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January2014 In This Issue Off the reservation p.12

When an Empire Falls in the World, Does it Make a Sound? By Jed Morey Portrait p.14

Staff EDIT Christopher Twarowski

Editor in Chief/Chief of Investigations

Spencer Rumsey Senior Editor

Timothy Bolger Managing Editor

Clark Gillies: Power Player for L.I. Children By Jaime Franchi

Rashed Mian Staff Writer

Jaime Franchi Staff Writer

“I encourage the County Executive to review this matter and ensure that taxpayers are not affected.”

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Bigger Me$$: Nassau County Police Crime Lab Scandal Costing Taxpayers Millions By Shelly Feuer Domash & Christopher Twarowski

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“Give this sweet baby a chance! It’s not about smoking pot.” NEWS FEATURE p.20

Medical Marijuana Debate Heats Up By Spencer Rumsey Year in review p.22

Top 13 L.I. News Stories of ’13 By Timothy Bolger and Spencer Rumsey Just sayin’ p.34

Washington, D.C. The Musical By Peter Tannen REAR VIEW p.36

L.I.’s Teddy Roosevelt: King of the Hill By Spencer Rumsey 4 Corners p.40

New Year’s Resolutions: From Personal Trainer to Career Counselor By Timothy Bolger Art & Soul p.42

Rhythm and Roots: Nassau’s African American Museum Brings History to Life By Spencer Rumsey Hot Plate p.46

Healthy Food: Not Just for New Year’s Anymore By Rashed Mian

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I have to say there is something a little bit morally right about robbing banks [“Feds: Bank robber May be Hiding on Long Island,” Dec 23]. The Feds take our money, lend it to banks at 0 to 1 percent then the banks lend it back to Let us know us at 4 to 24 percent what you think in the form of mortgages, car loans, credit cards, etc. So when someone robs a Letters@LongIslandPress.com bank they are, in part, stealing their own money back! FI T CH Facebook.com/LongIslandPress Good article for the classroom [“robert Moses, The Last Master Builder,” December issue]. @katsiotas_linda Thank you so much for this article [“LI Parents & Teachers revolt against Common Core,” December issue]. you are telling it like it is, in the trenches. you make

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My favorite part: “Billy Joel is truly one of new york State’s great treasures [“Billy Joel to Play Monthly Shows at Madison Square Garden,” Dec. 3]. @TheMiamiMovieCo Does this surprise you? [“2 nassau Jail Officers Charged With Perjury,” Dec. 16] It shouldn’t. unfortunately. Kim Rumpf right and left agree! reverse direction! [“LI Parents & Teachers revolt against Common Core,” December issue] @POsroff

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Is more exercise on the top of your new year’s resolutions? researchers at the university of Quebec at Montreal used new technology to measure CAlories burned during sex with the invention of the SenseWear, an armband that is more accurate than the wires and monitors Masters and Johnson used during their famous studies. The new device calculates that an average sex session lasting 24 minutes burns 69 calories (we swear we didn’t make that number up). That means sex burns more calories than walking, but less than jogging. and is more fun than both—and won’t rot your teeth.

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media critics this fall. First there was Lara Logan’s asinine report about Benghazi that ended in her suspension after issuing a correction. That was followed by Charlie rose’s gigglefest with amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on the eve of Cyber Monday. Then, John Miller aired nSa propaganda devoid of any sources critical of the agency’s dragnet. Tick tock…

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Field Mall in fear of what they thought were gunshots on Christmas Eve. On the plus side, the false alarm proved an effective drill for such scenarios. Of course, that the public has been conditioned to react like chihuahuas by the frequency of mall shootings is just sad.

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The TargeT T tional, an Obama-appointed panel recommended the nSa stop collecting all of americans’ phone calls, and Edward Snowden declared victory. amnesty, anyone?

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remains. nassau is finally redoing its coliseum, although corruption erodes the public’s trust in the county. The feds settled their probe into Suffolk police hate crime responses, yet a black cloud lingers over the department’s leaders. Giddyup for a wild ride in the year of the horse!

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President Obama declared the month of January National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month in order to help raise awareness and bring about an end to these barbaric crimes, which include forced labor, sex trafficking and involuntary domestic servitude. This $32-billion global industry is the fastest-growing and second-largest criminal activity in the world after drug dealing and is linked to arms dealing. Recognize these modern-day horrors. Support awareness efforts. Volunteer. Take a stand. Help spread the word about the importance of ending this evil once and for all.

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Following in his father’s footsteps (John Lennon’s “Bermuda Tapes” app was released in November), Jules’ new app delivers songs from his latest album Everything Changes interactively, centered on the feature-length, interview-packed documentary Through The Picture Window. The app has hidden features, high-def videos of all 14 tracks, is available in all formats, and costs $11.99 on iTunes.

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The absolutely bone-chilling (pun intended) psychological thriller’s second season premieres Jan. 19 at 9 p.m., stars Kevin Bacon and revolves around an Edgar Allan Poe murder cult’s continued serial slayings. Its edge-of-your-seat season one finale was filmed at the Fire Island Lighthouse and leaves us all guessing: Is Joe alive!? Where’s Emma!? How the hell did Hardy survive that knifing!?!? Must-see-tobelieve television.

vIsIT sagamore hILL Why? Because you live here, it’s TR’s old haunt and even if you have visited it before it was probably on a school field trip decades ago. The mansion is closed until 2015 but the Old Orchard Museum and visitors center are open. TR once gave a campaign speech after being shot!! Surely you can spend time at his homestead and pay some respects to commemorate his death on Jan. 6. And btw, the kids will love it. For more reasons, check out “Rear View” on P. 36.

The genre-smashing rockers have been creating brand new music and videos, and are currently touring the world, making a pit stop in Port Chester this month (See “Do This” on P. 50 for the scoop on this gig and so many others). They’ve also been releasing their brand new music and videos independently, on their website www.pixies. com, some of which are downloadable for free, such as their new single “Bagboy.” Check it out, crank up some “Caribou,” “Wave of Mutilation” and free your soul.

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Select your favorite topics—politics, sports, entertainment, etc.— and Umano will curate stories from myriad news websites (Wired, New York Magazine, The New York Times, among many others) and deliver them to your smartphone, along with a host of voice actors, who will read them to you. This app also has a car mode, which makes the stories that much easier to cue up and enjoy while cruising along. Oh, and it’s free!

drInk a fruIT smooThIe Peel two bananas, gut some strawberries, spoon that avocado, sprinkle in a few pinches of instant coffee and toss ‘em in a blender—fruit smoothies are a healthy way to re-energize and get those oh-so-crucial vitamins and nutrients into your body’s cells. Which one’s the best and who the hell makes it!? This month’s “Hot Plate” on P. 46 lists some great healthy spots, yet there are so many LI purveyors that logging on to BestOf.LongIslandPress. com is truly the only way to answer these questions! Voting’s over—so let’s see who’s the best!

BeatLes ReiMaGineD (CoMMunity PRoJeCts) by varIous arTIsTs

Beginning with the male-female harmonizing and banjoplucking orchestralstringed sleepy whispers of husband-and-wife folk-pop duo The Well Pennies on “All My Loving,” straight on through closer Gypsy Death Star’s slowburning electronic dance-trance haunting of “I Wanna Be Your Man,” Beatles Reimagined is 12 of the mop-tops’ early classics, translated through the lenses of a dozen indie bands, spanning nearly just as many musical genres. The result is a sonic tapestry of emotion, melodies and movements inextricably Fab Four yet completely new and individualized; visions that dance and twist and shout and breathe new life into the very songs that resuscitated and reinvigorated rock and roll itself exactly 50 years ago. There are several standouts. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes’ “I Saw Her Standing There” is a barnyard-burning country-folk ramble that conjures line dancers twirling amid bales of hay on a Saturday night stomp. For Doom & Gloom’s version of “And I Love Her,” think Radiohead-meets-The Flaming Lips, with Bono fronting. A personal favorite is Leftover Cuties’ transformation of “There’s A Place.” It is simply gorgeous: a slow, stripped-down jazz number with singer Shirli McAllen’s naked vocals replacing John and Paul’s power harmonies, a traipsing, trailing piano filling in for George and a lone, minimalistic snare/ high-hat beat instead of Ringo’s high-octane bombasticism. They re-invent the song, while still somehow retaining Liverpool’s favorite sons’ excitement, innocence and optimism. It’s beautiful, as is this whole translucent collage. —Christopher Twarowski

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The third Monday of each January—which falls on the 20th this year—is Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday, also known as the MLK Day of Service. What to do? How to serve!? Log on to MLKDay. gov, enter your zip code under “Find A Project” or plan your own, and let’s work together to find solutions to our nation’s most pressing problems and make MLK proud!

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The “molly”-dropping twerker’s appearance on the AMAs is still racking up bajillions of views, not because of her unsexy cat-print two-piece, but undoubtedly for the gigantic floating orange kitten rocketing through space, lip-syncing and crying diamonds behind her. The cute ‘lil kitty’s intergalactic sob story was the brainchild of 22-year-old Long Island native and Hofstra University alum Kyle Wightman and exuded more personality and emotion in one second than the singer did during her entire rendition of “Wrecking Ball.” Worth weathering to see!

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When an Empire Falls in the World, Does it Make a Sound? BY Jed Morey Publisher, Long Island Press www.jedmorey.com @jedmorey

argaret MacMillan’s latest book on World War I, The War That Ended The Peace, opens with the Paris Universal Exposition in 1900. Countries from around the globe gathered in Paris to reveal inventions and works of art and to generally boast about nationhood. The event was underscored by political tensions but fueled by a collective optimism that technological advancements, many of which were on display at the exposition, would bring the world closer together and usher in lasting peace on Earth. Fourteen years later, the world order collapsed. The Great War engulfed the very nations who proclaimed the 20th century as a new and peaceful era. Within five bloody years, vast empires had crumbled, maps were redrawn and a generation of men was decimated. Great Britain entered World War I as one of the most impressive imperial empires the world had ever known; incredible given its size. Much of their greatness was attributed to being the greatest naval power in history. After the war, it was never the same. There are obvious parallels to be drawn between the position of the United States today and Great Britain’s a century ago. There are lessons to be heeded from their story. Our disastrous wars in the Middle East at the beginning of the 21st century are akin to the Boer War fiasco Britain was embroiled in at the turn of the 20th century. The Boer War engendered near-universal antipathy toward the aging lion. Most notably, it drew strident criticism from the German people and Kaiser Wilhelm, which contributed to the burgeoning schism between the two nations. One of the most striking similarities between the two eras is the manner

“We must address the colonies of dispossessed Americans living paycheck-to-paycheck and stop thinking about colonizing cheap labor pools of distant nations.”

in which Britain and the United States approached empire-building at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries, respectively. Britain was suffering from growing pains related to over-colonization as its empire stretched around the globe. The U.S. is experiencing similar aches in its attempt to recover from naked imperialism under the guise of spreading democracy for the past 60 years. Both nations display a paternalistic attitude toward “lesser” nations

and believe a western style of governance was easily adopted through what Franklin Henry Giddings termed, “consent without consent.” In doing so both empires wore out their welcomes abroad and maintained relations strictly through fear of violent reprisal or loss of economic trade. The British government was increasingly pouring resources into maintaining the largest navy in the world while ignoring the domestic

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cost of an aging population. Instead of cutting back on imperial pursuits and bolstering spending at home to stabilize its economy, it engaged in an arms race with Germany and sought new economic alliances in the event the two nations proceeded down the path to war. Sound familiar? The problem with military power is that it creates a desire among world leaders to employ it. Just as Capitalism requires constant growth, the suppression of labor and consumption of natural resources, the Military Industrial Complex requires conflict in order to sustain and justify its very existence. Despite famously being credited with the phrase, “Speak softly, and carry a big stick,” President Theodore Roosevelt sent America’s Great White Fleet around the globe to impress the world and privately lamented the fact that he did not preside over a war while serving in the Oval Office. His successors would put America’s newfound might to use, however, as the United States embarked on a century of unprecedented warfare and imperial harassment. The dawn of the 20th century was rife with warmongering characters such as Roosevelt, who shared his attitude toward war. This idea is perfectly encapsulated in the words of Count Franz Conrad von Hotzendorf of AustriaHungary: “The army is not a fire extinguisher, one cannot let it rust until the flames are coming out of the house. Instead it is an instrument to be used by goal-conscious, clever politicians as the ultimate defence of their interests.” Naturally, the madness of these nations is somewhat clear. In hindsight, though, these are not the exclusive circumstances that led to the Great War. Nevertheless, one can’t help but experience déjà vu when examining the behavior of the Bush administration and the continuum that is the Obama

administration. President Obama’s “pivot to Asia” is eerily similar to Britain’s thirst to tap into the faltering Chinese and Ottoman Empires of its age. Moreover, its effort to marginalize its perceived enemies through new and aggressive trade alliances is comparable to the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) currently being negotiated in secret between the U.S. and many of its so-called “client nations,” such as Canada, Japan, Mexico and South Korea. The TPP is essentially an attempt by the U.S. to constrict China’s growth in the coming years by allowing TPPparticipating nations access to labor forces in poverty-stricken parts of the world. It would function much like the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), in that the subordinate nations would be subject to the economic and human rights abuses of the more dominant nations. Those familiar with the neo-liberal treatise called the Project for a New American Century will rightly view the TPP as the next logical evolutionary step in the process toward maintaining U.S. hegemony in the world by any means necessary. Where military interventions have failed us, a new form of economic warfare is stepping up to take their place. For its part, China is responding

as one might imagine—with a show of force and steady shift toward economic policies that bear a closer resemblance to Capitalism, though this may never be fully recognized. President Xi Jinping’s 10-year plan is called “The Chinese Dream,” which obviously borrows from the American Dream in its scale and ambition. Implicit in the Chinese Dream, as in the American Dream, is economic growth and continued technological progress. Inevitably, this will lead China down a familiar path. Growth is addictive and when it is no longer possible to grow through economic policies and market forces, empires do what empires do best: expand and acquire. Evidence of this strategy already exists, as China was more than happy to procure oil and gas contracts from nations, such as Iraq, that U.S. corporations walked away from after a decadelong struggle to obtain by forcible means. Yet despite provocations between China and the U.S., there is a presumption that war is impossible given the interconnectedness of the world economies. In an op-ed titled “The Great War’s Ominous Echoes” in The New York Times, Margaret MacMillan ruminates on this very theme, saying, “It is tempting—and sobering—to compare today’s relationship between China and America to that

between Germany and England a century ago. Lulling ourselves into a false sense of safety, we say that countries that have a McDonald’s will never fight each other.” MacMillan is right. Recently, China quietly joined the military fray in a significant way by revealing its first naval aircraft carrier and announcing plans to launch its first domestically built, nuclear-powered carrier by 2020. This announcement, in addition to China establishing a no-fly zone in the East China Sea and issuing several warnings to the Japanese government about its plans to increase its military presence, follows directly on the heels of President Obama’s decision to send American vessels into the region in 2012. The United States would be wise to tread lightly in the coming years and begin to look inward to cure what ails it instead of continuing on this ceaseless path of imperial madness. We must address the colonies of dispossessed Americans living paycheck-to-paycheck and stop thinking about colonizing cheap labor pools of distant nations. We need a better plan to take care of our aging population and must provide greater educational resources to equip our young people with the skills they will need to get by in this world. This is the role of government. No nation can be

truly secure until its people are. When spending on our massive surveillance state and “homeland security” is taken into account along with Pentagon spending, fully 30 percent of our nation’s budget is allocated toward the military. And yet we wrangle over subsidies for programs that assist at-risk populations and cut pensions of those returning from our ignominious missions abroad. One hundred years ago this year, 65 million men were mobilized in the Great War. By 1919 more than half were casualties of the war, with 8.5 million killed. Few in the world saw conflict on this scale coming. It was considered almost impossible due to the economic relationships between world power, technological advancements and fear that empires might collapse as a result. For those who believe that our financial arrangement renders war impossible, or impractical at the least, I leave you with MacMillan’s admonition: “Globalization can heighten rivalries and fears between countries that one might otherwise expect to be friends. On the eve of World War I, Britain, the world’s greatest naval power, and Germany, the world’s greatest land power, were each other’s largest trading partners.”

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To the kids in the caps and gowns, he looks like a grandpa. To the children at Huntington Hospital, his salt and pepper hair doesn’t distinguish him much from the other grownups, even if the building bears his name. The truth is, he will always be more in awe of the children than they are of him. His imposing figure—six-foot-three and lean—doesn’t betray the fact that they are among legendary Hockey Hall of Famer Clark Gillies, an intimidating force on the ice during his 12-season career with the New York Islanders. Gillies, along with fellow Hall of Famers Mike Bossy and Bryan Trottier, was part of the unstoppable “Trio Grande,” who led the Isles to four consecutive National Hockey League Stanley Cup championships from 1980 through 1983. He was a fierce opponent, racking up more than 1,000 penalty minutes along with more than 300 goals and nearly 400 assists. His toughness is as iconic as his prowess. But when he talks about the children at the Morgan Center—a Hicksvillebased nonprofit preschool for children with cancer—any hard competitive edge melts into pure emotion. “The kids have their gowns on and their little hats and their diplomas and they do a little parade,” the 59-year-old says of the graduation ceremony he’s attended for the past eight years at The Morgan Center. “And that’s when you see the kids. You see them so happy like that. It’s really fulfilling.” Gillies’ voice becomes ragged. “I get emotional when I talk about it,” he admits, before pausing for a moment. “Sorry.” The Morgan Center is one of more than a dozen charities Gillies has helped fund through The Clark Gillies Foundation, an Islandia-based nonprofit he founded in 1998 to aid physically, developmentally and/or financially challenged children. Others include Brianna’s Cub Room, a joint venture with fellow former Islanders center Pat LaFontaine’s Companions In Courage Foundation, which builds interactive playrooms in hospitals throughout North America, and Ascent School in Deer Park, a nonprofit school for 3- to 21-yearolds with autism. The groups are diverse in scope, yet all share one commonality: helping kids in need. “Our mission statement was really to help kids between the ages of 5 to 18 in the Tristate area, whether it be for medical needs, helping a school for autism, maybe a scholarship fund,” he says of his foundation. The Morgan Center is a germ-free facility for preschoolers to learn and socialize. It’s often the only place besides a hospital where they can go during chemotherapy treatment. He also gives sizable donations to Huntington Hospital, part of North Shore-LIJ Health System and home to the Clark Gillies Pediatric Unit—constructed with a $1 million donation from his foundation— and Clark Gillies Emergency Pediatric Facility. “We made a big commitment to the hospital,” he tells the Press on a recent afternoon. “It was easy for me because we’ve always lived in Huntington since I moved here, basically. My kids were all born and raised in Huntington, and it was easy for me to want to give something back to the community. “It gives the kids a little comfort that they’re not being funneled through the regular system,” he says about the emergency pediatric facility. “They get a little more hands-on care, and I think that makes them a little more comfortable.” Born in Saskatchewan, Canada, Gillies joined the Islanders as a first-round draft pick in 1974. Besides a two-year stint in Boston, Gillies made Long Island his home and never looked back. The children of this Island are all the better for it, even if they don’t know that the man who hands out the diplomas with tears streaming down his face was once one of the toughest hockey players the ice had ever seen.

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• Crime Lab Misdeeds Have Cost Taxpayers More Than $2.4M • County Still At Least Year And Half From Opening New Lab And Ending Fiscal Bleeding • D.A. Caught By Surprise, Seeks Review after Being Informed by the Press • Outraged Lawmakers Demand Hearings Upon Learning Latest Revelations By Shelly Feuer Domash & Christopher Twarowski shellyfdomash@yahoo.com chris@longislandpress.com

An analyst falls through the floor while testing evidence to be used in a criminal case, his legs literally dangling through the ceiling of the work stations below. An inspector notes that a steel escape ladder, ordered to be installed three years earlier as an emergency exit since the laboratory only has one entrance, sits unopened in a box on the floor, for just as long—the noncompliance simply copied and added to his new report. Analysts testing MDMA, aka ecstasy, fuddle through tests determining the criminal sentences of defendants. These were but a few of the daily, costly antics that took place at the Nassau County Police Department (NCPD) Crime Lab—where drugs were tested, fingerprints analyzed and blood and ballistics work conducted, with the results used by prosecutors of the Nassau District Attorney’s Office in criminal cases. Shuttered since February 2011, much of this all-important testing, along with the re-testing of thousands of cases, were outsourced, with Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and District Attorney Kathleen Rice pledging to already cash-strapped taxpayers that they wouldn’t be charged “one single penny” for the misdeeds—of which two police commissioners, two county executives and prosecutors claim they were absolutely clueless about its persistent problems until inspectors stripped the lab of its accreditation three years ago. The Long Island Press has now learned that despite assurances from county officials to the contrary, Nassau taxpayers have unknowingly been paying millions of dollars as a consequence of the years of lax oversight, mismanagement, neglect and/or willful ignorance at the county-run police crime laboratory and will continue to shell out hundreds of thousands of dollars more because of these improprieties far into the foreseeable future. These are just some of the newest revelations in this infamously eye-opening,

disgraceful and continuing saga. Upon being informed by the Press of the hefty switcheroo onto taxpayers’ backs, a taken-by-surprise District Attorney Rice is calling for a review by Mangano. “After the Nassau County Police Department crime lab was shuttered at my insistence due to inexcusable errors, the Department committed to using funds forfeited by criminals—not taxpayer dollars—to pay for retesting costs,” says Rice in a statement. “If the Police Department has done otherwise, I encourage the County Executive to review this matter and ensure that taxpayers are not affected.” Team Mangano refused to comment for this story, instead, the county executive’s senior policy advisor Brian Nevin referred all inquiries to First Deputy Nassau Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter. “The county wanted to ensure that all necessary testing was conducted,” explains Krumpter. “The testing was significantly more extensive then was originally anticipated.”

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The closing of the troubled, yet oh-so-critical crime lab by Mangano in February 2011 at the behest of Nassau District Attorney Rice followed a scathing November 2010 report by the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB). The Missouribased nonprofit, responsible for ensuring public and private forensic science labs around the world comply with universally accepted accrediting standards, had discovered 26 areas of noncompliance—including 15 deemed “essential” and 10 “important”—and placed the lab on probation. It was the second time in four years the laboratory was put on probation, the first being in 2006; the crime lab has been cited by the group for myriad improprieties each year since it began inspections there in 2003, and Nassau remains the first and only such municipality in the nation to hold such dubious distinctions. As reported by the Press in a July

“WHAT A MESS”: The Long Island Press first exposed the unfolding NCPD Crime Lab scandal and county officials’ costly game of Pass-The-Buck and “I Didn’t Known Anything” in a July 2011 cover story, one installment of a five-part award-winning series into the Nassau County Police Department.

according to assistant director and quality manager of the MEO Karen Dooling. This lab will be applying to extend its accreditation scope to include drug chemistry (controlled substance and quantitative analysis), fire debris and latent print processing “mid-year 2014 dependent upon some facility issues that need to be resolved,” she says, adding that if they “make application mid-year, I anticipate we would be accredited in those areas by fall/winter 2014.” 2011 expose titled “What A Mess,” the “The remainder of the anticipated ASCLD/LAB report painted a hellish portrait of the critically-important facility, disciplines Firearms/Toolmarks and Digital Evidence,” she continues, “will among its findings: that evidence sat not move forward until we are in the new unmarked and lacking the proper seals crime lab facility unless additional space designed to protect its integrity; evidence becomes available.” was mishandled, improperly stored and That “new crime lab facility”— safeguarded; internal audits ensuring something in the works in one stage or the lab’s compliance with accreditation another for at least a decade, according to standards were never conducted; control Krumpter—is still yet-to-be constructed and standard samples mandated for use and will be located in New Cassel. and documentation to ensure the validity Krumpter puts the timetable for of examination results were not utilized; construction of this new facility at about equipment and instrumentation were not August 2015, explaining: “The Nassau calibrated and documentation lacked the necessary oversight used to identify exactly County Legislature has approved bonding and the construction budget. The contract who conducted the tests, among a long is completing the routing process. The laundry list of other damning problems. construction is slated to commence in The consequences of the lab’s February and be completed 18 months closure have been unprecedented. Rice from the start date. Bonds for the new ordered sample evidence in about 3,000 facility are issued as the money is needed.” felony drug cases dating back to 2007 to In the wake of its closure, New York be retested by Willow Grove, Penn.-based Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered an investilaboratory The National Medical Services (NMS). Rice’s spokesman at the time, John gation into the lab by Inspector General Eileen Biben, whose probe included the Byrne, told the Press that because each review of tens of thousands of emails and felony case involved multiple samples, the total number required to be retested could documents and more than 100 interviews. Ultimately, its 184-page November 2011 “go into the hundreds of thousands.” report discovered “systemic problems” yet The county Medical Examiner’s failed to hold a single person accountable. Office (MEO) took over some of the Former County Executive Tom NCPD crime lab’s functions and is Suozzi, Rice, Mangano and former Nassau currently accredited in biology (body County Police Commissioner Lawrence fluid identification and DNA testing) and Mulvey all told investigators they were latent print comparisons (performing absolutely clueless about the facility’s analysis and comparison of fingerprints),

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department tells the Press that every felony case and every misdemeanor case from 2007 through 2010 were submitted for retesting. A Mangano spokeswoman had put the tab for the retests as high as $500,000, to be paid for by asset forfeiture funds— monies obtained through the confiscation of proceeds or substituted proceeds of a crime, designed to take the profit out of illegal activities and strip criminals of their ability to continue such activities. These funds supplement, not supplant, a police department’s budget. Asset forfeiture funds cannot be used for things that are already budgeted. Such monies could, say, fund additional hazmat suits, bulletproof vests, the county’s much-touted Gun Buyback Program or even marine patrol boats. In March 2011 Mangano and Rice touted this in a joint announcement, promising cash-strapped taxpayers who’d been financing the supposed maintenance and operations of the allimportant lab that residents wouldn’t be spending a cent for its remediation. “Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice and County Executive Edward P. Mangano announced today that the retesting of samples for approximately 3,000 felony drug cases will be paid for entirely with Nassau County Police Department asset forfeiture funds, not with taxpayer money,” pledges their statement. “It is imperative that we restore confidence in our evidence

myriad problems—despite many of its ailments’ stark visibility and, in the case of Mulvey, a deputy chief of detectives telling investigators he’d hand-delivered the commissioner a report about the lab’s many issues. In fact, much of the mess was pretty much impossible to miss. “‘There has been a problem with water seeping through the floor in the Firearms Sections Lab which is in the basement of police headquarters,’” reads Biben’s report, citing a previous inspection’s findings. “’This has caused the relocation of two comparison microscopes to laboratory space on the second floor. Examiners must frequently go back and forth between the firearms lab in the basement and the location of the scopes in order to complete their analytical assignments.’ “Sgt. Robert Nemeth, the longtime Firearms Section Supervisor, testified that the water problem had persisted unattended for years,” it continues. “At one point, the floor had rotted to the extent that one analyst fell through the floor. When Nemeth brought the dire situation to the attention of the chiefs, he was told ‘to do more with less.’” Biben also ordered an expanded review of the lab’s results, since “an extensive retesting plan of the lab’s drug chemistry results revealed preliminary results that found inconsistencies in at least 10 percent of the cases.” The police

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testing procedures and we will do that without asking the taxpayers of Nassau to pay for even one single penny.” Not everyone was impressed—after all, those funds were intended to supplement the police force, and would have gone to other much-needed supplies and initiatives instead of having to be re-routed to clean up a mess which never should have taken place in the first place. As David Shapiro, an assistant professor of economics at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, explained, just because the crime lab’s screw-ups were being footed by forfeiture funds doesn’t mean Nassau taxpayers weren’t still ultimately paying for it. “It is not simply found money that they can say doesn’t come out of taxpayer funds,” he said. “It should be used to defray other unexpected expenditures, instead of being used to pay for something they should have done right the first time.” “That’s robbing Peter to pay Paul,” blasted Joseph Lo Piccolo, past president of the Nassau County Criminal Courts Bar Association. “It doesn’t come from a tree. It doesn’t come out of the air. It comes from the taxpayers.” The Press has learned that not only has the police force and Nassau taxpayers lost out on the benefits of nearly $1 million of asset forfeiture funds, but the county has also been paying for the retesting and review of evidence with more than $1.1 million in police operating

funds—in other words, a far cry from the originally anticipated $500,000 and exactly what county officials pledged they wouldn’t be using to pay for the preventable disaster, “taxpayer money.” Additionally, taxpayers have also been footing the bill for “first-time forensic analysis of crime-related evidence,” as the NCPD explains it, to the tune of more than $1.3 million— $1,330,788.60, to be precise. In all, the re-testing, review and new testing has cost Nassau taxpayers more than $3.2 million: $766,557 of asset forfeiture monies and $1,127,385.30 of operating funds have been spent, to date, “in support of this re-test and review program,” says the police department; and $1,330,788.60 in operating funds has been spent for “first time forensic analysis of crime related evidence,” states updated figures from the department, also compliments of county taxpayers. And that’s not sitting well with some county lawmakers, who were also left in the dark about the public monies being used until informed by the Press. “This directly contradicts what was presented to the legislature,” blasts a fired-up Legis. Dave Denenberg (D-Merrick), demanding a legislative hearing be held into the matter. “It’s like police overtime: It’s always well over budget and it always is in direct contradiction to promises made by the county executive’s office…in committee hearings.”

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He bemoans the fact that the cost overruns will likely mean other county services will suffer, that the new lab was originally supposed to open this year, and doesn’t expect the legislature’s Republican majority to act on his calls for such a hearing into the issue, same as last time he called for a crime lab hearing, he laments. “This is costing Nassau County taxpayers because the administration can’t run a crime lab and can’t stay within budget as to what it outsources,” he continues. “I could add this to a list of 10 issues that cry out for hearings that the Republican majority refuses to hold.” “It’s definitely a revelation!” slams an equally surprised and outraged Democratic Minority Leader Legis. Kevan Abrahams (D-Freeport), who is also demanding hearings. “I wasn’t aware of this at all. I was aware of the $760,000, but the $2.4 million on top of that, I was not aware of that at all.” “I know we finally got our act together to put together a [$40M] bond package to pay for a new lab, but this is taxpayer money that’s going to go out the window from this point until the new lab is built,” he continues. Nassau Legislature Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves (R-East Meadow) declined to comment for this story. Krumpter tells the Press the police department cleared the use of the additional asset forfeiture monies to be spent on retesting with “officials in Washington” and that under asset guidelines, the department could not go back and obtain more funds, since at this point the money would be “supplanting nor supplementing” the police budget. That left the county taxpayers having to pay the bill. “It ran a lot higher because when it first started the scope was set at a certain level, and then as we got further into it we expanded the scope and then expanded the scope again of the retesting,” he explains. “So when we said it was going to be a half million dollars, that was based on a certain number of cases being retested. And then what we did was we went from a certain percentage of the cases to all felony cases, and then we went even a step further and we actually did a test of the percentage of the misdemeanor cases.” “The asset funding request was based on an estimated number of tests (since then, the testing has tripled),” reiterates Krumpter in an emailed statement. “The testing was more extensive then originally anticipated. The spending was originally permitted because it was unanticipated and was not budgeted. Once the amount was approved, the department could not seek additional funding for the expansion of the testing. The use of additional funds would have created a supplanting issue. Asset funds must be used to supplement and cannot be used to supplant.” Yet even after spending more than $3 million in tests and retests, a permanent,

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fully accredited crime lab facility is still months, or more likely, years away.

FAR WAY OFF

With the lab’s many issues so wellknown throughout the police department for so long, as Biben’s report so clearly documents, formal architectural plans for a new facility date back a decade. Yet according to NCPD Assistant Commissioner Robert Hart, the job was only just put out to bid earlier this year. The county Medical Examiner’s Office will be responsible for running the new lab once it’s operational—though some critics take issue with this, too. In September 2013, Rice’s office discovered that two blood alcohol samples in two DWI cases had been “switched.” They notified the lab and the lab confirmed its mistake. According to office spokesman Shams Tarek, “The lab caught the mistake right away after we reported it to them and none of those samples were used in any trial so there was no problem in that regard.” He added that letters went out to a total of 31 attorneys notifying them of the problem and offering to retest the blood samples from their clients. Regulating agencies were also notified. For Brian Griffin, a defense attorney and former chairman of the Nassau County Criminal Bar Association, that’s just not good enough. “That is exactly the kind of stuff that was happening before,” he slams. “Here we have been spending this money and we have been assured that any new testing is going to be state-of-the-art, and is going to be the best that there is to offer and we are repeating the same mistakes again.” “One wrong test is one too many,” continues Griffin, adding that the authorities explained the switcheroo as an isolated incident and insignificant. “This is not a high school science lab we are talking about. It is a crime lab, which cannot make these types of mistakes when the outcome is so very serious.” Tarek says they are still waiting for the results of the retesting of some of the blood samples processed by the technician who made the error. With no central lab in operation, samples are still being sent to private vendors and the MEO, leaving many to question what has caused the delay to fix a problem that the police department has known about for years. Those decade-old plans for a new lab didn’t originally just call for its relocation, but for the relocation of all of police headquarters, explains Krumpter, who insists he’d seen such schematics with his own eyes seven years ago. Between 2003 and 2004, the Suozzi administration sponsored a second plan that included only the crime lab and the communications bureau being moved, according to Krumpter. At that time, a new lab would have cost approximately $20 million.

So despite years of planning, Assistant Commissioner Hart agrees it will still be awhile before the county can rely on its own lab. “So as far as new evidence that comes in, it’s going to be an extended process and the reason for that is everything that we are doing in the world of forensic examinations has to be done by an accredited laboratory,” he explains. “The examiner’s office, while they are accredited in the world of toxicology, DNA and latent, still has to go through an accreditation process for drug chemistry, trace evidence and things like that. That is something they have to do both with the state of New York, with the forensic commission and with ASCLD American Society of Crime Lab Directors.” This accreditation, warns Hart, is not an overnight occurrence, but, in fact, timely and complicated. “It is not something that you call and ask and say, ‘Come out and accredit us,’” he explains. “First, you have to establish your protocols, your standard operating procedures. You have to go through a lot of casework onsite inspections, and, as you’re going through all this, ASCLD is asking questions, examining what you submitted— your protocols, your mock casework results—and when they come and do an onsite inspection, they’ll go through everything and they will issue a written report. The best-case scenario is they find everything up to their standards. Sometimes they say, ‘You need to tweak this, you need to enhance this,’ and when that happens, you have to respond to them.” And from there the tedious requisites continue, according to Hart. The next step is to correct what ASCLD found wrong. The lab has to then send a letter to ASCLD, carefully detailing the steps they took to correct any problems. Then, more waiting. “ASCLD can take that written response and say, ‘That’s great, terrific, we don’t need to come back and do another onsite inspection,’” explains Hart. “Or they might say, ‘That’s great, we’d like to schedule another onsite inspection,’ and they will want to come back out and look at you again. It’s a very long, drawn-out, lengthy process, very thorough.” This procedure has to be done separately for each accreditation. Hart puts the target date for drug chemistry accreditation, optimistically, at sometime in early 2014. He declined to speculate on when the ballistics accreditation would be complete. ASCLD’s executive director Ralph Keaton is not as optimistic. He estimates the average time for accreditation, once the paperwork is received, at nine months to a year. Assistant Commissioner Hart insists the accreditation process will not be negatively impacted by the move to the new facility in New Cassel. “That accreditation process takes into account many factors, including the site presently occupied by the lab in question,” he asserts. “The fact that the lab may

relocate at a future date to another site need not to adversely impact or delay that lab’s pursuit of forensic discipline accreditations based upon its current physical locale. “ Not so quick, nor so easy, says Keaton—stressing that accreditation is “not automatic.” “We have standards that relate to the security and control of access of the facility and flow of evidence and things that are impacted by the facility per se,” he says. “So, it is not uncommon that we accredit a laboratory and that laboratory then moves to another facility and maintains their accreditation. However, there are certain things that we have to verity that

are in place before that accreditation is continued for that laboratory, and of course, security and controlling access to the facility are important elements, but also associated with that is the movement of critical equipment and ensuring that the equipment that is moved from one location to another is properly calibrated and verified before it is put back online. So it is not an automatic thing.” Keaton says his agency does not want to shut down a laboratory because it lacks accreditation, but “that doesn’t mean that the laboratory won’t be down for a period of time while they are in the process of moving and setting up the equipment and ensuring that it is working properly, and

that any new equipment that is purchased is properly calibrated and that they verify that it is working properly.” “It is very surprising to hear that Nassau County appears no closer to opening up a new crime lab,” says Griffin. “When the old crime lab was shuttered, assurances were made to the public and those in the criminal justice system that the county would be opening a ‘state of the art’ crime lab in the near future. The fact we’re millions of dollars into this and no closer to getting a competent crime lab is a terrible injustice.” —With Additional reporting by Timothy Bolger and Spencer Rumsey

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Medical Marijuana Debate Heats Up Will NY Become 21st State to Legalize Cannabis?

By Spencer Rumsey srumsey@longislandpress.com

Standing patiently in the chamber of the Nassau County Legislature, Jeff Decker had his hands full as his 7-monthold daughter Mabel squirmed in his arms. His wife Carly Tangney Decker and his mother-in-law Cindy Tangney were testifying at a public hearing held a week before Christmas on a bill to authorize the medical use of marijuana in New York. Mabel has a rare genetic disorder that causes her to suffer severe epileptic seizures. Her family had driven down from upstate Kingston to tell the Assembly Health Committee’s chairman Richard Gottfried (D-Manhattan), who is co-sponsoring the bill, known as the Compassionate Care Act, with state Sen. Diane Savino (D-Staten Island), that they were leaving that night for Colorado because they had learned that they could legally obtain a marijuana derivative there that had shown promise in treating early onset epilepsy. “Maybe when we get there, it won’t work,” said Mabel’s mom, fighting back tears. “But at least at that point we can say we did our best—we tried everything.” Known as Charlotte’s Web, this special strain of marijuana oil has been the subject of a recent article in The New York Times as well as a CNN special by Dr. Sanjay Gupta, which detailed how young Charlotte Figi of Colorado had benefitted from its use. In fact, Charlotte’s mother, Paige Figi, had flown in from Colorado to tell the Assembly committee hearing how the medical marijuana had helped. At one point, Charlotte had been having hundreds of grand mal seizures a week. “From that first dose, she went seven days without a seizure,” Paige Figi said at the hearing. Also in Mineola was Joel Stanley, who runs the medical marijuana dispensary in Colorado Springs with his brothers that specializes in providing Charlotte’s Web. He told The Times that this oil is low in the psychoactive ingredient THC and high in cannabidiol, or CBD, which is reportedly beneficial. Stanley and his brothers also run the Realm of Caring Foundation, a nonprofit organization that helps subsidize the cost of the drug for qualified needy patients in Colorado, which can cost $150 to $200 for a month’s supply. Carly Tangney Decker told the health committee hearing that one of the

Cindy Tangney told the Assembly hearing that her daughter Carly and son-in-law Jeff would fly to Colorado to seek medical marijuana treatment for their 7-month-old daughter’s severe seizures. On opposing sides of the debate are Dr. Jeffrey Reynolds, top right, an expert on adult addictions who warned about marijuana’s potential for abuse, and Gabriel Sayegh, below, of the Drug Policy Alliance, who advocated for its use. (Spencer Rumsey/Long Island Press)

drugs her daughter was prescribed would eventually cause blindness. Uprooting their lives to give Mabel Charlotte’s Web seemed like a better alternative. “New York won’t allow us to try a medication that is working for many other people,” Carly said. “Please give us the opportunity to try this drug in the comfort of our own state, in our own home, with our families.” One of the Republicans on the health committee, Dr. Steve Katz (R-Westchester), a veterinarian and an epileptic, told Mabel’s parents, “All I can say is I wish you Godspeed, and that we will do everything possible to bring you home.” More than 50 people testified in Mineola; the local hearing was the latest front in the national battle over whether to legalize medical marijuana in the 50 states, in this case, New York. Gottfried had held a previous hearing on his bill in Buffalo. The witnesses ranged from anguished care-givers like Mabel’s parents to doctors, patients and advocates saying that it’s time New York joined neighboring states like New Jersey and Connecticut, where medical marijuana is legal in the treatment of those with serious health conditions. On the other side were those like Dr. Jeffrey Reynolds, executive director of the Long Island Council on

Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (LICADD), who expressed concern that approving marijuana use—no matter whether it was inhaled or digested— would open the door to drug abuse and worse social problems at a time when the agencies responsible for public health are already reeling from severe budget cuts and an epidemic of abuse. “Here on Long Island the system is at the breaking point and the prospect of policy changes that could potentially fuel further drug misuse, diversion and addiction is quite frankly truly frightening to us,” said Reynolds. “As a native New Yorker, I like to think we can do anything better than other states, but there’s also the question of resources. The bill as currently written places significant responsibility on the New York Department of Health, and its work force is at an all-time low.” The Compassionate Care Act (A.6357/S.4406) would set up a tightly regulated medical marijuana system in which health-care practitioners licensed to prescribe controlled substances would certify that the patients in need had severe debilitating or life-threatening conditions. So far, 20 states plus the District of Columbia have medical marijuana laws on the books. According to a Siena Research Institute poll in May, 82 percent

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of New York voters support it here. Over the years, the Assembly has passed medical marijuana legislation four times with varying degrees of bipartisan support, according to Gottfried. But the State Senate has never taken up the bill or even held a hearing on it. But that may soon change. Blowing In The Wind On hand for the hearing was the ranking Republican Assemblyman on the health committee, Andrew Raia (R-East Northport), who supports the legislation, though he had opposed similar bills in the past. “The reason for voting ‘no’ for so many years and now voting ‘yes,’” Raia told the Press, “is because once you have states that have legalized recreational use and you have states right around us…that are legalizing medicinal marijuana, then at what point should we be the last one off the train?” Raia wasn’t sure how the bill will fare with his Republican friends in the state Senate, considering the uncertain coalition currently holding power. State Sen. Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre), the head of the Republican caucus and co-leader of the Senate, did not return repeated calls for comment. Skelos is in a power-sharing role with Sen. Jeff Klein (D-Bronx), who heads the four-member Independent Democratic Conference. “If you’d asked me two years ago if we were going to be passing minimum wage and gay marriage in the Senate—and basically every single thing the Conservative Party is against,” Raia said, “I would have said it will never happen. But the Senate majority is not the Senate majority. It’s a Senate majority with a group of four Democrats. And if that’s forcing them a little bit more toward the center, then I guess anything’s possible.” Savino was optimistic about her bill’s chances in the Senate—and she’s a member of the Independent Democratic Conference. “Currently, we have far more votes than necessary to pass the bill,” she told

the Press in an email. “The real obstacle has been the governor, who has a different marijuana policy issue that he was lobbying for: the decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana in public view.” She doesn’t see that as a deal breaker in 2014, given that a new mayor and police commissioner in New York City may defuse the public furor over the controversial “stop and frisk” policy there and allow medical marijuana legislation to gain political momentum. Savino said she’ll be “aggressively pushing this bill this year,” and because “it is a priority for the Independent Democratic Conference…that moves the issue front and center.” At the hearing Reynolds questioned what he called the legislators’ “political interference with the scientific process,” calling out the bill’s sponsors for making it “clear that the end game is legalization” and “creating the impression that the Legislature knows more than the FDA and the medical professionals in our country...” As Reynolds told the hearing, “We continue to believe that marijuana should be subject to the same well-controlled clinical trials, scientific scrutiny and oversight as any other approved medicine under the standards of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and in line with the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938, which was designed to protect consumers from the dangers of ineffective drugs.” But waiting for FDA approval is a Catch-22, according to Gabriel Sayegh, state director of the Drug Policy Alliance. “The federal government, the [Drug Enforcement Administration] in particular and the FDA, have created a process that makes it impossible in order to get the studies done... The states say: ‘We can’t wait for Washington to act.’” Several opponents of the act expressed their sympathy for the parents of children suffering from seizures but worried that allowing medical marijuana to be smoked would fuel addictions. “I am for Compassionate Care, but my fear is that it becomes a Trojan Horse,” said Max Schwartzberg, a substance abuse therapist living in Brooklyn and a self-described former marijuana addict who told the hearing he represents “those in recovery.” Another opponent, Alice Joselow, founder of Ossining Communities That Care, wanted the FDA to weigh in before New York approves medical marijuana because “it’s a myth that pot is less harmful than tobacco.” She said she’s seen studies that “smoked marijuana is harming the development of teenage brains.” That concern prompted the committee chairman to respond. “I do feel compelled on behalf of some of the parents who have testified here today to say that they would give anything for the opportunity to worry

about whether marijuana was affecting teen brain development,” Gottfried said. “By the time the FDA gets around to thinking that they might want to look at this topic, let alone when they might finish that, hundreds, if not thousands, of children will be dead, and an awful lot more people will be continuing with suffering that they really don’t need.” One of those witnesses in favor of the bill was Dr. Richard Carlton, a physician in Port Washington who has watched his wife Joan, now 66, suffer with worsening Parkinson’s Disease. “If you have a loved one with a chronic, debilitating illness that is only partially controlled, if at all, by

FDA-approved medications, you will turn over every stone to find alternatives that might possibly be helpful,” said Carlton. “As a physician, I would like my patients to be able to benefit from this remarkable plant without fear of being arrested.” Jennifer and Gary Ruta of Sayville brought their 28-year-old daughter, Stephanie, to the hearing in her wheelchair and explained how the young woman had been suffering from epilepsy since she had her first seizure when she was 6 weeks old. “We took Stephanie to the best doctors available,” her mother recounted. Pharmaceuticals and experimental surgery were the only options

Stephanie’s parents had back then, but these methods did not work. The side effects of the medications grew more and more debilitating while her daughter’s condition continued deteriorating. “Her smiles were gone,” said Jennifer, sadly. “For our daughter’s sake and for the sake of others, we must be advocates for the legalization of the use of medical marijuana.” Addressing the hearing, Cindy Tangney looked at her granddaughter Mabel. “Give this sweet baby a chance!” she said. “It’s not about smoking pot.” Whether their pleas will pass muster in Albany remains to be seen.

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Complex in Hauppauge after Bill, their stabilizing force. And now, his son, Legis. William Lindsay III (D-Bohemia) represents the same district.

11. Hempstead Clerk Scandal

13. Record Blizzard

Thirty three inches. That’s the new record for snowfall that buried Medford when Nemo, as the February nor’easter was known, blanketed the Island. Hundreds of vehicles—some with their drivers inside overnight—were left stranded on local roadways, including the Long Island Expressway, which was closed for three days while upstate plows were called in. Business owners took to shoveling their roofs, as the weight of the snow caused some to cave in. Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine, who drew ire for being away on vacation at the time, was still defending his snow response during his re-election campaign in the fall. Sure was pretty, though.

12. RIP Bill Lindsay

The Lion of The Legislature, as the longest-serving presiding officer of the Suffolk County body was known, leaves behind a big paw print. Legis. William Lindsay (D-Holbrook), who lost his battle with lung cancer in September, had led a legislative investigation into the county ethics board—a move that culminated in ex-County Executive Steve Levy forgoing a third term to settle a criminal probe of his fundraising. Lawmakers soon after renamed the county’s North

A judge found former Hempstead Town Clerk Mark Bonilla guilty in July at Nassau County court of official misconduct for trying to cover up alleged sexual harassment of a female subordinate who is suing him. Although he was acquitted of petit larceny, coercion and another misconduct charge, his conviction on the lone misdemeanor count forced New York State to remove him from office. That came after the Bellmore resident had refused calls from fellow elected officials to step down following his arrest. In a stroke of poetic justice, the Republican was sentenced to help members of the Hispanic community apply for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, Democratic President Obama’s proudest achievement.

10. Nassau Coliseum

New York Islanders Owner Charles Wang’s vision to replace Nassau Coliseum with a mini-city called the Lighthouse Project crumbled after nearly a decade. Then voters rejected a $400 million 2011 referendum to rebuild the Uniondale arena, which prompted Wang to move its anchor tenant to the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Things were looking pretty bleak. But, this summer the county bizarrely tapped Forrest City Ratner, which developed the Isles’ new home, to renovate the coliseum in a $250 million privately financed deal that promises to finally breathe new life into The Old Barn once work starts in 2015. We’ll believe it when we eat a pretzel in it.

the year would have been more exciting had it ended in a nail-biter, rather than Republican Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano drubbing his Democratic rematch rival, his predecessor he’d unseated, Tom Suozzi. It proved a strange campaign. Suozzi called out Mangano for once trying to bring a casino to the coliseum, then the two joined forces to endorse a sinceapproved state referendum to legalize casino gambling. Mangano danced around the fact that he kept the raise he had criticized Suozzi for giving the county executive. Suozzi’s wealthy Democratic primary challenger Adam Haber aptly called out both for being cogs in the local political machine while his credentials of self-made outsider fell flat. In the end, Nassau retained its historical status as a GOP-run county despite the party’s enrollment deficit.

some 7-Eleven franchise owners were allegedly smuggling illegal immigrants from Pakistan using stolen identities, having them work in the convenience stores and forcing them to turn over their pay. Federal investigators said the suspects victimized 50 workers after agents raided about 30 stores nationwide, rounding up nine owners, managers and workers on LI. Authorities called it one of the largest in federal law enforcement history to uncover a “modern day plantation.” The victims, who had been effectively enslaved in a scam dating back more than a decade, had been too afraid to report their treatment.

8. Newsday Throws Weight

Most days, LI’s lone daily newspaper is subtle about synergizing with its monopolistic corporate overlords, Cablevision Systems Corp. But this year Newsday crossed more lines than usual. Disregarding their journalism 101 training, the editors in Melville omitted the fact that the Dolan family who owns their parent company was bidding to redevelop the coliseum in a story about the other bidder’s political donations. Then, while endorsing Suozzi, Newsday failed to disclose that he was a paid Cablevision consultant after he was ousted in 2009. Those two ethical lapses were not surprising to anyone familiar with the paper’s decline, but they boiled over when Mangano refused to debate Suozzi on News12 Long Island, also owned by Cablevision, unless News12 disclosed Tom’s ties to the TV station’s bosses. News12 declined, and it became the first Nassau exec debate in recent memory they didn’t air—and CBS did instead.

6. Suffolk Kills Nursing Home

A last-ditch effort to fast-track the sale of the publicly owned John J. Foley Skilled Nursing Facility for $23 million to a pair of private nursing home operators in New York City was dashed in the spring when Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone couldn’t overcome union opposition. But as a result the county is paying to heat the empty 264-bed recently renovated facility so the pipes don’t freeze. All the 180 workers lost their employment at Foley, but some found work elsewhere. The patients were moved to other facilities in the region and some have since died.

5. LIPA Rebooted

9. Mangano-Suozzi Rematch LI’s most anticipated electoral race of

7. 7-Eleven Human Smuggling

Slurpees fans were horrified to learn that

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Starting on New Year’s Day, a private utility takes over the electrical system, transforming the Long Island Power Authority, which was blasted for its Sandy response. New Jersey-based Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. will have a 10-year contract to provide electricity no matter the weather. PSEG replaces National Grid, which will still supply natural gas to its

the bulk of the money will be dedicated to raising homes and infrastructure on bay-front mainland LI.

current customers—at least for a little while longer. LIPA once had more than 100 people on staff running a $3.6 billion business serving more than 1.1 million customers in Nassau, Suffolk and parts of Queens, but it will be drastically reduced under the new arrangement. Rest assured, the rates won’t drop.

4. Feds Slap Suffolk

Four years after the U.S. Department of Justice launched an investigation into allegations that Suffolk County police officers discriminated against members of the Hispanic community who reported bias and other crimes, the probe came to an uneventful end. The feds settled their review in an agreement that didn’t detail any specific allegations and required the department to improve minority relations with initiatives that have mostly been already implemented. Critics questioned what the point of it all was while county leaders cheered turning the page from a dark chapter. The probe was launched after a group of teens killed Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero in Patchogue.

1. NCPD Commish Canned

underway takes time, the first phases will be seen this spring when dunes are rebuilt at parks on the eastern and western tips of FI, with the residential middle of the barrier beach waiting until fall. Beachfront restoration work is also coming to the Hamptons and The End while

This is what fans of political corruption call vintage Nassau County. The wealthy political donor who owns a castle in Huntington called Nassau Police Commissioner Thomas Dale, who in turn orders the arrest of a key witness in a lawsuit that effectively aims to help his boss, Mangano, win re-election. Then, after Mangano wins, Rice announces that she investigated the incident, but cleared Mangano and Dale of criminality. Mangano fires Dale. Democrats call for

federal and state investigations. Rice says one ex-cop who played a key role in the shady move is still under scrutiny. And voters, waiting for heads to roll, are left with a shiny local reminder of how the ruling class will do anything to keep their grip on power.

3. NCPD Cover-up Convictions

This was a case unique from beginning to end. The Press exposed how donors to a police nonprofit were rewarded with favors, including one donor getting burglary charges against his son quietly swept under the rug. Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice read the story, ordered an investigation that lead to indictment and conviction of the burglar. His father’s friend ex-Deputy Chief of Patrol John Hunter pleaded guilty to misconduct. Former Second Deputy Nassau Police Commissioner William Flanagan was found guilty by a jury of misconduct and a third police supervisor, retired Det. Sgt. Alan Sharpe, pleaded not guilty while his case is pending amid Flanagan’s appeal. And to think it wouldn’t even turn out to be the biggest scandal the department saw this year.

2. $700M to Sure up Shores

One of the silver linings to Sandy came in the form of funding for an LI public works project that will help mitigate future storms across an 83-mile stretch of the South Shore coast. The Fire Island Inlet to Montauk Point Project, a half-century-old plan that officials have wondered aloud how they would ever get Congress to back financially, had $700 million earmarked through the Sandy aid package. Although getting such complex construction L o n g I s l a n d P r e s s f o r j a n u a ry, 2 0 1 4 / / / 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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College has become a necessary part of preparation for life after high school. A college diploma is an important step in education and one that represents an investment in oneself. Long Island, a hotbed of educational opportunity with high-ranking colleges and universities aplenty, has its ground covered to get you career-ready. And it’s never too early to get prepared. College officials recommend that students start to prepare as early as sophomore year of high school. Sunil Samuel, director of admissions at Hofstra University, suggested last season that sophomores begin looking into the colleges that interest them in their sophomore year and start making lists of potential schools, but start taking definitive action junior year. “College fairs are very good for students once they have their college lists,” he said. “The more they know about the school, the better.” Research, according to Samuel, is key. Showing up at your high school college fair, something nearly every high school has once per year, may not be enough to make an informed decision. Conducting research on a college’s website beforehand gives interested students a better understanding of what the institution offers and allows aspiring college students to ask important questions that will help shape this crucial decision. Officials recommend queries about the school’s academic offerings, campus life, application process, scholarships and internship opportunities. Presentation is also crucial. Judith Berhannan, dean of admissions at Stony Brook University, suggested last season that students “dress for success” and bring printed address labels with them, as some schools like to collect information to compile mailing lists. In this tough job climate, local colleges and universities have been upping the ante to keeping their students competitive, by offering opportunities beyond the traditional curriculum.

“Employers on Long Island are actively hiring graduates of local colleges and universities,” says Alice Baumer, director of Placement and Outreach for the College of Management at LIU Post in Brookville. “One might think they are looking for candidates with degrees that match the job description—and they do. But what they truly hunger for is experience. “LIU Post students have access to a rich experiential education: internships, student-run enterprises, co-ops, study abroad programs, and more,” she continues. “These experiences compliment and enhance classroom learning, giving students a competitive edge: the kind of complete workforce readiness that hiring mangers desire. When prospective students (and parents) are looking at colleges, it’s critical for them to investigate the full range of educational opportunities available at each school.” The next step after researching schools and inquiring about them at college fairs is to visit each institution. A campus visit will give students better perspective on what campus life is like. Colleges hold open houses each spring and fall for this express purpose so that potential students can have a more in-depth experience. Here, the questions should go farther, and can include inquiries pertaining to students’ desired majors and special needs, such as programs for athletics and accommodations for those with learning disabilities. Marguerite Lane, dean of admissions at Molloy College in Rockville Centre, says that students really

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can’t make objective decisions on where they want to attend college without visiting the schools they are most interested in. “It’s difficult for students to make a decision based on a website,” she adds. When they do visit a campus, Lane advises, students should make appointments with the school’s admissions counselor with their prepared questions to show their interest in attending. If all of this sounds like an intimidating process, keep in mind there are school counselors to help so that students don’t have to go at it alone. Counselors will sit with students to review their transcripts and offer guidance. At Commack High School, where college fairs are held twice a year and college representatives visit almost weekly, counselor James Del Giudice begins holding conferences with students in the middle of their junior year. He recommends the websites CollegeBoard and Naviance to narrow down students’ options to a maximum of 20 to 25 schools. He also recommends Common App to alleviate anxiety where college application essays are concerned. Many schools’ essay questions are posted there long before applications are due, giving students ample time to prepare. Through college fairs, open houses, and enough research and preparation, students will have the greatest chance at finding what Molloy’s Lane says is optimal: “the best match.”

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SUPA was started forty years ago as a cure for ‘senioritis’, the mysterious malady that seems to strike high school seniors every year. By offering the same course in high schools that was being offered on campus, SUPA seeks to provide students with an academically challenging course that goes beyond traditional prep courses. “Many seniors worry about the difference in expectations, learning environment and independence they will experience on campus for the first time,” says Seaford High School teacher Theresa Karp, who teaches SU Economics through SUPA. “The pacing of course content, reading level of materials, and rigor of exams and projects makes them much more ready for an college environment than students who are not enrolled in SUPA courses. SUPA is the perfect bridge between high school and college.” Besides preparing students for the rigors of university academics, SUPA provides an opportunity to earn college credits. “Previous students report about a 90% credit transfer success rate,” says

SUPA Director Gerald Edmonds, Ph.D. “Students receive an actual Syracuse University transcript when they complete the course, but they do not have to attend SU to use the credits.” In fact, only about 4% of students who take SU courses through SUPA actually attend Syracuse University. Teachers can benefit from SUPA as well. All high school instructors are trained by Syracuse University faculty in the subject matter and are required to attend professional development seminars every semester to keep their SUPA certification. “SUPA instructors are one of our greatest assets,” notes Dr. Edmonds. “And to keep them performing at a high level, we expect a lot from them.” Teachers recognize the benefits too. “As a SUPA instructor, I believe I am a better teacher and my students enjoy a richer classroom experience as a result,” says Ms. Karp. Jenny Hale agrees. “My SUPA teachers had a lot of passion for their subjects,” she says. “I was better prepared for college because of the requirements and the rigor of the Syracuse courses.” More information on SUPA, including a list of courses offered and participating schools, can be found at supa.syr.edu.

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Washington, D.C. The Musical By Peter Tannen

Take one look at Washington, D.C. these days and you wonder why the producers on Broadway, always looking for a sure thing, haven’t done a musical comedy about our capital. I mean, the show almost writes itself: Two angry political parties, each backed by hundreds of millions of corporate dollars, refuse to compromise and then threaten to shut down the government. High drama ensues, including hostile press briefings, torchlight political rallies, inflammatory TV ads, dueling talking heads, scandals involving hookers, scandals involving church officials, scandals involving Wall Street, scandals involving the media. In the middle of it all, two people from opposite political parties fall in love. (It’s a proven plotline—see Romeo & Juliet, West Side Story, etc.) Party bigwigs try to break up the romance, fearing the media will find the lovers in a, excuse the expression, “compromising” position. In Act I, exciting musical numbers carry the plot along: “Money, Money, Money” (The K Street Lobbyists Choir) “I Love You in Spite of Your Position on China” (Lover’s Duet) “How Much Does it Cost to Join the Ways & Means Committee?” (Solo: Freshman Congressman) “But He’s Black!” (The Anonymous Barber Shop Quartet) “C’mon, Baby, Let’s Frack!” (The Oklahoma Oil & Gas Blues Band) “A World Without The IRS” (Dream Sequence) “F-i-l-i-b-u-s-t-e-r” (Entire Cast) At this point, both sides threaten to close down the show if it doesn’t end the way they want. Time runs out on Act I without agreement on the rest of the plot. A long intermission begins. Act II: The Music Continues: “How Much Justice Can You Afford?” (Rhythm number, featuring The Supremes) “Who Needs a Bigger Budget Than Our Forefathers in 1776?” (The Tea Party Singers)

“Two Directions At Once” (John Boehner, leader of several Republican Parties) “Why Don’t They Love Me?” (Solo by Nancy Pelosi w/Harry Reid, guitar) “Thank God We’ve Found a New Enemy!” (The Pentagon “A Cappella” Quartet) And, of course, there’ll also be some show-stopping dance numbers: “Move It, Move It, Move It... Offshore!” (The Cayman Islands Contemporary Dance Co.) “Waltz of the 1 Percent” (The Wall Street Dance Ensemble) “Occupy...Broadway” (A sit-down dance group, with little interest in choreography) And finally, the show’s blockbuster song-and-dance number: “We’re All in This Together...Except Me” (Donald Trump and the Fox News Dancers) To be realistic, I doubt any producer will ever pick up this idea. Because it’s not just a comedy, it’s a tragi-comedy, which might not play too well on Broadway. And there might also be lots of protesters, who could scare away affluent ticket buyers. The solution is to have two road companies tour the country—with slightly different scripts and endings. Let’s call them a Red Company and a Blue Company (like the Barnum & Bailey Circus does). The Red Company, as you might guess, will perform basically in the Old Confederacy. The Blue Company will tour both coasts, and a couple of large cities in the middle. You could even look at this as a “negotiated compromise”—rarity in D.C., but designed to make everyone moderately happy. And, oh yes—the lovers. Well, in the Red Company, they break up, since one of them is obstinate and clearly wrong. In the Blue Company, they get married. But only in a state that allows gay marriage. Any investors out there? JustSayin@LongIslandPress.com

PeteR 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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Call him the Colonel: Teddy Roosevelt stands triumphant on San Juan Hill in 1898 with the 1st Volunteer Cavalry, more commonly known as the Rough Riders. (Archival photo courtesy Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library)

L.I.’s Teddy Roosevelt King of the hill By Spencer Rumsey

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n the fading twilight at Sagamore Hill, a century suddenly seemed to slip away as a stout gray figure in a tweed overcoat wearing pince-nez glasses and a curving mustache emerged from the stately residence and stood on the walkway for a moment. Then the front door opened again, and a Park Ranger came out and shook hands with the man who uncannily resembled Theodore Roosevelt. It wasn’t him, of course; he was an actor. Roosevelt died on Jan. 6, 1919, and more importantly the setting for this recent event, “Christmas with the Roosevelts,” didn’t exist when he was alive. Old Orchard, the Georgian-style mansion that’s now a museum, was built in 1938 by Ted Roosevelt Jr. and his wife Eleanor Alexander in an apple orchard hundreds of yards away from the main house for which the National Historic Site in Oyster Bay is named. James Foote, a former Long Island machinist who

has been embodying T.R. since 1979, appreciated the momentary confusion he’d recently caused this observer. “I still got it!” laughs the 65-year-old. But call him “a re-enactor,” Foote insists, because “an impersonator sounds like someone who forges checks!” Foote had kept his mustache when he got out of the Navy, but only after he started wearing glasses did people remark that he resembled the 26th president. He went to a costume party as Roosevelt and then was invited to be part of a Memorial Day parade in Sea Cliff, where he grew up. Next came requests for repeat performances, which required further research. “I made a conscious decision that I better learn something about this fellow!” says Foote. “Once you start reading up on Roosevelt, you become infatuated with him. As historians say, it’s like being bitten by the Colonel!” Over the years he’s appeared on Stephen Colbert’s

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show and the History Channel. Asked how long he’ll continue his portrayal, Foote slipped into character and, in Roosevelt’s characteristic high-pitched voice, said, “I wish not to cling to the fringes of departing glory!” “There are a lot of people out there who think they have met T.R. personally,” says Amy Verone with a smile. For 23 years she’s been the curator at Sagamore Hill. She knows that apart from mistaking James Foote for the man himself, this is the closest many will ever come to experiencing the life Roosevelt led. From 1902 to 1908, Sagamore Hill served as his summer White House. It was in T.R.’s library on the first floor where he brought the envoys of warring Russia and Japan face to face, and from that encounter came a conference in New Hampshire that produced a treaty in 1905, earning Roosevelt the Nobel Peace Prize a year later. “We probably have 90 to 95 percent of the original

furnishings,” says Verone. “When visitors come here, they see the house as Roosevelt had it... That’s a huge point in our favor in terms of our being able to connect the public to the life that the Roosevelts lived here.” T.R.’s connection to the area started when he was 15 and his father brought him and his siblings to Oyster Bay for their summers. “We children, of course, loved the country beyond anything,” T.R. later wrote. “We were always wildly eager to get to the country when spring came, and very sad when in the late fall the family moved back to town.” In Oyster Bay T.R. first met Edith Carow, his “little Edie,” as he called her, who would later become his second wife. But it was with his first fiancée Alice Hathaway Lee that T.R. had purchased the 155-acre property on Cove Neck in 1880 (he’d later sell off 60 acres to relatives). Then he had architectural plans drawn up. Tragically, on the same day in 1884, both T.R.’s mother and his new wife died—and she had just given birth to their daughter Alice. As T.R. wrote in his diary, “The light has gone out of my life.” For the next two years, T.R. was about as far away from Oyster Bay as he could get, becoming a cattle rancher in the Dakota Territory. Disaster struck in the winter of 1886-1887, almost wiping out his entire herd. But he came back east with an appreciation of wilderness

Above, Sagamore Hill after the North Room was added in 1905 (photo courtesy the National Park Service), and below, as its rehabilitation was progressing in December 2013. (Spencer Rumsey/Long Island Press)

conservation and an enthusiasm for the cowboy life. With the former he was inspired to lay the groundwork for the National Park Service; with the latter he formed a cavalry unit known as the Rough Riders, which achieved national recognition during the Spanish-American War when he helped lead them to victory up San Juan Hill in Cuba.

Unprecedented President

He’d come a long way from being the youngest member ever elected to the Assembly when he was 23—and only 5-foot-8 and 135 pounds—according to biographer Paul Grondahl in I Rose Like a Rocket: The Political Education of Theodore Roosevelt. In fact, Grondahl writes, T.R. was then so scrawny that a Tammany Hall enforcer named “Big John” McManus, a former heavyweight boxer, planned to haze the young Republican in public. But T.R. heard about it and angrily confronted him in the corridor outside the Assembly chamber, shouting, “McManus, I hear you are going to toss me in a blanket. By God! If you try anything like that, I’ll kick you, I’ll bite you, I’ll kick you in the balls.” Continued on page 38

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Needless to say, the big bully was cowed by the young bull. And the political world began to take notice of the man who would become NYPD commissioner, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and governor of New York, and one day lead a nation to greatness and set the standard for progressive Republican politics that has rarely been equaled. “The vast individual and corporate fortunes, the vast combinations of capital which have marked the development of our industrial system, create new conditions and necessitate a change from the old attitude of the State and the nation toward property,” the then-Vice President Roosevelt said at the Minnesota State Fair in the summer of 1901. “More and more it is evident that the State, and if necessary the nation, has got to possess the right of supervision and control as regards the great corporations which are its creatures.” Later that year, while hiking Mount Marcy, the highest peak in the Adirondacks, T.R. learned that President William McKinley had been assassinated in Buffalo. A little more than a decade afterward, while campaigning in Milwaukee against his former vice president William Howard Taft, who had the Republican line, and Woodrow Wilson, the Democratic candidate, T.R. himself was shot in the chest, yet the bullet had been slowed by a folded speech and a metal eyeglasses case in his inside pocket. “Friends, I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible,” continued Roosevelt. “I don’t know whether you fully understand that I’ve just been shot. But it takes more than that to kill a bull moose!” He spoke for an hour and a half. The bullet was never removed. “If he were in the Republican Party today, he’d have to be in the liberal

“If he were in the Republican Party today, he’d have to be in the liberal wing.” —Brother Lawrence Syriac, current chairman of the Friends of Sagamore Hill and a social studies teacher at Chaminade High School

wing,” says Brother Lawrence Syriac, a revered social studies teacher at Chaminade High School and current chairman of the Friends of Sagamore Hill, a nonprofit group of volunteers dedicated to preserving T.R.’s legacy, which sponsored the recent holiday event after federal budget cuts curtailed the Park Service’s involvement. Because of the 2013 sequester, Sagamore Hill held no Memorial Day or July 4th commemorative ceremonies. For more than half a century, Syriac has been teaching American history, and he ranks T.R. right under George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. “He seemed to know what was going on in the world,” Syriac says. “He was also the president of many firsts.” Among T.R.’s achievements, he was the first president to fly in an airplane, to go on a submarine, and to leave the U.S. while still in office and visit the Panama Canal. And he was the first president to entertain a black man in the White House. As Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Edmund Morris described it, Roosevelt had had “a momentary qualm” but his “hesitancy made him ashamed of himself, and all the more determined to break more than a century of precedent.” And it seemed to Roosevelt “so natural and so proper,” as T.R. himself later put it, to have Booker T. Washington at his dining table on Oct.16, 1901. But the social occasion raised a national uproar, especially down South—it didn’t matter to southerners that T.R.’s mother was from Georgia and that his uncles on her side of the family had fought for the Confederacy. He was condemned in the press, but he didn’t care. T.R. was morally convinced that “my action was absolutely proper.” A spitting image of Indeed, he’d already hosted the old Rough Rider himself standing tall African Americans at his goverat Sagamore Hill is nor’s mansion in Albany and his personified by Sea home at Sagamore Hill. Cliff’s own James Foote, who has An ardent adventurer, T.R. been embodying continued to pioneer after he was the nation’s 26th president near and president. An uncharted river far to wide acclaim. that he mapped in the Amazon (Photo courtesy rain forest still bears his name: Joni Burke-Foote) Rio Teodoro. His wife Edith had

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stern words for Kermit, who was to accompany his dad in 1914. “Apparently, one of the last things his mother said to him was: ‘Bring your father back!’” says Verone. And the son nearly failed when T.R. was wracked with a leg infection and severe fever.

Homeward bound

Roosevelt had intended to call his Oyster Bay estate “Leeholm” to honor his first wife, but once he was going to remarry, he picked Sagamore Hill after Sagamore Mohannis, a local 17th Century Native American chief who “had signed away his rights to the land,” as T.R. wrote. Starting in the spring of 1887, he and Edith made it their home— except when duty or curiosity called him away. Three of their six children, Theodore Jr., Kermit and Ethel, were born there. “He was here to spend time with family and friends,” says Verone. “He spent his days hitting tennis balls with the kids, going rowing on the bay with Mrs. Roosevelt, hiking in the woods...” In a letter to his daughter, Ethel, in 1906, Roosevelt wrote that “...fond as I am of the White House, and though I much appreciated my years in it, there isn’t any place in the world like home— like Sagamore Hill...where things are our own...” Since 2012, the 23-room Queen Anne-styled mansion at Sagamore Hill has been closed to the public while undergoing a $7.2 million rehabilitation slated for completion in 2015. According to Park officials, the work is on schedule.

Teddy Roosevelt and his wife Edith strike a characteristic pose as T.R., a prolific reader, keeps his place marked in the book he’s holding. (Photo courtesy National Park Service)

“I wonder if you will ever know how I love Sagamore Hill,” he told his wife as he lay ill on Jan. 5, 1919. He’d been suffering from severe bouts of rheumatism and malaria. About 4 a.m. she had gotten up to check on him. Newspapers soon reported what she found: “Colonel Theodore Roosevelt died in his sleep.” T.R. was only 60 years old. Edith outlived him another 29 years. They share a grave in Youngs Memorial Cemetery, at the top of a little hill overlooking Oyster Bay. Their burial place is reached by 26 stone steps, in honor of his being the 26th president. Only a mile separates T.R.’s favorite spot on the planet when he was alive from where his remains were finally laid to rest. Years ago, his father had worried whether T.R. would ever overcome his debilitating asthma, warning his then-11-year-old son that “you have the mind, but you have not the body. You must make your body.” Certainly, all that T.R. subsequently accomplished in his life showed that he took his father’s words to heart. “Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die,” T.R. wrote, “and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. Both life and death are part of the same great adventure.” It’s fitting that on Long Island, he did both. L o n g I s l a n d P r e s s f o r j a n u a ry, 2 0 1 4 / / / w w w. l o n g i s l a n d p r e s s . c o m

/// The Personal Trainer /// The Substance Abuse Counselor

Dr. Marisa Silver can set her stopwatch by the predictable time when clients looking to eat right, workout more and lose weight seek her out after New Year’s. Except instead of lapsing like most January gym recruits, those who see trainers such as Silver with a one-onone approach tend to have a higher retention rate—even if it takes some tough love. “They think that they are going to lose weight within one week, that I have a secret pill or that I have a magic ball,” says Silver, owner of Hicksville-based In the Zone Fitness, Silverstone Chiropractic & Health and author of several fitness books. “I hate to tell everyone [but] it takes determination and hard work.” She puts it in stark terms: “If you wanna lose weight, it’s a mass equation; you need to burn more than you take in.” Sometimes, even her regulars—obese adolescents, elite athletes and the elderly alike—need to be talked off the ledge and reminded why they should take her advice. “What you do today is how you’re gonna feel in 30 years,” she says. “I always say: ‘Mobility is life, you are what you eat, and live life to the fullest.’”

FOUR Corners

Quitting drinking, smoking and drugging are high atop a sobering amount of New Year’s resolution lists. Many people with chemical dependencies self medicate the holidays away, making their arrival at help’s door all the more critical. “People often don’t speak up until things get monumentally hard,” says Steven Chassman, clinical director at Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, which sees about 100,000 clients annually after demand nearly doubled in recent years. The disease claimed nearly 400 lives on LI last year, averaging about seven per week. Overcoming the stigma to admit needing help may be the hardest part, but enduring the moralizing of those ignorant to the psychology of substance abuse isn’t any easier to swallow. “Shake the family tree and down come the bottles,” he says, recalling an industry saying that falls on the former side of the nature vs. nurture debate. “I pass on suggestions, take ‘em or leave ‘em,” he says with the pragmatism required to work with clients that sometimes ignore his advice, overdose and die. “We’re the first step in a long journey.”

One Common Thread

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/// The Travel Agent Despite the increased popularity of do-it-yourself flight and hotel booking websites, those who’ve resolved to see more of the world in the New Year often land in travel agents’ offices to plan their bucket-list trips to far-flung lands. “We have a phrase in the travel industry: without a travel agent you’re on your own,” says James Marino, owner of Oyster Bay Travel and immediate past president of the Long Island Travel Agents Association. He recalls helping clients rebook return flights when the weather goes south and avoid airport headaches when they’ve been stuck in European nations that suddenly go on strike—by say, pulling off a bonus tour and “making Limoncello out of lemons” when a surprise nine-hour layover pops up. Aside from the honeymooners and families going away for winter break, what really puts the wind in his sails is using his globetrotting experience to make an extra-special vacation become reality, such as the grandmother who took her Shakespeare-fan granddaughter to visit Juliet’s House in Verona, Spain. Touting his love of planning multigenerational family trips, he says: “We made a dream come true for someone who might not ordinarily be able to do this on their own.”

///The Career Coach Between proactive high school students and stay-at-home parents returning to the workforce, middle-aged workers dissatisfied with their careers make up the majority of the hundreds of clients annually who visit MJ Feld’s Huntington office, Careers by Choice. Especially in January. “People know to get a dental checkup, but this isn’t always on their radar,” she says. Which is why she sees so many folks who wind up in jobs of convenience at their parents’ business, employees who’ve grown too complacent to quit or in jobs they landed after failing to launch a career in their major upon graduating college. For those who are in the right career but just need to air their grievances instead of seething or getting a new job, it can be like marriage counseling. “It’s easier to say, ‘I hate my job rather than I hate my life,’” she says. “It does require some introspection, but a lot of people don’t do that because it’s scary.” She keeps a drawer full of “thank you” notes to remind her of the good days helping people realize their dreams. “Sometimes you have to jump into the water to see if you can swim,” she says.

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Museum director Joysetta Pearse stands before a canvas created by Oluwatoyin Tella, a Nigerian-born painter living in Hempstead. (Spencer Rumsey/ Long Island Press)

NASSAU’S AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM BRINGS HISTORY TO LIFE

By Spencer Rumsey srumsey@longislandpress.com

n a dull gray day when winter chills the air, the horizontal beige building on the busy corner of North Franklin and Jackson streets in Hempstead almost fades into the background given the commercial surroundings. The outdoor sign heralding what’s inside is neither at eye level nor apparently near enough the entrance to stop the random passersby. But those in the know are well aware that this place is a rare community jewel. The African American Museum of Nassau is the only one of its kind in our three-state area. The fact that this 6,000 square-foot space survives despite the county’s fiscal fiasco and official indifference, to put it charitably, is almost miraculous. But it does. Inside its walls are the spirited paintings and sculptures by internationally known artists as well as Yoruba tribal masks, other African artifacts, American slavery shackles, fascinating historical exhibits and even the grand piano belonging to ragtime composer Eubie Blake, who was immortalized by the Broadway musical “Eubie!” Under its roof are stages for performances, areas for community meetings and catered weddings, a room for researching

genealogy and a small recording studio for a scratch DJ. And keeping it going since 2012 when County Executive Ed Mangano laid off the museum’s full-time staff in his bid to balance Nassau’s budget under pressure from the Nassau County Interim Finance Authority is a remarkable confluence of people: a combination of semi-retired professionals, dedicated volunteers and steadfast county seasonal workers. The credit would have to go to its unlikely 75-year-old executive director, Joysetta Pearse, a certified genealogist whose boundless energy and insatiable curiosity is coupled with the support of her husband Julius, a retired Freeport policeman, now 80, who is the president of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration Committee, Inc., as well as The African-Atlantic Genealogical Society, Inc. (She’s also its executive director.) If it weren’t for the Pearses’ genealogical pursuits, it’s hard to say who would have kept the museum’s doors open after the county slashed its support, because their group was the only one left in the building with the required 501(c)3 nonprofit tax status to accept deductible donations and contributions. The county has owned the building since

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“Mother Africa”, left, a sculpture by the late Roosevelt artist James Counts, is just one of many pieces of art and artifacts at the African American Museum, which combines culture and history to tell the story of a people once displaced and now displayed.

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1985. The site’s previous claim to fame is that the Isley Brothers once recorded there, and their sound engineer’s control room is now where Fatimah White, the museum’s multi-talented art education director, runs art classes. The museum’s genesis took root in 1968 when Leroy Ramsey, a professor at Nassau Community College, took pieces from his collection and exhibited them in a hallway at the college for Black History Month. Students didn’t want him to take it down when the month was over so the pieces remained on display for two more years. But the college eventually wanted the space back, so he took the work to a storefront on Main Street in Hempstead. Then, in 1985, Russell N. Service, the first African-American deputy Nassau County executive, convinced Ramsey to come to the present space with his artifacts. “He had fabulous slave shackles, even for babies,” says Joysetta Pearce, who spoke to Ramsey a few months before he died in the spring of 2013. Over the years he’d lost contact with the museum but when she reached out to him, he was eager to pitch in once more. “Leroy brought all of his stuff over here,” she says with admiration. In his honor the museum hosts the Leroy L. Ramsey lecture series twice a year so his legacy lives on. Cataloguing all that the museum has accumulated since Ramsey first began exhibiting his collection has been a challenge. Some of the objects on display these days were found in the basement, which “looked like an auto repair shop,” Pearse says. Many donations did not have a verifiable provenance. For example, on one wall of a room inside the museum stands a series of intricately carved wood panels stretching from the floor to the ceiling that depict the effect of the slave trade on an archetypal African village. It’s a stunning piece of work showing scenes of happiness, captivity and salvation. But the trouble is that the artifacts were donated by a Nassau County widow who

Fatimah White, the museum’s multi-talented art educator, shows off the mural created at one of her workshops by students of the H.Y.P.E. Academy in Hempstead. (Spencer Rumsey/Long Island Press)

did not know where her husband had acquired it decades before in Africa. The couple had never displayed the panels at home because they were too tall. Pearse, who has no formal art training, had become a certified genealogist after retiring from NYNEX. Asked if she ever thought she’d hold the position she does now, she laughs and says, “Never!” But it’s not that much of a stretch, considering her lifelong love of history and that when she was younger, she was “very much interested in art.” In fact, she says, “I was a museum nut!” Before she and her husband moved to Freeport, they lived in Brooklyn and their two kids were at the Brooklyn Museum “every Saturday.” She can only wish that the Hempstead facility had the same kind of financial and governmental support. But it has garnered some much-deserved recognition over the years. In 2005 it was honored by American Legacy magazine with its Museum Preservation Award as one of only 10 museums the publication recognized for their work done to preserve African-American history and culture. That was a tribute to the leadership of then-director and curator David Byer-Tyre, who oversaw extensive remodeling of its galleries and installed mosaic murals in the lobby. He also facilitated the acquisition of photographs and historical accounts of the oldest African Methodist Episcopal Churches on Long Island, a collection of AfricanAmerican imagery from 1806 to 1930, and the collected work of Pulitzer Prize winner and noted civil rights photographer Moneta Sleet, Jr. These days, the curator and art director is Minna Dunn, 66, an unpaid volunteer who has brought in internationally known artists like Frank Frazier

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and Ernani Silva, to name just two. Silva’s expressionistic canvasses, which spring to life with primary colors and organic objects like pasta, vines, coffee grounds and even bark, occupy the main gallery space. Born in extreme poverty in Rio de Janeiro with a mother from the Amazon, a grandmother from Nigeria and a grandfather from Germany, Silva came to America in 1969 to flee Brazilian repression—he’d been beaten by the police and his friends had been killed after protesting the regime—when an American professor at Columbia University helped him emigrate. He has studios in Brooklyn, Florida and Massapequa, where his house is brimming with paintings. His work, which sells from $10,000 to $40,000, has been collected by the likes of President Jimmy Carter, Sen. Ted Kennedy and Princess Anne. His imagery can range from the joyous, like a carnival on canvas, to the mystical, like masks used in an ancient ritual, or to the painful, like the outrage over political injustice. His art is on temporary loan at the gallery in Hempstead. “Art can change people’s lives!” Silva tells the Press at his Long Island studio. His own life is a testament to that. “I like art that tells a story, not just art that is pretty,” says Dunn, who has put together shows at the Black Congressional Caucus in Washington, the Jacob Javits Center in Manhattan, as well as traveling exhibitions that have appeared in Canada as well as throughout the United States. Dunn, who lives in Massapequa, has been connected to the African American Museum in Nassau since the early 1990s when she helped bring in the brilliant geometric work of South African artist Esther Mahlangu. Since she became the official curator in Hempstead she’s done seven shows. “You can’t have people without history,” says Dunn. “One way of showing

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Ernani Silva, an internationally reknown Brazilian-born artist whose work is prominently on exhibit at the African American Museum, expresses his passion for painting in his Massapequa studio. (Spencer Rumsey/Long Island Press)

that history is through visualization and art. People are expressing that with a paintbrush and a canvas; they are expressing it through voice, through singing, through stage, through drama.” The next history exhibit, timed for Black History Month, will focus on Pyrrhus Concer, also spelled Consur, a black whaler from Southampton in the 19th century who accompanied his captain Mercado Cooper around the globe, and together they sailed into Tokyo seven years before Commodore Perry did. Born a slave in 1814, Pyrrhus had been owned by Nathan Cooper, Mercado’s father, but he proved his prowess as a skilled pilot of a whale boat. The museum is also planning an exhibit on the massacre of a prosperous black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, known as “Black Wall Street,” that was burned to the ground by the KKK in 1921. “It’s hidden history,” says Pearse. “It’s controversial.” Pearse used to just take on a person’s individual past but now through the work of the museum she and her dedicated staff help connect a people to their common experience. “There’s a lot of history that we need to know in order to understand who we are and what we should be about,” she says. “You can’t study history if you don’t study art. And you shouldn’t study art if you haven’t studied history! They both enhance each other.” The trick is how to let more of the public know the museum is there. The African American Museum of Nassau, 110 North Franklin St., Hempstead, is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., with an open art studio workshop on the weekend for ages 1 to 16. Call 516-572-0730 or email tags.aam@ gmail.com. Admission is $3 per adult.

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Chris Margulies, owner of Massapequa’s Organic Corner, making an organic pressed juice called “Essential Red.”

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NOT JUST FOR NEW YEAR’S ANYMORE By Rashed Mian rmian@longislandpress.com

The owner of Maggie’s Raw Love Café, Maggie Fils-Aime, lost a little wind in her sails when her head chef bolted for a new gig four years ago. Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Fils-Aime already considered herself a good cook, but churning out raw diet food for a small eatery still developing its clientele would be a different beast altogether. Transitioning to raw food—or uncooked products, usually vegetables and fruits—is more than a shift in diet, it’s a spiritual awakening for many, a life-altering decision and complete transformation that changes everything about how a person analyzes what they allow into their body. Fils-Aime, who’d emigrated to the United States more than three decades ago, received the crucial boost of confidence she so needed to salvage her business when a friend encouraged her to cook the meals herself. That friend, who has since passed, purchased Fils-Aime a dehydrator—a common tool for “raw” cooking—and the cafe owner soon started concocting her own delicious organic food: tuna, lasagna and eggplant gumbo. She now gets help from her daughter Sheiva Gourdain, who also works at the cafe. Both mom and daughter have adopted a mostly vegetarian and vegan diet for themselves as well. “I think ultimately our goal

here was to be able to provide the community a place that they could go to connect, whether it was with their mind or body or spirit, with no judgment,” Gourdain tells the Press. Maggie’s Raw Love Café could easily get overshadowed in Rockville Centre, a village with no shortage of popular eateries and haunts. But after eight years, the café continues to serve a dedicated customer base that is still growing. Customers have travelled from as far away as Connecticut and Boston to experience the wealth of flavors that bursts from the new dishes, which mimic “normal” food (tuna fish is replaced with almonds or cashews and seaweed is added to create a fishy flavor; lasagna noodles are actually sliced zucchini). “There’s nothing healthy in this town,” Fils-Aime remembers thinking before opening the eatery. “There’s bars and a bunch of greasy food.” Healthy eateries are slowly popping up across Long Island and— dare we say—hitting the mainstream. People are constantly looking for healthy choices and it’s not unusual to see people change their eating habits—or at least try to—on Jan. 1, though most are dreadfully unsuccessful. According to a Scranton University poll released in 2012, only 46 percent of people maintained their New Year’s Resolutions through the first six months of the year. It’s not just the raw diet that people

are yearning for. A healthy salad, wrap or sandwich will suffice as long as they can cut fatty and unhealthy foods out of their diet. Eateries specializing in fresh and healthy choices are all around, offering a wide variety of dishes. Take Gourmet Grill 5 in Mineola, for example. Inside this cozy brick eatery adjacent to the Mineola train station anyone can feed their craving for a healthy meal by picking up a chopped salad or a low-calorie wrap. It also just recently started offering gluten-free bread, burger rolls and wraps, which became an instant hit thanks to customers with gluten allergies spreading the word to others who can’t—or just choose not to—have gluten in their diet. Gourmet Grill sells on average 50 to 100 salads each day. Mondays and Tuesdays are especially busy days for chopped salads, which feature any handful of choices from its menu of more than a dozen toppings—from beets, cauliflower and kidney beans to roasted peppers, shredded carrots and sunflower seeds. The early week health-food rush is most likely due to overindulging during the weekend, surmises Gourmet Grill’s owner, Vincent Pepitone. “They have food guilt from whatever they ate all weekend,” he laughs. Pepitone receives near-daily deliveries of fresh produce from local markets and tries his best to make even historically unhealthy food, such as

Maggie’s Raw Love Cafe has transformed into a raw food hub for LI’s organic food lovers. The bottom dish, sweet potato pasta, decorated with fresh tomoatoes, gushes with flavor.

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cheeseburgers, as healthy as possible. The beef is 98-percent Angus, and the burger is char-grilled—so the fat melts off, but the juice never stops swimming inside the meat. Even the chicken is free of antibiotics and hormones, he says. “I think it’s really just caring about the food,” Pepitone says of his success throughout nine years in Mineola. “It’s what I would want to eat.” In Massapequa, 42-year-old Chris Margulies follows a similar philosophy as Maggie’s Raw Love Café. He started Organic Corner nearly three years ago with the goal of selling healthy goods— hot and cold food by order, vegan and vegetarian options, vitamin supplements and produce—and serving up a juice bar because of a feeling that the “South Shore is just neglected when it comes to health,” he says. Margulies, a child athlete who played hockey in college, could be easily mistaken for a nutritionist or a doctor (though he doesn’t profess to be) the way he talks about alkaline diets, acidity, the digestive process and how juicing—drinking vegetablebased liquids (which he offers) to replace regular meals for a certain time period—“recalibrates” the palate and puts the body at full-digestive rest for the first time since childhood. Cut out dairy and red meat entirely, he says, and “you’re 100-percent healthier.” Don’t get him started on sugar. In a short time, Organic Corner, with its Starbucks-esque seating and comfortable work area, has become a popular place where like-minded people gather to share stories about their lifestyle changes, Margulies included. “Health is like oxygen,” he says. “You don’t know how important it is until you lose it.” Operating a health-food market or restaurant is inherently risky because of the cost of producing healthy options. But Margulies says he’s 100-percent committed to the cause and believes more people are re-assessing how they want to live their lives. Yes, he laments, it will cost customers more to eat healthy. But to him, it’s a worthwhile investment. “Have you ever seen a bill when you get sick?” he asks.

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SPENCER’S PICK THE BULLY PULPIT: THEODORE ROOSEVELT, WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF JOURNALISM BY DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN Culled from hundreds of letters between these two men whose intense friendship was sundered by their presidential campaign divide driven by their differing response to the Progressive issues of their time, this powerhouse of prose by Pulitzer Prizewinning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin—whose only flaw, as far as I know, is her unbridled love of the Red Sox—lives up to her hallmark of combining excellent research and compelling storytelling with her latest book that will delight T.R. junkies and fans of the Fourth Estate when those muckrakers were truly at the top of their game. It’s THE book to read in 2014.

Our Recommendations for the Month

TOMOTHY’S PICK GREEN LEMON GINGER SNAP TEA The only thing better than the soothing liquid deliciousness served in every cup at one of the few tea-specific beverage shops found on Long Island is Sip Tea Lounge’s goal of nourishing minds, bodies and souls. When the clock strikes tea time in downtown Huntington, their unique, blended loose teas offer healthy flavor combinations the likes of which cannot be imitated by Big Tea. The sweet aroma of freshly baked organic and vegan treats beckons patrons not already lured in by the book club meetings, reunions or open-mic nights every first Friday of the month. The lounge, which was founded last January, is the culmination of owner Nicole Basso’s online shop, The Tea Plant, started five years ago. Sandwiched between a meditation center and a music shop, the good vibrations ooze through the walls in this relaxing, hidden gem.

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JAIME’S PICK TRADER JOE’S SPECULOOS COOKIE BUTTER You’ll remember where you were the first time you tasted “life-changing” (as one Press editor described it) Trader Joe’s Speculoos Cookie Butter. More than a spread, it’s both an experience and a revelation. In either the smooth or crunchy variety, this sweet, gingerbread/cinnamon/buttery taste is mindblowing. Put it on apples, pretzels, or crackers. Mix it with milk and ice cream for a milkshake that defies all other milkshakes. Or just use a spoon. You can find it on the shelf next to the peanut butter, but after you taste this, you will sneer at all things peanut butter. It belongs on its own shelf. With musical accompaniment. And confetti. It’s that good.

CHRIS’ PICK ROY ORBISON: THE LAST CONCERT 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION (LEGACY RECORDINGS) On Dec. 4, 1988, the towering, enigmatic and angel-voiced “Big O” stepped onto the rotating stage of the Front Row Theatre in Highland Heights, Ohio, and delivered an impassioned, unforgettable performance, melodiously and mournfully serenading the packed audience with 14 of his most memorable songs, from “Only The Lonely” and “Candy Man” to “Crying” and, of course, “Oh, Pretty Woman.” Dressed completely in black and sporting his signature black sunglasses, the night belonged to Orbison. Now, it belongs to all of us—for two days after this gig, The Big Man was gone. The soul of this gig is wholly captured here; besides the full set this package includes a bonus DVD containing “The Last Interview,” taken just hours afterwards, along with a moving photo montage and seven videos of various other show-stopping live performances, from ’81 and ’86. This is a must-have for any die-hard fan or music lover, and worthy tribute to a rock and roll legend.

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Long Island Press Event Listings for January 2014

JANE PAULEY

Fifty years after JFK’s assassination, his message of citizenship still resonates. Reich, a New York attorney, believes a rededication to civic duty will shine a path for a brighter future and will be signing copies of his book, The Power of Citizenship, which makes this case. Book Revue, 313 New York Ave., Huntington. www. bookrevue.com 7 p.m. January 9

The New York Times bestselling veteran broadcast journalist will be signing copies of her latest book, Your Life Calling: Re-Imagining the Rest of Your Life, filled with hopeful and inspiring tales of mid-life “reinventions” based on her award-winning “Your Life Calling” segment on The Today Show. Book Revue, 313 New York Ave., Huntington. www. bookrevue.com 7 p.m. January 7

AGAINST ME!

Touring in support of their latest, the Butch Vig-produced White Crosses. With fellow punks The Sidekicks & The Shondes. Rough Trade NYC, 64 N. 9th St., Brooklyn. $20 ADV/$22 DOS. 8 p.m. doors/9 p.m. show. January 9

DAVE MASON’S TRAFFIC JAM The Brit-rock legend steams into Huntington for a night of Traffic hits, including deep album cuts from 1967’s Mr. Fantasy and ’68’s Traffic albums, plus classic Mason tunes and new material. Can you say “Wow!?” Just did. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. paramountny.com $20-$49.50. 8 p.m. January 10

JAY Z

Hova will be weaving his multilayered web of spitfire rhymes and grooves in support of his Magna Carter World Tour and will no doubt be in top form. (The mega superstar invades Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Jan. 19, too; nassaucoliseum.com $27.50-$191.60. 8 p.m.) Barclays Center, 620 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn. barclayscenter,com $40.75-$200.45. 8 p.m. January 12 & 13

HYE-JIN KIM & JOAO LUIZ

Live and in the Sky Room, this is a must-not-miss sonic multicultural collision that will inspire and move. Virtuosos Kim and Luiz—on violin and guitar, respectively— combine forces for an intimate program rooted in classical music and inspired by dance, mixing creations by Niccolo Paganini, Astor Piazzolla and Paquito D’Rivera with original arrangements of traditional folk songs from their native lands, Korea and Brazil. Bring a loved one or go it alone—you will want to catch this! Cinema Arts Centre, cinemaartscentre.org $20 members/$25 public. 7:30 p.m. January 10

BIRDS OF PREY UP CLOSE & PERSONAL Meet these winged raptors face-to-face on an intimate educational walk and learn about the evolutionary adaptations that have transformed their species into expert hunters. After visiting the resident owls, eagles and falcons, say hello to Mr. Bobcat and all the other furry and feathered friends residing within the Nature Center and Distressed Wildlife Complex. Wow! Bring your cameras! Quogue Wildlife Refuge, 3 Old Country Rd., Quogue. quoguewildliferefuge.org $5. 1 p.m. January 11

BOB NELSON

Presented by The Paramount Comedy Series, the rubber-faced funnyman from Massapequa will unquestionably leave all those in attendance in absolute stitches, yet the question remains: Who will assist Nelson at this special evening of bring-down-the-house hilarity!? Jiffy Jeff? Eppy Epperman? Perhaps Wilby Stuckerson and Mr. Pingyeh? If Jacques-Yves Cousteau shows up, or Nelson unleashes his infamous “Football Act” (YouTube it!), then the laughs will linger long after this gig, for sure. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. paramountny.com $20 & $30. 8 p.m. January 11

DANCE PARTY 2.0 Leave those inhibitions at home and simply surrender to the thumpin’ and bumpin’ and grindin’ second season of celebrity DJs spinnin’ the most infectious house, hip hop and rock this side of Sunrise Highway into the wee hours of the morn’. The Emporium, 9 Railroad Ave., Patchogue. theemporiumny.com $15; $10 for the ladies. 9:30 p.m. January 11

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NICOLE “SNOOKI” POLIZZI

SEVEN YEARS BAD LUCK

The foul-mouthed former MTV Jersey Shore train wreck got pregnant and allegedly stopped partying. She’ll be signing copies of her new memoir about the life-transforming experience of becoming a mother and caring for her son Lorenzo, titled Baby Bumps. Does the book tackle what she’s going to do when the ‘lil tike gets older and sees footage of his mommy acting like a slovenly louse (to put it politely) in her old digs? Probably not. It does, apparently, include passages about drunken nights out at the clubs (where she met her son’s father) and the time she discovered her breast milk was alcoholic. Book Revue, 313 New York Ave., Huntington. www.bookrevue.com 7 p.m. January 15

MoMA’s Ben Model will accompany the 1921 silent comedy live on CAC’s Miditzer organ. Cinema Arts Centre, cinemaartscentre.org $7 children under 12/$9 members/$14 public. 7:30 p.m. January 14

JOE ELY & ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO

Two renowned singer/songwriter guitarists, performing together. YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 W. Main St., Bay Shore. boultoncenter.org $60, $65. 8 p.m. January 16

JOHN PINETTE The actor/funnyman’s impressions are absolutely spot-on hilarious. Will he perform his famous Gollum impression now that The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug has taken over the theaters!? We sure hope so. If not, his infamous Ewok or Marlon Brando will do, too. NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Rd., Westbury. thetheatreatwestbury.com $39.50-$49.50. 8 p.m. January 11 & 12

BERNIE WILLIAMS The New York Yankees’ five-time All Star and four-time World Series champ also plays a mean guitar (he used to keep it alongside his uniform in his locker or even in his equipment bag). His 2003 debut The Journey Within reached No. 3 on Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz Chart and his latest, Moving Forward, which he’s currently touring in support of, reached No. 2. Expect a grand slam. The Space at Westbury, 250 Post Ave., Westbury. www.thespaceatwestbury.com $35-$125. 7 p.m. doors/8 p.m. show. January 17

ARETHA FRANKLIN

Radio City Music Hall, 1260 6th Ave., Manhattan.$55$172.30. 8 p.m. January 17 & 18

THE TEMPTATIONS & THE FOUR TOPS

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The Southern rock journeymen tear through tracks spanning their nearly 40-year career, undoubtedly including breakthrough hit “Hold On Loosely” and chart-toppers “Caught Up in You” and “If I’d Been the One.” Expect one hell of a show. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. paramountny.com $39.50, $65 & $75. 8 p.m. January 17

Choreography, harmony and electrifying style collide as these two legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Motown powerhouses unleash their time-tested vocal soundscapes of doo-wop, R&B, soul and jazz, dazzlin’ and wowin’ as they do. NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Rd., Westbury. thetheatreatwestbury.com $49.50-$69.50. 8 p.m. January 18

BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY The groove-heavy jazzmen swing into Huntington for a skankin’ good time. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. paramountny.com $25-$60. 8 p.m. January 18

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POLAR PLUNGE

Strip down for the Fifth Annual St. James Polar Bear Club Plunge and take a dive to help raise money for children in need. Be a hero! Long Beach State Park Beach, Nissequogue. 631949-8184. Stjamespolarbearclub.org Minimum donation $100, to support Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. 10 a.m. January 19

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The multi-Grammy Award-winning saxophonist has been painting moving soundscapes and melding the realms of pop, R&B and straight-up jazz for more than three decades. What translucent visions will he conjure at this intimate performance? Only one way to find out. Not to be missed. YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 W. Main St., Bay Shore. boultoncenter.org $60, $65. 8 p.m. January 23

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The one-woman rock and rollperformance art-cabaret-standup comedy show diva dishes smorgasbords of laughs in support of her Sandyland Comedy Tour. Another helping, please! The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. paramountny.com $25-$250. 8 p.m. January 25

What secrets could have this family so up in arms that they’d go to such extreme lengths to protect it!? Only one way to find out! Engeman Theater, 250 Main St., Northport. Engemantheater.com $55. Thurs. & Fri. 8 p.m.; Sat. 3 p.m. & 8 p.m.; Sun. 2 p.m. January 23 through March 9

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The alt-rock pioneers recently replaced founding bassist Kim Grammy Award-winning folk-rock singer Deal’s replacement, Kim Shattuck best known for “Walking In Memphis.” Expect of The Muffs, with Paz Lenchanremakes off his latest, Listening Booth, 1970— tin of A Perfect Circle/Zwan, which includes hits from Simon and Garfunkel and will be tearing through and the Beatles—along with many of his songs from their three-decadesoriginals. With Rebecca Pidgeon. The Space long career, along with those at Westbury, 250 Post Ave., Westbury. www. from their latest collection, thespaceatwestbury.com $35-$64.15. 7 p.m. EP-1, which includes “Bag Boy” doors/8 p.m. show. January 24 and “Indie Cindy.” The Capitol Theatre, 149 Westchester Ave., Port Chester. $59.50. 7 p.m. With The Werks. The Space doors/8 p.m. show. at Westbury, 250 Post Ave., January 19

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Join Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald Duck and way too many other lovable characters to list here (65 from 18 different stories) in this not-to-be-missed skating spectacular as they celebrate “100 Years Of Magic!” Barclays Center, 620 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn. $24.20$117.35. Various times; check website for full schedule. January 22, 23, 25 & 26

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Rescheduled from Dec. 26, the former Fugees member and multi-Grammy Award-winning singer brings a whole lotta groove, soul and heart to Huntington, performing rhymes and melodies from her colorful career and hopefully several from 1998’s mega-hit The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Fresh off a threemonth stint for tax evasion, she’s come to educate, and of course, mesmerize. Not to be missed. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. paramountny.com $75 & $100. 9 p.m. January 26

The indie folk-rock gods continue their much-dreamed-about reunion tour with the original In the Aeroplane Over the Sea lineup. Expect all the classics, including “Holland, 1945,” “The King of Carrot Flowers (Parts 1, 2 & 3),” “Two-Headed Boy” and “Oh Comely,” along with who knows what other magical collages of Anne Frank’s diary and Jeff Mangum’s imagination they happen to birth live. Remember to sing the horn parts. With psychedelic folk-rock mutants Elf Power. (Also playing The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester Jan. 22; $36. 8 p.m.) Webster Hall, 125 East 11th St., Manhattan. www.websterhall. com $38.50. 8 p.m. doors/9 p.m. show. January 27 & 28

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The former Drive-By Trucker, sober, determined, and armed with another new album of songs, titled Southeastern, shares his emotionally visceral introspective brand of alt-country, and as always, they’re a collection of visions crafted on his own terms. With Nashville singer/ songwriter Holly Williams. The Space at Westbury, 250 Post Ave., Westbury. www.thespaceatwestbury.com $20-$25. 7 p.m. doors/8 p.m. show. January 31

JOHN FOGARTY

Presented by WALK 97.5. With American Authors & Great Big World. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. paramountny.com $39.50-$210. 8 p.m. January 31

The legendary Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman and wildly successful solo artist brings his timeless brand of swamp-rock and good ole-fashioned rock and roll to the ‘Mount, for two nights! Expect all the hits, from ‘68’s “I Put a Spell on You” straight on up through this year’s “Wrote a Song for Everyone,” off the album of the same name. Do not miss these gigs! The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. paramountny. com $75-$149.50. 8 p.m. January 29 & 30

18TH ANNUAL BATTLE OF BANDS CYSTIC FIBROSIS BENEFIT

Although not until February, this annual mega-show is worth a plug now. It’s a full day (and night) of music from typically more than two dozen local bands, with endless food and drinks and prizes, all for a great cause—to end cystic fibrosis. Thousands of dollars are raised each year to help with this mission. Mr. Beery’s, 4019 Hempstead Turnpike, Bethpage. mrbeerys.com Noon till whenever. February 16

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Double Xword Pt.1 “Isle Say!” ACROSS 1 Wilde who’s often quoted 6 Deli meat 13 Versatile furniture item 20 Huge crowd 21 Black piano keys, informally 22 Greed 23 Winter holiday cry on an island? 25 Decuple 26 Made haste 27 Impart gradually 28 Round Table address 29 Hollywood’s West 30 Church recess 32 Event for socializing with a celebrity on an island?

36 Feels in one’s bones 39 Atkins of country 41 George Bush’s rival in 2000 42 Lead-in for skeleton 43 Viola relative 45 Sorrowful 47 Musical practice piece 51 1980s puzzle fad on an island? 54 “9 to 5” singer on an island? 58 Engendered 59 Disaffirms 61 Not made up for, as sins 62 Bind legally 65 Barbecue botherer 66 Russian vodka brand, for short 67 Snaky shape

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DOWN 1 Units of resistance 2 Ivory, e.g. 3 Mötley 4 Puma rival 5 Minicam button abbr. 6 Switzerland’s capital, to the French 7 Kimono securers 8 Perplexed 9 Prompt 10 Limy vodka cocktails 11 Author Zora Hurston 12 Mule’s father 13 Filling fully 14 Carry to extremes 15 Air circulator 16 Dog’s sound 17 Tundra or rain forest 18 Great acclamation 19 “Fiddle- -!” 24 Sounds from steam irons 28 Mineo of “Tonka” 31 Little kiss 33 “I did it!” 34 Amino acid supplement popular with bodybuilders 35 Prefix with fit 36 - -Croatian 37 Affluent outlying area 38 Peace award 39 Solving aid 40 Boot-sole reinforcer 44 Kind of PC screen 46 Gym rat’s “six-pack” 48 - Reader (magazine name) 49 Executes 50 Terminations

52 “Got it, bro” 53 “- She Sweet” 55 Guitar’s kin 56 “- pronounce you ...” 57 Pol Sarah 60 Moral system 63 Test of inner courage 64 Keep an - the ground 66 Former HHS chief Donna 69 Bearing 70 Battles it out

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86 Holy Mlle. 89 - flight (go by plane) 91 Revolving 92 Entrée, e.g. 95 Put on a detour 99 Will concern 100 Person swearing 101 Lowell or Tan 103 - -wire fence 105 Spoken 106 Eats 107 Replenish 108 Still kicking

109 Spasm 110 Lowly types 114 “Smooth Operator” singer 115 Stereotypical lab assistant 117 Prefix for “half” 118 - Canal 119 Antiquing aid 121 Baseball’s Hodges 122 Tatami, e.g. 123 Radio spots 124 Radio personalities

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ACROSS 1 Beseech 4 Weeding implement 7 White rat, e.g. 13 Puccini’s “- Butterfly” 19 Cream-filled pastries 21 Kill, as pain 22 Beloved 23 V 25 Holiday Inn alternative 26 Agee of the Miracle Mets 27 Be shown on TV 28 “A Simple Plan” director Sam 30 Vagrant 31 V 36 As a result

39 Singer Brenda 40 Borgnine of the screen 41 “- hardly believe it!” 42 V 46 Bread baker’s buy 47 Lousy review 48 “That’s more than I needed to know,” briefly 49 “The Stepford Wives” author Levin 50 Tilex target 53 Syllable after “Mao” 54 Quick AOL exchanges 56 Mother Teresa’s city 61 V 67 Thunderpeal

68 Seat of Fayette County, Iowa 69 Truckloads 70 V 75 Almost-new 76 Library array: Abbr. 77 Very long time period 78 Banned thing 79 - -Mart 81 Geraint’s title 82 Big Mac part 85 Rene of “Tin Cup” 89 V 93 iPad extras 94 Big name in pizza crust 97 Stylist’s goop 98 Major fair 99 V 104 Leisure top 105 Made lighter 106 Maj.’s superior 107 Erupted 111 Angle measure in math 113 V 117 Reluctant 118 It’s often left in a will 119 Study of verse writing 120 Buoyed (up) 121 Pianists’ dexterity exercises 122 Misstep 123 Maui neckwear DOWN 1 Finest 2 Cavern effect 3 Latch (onto) 4 “Start playing the tune!”

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58 One of the Jackson 5 59 Bugs, Daffy, or Elmer 60 Sothern of movies 61 Arctic chunk 62 Rolling rock 63 Baseball Hall-of Famer Tony 64 Adding result 65 Provide with the means 66 Baseball Hall-of-Famer Carlton

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86 Lift from seismic action 87 Driver doing 90, say 88 Dir. from Reno to L.A. 89 Most affectionate 90 Disregards 91 Greasy of football 92 Convene again 94 Bopped on the noggin 95 Syllables of meditation 96 Any “Stayin’ Alive” singer

100 Flat contract 101 Intense 102 “That’s What Love -” (1991 Amy Grant hit) 103 Stiff - lip 108 Cry loudly 109 “- homo!” 110 Actor Arnaz 112 Bug greatly 114 Beatle buddy Sutcliffe 115 Just a 116 Unlock, to bards

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Horoscopes Capricorn December 22 to January 19

Aquarius

January 20 to February 18

Pisces

February 19 to March 20

Aries

March 21 to April 19

Taurus April 20 to May 20

Gemini May 21 to June 20

Cancer June 21 to July 22

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January by Psychicdeb

Planetary vibrations place teamwork on shaky ground. Put in extra time on the job to meet important deadlines. Reassess your changing goals to see if they fit your current career. This is a time to rethink professional strategies and outline a course of action. Your new sense of prosperity help you come up with better ideas for ways to make money. Planning ahead is the key to upgrading your life style. Find time to be alone and meditate on the quality of life you want in the future; then put plans into work.

A month-long period of introspection and self-analysis helps you put your goals and objectives into perspective. You’re usually on the run so much that you don’t take time to sit down and reflect on your inner self and your deepest desires. Do so now for super results later.

Love and your home scene figure prominently in your life. Don’t take a chance on neglecting one for the other; instead balance priorities. Your romantic life, always important to you, glows with the headiness of a new or renewed love.

You have many wonderful ideas, work on one of them and see it through. Remembering past successes and failures can guide you toward future gains. Family and home concerns need your attention. Family members may turn to you for guidance. Stress love and confidence to inspire mutual trust. While you get a green light in your professional life, don’t put the brakes on a personal relationship. Your physical drives need to be expressed totally. Often, your intimate advances toward a partner are shown in verbal or mental ways only. Cultivate a friendly manner, wit and charm, and awareness of your mate’s needs. Your increased serenity can serve as a role model and you may be questioned as to how you achieve such tranquility. You may feel balanced enough within yourself to assert your will power and make decisions in areas that you usually prefer to let others handle. Let your inner voice guide your actions. Take a trip down memory lane and see where you are with old attitudes and ideas to get a perspective on your present position. This will give you a spring board for future action. Choose a level-headed friend to test new ideas on.

You may have natural teaching abilities that shine out this month. You could while away many serene hours reading to youngsters or shut-ins or showing them simple crafts or games to keep them stimulated.

Take a breather from your busy schedule to commune with nature. A trip to another locale, even a foreign one, will soothe jangled nerves and bring balance to your emotions. Stay-at-homes should pay attention to health. Dedication and awareness are the keys for success in reaching goals. Don’t get off the track – concentrate on rising to a position of leadership amongst your peers. Planetary energies urge you to bring your special talents to group relationships. Don’t work backstage now; get into the spotlight. Redecorating might be an ingenious way of clearing the cobwebs both physically and mentally. Add plants, flowers and cheery colors to communal living spaces. The arts are at your fingertips as artistic urges surface. Your home is your retreat and you can use your creativity to make a special haven for yourself and your family.

IF YOU KNOW YOUR RISING SIGN, CONSULT THE HOROSCOPE FOR THAT SIGN AS WELL. Psychicdeb has been a professional astrologer for over 25 yrs. Self-taught, she began her studies in astrology when she was 8 yrs. 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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