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Vol. 17, No. 44

February 17, 2022

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Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D) administration has allowed the mask-or-vaccinate mandate for public spaces to lapse as of Feb. 10, effectively leaving masking decisions to local officials and business owners. Masks are still required in health care facilities, on public transportation, in correctional facilities and in shelters. Masks are also still required in schools for the time being, with a reevaluation planned some time in early March, after the winter break.

Leaders in health care, business and labor fields were generally supportive of Hochul’s decision. Gary LaBarbera, president of Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York, said in a statement. “The mask mandate has helped keep New York’s working men and women safe and healthy during the most uncertain and volatile moments of the public health crisis. The easing of indoor mask mandates for businesses is a positive sign in New York’s recovery, as it’s a direct result of COVID-19 cases dropping across the state and, hopefully, the pandemic itself receding.”

New York State AFL-CIO President Mario Cilento said in a statement. “In light of the announcement today, we thank the governor for ensuring employers still have responsibilities under state statute, including the Public Employee Safety and Health Act and the New York HERO Act, which remain in effect. These laws establish safety protocols to protect workers and the public. Moving forward, in the absence of the mask mandate, employers must continue to work

with their employees to make sure appropriate protections are in place.”

On the local level, some people are comfortable leaving masking up to the individual, including Anthony Bongiovanni, of Rocky Point Jewelers.

“If you feel for your personal safety, you should wear one, by all means,” he said.

However, not every business is ready to leave masks behind. Richard Smith, from Buttercup’s Dairy Store in Port Jefferson Station, is keeping some masking rules in place. “We’re still requiring employees to wear masks. We don’t require customers [to do so].”

Others are continuing to follow federal guidelines, regardless of what is happening at the state level. Paul Vigliante, of Branch Funeral Homes in Miller Place and Smithtown, said that he intends to follow “whatever the CDC guidelines are” at the time.

Some business owners expressed mixed feelings about leaving masking up to the individual, since policing customer behavior has been challenging even with the mandate in place.

Smith said that they have “had to call the police a couple of times” but overall “95% of people have been respectful.”

Not all businesses had difficulty. Bongiovanni said, “There was never a problem.” Vigliante also had no issues: “Everyone was very respectful … we were very fortunate throughout.”

Each new phase of the COVID pandemic brings its own set of challenges for both business owners and individuals. Everyone is feeling some degree of pandemic weariness.

“Everybody’s sick of it,” Smith said. “Just a lot of frustration.”

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Local townships continue to reject Hochul’s plan to end single-family zoning

St. James) said that state lawmakers are continuously “going against everything we live for and our investments.”

“I wake up in the morning and I feel like I’m in the twilight zone,” he said.

Mattera added that many municipalities have been focusing on downtown revitalization plans, which already create apartments.

“We’ve been doing these apartments for a reason to make sure our families have places to go so we keep our young or middle aged or seniors here,” he said. “We are doing that job governor, but governor, this is not the City of New York. We’re in the suburbs. This is so important for our future.”

BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM A week after the Town of Brookhaven and local state representatives bashed Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D) plan to potentially eliminate certain single-family zoning laws across New York state, other Long Island townships and Suffolk County officially voiced their concerns.

During a press conference at the county Legislature in Hauppauge Thursday, Feb. 10, more than two dozen elected officials at town, county, state and federal levels collectively agreed that Hochul’s plan would be bad for the Island.

Presiding Officer Kevin McCaffrey (R-Lindenhurst) said that of all the officials gathered, it was a unanimous, bipartisan agreement that this should not happen.

“We are all concerned about the future of Long Island and the quality of life here and the need for local government to have control over their zoning with local elected officials,” he said.

“This is a radical plan by the governor to take away local zoning from where it belongs in the hands of the local officials who were elected to make sure that the zoning codes stay in place for the quality of life that each one of the municipalities that they choose to live in.”

He added that if Hochul’s plan in fact happens, it will eventually have an impact on parking, water quality, sewerage and more.

The governor’s comprehensive fiveyear housing plan would potentially invest $25 billion to create and preserve 100,000 affordable homes and tackle inequities in the

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Photos clockwise from above: State Sen. Mario Mattera, U.S. Congressman Tom Suozzi and Huntington Town Supervisor Ed Smyth. Photos by Julianne Mosher

housing market. Last month, she announced the plan to make housing more affordable as part of the 2022 State of the State.

“In the wake of the pandemic, it’s crucial that we tackle the housing crisis and make New York a more affordable place for all,” Hochul previously said. “These bold steps are a major step forward in transforming our housing market, protecting affordability and increasing the housing supply.”

Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-NY3) noticed the plan in the State of the State book and began bringing it to the public’s attention.

Suozzi is campaigning to take Hochul’s seat.

He cited her State of the State book on pages 130 and 131 regarding accessory dwelling units. According to those documents, he said the governor would want to oppose legislation to require municipalities to allow a minimum of one accessory dwelling unit on owner occupied residentially zoned blocks.

“That’s the end of local control,” he said. “That’s the end of local governments authority.”

Suozzi believes this could be “a dangerous idea” that could “result in commercial landlords buying properties and trying to pack people into neighborhoods.”

“This is just a failure to understand what it’s like out here,” he added.

Currently, many building permit applications that increase the number of bedrooms in a dwelling require the approval of the Suffolk County Department of Health Services.

According to county representatives, at no point in the proposed legislation does it address the fact that the health department determines the appropriate number of persons residing at a home that is utilizing cesspools. Over 75% of Suffolk County is unsewered — a mass expansion of accessory dwelling units will result in a deterioration in the water quality here on Long Island.

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Representatives from the Town of Huntington were in attendance, with Supervisor Ed Smyth (R) voicing that the town already has permissive accessory apartments laws.

“We already allow for accessory apartments in homes in the town,” he said. “We don’t need Albany telling us how to do this.”

He added, “With home rule, we have ensured that our communities do not become overdeveloped, are kept environmentally sound, and are a place people want to live and raise a family. This proposal by the governor would end all of that overnight. Proof of how bad an idea this is … is the fact that both sides of the political aisle have come together to state their opposition.”

Smyth said they will not stop until the item is removed from the New York State budget and “laid to rest.”

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The Curry Club merges with SāGhar in Port Jeff

BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The Curry Club officially has a new look, now with a water view.

Previously located in Setauket at 10 Woods Corner Road, the family behind several local eateries and venues has merged two favorites into one large palace of spice.

Indu Kaur, owner of SāGhar in Port Jefferson, said that when her family purchased the building located at 111 W. Broadway, the original plan was to eventually move The Curry Club in — but then COVID-19 happened and everything changed.

Kulwant Wadhwa, the family’s patriarch and owner of The Curry Club, kept his location the same, and everything they had planned stalled. The Wadhwa/Kaur family devoted their time to helping first responders from Riverhead to Manhattan by feeding them good, wholesome Indian cuisine as they renovated the former Harbor Grill and Schaffer’s into SāGhar — an Indian-American fusion restaurant, with a gorgeous upstairs bar overlooking the harbor.

SāGhar, translates to “Home of the Sea.” The family is also behind The Meadow Club in Port Jefferson Station, which reopened last year after a fire devasted the catering hall back in 2018.

“So, we kind of took the challenge,” Kaur said.

“And over the last year, we became well known in the community.”

Now, nearly two years after purchasing the new Port Jefferson village spot, the dream of integrating The Curry Club into SāGhar has officially become a reality.

“It’s all blended very well,” Kaur added. “It’s our story. We started from an authentic Indian restaurant, and now here we’re the next generation, adding a more modern fusion touch to the menu.”

And as of Tuesday, Feb. 8, The Curry Club at

Above: Indu Kaur (far left) with father Kulwant Wadhwa and family in Port Jefferson; Below: A sampling of Indian food for the restaurant’s lunch special. Above photo from Kiran Wadhwa; Below photo by Julianne Mosher

SāGhar was born.

The move

Practically overnight, Kaur said they finalized dinner in Setauket, and after sending their customers home they moved out.

Monday night, the family moved from the former location into the downstairs room.

Wadhwa said that SāGhar has given them more space to cater to more people — roughly 75 seats upstairs, 55 in the Harbor Room up front, 35 in the Captain’s Room and 45 in the Schooner Room.

The Curry Club at SāGhar is on the same lot where

the famous Schooner Restaurant sat years ago.

The lease will officially be up at the old location on May 31, and until then the family will continue to operate The Velvet Lounge adjoining the restaurant.

But the two are excited for SāGhar’s new look.

According to Kaur, a lot of it will look similar but now they will offer a full buffet — just like The Curry Club was famously known for.

“In Port Jefferson, there is nowhere where you can actually grab and go pick food, especially for nurses meaning to get out in two minutes who are only a mile away to the hospital,” she said.

She added that they will continue doing live music every weekend, and host other fun events for the community like psychic nights.

With the move came a whole renovation to their kitchen and an addition of a whole line of Halal wines — champagnes, reds and whites created with 0% alcohol.

And Wadhwa said there is something for everyone at the “new” Curry Club.

“We’ve got vegetarian options, vegan, nonvegetarian, gluten free … we thought of everything,” he said.

They’re also continuing their balanced lunches.

“Those are always very popular,” Kaur said.

“This is a must-have.”

For just $20, the lunch portion includes eight samplings of different Indian dishes and a side of rice to try them with. It also comes with a side of naan bread for easy dipping.

Some history

Wadhwa was not always a restaurateur. In fact, the family originated in Afghanistan where he was a pharmacist.

“A lot of things happened with our country,” Kaur said, adding that the family eventually moved to India to escape.

As his children began getting older and started to marry, Wadhwa decided that moving to America would be the best option for his family. In the early 1990s, he came to Long Island, where his brotherin-law was a chef. Together, they decided to open what was believed to be the first Indian restaurant in Suffolk County — The Curry Club.

Wadhwa “started working in the kitchen,” Kaur said. “Dad didn’t even know how to pick up a glass of water, but now he’s running three bars.”

And just like that, he changed his career “because of family survivorship,” she said.

“America has been a blessing that we were able to survive.”

The original Curry Club was actually located where Bliss is currently occupied.

Wadhwa said that at the time the only other well-known Indian restaurant was located in Hicksville and they were worried if it would work out.

“From the day we opened the door, we got busy,” he said. “We got so busy that a line was outside — people were waiting.”

Now, nearly 30 years later, the family is excited to continue bringing flavor to the North Shore.

“We want to bring color,” Kaur said. “And spice and happiness. That’s our goal, to just serve our community and see everybody happy with food.”

The daughter-and-father duo said that they can agree seeing people happy when they leave with full bellies keeps them smiling.

“It’s good,” Wadhwa said. “It’s exciting.”

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Centereach Wanted for questioning ■ Harbor Freight on Middle Country Road in Centereach called the police on Feb. 11 to report that a man allegedly stole a 3500 Watt Inverter Generator valued at approximately $850.

■ Ocean State Job Lot on Middle Country Road in Centereach reported a petit larceny on Feb. 10. A woman allegedly stole four backpacks, two Apple device chargers and two couch protectors. The items were valued at approximately $170.

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■ Lake Liquors on Hawkins Ave. in Lake Ronkonkoma reported that a man entered the store on Feb. 7 and allegedly hid a bottle of Jack Daniels in his jacket before walking out.

The item was valued at $31.

Port Jefferson Station

■ A resident on Piedmont Drive in Port Jefferson Station reported that an Amazon package had been stolen from their doorstep on Feb. 5. The value of the items was approximately $150.

■ A resident on Grove Street in Port Jefferson Station called the police on Feb. 9 to report the theft of a catalytic converter from a 2001 Honda Accord that was parked in front of the house. The stolen item was valued at approximately $800.

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■ A resident on Dawn Road in Rocky Point reported that someone stole an American flag from their porch on Feb. 9.

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South Setauket

■ Home Depot on Pond Path in South Setauket reported a shoplifter on Feb. 8.

A woman allegedly stole two Milwaukee grinders and a Makita circular saw. The items were valued at approximately $275.

■ Target on Pond Path in South Setauket reported a petit larceny on Feb. 5. A man and a woman entered the store, went to the video game section, used a special magnet key to open the cabinet and allegedly stole 13 various video games valued at approximately $700.

Stony Brook

■ The theft of road and field equipment from a job site on Oxhead Road in Stony Brook was reported on Feb. 10. Stolen items included a Ground Penetrating Radar and highway construction materials valued at $1,000. The items had been left on the side of the road while a crew was measuring underground utilities — COMPILED BY HEIDI SUTTON

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Anyone with information about these incidents can contact Suffolk County Crime Stoppers to submit an anonymous tip by calling 1-800-220-TIPS.

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Unmask students rally draws hundreds of residents

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The front lawn of the H. Lee Dennison Building in Hauppauge was a sea of signs and flags Friday, Feb. 11.

Hundreds of parents took their children out of school to protest the face mask mandate remaining in New York state for school districts after Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) lifted the mandate for public places Feb. 10.

About 1,000 local protesters joined others across New York in cities such as Buffalo, Syracuse, White Plains and more for a statewide sit-out. An online flyer promoting the event encouraged parents to “empower your kids to go to school without a mask and refuse to wear a mask from Feb. 7-Feb. 10.”

During the Hauppauge protest, parents and children held signs that read “Unmask our kids,” “Free the children,” “No masks.

We can’t breathe,” and “No one has seen my smile since kindergarten … that was two years ago. Let me smile.” Drivers passing the rally on Route 347, including sanitation men and a postal worker, honked their horns to show solidarity with the protesters.

Adrianne Stanton, of East Northport, said she brought her children, who are in first grade and pre-K, to the rally along with her nieces. All of them held signs that they made themselves.

“We want our children to have a normal childhood, to be able to go to school and to have the memories that we did growing up,”

the mother said. “ And, to fight for, as parents, to be able to choose what is best for our kids.”

Casey Austin, of Northport, said one of her daughters told her students aren’t even able to drink water when they’re thirsty and have to wait for water breaks.

“I have five little ones that have been living in this pandemic for the last two years of their lives, and it’s got to change now,” she said.

“Three of them suffer from learning delays and speech impediments because they are not allowed to even articulate their words correctly.

And it’s time for everyone to wake up and stand up and fight for them — and be done with this.”

Douglas Cerrato, of Kings Park, attended the rally and was one of the speakers. He recently declared his intention to run for the board of education in the Kings Park school district. In a phone interview after the rally, Cerrato said while it has been difficult for his kids to wear the masks, he has found the teachers in Park View Elementary, where his children attend, to be fantastic with working with the students.

Cerrato said it’s important to give parents a choice, adding while more people have been speaking up at school board meetings, some have still been hesitant. The rally was encouraging to Cerrato, who stressed he’s not anti-mask but for choice.

“I think you have a lot of people that were on the fence about being vocal becoming vocal,” he said.

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LEGALS NOTICE OF ANNUAL BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION OF THE MIDDLE COUNTRY PUBLIC LIBRARY, TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Annual Budget Vote and Election of the qualified voters of the Middle Country Central School District, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, will be held in the Centereach Building of the Middle Country Public Library, 101 Eastwood Boulevard, Centereach, New York, on the 5th day of April, 2022 at 9:30 A.M. prevailing time, for the purpose of voting upon the following items: (1) To adopt the Annual Library Budget for the fiscal year 2022-2023 and to authorize that the requisite portion thereof be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the Middle Country Central School District; and (2) To elect one (1) Trustee to the Middle Country Public Library to fill a five (5) year term commencing July 1, 2022 and ending on June 30, 2027 as a result of the expiration of the term of office presently held by Ronald Harrington.

FURTHER N OT I C E IS HEREBY GIVEN, that for the purpose of voting at such meeting on April 5, 2022 the polls will open between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, and voting will be held in the Middle Country Public Library (Centereach Building), 101 Eastwood Blvd., Centereach, New York; and FURTHER N OT I C E IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a copy of a statement of the amount of money which will be required for the ensuing year for the Middle Country Public Library’s purposes, exclusive of public monies, may be obtained by any resident of the Middle Country UFSD during the fourteen (14) days immediately preceding said meeting except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from the Library, located at 101 Eastwood Blvd., Centereach, New York during the hours

To Place A Legal Notice Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com of 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. prevailing time if the Library is open for business during those times and dates; the subject statement will be provided on the Library’ website; and FURTHER N OT I C E IS HEREBY GIVEN, that petitions nominating candidates for the Office of Trustee of the Middle Country Public Library are available from the Office of the Clerk of the Board (designated Election Officer) located at the Middle Country Public Library, 101 Eastwood Boulevard, Centereach, New York 11720.

Petitions may be filed on any weekday between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., prevailing time not later than Monday, March 7, 2022. Each petition must be directed to the Library’s Election Officer and must designate the office sought, the name and residence address of the candidate and must be signed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the Middle Country UFSD setting forth their residence addresses; and FURTHER N OT I C E IS HEREBY GIVEN, that personal registration of voters is required either pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law or pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law and has voted at any Annual or Special District Meeting within the four (4) years prior to April 5, 2022, such voter is eligible to vote at this vote/ election; if a voter is registered and eligible to vote pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law, such voter is also eligible to vote at this election. All other persons who wish to vote must register. The Board of Registration will for the purpose of registering all qualified voters of the District pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law convene on Tuesday , March 29, 2022 between the hours of 2:00 pm and 9:00 pm, prevailing time at the Library Building, 101 Eastwood Blvd., Centereach, New York and at the election/vote, at which time any person will be entitled to have his/her name placed

on such register, providing that at the meeting of the Board of Registration he or she is known, or proven to the satisfaction of the Board of Registration, to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such Annual or Special District Meeting for which the register is prepared, and that the register so prepared pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law of the State of New York and the registration list prepared by the Board of Elections of Suffolk County will be filed in the offices of the Election Clerk of the Library Board, and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District on each of the five (5) days prior to April 5, 2022 excluding Saturday, Sunday and holidays from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm prevailing time; and FURTHER N OT I C E IS HEREBY GIVEN, that applications for absentee ballots for the election of Trustee of the Library, and for the adoption of the annual budget may be applied for at the office of the Election Clerk of the Library Board at 101 Eastwood Blvd., Centereach, New York 11720 during regular business hours.

Such application must be received by the Clerk of the Board no later than 5 pm seven (7) days prior to the vote/election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter or by 5pm on April 4, 2022 if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. No absentee voter’s ballot will be canvassed unless it shall have been received in the office of the Election Clerk of the Board not later than 5 pm on the day of the vote/election. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the Election Clerk of the Board’s office during regular business hours on each of the five days prior to April 5, 2022 except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays (the above protocols are to be subject to the terms of any applicable Executive Orders of the Governor of the State of New York); and FURTHER N OT I C E IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a military voter who is a qualified voter of the Middle Country UFSD may request

an application for a military ballot from the Library Election Clerk, Beth Finn, by mail to the Middle Country Public Library at 101 Eastwood Blvd., Centereach, NY 11720,by email to finnbeth@mcplibrary.org. or by fax to 631-585-0092. In such request the military voter should designate his/ her preference for receiving a military ballot by mail, facsimile transmission or electronic mail. A military voter must return the original military ballot application by mail to the Office of the Election Clerk at the Middle Country Public Library at 101 Eastwood Blvd,, Centereach, New York 11720. In order for a military voter to be issued a military ballot, a valid military ballot application must be received in the Office of the Election Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 11, 2022. Military ballot applications received in accordance with the foregoing will be processed in the same manner as a non-military ballot application under Section 2018-b of the Education Law. The application for a military ballot should include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the military ballot by mail, fax, or email; and FURTHER N OT I C E IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a military voter’s original military ballot must be returned by mail to the Office of the Election Clerk, 101 Eastwood Blvd., Centereach, New York 11720. Military ballots will be canvassed if they are received by the Library Election Clerk: (1) before the close of polls on the vote/election day and showing a cancellation mark of the U.S postal service or a foreign country’s postal service or showing a dated endorsement of the receipt by another agency of the U.S. government; or (2) not later than 5:00 p.m. on vote/election day and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto, with a date which is ascertained to be not later than the day before the vote, election.

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AVISO DE VOTACIÓN DEL PRESUPUESTO ANUAL Y DE LA ELECCIÓN DE LA BIBLIOTECA PÚBLICA DE MIDDLE COUNTRY, CIUDAD DE BROOKHAVEN, CONDADO DE SUFFOLK, NUEVA YORK SE NOTIFICA POR LA PRESENTE, que la Votación Anual del Presupuesto y la Elección de los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Central de Middle Country, Brookhaven, condado de Suffolk, Nueva York, se llevará a cabo en el edificio Centereach de la Biblioteca Pública de Middle Country, 101 Eastwood Boulevard, Centereach, New York, el día 5 de abril de 2022 a las 9:30 a. m. hora vigente, con el propósito de votar sobre los siguientes puntos: (1) Adoptar el Presupuesto Anual de la Biblioteca para el año fiscal 2022 - 2023 y autorizar que la parte necesaria de este se recaude mediante impuestos sobre la propiedad imponible del Distrito Escolar Central de Middle Country; y (2) elegir un (1) fideicomisario de la Biblioteca Pública de Middle Country para cumplir un mandato de cinco (5) años que se iniciará el 1 de julio de 2022 y terminará el 30 de junio de 2027 como resultado de la finalización del mandato que actualmente ocupa Ronald Harrington.

copia de la declaración de la cantidad de dinero que se necesitará para el año siguiente para los fines de la Biblioteca de Middle Country, excluyendo los fondos públicos, podrá ser adquirida por cualquier residente del Distrito durante los catorce (14) días inmediatamente anteriores a dicha reunión, excepto los sábados, domingos y feriados, en la Biblioteca, ubicada en 101 Eastwood Blvd, Centereach, New York, en el horario de 9:30 a. m. a 5:00 p. m., hora vigente, si la Biblioteca está abierta durante esas horas y fechas; de lo contrario, la declaración del asunto se proveerá en el sitio web de la Biblioteca; y POR LA PRESENTE TAMBIÉN SE INFORMA que las solicitudes de nominación de candidatos para el cargo de fideicomisario de la Biblioteca Pública de Middle Country están disponibles en la Oficina del Secretario de la Junta (funcionario electoral designado) ubicada en: Middle Country Public L i b r a r y, 101 Eastwood Boulevard, Centereach, New York 11720.

Las peticiones pueden presentarse cualquier día de la semana entre las 9:30 a. m. y las 5:00 p. m., hora vigente, hasta el lunes 7 de marzo de 2022.

Cada petición debe dirigirse a la funcionaria electoral, Beth Finn, y debe designar el cargo al que se aspira, el nombre y la dirección de residencia del candidato, y debe estar firmada por al menos veinticinco (25) votantes calificados del Distrito, indicando sus direcciones de residencia; y

POR LA PRESENTE TAMBIÉN SE INFORMA que, con el fin de votar en dicha sesión del 5 de abril de 2022, la votación se llevará a cabo entre las 9:30 a. m. y las 9:00 p. m., hora vigente, y la votación se llevará a cabo en la Biblioteca Pública de Middle Country (Centereach Building), 101 Eastwood Blvd., Centereach, New York.

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votar en esta votación o elección; si un votante está registrado y es elegible para votar de conformidad con el artículo 5 de la Ley de Elecciones, dicho votante también es elegible para votar en esta elección.

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POR LA PRESENTE TAMBIÉN SE INFORMA que las solicitudes de boletas electorales de votante ausente para la elección de fideicomisario de la Biblioteca, y para la adopción del presupuesto anual pueden solicitarse en la

Oficina del Secretario de la Junta de la Biblioteca en 101 Eastwood Blvd., Centereach, New York 11720 durante el horario de trabajo. El Secretario de la Junta debe recibir dicha solicitud hasta las 5:00 p. m. siete (7) días antes de la votación o elección, en caso de que la boleta sea enviada por correo al votante, o antes de las 5:00 p. m. del 4 de abril de 2022, en caso de que la boleta sea entregada personalmente al votante. No se escrutará ninguna boleta electoral de votante ausente salvo que haya sido recibida en la Oficina del Secretario de la Junta hasta las 5:00 p. m. del día de la votación o elección. Un listado de todas las personas a quienes se les emitirán boletas electorales de votante ausente estará disponible en la Oficina del Secretario de la Junta durante el horario normal de atención en cada uno de los cinco días anteriores al 5 de abril de 2022, excepto los sábados, domingos y

feriados (los protocolos anteriores estarán sujetos a los términos de cualquier Decreto vigente del Gobernador del Estado de Nueva York; y SE INFORMA TAMBIÉN que un votante militar que sea votante calificado del Distrito Escolar puede solicitar que se le emita una boleta electoral militar obteniendo y presentando ante el secretario de la Junta de la Biblioteca en 101 Eastwood Blvd., Centereach, NY 11720 una solicitud para dicha boleta militar finnbeth@ m c p l i b r a r y. o r g o fax 631-585-0092. Un votante militar puede elegir una preferencia para recibir una boleta electoral militar por correo, envío por facsímil o correo electrónico en su solicitud de dicha boleta electoral. Los formularios de solicitud de boleta electoral militar deben ser recibidas por la Oficina del Secretario de la Biblioteca hasta las 5:00 p. m. del 11 de marzo de 2022. Las

solicitudes de boletas militares recibidas serán procesadas de la misma manera que los formularios de las boletas no-militares en conformidad con la sección 2018-b de la Ley de Educación. El formulario de solicitud de la boleta militar debe incluir la preferencia del votante militar para recibir una balota militar por correo, envío por facsímile o correo electrónico y SE INFORMA TAMBIÉN que la balota original del votante militar debe ser entregada por correo a la oficina del Secretario de la Biblioteca, 101 Eastwood Blvd, Centereach, NY 11720. Las balotas de los votantes militares serán escrutadas si son recibidas por el Secretario de la Biblioteca (1) antes del cierre de la elecciones del día de la votación o elección y que muestren un sello de cancelación del servicio postal, U.S Postal Service, o el servicio postal de un país extranjero, o la fecha de confirmación del recibo por

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Editorial

Smart planning needed for ADUs When Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) talked about increasing affordable housing options across New York during her recent State of the State address, it was something that most residents could agree with. Then the State of the State book came out with more details.

Local legislators paused when they saw that a proposed plan would allow residents to build an accessory dwelling unit without seeking approval from their local zoning board, essentially eliminating single-family zoning laws. While most Long Island elected officials believe that our area needs more affordable housing, the majority are not on board with Hochul’s proposed plan.

It seems as if she has good intentions. Such a plan would enable a homeowner to create an apartment. One hope is that grown children can live at home longer and have more time to save for their own house. Or, it could provide a space for aging parents who can’t afford the cost of living in New York or keep up with all the things that a household needs. Being able to transform a basement, attic or garage into an apartment sounds better than families flying back and forth to another state to see their parents or children.

As it becomes more and more challenging to buy a home, living with one’s parents longer sometimes is the more affordable option. And while there was a time that people lived at home longer simply by sleeping in their childhood bedrooms, now with more teenagers going away to college, when they come back home, they crave their own space and don’t want to explain to mom and dad why they are just leaving the house at 10 p.m. to meet up with friends. They would like to have company over and not worry about their parents coming into the living room and joining the conversation or embarrassing them.

And older parents crave their freedom, too. Gone are the days when grandma and grandpa would come to live with the family and sleep in the guest room. As houses have become larger in the last few decades, people have become accustomed to having a good amount of personal space.

It should also be noted that in Brookhaven and Huntington, the towns allow accessory apartments on premises with specific regulations, including that the owner of the lot upon which the accessory apartment is located must reside within the dwelling that contains the ADU, and only one accessory apartment is permitted on the premises. Smithtown has limited exceptions.

Of course, we understand why many elected officials are dubious. This proposed Hochul plan has to be thought out thoroughly. Many areas of Long Island are overpopulated or are becoming so. While keeping our parents and children close to us is nice, it can be aggravating when cars are parked all over our streets and roadways are congested. We know not everyone will build an apartment for family members to have more affordable living conditions, but many will. And some will add them to their homes, not to help out family members but to collect rent from strangers.

Our infrastructure is not able to attract or keep people on the Island even though we want our children and parents to stay here.

Our planning and zoning boards work together to decide on what’s best for our areas and allow residents to speak up and express their concerns. To increase affordable housing units along the North Shore, elected officials will need to come together to brainstorm and identify the best areas to create less expensive housing options, such as being near train stations and major roadways. Options like these can keep additional cars off our local streets, so a quick run to the grocery store doesn’t turn into an hour-long ordeal.

Change can be good, but putting the responsibility of increasing affordable housing in the hands of residents who may not be experts on density and infrastructure is not a wise decision.

Letters to the Editor

Affordable housing needed in every Zeldin, offer intelligent answers not neighborhood partisan double-talk TBR News Media’s Feb.10 editions feature an article about the Brookhaven Town Board’s opposition to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s [D] accessory dwelling unit proposal.

This is a simple concept. The state is looking to give control back to homeowners on how they want to use their property. The Town of Brookhaven is looking to keep that control to itself. The state wants you to be able to share your homes with your children and elders. They want to make it so that we can share our insane property costs with others. The town wants to keep the status quo. It’s time for us to make spaces to house our elder population and help our younger population live until they can afford their own homes.

The state isn’t looking to change our acreage requirements for building. They aren’t forcing us to make apartment buildings right on top of each other like in Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx.

They aren’t looking to change the safety requirements for accessory apartments.

They want to make it so we can have a place our children can live till they can afford their own houses. They want to make it so we can use our homes as we choose and can share our living expenses so we can still afford to live here. They aren’t forcing every home to have an accessory apartment, they are giving everyone the opportunity to have that so that you can still afford your house. Brookhaven Town wants to take that back from us, the citizens.

We in Brookhaven — and New York — rely on mostly volunteer services for our emergency services. Our fire departments and EMS agencies are volunteers. They right now are struggling for volunteers. Increasing homeowners’ ability to afford their homes will increase volunteerism. Having our children in affordable apartments will make it easier for them to volunteer.

Our problem is retaining people here on Long Island. We absolutely need affordable housing to do that. Putting that ability into citizens’ hands and taking it from municipalities is how to do it.

I’m not sure where the town is getting information that our home values will decrease. I thought having an accessory apartment greatly increased your home value. Everyone wants affordable housing here in NY. We are tired of chasing our children and elders away. The not-in-myneighborhood attitude has to stop. We need affordable housing in every neighborhood.

John Neikens Mastic

Once again, a lengthy op-ed by U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY1] has appeared in this paper’s Letters to the Editor column [Feb. 3] filled with false information and misleading statements.

To begin with, in spite of what he implies, inflation is not a problem just in America. It’s happening worldwide, fueled by supply chain disruptions and relief efforts for individuals and industries financially damaged by the pandemic.

Contrary to the claim, repeated

by Zeldin from a constituent, that the Biden administration [D] is “shut[ting] down oil production in the country,” the administration approved more permits last year for oil and gas drilling on public lands than the Trump administration [R] did in any of its first three years.

To make sense of Zeldin’s double-talk one needs a translation between his words and his actions, based on his record.

When he says the best way to tackle inflation is “to remove unnecessary regulations on small business,” what he really means is letting big business pollute our air, dump toxic waste into our water, sell us dangerous or useless products and generally do whatever they please to enhance their bottom line. As a congressman, Zeldin consistently voted to eliminate regulations that displeased such “small businesses” as ExxonMobil, Bank of America and Dow Chemical.

If we’re wondering about the meaning of Zeldin’s constant railing against “regulation,” we can take as a local example the Gyrodyne proposal to dump sewage effluent and medical waste into the groundwater running into Stony Brook Harbor.

When Zeldin writes he wants to “incentivize and encourage people to rejoin the workforce,” what exactly does he have in mind? Does he mean going back to the good old days before the Affordable Care Act where if you lost your job you lost your health insurance too? Does he mean no financial help for those laid off because of the pandemic, as his vote against the bipartisan American Rescue Plan indicates? Does he mean going back to keeping the minimum wage at $7.25 an hour? Does he mean crippling unions, so employees stuck with poorly paid or dangerous jobs where they are at the mercy of their employers have no bargaining power?

When Zeldin rails about easing the tax burdens on American families, what

is he thinking? Is he thinking of the Trump-era tax law, which certainly eased the tax burden on large corporations and the ultrawealthy but did little for anyone else? Zeldin voted for it even though it increased the tax burden on many Long Island families by sharply reducing the deduction for state and local taxes.

When Zeldin boasts he would “confront the supply chain crisis head on” what magical measures would he pursue? Forced labor? Wage and price controls? Commanding factories in Asia to step up production, container ships to sail faster, port facilities to be bigger?

It would be so refreshing if, just once, Lee Zeldin offered us some intelligent answers for complex problems instead of just partisan double-talk.

David Friedman St. James

Inflation not caused by government spending

U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY1] in his op-ed [Feb. 3] is wrong about inflation.

Of course, it is painful, who could disagree with that, but it is not caused by government spending. Inflation is caused by great consumer demand that had been pent up by COVID-19, and lack of supply due to disruptions in the supply chain also caused by COVID. It is a matter of rising prices when supply doesn’t meet demand. Government spending has nothing to do with it. The sad part of this is that Zeldin presumably understands this but is only joining the inflation hype against President Joe Biden [D] for political reasons.

Even if we accept Zeldin’s wrong assertion about government spending causing inflation, would he have wanted to deprive millions of Americans of help during the COVID crises? Would Zeldin have deprived our country of the repair of our deteriorating infrastructure of roads, bridges, ports, airports, electrical grid, etc., on which we all depend? And, speaking of government spending, what about our former president’s giveaway of billions in tax relief that benefited mainly the wealthy who have only greatly increased their wealth during the COVID crises.

Inflation is serious and painful but, in context, unemployment is very low, job growth is very good, with the increase in wages most workers (not all) are actually taking home more money despite inflation, and the economy is basically very strong.

Adam Fisher Port Jefferson Station

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Opinion A recent death with overtones in my life

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friend who is the same age as I am recently and suddenly died, leaving behind a wife and two daughters in college who are the same age I was when my father died.

I feel like I’m at the center of a prism, with light bouncing out in so many directions that it’s difficult to track each path.

I am devastated for my friend. I know he will miss many of the same things my father never got to experience.

He won’t see his D. None daughters graduate of the above from college, develop

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF their careers, and enjoy learning about themselves through relationships.

He also won’t get to wake up another morning and see his wife’s smile, make plans for the day, and make the kinds of decisions we take for granted, like where to go on vacation, whom to see over the weekend, what friend to call and visit, or how to brighten someone else’s day.

I knew him as a dedicated father, who beamed when he spoke of his twin daughters.

Unlike so many other parents whose children play sports, he didn’t need his daughters to be superstars. His joy mirrored theirs.

I’m sorry for his wife, too, who shared two decades of experience with him and their two children. She went from being in an empty nest to being in an empty house in 18 months.

Everywhere she looks, she will see reminders of her husband and the life they shared.

I relate to his daughters. I know how strange it is to be in college, surrounded by friends who suddenly don’t know what to say to them. If friends ask the girls how they are doing, will they

tell them, leaving many of their friends without the tools, experience or words to respond?

Death leaves a hole in our lives. The friends they have in college, like mine decades ago, may not know about that hole and may not have even met the man missing from the center of their lives.

A week after I buried my father, I was back at school, finding it difficult to concentrate or even to care about upcoming exams or responsibilities.

When I told a math professor about my loss, he went out of his way to tutor me, to ask me how I was, and to be patient, waiting for me to tell him when I was ready to take a midterm. He arranged for me to take an exam on my own.

He made a point of looking for me after each lecture. I appreciated the support and, yet, I felt so weak and angry that I needed it.

I remember the first horrifying moment I didn’t feel the weight of the loss of my father.

I was wracked with guilt. What kind of son was I that I had, even for a moment, neglected to mourn?

I also recall the first person I met in those turbulent few weeks who didn’t know my story, who treated me like everyone else and who didn’t say she was sorry for my loss. We had the closest thing to a normal evening, which, at that time, was extraordinary.

In the weeks, months and years ahead, my friend’s daughters will remember the great moments with their father. They will look back at their idyllic childhoods and remember the mom and dad who made that possible.

In the days ahead, however, they will feel a flood of emotions and have a range of thoughts.

I hope that they find the kind of peace that comes from appreciating what they had and knowing that, no matter how much they might feel this way, they are not alone and that others share their experiences and care for them.

What does President Vladimir Putin really want?

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f it was President Vladimir Putin’s intention to be the center of global attention, he has certainly succeeded. Not much can push the latest COVID news off the top spot. Maybe inflation and how it is affecting the average resident can, but that’s nothing compared to the dominance of the situation in Ukraine and the speculation about what Putin’s next move will be. There seem to be numerous Putin specialists who profess to have studied Between the Russian dictator’s you and me every move for many

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF years and know what his plan is. Or, does he have a plan? Is this a story that he is writing as he goes along? This makes for lots of rhetoric among the pundits.

One thing is sure. The serious possibility of Russian aggression has caused North Atlantic

Treaty Organization members to stand together and reaffirm their alliance. Perhaps this was Putin’s test. There was little reaction when the Russians invaded and took over Crimea in 2014.

Would anyone really care if they took over all of the Ukraine?

Well, the answer to that question is decidedly YES. And the United States has stepped forward to reaffirm it alliance with and leadership of NATO by organizing the threat of severe economic sanctions against Russia, sending military equipment to Ukraine and finally sending a symbolic number of troops to NATO countries that border on Ukraine, namely Poland and Romania. A small number of soldiers also went to Germany, perhaps to bolster the resolve of the newly elected German leader, Chancellor Olaf Scholz, to honor its alliance.

Germany has the most to lose as far as its energy supply goes. Some 38% of the European Union’s natural gas comes from Russia, according to Eurostat, the EU’s statistics office. Much of it is imported by Germany to heat homes in winter and enable factories to operate. The loss of that source of energy would

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certainly cause economic pain to Germans and other European residents, who would have to pay more for significantly less supply. And of course, that furthers the impact of inflation.

Russia’s overt demands include halting NATO’s expansion and reducing its military exercises and presence in Eastern Europe.

Specifically, Putin wants guarantees that Ukraine will not be allowed to join NATO, which its current leadership has indicated it would want to do in the future. However, noted globalist and New York Times columnist, Thomas L. Friedman, suggested in the issue of February 16, that Putin’s fear is that “Ukraine becomes Westernized. He fears that one day Ukraine will be admitted to the European Union.” If such an event were to happen, which Friedman believes young Ukrainians dream about, they feel it could “lock in their frail democracy and lock out corruption and Putinism.”

Friedman goes on to point out that “Putin seized Crimea and first invaded part of Eastern Ukraine in February-March 2014. What else was happening then? The European Union’s 28 member states were forging a new E.U.-Ukraine

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Association Agreement to foster closer political and economic ties, signed on March 21, 2014.”

Putin’s greatest fear, according to Friedman, “is the expansion of the E.U.’s sphere of influence and the prospect that it would midwife a decent, democratic, free-market Ukraine that would every day say to the Russian people, ‘This is what you could be without Putin.’”

Meanwhile, Putin is deciding, according to Friedman, “If I go ahead with a full scale invasion and it goes bad — wrecking Russia’s economy and resulting in Russian soldiers returning home in body bags from a war with fellow Slavs — could it lead to my own downfall?”

Whatever Putin’s thoughts are, he has used the threat of military force to bring the Western leaders to the table for extensive talks. Perhaps the diplomats will remake the Eastern European map without resorting to war.

Until there is some sort of resolution to this stand off, what can we, here in America, expect?

We will have to deal with the possibility of growing shortages and accompanying inflation, which in fact we are already experiencing at the gas pumps.

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