’re going to have this conversation, let us at least place the discussion within its proper historical context so we may raise a more troubling question: Why bother taking the guns when you can indefinitely detain their owners? Lost in the emotion surrounding the debate over the Second Amendment is a far more insidious assault on the First Amendment. In no way am I diminishing the consternation over our right to bear arms as citizens; rather, I’m making a pragmatic case for a far more clear and present danger than the idea that federal agents will show up at our doorstep to commandeer our weapons. Before we get to this larger and more important point, let us dispense with the ridiculous. Of course, we shouldn’t sell guns to crazy people, just like we don’t give a driver’s license to a blind person. Of course, citizens shouldn’t own militarystyle weapons with enough ammunition to wipe out a village. Newsflash: The government has neither the authority nor the desire to seize our guns. We hold the dual distinction of being the planet’s most-armed nation and its biggest dealer of arms. What does this mean? The gun culture is here to stay because it’s profitable as hell. And another thing: Stop yelling sanctimoniously about what the Founding Fathers would say. Find out what they did say. Media pundits insult our intelligence by twisting the meaning of the Constitution and the rationale behind it. So instead of arming yourself with high-capacity weapons, arm yourself with knowledge and learn about the Second Amendment from those who wrote it.

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“The Founding Fathers would have punished any idiot who attempted to stockpile enough weapons to take on the government long before they tolerated government prohibition of speech.” FOUNDING FATHER KNOWS BEST During the two short years between the ratification of the Constitution and the introduction of the Bill of Rights, three of the greatest minds in America publicly explored the rationale behind the country’s founding document. A trio of intellectual giants writing interchangeably under the name Publius—Alexander Hamilton, John

Jay and James Madison—produced a collection of essays now known as The Federalist Papers. They are essentially crib notes to the Constitution left behind by the Founding Fathers. These are treasured breadcrumbs of reasoning that lead us to understand that the great military concerns of the day were whether or not to allow a standing

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army and how to prevent one state from acquiring military dominance over another. (The nascent nation could ill-afford Virginia to sack Rhode Island.) This dilemma was at the heart of the federalist argument for a centralized authority. At the same time, the Founding Fathers knew that the great balancing act of the day was in maintaining enough military force to defend against external foes while simultaneously preventing armed insurrections from within. Publius reasoned that neither citizens nor tyrants should have the ability to circumvent our legal system, therefore arms and force should be evenly rationed but employed by a central government when necessary. (For the politically impaired, this is the part about a well-regulated militia.) The framers of the Constitution were dubious when it came to having full-time, professional soldiers. After all, these men were revolutionaries themselves who intimately understood the danger of uprisings. Moreover, America was also flat broke and could never have paid for a standing army. They did, however, believe Congress should have the ability to organize a militia when necessary. It was Hamilton (as Publius) who offered the most succinct viewpoint on the military. “To render an army unnecessary will be a more certain method of preventing its existence than a thousand prohibitions on paper.” To have an army or not? If so, how best to regulate it? This was the debate. The easiest way to raise a militia was to call upon the armed citizenry should the need arise. (This is the right to bear arms part.) More importantly, it was cheap. The ability to compensate servicemen would become one of Hamilton’s central arguments in favor of a national bank—a far more delicate subject at the time than the right to bear arms would ever be. It’s fair to say even the Founding Fathers could never have imagined modern warfare and the rise of the military industrial complex. Nor could they have imagined the destructive capability of assault weapons in the hands of citizens. This much is clear from their writings: The Founding Fathers would have punished any idiot who attempted to stockpile enough weapons to take on the government long before they tolerated government prohibition of speech. On several occasions our founders saw fit to violently quell popular uprisings in order to preserve the central authority of the union. In this there was great philosophical unity among them. They argued more about banking than guns and cared more about protecting speech than organizing militias. It was John Adams who created a divide among them when, as president, he passed the Alien and Sedition Acts, jarring both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison out of retirement; not because they were fearful of Continued on page 68

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Change Leader

By Beverly Fortune bfortune@longislandpress.com

arianne Russo is a household name to hundreds of thousands of people around the world. The Bayville resident is known for her tireless work as an advocate who empowers the parents of special needs children. Yet Marianne is a very private person. She prefers to work behind the scenes on a microphone, on her computer and her smartphone. Marianne was a court reporter, a career which allowed her some flex time to be with her husband and three daughters. But more than a decade ago life in the Russo house changed dramatically. Their daughter became ill with a typical strep infection and began to exhibit behavior uncharacteristic of their once bubbly six-year-old, including tics and obsessive compulsive tendencies. After going to numerous doctors, she was diagnosed with PANDAS, an acronym for Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal infections. PANDAS is a rare autoimmune disorder that can be difficult to diagnose. But Marianne wasn’t deterred. She learned that when a person has a strep virus the body’s defenses are trying to attack the strep bacteria, but with PANDAS, it attacks part of the person’s brain. Marianne left her job to care for her children full time. She began sharing some of the information she learned about autoimmune disorders on Twitter and quickly found a large number of parents of special needs children who were seeking information and support. “Within months we had hundreds of moms talking,” she says. “I set up a chat room and it went crazy. It really doesn’t matter what the diagnosis was, the emotions and challenges are universal.” Marianne’s morning chat gave parents a forum where they could communicate with each other. But Marianne realized that a glut of misinformation being shared needed clarification. “I knew how to get in touch with the best doctors in the world,” she says. “I could bring the doctors on a talk show so the parents didn’t have to be misinformed.” She founded The Coffee Klatch

Special Needs Talk Radio to help parents navigate through the often complex and isolating world of special needs parenting. The Coffee Klatch airs a variety of shows and segments covering topics that affect children with all disabilities, with a strong emphasis on autism. Marianne can recite the list of experts and their accomplishments who have been on her show verbatim. Temple Grandin, the subject of an Emmy award-winning HBO documentary, is a frequent guest on The Coffee Klatch, and talks to parents about gifted children. Dr. Richard Selznick, a nationally certified school psychologist, speaks about children whom he calls “shutdown learners” because they struggle in school. Dr. Russell Barkley, another popular guest, is known as the foremost expert on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). With more than 180,000 listeners, the popularity of The Coffee Klatch continues to grow. “I only choose guests who are the best in their field,” Marianne says. “The

care. You won’t hear about the vaccine debate on her shows. “Nothing you say is going to change anybody’s mind,” she says about the controversy surrounding their use. “It’s like politics.” Marianne would rather focus on proven answers and treatments. Dyslexia can now be treated in boys because of the studies that were done on XY chromosomes, she says, adding that there have been advancements in the treatment for children with bi-polar disorder as well. The Coffee Klatch shows also share information on children’s education and their rights to be provided an education commensurate with their physical, mental or emotional disorder. “School is another challenge,” Marianne says. “It’s so stressful to educate these kids; we want to give them options.”

“Within months we had hundreds of moms talking... I set up a chat room and it went crazy.” Coffee Klatch is a non-judgmental, respectable venue, no politics or religion, just support.” Marianne believes that helping parents to accept their children as they are is critical to the family’s well-being. “Once you accept that your life changes and will be different, then you can move forward,” she says. Parents should be cognizant of their children’s feelings, Marianne explains, and not expect to transform their children on demand. “We want to fix them,” Marianne says, referring to the children,“but they are not broken, and we need to choose our words carefully so the kids don’t think that they’re broken.” The special needs community is divided on some issues so Marianne selects topics to be discussed on air with

But, she adds, “We need more advocacy on the local level.” The course of treatment for many of these children follows the DSM-IV, the manual used by clinicians to provide a formal diagnosis of autism and related disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association. “Up until now children were diagnosed with mental illness on the same scale as adults,” she says. When you hear the words “mental illness,” take out the “mental” and remember “illness,” she advises. The Coffee Klatch has aired several shows on the DSM-IV guidelines. The updated DSM-V is being released in 2013, so educating parents on the impact the revisions can have on their children’s diagnosis, services and treatments is a top priority for Marianne.

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“There’s a difference between being diagnosed with a disorder or a disability,” she explains. Because Marianne has walked in their shoes, she knows that the challenges that are faced may be different for each child, but the emotions and the impact on the family are the same. She advises parents to boost their children’s selfesteem with praise, positive reinforcement and love. Her quest for finding vital information to share with parents is as strong today as when she began her quest for answers almost 15 years ago. “I love when I meet somebody that could help thousands of people,” she says. As a parent advocate and the voice for the many who cannot speak for themselves, Marianne vows to continue seeking the experts who can give these parents what they so desperately need for their children: hope. For more information, visit www.thecoffeeklatch.com, @thecoffeeklatch and @childanxiety on Twitter, or email marianne@thecoffeeklatch.com.

In every issue of the Long Island Press and our sister publication, Milieu Magazine, the Fortune 52 column brings you stories of dynamic women who have made a significant and unique contribution to Long Island. To acknowledge their success, Beverly hosts tri-annual networking events that are attended by hundreds of LI business professionals, non-profit leaders and entrepreneurs. If you are interested in learning more about the Fortune 52, or know a super woman who deserves good Fortune—and a profile—email Beverly at bfortune@longislandpress.com.

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good american Arnold Saltzman, here in his Sands Point home, has served five presidents and traveled the world.

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Portrait Arnold Saltzman A Man of War and Peace By Spencer Rumsey

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On a rainy day in Sands Point, Arnold Saltzman—the 96-year-old former roving ambassador, esteemed art collector, successful businessman and generous benefactor— discusses the weakness of American government, the savagery of German expressionism and the pleasure of his favorite poetry. He sits in his spacious study that publishing magnate Max Schuster had built in the 1920s and lined with book shelves. Saltzman and his wife Joan bought the property almost 40 years ago, kept Schuster’s library, but razed the rest and redesigned their new house around it. Gazing at the Sound, its horizon hidden in mist, Saltzman hears his wife talking in the kitchen with their housekeeper and his eyes sparkled. “I can look at my wife’s face every day and smile,” he says. They just celebrated their 75th anniversary. Their courtship had lasted three months. Saltzman sits a little stiffly this morning because he hurt his back in a recent fall. “Most of my parts don’t work very well,” he observes and draws his hand to his chin. “But this part works perfectly,” he adds, with a nod. “I remember everything! And I can still think strategically, which is a great comfort.” Raised in Brooklyn, Saltzman graduated from Columbia University when he was 20 and went to work for the Roosevelt administration during the Depression before later joining the Navy in World War II. Over the years the Saltzmans have certainly made their mark. Their names are on a new reading room at the Port Washington Library. There’s the Joan and Arnold Saltzman Community Services Center at Hofstra, where he’s trustee emeritus, and the Arnold and Joan Saltzman Fine Arts Building at the Nassau County Museum, where he was the founding president and recently showed some Marc Chagall paintings from his private collection. Perhaps most fitting, considering that Saltzman served five U.S. presidents as a diplomatic envoy, his moniker adorns the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at Columbia. For President Lyndon Johnson, he helped negotiate the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty. It’s an achievement worth noting today, as George Perkovich, director of the nuclear policy program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C., tells the Press, because it is “a great success in humankind’s history of seeking to use law to constrain instruments of destruction.” “Anything that can fight war and promote peace I’m for!” says Saltzman, a lifelong Democrat, with conviction. It’s a legacy to be proud of. To read more on Ambassador Saltzman including audio from this interview visit www.longislandpress.com.

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protect and serve New Revelations in NCPD Conspiracy Case

B y S h e ll y F e u e r D o m a s h , Ti m o t h y B o l g e r a n d C h r i s t o p h e r T w a r o w s k i s h e l ly f d o m a s h @ v e r i z o n . n e t, t b o l g e r @ l o n g i s l a n d p r e s s . c o m , c h r i s @ l o n g i s l a n d p r e s s . c o m

n May 19, 2009, Nassau County’s Seventh Police Precinct received a report of a break in at John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore. More than $3,000 worth of electronic equipment was stolen from its auditorium. The case appeared open-and-shut: Surveillance video caught a student near the auditorium afterhours during the exact time of the theft. School employees reported witnessing the same student attempting to gain access to a restricted area at the school. An acquaintance of the student surrendered some of the stolen goods to the police, telling authorities his friend had given them to him. Yet despite the compelling evidence, three independent sources within the Nassau County Police Department with privileged knowledge of the case’s inner details—who spoke with the Press on the condition of anonymity because they are barred from

commenting on ongoing investigations—tell the Press the student, though identified, was never arrested. His father is a business associate of a little-known nonprofit organization called the Nassau County Police Department Foundation. It’s no coincidence, the Press has learned. Internal police documents reviewed by the Press and interviews with more than a dozen current and former active and retired police officers, detectives and senior Nassau police officials outline a program that could reward the group’s members through preferential treatment that experts classify as questionable and unethical at best; pushing the limits of the very laws they were sworn to enforce at worst. That was the lede of the Press’ March 31, 2011 cover story “Membership Has Its Privileges: Is the NCPD Selling Preferential Treatment?” Without naming Nassau County Police Department (NCPD) benefactor Gary Parker or his son Zachary, the story detailed how the felony

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THE ACCUSED: (L-R) Retired Nassau County Police Det. Sgt. Alan Sharpe, former Second Deputy Commissioner William Flanagan and former Deputy Chief of Patrol John Hunter are charged with covering up a burglary at JFK High School in Bellmore to protect the son of a wealthy police benefactor from arrest.

investigation into thefts at the school perpetrated by the latter was quashed, allegedly due to his father’s cozy relationship with members of the department’s top brass. The article sparked a criminal investigation into the thefts by the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office, which resulted in grand jury indictments against the younger Parker on three felony counts in Oct. 2011: burglary, grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property. He pled guilty to the burglary and was ordered to pay nearly $4,000 for equipment never returned. It also sparked a criminal investigation that resulted in a 10-count indictment naming NCPD’s

third-highest-ranking official, former Second Deputy Commissioner William Flanagan, along with retired Det. Sgt. Alan Sharpe and former Deputy Chief of Patrol John Hunter on conspiracy and official misconduct charges. Flanagan was additionally charged with receiving reward for official misconduct in the second degree, a felony. Sharpe was additionally charged with offering a false instrument for filing. They all face prison terms if convicted. Flanagan and Hunter retired less than 24 hours of turning themselves in to investigators shortly after sunrise on March 1, 2012; Sharpe had retired less than two months prior. Collectively their annual salaries totaled more than $540,000; their pensions remain intact despite the charges. Flanagan, Hunter and Sharpe’s defense attorneys—Bruce A. Barket, William Petrillo and Anthony Grandinette, respectively—have contended their clients have done nothing wrong and a judge has granted them separate trials. Flanagan told reporters the courtesies given to his friend Gary’s family were the same he’d afford any other member of the public. His trial began Jan. 15. News of the indictments has been covered by nearly every media outlet in the region. The allegations strike at the heart of what public law enforcement servants are mandated and take an oath to do: serve and protect the citizenry and enforce its laws. “[Flanagan] violated his oath to uphold the laws of the State of New York,” Assistant District Attorney Cristiana McSloy told jurors in her opening statement, adding that Gary Parker “literally bought access to the police department” with dinners, sporting events and other gifts. What hasn’t been fully reported, however, are the complete details of what exactly went on behind the closed doors of Nassau County’s Finest in the hours, days and months following the May 18, 2009 break-in—and why despite the surveillance footage, admission by the perpetrator’s parents of their son’s thefts and a signed statement from the school’s principal calling for the student’s arrest, he remained free until our story. The latest trial testimony fills in many of those blanks, along with providing new details and insights into the motives of the three former police officials and the culture existing within the department that enabled such events to transpire in the first place. It also raises more questions concerning the involvement other department higher-ups may have had in the alleged cover-up. We now know, for example, that after reading the Press story, Gary Parker “panicked” and began deleting the many emails he had with Flanagan. Prosecutors contend the then-top cop did the same, and in those correspondences, he referred to Parker as “family.” We also know a bit more about the lavish dinners enjoyed by Nassau police’s top brass at top restaurants across Long Island and Manhattan, compliments of Parker, who testified the bills ranged

from the hundreds to more than $1,200 each and were attended by not only Flanagan and Hunter, but also former Nassau Police Commissioner Lawrence Mulvey, and on at least one occasion, popular Fox News Channel cable TV host Bill O’Reilly. We also have, again from the mouth of Parker himself, descriptions of the police identification cards and “gold” badges doled out to foundation members— still a bone of contention with Nassau Police Benevolent Association President James Carver.

their decision, including profound discrepancies between prior statements of the defense, witness testimony and documented facts within the paper trail. So too does it uncover continued lapses in transparency regarding the public/private partnership that is the nonprofit police foundation. The public would not know about any of these things, however, were it not for the unfortunate misdeeds of Zachary Parker—or our disclosure of a March 2010 internal police department-wide memo stating foundation members were to be treated differently should police personnel come across them during their regular duties. Though prosecutors recently informed jurors Zachary Parker wouldn’t be testifying (he’s currently incarcerated at Lakeview Shock Incarceration in Brocton, NY following a slew of additional criminal charges, some still pending, since his burglary bust), his significance was not lost on the proceedings. “You’re not going to see him in the courtroom, but his presence is everywhere,” said Nassau County Assistant District Attorney Cristiana McSloy. Who was this troubled young man? Why didn’t the police ever arrest him? And just how high up does this scandal reach?

“[William Flanagan] violated his oath to uphold the laws of the State of New York. [Gary Parker] literally bought access to the police department.” —Nassau Assistant District Attorney Cristiana McSloy, in her opening statement at former Nassau Second Deputy Commissioner William Flanagan’s conspiracy trial Jan. 15

“When our guys pull over someone and they pull out an ID issued from one of these organizations they take a step back and don’t want to get themselves into any type of discipline,” he says. “They are afraid of taking some kind of action.” “They shouldn’t have the shields,” blasts Carver. “That is the bottom line. If are doing it for the good of their heart, there is really no reason to issue somebody a shield, bottom line.” Regardless of what the jury finds, a Press examination of these latest revelations, court filings, recovered email correspondence between Gary Parker and the trio cited in the indictments and read aloud in court, police records, interviews with more than a dozen current and former NCPD officials, prosecutors, defense attorneys and reporting by this publication and others together paint, at the minimum, an indisputable portrait of how sworn members of the agency charged with protecting its citizenry and upholding its laws did everything in their power to protect and serve the interests of this wealthy police benefactor and friend. Flanagan and Barket aren’t necessarily denying this, but arguing that all they were doing was returning stolen property to a crime victim, which they say is a core part of the police’s job. The gifts were coincidental, they contend. Prosecutors believe those actions (and inactions, namely the non-arrest of Zachary Parker) were criminal. Our analysis identifies several key details jurors unfortunately won’t get to hear while weighing The March 31, 2011 Press cover story “Membership Has Its Privileges” sparked an investigation by the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office the resulted in the felony conviction of Zachary Parker and the indictments of three ex-top cops.

CAUGHT ON TA P E

hen JFK High School Principal Lorraine Poppe learned the school’s projector was missing May 19, 2009, she believed she knew exactly who’d taken it: Zachary Parker, a senior at the time who had already been banned from school grounds without supervision afterhours due to several prior incidents regarding missing equipment. When she gave a statement to Nassau’s Seventh Precinct to report its theft, she told Police Officer Samantha Sullivan as much. Sullivan initially jotted down Parker’s name on the ensuing police report then crossed it off because she wanted to keep the document objective for the investigating detectives, she testified. Additionally, a custodian saw Zachary in the area “trying to gain access to the area where the projector was being used,” she added. JFK’s former assistant principal William Brennen testified he saw Parker on school surveillance video afterhours while he was banned “carrying a satchel containing something of a relative size to a projector.” Brennen, who was in the school’s coaches’ offices the night of the projector theft, said those surveillance cameras were installed because of the prior thefts. He also saw Parker’s car in the back of the school and watched him enter through its gym entrance doors facing the football field. Brennen waited for Parker to exit the same doors after trying to keep an eye on him from afar, but Parker exited another set of doors unexpectedly, though was still caught on camera. Jonathan Dell'Olio, dean of students, a coach, and 15-year English teacher at the school, testified that he had taken Parker under his wing and that Continued on page 20

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“Zach and I knew each other well.” He described Parker as “an integral part of setting up and breaking down school events.” “[Zachary] earned the trust of the custodial staff, the athletic coordinator… he would be allowed to go fetch things that would be necessary to make the production work” until Brennen informed him of the afterhours ban, said Dell’Olio. “Zach was apart of most conversations dealing with technology because he was very good at it” and in turn knew where the cameras were placed after the thefts started—all outside, none inside, but with “some dead areas.” The night of the theft he heard a custodian over Walkie-Talkies asking to allow “Zach” to the second floor and spied from afar, the dean continued. “I wanted to see what Zach was up to without him noticing me,” he said. After seeing Parker with a backpack walking toward the auditorium, he tried to intercept him, but he’d gone out a side exit. The next morning at 7:30 a.m., Brennen was in his office with IT aide Donna Hanna, who said the projector was missing. He told her about Parker’s visit the night before, informed Poppe and “then we went to the videotape.” The police never viewed nor asked to view the surveillance tape, nor interview the eyewitness school personnel. Parker, 18 years old at the time of the May 2009 break-in, had made no secret of his desire for expensive new sound equipment to add to his DJ rig. It was, in fact, evident to anyone who’d ever viewed his MySpace profile page, where Parker stated under his moniker “DJZeeMac” that he’d started spinning at camp in 2004, DJed sports events for JFK High School and boasted that he “was just recently employed by Nassau County Section 8 Sports to DJ all their postseason sporting events.” “On my wish list as of now are a set of Mackie speakers, Xone 92 mixer, Denon CD deck, and the PCDJ DAC-3 controller (and flight case for it all to go into), all which'll probably total up to about $2g's,” he wrote. Three days after the May 18 burglary, Zachary showed up at his friend Lothar Keller’s apartment in Franklin Square—his then-girlfriend also lived there. Earlier that month Parker had brought Keller a Dell laptop that he sold for $350. This time, Parker brought three more laptops and a projector. “He just slapped ’em down on the table and said, ‘Look what I have,’” Keller told jurors. The 24-year-old self-professed “gutterman” testified that later that day, while driving Zachary around, his father, Gary, called his son and was “bugging out on him,” so he dropped Zachary off at home. On the way back to his apartment, Keller got a call on his cell phone from

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“Dr. Jones”—Zachary Parker’s nickname. But it was Gary Parker on the other end. Gary, partner at Manhattan-based Spielman Koenigsberg & Parker LLP Certified Public Accountants and an avid boater, states his company bio, was “a bit of a police buff,” according to ADA McSloy. He testified Jan. 29 that he’d been involved in police benevolence activities since the late 1980s, early 1990s, helping obtain nonprofit status for the Police Foundation of Nassau County—a group that had its nonprofit status revoked for failure to file required tax documents with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and was separate from the Nassau County Police Department Foundation, former Commissioner Mulvey’s brainchild. The elder Parker wined and dined Flanagan, Hunter and other Nassau police brass with “lunches and dinners”— totaling more than $17,000, according to a source close to the District Attorney’s Office investigation—and other gifts, charge court documents. He testified Jan. 28 about the meals—ranging from seafood and pasta smorgasbords at Uncle Bacala’s in New Hyde Park to top cuts of sirloin at Morton’s in Great Neck and Manhattan’s upscale Sparks Steak House—yet couldn’t recall who exactly attended a slew of feasts at Bacala’s. Flanagan, Hunter and Mulvey also attended barbeques at his house, he testified. “He was screaming at me that I was in possession of stolen property, that I would be hearing from the police,” Keller said of his friend’s dad. After he hung up, Keller called the person he’d sold the Dell laptop to, and then called the police, he testified, telling jurors he went to the Fifth Precinct with all the gear Zachary had given him to try and avoid “getting in trouble.” The clerk looked baffled when Keller told her it was all stolen property, he said, and was then interviewed by an officer. “I told him that I had gotten all of these electronics from this kid Zachary Parker,” he said. “I didn’t want any part of it." Keller signed a sworn statement and went home. It wasn’t the last time his association with Parker would bring him trouble with the law, Keller testified. Later that summer, Keller was cruising along in Parker’s car after they’d just finished smoking marijuana when a state trooper stopped them for speeding on Ocean Parkway. Keller swallowed the remainder of their joint as the trooper approached, but testified that he and his friend ultimately had nothing to fear, because when Parker pulled out his license, the cop saw his “gold” badge in his wallet and said, “Have a good day.” Zachary Parker had a history of getting out of trouble that any other person would not, court documents, deleted emails and testimony reveal.

P A P ER TRA I L unter, formerly the commander of the Highway Patrol Bureau and a close personal friend of Zachary’s father Gary, was “instrumental” in getting him out of multiple moving violations, state court documents—evident by the fact his license plate had been run by police at least 20 times yet he never received a citation, according to law enforcement sources close to the case. He was also instrumental, say court filings, in getting Zachary a job within the police department in its Emergency Ambulance Bureau, a position created solely for him. Parker was 16 when he was hired by the NCPD. Gary Parker testified that in August 2008 he and Hunter spoke about somehow getting Zachary a uniform. Parker’s hire had to be signed off by the NCPD, Nassau’s Office of Management and Budget and the County Executive’s office, according to the police department’s head of public information, Inspector Kenneth Lack. Parker further testified he reached out to another friend—the husband of Mulvey’s secretary—to help land his son the job. “I asked a friend of mine…to help get my son a job’ with Nassau County Police Department,” he said. “I wanted him to get a part-time job…he wanted to become an EMT, it’s an area he likes and I thought it would be good experience.” “He was a friend,” Parker testified, of Hunter. Hunter helped get Zachary a ridea-long, Gary testified, and the pair’s friendship was so strong, contends court documents, that Hunter even provided Parker with a police generator during a blackout. It’s no surprise then, that when Hunter—who Gary Parker acknowledged to prosecutors attended annual barbeques at the Parker home and dinners at restaurants on Gary’s dime—learned of the complaint regarding Zachary, broke the normal chain of command for such investigations and inserted himself into

NABBED: Zachary Parker (L), whose father’s relationship with former top members of the Nassau County Police Department are at the heart of an ongoing conspiracy trial, shuns reporters as he departs Nassau County Court. He pleaded guilty to burglarizing JFK High School after a Press article sparked his arrest. (Rashed Mian/Long Island Press)

the matter to prevent arrest, contends McSloy. Since Zachary was a department employee, when the commander of the Seventh Precinct Detective Squad received the initial report from Poppe, the head of the squad, in accordance with proper protocol, referred the matter to the NCPD Internal Affairs Unit (IAU). Yet “within a day,” Hunter, who was not in the detective squad chain of command, “called the squad commander to let her know that IAU would not be investigating the matter despite the suspect’s employment with the department,” say the filings, despite having “no supervisory authority over either the squad or IAU.” Hunter also requested “that he be kept informed of the status of the felony investigation,” contend prosecutors. The police commissioner is routinely briefed by internal affairs, according to Lack, who was also named by Parker as an attendee at a $2,346.47 feast at Spark’s, alongside Flanagan, Mulvey and others. On May 22, Gary received a call and invitation from Sharpe to come to the Seventh Precinct and talk about his son, he testified. Sharpe showed him the equipment dropped off by Keller and informed him his son was a suspect—one computer actually having “ZeeMac” scrawled across it in marker. Parker admitted his son’s guilt, he said, and name-dropped a few people he knew at NCPD, though told the jury he didn’t recall who he mentioned. Sharpe didn’t take an official statement nor voucher the stolen merchandise, which is typical police procedure in any investigation, and instead suggested Parker visit Poppe. (Sharpe’s also accused of entering the department’s computer system and falsely Continued on page 22

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stating that Poppe did not want Zachary arrested for the thefts.) “I told [Gary] that I was disappointed in his son,” testified the principal. “I told him the plan was to have Zachary arrested.” She also told him Zachary would be suspended, banned from attending the prom, senior events and graduation. The next day, Parker asked Hunter to meet at Colony Diner in East Meadow and returned his son’s NCPD identification and uniform. Parker told Hunter he was trying to work with the school, he testified, and “in passing” told him to “put in a good word” with Sharpe. They hugged each other before leaving. Later that week Parker bought his son a same-day ticket to visit his grandparents in Florida and Hunter, in a recovered email, wrote him “Anything I can do to help, let me know.” Gary, in another deleted emailed to Hunter at the end of the month, requested the squad “lay low,” states the documents, to which the deputy chief assured him he would “make sure that is done” and then made arrangements to return the property to the school. “Thank you for being a great person and friend,” replied Parker. “[A]s you taught me that is what friends are for!” answered Hunter. Hunter also reached out to a nephew of Poppe’s who was a NCPD canine officer and asked he help get the principal to drop the charges. He refused. So did Poppe, multiple times, despite not only repeated attempts through May and June by police detectives directed by Hunter and Sharpe to have her sign a withdrawal of prosecution form, emails, court filings and testimony show—but also an intimidating visit at 1 a.m. by one of Barket’s investigators, a tidbit Barket convinced the judge not to allow jurors to hear. “We wanted to have Zachary arrested,” she told jurors Jan. 22, noting that the detectives who repeatedly tried to get her to withdraw charges “never asked me for a copy of the video.” Parker then reached out to another friend, then-sergeant in the NCPD’s Asset Forfeiture Unit and a close friend of then-Commissioner Mulvey, William Flanagan. Or as Parker called him at the time, “Bill.”

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espite repeated questioning by prosecutors, Parker insisted he could not for the life of him remember when or how he met Flanagan, or how frequently he and other top police brass, such as former commissioner Mulvey, attended his dinner gatherings. The judge denied a request by ADA

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“THANK YOU!!!!!!” “de nada family” “remember what I said, you’re family, we take care of our own” RECOVERED: Excerpts from retreived emails between wealthy Nassau County Police Department benefactor Gary Parker and former Second Deputy Commissioner William Flanagan, deleted following a March 31, 2011 Press expose.

Bernadette Ford for Parker to be recognized as a hostile witness for his forgetfulness; his memory miraculously returning upon his cross-examination by Barket the following day. Parker did state that he was on a first-name basis with Flanagan by May 2009—though court testimony and recovered emails between the two suggest a much closer relationship with the former deputy commissioner and other top police brass. Just days before the May 18, 2009 JFK High School theft, for example, Parker offered Flanagan via another deleted email Yankees tickets and access to an “outdoor seating area…custom designed with 1,300 cushioned seats with padded backs that offer an extraordinary stadium experience.” That emailed offer, the filing states, also noted that Flanagan would have “access to the Terrace Level Outdoor Suite Lounge, a separate climatecontrolled indoor environment that offers a multitude of exclusive perks, including access to private restrooms, high-definition TVs, a variety of menu options, and a four-sided cocktail bar that delivers an exceptional selection of beverages.” Parker sent a similar email to thenPolice Commissioner Mulvey and current deputy commissioner Thomas Krumpter and, too, leaving the tickets in an envelope for Flanagan at the Seventh Precinct, he said—describing them as “lousy seats” to prosecutors during direct examination. The revelations kneecap Barket’s prior adamant assertions to the press that his client didn’t even know Gary Parker at the time of his son’s May 18, 2009 theft. “It is to some degree mindboggling why it is Deputy Commissioner Flanagan was charged at all,” he professed to reporters outside the courtroom on the morning of their indictment March 1. “He did not even know Zachary Parker or Continued on page 24

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Gary Parker on the date of the crime. He literally had nothing at all to do with the decision to arrest or not arrest Mr. Parker in May of 2009.” “My client did not know Gary Parker or Zachary Parker at the time of the commission of this crime,” he repeated. “He had no role in whether or not Mr. Parker should be arrested or should not be arrested in May of 2009. After that, well after that, they became acquainted, they are friends, they socialized together, they go to dinner together, their wives have met, they’ve been to each others’ house. Because they met and liked each other. I think they met at a golf tournament. “If it weren’t for golf tournaments I wouldn’t have any friends at all,” he joked when a reporter asked if their relationship at seemed at least a little conspicuous. “Honest to God, I didn’t follow your reasoning,” he insisted. “Is it suspicious that individuals make friends and that police officers have friends and that deputy commissioners have friends? No.” It’s what sworn police officers and deputy commissioners do for those “friends,” and what those “friends” do in return, that has prosecutors sounding the alarm. Following Hunter and Sharpe’s failed attempts to return the stolen equipment to JFK and Poppe’s repeated resistance to signing a withdrawal of prosecution, Parker met with Flanagan, according to his testimony, while Flanagan provided security for the Bethpage U.S. Golf Open June 18 and asked him for advice. “I understood that he had a close relationship with the police commissioner,” he told prosecutors, describing as his logic: “When the school got the property back the matter would be closed.” “He was undertaking something on his own,” Parker said of Flanagan. ADA Bernadette Ford had Parker read aloud for jurors a July 16 email he sent to Flanagan that prosecutors recovered after Parker deleted it—a heartfelt thank-you to Flanagan. “Just the fact that you’re stepping up to the plate is appreciated,” he read. “I certainly realize that they [JFK] hold all the cards.” “What did you want William Flanagan to do when you wrote this email?” Ford asked. “I’m not really quite sure,” he replied. Flanagan emailed Parker June 23 that he had “put pieces in motion,” and according to court documents, “made numerous attempts to get the stolen property returned to the school…despite the school’s insistence several days earlier that it would not withdraw criminal charges against Parker’s son. In another email in mid-August, Flanagan told Parker he had “stayed in contact with the squad supervisor” and that the squad supervisor was “aware

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of the importance” of getting the stolen property returned, says court documents, and in another assured him “it’ll happen.” In early September, Flanagan informed Parker by email that the equipment was successfully returned— though Poppe still refused to sign a withdrawal of prosecution. Ford has Parker read back his response and number of explanation points he included: “THANK YOU!!!!!!” He also read and translated Flanagan’s response: “de nada family.” Parker testified that the following day his wife sent two $100 Morton’s gift cards, a flashlight and a card to Flanagan, who replied that the gifts were “[o]ver the top” in a deleted email recovered by forensic technicians. He also testified that Flanagan, who was promoted to deputy commissioner two weeks after their talk at the U.S. Open, asked Parker to join the foundation in spring or fall 2010. He served as a board member from March 2010 until his resignation on April 1, 2011, a day after the Press article’s publication—and immediately after discussing concerns that his son would be arrested with Flanagan and the nonprofit’s board. That prompting Flanagan to email him: “remember what I said, you’re family, we take care of our own.” The same day, following calls from Krumpter, Flanagan, foundation board member and assistant commissioner Robert Codignotto and “maybe” Mulvey, he testified, he began cleansing his computer of emails to NCPD officials. “I deleted them,” he said. “It was probably morally the wrong thing to do.” Parker testified he’d received identification cards and a gold shield with a blue inset that read “Director” as a member of the group. He also told prosecutors that a year after Flanagan helped get his son’s stolen equipment returned, the deputy commissioner asked him to help get him an early release of a Tag Heuer “Aqua Racer” watch at a wholesale rate; one of Parker’s clients being French luxury goods conglomerate Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH), which includes the high-end watchmaker. Instead of paying for the uber-prestigious timepiece—which can cost several thousands dollars at retail and are heralded by Cameron Diaz, Leonardo DiCaprio and Maria Sharapova, to name a few of the line’s celebrity “ambassadors.” Parker testified he got it for $1,510.16—the 50-percent-off rate exclusive to the company’s friends and relatives program—sent it to Flanagan, and told him to write a check to the foundation as payment. Time is something that his son Zachary has a good deal of now, and may have even more of in the near future, since he’s also facing drug-related charges in Florida. A jury will decide whether Flanagan, Hunter and Sharpe receive time as well.

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L.I.’s Restaurateur and His Influence on Local Dining By Rashed Mian rmian@longislandpress.com Photo By jim Lennon www.jimlennon.com

A red electric guitar is slung over Tom Schaudel’s shoulder and his faded jeans tremble as he taps his feet to the beat of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama.” Schaudel’s trademark bandana is conspicuously absent as his four band mates—two guitarists, a bassist and a drummer—rock on alongside him. Schaudel, one of Long Island’s top restaurateurs, is grinning while leading the quintet through the Southern rock classic, his wrist rhythmically down-strumming as if he’s chopping up a Chilean sea bass destined for his frying pan. Between jabs, he bursts out the chorus triumphantly, like the uncorking of an aged wine bottled up far too long. The performance is in celebration of Peconic Bay’s wineries, and there’s no one more worthy to grace the stage and energize the crowd. The celebrity chef has developed an incredible following throughout his four decades as the Island’s most recognizable culinary artist, nourishing thousands along the way and resurrecting countless restaurants with his Midas touch while sweating away 200,000-plus hours in the kitchen. To him, it was time well spent. “I’m totally in love with restaurant culture,” says Schaudel, who embarked on his 45-year-long journey when he took a job at a restaurant to save money for an amplifier and was instantly intoxicated by the food’s aroma. “It’s the one place in the world where I feel like I belong.” Now 60, he continues to hit the high notes. At his newest incarnation, Jewel in Melville, he recently talked about food and music, with his back to a massive wine collection while his clientele devoured what’s left of their lunches. Behind his shoulder decorative lamps hung upside down disorientingly from the ceiling. Around his forehead is an orange bandana that confirms he is, indeed, Tom Schaudel. Schaudel owns four LI restaurants and a catering business including Jewel. His impact —Mario Saccente, executive vice president of the is undeniable, say industry leaders. New York State Restaurant Association, Long Island chapter “He really is what Long Island restaurateurs strive to be,” says Long Island Dining Alliance President Donna Trapani. “He’s certainly that person who’s impacted the food industry, not only with the amount of restaurants that he has opened, consulted for or even been the chef for—he has taken owning restaurants to another level.” “He’s really considered Long Island’s top chef, no question,” she continues. “Honestly, to me, he’s an empire builder.” “A lot of people would just see the name Tom Schaudel and that’s enough for them to go,” agrees Mario Saccente, executive vice president of the Long Island chapter of the New York State Restaurant Association. “He is one of very, very few on Long Island that his name means you should try his restaurant. Just by his name alone, his restaurant is worth visiting.”

“A lot of people would just see the name Tom Schaudel and that’s enough for them to go.”

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With 40 years in the business, Schaudel has weathered his fair share of failure and success, also witnessing some of the most bizarre customer behavior imaginable, as documented in his book Playing with Fire: Whining & Dining on the Gold Coast. Through it all, Schaudel’s passion remains the food. “It’s the color of the fresh vegetables, the fish and the thin-skinned lemons that still get me out of bed in the morning,” he says romantically. “It’s not all the other stuff that comes along with this…it’s truly the product that I get sweaty about. I’m still addicted to it.” Schaudel’s obsession has its limits, however. At one point, he cocks his head back, opens his mouth and mimics snoring while describing a meeting with his accountant. “[I’d] rather be at the dentist,” he says. And though his consulting work is renowned, the chef admits at times he had trouble convincing his counterparts to act on his advice. “I’ve been at this 45 years, so I know something,” insists Schaudel. “For them, when it doesn’t work out they say, ‘I paid you do to this.’ It wasn’t worth the money for me at that point; I rather just deal with my own stuff.” Whether he wants to admit it, Schaudel has left an indelible mark on the local restaurant industry. “He’s always one step ahead of everybody,” Trapani says. “He brings local ingredients, which is one of the newest trends. If Tom is bringing something to the table, most people will follow what he’s already instituted.” If one thing does get under Schaudel’s skin, it’s eaters who refuse to expand their palates and thus, limit their options. “I’m more concerned about the wussification of America,” he says. “I mean, we’re afraid of everything now: We’re afraid of gluten, ‘I can’t eat this, I’m allergic to sauté, I can’t eat the other thing, this makes me fart, that makes me fat, that makes me old.’ It’s food, man. You’re really missing out on a lot of fun by limiting yourself.” Despite the lofty praises, newspaper and magazine profiles, appearances on television and even his own wine, Schaudel remains grounded. To him, he’s just like any other Long Islander. “At the end of the day, what is this?” he says. “I own a restaurant, so what? In the scheme of things, it’s not world peace, it’s a fucking restaurant, it’s food. If I die tomorrow Long Island somehow will go on.” He considers what he just came out of his mouth, and adds, “Hopefully they’ll stop for a day or two.” Undoubtedly, they’ll continue to imitate him.

From The Chef’s Mouth Here are some of restaurateur Tom Schaudel’s favorite dishes from his restaurants, in his own words.

Coolfish

6800 Jericho Tpke., Syosset 516-921-3250 www.tomschaudel.com

Seared Chilean Sea Bass with Lobster Fricassee, Sauteed Spinach and Smoked Tomato Relish: “This

dish literally paid for my house. It’s been the most popular one I’ve ever done for whatever reason. I think the bass marries well with the richness of the lobster sauce and the smoked tomato relish has enough acid to cut through to add balance.”

Jewel

400 Broadhollow Rd., Melville 631-755-5777 www.jewelrestaurantli.com

Warm Octopus Salad with Potatoes, Red Onion, Capers and Grapes: “I love octopus in all kinds of

preparations but especially with these ingredients. In Asian cuisine the goal is to hit on all five tastes, and this dish seems to do that for me. There’s the savory taste of octopus and the potatoes, the saltybitter capers, the sourness in the merlot vinaigrette, and the sweetness of the grapes. It just bounces off the tongue and gets better with every bite.”

a Mano

13550 Main Rd., Mattituck 631-298-4800 www.amanorestaurant.com

Tom’s Carbonara: “Here I did a riff on an old Italian favorite. We added local trevisio lettuce, smoked duck and copious amounts of black pepper to a traditional carbonara prep with, what I believe to be, a very interesting result.”

A Lure

62300 Main Rd., Southold 631-876-5300 www.alurenorthfork.com

Steamed Lobster: “A Lure sits in the Port of Egypt marina overlooking the Peconic Bay. There’s an outside deck that seats 100 people in the summer and, for me, that’s the A Lure experience. I love sitting out there, looking at the bay, and eating a perfectly steamed lobster with nothing but lemon and butter.”

Ross-Schaudel Catering and Event Planning www.tomschaudel.com

Grilled Striped Bass with Satur Farms Sweet Corn, Farro, and Roasted Tomato-Olive Vinaigrette:

“Striped Bass is one of my favorites of the local fishes. The snow-white flesh is complimented by the vinaigrette and the corn screams ‘Summer.’ The farro adds a toothsome quality and beautifully absorbs all the different flavors.”

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Favorite DishEs A smattering of LI restaurateurs and chefs sound off about their favorite dishes and why they love to make them. WARNING: The following will make you EXTREMELY hungry.

Greek Town

90 N. Village Ave., Rockville Centre. 516-6784550. www.greektownrvc.net

Owners Leonnora & Marino Kotzavekiaris (the chef) Favorite Dish: Youvetsi

The description on Greek Town’s menu, “One baby lamb shank served over orzo (rice-shaped pasta) in a tomato oreganato sauce” alone incites an uncontrollable urge to hop in the car and head down there, but it fails to truly portray just how irresistible this entrée really is. The lamb is oh-so tender, the meat exploding with flavorful goodness upon first bite. The sauce is not only the perfect accompaniment to drench the lamb, but also the ultimate partner for the orzo. Each entrée comes with a side Greek salad and fresh, warm pita, which turn any lunch or dinner into a celebratory feast!

Frankly Thai

959 Hempstead Turnpike, Franklin Square. 516-616-4393. www.franklythai.com

Owners Frank Perrone & Jintana Lauchalermsuk (the chef) Favorite Dish: Frankly Delight

“A combination of sauteed chicken with string beans cashew nuts and bell peppers in a mildly spicy sauce, the dish is a family recipe from Chef Jintana Lauchalermsuk’s mom, who makes the sauce from scratch. The combination of Thai chili paste and special hand ground spices are combined into a special sauce which is then sauteed with the chicken and string beans. It comes together in the wok to make a beautiful marriage of tastes, which are plate-scraping good. Add a scoop of fresh jasmine rice and you feel like you are in Bangkok.”

It’s Greek to Me

127 Jackson Ave., Syosset. 516-496-0771

Owner/Chef John Barbalios Favorite Dishes: Lamb Kebab and Moussaka

John Barbalios is busy commanding the flames, skipping from mouthwatering chicken souvlaki over a bed of rice and grilled vegetables to gyros and delicious spinach pie as his daughter Stephanie dictates his response. He has a love affair with Moussaka, a Greek eggplant dish layered with potatoes and chopped meat. “He loves making the bechamel sauce like nobody else,” she says. “It’s amazing.” Barbalios holds a special place in his heart for Lamb Kebab, strewn with a bevy of vegetables. “He cleans the meat, he takes all the fat out and

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the muscle, so it’s so tender, he likes the tenderness... He loves the lamb. It makes him feel good.”

Palm Court Restaurant

The Carltun, Eisenhower Park, East Meadow. 516-542-0700

Executive Chef Rodrigo Bernal Favorite Dish: Lobster Veloute with Citronel

“I experienced my favorite meal on a recent trip to Paris at the le Taillevent Restaurant. It was Lobster Veloute with Citronel, served with Oscietra Caviar and a Lump Crab Salad. It was a symphony of flavors...You will have a chance to experience it at our February Wine Tasting in the Palm Court Restaurant at The Carltun. I will be serving it with a Chateau Bonnet Bordeaux and American Hackleback Sturgeon Caviar. Our French wine tasting will also have frog leg barley risotto and veal periguex with truffles and a Madeira wine. For dessert, another one of my favorites, is basil ice cream over a passion fruit mousse. Join us!”

The Greek Place

2144 Jericho Turnpike, Garden City Park. 516-673-4545. www.thegreekplacegcp.com

Owners George Marinos & pete kontoulakos (the chef) Favorite Dish: Kratos

“It’s stuffed with sauteed lamb and beef gyro meat piled high with sweet vidalia onions and peppers, button mushrooms and creamy melted cheddar on an oven-toasted garlic hero. It’s a sandwich unlike anything you have ever experienced, as the exploding flavor of our authentic gyro is carved off the cone, but instead of using a gyrator, I have devised a method in which I actually sautee the gyro meat on a flat iron grill with our own homemade aujus, a taste unlike any other, bringing a whole new world of cooking to the Greek dining experience.”

Toro Pazzo

753 Wantagh Ave., Wantagh. 516-731-8700. www.toropazzo.com

Owner Chris Santoro Favorite Dish: Monte di Vesuvio

“Named after the famous volcano in Naples, this dish is piled high with California Spinach, garlic mashed potatoes, a tender filet mignon, golden jumbo lump crab cake and grilled jumbo shrimp. It is topped with a combination of pink cognac and barolo wine sauces which emulate a volcanic eruption.”

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Review

Havana Central Brings Flavor and Spirit of Cuba to L.I. By Jackie Salo

Although there may be no murals of Fidel Castro on the walls or cigar smoke clouding the air, the seductive Salsa rhythms and sweet aroma of fried plantains luring patrons into Havana Central at Roosevelt Field Mall is the next best thing to visiting the Caribbean capital itself. The Nassau County location is the Cuban restaurant chain’s fourth outpost and opened to a packed house last month. Patrons were greeted to a lively atmosphere and vibrant décor designed to conjure the ambiance of a 1950s pre-revolutionary Cuba. Colorful curtains draped plentiful booths and a large mahogany bar modeled after the original at the famous Sloppy Joe’s in Havana welcomed thirsty customers. Owner Jeremy Merrin gave his heart to authentic Cuban cuisine when he “fell in love with a Cuban woman,” he confessed at the spot’s debut. His love affair is his customers’ reward, because Havana Central serves up delicious, reasonably priced Cuban feasts in a festive environment—with live music Thursday through Saturday. The place is perfect for those who are not looking for a heavy meal, though craving quality. The Ropa Vieja, or pulled pork, served on bread, sails a wave of flavor, as does the wowzydowzy Shrimp Cerviche, served marinated in citrus juice and tossed with luscious avocados. Havana’s signature drinks are their mojitos, of which they mix many different flavors, each vying for recognition atop the tongue, all served with a slice of sugarcane. Yes, they’re as tempestuous as they are strong. The interior contrasted with the Cuban restaurants dotting Miami— which are quite light on decadence and resemble diners more than upscale

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eateries—yet the myriad dishes here are similarly alive with distinction. The impossible-to-choose-from menu covers all of the basics of Cuban cuisine, from skirt steaks to classic Cuban sandwiches and everything in between. What the yellow rice lacked in buttery goodness of its traditional counterparts the succulent chicken empanadas made up for in a juicy, crunchy combo that sends your taste buds directly to the dance floor for a spicy Macarena. The generous portions of plantains—a staple of every Cuban feast—were glorious revolutions of their own: fresh and oozing with sweetness. Whether stopping in for a bite after shopping at the mall, before heading to the movies, or searching for a sexy new spot on date night, Havana Central is an island unto itself and one worth visiting, many times over.

Havana Central at Roosevelt Field Mall 630 Old Country Rd., Garden City 516-739-7900 www.havanacentral.com

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J u s t S ay i n g

Somali Pirates Offer Loan To Nassau County By Peter Tannen

EW YORK — At a press conference today, the chief financial officer of the Somali Pirates offered Nassau County a substantial low-cost loan to help solve its current financial crisis. CFO Abdikarim Laaban said the Pirates had up to 275 million euro available to help the county, as it once again teetered on the brink of an economic cliff. The terms of the loan offer were not disclosed, but a spokesperson for Nassau County hinted it was better than anything they had received from the U.S. Congress, thanks to ideological opposition from Conservative Republicans from Southern and Southwestern states. The Somali Pirates (New York Stock Exchange Symbol: SOPIR) had a successful IPO in early December, when the market valued their stock at 57.4 billion euro on the first day of trading. As he rang the opening bell on the NYSE floor, the leader of the Pirates was heard to comment, “It is wonderful to be among our brothers here on Wall Street.” Mr. Laaban also confirmed that the Pirates are negotiating with Nassau County to allow them to open a branch office on Long Island Sound. This, he said, was part of a long-term strategic plan to increase their worldwide market penetration and revenue. They currently operate only in the Gulf of Aden. “This will be a brand new market for us,” said Mr. Laaban, “And we certainly want to follow local customs and traditions and be a good corporate neighbor.” A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said they

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Of Somalia

“Long Island politicians cannot possibly be more corrupt that those in the Middle East. Can they?” were following the situation closely. Analysts noted, however, that they would be hard-pressed to patrol Long Island waters under their current budget. “Monitoring the whole of Long Island Sound is an expensive job,” said the spokesperson. “Especially since we have learned that terrorists have recently bought exploding underwear from China,” he continued. “So purchasing X-ray machines with the

newest ‘Butt-Scanner’ technology is our first priority.” Nassau County, one of America’s richest, is in serious financial trouble. The county was already facing a projected $25 million budget deficit

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before Superstorm Sandy further devastated the region’s economy. Long Island cities and towns faced huge budget deficits before the storm, and were fighting to get their fiscal houses in order since the recession lowered tax revenues. They also face large pension and health-care obligations. The Somali Pirates, on the other hand, seized a record 1,181 hostages in the second half of 2012 and corporate income rose 27.5 percent. “Nassau County has a grave financial crisis,” said the Pirates’ CFO, “And we’d be happy to work with them to restore a balanced budget. “Also, property values on the North Shore are still relatively quite low, and with increased U.S. Navy activity in the Gulf of Aden, Long Island seems like a more attractive place to live and work.” “Besides, Long Island politicians cannot possibly be more corrupt that those in the Middle East. Can they?” In other news, Suffolk County, which is in the midst of its own financial meltdown, confirmed today that they had called the Somali Pirates’ main office but their calls had not yet been returned. “The eastern end of Long Island has a long history of being friendly to pirates,” said one anonymous legislator. “We’re all for private enterprise, and our people are currently putting together a package of corporate tax breaks to bring their organization here.”

Pete Tannen is a humor writer who has won multiple awards from the National Press Club (Washington, D.C.), the Press Club of Long Island and the Florida Press Association. His columns can also be heard on select Public Radio stations across the U.S. www.tannenweekly.com

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O UT THE R E

Barons Of Suburbia By Jaclyn Gallucci

t’s a rainy Saturday. The Nutty Irishman in Farmingdale is getting busy. I walk a few doors down on Main Street to Empire Gaming, a new comic book store. Someone at the front desk points to a small room. There’s a man at one end with an army of miniature characters on the table in front of him, some maps, all sorts of books filled with numbers and charts and a chainmail bag full of dice—6 sided, 20-sided, all different colors and shapes. He’s my dungeon master and he’s been one since 1979. He’s about to help me enter the world of the table-top role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons. “You’ve all been hired by the good king of Benchleydale to put a stop to the rampaging giants who’ve torn the land of men asunder,” he tells me. “Your mission: Infiltrate the Hill Giant Fortress, exterminate the giants and their allies, find out why they’ve become militant, and find out who (or what) is behind all this mayhem.” But before I depart on this noble journey I have to create my D&D persona—Demetria the Spell Caster. “Does your character wear a hooded cloak, or a robe perhaps?” says my DM. “If so, what color? Let your imagination run wild.” “I’ll take a purple hooded cloak!” I answer. Now it’s time to roll the dice and equip myself for the journey ahead. My DM makes some recommendations. “But what would I need 50 feet of rope for?” I ask him. “Perhaps you’re in a cave and you need something to scale the wall.” “Can I have a pony?” “Yes, you can have a pony. But remember that pony has to eat.” Sweet. Now I have to bring my character to life in the form of a 1.5-inch pewter miniature. I search the Internet till I find one that looks like me. A few days later it arrives, a little silver statue I have to turn into Demetria. I put a layer of primer on it, then some color. Brown for the staff she holds in her left hand and blue for the crystal ball she holds in her right. Hair: brown. Hooded cloak: purple. A final layer of acrylic glaze and she’s good to go. I plan to pick up a player’s

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handbook, but before I know it, Sunday comes around and it’s game time. I walk past The Nutty Irishman again, wonder if I should do a few shots first, then continue on to Empire Gaming, where my Dungeon Master sits behind a cardboard wall. There are 11 others with me—Cidhella the Barbarian, Dusk the Assassin, Lauranna the Thief, Bert the Bard, to name a few—seated around the table. In front of us is a hand-drawn map of Benchleydale, a Tolkien-esque land under attack. Celtic music is playing low in the background. We all place our miniature selves in front of us and a can of Pringles begins circulating the room. We trade items. As a spellcaster I cannot use weapons or certain instruments. Unfortunately I have a bunch of them so I make a trade. An instrument of the Bards for a potion of clairvoyance and a potion or clairaudience. I really wish I read the handbook. We pick our first stop on the map—a refugee camp of survivors. We listen to their stories as relayed to us by

the DM. We continue to the town of Snowbite, where trolls attack us. Two mini trolls are put on the table. It’s time for battle. Fighters up front. Magic users in the back. “Does anyone have any spells we can use first?” someone asks. “I have burning hands!” shouts another. With that, she gestures with her hands and the DM rolls the dice, to determine the success of the attack. “You hit him,” he says. “Roll again.” She rolls a good number. The troll is weakened. Someone else has a flask of oil. He rubs it on the imaginary troll’s head and someone else sets it on fire. God, I wish I read the handbook. “The troll is dead,” says the Dungeon Master. The others are soon vanquished in similar fashion. We move farther along the map, and find a sea serpent in Loot Lake, guarding hundreds of treasure chests at the bottom. We start retrieving them. Lauranna the Thief cracks one open with a roll of the dice and finds gems inside. She attempts to open the second

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but it has a trap. She rolls to deactivate the trap. It doesn’t work. She is stuck by a poison needle. Thankfully, Burt the Bard, a few feet away, has a Slow Poison spell to hamper the effects. Lauranna rolls the dice to see how sick she is. The DM tells her she won’t make it through the night. We move on to a fishing village to find an antidote to cure her. I, Demetria, am the spokesperson. I go to one of the villagers and ask, through the DM, if there is a healer around town. He asks me what happened and he wants details. Do I give him details? “I don’t know if I should be telling you that—are you bad or good?” I ask, breaking character. We make up a story, which I fumble a little bit. I said Lauranna was hurt by poisonous trolls. I was supposed to say she was hurt by trolls with poisonous arrows. There is no such thing as poisonous trolls. The DM, speaking as the villager, questions my answer. Then another member of our party comes to my rescue. “I jump up and hold a knife to his throat and say, ‘Get me a doctor!’” yells Odin, sitting across from me. I really, really need that handbook. We get the antidote, and return to the lake. We now have a lobster claw apparatus to pick the chests out of the water and crush them open to avoid traps. Some contain body parts of a dead general. We need to find out what happened to him. Luckily, we have someone with a Reanimate the Dead spell on hand. The general comes to life and speaks through the DM. He was killed by someone named Dr. Pain for disobeying orders. We’re getting closer. It’s now time to find the evil doctor who the general tells us is in the Hell Giant Fortress. We get on our way, but the session comes to a close. We’ve played a solid four hours and moved about six inches on the map, but the journey isn’t over. “We meet again in two weeks,” says the DM. But for now the imaginary world disappears and everyone leaves, scattering in different directions, going back to the land of mere mortals. I stepped onto the street and wondered if I actually did have those shots, after all. And when I got home, I ordered that handbook.

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Dark Places

L.I.’s Substance Abuse Community Braces for Sandy’s Next Wave BY Timothy Bolger tbolger@longislandpress.com

uperstorm Sandy has plunged many recovering drug abusers into a personal darkness eclipsing even that of the power blackouts left in its wake. “Reality hit me and I realized I don’t have any real friends, I’ve been f***** stranded on the street,” Jennifer, a recently re-arrested drug abuser whose name was changed to protect her identity, writes in an online plea for help. “Gimme a reason to keep on living.” Hers is just one of countless similar stories of compounded despair that emerged, then snowballed, after the historic Oct. 29 hurricane. Far from the camera glare cast on heroic nurses who evacuated newborn babies from the Sandycrippled NYU Langone Medical Center in Manhattan at the height of its wrath, local drug rehab facilities faced similarly Herculean tasks in fighting a surge of relapses among patients. Three months later, treatment providers who were already unable to meet the demand of LI’s drug epidemic warn of a coming wave of additional substance abuse cases, sparked by the widespread trauma still reverberating throughout the region and among those in addiction’s grasp. The new onslaught strikes as many of the region’s addiction treatment services are still on life support due to the damage they sustained and others remain shuttered—such as the Long Beach Medical Center, one of LI’s main detox centers, which is closed through March. “Like any other crisis, if things were not good before the crisis, the crisis will make things worse,” says Jamie Bogenshutz, executive director of Massapequa-based YES Community Counseling Center and president of the Nassau Alliance of Addiction Services, a rehab umbrella group. “The crazier life becomes for people, it becomes more obvious there are not enough resources.” Studies show illicit drug use spikes in the aftermath of natural disasters. Adults who were displaced from their homes for more than two weeks after Hurricane Katrina—the one storm more damaging than Sandy—had increased drug use, more mental health issues and unmet treatment needs, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. In New York, 40,000 were displaced after Sandy. Providing them and others with Psychological First Aid are 17 LI mental health agencies among 35 statewide deploying 1,000 doorto-door crisis counselors as a part of Continued on page 40

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“Project Hope.” The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded $8.2 million to the New York State Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which allocated $1.8 million to Nassau and nearly $1 million to Suffolk in November for the program, which runs nine months. “The enormity of the personal challenges and material loss experienced has

Long Beach Medical CenteR, which houses one of Long Island’s main detox centers, has been closed since Superstorm Sandy and is not expected to reopen until March.

overwhelmed the usual coping capacities of most people,” said Dr. James Dolan, director of the Nassau County Office of Mental Health, Chemical Dependency and Developmental Disabilities Services, in a statement. That includes previously sober superstorm survivors self-medicating with drugs or alcohol to deal with catastrophic losses of their homes, vehicles and belongings, as well as pre-Sandy substance abusers who’ve upped their doses to cope.

After sandy

With trains, gas, power and phone service largely unavailable in the days, weeks and even months after Sandy, an untold number of Long Islanders with heroin or prescriptiondrug dependencies were unable to meet their dealers and went into withdrawal—in some cases, revealing hidden addictions to their unwitting families. “You had a whole bunch of young people literally hiding in their basements going through withdrawal, and their parents thought it was the flu,” says Jeffrey Reynolds, executive director of the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence [LICADD]. He recalls a client telling him, “A few days in the house with no lights, no power, no heat, and the demons are bound to come knocking—and, boy, did they.” Many of those who were getting help found themselves displaced from blacked-out inpatient substance-abuse facilities or cut off from outpatient service providers, who were often dealing with their own stormy troubles at home. The severity of the fallout for this particularly unstable and vulnerable population varied. “Some of those people were disengaged from treatment; they have been almost impossible to get back,” says David Cohen, director of Outpatient Addiction Services at Eastern Long Island Hospital in Riverhead and president of the Quality Consortium of Suffolk County, another rehab umbrella group. He’s most concerned with chemically dependent patients he describes as “pseudo homeless”— those one step from the streets. For others in treatment, the disruption was relatively minimal, such as those at the Phoenix House Hauppauge Center Men’s Program— though residents were moved to the Phoenix House Brentwood Campus for one day until the power was restored at the Hauppauge facility. Stories of doctors making house calls—or in some cases, shelter visits for displaced patients—were also commonplace in the immediate aftermath as providers desperately Continued on page 42

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sought not to have their clients’ recovery undone by the storm’s disruption, considering the difficulty of getting many into rehab to begin with. “If they couldn’t make it to us, we were going to get it to them,” Christina Noonan, program director of the Huntington outreach facility for Daytop Village, Inc., says of her staff ’s doctor delivering Suboxone to clients despite blocked and flooded roads. “He somehow found a way.” Not everyone in recovery was as lucky. A Daytop facility in Far Rockaway was forced to release 150 court-mandated patients onto the

streets west of the Nassau-Queens line after the New York State Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services stalled patients’ transfer to upstate Daytop facilities, the New York Daily News reported. Some from the Rockaways joined those from LI’s ravaged South Shores, packing mental health wards as a spike in substance abusers became suicidal— along with people without prior mental health diagnoses. “We were full, full to capacity for the first two months,” says one LI psychiatric nurse who asked that neither she nor her employer be identified in

order for her to speak freely. “There was an increase in suicidal patients because they could not get their medication or because the pharmacies were closed or a lot of addicts who had no place to go.”

The Coming Storm

Local substance-abuse professionals and anti-drug advocates worry that having the additional Sandy-inspired substance abusers referred to the already overburdened inpatient and outpatient treatment facilities limited by government austerity measures is a prescription for failure. Bogenshutz of YES says Project

Hope, while beneficial, will ultimately “unearth the next layer of issues” that will require additional resources. “We just don’t know how farreaching the demand for services is going to go,” concurs Joe Smith of Long Beach Reach, which has joined Project Hope and has been treating patients spilled over from the stillshuttered Long Beach Medical Center. “The resources are limited already...it’s really eaten into the safety network.” Before the storm, Nassau cut funds to youth groups involved in anti-drug counseling last year, and Nassau University Medical Center replaced some of its detox beds with outpatient care. Post-Sandy, LBMC’s repair costs are estimated between $32 million and $56 million—although hospital officials are reportedly prioritizing their rehab’s reopening. LBMC representatives did not respond to requests for comment, but Patricia Hacken, director of alcohol and substance abuse services at the hospital, told the Press last summer that LBMC had applied to double its detox beds from eight to 16 because of a “significant increase” in requests for inpatient care. “It is a significant loss, and I don’t necessarily see anybody picking up the slack,” says LICADD’s Reynolds, who fears the treatment gap will force some into “do-it-yourself detox,” which “isn’t a winning formula for most people.” Smith, whose offices were not damaged in the flooding but finally got power and heat back the day after Thanksgiving, expects the surge of additional people seeking treatment to last into next year. “We know from past experience that in the aftermath of disasters the surge in demand for treatment begins...three to six months after,” he says. “That surge in demand lasts for quite some time.” Others interviewed for this story were optimistic that some of the recently approved Sandy aid funds will eventually be allocated to help fill the gap in post-Sandy substance-abuse services. “Not surprisingly was that folks most impacted by the storm were somewhat isolated,” says John Cappola, president of the New York State Association of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Providers. “It took a while before we had a sense of how people were doing out there…I’m hoping that we learned a lot from this.” New York State residents experiencing emotional distress as a result of Hurricane Sandy can access free, confidential crisis counseling 24/7 by calling LifeNet at 800-543-3638.

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Einstein on the Beach BY Spencer Rumsey srumsey@longislandpress.com

cientists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory call this Feb. 11 the “cool-down” day. That’s when they start chilling the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider to the temperature of liquid helium (more than 450 degrees below zero) so they can begin colliding polarized protons in a series of experiments that would have thrilled Albert Einstein, had he lived long enough to see them. The world-renowned scientist will be there in spirit, no doubt, because “all nuclear and particle physicists owe a debt to Einstein,” says Robert Crease, a Stony Brook University professor and the lab’s official historian who wrote Making Physics: The first 25 years of the history of BNL and is now working on the sequel.

“For Einstein, Long Island only meant a place where he could enjoy himself. ”

what a pair: David Rothman was in his work clothes and Albert Einstein was dressed for the beach when they posed on this rock at Horseshoe Cove in Nassau Point in the summer of 1939. (Photo by Reginald Donahue/Courtesy the Rothmans)

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For Einstein, Long Island only meant a place where he could enjoy himself. He reportedly never visited the lab. In 1937 The Long-Islander mentioned that Einstein had “passed the summer” at a home on West Shore Road, which runs along Huntington Harbor. If he made much of a splash on his vacation, it didn’t last long. The same can’t be said for the memorable months he spent out east in 1939 when he rented a cottage on Nassau Point in Cutchogue so he could put his sailboat in at Horseshoe Cove. Before that summer was over Einstein would sign a letter to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt warning him that the United States couldn’t afford to wait while Nazi Germany was possibly making a nuclear weapon. But that dire notion was far from his mind when he took his sister Maja, his step-daughter Margot, his son Hans, and his secretary Helen Dukas to the North Fork. His summer place is still there on West Cove Road (Einstein had misspelled it “Grove” in a letter) although the porch has since been enclosed, and the neighborhood has changed. Apparently the younger generation

on Nassau Point didn’t think much of the two main activities Einstein did to occupy his time there: sailing and violin playing. Einstein, who never learned to swim, had no pretentions about his nautical prowess. He had named his 17-foot glorified rowboat the Tinef, which is supposedly Yiddish for “junk.” “We kids who were growing up here know how to sail. He didn’t,” said Louise Thompson in a story that Newsday ran on the centennial of his birth in 1979. “He’d tip over, and once I can remember some of the local boys going out to rescue him.” Thompson and her Peconic peers weren’t impressed with Einstein’s musical prowess, either, perhaps because he’d play his instrument “all the time” on his porch during those summer evenings and “we thought he was terrible.” Fortunately, Einstein had a big fan in Southold. David Rothman, who had opened Rothman’s Department Store in 1919, hadn’t graduated high school but he had maintained an avid interest in science. He recognized Einstein’s stepdaughter Margot when she entered his store looking for a chisel sharpener (she was a sculptor). Rothman presented it to her as a gift and asked her to convey his “respects to her father,” as he later recalled. The next day, Einstein came into the store himself looking for “sundials.” Or so Rothman thought, and the shopkeeper dutifully showed his customer the one he had in the backyard. Einstein pointed to his feet. He really needed sandals, so Rothman sold him the largest pair he had left: women’s size 11. When the 60-year-old scientist had first entered his store, Rothman, then 43, was playing Mozart’s “Symphony No. 40” on his phonograph, and they started talking about music. Rothman had begun playing the violin when he was 36; Einstein had started when he was 6, but he insisted they play together. The next evening Rothman came out to Nassau Point with his instrument

Ron rothman, who runs Rothman’s Department Store in Southold (above), holds the book he published that recounts his grandfather’s friendship with Albert Einstein in 1939. (Photo by Spencer Rumsey/Long Island Press)

and some sheet music, but he was out of his league and so they spent the rest of the night chatting. They clicked, and later Rothman arranged many musical evenings at his Southold home where Einstein and a few friends would play. Rothman’s recollections of his experiences with his celebrated companion have been published by his daughter Joan Rothman Brill and his grandsons Ron Rothman, a talented guitarist who runs the Southold store today, and Chuck Rothman, a science fiction writer living in Schenectady. “The way I see it,” Ron Rothman tells the Press, “that summer my grandfather palled around with Albert Einstein to the point where he would come in and he would sleep on the couch. He would spend time playing music, and they would go around doing things.” One day Rothman waited hours for Einstein, who had planned to sail around Nassau Point to Southold. It was almost dark when the phone rang at his store, as he reminisced to Newsday. Continued on page 46

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On the line was a New York City cop on vacation, who shouted, “Rothman, there’s some wild-looking guy that needs a haircut—some helluva looking looney—down here on the beach wanting to know where you live!” Another time Einstein had just come back from sailing and Rothman was talking to him on his porch when two harried young Hungarian physicists living in exile, Leo Szilard and Eugene Wigner, drove up. They’d come from Manhattan to see him and gotten lost. Szilard, who had studied with Einstein in Berlin and even shared a patent with him for a “new, noiseless refrigerator,” was on an urgent mission because he’d had the disturbing revelation that uranium could be used to create a nuclear chain reaction. “I never thought of that!” Einstein exclaimed in German. Szilard, “who was nothing if not obsessive,” according to biographer Jeremy Bernstein, wanted to reach President Roosevelt, and so through his connections at Columbia University, he convinced one of FDR’s economics advisers, Alexander Sachs, to bring a letter to the president if it had Einstein’s signature. On Aug. 9, he signed it, warning the president about “extremely powerful bombs of a new type.” A man of peace, by 1939, Einstein had come to regard the use of force as the

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only way to stop fascism—and although he never worked on the Manhattan Project, his letter was its spark. Sachs gave Einstein’s letter to Roosevelt on Oct. 11, a month after Hitler had invaded Poland. The next morning Roosevelt created the Advisory Committee on Uranium, naming Szilard, Wigner and Teller to it, but not Einstein, perhaps because FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, no friend of German Jews trying to emigrate, had viewed Einstein as a security risk because he’d previously proclaimed in Europe that “I am a militant pacifist” and he kept a large file on him once he came to America. Since the former Camp Upton’s reincarnation as a national laboratory in 1947, BNL never conducted weapons research. For decades scientists there have been committed to exploring the inner workings of the atom to advance human understanding. Einstein would have appreciated this. The day before Einstein left the East End, Rothman came out to Nassau Point to see him off. When Rothman took his hand to say good-bye, Einstein “put one arm affectionately around my shoulder and said, ‘You know, this has been one of the most beautiful summers of my whole life...’” And to think it happened on Long Island.

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John Condzella /// Hop Farmer

John Condzella is standing a few paces from the barn on his family’s sprawling Wading River farm, one of the few on Long Island that produces hops for local brewers. Condzella, a fourthgeneration farmer and Cornell grad, basks in the glow of his risky investment. After graduation he went to his father and proposed the hop prospect. “I definitely had to prove to him that it was a good idea,” he says. Condzella, 27, passed up the big bucks of Wall Street and planted his first hops in 2010. An arduous process, he says, but one that he and his father see as the future of the nearly century-old farm. Last year, he sold the hops to five breweries, including Port Jefferson Brewing Company. Condzella has since developed a close relationship with Mike Philbrick, the brewery’s founder, and later learned they share the same birthday. In a few months Philbrick will introduce a new brew using Condzella’s hops.

Mike Philbrick wanted to be his own boss. So the beer lover combined his extensive business knowledge with his homebrewing experience and created the blueprint for Port Jefferson Brewing Company. In 2011, he turned his late-hour brew sessions into a full-fledged brewing operation at an unassuming facility tucked into the heart of Port Jefferson. “I can’t see myself doing anything else,” he says inside the brewery, the aroma of yeast and hops greeting visitors at the front door. In a little less than two years, many of his concoctions—Schooner Ale, Port Jeff Porter, H3—have become instant hits, and he is currently in the process of creating an exclusive beer for a local eatery using hops from Condzella’s Farm in Wading River. Philbrick is constantly making deliveries and seeking new accounts. He’s a busy man. At one point he grabs his cell phone off the bar and appears taken aback. “I just realized I have 15 texts,” he says. Photo by Matt Furman www.furmanfoto.com

FOUR Corners

One Common Thread Richard Thatcher saunters into Black Sheep Ale House in Mineola and knows immediately what he wants to order. Thatcher, co-founder and Treasurer of Long Island Beer and Malt Enthusiasts, a group of more than 600 beer lovers, orders a Port Jefferson H3 (Triple H) and rests it on the bar. “It’s heavy,” he says, describing one of his favorite craft beers. “It’s alcoholic; heavy blonde ale, that’s my favorite style.” Thatcher is an expert when it comes to Long Island craft beer, and without so much as flinching he can rattle off a litany of local brewery owners. He co-founded the LIBME in 2007, but it was the emergence of Samuel Adams in the late 1980s that first turned him onto craft beers. “It’s a very social thing,” he says of the craft beer scene. The LIBME also played an important role in encouraging local bars and eateries, once accustomed to selling only household names such as Budweiser, Coors and Heineken, to offer craft beers. “The beer brings people together,” he says.

--By Rashed Mian rmian@longislandpress.com

Rich Thatcher /// Enthusiast 48

Mike Philbrick /// Beer Man

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Vince Minutella /// Bar Owner It’s 6 p.m. on a Tuesday in Mineola and the commuter crowd is about to pour into Black Sheep Ale House, the bar’s brick facade offering a cozy invitation for locals. “Can I get you a drink?” asks owner Vince Minutella, snifter in hand with a craft beer foaming to the top. In 2011, Minutella converted what was once an Irish pub to a craft beer establishment with more than 20 beers on tap. “I wanted to feel more connected to the business,” he says. But it wasn’t until Craft Beer Week in May 2012 that Minutella began forging a closer relationship with local brewers, forming a tight-knit bond with some, especially with Mike Philbrick of Port Jefferson Brewing Company. He doesn’t put just any LI beer on tap—it needs to meet his expectations. “I wouldn’t say it’s equally important about whether who’s in your glass versus what’s in your glass,” he says, “but I really like enjoying both.”

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New Look, New Goal, New Location Parrish Art Museum

Aims for the Stars By Spencer Rumsey srumsey@longislandpress.com

LONG AND LEAN: The sleek new Parrish Art Museum has taken root in Water Mill (above) with spacious galleries (right) and a large terrace (below) that is full of possibilities. (All photos courtesy of Parrish Art Museum)

otato barns inspired the abstract look of the new Parrish Art Museum, the elongated structure with the twin white roofs and pale gray concrete walls sprouting from a field near the Duck Walk Vineyards in Water Mill. The museum, which officially opened in November, could soon blossom into a global destination for contemporary art on the East End. “After a few months of operation, everyone will know where we are!” says museum director Terrie Sultan, a sprightly, energetic woman with short-cropped hair and large, luminous eyes, who’s been a curator of contemporary art at the prestigious Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the director of the Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston. At the Parrish, Sultan is busy overseeing preparations for February’s “Family Month,” highlighted by its student art show, which runs from Feb. 2 to March 3 and features work from public and private schools in Riverhead, Southampton, East Hampton, Southold and Brookhaven. An annual tradition, it began when the museum occupied a much smaller, although more ornate building on Jobs Lane in the Village of Southampton. Samuel Longstreth Parrish, a Philadelphia-born, Harvard-educated successful New York lawyer, had built it in 1898 to house his collection of Italian Renaissance paintings and plaster casts of classic sculptures. “His love of Italian art transformed his life,” says Sultan. Parrish wanted his museum to both educate and edify the public. But after he died, the Great Depression hit hard and his heirs could not keep it going, so they gave the building and his collection to the village. The Art Gallery of Southampton, as it was known, languished under benign neglect until the 1950s when the village trustees turned for help to a prominent civic-minded resident, Rebecca Bolling Littlejohn, a very important collector of American art who was then in her 80s. “In a way, they got more than they bargained for,” says Sultan, because Littlejohn changed the focus of the museum, eventually donating 300 pieces from her own collection. “She felt—and rightly so—that the mission and goals of this institution should be more located in the creativity in the area where we are.” But the problem with the Jobs Lane location was always its limited space, some 17,000 square feet—so there was never room to show more than a smattering of

its permanent collection, which now numbers 2,700 pieces. The museum’s plans to expand met with local resistance and so the board decided to move. After the 14-acre site in Water Mill was bought in 2005, plans were in place for a cluster of connected art

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studios that, all told, would cost more than $80 million to construct. But then in 2008, the recession struck— just months after Sultan had taken the Parrish position. And so, like President Barack Obama, Sultan says, “The job I campaigned for is not the one I got.” But she found solace in a sentiment uttered

by Obama’s fiery chief of staff (and now Chicago mayor) Rahm Emanuel, who famously said, “Never let a crisis go to waste.” The total square footage was scaled back from 44,000-square feet to its present 34,000-square feet, and the new building wound up costing $26.2 million to complete. “What changed is the envelope,” explains Sultan. Instead of 64 exterior walls, now there are four, yet the basic materials from the more ambitious design— concrete, steel and glass—remain. Making the structure reflect the “vernacular architecture of the area,” as Sultan described it, was one of the goals

of the Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron, who drew upon the “long potato barns” in the East End. In many ways, the new Parrish is an amazing space, some 613 feet in length and almost 100 feet wide. At one end is a state-of-the-art theatre with movable seating to accommodate performances, lectures and presentations, plus a 6,000square foot terrace off the café—perfect for warmer weather—with a view of the nearby vineyard. At the other end is an open office space for the museum staff with large picture windows. A long corridor, called the spine, runs down the middle of the museum, dividing the exhibit spaces, which have an abundance Continued on page 52 L o n g I s l a n d P r e s s f o r F e b r u a ry, 2 0 1 3 / / / w w w. l o n g i s l a n d p r e s s . c o m

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of skylights thanks to the double roofs overhead. “We wanted a building that would make a statement but not get in the way of the art,” she says. On a recent wintery day, the museum echoed with the laughter and voices of kids who’d come there on a field trip. “Look at what they have access to!” exclaims Sultan, proudly. “They don’t have to get on a bus and go for two hours to the city to see great masterworks of art!” The permanent collection spans the 19th century to the present. The museum is currently showcasing the works of William Merritt Chase, the American impressionist, and Eric Fischl, the realist painter. In an exhibit space called “Look Again” stands a large rectangular sculpture of crumpled red car fenders and molded shiny chrome done in 2010 by John Chamberlain, who had a studio on Shelter Island. “This is a place that has inspired generations of creativity, not only in the visual arts,” says Sultan. “There’s a tremendous writers’ community out here, there’s a huge contingent of musicians—both

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the soft and the strong: William Merrit Chase’s “The Bayberry Bush” (circa 1895), top, and Jack Youngerman’s “Conflux II” (2003) show the wide range of American art at the Parrish Museum.

classical and contemporary—there are film people, there are fashion people… So out here you have a community that is unlike any community in the world, and it all comes together with this incredible creativity. And we want to be a part of that!” After the student art exhibit closes, the next special attraction will be a fullscale retrospective—from 1972 to the present—of drawings by Alice Aycock, a major contemporary American sculptor, whose work has been shown in museums and galleries around the world. “She’s known as a sculptor but this woman can draw!” says Sultan with a broad smile. Aycock’s show runs from April 21 to July 14; starting July 21 is an exhibit called “Angels, Demons and Savages: Pollock, Ossorio, Dubuffet,” running through Oct. 27. The Parrish Art Museum is located at 279 Montauk Highway, Water Mill. For more Information, call 631-283-2118 or visit www.parrishart.org.

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Our Recommendations for the Month Jaclyn’s Pick

Retro Docking Handset

Staying home? Plug the base into your smart phone, let it charge and when you get a call, pick it up old-school. Going out? Take the handset with you. Because there’s nothing more awesome than talking into a 6-inch receiver while walking down the street. Zack Morris would be proud. Bed Bath & Beyond, $9.99.

Rashed’s Pick

Samsung Galaxy S3

Why do I love it? It has a beautiful 4.8-inch HD screen, tap-to-transfer photos and documents makes sharing easy—and the phone weighs just about nothing. Did I mention it has face-recognition software that unlocks just by staring at it? Take that Apple!

Chris’ Pick

Jimi Hendrix People, Hell and Angels (Experience Hendrix/Legacy Recordings)

Explosive, daring, beautiful—these 12 previously unreleased studio recordings are Hendrix at the pinnacle of his virtuosity pushing further into even more extraterrestrial soundscapes. Recorded between 1968 and 1969 and co-produced by longtime engineer Eddie Kramer, the tracks feature Hendrix outside of the Experience and unrestrained, joined by friends ranging from Buddy Miles to Mitch Mitchell, melding searing splashes of R&B, jazz, funk and rock into something colorful and new, yet somehow entirely classic. Arrives in stores March 5.

Tim’s Pick

Sandy Relief Beer: Surge Protector IPA A testament to our benevolence, thirst and superb local craft breweries, the 22-ounce bottles of Sandy Relief Beer—the light and fruity Surge Protector IPA that eight Long Island breweries collaborated on—flew off shelves last month. Proceeds are split between nonprofit Long Island Cares and Oceanside’s Barrier Brewing Co., which was destroyed in the superstorm. Although only a limited supply is available, it could still be found on taps at dozens of bars and restaurants across LI as of press time.

Spencer’s Pick

Literary Outlaw: The Life and Times of William S. Burroughs by Ted Morgan

Mega-death and self-destruction get their due in this killer biography of the shady gray counterculture conman who put Naked Lunch on the menu for the mass mind. His jagged prose cut like a buzz saw through the bull shit, and he spared no one. Burroughs asked Morgan to write about him in 1985, and the first edition came out three years later. But the famous author lived until 1997, so this newly revised book completes the life Morgan left unfinished. What a story!

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Moving Forward

At Hofstra University, innovation is central to everything we do. In the past few years, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve opened the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine and announced a new School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. With a rising national reputation, new opportunities in research and the sciences, small classes and a student-faculty ratio of 14-to-1 in over a hundred areas of study, Hofstra University is more than you expected and all you can imagine. World-renowned resources and facilities. Hands-on learning opportunities. Easy access to the career and internship opportunities in New York City. World-class events and activities, a residential campus with a nationally accredited museum, and financial aid for almost 90 percent of students.

Discover what Hofstraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pride and purpose is all about at our Spring Open House, April 28. Find out more @ hofstra.edu/springopen

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FEBRUARY 1

Local Natives @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

Long Island Press Event Listings for February 2013

FEBRUARY 1 The Lumineers @ Terminal 5

With People Get Ready. 66 N. Sixth St., Brooklyn. 212-486-5400. www.musichallofwilliamsburg.com. Doors: 8 p.m., Show: 9 p.m. $25; Also Feb. 2 & 3 @ Bowery Ballroom. 6 Delancey St., Manhattan. www.boweryballroom.com. Doors: 8 p.m., Show: 9 p.m. $25 FEBRUARY 1 America’s Got Talent Casting Call @ St. John’s Center Studios In search of the next million dollar act, NBC’s America’s Got Talent stops in NYC for a two-day open casting call for the show’s eighth season. Every type of performer is welcome from musicians and dance crews to magicians and contortionists—and everything in between. 570 Washington St., Manhattan. 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Also Feb. 2

FEBRUARY 2

All Girl Everything Tour

Flogging Molly

Feat. Nina Sky, Chippy Nonstop, Njena Reddd Foxxx @ Revolution

9th Annual Green 17 Tour: Countdown to St. Patrick’s Day @ Roseland Ballroom 239 W. 52nd St., Manhattan.

140 Merrick Rd., Amityville. 516-208-6590. www.revolutionli.com. Doors: 8 p.m. $15

212-247-0200. www.roselandballroom.com. Doors: 7 p.m., Show: 8 p.m. $75, $32

FEBRUARY 2

FUN. @ Radio City Music Hall 1260 Sixth Ave., Manhattan. 866-858-0008. www.radiocity. com. 8 p.m. $41

I belong with you, you belong with me… It’s hard to turn the radio on without hearing the Lumineers’ “Ho Hey,” which hit number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, at least once. The band’s unique brand of heart-on-the-sleeve folk can be heard in its entirety on the band’s first full-length album, due out in March. With Y La Bamba. 610 W. 56th St., Manhattan. 212-582-6600. www.terminal5nyc.com. Doors: 7 p.m., Show: 8 p.m. $35, $30. Also Feb. 2

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FEBRUARY 4 Heather McDonald @ Book Revue Comedian, Chelsea Lately writer and star, and New York Times bestselling author Heather McDonald explains her outrageous attempts to have it all— her way. McDonald will meet fans and sign her memoir, My Inappropriate Life. 313 New York Ave, Huntington. 631-271-1442. www.bookrevue.com. 7 p.m. Book must be purchased on premises.

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FEBRUARY 13

Matisyahu Spark Seeker Acoustic Tour @ The Paramount

370 New York Ave., Huntington. 631-673-7300. www. paramountny.com. Doors: 7 p.m., Show: 8 p.m. $52.50, $29.50

FEBRUARY 6 Mumford & Sons @ Barclays Center

With The Felice Brothers, Ben Howard. 620 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn. 8 p.m. $55, $39.99. Also Feb. 12

FEBRUARY 14 The Maccabees @ Bowery Ballroom With Reputante, Gambles. 6 Delancey

St., Manhattan. www. boweryballroom.com. Doors: 8 p.m., Show: 9 p.m. $20. Also Feb. 16

FEBRUARY 14 Love Stinks! The Re-Stinkening… 7th Annual Valentine’s Day Show @ Ripe Art Gallery One of the most anticipated art shows of the year, Love Stinks is an open submission show drawing local artists working in all types of mediums. An opening reception takes place on Valentine’s Day, from 6-9 p.m. with DJ Lombardo spinning. 67A Broadway, Greenlawn. 631-2391805. www.ripeartgal.com. Through Mar. 2.

FEBRUARY 16 Marc Anthony @ Barclays Center 620 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn. 8 p.m. $183.50, $63.50. Also Feb. 16

FEBRUARY 16 Toby Walker @ YMCA Boulton Center 37 W. Main St., Bay Shore. 631-969-1101. www. boultoncenter.org. 8 p.m. $30, $25

FEBRUARY 8 Lez Zeppelin—Unplugged: Stripped Down & Strapped On @ Highline Ballroom Founded in 2004 by guitarist Steph Paynes, the New York City-based all-girl band, has gained worldwide acclaim for the musicianship, passion, and gender-bending audacity it brings to the music of Led Zeppelin. 431 W.

FEBRUARY 16 Maroon 5 Neon Trees Owl City @ Madison Square Garden 4 Penn Plaza, Manhattan. 212465-6741. www. thegarden.com. 8 p.m. $99.50, $29.50

16th St., Manhattan. 212-414-5994. www.highlineballroom.com. Doors: 6 p.m., Show: 8 p.m. $45, $20

FEBRUARY 9

The Break Contest Official Skate & Surf Festival Battle of the Bands @ Revolution

FEBRUARY 17 Chris Young @ NYCB Theatre at Westbury

Preliminary Round. 140 Merrick Rd., Amityville.

516-208-6590. www.thebreakcontest.com. Doors: 11:30 a.m. Also Feb. 10, 23 & 24

FEBRUARY 9 Rufus Wainwright: A Rare & Intimate Evening @ YMCA Boulton Center

37 W. Main St., Bay Shore. 631-969-1101. www. boultoncenter.org. 8 p.m. $110, $105

FEBRUARY 12

Dead Kennedys @ Gramercy Theatre 127 E. 23rd St., Manhattan. 212777-6800. www.thegramercytheatre.com. 6:30 p.m. $22.50

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960 Brush Hollow Rd., Westbury. 877598-8694. www. thetheatreatwestbury. com. 8 p.m. $29.50. Also Feb. 15 @ Best Buy Theater, 1515 Broadway, Manhattan. www.bestbuytheater. com. 8 p.m. $30, $26.50

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FEBRUARY 21 The Who @ Nassau Coliseum 1255 Hempstead Tpke., Uniondale. 631-920-1203. www.nassaucoliseum.com. 7:30 p.m. $124.50, $30.50

FEBRUARY 22

Lady Gaga

The Born This Way Ball @ Madison Square Garden 4 Penn Plaza, Manhattan. 212-465-6741. www.thegarden.com. 8 p.m. $205, $54.50. Also Feb. 23

FEBRUARY 22 Cradle of Filth @ Irving Plaza

17 Irving Pl., Manhattan. 212-777-6800. www.irvingplaza.com. 7 p.m., $26

FEBRUARY 23

DTWSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Kelly Monaco & Val @ Brokerage

2797 Merrick Rd., Bellmore. www.brokeragecomedy.com. 11 a.m. $75

FEBRUARY 24

Academy Awards @ Cinema Arts Centre Watch the Academy Awards on the big screen in the Sky Room Cafe. 423 Park Ave., Huntington 631-423FILM. www.cinemaartscentre.org. 6:30-11:55 p.m. $50, $40

FEBRUARY 23

Artie Lange @ NYCB Theatre at Westbury

960 Brush Hollow Rd., Westbury. 877-598-8694. www.thetheatreatwestbury. com. 8 p.m. $61.50, $51.50

FEBRUARY 24

Head Dweller

@ The Cup Coffee House An exhibit curated by Lisa Be, bringing together the visual creations of Brian Smith and the DJ stylings of Quiett Dog, while addressing insomniatic obsession in the art process. 3268 Railroad Ave., Wantagh. 6 p.m.

FEBRUARY 27 Flyleaf @ The Paramount

370 New York Ave., Huntington. 631-6737300. www.paramountny.com. 8 p.m. $50, $24.50, Also Feb. 28 @ Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Pl., Manhattan. 212-777-6800. www.irvingplaza.com. 7 p.m. $24.50

FEBRUARY 28 Swedish House Mafia: Black Tie Rave for Hurricane Sandy @ Hammerstein Ballroom

311 W. 34th St., Manhattan. 212-279-7740. www.mcstudios. com. 8 p.m. Tickets through Ticketmaster auction only, $100+

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1st Place Catholic High School • 1st Place High School Spirit 1st Place Principal, Gene Fennell • 1st Place Teacher, Kevin Chorusey 2nd Place Teacher, Helen Russo • Students and staff at Holy Trinity know that they are part of a Catholic community that promotes academic excellence and develops tomorrow’s leaders. Judging by the results of the “Best of LI” poll, Long Islanders agree. For the first time since the “Best of LI” poll began, one school finished first in all of the categories for which it was nominated: that school is Holy Trinity Diocesan High School in Hicksville. Founded in 1966, Holy Trinity is a co-educational, college preparatory Catholic high school. Holy Trinity is home to approximately 1400 students from Nassau, Suffolk and Queens Counties and is accredited by the Middle States Association. The belief in Christ as our Savior remains a cornerstone of who we are. Our Campus Ministry Team, Religion Department and faculty work together to provide students with opportunities to grow more deeply in their faith through classes, prayer, service and retreats. Holy Trinity takes an individualized approach to academics, giving students an opportunity to take a mixture of Regents, Honors, Advanced Placement and college level courses. All students graduate with a Regents Diploma and 74% of the Class of 2012 earned diplomas with Distinction and Honors. Every graduating class has 100% acceptance to colleges and universities and last year’s class received over $33 million in scholarships.

sang with the rock band, Foreigner, at its’ concert at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury. Titan Athletics has consistently produced All-State and All-American athletes and our teams are perennial contenders for league championships. In 2012, our Varsity Baseball team won the CHSAA league championship for the second time in three years. On College Signing Day, many of our athletes commit to continue their careers at the collegiate level. Also in 2012, Ronnie Cameron from the Class of 2007 signed with the NFL Philadelphia Eagles. Take part in one or more of our summer camps to experience firsthand why Trinity is the “Best on LI”! For more information, visit http:// holytrinityhs.org.

Our renowned Performing Arts program allows students to take theatre, dance and choir classes as part of their daily schedules. Many study the performing arts in college and some have pursued professional careers, including “Glee” cast member, Jenna Ushkowitz. Last year, the Select Choir placed second overall amongst specialty choirs at Festival Disney and

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PUBLIC NOTICE OF COUNTY TREASURER’S SALE OF TAX LIENS ON REAL ESTATE Notice is hereby given that I shall on February 19, 2013, and the succeeding days, beginning at 10:00 o’ clock in the morning in theLegislative Chamber, First Floor, Theodore Roosevelt Executive andLegislative Building, 1550 Franklin Avenue, Mineola, Nassau County, NewYork, sell at public auction the tax liens on real estate herein-afterdescribed, unless the owner, mortgagee, occupant of or any other party-in-interest in such real estate shall pay to the County Treasurer by February15, 2013 the total amount of such unpaid taxes or assessments with theinterest, penalties and other expenses and charges, against the property. Such tax liens will be sold at the lowest rate of interest, not exceeding10 per cent per six month’s period, for which any person or persons shalloffer to take the total amount of such unpaid taxes as defined in section5-37.0 of the Nassau County Administrative Code. As required by section 5-44.0 of Nassau County Administrative Code, the County Treasurer shallcharge a registration fee of $100.00 per day to each person who shall seekto bid at the public auction defined above. The liens are for arrears of School District taxes for the year 2011 -2012 and/or County, Town, and Special District taxes for the year 2012.The following is a partial listing of the real estate located in schooldistrict number(s) 6, 4 in the Town of Oyster Bay only, upon which taxliens are to be sold, with a brief description of the same by reference tothe County Land and Tax Map, the name of the owner or occupant as the sameappears on the 2013/2014 tentative assessment roll, and the total amountof such unpaid taxes. IMPORTANT THE NAMES OF OWNERS SHOWN ON THIS LIST MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE THE NAMES OFTHE PERSONS OWNING THE PROPERTY AT THE TIME OF THIS ADVERTISEMENT. SUCHNAMES HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM THE 2013/2014 TENTATIVE ASSESSMENT ROLLS AND MAYDIFFER FROM THE NAMES OF THE OWNERS AT THE TIME OF PUBLICATION OF THISNOTICE. IT MAY ALSO BE THAT SUCH OWNERS ARE NOMINAL ONLY AND ANOTHER PERSONIS ACTUALLY THE BENEFICIAL OWNER. Town of Oyster Bay School: 4 Locust Valley Name Amount Parcel Group Lot VEBELIUNAS VANDA 8,792.90 23 B 03450 WINSTON EVE STRAUSMAN 39,201.15 23 B 03640 PAUPORTE JACQUES & JOYCE 32,157.43 23 B 04550 PAUPORTE JOYCE 10,699.53 23 B 04560 BAST CHARLES & W 486.02 23 K 06660 VAN VALKENBURG PAULT & KATHLEEN 2,798.60 23 K 06730 OLSON DONNA 23,430.07 23 K 07050 STRECKER DAVID R & LILLA M 29,684.02 23014 02140 MANNO LIBERINO & D 287.94 23015 00020 DORAN PATRICK JOHN 516.66 23022 0065A GRAHAM CATHLEEN&GRAHAM GORDON& 44,814.63 23070 00140 ZAHRINGER ANNE C & GEORGE J III 5,134.73 29 J 02080 VART TRUST 8,146.26 29 J 03840 384 BARIS CONSTANTINE 487.31

29 M0101130 BARTLEY JACQUELINE M 1,990.79 29 R0102450 245 MCELWAIN PENNY S 1,927.40 29 R0201430 OLSON PETER W & DONNA M 8,379.34 29 R0211660 OLSON PETER W & DONNA M 16,075.55 29 R0211670 RIVARDO DONNA M & WAYNE 8,909.69 29 R0211780 FROST MILL INC 6 8,239.83 29 R0303050 PASTER MARY ROSE 8,186.06 29001 00230 O T S ASSOCIATES INC 363.93 29039 03130 313-321 MICRO LEASING 4,266.83 29039 03270 327-331 GKB ENTERPRISES L L C 363.93 29040 03320 332-333 WEISSMAN BARRY 4,227.70 29040 03340 334-338 EAST ARTS 369.83 29040 03390 339-344 AGI EQUITIES LLC 369.83 29040 03450 MICRO LEASING 3,052.69 29040 03480 ELISEO JR PASQUALE & D 369.83 29040 03780 MICRO LEASING 369.83 29040 04460 MICRO LEASING 369.83

29040 05460 CASSIO INGRID 8,976.65 29040 05490 CATALFO LE MARIE DALLI,A &L 3,135.26 29063 04300 430 HARRISON H 2,047.09 30 B 02840 SOGIMA-1-A LLC 1,380.47 30 B 03490 HANSTON HOMES LTD 17,343.26 30 B 08010 GALLO JOHN 13,390.34 30 B 10950 ZACK I LLC & ZACK II LLC 26,154.56 30 B 12560 1256 SHEIKH IBRAHIM 76,143.01 30 E 02330 MC CULLY ROBERT 54,577.62 30 F 03370 MINICOZZI MAXINE 21,300.82 30 G 04130 SIMONS CRAIG & KIMBERLY 7,266.55 30 M 01270 CHAMBERLAIN JOHN 26,213.43 30 M 01640 SALVEY ETAL JOSEPH 506.86 30001 02050 HUTTON JANE 8,522.84 30007 01420 HARPER C DC 3,225.04 30014 00650 65-66 NORTH GROVE ENTERPRISES INC 47,790.04 30020 00170 17-18 RAMIREZ & GROSS REALTY 23,177.19 30022 00300 30-31 GROSS & RAMIREZ REALTY LTD 7,605.79 30022 00340 34-35 1ST AVENUE LV CORP 679.06 30026 01060 106-107 JEQ REALTY CORP 5,022.26 30026 01080 108-109 VASCO ELMER J & MARY 8,220.84 30027 00780 78-79 DALY KEVIN & KATHLEEN 30,087.23 30046 00230 KARAGEORGIOU PETER & JOANNA 12,008.80 30084 00420 SILVERSTEIN ALLEN & BEA 32,003.72 30086 00020 TRAVIS FRANCIS & KATHRYN 85,192.66 30086 00080 MINKOFF LAWRENCE A & DIANE B 60,578.61 30086 00170 Town of Oyster Bay School: 6 Bayville RISMAN FLORENCE 2,248.77 28004 00070 7-10 LALLY REGAN 594.74 28004 00170 MUZIO RUTH 842.66 28004 00450 MUZIO RUTH 842.66 28004 00460 SCHETTINI FRANCIS D & MARY A 842.66 28004 00550 BUONA FORTUNA LLC 866.79 28004 02380 238-239

5 GREENWICH LLC 1,498.00 28013 00100 10,12 GAMBALE ALBERT & NANCY 5,544.94 28013 00340 MUZIO JOHN 2,912.42 28018 00090 PALMIERI APRIL 4,540.16 28019 00200 20-21 JENKINS BARBARA G 545.73 28028 03120 JENKINS BARBARA G 6,517.35 28028 03130 313-314 JENKINS BARBARA G 545.73 28028 03150 TULLY KIM & VANCOTT LISA 7,561.58 28040 01640 GENOVESE ESTATES CORP 5,395.47 28042 00090 9-10 DERIZIOTIS IRENE 9,779.42 28072 00040 TEAGUE HOWARD C 2,378.57 28075 00040 4 R & R MOHRING ENTERPRISES INC 13,848.49 29 D 00100 10-15,21-26 JONES ANNIE 842.65 29 D 00300 L & L ASSOC HOLDING 2001 CORP 1,019.61 29 D 00310 31-36,42-46 PINE ISLAND ASPHALT & CONCRETE 955.26 29 D 00400 40-41 RONZETTI PETER & KELLY 963.26 29 D 00470 47-48 RONZETTI PETER & KELLY 971.34 29 D 00490 49,56,57 ROSS PETER 1,051.79 29 D 00500 50-55 MEDCOR HOLDING CO & PEKICH PETE 987.44 29 D 00590 59-67 RONZETTI PETER & KELLY ANN 1,619.95 29 D 00860 86-87 RONZETTI PETER & KELLY 7,382.34 29 D 00880 88-94 RONZETTI PETER & KELLY 955.26 29 D 00950 95-96 RONZETTI PETER & KELLY 1,003.51 29 D 00970 97-100 PRINCIPE RICHARD 8,576.20 29 D 01140 114,817 BAYVILLE ON THE SOUND ONE, LLC 8,409.83 29 D 01230 MAHONEY PAUL & BARBARA 1,494.37 29 D 09720 BUZZEO MICHAEL & C 660.37 29 D 10280 SALVI ANGELINA 1,703.28 29 D0902110 BAYVILLE ON THE SOUND ONE LLC 6,041.86 29 D1200010 1-4 262 BAYVILLE AVENUE CORP 20,704.08 29 G 02310 231-232 STRECKER DAVID R & L M 12,609.97 29 G 02360 GIUSTI JOHN E 7,519.09 29 G 02390 SPERANDEI LAWRENCE &

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SARAH 4,020.66 29007 00460 46-48 VALENTINE HELEN 10,443.70 29008 00200 20-21 MACDONALD CINDY 4,635.20 29009 00420 VALENTINE HELEN 1,011.56 29009 01220 DYLEWSKI CHARLES 8,688.78 29009 03680 ALESSI JAMES F & SUSAN B 315.17 29013 00260 26-27 KLINGE R G 4,892.20 29014 00270 MORTON DOUGLAS & MORTON LEONOR 2,285.61 29018 01140 HALL JOAN THONET LE 1,070.60 29018 01150 BLAHA ROBERT & ELEANOR 1,441.21 29021 01990 PEDONE CHRISTINE 5,546.56 29024 00140 LUISI ANTHONY & CATHERINE 8,256.18 29024 00150 BEBRY JANET 907.01 29033 01150 CHILKO LE K & L KOCH, PAULINE 4,260.20 29059 00800 80 DECESARE ANGELA 27,577.59 29062 05820 BLUE CHIP AERO SERVICES LTD 12,009.34 29073 00050 PATEL SURESH & VASANTI 1,905.46 29075 00120 12 BAYVILLE ON THE SOUND ONE LLC 14,271.64 29082 00020 2 BAYVILLE ON THE SOUND TWO LLC 19,126.42 29082 00140 MANTEGARI M T STRECKER &C 27,512.91 29083 00320 SOBRERO JILL 2,291.80 29088 00050 BAHLKE LE L LEE, IVER 5,882.60 29099 00110 PARES JAMES & EILEEN 7,896.36 29101 00010 VIVONA ESTATES INC 10,401.98 29103 00010 EHRLER ROGER K & JOYCE A 8,749.82 29103 00180 TERMS OF SALE Such tax liens shall be sold subject to any and all superior tax liens of sovereignties and other municipalities and to all claims of record which the County may have thereon and subject to the provisions of the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts. However, such tax liens shall have priority over the County’s Differential Interest Lien, representing the excess, if any, of the interest and penalty borne

at the maximum rate over the interest and penalty borne at the rate at which the lien is purchased. The Purchaser acknowledges that the tax lien(s) sold pursuant to these Terms of Sale may be subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/ or may become subject to such proceedings which may be commenced during the period in which a tax lien is held by a successful bidder or the assignee of same, which may modify a Purchaser’s rights with respect to the lien(s) and the property securing same. Such bankruptcy proceedings shall not affect the validity of the tax lien. In addition to being subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/or the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts, said purchaser’s right of foreclosure may be affected by the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act(FIRREA),12 U.S.C. ss 1811 et.seq., with regard to real property under Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC) receivership. The County Treasurer reserves the right, without further notice and at any time, to withdraw from sale any of the parcels of land or premises herein listed. The Nassau County Treasurer reserves the right to intervene in any bankruptcy case/litigation where the property affected by the tax liens sold by the Treasurer is part of the bankruptcy estate. However,it is the sole responsibility of all tax lien purchasers to protect their legal interests in any bankruptcy case affecting their purchased tax lien, including but not limited to the filing of a proof of claim on their behalf, covering their investment in said tax lien. The Nassau County Treasurer and Nassau County and its agencies, assumes no responsibility for any legal representation of any tax lien purchaser in any legal proceeding including but not limited to a bankruptcy case where the purchased tax lien is at risk. The rate of interest and penalty at which any person purchases the tax lien shall be established by his bid. Each purchaser, immediately after the sale thereof, shall pay to the County Treasurer ten per cent of the amount for which the tax liens have been sold and the remaining ninety per cent within thirty days after such sale. If the purchaser at the tax sale shall fail to pay the remaining ninety per cent within ten days

after he has been notified by the County Treasurer that the certificates of sale are ready for delivery, then all amounts deposited with the County Treasurer including but not limited to the ten per cent theretofore paid by him shall, without further notice or demand, be irrevocably forfeited by the purchaser and shall be retained by the County Treasurer as liquidated damages and the agreement to purchase shall be of no further effect. Time is of the essence in this sale. This sale is held pursuant to the Nassau County Administrative Code and interested parties are referred to such Code for additional information as to terms of the sale, rights of purchasers, maximum rates of interest and other legal incidents of the sale. This list includes only tax liens on real estate located in the Town of Oyster Bay. Such other tax liens on real estate are advertised as follows: Town of Hempstead Dist 1001 HEMPSTEAD/UNIONDALE TIMES, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEW YORK TREND, NEWSDAY INC., UNIONDALE BEACON, Dist 1002 HEMPSTEAD/UNIONDALE TIMES, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., UNIONDALE BEACON, Dist 1003 EAST MEADOW BEACON, EAST MEADOW HERALD, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEIGHBOR NEWSPAPERS NEWSDAY INC., Dist 1004 BELLMORE HERALD BELLMORE LIFE NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., Dist 1005 HICKSVILLE ILLUSTRATED NEWS, LEVITTOWN TRIBUNE, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEIGHBOR NEWSPAPERS NEWSDAY INC., Dist 1006 NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., SEAFORD/WANTAGH CITIZEN, Dist 1007 BELLMORE HERALD BELLMORE LIFE NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEIGHBOR NEWSPAPERS NEWSDAY INC., Dist 1008 BALDWIN/FREEPORT TRIBUNE, LONG ISLAND GRAPHIC, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE,

NEWSDAY INC., POINT OF VIEW, Dist 1009 BALDWIN/FREEPORT TRIBUNE, FREEPORT BALDWIN LEADER, THE, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., POINT OF VIEW, Dist 1010 BALDWIN HERALD BALDWIN/FREEPORT TRIBUNE, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., Dist 1011 ISLAND PARK TRIBUNE, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., OCEANSIDE/ISLAND PARK HERALD, Dist 1012 MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., VALLEY STREAM/MALVERN TRIBUNE, Dist 1013 NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., SOUTH SHORE RECORD, VALLEY STREAM HERALD, VALLEY STREAM/MALVERN TRIBUNE, Dist 1014 FIVE TOWNS TRIBUNE, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NASSAU HERALD (FIVE TOWNS), NEWSDAY INC., Dist 1015 FIVE TOWNS JEWISH TIMES FIVE TOWNS TRIBUNE, JEWISH STAR, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., Dist 1016 FRANKLIN SQ/ELMONT HERALD, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEW HYDE PARK ILLUSTRATED NEWS, NEWSDAY INC., Dist 1017 FRANKLIN SQ/ELMONT HERALD, FRANKLIN SQUARE BULLETIN, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., Dist 1018 GARDEN CITY LIFE, GARDEN CITY NEWS, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., Dist 1019 LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., ROCKAWAY JOURNAL, Dist 1020 LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., ROCKVILLE CENTRE HERALD,

Dist 1021 BALDWIN HERALD NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., ROCKVILLE CENTRE HERALD, Dist 1022 FLORAL PARK BULLETIN, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., THE GATEWAY, Dist 1023 NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., SEAFORD/WANTAGH CITIZEN, Dist 1024 NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., SOUTH SHORE RECORD, VALLEY STREAM HERALD, VALLEY STREAM/MALVERN TRIBUNE, Dist 1025 MERRICK HERALD, MERRICK LIFE, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., Dist 1026 HICKSVILLE ILLUSTRATED NEWS, LEVITTOWN TRIBUNE, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., Dist 1027 MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., WEST HEMPSTEAD BEACON, Dist 1028 LONG BEACH HERALD NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., SOUTH SHORE RECORD, Dist 1029 MERRICK HERALD, MERRICK LIFE, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., Dist 1030 NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., SOUTH SHORE RECORD, VALLEY STREAM HERALD, VALLEY STREAM/MALVERN TRIBUNE, Dist 1031 ISLAND PARK TRIBUNE, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., OCEANSIDE/ISLAND PARK HERALD, Dist 1201 EAST MEADOW BEACON, EAST MEADOW HERALD, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., WESTBURY TIMES, Dist 1205 FLORAL PARK BULLETIN, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., WEST HEMPSTEAD BEACON, Town of North Hempstead

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O f f t h e Re s e rvat i o n

Gun Nuts and Chilled Speech O f f t h e Re s e Rvat i O n

BY Jed moreY Publisher, Long Island Press www.jedmorey.com facebook.com/jedmorey

kay, so now we’re all armed. Present company included. Great job, America. Now what? The debate over gun control would be uproarious if it wasn’t so pitiful. In typical American fashion we have taken to the streets and airwaves in the aftermath of Sandy Hook to engage in an irrational debate that, once again, places misguided ideology over common sense and humanity. If we’re going to have this conversation, let us at least place the discussion within its proper historical context so we may raise a more troubling question: Why bother taking the guns when you can indefinitely detain their owners? Lost in the emotion surrounding the debate over the Second Amendment is a far more insidious assault on the First Amendment. In no way am I diminishing the consternation over our right to bear arms as citizens; rather, I’m making a pragmatic case for a far more clear and present danger than the idea that federal agents will show up at our doorstep to commandeer our weapons. Before we get to this larger and more important point, let us dispense with the ridiculous. Of course, we shouldn’t sell guns to crazy people, just like we don’t give a driver’s license to a blind person. Of course, citizens shouldn’t own militarystyle weapons with enough ammunition to wipe out a village. Newsflash: the government has neither the authority nor the desire to seize our guns. We hold the dual distinction of being the planet’s most armed nation and its biggest dealer of arms. What does this mean? The gun culture is here to stay because it’s profitable as hell. And another thing: Stop yelling sanctimoniously about what the Founding Fathers would say. Find out what they did say. Media pundits insult our intelligence by twisting the meaning of the Constitution and the rationale behind it. So instead of arming yourself with high-capacity weapons, arm yourself with knowledge and learn about the Second Amendment from those who wrote it.

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“The Founding Fathers would have punished any idiot who attempted to stockpile enough weapons to take on the government long before they tolerated government prohibition of speech.” FoUndIng FaTHer Knows BesT During the two short years between the ratification of the Constitution and the introduction of the Bill of Rights, three of the greatest minds in America publicly explored the rationale behind the country’s founding document. A trio of intellectual giants writing interchangeably under the name Publius—Alexander Hamilton, John

army and how to prevent one state from acquiring military dominance over another. (The nascent nation could ill-afford Virginia to sack Rhode Island.) This dilemma was at the heart of the federalist argument for a centralized authority. At the same time, the Founding Fathers knew that the great balancing act of the day was in maintaining enough military force to defend against external foes while simultaneously preventing armed insurrections from within. Publius reasoned that neither citizens nor tyrants should have the ability to circumvent our legal system, therefore arms and force should be evenly rationed but employed by a central government when necessary. (For the politically impaired, this is the part about a well-regulated militia.) The framers of the Constitution were dubious when it came to having full-time, professional soldiers. After all, these men were revolutionaries themselves who intimately understood the danger of uprisings. Moreover, America was also flat broke and could never have paid for a standing army. They did, however, believe Congress should have the ability to organize a militia when necessary. It was Hamilton (as Publius) who offered the most succinct viewpoint on the military. “To render an army unnecessary will be a more certain method of preventing its existence than a thousand prohibitions on paper.” To have an army or not? If so, how best to regulate it? This was the debate. The easiest way to raise a militia was to call upon the armed citizenry should the need arise. (This is the right to bear arms part.) More importantly, it was cheap. The ability to compensate servicemen would become one of Hamilton’s central arguments in favor of a national bank—a far more delicate subject at the time than the right to bear arms would ever be. It’s fair to say even the Founding Fathers could never have imagined modern warfare and the rise of the military industrial complex. Nor could they have imagined the destructive capability of assault weapons in the hands of citizens. This much is clear from their writings: the Founding Fathers would have punished any idiot who attempted to stockpile enough weapons to take on the government long before they tolerated government prohibition of speech. On several occasions our founders saw fit to violently quell popular uprisings in order to preserve the central authority of the union. In this there was great philosophical unity among them. They argued more about banking than guns and cared more about protecting speech than organizing militias. It was John Adams who created a divide among them when, as president, he passed the Alien and Sedition Acts, jarring both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison out of retirement; not because they were fearful of ContInued on Page 68

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his demagoguery with respect to force, but because these acts took away a more sacred right: free speech. This brings us to the larger issue at hand. Just as Jefferson and Madison recoiled at the behavior of Adams once in office, the great intellectual giants of our day have come together to challenge President Barack Obama’s authority. The man who released “The Pentagon Papers” and forever changed the way in which we view our involvement in Vietnam. The award-winning multilingual journalist who quit the New York Times because it was too tepid and conservative. America’s foremost dissident who has influenced generations of thinkers and helped shape liberal intellectualism. When Daniel Ellsberg, Chris Hedges and Noam Chomsky, along with a handful of the world’s most prominent political activists, join together to bring suit against you in U.S. federal court it’s fair to say you have a problem. Such is the predicament Obama finds himself in today. The above group has brought suit against the government for infringing upon free speech as defined by the Constitution. Thus far, and thankfully, they are winning. Their lawsuit (which I refer to herein as the Hedges suit) not only challenges the government’s unconstitutional behavior, it casts a light on a dangerous trend in America and exposes a surprising secret weakness in the White House and the Justice Department. Incarceration Nation “There are now more people under ‘correctional supervision’ in America— more than six million—than were in the Gulag Archipelago under Stalin at its height.” —Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 2012. The woeful mash-up of Conservatives, Libertarians, Tea Party loyalists and Democrats who wouldn’t know a liberal idea if the ghost of Gore Vidal whispered it to them, are so busy deconstructing America’s gun culture they have ignored a more alarming cultural trend: the culture of incarceration. In addition to being the most armed nation in the world, America also has the

greatest percentage of its population behind bars. While this trend has steadily risen over the past few decades, it has gained a level of acceptability in the post-9/11 era. Perhaps, this is why so few bristled at the passage of the provision the Hedges suit aims at. The plaintiffs in this suit have made the case in federal court that the Obama Administration and Congress violated the First Amendment with the signing of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2012. The Act is a routine bill that organizes defense spending for the year and typically garners little attention from citizens and the media. But the 2012 Act contained a new provision authored in secret by Sen. John McCain—known as Section 1021—that was so alarming it prompted the above suit. Essentially, Sec. 1021 expands the scope of existing law that allows the government to hunt terrorists in connection with 9/11 to include anyone seen as providing “material support” of terrorism. Ever. Anywhere. The provision offers vague language that attempts to couch it within existing statutes but its very existence is

activities…would not in fact subject plaintiffs to military detention.” For its part, the government’s sole defense seemed to be inaction: If no one has yet been detained, then obviously there is no cause for alarm. Basically, their defense is that even though Sec. 1021 says that the government can punch you in the face if it doesn’t like your shirt, it hasn’t done it yet; therefore we must assume it won’t. Judge Forrest wasn’t buying it. Her decision examines various laws pertaining to what the government defines as criminal statutes related to terrorist activities of behavior in “material support” of such activities. In each case, laws are clearly designed to honor due process. She further argues that the plaintiffs are rightly concerned that Sec. 1021 falls outside the scope of constitutionality with respect to habeas corpus and is therefore not consistent with any legal precedent. This is where it gets really, really interesting. Judge Forrest: “Section 1021 appears to be a legislative attempt at an ex post facto ‘fix’: to provide the President (in 2012)

“Basically, their defense is that even though Sec. 1021 says that the government can punch you in the face if it doesn’t like your shirt, it hasn’t done it yet; therefore we must assume it won’t. evidence that the government is seeking more expansive authority. In September of 2001 the White House put forward several provisions that gave the government the power to prosecute those responsible for the terrorist attacks on 9/11. The joint resolution—the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF)—passed Congress quickly and included nearly everything the Bush Administration requested. Everything, that is, except a provision that could have been interpreted as granting the government the ability to militarily detain U.S. citizens. This denial was subsequently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Hedges suit argues that the broadness of Sec. 1021 and vagueness of the “material support” language endanger journalists and activists and theoretically expose U.S. citizens to indefinite military detention. Katherine B. Forrest, district judge in the U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, presided over the opening salvo of the Hedges suit and delivered a resounding victory to the plaintiffs, and an injunction against enforcement of Sec. 1021, excoriating the government and its case in the process. In her decision she states, “The Government was unable to provide this Court with any assurance that plaintiffs’

with broader detention authority than was provided in the AUMF in 2001 and to try to ratify past detentions which may have occurred under an overly broad interpretation of the AUMF.” Whoa. President Obama doesn’t have a journalism problem. He’s not afraid of liberal scholars, protests, or homegrown terrorism on the rise because of access to Jihadist websites. Barack Obama has a Guantanamo problem. Ah, Guantanamo. Hundreds of suspected terrorists or their affiliates have been brought here for questioning. Scores have been indefinitely detained. Recall thencandidate Obama’s assurance that Gitmo would be closed. Upon becoming president, it didn’t take long for the political reality to set in that the remaining prisoners weren’t coming ashore to stand trial anytime soon. On the one hand, the government makes the case that Sec. 1021 is no different than existing authority granted under the AUMF. On the other hand, the government stands by the need for this provision to continue its mission to find and prosecute suspected terrorists, as though AUMF isn’t sufficient enough. Judge Forrest barely shields her disdain for this conflicting stance and rightfully concludes that “Section 1021 is, therefore, significantly

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different in scope and language from the AUMF.” She goes on to wag her finger at the attorneys for the government, saying, “Shifting positions are intolerable when indefinite military detention is the price that a person could have to pay for his/her, or law enforcement’s, erroneous judgment as to what may be covered.” Back to Hedges et al. for a moment. Stymieing the government’s continued attempt to cover up potential war crimes at Guantanamo may have been an incredible, yet unintended consequence of the Hedges suit. Remember, the plaintiffs in the Hedges suit aren’t suing over Guantanamo. That’s a different fight. Rather, they take issue with the inherent danger of the language to citizens, activists and journalists. Nevertheless, Sec. 1021 is still on the books as the suit is pending appeal. And regardless of whether or not any U.S. citizen has been specifically detained as a result of its passage (and how would we know?) it must disappear. For his part, President Obama issued a signing statement distancing his presidency from Sec. 1021. But actions speak louder than words and in many ways he has been far more active in assaulting civil liberties than President George W. Bush ever was. Whether through the wide use of drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia or numerous examples of prosecutorial overreach—most recently the tragic case of “hacktivist” Aaron Swartz—or the failure to speak out against the alphabet soup of dwindling liberties (SOPA, PIPA, FISA), Obama has given the public little evidence that he cares about this issue. Perhaps even more troubling is that his tenure as a constitutional law professor has been touted so often that one can only assume he understands the complexity of the issue but has chosen to ignore it, or worse take advantage of it. Bush was able to play the no-nonsense (you’re either with us or against us) cowboy card. Obama has chosen to play the steely intellectual card, and in doing so has created legitimate cause for alarm. All of which brings us back to the gun debate. As much as I am sympathetic to the right to bear arms, I refuse to capitulate to the cheap argument that it includes the right to possess combat-style weaponry. Furthermore, I’ve grown weary of the ignorant protestations from right-wing figures who poison the words of the Founding Fathers and miss the bigger picture altogether. The more we divorce ourselves from the notion of liberty, the more abstract it becomes; the more divisive our discourse, the more perilous our future. The vociferous gun debate obscures the very real, current and existing assault on our civil liberties. And know this: Were they alive today, not only would Hamilton, Jay and Madison have joined Ellsberg, Hedges and Chomsky as plaintiffs in this lawsuit, they would challenge every right-wing blogger, talk radio host and television pundit who twisted their words to a duel. With a pistol, not an assault rifle.

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You can have an enormous effect on others this year through your self-confidence and positive attitude. Involve yourself in a group which can benefit from your leadership qualities and influential opinions. Transiting Mars and Venus conjunct your natal Sun means more social activities. Your commitment to extra-curriculars might keep you from eating right and exercising. Take better care of yourself. Don’t be afraid to ask for support when you feel that you simply can’t keep up with responsibilities you have taken on (or have been put on you). It’s alright if you can’t do it all. This could be the year of finally making your wishes a reality. Although you’ve clung to your hopes and dreams for quite some time, it is now possible to take action and achieve practical results. Transiting Mars and Venus squaring your natal Sun means finally striking a balance between professional responsibilities and private life. Remember to leave work at the office and family problems at home. You may find it easier to control your emotional responses in times of stress then to deal with negative feelings. Try to be aware of those times when you pull back rather than confront how you feel. Saturn squaring your natal Sun can bring setbacks. Your compassion may get you in trouble. Distinguish between those who are really down on their luck and those who know that you have a hard time saying no. Mercury is moving through your 7th house which can bring more communication with your partner. If you have difficulties with a co-worker, use your diplomatic strength to smooth things over. Your ruling planet Venus moves through your 6th house of health and work. Enjoy your body by exercising as much as you can. This is another year to meet people so be prepared physically. The strong influence of Pluto in your natal 3rd house makes you especially alert, clever and inquisitive. Take advantage of these qualities and tackle that challenging project you have in mind. Love and commitment are your key words for the coming months. It will be a wonderful year if you are willing to settle down and take your mate seriously. Mutual respect is what really counts. Your thirst for knowledge and spiritual guidance may lead you to new teachers, turning your mind to things you never imagined you would find. Be open-minded and you will surely learn and grow.

IF YOU KNOW YOUR RISING SIGN, CONSULT THE HOROSCOPE FOR THAT SIGN AS WELL. Psychicdeb has been a professional astrologer for more than 25 years. Self-taught, she began her studies in astrology when she was 8 years old learning what she could from her mother’s astrology magazines. As she got older and learned geometry, she searched for books on astrology and taught herself how to construct a chart. She teaches astrology for a nominal fee. Psychicdeb also uses the tarot to do psychic readings channeling her spirit guide Helen. Reiki is one of her obsessions. She is a Reiki Master and loves to teach others the benefits of Reiki. Namaste. You can find her at the Original Psychic Fairs on Sundays. A listing of the Fair dates can be found on her website at: www.astro-mate.org.

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