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America’s VetDogs unveiled a new statue at its headquarters in Smithtown Nov. 10, top. The bronze piece pays tribute to Sully, bottom left, a yellow Labrador Retriever that was President George H.W. Bush’s service dog from June 2018 until Bush’s death in November of that year. Sully was trained by Amercia’s VetDogs before serving Bush. The statue was sculpted by Susan Bahary, below right, formerly of Huntington, who created the piece based on measurements she took of Sully along with photos and having similar dogs model for her. Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) and state Assemblyman Michael Fitzpatrick (R-St. James) joined America’s VetDogs representatives for the unveiling. Photos by Rita J. Egan

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Local School Districts React to Regents Cancellation BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

State officials said the January 2021 Regents exams will be canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Announced last week, state Interim Commissioner of Education Betty A. Rosa, along with her administration, said they were canceling the exams at the start of next year. The decision will apply to all Regents exams that had been scheduled for Jan. 26 through Jan. 29. Over the summer, the New York State Education Department canceled the June and August exams due to the COVID-19 crisis. Roger Tilles, of Manhasset, who represents Long Island on the state’s Board of Regents, said the decision is only fair. “A lot of schools started at different times this year,” he said. “We started teaching allremote, sometimes hybrid, Zoom classes, some in-person. How could you have one uniform test for all students?” According to Tilles, it is always difficult to have equity in a state uniform test. “Even without the pandemic, it’s inequitable because some schools have better resources and can attract certain types of teachers who have specialties that other schools don’t have,” he said. “So, the kids who are in high-needs districts are getting the same tests as students in the lowestneed schools in the state and compare those students to the other.” Since there has been disparity in the way students have learned the last eight months, the board began thinking about how to handle

the state testing early on in the year. It was officially announced on Nov. 5 that the tests would be canceled. “Throughout the pandemic, our priority has been the health and well-being of our students and educators,” Rosa said in a statement. “We determined the January Regents exams could not be safely, equitably and fairly administered across the state given where the pandemic currently stands. We will continue to monitor applicable data and make a decision on other state assessment programs as the school year progresses, being mindful of the evolving situation.” And due to the cancellation, NYSED will propose modifications to the assessment requirements that students must meet in order to earn high school diplomas, credentials and endorsements at the upcoming December Board of Regents meeting. Mark Secaur, superintendent of Smithtown Central School District, said he is pleased with the cancellation. “I commend the decision made by the state Education Department to cancel the January Regents exams,” he said. “They correctly pointed out safety, equity and fairness issues that have been created and/or exacerbated by the pandemic.” Secaur added he doesn’t see an adverse impact for the district’s students, due to the expectation that they will be granted an exemption if they pass the related course by the end of the first semester of this school year. Dr. Jennifer Quinn, superintendent of the Comsewogue School District, said she also believes this was the right decision. “There are inequalities in different school

The New York State Education Department announced it was canceling the January Regents Nov. 5. Stock photo

districts and it wasnt creating a level playing field,” she said. One problem Quinn said she sees in the future is because of the January cancellation, students who planned on taking the English exam will be unable to. “A lot of our students take the English Regents in January,” she said. “If they end up giving it in June because they canceled in January, it’ll put the students at a disadvantage and will have to take it on top of their other exams.” A representative from Three Village Central School District said their students will also have to retake the English exam. “In the past, we have had a few students retake a Regents examination in January to improve their score, but the number of students re-taking a Regents in January has been small,” the district

said in a statement. “The impact is anticipated to be minimal.” According to the statement sent out by NYSED, the modifications apply to all students who are completing a secondary-level course of study or makeup program in January and are scheduled to participate in one or more of the January 2021 Regents exams. “To ensure students are not adversely impacted by the cancellation of the exams, the department will ask the Board of Regents to adopt emergency regulations pertaining to the assessment requirements that students must meet in order to earn diplomas, credentials and endorsements,” the statement said. “Under the proposed emergency regulations, students who are planning to take one or more Regents examinations during the January 2021 examination period at the conclusion of a course of study or makeup program shall be exempt from the requirements pertaining to passing such Regents examination to be issued a diploma.” Other local districts said that due to the population size within their districts, the cancellation of the exam would not impact them. Miller Place and Rocky Point school representatives both said the decision does not affect their districts. “Due to the nature of January administration in general, and the COVID exemption last year, this will not impact the district for January 2021,” Rocky Point superintendent, Scott O’Brien, said in a statement. No decisions have been made yet by the Board of Regents regarding the June and August 2021 exams or any other state assessment programs.

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Gentlemen’s Club Property Could Become Part of Town Park BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Smithtown landmarks have changed regularly throughout the centuries, but one town staple has basically remained the same for decades. The Town of Smithtown is hoping to do something about that — changing a topless bar to a place where families can enjoy recreational time on the water. If the Smithtown Town Board’s proposed plans go through, The Oasis Gentlemen’s Club, across from the iconic bull statue, may become part of a town park through condemnation. The issue was discussed at an Oct. 27 special town meeting and public hearing via Zoom. The club sits on two lots of land that are the equivalent of a fifth of an acre. Smithtown hopes to acquire the property to use for a public park that will have waterfront access to the Nissequogue River that sits right behind it, joining up with what is now a county park slightly east of Oasis. If all goes as planned, Smithtown will make a park swap with Suffolk County. The county will acquire the town’s Bill Richards Park next to Blydenburgh County Park, while Suffolk will hand over Paul T. Given County Park to Smithtown.

During the Oct. 27 special meeting, Peter Hans, Smithtown planning director, said the Oasis property is zoned for neighborhood business. The planning director said the structure predates an assessment done by the town in 1947. That year, it was listed as Cliff’s Tavern Barroom. Hans said the building is not on the historic sites inventory. During the meeting, the planning director pointed to other county and town parks in the vicinity of the building and said Smithtown is updating its Local Waterfront Revitalization Program. He added that in 1989 the Town Board adopted the program which includes the Oasis parcel for acquisition for conservation. “It is located in an environmentally sensitive area,” he said. “You have the river directly adjacent. There’s a sanitary system on the property, and if the property were redeveloped, there’s potential to remove or update the sanitary system. So, as it stands right now, we’re just in the concept stage, but there is potential to redevelop the whole waterfront around the whole area for park purposes.” Thomas Murray, from Pelham Manor who has owned the business and property since 2002, spoke at the meeting. Murray said he paid for an appraisal in December 2017, and the

Smithtown’s Town Board held a public hearing Oct. 27 to discuss the possibility of acquiring the grounds of The Oasis Gentlemen Club. File photo by Donna Deedy

town attorney countered with another around a year later. He said since then “no offer has been forthcoming since I started this process in 2017.” However, he is still open to negotiating with the town to avoid any litigation. Murray said all taxes and bills have been made timely, the bar hasn’t caused many problems relative to other bars and there is a tenant upstairs who maintains the property. “Residents of the area have and are employed at the business, depending on the

employment for their livelihood,” he said. “I conduct business with other companies in the area, which helps improve the local economy.” He added, “I would say going back to the Bull Creek, this bar has been a safe rite of passage for many in the area.” The building has been used for adult entertainment since 1979 and was once named the Bull Creek Inn. Members of the Facebook group “You know you’re from Smithtown, New York if:” also remember the business having names such as Habitat and Rosebuds after Cliff’s Tavern Barroom was no longer in business. Town of Smithtown spokesperson Nicole Garguilo said the Oasis property was assessed twice and talks about the acquisition began in 2018. “In May of 2019, the town commissioned an appraisal and presented our valuation to the property owner and his attorney in or about September 2019,” she said. “In January of 2020, the town received a counter-offer for an amount that simply could not be justified given the town’s appraisal. Later that month the Town commissioned a condemnation appraisal for the property.” The Smithtown board has 90 days after the Oct. 27 public hearing to make a decision.

Psychological Strain of Recent Election Hits Home BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Though this year’s election arguably lasted far longer than any other in recent history, the way even the presidential election has lingered in the news has not slowed the amount of stress people are feeling in its wake. A study conducted by market research firm The Harris Poll for the American Psychological Association, released Oct. 7, said 76% of Democrats, 67% of Republicans and 64% of Independent voters said the election was a major stressor in their lives. Local psychologists have witnessed the general anxiety from their patients and the 2020 election’s impact on mental health. Dr. Donna Friedman said among her clients who go to her in her East Setauket practice, she would agree with the APA’s study. And with the combination of the COVID-19 pandemic and protests all around the country over law enforcement, the level of election stress is something she has never before seen in her near 35 years in private practice. Worse, lingering questions of a peaceful transfer of power and absentee ballot counts have made this period of heightened tension last. Though people may not have the same

political viewpoints, many of them share similar feelings of stress. Every person is different, and among the many issues of an issue-filled age, individuals have a much bigger opportunity to feel anxious. The APA study points out those with chronic health conditions are significantly more likely to say the election is a very significant source of stress for them. “For some people the issue is Trump and how he treats women, for another person it might be issues with police, how law enforcement has affected them — it depends,” Friedman said. “It’s not across the board everyone feels the same way.” What people are feeling stressed and anxious about also depends on different demographics. For people of color, the election was even more of a stressor than previous years, such as with Black people at 71% in 2020 compared to just 46% in 2016, according to the APA study. Dr. Chris Kearney, a fellow East Setauketbased psychologist, said with all the external factors, this current election has heightened stress further than he’s seen before from any other election. Kearney, who works with both adolescents and adults, said young people are afraid of what this pandemic and election mean for

them right now, whether it will impact their ability to go to college or get a job. Adults are more stuck on where they are, he said, and it’s more difficult for them to open up. “For the teens, it’s what’s going to happen in the immediate right now, for the adults they’re very unrelenting — once they have an opinion, it’s hard to interject another rationale,” he said. As a therapist, his role is to stay neutral even when his patients talk about their personal political views, though he said for adults it’s important to know such animosity to the other side can become imprinted on younger children. Friedman said people being cut off from their social contacts because of the ongoing pandemic has only helped exacerbate the issue, and this stress is much more apparent with older than younger folks. Older people are more afraid of getting sick, or even being alone and getting sick. Younger people speak less about fear of getting sick, but more so how they will be impacted by the election. “Many people are isolated, and in such a politically charged environment, there’s just a lot of uncertainty about the future,” she said. “People are divided from each other when they really do need to feel connected.”

With more people seeking or coming back to therapy, local psychologists said this charged political time has truly damaged relationships among both family and friends. The APA has suggested people need to break habits of ruminating on the worst-case scenario and instead focus on things one can control and engage in meaningful activities. Friedman said people need to practice good self-care. Part of that includes limiting time one might spend hooked into the 24-hour news cycle. News can become “addicting,” she said, and it might be best to limit oneself to specific points in the day where you can read or watch to catch oneself up. She added people need to focus on maintaining social connections as best as one can, and should also try to distract oneself from the surrounding negativity through hobbies or other interests, anything from gardening to taking walks. Kearney said it’s important to not let a difference of opinion between you, your family, friends or even coworkers become volatile. “I think that volatility just continues in our everyday life and behaviors, and that’s why that stress level is increased and gets even higher,” he said. “If we work together and help each other, we can maybe reduce that volatility in our relationships.”

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School Districts Attempt to Break the Stigma on Mental Health During Pandemic BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM School districts are letting their students know that it’s okay to be in touch with their feelings. During this unprecedented and scary time, district officials across the North Shore said they immediately knew that they needed to buckle down and implement different mental programs to accommodate the changing landscape of education and the COVID-19 pandemic worry. Jennifer Bradshaw, assistant superintendent for instruction and administration with Smithtown Central School District, said they started the school year with training for all staff members in social and emotional learning. “We’ve always privileged student and staff mental health and wellness, so we’re doing what we did in years past, just a lot more of it,” she said. Smithtown has been including ongoing contact among school counselors, social workers, psychologists, administrators, teachers and other staff members to evaluate student and family needs for food, technology, mental health, counseling, and academic support.

Farther east in Rocky Point, Toni Mangogna, a social worker at Rocky Point High School, said they have been seeing an increase in student anxiety surrounding the pandemic. “Coming back to school is so different,” she said. “We’re trying to get our services out to as many students and families as we can.” As part of their SEL programs, the district offers a virtual classroom that students can access at home or while in school to request an appointment with a school counselor or psychologist. “It’s a great option for kids who are working from home,” she said. “I think students miss that one-on-one connection.” The virtual office also offers breathing exercises and tips for practicing mindfulness. Mangogna said she sees students sharing the services with their family and friends. “These students are really in touch with their feelings,” she said. “If we can make that connection with parents and students, I think we’re really making a difference.” The Rocky Point social worker added that while the kids are stressed, parents are seeking help, too. “Parents have anxiety,” she said. “It’s difficult for parents to be that support for

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With the approaching emotions of the holidays, Suffolk County residents may face persistent and unwanted changes in their lives, from not seeing a cherished family member to remaining confined to the same house where they work, live, eat and study. Between now and the end of the year, TBR News Media will feature stories about the impact of the ongoing pandemic on mental health. The articles will explore how to recognize signs of mental health strain and will provide advice to help get through these difficult times. This week, the article focuses on youth.

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Voting for Better

Amongst record-breaking turnout for the 2020 election, there is still one lingering issue that Suffolk County needs to correct for the many elections in our future, namely the dearth of early voting locations in the county. In the midst of a pandemic, providing an opportunity for locals to vote earlier than Election Day made more sense than ever before. It was about keeping the number of people to a minimum to help stop the spread of COVID-19. Accommodating those who didn’t want to vote amongst crowds because they felt they would be at a higher risk to catch the coronavirus should have been at the utmost of priorities. In Suffolk, past years have seen one early voting site per town, and this year the number of locations was increased to 12. Critics had lobbied for more than a dozen sites in the county, preferably 21, but the calls were met with compromise. Well, the results are in and the critics were right. The slight bump in polling places wasn’t enough. People found themselves in line at early polling locations for hours. Lines at locations like Brookhaven Town Hall or Nesconset Elementary School snaked through parking lots and twisted around residential streets. As ridiculous as it sounds, people had to bring chairs with them to vote. According to New York State law, the boards of elections should consider various factors when choosing a site including population density, travel time, proximity to other sites and how close it is to public transportation routes. In Brookhaven, voters could find locations in Farmingville and Mastic but nothing on the North Shore. Smithtown residents had one location in Nesconset and many, once they discovered they would have to wait hours in line, traveled to Brentwood to vote early. In the TBR News Media coverage area from Cold Spring Harbor to Wading River along the North Shore of the Island — which can vary between 40 to 50 miles depending on what route a person takes — that Nesconset location was the only early voting polling place. Of course, we realize one of the problems may be a lack of poll workers and volunteers. Hearing the concerns of many residents who are now shouting voter fraud and the like it’s ironic how more people aren’t willing to participate in one of the most important processes in America. Our suggestion to the Suffolk County Board of Elections: Make more of an effort in getting the word out that people are needed to help voters. The long lines of people to cast an early vote proved that Suffolk residents wanted their voices to be heard. Those lines proved that the county and country need to rethink the early voting process. Suffolk County needs to work out a funding stream that is dedicated to early polling places come Election Day, and the nation needs to have a serious conversation about standardized processes for mail-in ballots or early voting. At the same time, why not make Election Day a national holiday? While the hope is that future election procedures won’t need to adhere to pandemic guidelines, offering a more flexible schedule enables people more than 15 hours on Election Day to have their say, no matter what their workday schedule or other responsibilities entail. To have one day to vote may have worked in the early days of our country, but with the U.S. population increasing massively over the centuries, and people of color as well as women gaining the right to vote along the way, it’s time to expand to make sure every adult in America can vote no matter what their circumstances may be.

Letters to the Editor

An Open Letter to U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer Dear Senator Schumer, I believe that President-elect Biden genuinely wants to heal the serious divisions in our country, and I believe that you are in a unique position to advise him. A significant portion of Trump voters were white people without a college degree who feel disrespected by better educated professionals and business people. Many of these alienated people live in rural areas and are blue collar workers who are either skilled tradespeople (carpenters, electricians, plumbers, farmers, repair people, etc.), or unskilled doing many necessary jobs such as factory work, or routine office work. They need to be shown respect and they need to feel that they are respected. I suggest that President Biden

visit those areas himself and also send Vice President Kamala Harris and his cabinet to fan out and just listen to what they have to say. They shouldn’t tell them what Biden will do for them but just listen sympathetically and find out what they are feeling and what they say they need. Then when they return to Washington it is important both to speak to those needs and to devise programs that they say they want. This is not only a matter of good politics, but it will be necessary for him to govern and it is also the right thing to do. All Americans deserve to feel that they have the respect of their government and their fellow Americans. Adam D. Fisher Port Jefferson Station

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The Power of a Pronoun: Pronouns Matter The goals of this piece is twofold. Firstly, it is to illustrate what I understand to be an interesting paradox and similarities between the size of a living life form and the size of some English words. Now you may ask, “What do I mean by that?” Well, if I look at small life forms such as a tick, mosquito, poison tree frog, poisonous spider, the amount of damage, havoc, sometimes death they can inflict on a human, in relation to their size is interesting to me. In viewing the pronoun in similar light with regard to its size as a part of speech in our English language, defined as a word that

is used instead of a noun or noun phrase. Usually the word is short or small with regard to the number of symbols ex. she, he, I, they, we, you, it, this. These small words in my opinion, can, if utilized and used properly, result in huge changes in the “karma,” or in other words, the atmosphere of society. Secondly, elaborating on what I previously wrote, using the pronoun “they“ — exclusively as opposed to “we,” needs a great deal of work. In view of recent events, our 46th president elect has stated, “we” are in a position to heal the nation. To the majority of Americans “we” has just demonstrated in the presidential

election “our” desire for a change in leadership. If the majority of Americans choose to consciously within themselves live their lives adhering to kindness, gentleness, truth, sincerity, honesty, respect toward others, understanding, caring, giving, compassion, love, etc., “we” along with “they” — elected officials — are at a prime time to utilize the opportunity to heal “our” country. May “we,” in the words of John Lennon “come together” at this momentous time in history and collectively join hands and move forward. Paul Feinberg South Setauket

Time for Candidates to Pick Up Campaign Signs Election Day has come and gone. This reminds me of “The Outer Limits,” a 1960s television show. With the end of round the clock commercials by politicians, political parties, political action groups and payfor-play special interest groups, we now return control of your television back to you until the next election cycle. No more

candidates campaign mailings clogging our mailboxes and weighing down are hard working postal employees. Finally, some peace and quite. Now if only all the winning and losing candidates would pick up all the thousands of campaign signs that litter our roads and highways to help clean up

our environment. All can use left over campaign funds to hire either the Boy Scouts or the Girl Scouts to collect this litter. They could pay our young people a nominal fee which I’m sure would be appreciated. Larry Penner Great Neck

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NOVEMBER 12, 2020 • TIMES OF SMITHTOWN • PAGE A19

Opinion Crows and Irritated People Seem to Call My Name

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ith a number of extended friends and family pregnant during this turbulent year, I have been thinking about one of the first decisions parents make on behalf of children who can’t yet verbalize their preferences. What’s in a name, you say? Well, just about everything. A long, complicated and difficult to spell name could help someone stand out. It could D. None also connect that of the above person to a family legacy or history BY DANIEL DUNAIEF and enable him to carry the trappings of a family tree every time he says or writes his name.

At the same time, that person, if she interacts with a large collection of people, may spend an enormous amount of time each day spelling or pronouncing her name and answering questions about its origin. As an aside, one of my favorite names comes courtesy of a close friend who is a doctor. He was in the operating room many years ago during a complicated delivery by an expectant mother who didn’t speak English. She decided to name her son Nosmo. His middle name was King. She got the name from the No Smoking sign she read in the waiting room. For some reason, when I meet someone, I struggle with two of the most basic elements of communication. First, they say their name. Something happens in that time shortly after I hear the name. I’m so focused on saying my name, which I’ve known all my life, that I erase her name. It’s as if a devilish part of my brain has blurred her name with a miniature eraser. That also appears to happen to other people, as several of them have listened to me say my

name and then ask, “Did you say your name was Doug” or “Dave?” They tend to remember the first letter. You would think I wouldn’t have any trouble with such a simple first name, Dan, and yet, you’d be wrong. When I start with “My name is” or “This is,” somehow, the “s” from the “is” elides with my name, making my response sounds like, “This is Stan.” To compensate, I have tried to wait as long as possible between the “is” and my name, almost as if I’m building suspense. “Hi, this is” ... wait for it … have a sandwich ... check your email … look at that pretty bird … okay, now, “Dan.” Sometimes, when I’m outside, I hear my name when no one was talking to me or to anyone else who shares my name. I returned from walking my dog recently and heard “Daaaannn,” “Daaaaaaaann,” “Daaaaaannn” calls. At first, I thought it was my wife, trying to use her special human echolocation to find me, but it turned out to be a crow welcoming my dog and me back.

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he road to the election of a woman vice president of the United States is a long one, and with our newspapers, we have traveled it from the first nomination of a woman by a major party to today. Geraldine Ferraro was the running mate of Walter Mondale in the 1984 presidential election and was supported after she was nominated by a majority of womBetween en, according to a you and me Newsweek poll, BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF 49% to 41%. Men supported the Reagan-Bush ticket 58% to 36%. In the end, despite a lively campaign that had Ferraro traveling 55,000 miles around the country and speaking in 85 cities, the Democratic ticket lost in a landslide, carrying only the underdog, Walter Mondale and his home state of Minnesota and the District of Columbia. When I was president of the New York Press

Association, it was my responsibility to arrange for the keynote speaker at our 1985, 500-member state convention. I mailed an invitation to Ferraro, and despite collegial assurances that she would not even read the letter herself, much less come, she delighted us by accepting. Indeed, she came to the hotel in Colonie, north of Albany center, for the entire weekend and was most generous with her time, including a productive shopping trip during break to the local mall on Saturday afternoon. She also gave my oldest son a private interview for his college newspaper. Why did she agree to come? She felt poorly treated by the press throughout her campaign, and I had suggested that she might want to offer her impressions of how badly she was covered to us. Indeed, she did, in direct and no uncertain terms. Ferraro, as you might guess, was a remarkable woman and politician. She was known for her breezy style and saucy manner, and when she felt patronized by Reagan’s vice presidential candidate, George H. W. Bush during the campaign, she memorably scolded him publicly. She was endearing in many ways. When introduced at public gatherings, if she liked the introduction music, she would break into a little dance behind the speaker’s platform before beginning her talk. She wore silk

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dresses and pearls but never flowers. When my husband, who was with me at the convention, brought both of us corsages to wear on stage, she declined most apologetically. “I’m not allowed to wear flowers,” she explained to our astonishment. “They are too feminine.” As The New York Times described in her obituary in 2011, she was ideal for television. Down to earth, streaked blond hair, a peanutbutter-and-jelly sandwich-making mother of three, she was appealing, I guess in the way of Doris Day. She was brought up by a single mother, who over the years, it was told, sewed beads on wedding dresses to pay for her daughter to attend good schools. And while Ferraro graduated from Fordham Law School, it was not until her own children were of school age that she started

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When people are flustered, injured, or disappointed, they often yell something. Unfortunately for me and, perhaps, other Dans, they shout something that sounds like my name. After stubbing their toe or reading a disappointing email, they scream, “Damn!” Hearing the frustrated and loud call, I match that with, “Yeah, what?” That might be funny to them, if they weren’t already annoyed. The ubiquitous nature of my name has created confusion on athletic teams or in offices. My last name doesn’t offer an easy alternative. Indeed, my son, who doesn’t share the same first name as anyone on the baseball team, is, nonetheless, nicknamed “Knife” because, somehow, Duh nay uff, became Doo knife, which was shortened to knife. It makes sense to teenagers. As one of Jerry Seinfeld’s girlfriends on the eponymous show “Seinfeld” pointed out, it could be worse: her name rhymed with a female body part Jerry couldn’t remember, and it wasn’t “Vulva.”

working in the Queens District Attorney’s office. From 1979-1985, after serving as a criminal prosecutor, she was elected to the House of Representatives. Less combative than Representative Bella Abzug before her, she proved to be comfortable and well liked “by the boys,” especially House Speaker Tip O’Neill, Jr. And while she was more familiar with urban ward politics than foreign policy, for example, she was a quick study and learned what she needed to know at any given time. Unfortunately, Ferraro was forced to hold a marathon news conference in the middle of the election, when her husband, John Zaccaro, was accused of financial misdealings, an event that certainly hurt the ticket. Born in Newburgh, New York, in 1935, Ferraro was, to me, a phenomenon in a crowded room. She would stop and shake hands with every person as she walked along, look each one in the eye and within 30 seconds establish some common connection that brought a smile to each face. She was not only the first woman candidate for vice president of a major party but also the first Italian-American nominee. Kamala Harris stands on Geraldine Ferraro’s shoulders finally with her win.

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