The Village Beacon Record - March 23, 2023

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State legislators call for crackdown on deceptive packaging for THC products

This past week in Albany, New York State Sen. Dean Murray (R-Patchogue) and state Assemblywoman Jodi Giglio (R-Riverhead) joined with Republican colleagues from the state Senate and Assembly at a press conference calling for the crackdown on improper and deceptive packaging practices for edible products with THC infusions. The lawmakers said there has been

a dramatic increase in cases of children mistaking these products for regular candies and snack foods, with dangerous and sometimes deadly results.

Murray and Giglio have introduced legislation that would target this practice, mandating that THC-infused edibles on the market are marked and packaged plainly and increasing penalties for violators.

Pictured above, New York State Sen. Dean Murray (R-East Patchogue), left of poster, and state Assemblywoman Jodi Giglio (R-Riverhead), right of poster, along with Republican state legislators. Photo by New York State Senate Photography

Local leaders warn of THC products packaged for children

BY RAYMOND JANIS EDITOR1@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Public officials and drug prevention advocates are sounding the alarm over cannabis products packaged for children.

During a recent Port Jefferson Station/Terryville Civic Association meeting, civic vice president Sal Pitti circulated a flier revealing various cannabis products resembling commonplace children’s foods and household snacks.

Pitti, who is also active with the Town of Brookhaven’s Drug Prevention Coalition, suggested these products are branded for children and attributes the problem to false advertising.

“We all grew up with Trix and Cocoa Pebbles when we were kids,” he said. “It’s a branding that people know, they recognize and might more easily purchase.”

Pitti detailed several potential dangers associated with tetrahydrocannabinol, the active ingredient in marijuana commonly known as THC, getting into the hands of young people. He said processed edible cannabis often has exponentially higher THC concentrations, which can get kids hooked on the substance more efficiently and create a gateway to harder drugs.

Recent statistics from the National Institute on Drug Abuse substantiate this claim. Samples analyzed by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency since 1995 indicate that today’s cannabis products are nearly four times as potent as those collected in that year.

“They’ve sophisticated this technique to great extents,” Pitti said. “Now they’re making gummies, candies, granola bars, honeys and spreads out of this stuff. But the problem is, in processing all of this, that THC level has gone up dramatically.”

Pitti said packaging highly potent THC products to children signals potentially severe societal harm. “This is going to open up a door to our youth that’s going to hurt them,” he said. “This is just a bomb that’s waiting to go off.”

A crisis for children

Pitti is not alone in these concerns. Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) has introduced legislation targeting the practice.

Her bill cites the risks associated with underage THC consumption, such as impaired memory and coordination, and the potential for hallucinations and paranoia among minors.

In an interview, Hahn suggested marketing cannabis in a manner that makes it desirable to children represents a public safety hazard.

“If it’s intentionally designed to look like candy, the purpose is to confuse the consumer,” she said, adding, “If an adult purchases marijuana gummies that are packaged similarly to candy-type gummies and a young child gets their hands on it and eats it unknowingly, that’s a very dangerous situation for the child.”

Hahn’s bill would require packaging of THC products to be plain, containing clear warning

Sunrise Wind Project takes another step toward becoming a reality

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

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SUFFOLK COUNTY

On the first day of spring, with cool breezes and a propeller plane flying overhead at Smith Point County Park, Suffolk County officials celebrated a Host Community Agreement with Sunrise Wind, an energy project that will use windmills to provide power to about 600,000 homes.

The offshore wind project, which will be developed 30 miles east of Montauk, marks the second such effort to use renewable energy as a power source. South Fork Wind is currently under construction and will provide energy by the end of the year.

The Sunrise Wind farm, which Denmarkbased Ørsted and east-coast-based Eversource is leading, will make landfall at Smith Point County Park on the South Shore. The lines would feed under the Smith Point Bridge and under William Floyd Parkway.

The effort is a part of New York State’s goal of increasing the use of renewable energy to 70% by 2030 and to 100% by 2040, lowering the state’s carbon footprint and slowing the effect of greenhouse gases on global warming.

In addition to celebrating the environmental benefits of the agreement, officials stood with labor leaders to recognize the job and

“We know that this clean energy future is also about job creation and creating new industries that will put people to work,” County Executive Steve Bellone (D) said at a press conference announcing the agreement. “We are going to have not just jobs; we are going to have careers for people here on Long Island for years and decades to come.”

The effort will include 100 jobs in an operations and maintenance hub in East Setauket.

Sunrise Wind agreed to pay $170 million over 25 years. Brookhaven will get over $5 million from the project each year, starting in 2025 for the next quarter of a century.

The announcement of the agreement came on the same day that the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that the world would likely pass a dangerous temperature increase within the next decade, driving global warming to deadly levels unless countries cut back on fossil fuels.

Such an unchecked temperature increase could lead to famine, disease, an increase in violent storms, and a reduction in farmable or habitable land.

The UN report urged nations to cut the use of coal, oil and gas, which contribute to the majority of the emission of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide.

Recognizing the overlap between the UN

report and the announcement about the Host Community Agreement in the county, Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, suggested that the county was doing its part.

The UN “declared that we need to make sustainable, meaningful changes in this decade,” Esposito said during the press conference. “That’s exactly what Suffolk County and the state of New

York are doing. We have the low carbon tools to live in a world with lower emissions and now we must use them.”

Changing the way the county produces energy “changes the world” and the “future for the better,” Esposito added.

Julie Tighe, president of the New York League of Conservation Voters, applauded the practical and forward-looking element of a concrete plan that includes the start of construction later in 2023.

“Unless we turn these commitments into projects on the ground, it’s just a piece of paper,” Tighe said. This agreement is “one step closer to reality.”

Tighe congratulated political leaders from both parties, including Bellone and Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) for coming together on this environmentally, ecologically and economically favorable project.

“Clean air and clean water are non-partisan issues,” Tighe said. “This is a promise we need to keep for our communities.”

The wind farm plan will also include courses at Stony Brook University and SUNY Farmingdale, as well as a National Offshore Wind Training Center in Brentwood. The center will expand access to job opportunities and educational advancement, particularly for high school and college-age New Yorkers entering the job market.

The training center includes a 22-year license agreement with Suffolk County.

Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine and County Executive Steve Bellone announced a Community Host Agreement with Sunrise Wind. Photo from Suffolk County

A Suffolk-forward vision to increase housing options

NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION CASE 20-T-0617

NOTICE OF FILING OF SUNRISE WIND LLC’S PHASE 2 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION PLAN FOR THE SUNRISE WIND NEW YORK CABLE PROJECT

Perspective

The cost of housing is among the most crucial issues facing Long Island’s future, and it is an issue I have personally worked to address. As chair of the Suffolk County Planning Commission, I eliminated red tape and helped to get shovels in the ground for housing developments. Now, I have serious concerns about an Albany-centric, one-sizefits-all plan to increase housing options, but I am confident that we can address our housing needs if we employ a Suffolk-centric approach.

We need more housing options to allow working families to thrive, young people to stay and seniors to comfortably retire in Suffolk County. However, the existing piecemeal approval processes have left us with too little housing which, due to simple supply and demand, costs too much. With a median home price of $545,000 and few rental units available in Suffolk County, our young people are compelled to move away. This exodus imperils our future and places Long Island businesses at a competitive disadvantage when needed workers cannot afford to live here.

First, we organize and plan locally. Through the Suffolk County Planning Commission — a representative body made up of members from each of Suffolk’s 10 towns and two from its villages — we should create a regional housing plan designed to maximize the needs, capacity and desires of each part of the county. In such a plan, we will identify areas for future housing development and encourage the redevelopment of underutilized properties.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, on March 24, 2023, pursuant to Article VII of the New York Public Service Law (the “PSL”), Sunrise Wind LLC (the “Applicant”), a 50/50 joint venture between Ørsted North America Inc. and Eversource Investment LLC, will file a copy of its proposed Phase 2 Environmental Management and Construction Plan (“EM&CP”) with the New York State Public Service Commission (the “NYSPSC”) related to the Sunrise Wind New York Cable Project (the “Project”). The Project will deliver power from the Sunrise Wind Farm (“SRWF”)—which is under a 25-year Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Certificate (“OREC”) contract with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (“NYSERDA”)—located in federal waters on the Outer Continental Shelf, to the existing electrical grid in New York State.

By Dave Calone

To execute such a plan, we need New York State to partner and deliver the incentives needed to facilitate development. For instance, the state can offer funds to municipalities that contribute most toward the countywide goal, that most quickly approve housing and that create housing for a variety of income levels. Moreover, it can provide necessary infrastructure investments that will allow future growth in municipalities that want to develop.

Construction associated with Phase 2 of the Project includes the remainder of Project installation beyond Phase 1 work, specifically: (i) installation of remaining civil works (i.e., ductbanks) along the Project’s route outside of New York State Department of Transportation-controlled rights of way, including horizontal directional drills (HDD) from Smith Point Marina to Smith Point County Park, and from Smith Point County Park to the offshore HDD exit point (ii) cable installation, both onshore and offshore; and (iii) remainder of construction works at the Project’s new onshore converter station (the “OnCS–DC”) . All of the work associated with Phase 2 of the Project will occur in the Town of Brookhaven.

PHASE 2 EM&CP

The EM&CP describes the construction procedures and environmental protection measures proposed to be used for the Project, including but not limited to: the location of the Project, proposed construction methods, construction notifications, vegetation removal, traffic management, noise minimization, water quality standards, contaminated soil and water handling, stormwater management, terrestrial and marine rare, threatened, and endangered species protections, and many other measures to be implemented during the construction, operation, maintenance, and decommissioning of the Project. SRW developed the EM&CP in conformance with the requirements of the conditions appended to the Project’s Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need (“CECPN”) and in consultation with the New York State Department of Public Service, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, New York State Department of State, New York State Department of Transportation, and the Town of Brookhaven and Suffolk County.

An electronic version of the EM&CP will be available for public inspection online on the NYSPSC’s Document and Matter Management page by searching Case 20-T-0617 at the following location: http://www.dps.ny.gov/New_Search.html

Copies of the EM&CP will be available for inspection at:

Brookhaven Free Library

Sachem Public Library

The housing crisis has grown over decades and needs to be addressed with urgency. However, the proposed solutions from Albany don’t make sense for Long Island, and Suffolk County in particular.

One-size-fits-all mandates that ignore local realities and discretion would be both ineffective and counterproductive on Long Island. Suffolk County is home to 1.5 million people spread across more than 40 municipalities. Requiring each municipality to increase housing by 3% over a three-year period cannot be done without seriously undermining other regional goals like waterquality protection and traffic mitigation. A state commission overriding home rule — Albany usurping zoning power from localities — due to a failure to satisfy this often unreachable mandate is a nonstarter.

Instead, we can set and achieve regional goals that meet the moment and maintain local governance, with the state serving as a crucial partner providing incentives and resources to help us reach those goals. Here’s how.

In addition to organizing a regional effort, the county must play its part by seeking innovative solutions to address our housing needs. For example, Suffolk County, our largest landowner, should audit all of its properties and determine which could be repurposed to develop housing at a reduced rate for our taxpayers. Moreover we must seek avenues to eliminate red tape, and specifically for homes that are consistent with the regional housing plan, the county Department of Health Services must streamline and prioritize the review and approval process. The county should also increase regional capacity for housing creation by helping to form other development tools, like land trusts, as well as providing planning resources and guidance to municipalities.

With major investments and opportunities coming to Long Island, this is an exciting time for our region, but we must act to capitalize on our opportunity. To support working families, provide local businesses with employees, and secure countywide safety and prosperity, it’s imperative that we address the housing needs across our region — and the best solutions will start here in Suffolk.

Dave Calone, a former prosecutor, business leader and previous chair of the Suffolk County Planning Commission, is a candidate for Suffolk county executive.

Jaime Papandrea, Library Director 273 Beaver Dam Road Brookhaven, NY 11719

Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Library

Kerri Rosalia, Library Director 407 William Floyd Parkway Shirley, NY 11967

COMMENTS AND FURTHER INFORMATION

Neely McCahey, Director 150 Holbrook Road Holbrook, NY 11741

Any person may be heard by the Commission on any matter or objection regarding the EM&CP by filing written comments with both the Secretary of the NYSPSC and SRW (at the addresses below) within 45 days of the date the proposed EM&CP was filed with the Commission, or within 45 days of the date of the newspaper publication of the EM&CP Filing Notice, whichever is later. Please reference Case 20-T-0617 when making any comments or requesting further information regarding the Project. Comments on any subsequent revisions to the EM&CP, in response to the aforementioned written comments, shall be submitted within 15 days of service by electronic means of said revisions.

In addition, any person who requires additional information about a specific geographical location or specific subject with respect to the Project or EM&CP may request such information from SRW by contacting the Project through the means identified below:

Hon. Michelle Phillips | Secretary of the Commission | New York State Department of Public Services | Three Empire Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350 | Phone: 518-474-6530 | Fax: 518-486-6081 | Email: secretary@dps.ny.gov

Certificate Holder Information:

Raymond Collins

437 Madison Avenue, Suite 1903 New York, NY 10022

raymond.collins@eversource.com 631-887-5470

Dennis Galvam 437 Madison Avenue, Suite 1903 New York, NY 10022 Dennis.Galvam@eversource.com 631-887-5470

Further information about the Project may be obtained by visiting the Project website at https://sunrisewindny.com

A Suffolk-forward vision to increase housing options

The cost of housing is among the most crucial issues facing Long Island’s future, and it is an issue I have personally worked to address. As chair of the Suffolk County Planning Commission, I eliminated red tape and helped to get shovels in the ground for housing developments. Now, I have serious concerns about an Albany-centric, one-size-fits-all plan to increase housing options, but I am confident that we can address our housing needs if we employ a Suffolk-centric approach.

We need more housing options to allow working families to thrive, young people to stay and seniors to comfortably retire in Suffolk County. However, the existing piecemeal approval processes have left us with too little housing which, due to simple supply and demand, costs too much. With a median home price of $545,000 and few rental units available in Suffolk County, our young people are compelled to move away. This exodus imperils our future and places Long Island businesses at a competitive disadvantage when needed workers cannot afford to live here.

Commission — a representative body made up of members from each of Suffolk’s 10 towns and two from its villages — we should create a regional housing plan designed to maximize the needs, capacity and desires of each part of the county. In such a plan, we will identify areas for future housing development and encourage the redevelopment of underutilized properties.

To execute such a plan, we need New York State to partner and deliver the incentives needed to facilitate development. For instance, the state can offer funds to municipalities that contribute most toward the countywide goal, that most quickly approve housing and that create housing for a variety of income levels. Moreover, it can provide necessary infrastructure investments that will allow future growth in municipalities that want

By Dave Calone

The housing crisis has grown over decades and needs to be addressed with urgency. However, the proposed solutions from Albany don’t make sense for Long Island, and Suffolk County in particular.

One-size-fits-all mandates that ignore local realities and discretion would be both ineffective and counterproductive on Long Island. Suffolk County is home to 1.5 million people spread across more than 40 municipalities. Requiring each municipality to increase housing by 3% over a three-year period cannot be done without seriously undermining other regional goals like waterquality protection and traffic mitigation. A state commission overriding home rule — Albany usurping zoning power from localities — due to a failure to satisfy this often unreachable mandate is a nonstarter.

Instead, we can set and achieve regional goals that meet the moment and maintain local governance, with the state serving as a crucial partner providing incentives and resources to help us reach those goals. Here’s how.

First, we organize and plan locally. Through the Suffolk County Planning

In addition to organizing a regional effort, the county must play its part by seeking innovative solutions to address our housing needs. For example, Suffolk County, our largest landowner, should audit all of its properties and determine which could be repurposed to develop housing at a reduced rate for our taxpayers. Moreover we must seek avenues to eliminate red tape, and specifically for homes that are consistent with the regional housing plan, the county Department of Health Services must streamline and prioritize the review and approval process. The county should also increase regional capacity for housing creation by helping to form other development tools, like land trusts, as well as providing planning resources and guidance to municipalities.

With major investments and opportunities coming to Long Island, this is an exciting time for our region, but we must act to capitalize on our opportunity. To support working families, provide local businesses with employees, and secure countywide safety and prosperity, it’s imperative that we address the housing needs across our region — and the best solutions will start here in Suffolk.

Dave Calone, a former prosecutor, business leader and previous chair of the Suffolk County Planning Commission, is a candidate for Suffolk county executive.

The following incidents have been reported by Suffolk County Police: Centereach man pleads

guilty in beating death of friend

On March 17

John Mann IV, 20, of Centereach, pleaded guilty to Manslaughter in the First Degree for the premeditated fatal beating of Henry Hernandez, age 16, of Hempstead, whose skeletal remains were found in Centereach in 2020.

A police investigation established that Mann and Hernandez became acquaintances in March 2019. A short time later, Hernandez went to Mann’s home located on Jay Road in Centereach and stole his father’s truck. On or around June 2, 2019, Mann lured Hernandez to a location known as the “Sand Pit,” where he duct-taped the victim and struck him multiple times with a blunt object. Mann placed Hernandez’s body in a hole on his property and covered it with debris. The defendant later moved Hernandez’ skeletal remains into a plastic tub and placed it on his next-door neighbor’s property, where it was ultimately recovered on March 15, 2020.

Mann is due back in court on April 19 and is expected to be sentenced to 20 years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision.

Bronx man indicted for shooting two men at pool hall in Port Jefferson

Alexander Castillo, 26, of the Bronx, was indicted on March 15 for allegedly shooting two individuals following a dispute in a Port Jefferson pool hall over losing money in multiple games of pool.

According to the investigation, on December 28, 2022, Castillo was playing pool at a pool hall on Main Street in Port Jefferson for several hours. Over the course of the evening, Castillo allegedly became angry as his financial losses mounted after he placed wagers on each game.

At approximately 7:05 p.m., Castillo left the pool hall and returned approximately three minutes later wearing a ski mask and hat, and carrying a loaded firearm. Castillo allegedly attempted to forcibly take back his losses from his opponent by displaying the loaded firearm and demanding the money back that he had lost playing pool throughout the night.

A struggle ensued where Castillo’s opponent and another male tried to wrestle the gun away from Castillo.

Wanted for criminal mischief

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Fourth Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate a man who allegedly damaged a vehicle in a Lake Grove parking lot on March 4.

A man exited a white Mercedes Benz SUV in a parking lot on Alexander Avenue at 8:10 p.m. and allegedly scratched the side of a 2023 Rivian R1S parked in the lot. The man got back in the Mercedes and left the scene.

Castillo allegedly shot one victim in the groin area and shot the second victim in the chest. After shooting the two men, Castillo fled before police arrived. Both victims were taken to local hospitals and received emergency medical treatment for their injuries. Castillo was discovered hiding out in New York City and was arrested on Feb. 10 by the Suffolk County Police Department.. He is due back in court on April 13.

Motorcyclist killed in Islandia crash

Suffolk County Police Fourth Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that killed a motorcyclist in Islandia on March 17.

Michael Laskaris was driving a 2019 Hino box truck westbound on Veterans Memorial Highway at 7:35 a.m. when he attempted to make a U-turn at the intersection of East Suffolk Avenue in front of an eastbound 2005 Suzuki motorcycle operated by Joshua Taylor. Taylor hit the brakes and the motorcycle skidded on the pavement causing the motorcyclist to be ejected.

Taylor, 20, of Islandia, was pronounced dead at the scene. Laskaris, 66, of Selden, was not injured. Anyone with information is asked to call the Fourth Squad at 631-854-8452.

— COMPILED BY HEIDI SUTTON

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward for information that leads to an arrest. 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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labels and prohibiting the words “candy” or “candies.” She noted that the measure’s goal is to make THC products less enticing to kids.

“The packaging of the products is incredibly important,” the county legislator said, stating the bill would prevent merchants from “mimicking candy wrappers, having logos that are like cartoons or characters or having flavors that are attractive to children.”

Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai), chair of the county’s Addiction Prevention and Support Advisory Panel, has signed on as a co-sponsor to Hahn’s bill. She referred to child-friendly THC packaging as a harmful way for cannabis sellers to market their products.

“These cannabis folks see this as a marketing strategy,” she said. “It’s creating a problem, we know for a fact, and we’re trying to address that.”

State oversight

Marijuana was legalized in New York state in 2021 under the Marihuana Regulation and Taxation Act. The New York State Office of Cannabis Management is the regulatory arm overseeing the licensure, production, sale and taxation of cannabis throughout the state. In an

email statement, the office confirmed the uptick in packaging branded for children.

“We have seen illicit sellers marketing products clearly imitating candies and snacks that target children,” said Lyla Hunt, OCM’s deputy director of public health and campaigns. “New York State would never allow those products to be sold in licensed cannabis dispensaries. Our enforcement teams are working every day to shut those sellers down.”

Further compounding the issue, Hunt added that illicit dealers often do not follow the same protocols as their licensed counterparts.

“We also have heard reports unlicensed storefronts are not checking ID when selling illicit cannabis products, heightening the importance of shuttering these operators before they can do more harm,” she said.

According to her, OCM has worked to curtail the issue through stringent guidelines, putting forth regulations regarding packaging, labeling and marketing to mitigate this technique.

“We at New York State’s Office of Cannabis Management are committed to building a safe, regulated cannabis industry for consumers ages 21 and over that also protects those under 21,” the deputy director said.

OCM’s regulations concerning packaging echo several of the items raised in Hahn’s bill,

restricting words such as “candy” and “candies” while mandating that packages be resealable, child-resistant and tamper evident. The guidelines also limit the use of cartoons, bubbletype fonts and bright colors on the packaging.

Despite OCM’s approach, Anker said the

work of local and state government remains unfinished. “More must be done,” the county legislator said. She added, “This product is legally new to the market, and you need to be aware and do your part as a parent and as a teacher … to protect the kids.”

Connecting Communities and Keeping It Local!

Keeping

Suffolk County is keeping our students safe by equipping school buses with automated enforcement technology. Endangering children by unlawfully passing a stopped school bus will lead to a violation.

Hemos mejorado la seguridad y el cumplimiento con la incorporación de tecnología de vanguardia y cámaras a nuestros autobuses escolares. Se han modernizado más de 4000 autobuses escolares sin coste alguno para los contribuyentes, las escuelas o la comunidad.

Every day in NYS up to 50,000 cars unlawfully pass stopped school buses*

Todos los días en el estado de Nueva York hasta 50,000 automóviles rebasan ilegalmente a los autobuses escolares*

‘These cannabis folks see this as a marketing strategy.’

— SARAH ANKER

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Putin’s folly

One year of war, no path to victory

BY RICH ACRITELLI DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

The Russo-Ukrainian War has become the largest European conflict since World War II, which ended in 1945.

A year after the Russian invasion, and with his nation fighting for its survival, Ukraine’s leader President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told the world his forces would continue their efforts.

The year of bloodshed

At first, the international community believed the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv had no chance of holding out against a wellcoordinated Russian assault. Yet the capital city remains in Ukrainian hands.

Some cities in Ukraine now resemble the World War II-ruined cities of Berlin, Dresden and Warsaw, buried in rubble.

At some points in the war, Zelenskyy has warned against the potential collapse of his lines as Russian assaults have been levied against his army. The president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has relied on the costly strategy of attrition against the Ukrainians, even as his army has endured as many as 200,000 casualties.

During this year of fighting, Ukraine, with a smaller army, has relied on Cold War-era planes, helicopters, guns and tanks yet has thwarted Russian movement.

With European allies like Germany deploying Leopard tanks, the key to Ukrainian survival has rested in the constant supply of weapons from the coalition that the United States has created.

The war has demonstrated the might of American weaponry, which has stymied the Russians. Through the proximity of American bases in Poland and Germany, American forces have also trained Ukrainian noncommissioned officers to lead their soldiers better.

This expertise has also aided Ukrainian military officials, who have learned to mobilize Patriot air defense systems, Abrams tanks and artillery guns. Although the Biden administration has continually downplayed the deployment of fighter planes for the Ukrainians, reports indicate that training has already commenced for some of their pilots.

A disconnected dictator

Putin, meanwhile, continually targets civilian populations of Ukraine’s major cities and towns, causing death and destruction with hypersonic missiles that are almost impossible to shoot down.

On the world stage, the Russian army

has no clear path to victory. Some of Putin’s soldiers have even sent videos to their families and the press, revealing how poorly equipped

and trained they are to meet the Ukrainians on the battlefield.

Some Russians have openly criticized

the government for mishandling the invasion effort. Putin’s government has lost much credibility along the way.

During the early days of the war, the Russian dictator said his goal was to rid Ukraine of its “Nazi” elements that influenced the government in Kyiv. During a recent G20 Summit in New Delhi, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov was met with laughter when he said, “The war, which we are trying to stop, which was launched against us using Ukrainian people.”

These confused comments suggest an increasingly disconnected Putin regime, a Kremlin that has lost the global public relations battle to justify the war.

Resentment against the regime

Domestic instability has been a primary concern when looking at the Russian regime under Putin. The dictator is in constant fear over his own security, increasingly suspicious that he will be deposed.

The Wagner Group, a Russian paramilitary organization that has spearheaded much of the fighting, has had several public differences in how this war was being carried out under Putin’s directives. Some believe that Putin views the Wagner Group as a threat to his own rule.

It is estimated that the Wagner Group has lost over 30,000 mercenaries, with about 9,000 fighters killed in action, U.S. officials said last month. Putin’s forces quickly surpassed the 15,000 Russians killed during the Soviet War in Afghanistan from 1979-89.

There is rising distress within the Russian population over the many soldiers who will not return alive. It has not helped Putin’s cause that his armies receive little training before being shipped off to the Ukrainian front against a battle-hardened foe.

Through the startling number of casualties, deficiencies in Russian hardware and a total lack of leadership, Putin has repeatedly stated that nuclear weapons remain on the table.

All signs point to a defeated and embarrassed former world power. At every turn, Putin has refused to believe the Ukrainians could mount a capable resistance. One year later, Ukraine continues to push for victory.

Rich Acritelli is a history teacher at Rocky Point High School and adjunct professor at Suffolk County Community College. Written in conjunction with members of the high school’s History Honor Society.

A year ago, Vladimir Putin waged an unprovoked war against Ukraine. Today, he leads an army that is poorly trained, ill-equipped and increasingly resentful of his command. Pixabay photo

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Eye on the Street: Tipping delivery drivers

BY CAROLYN SACKSTEIN DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Tipping for home delivery of food has been debated in the media lately, with a viral video of a delivery driver taking an order back because she felt an $8 tip was inadequate for transporting the food from Commack to Smithtown.

The internet is full of videos instructing drivers on techniques for working with DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub apps to maximize pay and improve service. It is also filled with complaints of drivers being stiffed by non-tipping customers and undertipping. Drivers also decry the practice of “tip-baiting,” in which a good tip is promised with pre-tipping and then is adjusted down after delivery.

On Friday, March 10, TBR News Media asked people on the street in downtown Port Jefferson to discuss their tipping practices. The following are their responses.

Elizabeth Garland, Port Jefferson

Garland rarely gets food delivery, but said she tips “20% like I would in a restaurant, maybe a little more. If it was a bad weather day, maybe a bit more.”

“For food delivery, I don’t tip as much as I would in a restaurant, but I still tip.” When asked what she bases her tips on, she responded, “I guess the distance they had to come, the total of the order, but I don’t generally do a percent.”

Alexa Noriega, Patchogue

“I think the amount should be based on factors like the weather, how much they are getting for you and whether they provided any extra customer service during the shopping process. I do think they should be tipped on top of their pay.”

“I usually do 20%. I consider it a generous tip, depending on where I go.” When asked if a fee should be built into a person’s salary, he responded, “I don’t think it should be built into a person’s

salary. There are better workers than others. I don’t like when they put [the tips] into one big bucket and spread it out because the less good workers are getting a share of the better workers.”

Nick Lemza, Smithtown

“I actually work for DoorDash and Uber Eats. I always tip 20-to-25%.” He went on to discuss the criteria on which he bases his tipping. These factors include “how quickly the food gets to you, if the food is in proper care, what the ratings are on each profile and just if the food is good. I tip even if the food is bad — 18-to-20% because this is someone’s living.”

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Couple from Pakistan improve daughter’s life by uprooting their own

BY MALLIE KIM DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

When baby Insha didn’t support her neck or roll over on time, new parents Sarah Sajjad and Muhammad Qasim Akhtar were concerned.

AMERICAN DREAM

Labor in their Lahore, Pakistan, hospital had been long and exhausting, with forceps and a vacuum, Sajjad said, and Insha hadn’t cried at birth. As a new mom, she didn’t know that could be a bad sign, but they were discharged with no suggestion anything was amiss. Checkups provided no new insight.

“Doctors were not sure what was going on with her,” Akhtar said. “They were saying, ‘Oh, maybe she’s too little or too weak, let’s wait.’”

Tired of waiting, Sajjad and Akhtar took their daughter to a specialist and got the diagnosis — cerebral palsy, a neurological condition affecting physical development and motor skills. The disorder can be caused by abnormal brain development or damage to the brain from, for example, a lack of oxygen during a difficult labor. Insha would never speak or walk on her own.

Uninterested in bitterness or blame, Sajjad and Akhtar took this new challenge as a mission to help Insha, who is now 14, live her best life — a 7,000-mile journey that would inspire Sajjad to become a voice for parents of children with special needs in her North Shore community — the family resides in South Setauket — and on the Mrs. Pakistan USA pageant stage near Washington, D.C.

In their Lahore home, baby Insha was surrounded by love, acceptance and family. Insha’s grandmother assured the new parents that whatever had happened was Allah’s, or God’s, will. “‘He must have [a reason] he chose you as her parents,’” Sajjad remembered her mother-in-law telling them. With the benefit of

hindsight, Sajjad said, “We cannot see why we are the chosen ones, but definitely it’s for the betterment of all of us. With time, we both feel that that’s true.”

But in Pakistan, services for children with disabilities were not easy to find. So, they resigned from their jobs at a telecom company in Lahore, sold their assets and settled in Suffolk County, where Akhtar began job hunting in earnest. They’d left behind their entire social support structure, but Sajjad said they weren’t worried since they faced settling into a new country and finding services for Insha with faith.

“We came with the belief that if we’re going for our daughter, the motive in us is quite clear, we have Allah’s blessings, and he’ll make things easy for us — and he did,” she said.

Those first few years were still a struggle. American companies discounted Akhtar’s IT experience, he said, requiring a degree incountry, so he took any job he could to support his family — first at a gas station, then a used car dealership, then a pharmacy. Eventually he landed as a Port Jefferson Department of Motor Vehicles security guard, where he’s worked the past several years.

Meanwhile, Sajjad strove to figure out services and medical care for Insha, and their family quickly grew. Twins Ibrahim and Mikayeel were born in 2012, and daughter AzmehJehan about a year after that. Sajjad trekked around Long Island for errands and appointments with four children in diapers while Akhtar worked. Despite the lack of social support structure, she said, she didn’t feel isolated or bitter.

“We didn’t have any time to think about, ‘Oh, we don’t have [an extended] family,’” she said. “I wanted to be with my kids, and that was actually the world we had — all six of us.”

Life for Insha did improve. She now has a wheelchair, a customized standing and walking aid, and an electronic communication device that

allows her to respond to basic questions. And she attends a school that accommodates her needs.

“She knows every day that, ‘I’m going to the same group of people,’ and she’s very comfortable there,” Sajjad said, adding that in Pakistan, Insha would’ve likely spent all her days homebound.

From the North Shore to Mrs. Pakistan USA

Once the children were all in school, Sajjad turned her attention outward. Her first Long Island job was at the Developmental Disabilities Institute in Medford, assisting children with special needs, and currently she works in the Three Village Central School District as a special education aide. Outside of work, Sajjad said she has set her sights on supporting parents of kids with special needs, including those who do not speak English as their first language.

Even speaking English fluently as Sajjad and Akhtar did when they arrived, disability support systems in the United States had been like a maze — they said it took them four or five years to learn about the handicap parking placard, for example — and she strives to help families navigating the system as she once did.

“We forget the fact that parents need some services and support too,” Sajjad said, explaining her efforts to share what she’s learned with other parents and to provide

practical support when she can — something she said would have made her early years in the United States easier.

“I really want to give it back to this community, to this country, what they have given my daughter.”

And when Sajjad learned about Miss and Mrs. Pakistan USA, a pageant to recognize women who want to improve their communities while representing Pakistani heritage, she applied just for fun. As she progressed in the process, her children would ask her to rehearse her walk and practice her talent, which was with a poem on female empowerment and resilience, in front of them to make sure she was ready.

When her kids heard she won the Mrs. Pakistan USA 2022 title, they were thrilled. “I kind of jumped around the whole house,” her son Mikayeel said. And after Sajjad arrived home, she greeted the children sporting her crown and sash. “At that point I was like, ‘Thank God I got it,’” she said. “I wanted to see those lit faces.”

More than a title and a crown, Sajjad felt she had shown her children the driving force behind her and Akhtar’s choice to change their lives with a leap of faith. “When you have your will in it and you work hard for it, just do your best and then leave it on God,” Sajjad said. “And he’ll make the best decision for you.”

Sarah Sajjad, right, of South Setauket, with her husband and four children. Below, Sajjad reenacts the moment she told her children she won Mrs. Pakistan USA. Photos by Mallie Kim

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Democratize parking

Port Jefferson has a parking problem. This problem is not the fault of any one administration but the natural consequence of maintaining a bustling downtown with limited parking capacity.

It is a problem that has been with Port Jeff for decades and may soon affect various other municipalities throughout the area. As the towns of Brookhaven, Smithtown and Huntington look to expand sewer capacity and revitalize downtowns, local leaders should learn from Port Jeff’s parking struggles.

In Port Jeff, as in other communities, parking decisions matter. Parking administration is an expression of a community’s values and priorities. Managing parking requires a delicate balancing act between the various stakeholders seeking access to the community — residents, visitors, shoppers, employees and business owners, among others.

At root, parking decisions are about equitable land use. For other land-use decisions, we have planning departments and zoning boards whose members negotiate and compromise before rendering judgment. We also have committees for various other areas of local governance, such as parks and recreation, communications, conservation and architectural review.

However, municipalities often lack committees for an issue as central as parking. Without a parking committee, parking management seems estranged from the political process, the community stakeholders lacking the forum necessary to translate their interests into sound policy.

Moreover, the existing dynamic is inequitable to those who make parking decisions. Without a committee to channel the community’s wants and needs, the burden of policy falls upon a select few. In Port Jeff’s case, the parking administrator unfairly bears the responsibility of making representative decisions for the entire community, suffering alone the slings and arrows from all competing parties. We regard this arrangement as increasingly untenable and ineffective.

History informs us that uniformity of opinion is not possible. For this reason, a functioning democratic system works to channel the many interests of the people into the political process. Only through that process can a representative policy outcome arise. Parking is no different.

We are committed to the premise that fair policies emerge from an open, deliberative process. It is, therefore, necessary for municipalities throughout our coverage area to form parking committees, opening the decision-making process to all concerned parties. Let us democratize parking here on Long Island. It’s vitally needed.

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The political campaigns have started for the November 2023 elections. In the next few months, you will be inundated with flyers, phone calls and literature about those of us who are running to represent you in some office.

We will be telling you who we are, why we want to be elected, what we support, what we don’t support and everything in between. And yes, I will do all these things so that you will know who I am, that you will recognize the name Dorothy Cavalier.

But now I want to know who you are, what your concerns are, what your issues are — what is important to you and in your life?

My name is Dorothy Cavalier and I am asking you to send me emails, visit my Facebook page, stop me in the street to let me know your name, what your life is like, what you need to make your life better, what you support, what you do not support and everything in between.

So, email me at dorothycavalierforld6@gmail.com.

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Dorothy Cavalier Democratic candidate for Suffolk County’s 6th Legislative District Mount Sinai

Waiting for Rinaldi to be made permanent LIRR president

Just over 12 months ago, Long Island Rail Road President Phillip Eng retired effective Feb. 25, 2022. Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Janno Lieber immediately appointed Metro-North President Catherine Rinaldi as interim LIRR president.

After 12 months on the job, she has developed a good working knowledge

of the agency organization, staff, operations, facilities and customer needs. She is familiar with ongoing capital projects in the LIRR portion of the $51.5 billion 2020-24 Five Year Capital Plan.

If Lieber is happy with Rinaldi’s performance to date, why hasn’t he made her the next permanent LIRR president? Is there something we don’t know?

Remember that Lieber, just like his predecessors, will need the blessing of the governor. Just like past history, Gov. Kathy Hochul [D] will play a behind-the-scenes role in the selection of a permanent LIRR president.

Larry Penner Great Neck

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No time to literally die and other attempts to awkwardly split infinitives

Infinitives appear to be like peanut butter and jelly for me. I don’t want to add bananas, nuts or anything else between the two spreads, because peanut butter and jelly represent a taste combination that agrees with me and my digestive tract.

a reader to add a verbal hiccup. Maybe some English — or language arts in modern educational parlance — teacher back in my days at Ward Melville High School shared his or her dislike for split infinitives that makes me want to cringe when reading an otherwise effective sentence.

Let’s pause to consider Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Perhaps an infinitive splitter might want to add an adverb, such as “To Treacherously Kill a Mockingbird” or “To Slanderously Kill a Mockingbird.” Both options struggle to add an unnecessary word.

got to do with it?” If we split the infinitive, she might sing, “what’s love go to accurately do with it?” Turner doesn’t want to encourage love when she’s enjoying the physical connection. Would “accurately” threaten to trample on the song’s meaning?

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF

The combination of the word “to” and a verb belong together, without adverbs, adjectives, nouns or other parts of speech jammed between them. I want to love, to live, to eat, to sleep, to play and to laugh without any additional words attempting to clog up the ideas or to interfere with the narrative flow.

And yet, in modern prose, people increasingly chose to split infinitives, jamming words in between “to” and a verb. For me, that’s like forcing

To make my point, I’d like to consider (yes, this is a column about infinitives so prepare to be amazed) how several important quotes, phrases, book and movie titles might read with a split infinitive. To begin, let’s explore Thomas Jefferson’s words from the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self evident.” Those words would falter if he had chosen to write: “We hold these truths to fundamentally be self evident.”

Would you like to consider Shakespeare?

Hamlet’s soliloquy in which he ponders whether “to be or not to be” would fall flat if he said, “to kind of be or not to comfortably be.” That not only sounds wrong, but it loses the power of a pithy line about the nature of existence and his willingness to continue to live (yup, two in a row) in a world of treachery.

How about James Bond’s “License to Kill?” Would a split infinitive change that to “License to violently kill?” It’s already a Bond film, so you’re prepared to witness violence. Would you prefer to imagine “License to vengefully kill?” Would that have affected its ability to win at the box office? I tend to doubt that.

Another Bond movie with an infinitive is “No time to die.” An adverb addict might want to convert the title to “No time to literally die.” Well, yeah, Bond films force the titular character to confront death. These days, people are inclined to overuse the word “literally” anyway, as in, “I literally ate all the food on my plate.” I suspect few people would interrupt to ask if you’d figuratively or literally eaten everything.

How about Tina Turner’s song “What’s love

The book by Ernest Hemingway, who preferred to use simple prose, would lose some of its resonance if we added anything to the title, “To have and have not.” Borrowing from a vastly overused word that could become “To fully have and have not.”

So, to sum up the idea, to get to the point, to address the important issue, and to make myself clear, I still believe, no matter how acceptable it might be, that splitting infinitives jams an unnecessary word where it doesn’t belong, threatening to dilute its meaning, to alter its trajectory and to cause unnecessary misdirection. Let’s agree to keep infinitives together, giving them room to be, to love and to bask in their original meaning. Now, to return to where I began, I’d like to find some peanut butter and jelly.

Was that Dear John letter you received from your heartthrob written by a bot?

To see how it worked, when I got the link for ChatGPT, the Artificial Intelligence or OpenAI software sent from my grandson, I asked it to write 650 words about Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Why FDR? I had just finished reading a book about FDR’s “Splendid Deception,” the ways the president hid his polio infirmity from the American public, and he was on my mind.

So, I am going to let you see what was written immediately, on command, in less than five minutes before my disbelieving eyes. Remember, this was authored by a robot.

beginning a career in politics. He served as a New York state senator from 1910 to 1913, and later as Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President Woodrow Wilson.

In 1921, at the age of 39, FDR was struck by polio, which left him paralyzed from the waist down. Despite this setback, he remained active in politics and was elected Governor of New York in 1928.

It was during the Great Depression, however, that FDR’s leadership would truly shine. When he took office in 1933, the country was in the midst of the worst economic crisis in its history. Millions of Americans were out of work, banks were failing, and confidence in the government was at an alltime low.

which established codes of fair competition for businesses.

FDR’s New Deal was not without its critics, who argued that it represented an unwarranted expansion of federal power and an infringement on individual liberties. But for many Americans, especially those who were struggling to make ends meet during the Depression, FDR’s bold leadership and willingness to take decisive action were a source of hope and inspiration.

bold action in the face of crisis.

FDR’s famous quote, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” has become a rallying cry for leaders in times of crisis. It reflects his belief that the American people had the strength and resilience to overcome even the most daunting challenges, and that with the right leadership and the right policies, anything was possible.

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, commonly known as FDR, is remembered as one of the most influential and transformative leaders in American history. During his 12-year tenure as President, he led the United States through some of its most challenging times, including the Great Depression and World War II.

FDR was born into a wealthy family in Hyde Park, New York, in 1882. He attended Harvard University and Columbia Law School before

FDR responded to the crisis with a bold and ambitious plan to revitalize the economy, which he called the New Deal. The New Deal included a range of programs and policies designed to provide relief to the unemployed, stimulate economic growth, and reform the financial system.

One of the most famous New Deal programs was the Civilian Conservation Corps, which provided jobs to young men in conservation and reforestation projects. Other programs included the Agricultural Adjustment Act, which sought to stabilize crop prices and support farmers, and the National Industrial Recovery Act,

FDR was also a key figure in American foreign policy during World War II. When the war broke out in Europe in 1939, he declared that the United States would remain neutral. But after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, he led the country into the war with a resolve and determination that would help turn the tide against the Axis powers.

FDR was instrumental in building the alliance with the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom, which would eventually lead to victory in Europe. He also played a key role in the development of the atomic bomb, which would be used to end the war in the Pacific.

Despite his many accomplishments, FDR was not without his flaws. Critics have accused him of overreaching in his use of executive power, and of turning a blind eye to human rights abuses committed by the Soviet Union during the war. But his legacy remains one of visionary leadership and

Today, as the United States faces new challenges, from economic inequality to political polarization to climate change, FDR’s legacy remains a source of inspiration and guidance. His commitment to bold action in the face of crisis, his belief in the power of government to make a positive difference in people’s lives, and his unwavering faith in the American people, continue to resonate with us today.

How do teachers distinguish what was written by a student or by the bot? By the same token, having a bot help in other contexts, such as planning a schedule or working up a travel itinerary can be a huge help. ChatGPT, launched this past November, can analyze content from a wide range of information on the internet and then create original content. But is it always correct information? Will the bot take jobs from humans? Or will it merely offer a baseline of information upon which humans can then add more nuanced input?

Stay tuned.

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