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Former city manager sues L.B. over pay his resignation had nothing to do with the state’s report, and that he had been in discussion Rob Agostisi, the former Long for months about a job with the Beach acting city manager, has LGBT Network. He currently filed suit against the city, claim- works for the Long Island rights ing that it refuses to pay him organization as an attorney. money he is owed for unused Last July, Long Beach filed vacation and other time, and suit against Agostisi and Schnirthat he does not owe any money man, saying the payout scheme from an alleged payout scandal. cost the city hunAgostisi’s suit, dreds of thousands filed in December of dollars. The city and discussed at a said at the time it recent City Council was seeking $1.5 milmeeting, comes lion from Schnirseven months after man and $889,985 the city filed suit from Agostisi, as RiCk ostRow ag ainst him and well as punitive Jack Schnir man, Attorney, damages from both. who was the city Leeds Brown Firm The Herald manager before uncovered overpaybecoming Nassau ments in 2018 that County comptroller. Schnirman Long Beach employees had did not seek re-election for that received upon their departure post last November. from the city. Schnir man Agostisi was Long Beach’s returned roughly half of his sepcity manager from January 2019 aration payment, more than until he resigned that September. $50,000. Then Nassau County His resignation came less than District Attorney Madeline Sintwo weeks after New York State gas investigated possible wrongComptroller Tom DiNapoli doing in the case. There was not released a draft audit report that enough evidence to charge concluded that Long Beach over- Schnirman criminally, but Sinpaid current and former employ- gas did rebuke his conduct. ees $500,000 in retirement payOn Dec. 30, Agostisi filed suit outs. in U.S. District Court in Central Agostisi said at the time that Continued on page 7

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loNG BEACH REsiDENt Chuck Carr had some help from his friends to get in and out of the frigid Atlantic in style.

Polar bears take the plunge once again after Covid pause By BRENDAN CARpENtER bcarpenter@liherald.com

The air was chilly and the sky partly sunny last Sunday as thousands gathered for the annual Long Beach Polar Bear Splash, defying the elements while testing their fortitude and raising money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The event was virtual last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of ocean bathing, people took “splashes from home,” post-

ing videos of themselves with water falling over their heads. It may have been fun, but nothing can replace the sharp tingle of a cold winter wave against the arms and chest. “All my friends do this,” said Jimmy Karl as he prepared to take the plunge for the first time. “It’s a lot of fun and it’s for a great cause.” Last weekend’s Splash saw some changes as well. It usually takes place on Riverside Boulevard on Super Bowl Sunday, but this year the

crowd gathered on Laurelton Boulevard the week before the big game. The location change was necessitated by construction on Riverside, and the date change was a result of the NFL’s lengthened schedule, according to Matt Goldweber, manager of community fundraising for Make-A-Wish. “The community is unreal,” Goldweber said of Long Beach. “It’s the definition of a Continued on page 3

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The Brave and the hardy from across Long Island took part in this year’s annual Polar Bear Plunge.

Plunge raises money for Make-A-Wish continued from front page power community. Everyone is so willing to be a part of things and are always supporting.” The Polar Bear Splash has become the biggest community fundraiser for MakeA-Wish, averaging about $500,000 in donations each year. Most proceeds come from the purchase of polar bear apparel, most notably sweatshirts. Tracey Anton, the senior manager of brand and communication for Make-A-Wish Metro New York, said the donations allow for the foundation to give their greatest gift — hope. In 1998, two friends wanted to do a New Year’s Day plunge with the Coney Island Polar Bears for one of their birthdays. They couldn’t make it. So, they took the plunge on their own the next month, on Super Bowl Sunday, in their own city, Long Beach. The two friends, Pete Meyers, now 58, and Kevin McCarthy, 64, said they invited their neighbors to join them the next time. To their surprise, 18 people showed up at the beach with them the following year. So, for fun, Meyers began making everyone sweatshirts with polar bears on them. Shortly after, the tradition gained a new meaning. Two of Meyers’s neighbors, Mike and Patty Bradley, lost their son Paulie to leukemia at age 4 in 1997. They loved the polar bear sweatshirts and asked Meyers and McCarthy if they could begin selling them and donate the proceeds to Make-AWish in honor of their son in 2001. “We immediately told them, ‘Yes, of course,’” Meyers said. Soon, friends of friends started coming and the event was all over social media. About 40 people showed up the first year of the fundraiser in 2001 and raised $7,800, enough to “fulfill one wish,” Meyers said. Now, 24 years later, $8 million and over 1,000 fulfilled wishes later, the event

has become a Long Beach — and Long Island — tradition. “The greatest thing Make-A-Wish does is give hope,” Anton said. “Kids in these situations don’t have a lot of say about what goes on in their lives. Hope and wishes are so empowering for them. It reenergizes them.”

a group of friends ran into the ocean together, above. a Towel helped a little, but not much, above right, on a cold Sunday. The Banner aT right features Paulie Bradley, who died of leukemia at age 4 and was the inspiration for the event.

Marijuana opt-out petition gains traction went door-to-door. The volunteers included union members, small business owners, parents Nearly 700 Long Beach resi- and local activists. They all took dents have signed a petition in part in the “two-week sprint of support of a public referendum a campaign,” according to Floto overturn the city council’s menhaft. “We plan to keep the presopt-out of that would have allowed the retail sale of mari- sure up on them,” Flomenhaft said regarding the juana. The list of city council. “They 655 signatures was can always opt-in.” submitted to the Flomenhaft said city clerk last Frithere are numerous day. reasons for Long A total of 1,300 Beach to opt-in to signatures would retail marijuana. have automatically The main benefis triggered a referenare the creation of dum in the next union jobs, sales general election. ANNE revenue and tax revAnne Flomenhaft, FLOmENHAFT enue. She said she one of the organizGroup organizer believes the opt-in ers of the petition could create as drive who also is an organizer for the Democratic many as 7,000 union jobs across Socialists of Long Island, said Long Island if Long Beach and the petition was submitted other municipalities opt in. But because of “all of the positive virtually all have opted out of allowing the retail sale of mariresponses.” A group of over 20 residents juana, “I think the city will and volunteers went about the eventually end up opting-in,” city gathering signatures, even said Flomenhaft.. “Long Beach during the recent snowfall. cannot say no to a three-percent They gathered signatures at tax revenue. It would be benefiStop & Shop, and some bars and cial.”

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VOLUNTEErs wENT ArOUND the city gathering signatures for the petition, such as in some bars.

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Moody’s issues “positive” outlook for L.B., an upgrade may be improving…” “Unaudited figures for fiscal 2021 shows significant improvement in the Moody’s, the credit-rating agency, has city’s reserves and liquidity and this is revised its outlook for Long Beach, to likely to continue through 2022,” “positive,” primarily the result of a deci- Moody’s said. sion in December to settle a decades-long Moody’s has assigned a Baa3 rating to legal dispute with a developer. But the the City of Long Beach, NY’s $9.4 million agency’s rating on the city’s bond Public Improvement Serial Bonds. remained the same – a relatively low City council president Karen McInnis Baa3. said in a statement that, Nevertheless, the move by “This is terrific news for the Moody’s was good news for City’s residents and our colLong Beach, which has spent lective future, and a validathe last few years trying to tion of the new era of leaderdig itself out of a financial ship in Long Beach.” hole it has blamed in the “Resolving Haber man ineptness of previous adminwas an integral step to fixing istrations. Moody’s indicated this City’s long history of it may ultimately upgrade financial dysfunction. We are the rating as well. incredibly pleased that the Moody’s had a negative financial world acknowledgoutlook on the city, but that es that our City is now on the changed after December, Karen mcinnis right track,” McInnis said. when the Long Beach city City Mana g er Donna council decided on a plan to President, Gayden, who was hired two end 30-year-old litigation City Council years ago to help the city involving the developer Sinregain its financial footing, clair Haberman, who filed said the city has been taking suit after he was unable to build on the other measures to “clean up decades of Superblock site. He was awarded a $149 inherited budget mismanagement, and it million judgment. is starting to show in the form of balBut the agreement between Haber- anced budgets and recognition from the man and the city called for a 50% reduc- capital markets.” tion in the judgment to $75 million, But the city remains $500 million in avoids the time and massive cost of fur- debt and it is seeking ways to install ther litigation, and cuts off interest pay- parking meters in Long Beach and to buy ments that were accruing at approxi- a $1.,7 million fire truck. mately $1.1 million for every month the Moody’s said, “the combination of issue went unresolved. improved budget management and federIn an announcement, Moody’s said, al funds is strengthening the city’s “The city’s ability to negotiate a more reserves and liquidity, factors that could favorable outcome with the Haberman lead to an upgrade of the ratings.” lawsuit is an indication that governance

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events and activities

Ongoing Library Board Meeting The Long Beach Public Library Board of Trustees typically meets on the third Monday of every month. Check the website for specific dates and times, www.longbeachlibrary.org.

Long Beach Soup Kitchen The Long Beach Soup Kitchen, 140 West Pine Street, is open 6 days a week 11:15 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. They offer Hot and Cold Meals TO GO. They offer a full pantry with canned goods and fresh produce. Mondays and Thursdays. All are welcome.

Meet The City Manager City Manager Donna M. Gayden will be holding “Meet The City Manager” virtual chat sessions. These meetings are an opportunity for residents to engage in a one-to-one dialogue with the City Manager; ask questions, share concerns, or express ideas on how to enhance the quality of life in our community. The virtual meetings will take place on Tuesdays from 2-4 p.m. Appointments are needed and are given on a first-come, first-served basis. Please call the City Manger’s Office to make an appointment at (516) 431-7202 or email citymanager@longbeachny.gov. Information on how to meet will be provided after the appointment is confirmed.

Friday, Feb. 11

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City to discuss beach fees The City of Long Beach will begin discussing whether or not to raise beach fees for the upcoming summer. Discussions are planned to begin Thursday night.

Saturday, Feb. 12

Monday, Feb. 14

Yoga for Health and Peace

Gentle Yoga

The public library will be having a yoga class to focus on health and peace in the program room and on zoom from 10 to 11 am.

The public library will have a gentle yoga class in the program room and on zoom from 10 to 11 am.

Lincoln’s Birthday Abraham Lincoln’s birthday will be on Saturday, Feb. 12.

Chair Yoga The public library will be having a chair yoga class on zoom and in the auditorium from 9 to 10 am.

Sunday, Feb. 13

Children’s Preschool Readiness

Super Bowl Sunday will be on Feb. 13, one week later than in past years.

The public library will have a children’s preschool readiness storytime workshop to focus on development in the auditorium from 10:30 to 11:15 am.

Super Bowl Sunday

Board of Trustees Meeting The public library board of trustees will have a meeting in the auditorium from 2 to 3 pm.

Writers’ Circle The public library will have a writers’ circle on zoom from 11 am to 1 pm.

Children’s Lego Club The public library will have a lego club in the program room from 6 to 7 pm.

Southern Man The public library will have a “southern man” conversation with Alan Walden on zoom from 2 to 3 pm

Tuesday, Feb. 15 City Council Meeting Their will be a city council meeting that the public can view on YouTube starting at 7 pm.

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Beginner’s Bridge

The public library will have a children’s pajama storytime in the program room from 6:30 to 7 pm.

The public library will be having a beginner’s bridge class on zoom from 10 to 11:30 am.

Low-Impact Cardio The public library will have a cardio class in the auditorium and on zoom from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm.

Wednesday, Feb. 16 Ask the Tech Guy The public library will have a time to “ask the tech guy” any technologyrelated questions, about any part of tech, in the second floor lobby from 2 to 3 pm.

NY Project Hope NY Project Hope will be offering a free, anonymous program in the first floor lobby of the public library from 10 am to noon.

HAvING AN eveNT? Items on the Community Update pages are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to bcarpenter@liherald.com

Keep an eye out for upcoming events. Families with students in the public school district will be receiving take-home Covid tests. The city council will soon start considering a new budget for the next fiscal year. The city will be discussing possible changes to beach fees. The L.B. Arts Council, in collaboration with Arts In The Plaza, is looking for Performance Artists.

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Rob Agostisi, A former Long Beach city manager, filed suit against the city in December, claiming it owes him money.

Suit is latest in ongoing payout scandal in L.B. Agostisi served as the city’s corporation Islip, naming Councilman John Bendo, counsel. From February 2019 to Septemwho was the City Council president until ber 2019, he was both acting city manager January; current Council President and corporation counsel. Agostisi could not be reached for comKaren McInnis, who succeeded Bendo as ment. But his attorney, Rick Ostrow of president; former council members Leeds Brown, said the city’s lawsuit “is Michael DeLury and Scott Mandel; council member Liz Treston; and John McNal- nonsense.” “It’s a political stunt,” Ostrow said. ly, the spokesman for the city. “How much longer are Long “The city will refrain from Beach taxpayers going to commenting at this time,” have to fund this? Taxpayers City Manager Donna Gayden are suffering.” said earlier this week. Agostisi’s 62-page lawsuit Agostisi said in his suit details much political friction that Long Beach “has failed between himself and Bendo and refused” to pay him for dating back to July 7, 2015. 372.62 hours of unused vacaIn 2016, a new Democratic tion time, 17.50 hours of perfaction, the New Wave Demosonal time and 379.51 hours crats, formed. The suit said it of sick time, despite his “full DonnA gAyDen included Bendo and McNally. performance under the con- Manager, Agostisi, the suit said, was tract.” City of Long Beach perceived to be opposed to the In filing suit against him new faction, and it blames last summer, the city claimed much of the friction between that Agostisi had received a $128,000 separation payment. The payment was made Agostisi and Bendo on politics. “[Bendo and McNallly] separately and as part of a confidential agreement with Schnirman that paid him his fully collectively harbored political-based aniaccrued time so that he would not leave mus for Agostisi,” the suit states. Agostisi’s case is based, in part, on a for another job in 2016. The $889,000 Long Beach is seeking 2000 decision by Joel Asarch, who was from Agostisi includes the separation pay then corporation counsel. Asarch said and payments made during his tenure, that city CSEA employees were eligible to from 2006 to 2019. The rest of the money receive separation pay for up to 75 days. the city seeks includes “the return of Agostisi’s suit adds that in 2004, the city wages from his first act of disloyalty until payroll system changed, allowing employhis resignation.” Agostisi was first hired ees to accrue 50 vacation days, and that it by Long Beach in 2006 by the corporation also tracked surplus days of up to 25 days, counsel’s office. thus totaling 75 days. The city’s suit said that Agostisi “Accordingly, pursuant to Asarch’s “failed to counsel the city manager of legal interpretation and the payroll sysimpropriety of drawdown payments” tem, a practice existed prior to Agostisi’s while working in the corporation coun- employment with the city whereby all sel’s office. employees were permitted to accrue up to From September 2014 to February 2019, 75 vacation days,” the suit states.

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Rabbi Eli Goodman of the Chabad of the Beaches addresses his congregation at a prayer ceremony after torahs were stolen from the synagogue.

Man who stole torahs gets six-month jail term dalized at the synagogue over the weekend of Aug. 27. The incident occurred as the congregaA 23-year-old man arrested and tion was preparing to celebrate the first charged with stealing two torahs and Rosh Hashanah in its new home on Walother religious items from the Chabad of nut Street, a spacious, well-lit facility with the Beaches in Long Beach has pled guilty plenty of room for both prayer and chilto grand larceny and is to be sentenced to dren to play. a six-month jail term Tuesday, Feb. 22. At the time of the incident, Rabbi Eli The Nassau County DisGoodman, spiritual of the trict Attorney’s office said Chabad of the Beaches, said Hunter McElrath pled guilty that about 4:40 pm Aug. 28 he and will also receive five saw that the two torahs were months probation and is missing, as were other reliordered to stay away from the gious objects, such as crowns Orthodox synagogue. and a pointer used when the The DA’s office declined religious scrolls are read durfurther comment. Christoing services. He immediately pher Graziano, who is listed called police. as McElrath’s attorney, did Long Beach Police Comnot return a call seeking commissioner Ron Walsh said at ment. the time that police had McElrath was listed by received telephone calls police as homeless. about a naked man on the The theft of the torahs beach. McElrath was arrested sparked a speedy investiga- Rabbi Aug. 28. He was immediately tion by Long Beach police and Eli Goodman sent to Nassau County Median exhaustive search for the cal Center for psychiatric torahs. Synagogue members evaluation. were joined by some local residents in On Wednesday, Rabi Goodman said he scouring the waters and the beach. McEl- had kept up with the investigation. rath, according to authorities, never “I’m not for punishing anybody more revealed the reason for his actions. The than they should be” Goodman said. “The torahs were never found, but some reli- main goal was not to punish him, but to gious objects – a crown and a yad, a point- hopefully find the missing torahs.” er used for reading the religious scrolls, The Chabad synagogue held a ceremowere discovered on the beach. ny a few days after the theft to announce The attack on the synagogue came two that a couple who are members of the weeks before the important holidays of congregation donated money to purchase Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New a new torah.. Goodman said that a new Year, and Yom Kippur, the holiest day of torah is being written currently in Israel. the Jewish year. “Where there was darkness, there is Two Torah scrolls and other religious now light,” Goodman said. objects were stolen and the ark was van-

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he main goal was not to punish him, but to hopefully find the missing torahs.

Library opens L.B., Weisenberg history wall

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by brendAn CArpenter bcarpenter@liherald.com

The Long Beach Public Library opened a new exhibit showcasing Harvey Weisenberg – Mr. Long Beach - and his life in the city. The exhibit opened last Saturday. The library presented Weisenberg with the dedicated exhibit as a surprise ‘thank you’ for his $25,000 donation earlier this year. The donation is to be used for a HArvey Weisenberg And Eileen Pollis, the local history new local history room librarian, in front of the dedicated exhibit. in the library. The room “Long Beach is a great city, a city of love. is likely to open shortly after the library’s expected renovation in The history needs to be known.” Lithographs and paintings of the city April. The current exhibit features a wall of also adorn the walls, adding additional photographs from moments of Weisen- colors. One of the paintings, created by berg’s life. Weisenberg, 88, was a lifeguard, Hedy Page, who has lived in Long beach a New York State assemblyman for 24 over the past 30 years, highlights resiyears and a city councilman. The photos dents. The painting is called ‘Long Beach into include all parts of his “67 years of service for Long Beach,” local history librari- the Millennium,” Pollis said. The collection of photographs and an Eileen Pollis said. Along with the photographs about paintings will be a “rotating collection” Weisenberg, there are others showcasing and will change from time-to-time. The library also posts about the history of the development of Long Beach. “There is no future without a history,” Long Beach on their website for all to see. Weisenberg said regarding the exhibit.

Photos courtesy Bob Arkow

A “Weisenberg FAmily Chair” was included in the exhibit as a way to commemorate Weisenberg, his family and his service.

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Clarke Senior Wrestling SOrIaNO IS SEEKINg a third Nassau County championship and is ranked No. 1 at 138 pounds heading into this Saturday’s big stage. A five-year member of Clarke’s varsity, he’s a two-time AllState finisher headed to Drexel University, a D1 program. So far this season, he’s won 30 of 31 matches and three tournaments, the Battle at the Beach, Sprig Gardner and Dan Whickham. He was named Most Outstanding Wrestler in all three events.

gaMES TO waTch Thursday, Feb. 10

Girls Basketball: Carle Place at Malverne .............5:30 p.m. Girls Basketball: Lawrence at Lynbrook.................6:30 p.m. Girls Basketball: Baldwin at Plainview ...................6:45 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 11

Girls Basketball: Garden City at Carey...................4:45 p.m. Girls Basketball: Plainedge at V.S. South.................... 5 p.m. Boys Basketball: Glen Cove at Sewanhaka ................ 5 p.m. Boys Basketball: Roslyn at Elmont .................................. 5 p.m. Girls Basketball: West Hemp at Malverne ..................5:30 p.m. Boys Basketball: East Meadow at V.S. Central ...........6:45 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Malverne at West Hemp. ...........6:45 p.m. Girls Basketball: Jericho at Mepham. ............................ 7 p.m. Girls Basketball: V.S. North at South Side...................... 7 p.m. Boys Basketball: New Hyde Park at MacArthur ............... 7 p.m. Boys Basketball: Manhasset at Kennedy ........................ 7 p.m. Girls Basketball: Wantagh at Island Trees ........................ 7 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 12 Girls Basketball: V.S. Central at East Meadow ............... 12 p.m. Boys Basketball: Hempstead at Freeport ...................... 12 p.m. Girls Basketball: Carle Place at East Rockaway........... 12 p.m. Boys Basketball: Syosset at Oceanside ........................ 12 p.m.

Long Beach had eight finalists and crowned three champions at the Nassau wrestling qualifier it hosted last Saturday and is preparing to send 17 representatives to the Division I individual county championship tournament this weekend at Nassau Community College. Eighth-grader Dunia Sibomana (102 pounds), senior Wyatt Parker (126) and junior Freedom Excel (145) finished atop their respective weight classes as the Marines amassed 423 points to easily top the nine-team field. Hewlett, which led the way with six champs, was runner-up with 318.5 points, followed by Freeport in third with 271. “The kids wrestled awesome as a whole,” Long Beach coach Ray Adams said. “Our performance exceeded my expectations a little bit. A number of guys wrestled above their seed.” Sibomana pinned his way to the finals — three pins in a combined 5:01 — where he won by injury default against senior teammate Mason Franklin just nine seconds into the title match. Adams said the two collided heads and out an abundance of caution, Franklin didn’t continue. “The goal is to get both of those guys upstate,” Adams said. As was the case at 102, the Marines had both finalists at 126 as Parker met junior Michael Berube and won an 8-1 decision to take the title. Like Sibomana, Parker recorded three pins on the way to the finals. Parker leads Long Beach with 28 wins, followed by Sibomana with 27. Berube knocked off Hewlett’s Ariel Waldman, the No. 1 seed in the county as of Jan. 16, in the semifinals, by the count of 7-4. “Mike was down 4-2 in the third period and rallied with a reversal and put Waldman on his back,” Adams said. Excel lived up to his last name with two wins by decisions and lastly a pin of top-seeded Anthony Moore of Roslyn in the third period of the finals. “Freedom is a great kid and had a great day,” Adams said. Sophomore Konner Rosensweig (118), senior Davila Oscar (152) and junior

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LONg BEach’S FrEEdOM Excel, right, captured the 145-pound title at last Saturday’s county qualifier tournament hosted by the Marines. Luke Anfossi (160) also reached the finals, and all three fell to opponents from Hewlett. Kirk Smith won at 118, Jon Zenny at 152, and Josh Gendlin at 160. Adams believes Rosensweig, Oscar and Anfossi can all make a push for the AllCounty podium (top six in each weight class) this weekend. Freshman Gregory Walpole (110), sophomore Gregory Milone (132), sophomore Thomas Cieleski (145), senior Yehuda Bitton (160) and junior Ben Shapiro (285) all

finished third in the qualifier with strong efforts. Each of them won four of five matches and will look to carry their momentum to the big stage at Nassau C.C. “I think it’s going to be an exciting race for the title,” Adams said. “Every point counts.” The top three finishers in each weight class this weekend will advance to the New York State tournament Feb. 25-26 in Albany. No postseason events were held last winter.

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Hempstead Town and Nassau County officials – and some South Shore residents – are up in arms over a zoning proposal within Governor Kathy Hochul’s 2022-2023 New York State Budget. Dozens of officials gathered outside of an East Meadow home Feb. 3 to advocate against “Section AA” of the proposed budget, which would effectively eliminate single-family zoning across New York State. If the budget is approved, the provision would allow single-family homes to be turned into Accessory Dwelling Units or apartments across New York State. This would allow basement, garage or attic apartments in single-family homes to be constructed on the property. At the press conference last week, officials discussed the potentially negative impact of the proposal. Town and county officials indicated that the provision could result in an increase in traffic, a strain on resources and infrastructure, and overcrowding in public schools. “It’s an attack on the suburbs, it’s an attack on the suburban way of living,” County Executive Bruce Blakeman said at the conference. “...This is a power grab by New York City politicians and we’re not going to take it.”

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ToWn of HeMpsTead Supervisor Don Clavin spoke of the criticisms he and the rest of the officials feel towards Governor Kathy Hochul’s zoning proposal in the New York State budget. Officials also called on residents to contact Gov. Hochul’s office and reject the proposal. A Feb. 4 letter to Gov. Hochul signed by the Town of Hempstead Town Board requested Gov. Hochul entirely remove the provision from the state budget. The letter reads: “We do not need New

York State meddling in the local zoning affairs of the Town of Hempstead, or any community with Nassau County. Our town Building Department, Board of Appeals and Towl Board – working with other municipal departments – have enforced local building codes and zoning laws for generations.”

Councilman Chris Carini, whose councilmanic district represents portions Wantagh and Seaford, said in a statement that the proposal will “destroy” our current, suburban way of life. “The Governor and Albany leadership are hiding this legislation in the budget, just like what was done with bail reform. This proposal is nothing short of a smash and grab to gain control of local zoning laws,” he wrote. “We must not allow the Governor to force her will on our local zoning! Local issues should be decided locally!” Town of Hempstead Supervisor Don Clavin at the conference said the provision was “sneaky,” and “a true attack on suburbia.” “The governor is attempting to basically mandatorily require anybody who wants it to put an accessory unit on their house,” Clavin said. “...We are not standing for it.” Rich Nicolello, the Nassau County Legislature majority lead called this provision in a statement an “aggressive overreach by the Governor.” Legislator Steve Rhoads, who represents portions of Wantagh and Seaford, held a similar sentiment. He said the provision was subtlety written to the state budget, making it difficult to remove Continued on page 14

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$300K NYS grant for Shellfish Restoration Town Board received $300,000 in new grant funding from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to support the Town of Hempstead’s Shellfish Restoration Program – a project designed to enhance the health of the township’s marine ecosystems through the restoration of oyster beds. The landmark conservation project will see the addition of Eastern Oyster beds to Town of Hempstead managed portions of Jamaica Bay off the coast of Inwood, with the goal of creating a self-sustaining population of the species in the near future. The presence of “ecosystem engineers” like Eastern Oysters have been noted by researchers to provide a host of benefits to the environments they are found in, including filtering and removing algae along with other suspended sediments, enhancing the filtration and clarity of the water column, and supporting the development of crustacean and fish populations. “The Town of Hempstead is home to a wide array of unique and diverse ecosystems, and we take our obligation to safeguard these environments extremely seriously,” said Sup. Don Clavin. “I am excited for the opportunity to continue our township’s conservation efforts through the implementation of these beneficial oyster beds.” The multi-year effort at bolstering the local oyster population will be undertaken by staff from the Town of Hempstead Department of Conservation & Waterways with support from the Billion Oyster Project and the Hudson River Foundation who will assist in the monitoring and deployment of the reefs. “The Town of Hempstead has a long history of environmental stewardship, and I am ecstatic that we are continuing that tradition,” said Senior Councilmember Dorothy Goosby. The project, expected to take place over a five-year

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Sup. Don Clavin joined with staff from the Department of Conservation and Waterways and members of the Town Board to announce the $300,000 grant the Town of Hempstead secured from New York State to support the township’s shellfish restoration program. period, is part of a larger effort by various conservation stakeholder groups to form a network of self-sustaining oyster beds throughout the Jamaica Bay area – a key component in New York waterway revitalization efforts. Councilmember Christopher Carini added, “Hemp-

stead Town’s coastal location provides the township with a wealth of diversity when it comes to aquatic wildlife, and I am proud to join my colleagues on the Town Board in recommitting ourselves to supporting their ongoing enhancement.”

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Teachers in the Island Park School District are taking part in an innovative program made possible through a state grant. During the last school board meeting, Superintendent Vincent Randazzo provided an update of the New York State Education Department’s Smart Start Grant, which will be adminstered by Assistant Superintendent Dr. Alison Of fer man-Celentano. The g rant is designed to develop, implement and share innovative programs that provide professional development and support to increase expertise in computer science, engineering and educational technology for teachers in grades K-8. Lincoln Orens Middle School is among 20 schools participating in the grant through a partnership with BOCES (Board of Cooperative Educational Services). Through this partnership, five

teachers from Island Park may participate in the grant each year for the next five years. Teachers will attend workshops and work closely with staff developers from New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) to support their project development, as well as have the opportunity to explore courses at NYIT to enhance their learning on how to be an effective professional developer in “turnkey” training. Three of the projects being worked on by fifth-grade students through the Smart Start Grant include aeroponic gardening, using tower garden techniques, improving the quality of fresh food through transportation improvements and building students’ background knowledge of architectural engineering by having them create and design three-dimensional popup art in the shape of famous structures. Once projects are finalized, participating teachers will train and share turnkey project blueprints with fellow teachers.

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An Oceanside student has taken a passion project to a whole new level. Fifteenyear-old Ariella Rukhlin began a podcast last spring with the goal to tackle some of life’s most interesting scientific questions. Rukhlin’s podcast, entitled “Chit-Chatting and Questioning the World,” incorporates her passion for science and curiosity about the world. She was able to launch her podcast after her teacher, Talia Madden, gave her students a unique opportunity to explore what they love the most. “I started the podcast last year, around March as a part of a passion project Ms. Madden started, where we could do anything we’re passionate about for a month in our class,” said Rukhlin. “I didn’t want to take it as a joke.” She explained that her podcast was born because, “I’m curious about random things. It’s always hard for me to find something specific that I want to focus on. I had the idea of doing this podcast where I would interview people and talk about random things. At first, it sounds arbitrary but then I got into the groove of it.” Rukhlin’s podcast comes out every month with a new episode on the third Wednesday of each month, giving her time to balance school and plan each epi-

sode and to book guests. So far, she has booked a host of unique talent, including the drummer for singer Adele, Derrick Wright, and senior vice president of the San Diego Padres, Tom Seidler. “I interview people of different professions and my main topics are scientific phenomenons, like genetic engineering or optogenetics and I also talk to people and interview them about their lives and what they do for their jobs,” said Rukhlin. “I’ve gotten to interview really incredible people… I really liked Adele and I wanted to learn about the magic behind her performances. There’s a lot of work that goes into it ariella that her drummer puts in, and he explains that in the episode. “Tom Seidler talked about his experience of running that whole business with the Padres,” she added. “I got to interview a geneticist and we talked about genetic modification and CRISPR, a powerful tool for editing genomes.” Last month’s episode, she said, featured Edward Boyden, who pioneered optogenetics and expansion spectroscopy, expanding the brain to see neurons and proteins responsible for Alzheimer’s Disease and blindness. “In that episode, we

talked about how blindness was reversed in a man using expansion spectroscopy and optogenetics,” she said. “One of my favorite episodes was The Fermi Paradox, which is the phenomenon that there might be aliens out in space. That was the first one that was a big hit that I did with my uncle.” Rukhlin’s podcast has an audience of 730 listeners, and although she’s only 15, the mature and complex topics she discusses with her guests draw an audience ranging from 15 to 30 years old. With episodes posted monthly, Rukhlin keeps her listeners engaged with posts on her social media accounts, such rukhlin as Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok and Youtube, where she includes podcast clips and random interesting facts. Rukhlin explained some of the hesitancy she had when she started podcasting and the people that inspired her to continue, as well as other podcasts that inspire her to continue. “Miss Madden and her husband, who is my guidance counselor, are a huge inspiration,” she said. “I was a little nervous, and they encouraged me to keep going.” “I look up people that are interested in

the topic that I’m going to do and research about them in advance. I find their Instagram and their email and send them a personalized message, introducing myself as a high school student that’s curious and interested in random things. At first, I didn’t do that because I thought that would be a disadvantage. People who are famous get tons of requests for interviews. But if anything, it has been an advantage because they’re used to getting these emails, but not from a high schooler and that increased the number of people who answered me.” Rukhlin does all the preparation for her podcast herself and recently hired an editor to help her. Although Rukhlin makes some money from her podcast, she said there’s more to it than just the money. “I would love for more people to listen because I feel a lot of people my age are curious about random things. Creativity can help you in so many different ways. My uncle told me to make sure I stay curious because he said there are so many jobs requiring curiosity which is what my podcast is all about. My slogan is to ‘Stay curious.’ I want to grow my platform because I want other people to learn.” Rukhlin’s podcast, “Chit-Chatting and Questioning the World,” can be found on Spotify and Apple Podcasts with 12 episodes currently posted.

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A. Recently, influences have changed the thinking on allowed height. Hurricane Sandy’s flooding caused New York to promote house lifting in flood zones. Influence also came from the Federal Emergency Management agency, which, in essence, is a publicly funded insurance company, covering people in areas where regular onte eeper home insurance companies avoid the risk of insuring. The incentive to lift or build higher is to avoid huge flood insurance cost increases by building above flood levels, with the lowest level only allowed to be for a garage and storage, not living space. By making the first livable floor higher, above the flood level, insurance rates are kept lower. People have shown me that their rates went from $500 to $5,000 a year, increasing annually since Sandy in 2012. Some homes are much higher than codes and incentives intended, due to misinterpretation of reasons to build higher and misrepresentation in the review process. For example, a home’s first floor is no longer a first floor if it’s higher than 6 feet above the ground. Over 6 feet high, the floor level automatically becomes a second floor, meaning the next floor above is a third floor, which requires zoning board approval, interior sprinklers, escape terraces and wind strengthening. I’ve seen home plans misrepresented as being two stories by not correctly showing the floor level heights or describing a second floor as a first floor, the next floor as a second floor that is really a third floor and even where a fourth floor is shown as a mezzanine or roof level balcony. There’s a small country town in Tuscany, in central Italy, San Gimignano, that is famous for its skyline of towers that people built on their homes during medieval times. As the story goes, one prominent homeowner built a tall tower to watch for potential attackers. His neighbor jealously built a tower a little higher, and, not to be outdone, several adjacent homeowners began building towers higher and higher than one another. History repeats itself. Thirty feet from the ground or the center of the road is your maximum roof height. The safety code intends to protect people from perishing in fires. The first code chapter addresses wind resistance, since the taller you build, the more turbulence from adjacent buildings and wind destruction, not just to your building but also to adjacent buildings. With the 75-mph gusts of wind we’ve been known to have, wind, like flooding, is a real concern. Manhattan towers aren’t wood and nails for a reason. Decisions to build higher have to take community safety and appearance into account, and until recently, they did.

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uring my time as an elected official, I was frequently asked whether being a state legislator was one of the toughest public jobs. My position was very demanding, but being a village mayor or a school board president is right up there in the ranks of jobs closest to the people. A state legislator will meet constituents at supermarkets, community events and many other places on weekends, but your mayor or school board official is confronted by the public on a 24/7 JerrY basis. The follow-up kremer question was, what job has the potential to get the most done in the shortest amount of time? I always went with county executive. I have interacted with eight people who have held that job, dating back to the late A. Holly Patterson. Some of the executives were go-getters, and were effective at getting the job done. Others were caretakers, focused on serving out their terms and collecting a pension.

The new county executive, Bruce Blakeman, will have an opportunity to make his own history, because the county faces so many challenges. The coronavirus pandemic has taken a great toll on small businesses in Nassau County, and too many innocent people have died. Our health challenges are not over, and the statistics prove it. Blakeman, whom I have known and respected for many years, will face a number of new headaches in addition to the Covid fallout, and here are just a few. There is no doubt that at the top of the list is the archaic way that homes and businesses are assessed. Blakeman’s predecessor, Laura Curran, did the best she could with a temporary plan, but the system needs a permanent solution, and to date the challenge has proven unsolvable. Next in line are the Mitchel Field property and the Nassau Coliseum. The land surrounding the arena is extremely valuable. There have been numerous discussions about the development of that property, but nothing has been finalized. The opening of the UBS arena at Belmont Park may have made the Coliseum obso-

he Coliseum complex, assessments and mass transportation, to name three.

Letters Jobs Act, I am calling on our local transportation leaders to find the political will to do the right thing. Last week, the State Legislature approved new congressional districts that added portions of the Metro North to the district I hope to represent. In Congress, I would work to make sure even more resources are available to the MTA, LIRR and Metro North to protect the hardworking men and women who rely on the system to get them to and from work without incidents like what happened to Michelle Go. What happened to her should never happen to another New Yorker — and installing barriers would see to that. JOSH LAFAzAN Woodbury Lafazan is a Nassau County legislator running for the 3rd Congressional District seat.

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lete, but some fresh thinking could make it a viable public asset. Young people are desperate to remain on Long Island, but most developers focus on luxury housing with high-end prices. The Mitchel Field land could be the solution, a way to keep hundreds of our youth on the Island. The county’s mass transportation needs a fresh look. Any bus system has to be reexamined periodically to determine whether it is accommodating the workers who need to travel from distant points to get to their jobs. Bus operators want only profitable routes, but sometimes buses have to go where the jobs are, and that takes some imagination, and comes at a cost. To assume that the current bus system is perfect would be a mistake. An objective look at the operation is in order even if it steps on some toes. A look at the county’s day care program goes hand in hand with getting people to work. A potential job windfall for the region is waiting to be unleashed. At this moment, Amazon and other tech companies are buying numerous properties, planning to turn them into training sites

for delivery jobs. At the same time, they are gobbling up large office buildings in the five boroughs, creating high-paying positions for engineers and technicians. Why not have a sit-down with these companies to get them to expand their footprint in Nassau County, beyond package services? We have great rail service and a quality of life that you don’t get in the city. Thanks to President Biden’s infrastructure law, communities all over the country will be eligible for funding to improve roads and bridges. Our county has hundreds of miles of roadway that could use upgrade, whether in technology or maintenance. An updated infrastructure plan could merit fresh federal dollars and make our communities safer. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The list of things we need to get done is endless, and beyond the reach of just one person. But there are plenty of opportunities for Blakeman to write a positive chapter in our county’s history book. Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.

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Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, New York City Council Member Erik Bottcher and U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler sent Amtrak a letter requesting that additional seating be installed in the $1.6 billion Penn Station Moynihan Train Hall. There is currently only very limited seating in a small waiting area for ticketed passengers. Just as bad, there is no seating for Long Island Rail Road riders waiting on the $300 million West Concourse level for arriving trains. There are also no restroom facilities adjacent to the West Concourse. When there are periodic delays in service due to signal or other problems in either the Hudson or East River tunnels, thousands of LIRR and New Jersey Transit commuters must stand for long periods. Adding adequate seating would be inexpensive and easy to accomplish. It would go a long way toward attracting more riders to return to the rails following the coronavirus pandemic. LARRY PENNER Great Neck Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Office.

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s part of a five-year, $25 billion plan to increase New York state’s stock of affordable housing, Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed legislation on Jan. 5 to permit accessory “dwelling units,” more commonly known as accessory apartments, across the state. Nassau’s new county executive, Republican Bruce Blakeman, held a news conference last week outside an East Meadow home, surrounded by a cadre of likeminded GOP leaders, to denounce Hochul’s proposal, saying it threatens to “destroy” suburbia and turn the county “into the sixth borough of New York City.” U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, a Democrat who plans to challenge Hochul in the gubernatorial primary, also came out against the proposal, calling it “radical.” Both acted as if accessory apartments exist nowhere on Long Island. Funny thing is, there are many towns across the Island that allow them. In fact, most of Suffolk County permits them — and we haven’t heard folks out there complain that these housing units are wreaking havoc on their suburban way of life, whatever that might mean. According to a 2017 map developed by the Center for Urban Research at the CUNY Graduate Center, using data supplied by the Long Island Index, accessory apartments are allowed in these Suffolk towns: Babylon, Brookhaven, East Hampton, Huntington, Islip, Riverhead, Shelter Island and Southold. They are allowed on a limited basis in Southampton, and Smithtown permits them for family members and domestic staff. Only about a dozen tiny villages across Suffolk prohibit them.

letters Rail lines need barriers To the Editor: The tragedy of Michelle Go, the young woman who was fatally pushed in front of a moving train in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority system last month, was preventable. The most basic protections for commuters — platform doors and barriers — are both much needed and long overdue at the busiest Long Island Rail Road and Metro North stations throughout the system. I recently traveled from Metro North in Westchester to the LIRR station in Syosset to call on the MTA to step up and protect LIRR and Metro North passengers and install barriers before anyone else is injured or killed. Preventing tragedies like the death of Michelle Go ought to be the top priority of New York public servants. As the MTA receives an infusion of new funds from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and

Different government agencies manage permitting for accessory apartments. In Babylon, it’s the Accessory Apartment Review Board; in Huntington, the Accessory Apartment Bureau; in Islip and Southold, the boards of zoning appeals; in Brookhaven, East Hampton, Riverhead and Shelter Island, the building departments. “Affordable accessory apartments” have been allowed in East Hampton in one form or another since 1984, but in 2016, the town loosened its zoning laws, allowing an even greater number of them. Strangely, it seems, local governments in Suffolk have embraced the notion of accessory apartments, while in Nassau, most of our local governments have either allowed them in limited circumstances only or banned them outright. Why? Let’s begin with why they’re so popular in Suffolk. According to a 2017 study by the Long Island Index — “Home Remedies, Accessory Apartments on Long Island: Lessons Learned,” by former Newsday reporter Elizabeth Moore — if just 10 percent of the Island’s single-family homes had legal accessory apartments, that could help solve our housing crisis by increasing the stock of safe, affordable apartments available to young people and older adults. “Accessory apartments have proven their worth as the most affordable type of rental housing in the region,” the Index stated. “They can be easily accommodated because they don’t require large infusions of capital, new roads, new sewers or expansion of the electrical grid. Instead, existing neighborhoods absorb the rentalseeking population like a sponge, while

stabilizing finances for tax-strapped homeowners. They also provide affordable housing that is blended throughout the community rather than clustered, and having a resident homeowner usually means that they are better maintained than rentals with absentee owners.” Long Islanders pay among the highest taxes in the country, which are most likely to destroy the Island’s suburban way of life, not accessory apartments. High taxes, coupled with high mortgage and rental costs, have been driving young people out of the region to less costly parts of the country since the 1990s, and even earlier than that. They are also forcing older adults — retirees on fixed incomes — out of their homes. Accessory apartments are a low-cost alternative for young people looking to strike out on their own. Many young people from around the country, even the globe, come to Long Island to study at our prestigious universities, but too many never stay past graduation because they simply can’t afford to live here. That’s a shame, because our region could use their talents as we strive to become one of the nation’s high-tech corridors. Accessory apartments also give older adults, particularly those on fixed incomes, a way to offset their high property-tax burden, allowing them to stay put. Talk about a win-win. Yet politicians like Blakeman and Suozzi eschew them because, some worry, accessory apartments might add a few extra cars to our blocks and a few extra kids to our schools. We encourage them to rethink their positions, considering all of the facts at hand.

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his will be my last Herald column, at least for a while. After 28 wondrous and wonderful years, I am leaving the Herald Community Newspapers on Friday. It is a bittersweet moment. I am moving on to focus on my teaching at Hofstra University, where I will be fulltime this spring and undertake a long-term research project. I am honored, excited and humbled — my two research partners are both Fulbright Scholars. I have taught at Hofstra for 13 years, and it is where I belong at this moment in my life. ScoTT Serving as the Heralds’ executive bRINToN editor for the past five-plus years has been the honor of a lifetime, particularly over the past two, as I have had the privilege to lead an incredibly talented team of journalists, some veterans and many early-career reporters, through the coronavirus pandemic, which, thankfully, mercifully, appears to be abating. I began with the Herald as an entry-level reporter three months after completing Peace Corps service in Bulgaria, and have remained with the company ever since. I must thank my publishers, Cliff and Stuart Richner, for all their support and kindness through the years. I must also thank so

many of my colleagues, in particular Tony Bellissimo, Lori Berger, Jeff Bessen, Karen Bloom, Rhonda Glickman, Jim Harmon, Laura Lane, Jeff Lipton, John O’Connell, Tony Rifilato and Mike Smollins. Most of all, I must thank my lovely wife, Katerina, and my two amazing (adult) kids, Alexandra and Andrew. When I first took the job, I didn’t intend to stay so long. Mentored by two of Long Island’s best community journalists, Leatrice Spanierman and Randi Kreiss, I quickly learned the critical role that hyperlocal reporting plays in our society, and I fell in love with the work. I will forever be grateful for all they taught me. One of my first Herald investigative series, in the mid-1990s, was on a park that was supposed to have been built at the Five Towns Community Center in North Lawrence, but had not been. I was in the office of Jonathan Davis, then the center’s executive director, for another story when I spotted a set of blueprints on a table. Curious, I asked about them, and Davis explained that they were for a park that should have been built in the center’s back field. Nassau County had promised to construct it 20 years earlier, but never did. Davis explained that North Lawrence, a community of color, had no real park where kids might play. I hit the local streets, talk-

ing to teenagers about the need for such a play area. The story ran on the front page and quickly caught the attention of Tom Gulotta, then the county executive. I’ll never forget the call from Dave Vieser, his press secretary, who said that Gulotta had read my stories on the lack of a park and wanted to build one at the 5TCC, which he did. As a recently returned Peace Corps volunteer looking to do good for the world, I was hooked on this journalism thing. Many more stories — 4,000 — and investigative series — 25 — followed over the years. One series, on plans to demolish the 300-year-old Hewlett House, also in the mid-1990s, grabbed the attention of Bruce Blakeman, who was then the County Legislature’s presiding officer and is now the county executive. He had an idea to preserve the white-shingled farmhouse, on a bend in the road across the street from Hewlett High School, as a breast cancer resource center. It has been the home of 1 in 9: The Long Island Breast Cancer Action Coalition for more than two decades. My greatest reporting challenge was a 44-part series I undertook from 2001 to 2003, examining the health and environmental threats posed by Freeport Electric’s 30-yearold Power Plant No. 2, which sits on the edge of Emory Creek in Freeport, just west of the Meadowbrook Parkway. I met some of

rom entrylevel reporter to leading the team over 28 eventful years.

the best people I know while reporting that story — civic activists Joe Kralovich and Bob Young, then State Sen. Charles Fuschillo and then Long Island Power Authority Chairman Richard Kessel. The lengths they went to to shut down the plant, with no pollution controls, and replace it with a modern, clean-burning natural-gas model cannot be understated. I run at the Town of Hempstead’s Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick at least a couple of days a week. The plant is visible from most points on the preserve’s west side, and looking out on it, I marvel at the good that was done by a group of about 300 concerned citizens, who worked tirelessly to ensure that the diesel plant never spewed its acrid exhaust into local neighborhoods again. At the height of the George Floyd protests in June 2020, I was covering a protest in Merrick when I shot a Twitter video of 7-year-old Wynta-Amor Rogers. Nearly instantly, it went viral, garnering more than 23 million views in seven days. I was shocked, but it showed the power of streetlevel reporting to connect with people worldwide. One thing I know: Local journalism does indeed matter. Scott Brinton is the Heralds’ departing executive editor, set to become a full-time professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@liherald.com.

Grab a slice of life at your nearest pizzeria

o wonder I’m feeling full. In the past year I consumed 23 pounds of pizza. That’s an average figure, of course, according to PMQ, the largest pizza industry media company, but it feels about right to me. Between the freezing cold, the isolation and the dreaded question, “What’s for dinner?” we’re all busting out of our pants. Forget Covid; we’re going to eat ourselves to death. Especially during the pandemic, pizza has been the go-to food for ordering in, since it RANDI moves from the KREISS superheated baking oven into the box and then onto our plates untouched by human hands. I do believe I ate more pizza between 2020 and 2022 than in the five years before. It not only felt safe but, in a happy coincidence, it tasted delicious and comforting and indulgent. When you’re contemplating a possible early demise from a fearsome plague, I say bring on the pizza pie. On Wednesday we celebrated National Pizza Day, a tribute to this perfect food com-

prising bread, cheese and dozens of toppings that may include pepperoni, peppers, mushrooms, onions, sausage and eggplant. I refuse to mention outlier toppings like pineapple or clams, which honestly are a sacrilege, a violation of the single food that is on everyone’s last-meal list. Someone I know has asked his family to slip a pizza into his own box when the time comes, so he will have nourishment for his journey to the great beyond. Hey, the ancient Egyptians did it. There is no exaggerating the popularity of pizza in our culture. At this pivotal time in America, when people cannot and will not agree to take proven, lifesaving vaccines, when they cannot decide whether to read a book or burn it, when they refuse to wear masks that will keep them safe from a deadly virus, when, ladies and gentlemen, America is basically coming apart at the seams, behold the pizza. In all its round deliciousness, it pulls us together, completing the circle of life. National Pizza Day helps us appreciate that this humble food may be the last thing holding us together. I have never encountered a human being who disliked pizza.

And we all claim rights to its origins. The common wisdom is that it came to us from Italy, possibly as early as the time of the Romans, when people ate panis foccacious, the beta version of modern-day focaccia and the precursor to pizza. According to Wikipedia, Persians were baking flatbreads with cheese and dates on top as early as the sixth century B.C. In Ancient Greece, citizens made a flatbread called plakous that was flavored with toppings like herbs, onion, cheese and garlic. Some have suggested that the origins of modern pizza can be traced to pizzarelle, Passover cookies eaten by Roman Jews after they returned from the synagogue on that holiday. Israeli leader Abba Eban famously wrote, “Some scholars think pizza was first made more than 2,000 years ago when Roman soldiers added cheese and olive oil to matzah.” Nice try, Mr. Eban, but no way. Pizza comes our way from Naples. It was always the basic food of the poor in southern Italy, and it was there that people first discovered the delights of adding tomatoes to the flatbread they baked. It was only a matter of time until someone thought to slice some

t is, after all, something whose greatness we can all agree on. But please, no pineapple.

nice mozzarella on top. Today it’s the big chains that do the booming pizza business, bouncing back nicely from Covid lockdowns and accommodating the situation with advanced delivery options. Privately owned pizza places are also climbing out of the pandemic slump with more business and much higher prices. A pizza that sold for $1.50 in 1950 can go for $25 today, depending on the toppings. In Naples, people eat pizza for breakfast, lunch and dinner, which seems like a fine idea to me. It first came to America in the early 1900s. In 1943, Chicago deep-dish pie was created, a misguided attempt to improve on the original. Today, some folks prefer “healthy” pizza, with kale and cauliflower crusts. Totally unacceptable. It is a fine thing to open that cardboard box and slide out a greasy slice. We can agree on this, right? And no frozen pizza, no bagel pizza, no flatbread pizza or any other adulteration will suffice. In addition, and for all time, let’s agree that the best pizza topping is pepperoni, made from mysterious cured pork and a random mix of spices. Tell me that bright red color doesn’t scream “health food.” Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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