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October 10, 2019
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The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Port Jefferson flotilla, is sponsoring a competition for high school students called Solution for Pollution. Supported by a New York Sea Grant, the competition is aimed at Long Island public and private high school students, who can submit concepts for reducing trash in our waterways and on our beaches. The focus will be on the Long Island Sound, with special reference to associated harbors. The goal will be to create cost-effective methods to return our waterways to a trash-free sea. Waterway trash pollution is both unsightly and unhealthy. Trash can contain contaminants that are toxic to marine animals and humans. Much of this trash is the result of individuals and governments assuming that the waterways that we enjoy and live near are virtually infinite sinks for refuse. We observe in the water and on beaches piles of trash comprised of plastic bags and other plastic products. According to National Geographic, there are more than 5 trillion pieces of plastic debris in the ocean.
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Cash awards will be given to the top three winning entries. Entries are due by April 1, 2020, and winners will be announced soon after on May 15. Go to https://solution4pollution.org for detailed information. To obtain information on New York State required boating courses or to have your vessel inspected by an auxiliary member, contact the Port Jefferson flotilla by email: info@cgapj.org; or phone 631-938-1705. Visit www.cgapj.org for more information. Herb Herman is the flotilla staff officer for public affairs, Port Jefferson Auxiliary Flotilla 22-6.
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Town
Brookhaven Candidates Speak of Road and Landfill Issues at Civic Debate BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM
Democratic challenger Will Ferraro, left, and Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) during a debate Oct. 8. Photo by Kyle Barr
pot of funds for the Highway Department from both bonds and reserves from the tentative capital budget. “I believe in fighting for each and every one of the communities of this town,” he said. Ferraro, who has worked as a legislative analyst for the New York State Assembly and a political activist, spoke of the three main issues of his campaign: the quality of Brookhaven’s roads, a plan to reconfigure the town’s recycling to bring back monthly glass pickup, and a public plan for air quality issues around the town landfill.
“This election is not going to be about credentials, it’s about credibility,” he said. When an audience member’s question was brought up about the town’s website, saying that it was purposefully convoluted, the supervisor said the town has worked hard to make everything easily available and to make town matters transparent. Ferraro retorted, “I agree with [Romaine] I don’t think it’s intentional, they really think that’s what a website is supposed to look like in 2019.” The landfill was recently cited by the New York State Department of Environmental Con-
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Road issues and health/odor complaints from the town landfill have become a major bane for residents in the Town of Brookhaven, and local incumbents and challengers have made it a major point of their election campaigns. The Sound Beach Civic Association hosted debates Oct. 8 for Brookhaven town candidates in The Village Beacon Record area as Long Island quickly slides toward Election Day Nov. 5. The room was flanked with both Republican, Democratic and a few third-party candidates. Perhaps the most contentious town race is for supervisor, with young Democratic challenger Will Ferraro facing the well-established town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R). Romaine lauded his and the town’s accomplishments in the seven years since he was first put in office during a special election in 2012. He talked about recent intermunicipal agreements combining districts to save residents money, including ending the Sound Beach and Setauket water districts that gave a small check to residents of those defunct districts. In terms of roads, Romaine cited the proposed town budget that includes a $150 million
servation over odor complaints and was ordered to spend $150,000 on the landfill or face a fine of $178,000. Romaine said the odor complaints were from last December and occurred because of the process of currently capping portions of the site in the Brookhaven hamlet. The town is looking to set aside $20 million to deal with the impact of the landfill closing in 2024. “We are definitely going to look at how we are going to handle solid waste — that is something we will be working with all the communities in Brookhaven,” he said. Ferraro responded that Romaine was diluting the complaints that residents living close to the landfill have had, both in terms of odor and health issues they claim have come from the dump. He criticized Romaine for leaving his state appointment to the Long Island Regional Planning Council in 2018 and said more needs to be done to test the air quality in the area surrounding the landfill. The day of the debate, Newsday had published its endorsement for Romaine, who held up a printout to show to the audience. Ferraro said, “that endorsement will be in Newsday tomorrow, it will also be in my cat’s litter box
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Town
Brookhaven Outlines CCA Program that Could Lower Gas/Electric Costs BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The Town of Brookhaven outlined the first steps toward creating a program that could lower gas and electric rates for homeowners at a public hearing Oct. 3. Town officials are considering creating a Community Choice Aggregation or CCA, which is an energy program that allows local governments to buy electricity and gas on behalf of its residents. In a presentation to the Town Board, Matt Miner, town chief of operations, outlined how the program could be beneficial to residents. Essentially, CCA is a municipal energy procurement model that replaces the utility companies as the default supplier. It can be used for either gas or electricity. “The suppliers, National Grid and PSEG, would still be responsible for energy delivery and billing,” Miner said. “The advantages of a CCA is pooling those demands and allow us to
negotiate lower rates for residents.” The town chief of operations added it would allow Brookhaven to pursue other clean energy programs. The next step in the program would be for the town to begin to work with its eight villages to see if they wanted to participate in the CCA. From there, the town would seek to appoint a program administrator. “[The] CCA administrator would then seek bids from energy services companies to obtain competitive rates for residents on behalf of the town,” Miner said. “They would be responsible with creating a data projection and implementation plan.” CCA is an opt-out program, so residents are not bound by a contract and can go back to their original supplier if they chose to do so. The CCA program was created by the New York State Public Service Commission in April 2016. Westchester was the first New York county, through the Sustainable Westchester consortium, to launch the CCA program un-
Mount Sinai Meadows Gets Zone Change, Goes to Planning Board for Review BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM A Mount Sinai millennial housing project, located on Route 25A near Myrtle Street, dubbed Mount Sinai Meadows inches closer to breaking ground on construction. On July 19, Woodmere-based real estate developer Basser-Kaufman was approved of a change of zoning from J-Business 2 to Planned Development District. The application is currently being reviewed by the Town of Brookhaven Planning Board. Lori Murphy, legislative aide for Councilwoman Jane Bonner (R-Rocky Point) said the application is currently being looked at by the Planning Board and will have to be reviewed by multiple departments including the Highway Department. Asked if she knew how long the Planning Board would take to review the application, Murphy said it varies from a case by case basis and could only confirm that the zone change was approved by the town. Site plans for the project call for 140 housing units, including 106 two-bedroom apartments and 34 one-bedroom apartments. The complex will have bike racks, walkable grounds, communal barbecue areas, electric car charging stations, a large open lawn for the use of residents and four spaces toward the northern end of the property that will be used for large retail spaces,
according to a March 2019 TBR News Media article. There will be 21.78 acres used for residential housing, while 8.3 acres will be retail. The mixed-use complex will be geared toward creating a living space for young adults and young professionals. According to the developers, they are catering toward the 20-34 age group. Ann Becker, president of the Mount Sinai Civic Association, reiterated that the civic supports the development and are awaiting to hear updates from the town once it goes through planning. “We want something for young people and professionals,” she said. “We were looking for flexible options for available housing for young people, the developer has assured us at this point that the number of children won’t burden the community.” She brought up another point that approximately 20 percent of the housing stock in the hamlet is for those 55 and older. Becker said they didn’t want an overload of senior living facilities in the area. Construction is currently underway for two projects, a 120-unit Bristal assisted living community and a 225-unit senior rental complex for individuals 55 and over at the corner of Echo Avenue and Route 25A. Becker said while some children could come out from the development, she said she believes it could aid the declining school enrollment in the Mount Sinai School District.
Town Chief of Operations Matt Miner presents at the board meeting Oct. 3. Photo from Town of Brookhaven video
der Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D). If successful, Brookhaven will join more than 50 municipalities in the state to enact legislation to begin a CCA including the towns of Hempstead and
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tomorrow,” to the moans of several audience members. Though he had planned to attend the debate, town Highway Superintendent Dan Losquadro (R) had to cancel at the last minute, and his second-time Democratic challenger Anthony Portesy spoke up instead about his plans to remedy town road issues. He advocated for his six-point plan, complaining about the town’s practices of “mill and fill” for fixing roads with topcoats that crumble in a short time and for not fixing drainage issues. He also talked about creating a priority list by working with the town council, and then posting that publicly online to see which roads are getting done based on the level of funding. He also called for the need to advocate for more state and federal funding for road repairs. “We need to get out of this duct tape and Band-Aid operation,” he said. “I want to make sure we’re creating a long-term mission for the Town of Brookhaven.” Democrat Sarah Deonarine is challenging Councilwoman Jane Bonner (R-Rocky Point) for the District 2 seat. Bonner said the issue with recycling was the market has collapsed, a problem not just for Brookhaven but for every municipality across the U.S. Since the market for glass has fallen through the floor, the town has been taking glass at drop-off sites and using them for lining the landfill.
Southampton on Long Island. Miner said if the bids and rates aren’t competitive then the town doesn’t have to move forward with the program. “I want to be clear, this only goes forward if we can save all the residents and businesses in Brookhaven money,” Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) said. The town would first pursue competitive rates for gas and then would move on to electricity. According to town officials it could take about a year to implement the program. Bid contracts could last from two to four years. George Hoffman, a vice president of the Three Village Civic Association, said at the public hearing he supports the town’s initiative to adopt the CCA and believes it moves them closer to clean energy. “It’s about time we started to take back some local control over our energy future,” he said. “We all thought then, when LIPA was created, we would be starting to get back some of our local control of our energy policy, but that was taken away by Albany. I think this a good start in taking back our energy future.” “What is better recycling than that?” she said. Regarding the landfill, she said the town has steadily increased its landfill closure account to deal with the impacts of when there will be nowhere on the island left to dump ash or debris, though they have taken the odor complaints “very seriously.” She said the best plan is to turn the landfill into an “energy park.” On the issue of recycling the Democratic challenger cited other towns that currently accept other materials, promising to model their collection system after them. She also called out the town’s response to the DEC’s order regarding the landfill. She said she has “connections” around the island, and with those they could start a work group that could look at the health impacts of the landfill. “The town should recognize that people are getting sick there, set up our own [odor] hotline, and invest in the people in the area to get better,” she said. On Monday, Oct. 14, the Sound Beach Civic Association will host a second debate moderated by the Suffolk County League of Women Voters between Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai) and her Republican challenger Gary Pollakusky at the Sound Beach Firehouse located at 152 Sound Beach Blvd. People can come at 6:30 p.m. to write out questions for the debate starting at 7:30 p.m. Early voting starts Oct. 26, with election day set for Tuesday, Nov. 5. Check back here at The Village Beacon Record Oct. 31 for our annual election issue, featuring debates with all local candidates in our coverage area.
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Community News
Police
Heritage Park Tree Lights up Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness
The North Shore Neighbors Breast Cancer Coalition, members of the Heritage Trust, along with local residents and Suffolk County legislators came together Oct. 1, covering the pine tree in Heritage Park with pink lights. The tree will be illuminated in pink throughout the month of October for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Legislator Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai) attended the lighting and said she has a good reason to support their cause. “Having lost my grandmother to breast cancer, I am honored to partner with the North Shore Neighbors Breast Cancer Coalition to raise awareness about the prevalence of breast cancer, honor our loved ones lost to breast can-
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Suffolk police arrived at the scene after receiving a 911 call Oct. 3 at 2:23 p.m. Homicide detectives have not charged the shop owner in the incident. Photo by David Luces Locals came together at Heritage Park to support breast cancer awareness. Photo from Legislator Sarah Anker’s office
cer and support survivors across Long Island,” Anker said in a release. “I thank Patti Kozlowski and the North Shore Neighbors for their important work to help cancer patients, survivors, and their families in our local communities. I would also like to thank Koch Tree Services and the Heritage Trust for their generous sponsorship.” People looking to see the Pink Tree for Hope can visit Heritage Park in Mount Sinai. The tree will be illuminated throughout October.
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Police: Man With Sword Shot and Killed in Port Jeff BY DAVID LUCES AND KYLE BARR DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM
Suffolk County police said a man threatening a liquor store clerk with a sword was shot and killed in Port Jefferson last Thursday afternoon by a shop owner on East Main Street. Police responded to a 911 call that came in at 2:23 p.m. Oct. 3 that a person at Port Jeff Liquors, located at 156 E. Main St., had shot and killed a man who had allegedly come into the shop “swinging a sword,” a police spokesperson said. The man with the sword was pronounced dead at the scene. No other injuries were reported. Police later identified the man as Theodore Scoville, 50. Accounts from security footage have largely verified the owner’s accounts of the situation to police, and the owner is not being charged. Trustee Kathianne Snaden and Deputy Mayor Stan Loucks were at the scene shortly after the shooting and were updating both the public and media. “His actions posed an eminent threat to the merchant, who, regrettably, was forced to shoot the individual in defense of himself,” Snaden wrote on Facebook after the incident Oct. 3.
Officials with the Port Jefferson School District said Oct. 4 that buses had just left from the high and middle schools after 2 p.m. when a call from the village came in about the incident. The buses were notified en route, which then avoided the area. Mayor Margot Garant wrote on Facebook that their hearts go out to shop owner and Port Jeff resident Steve Plunkette and his family, along with the family of the deceased. “The tragic and abhorrent event that took place today in the Village of Port Jefferson was a rare and isolated event which in no way reflects the beautiful historic community that we truly are,” she wrote. Fred Leute, the acting chief of code enforcement, said constables were on the scene shortly after the event. Leute said Scoville was known to frequent Port Jeff every two to three weeks on Thursdays, having a schedule of visiting the Port Jefferson Free Library when new magazines became available, or he would arrive when the weather was nice. The chief added the man had never presented a problem for constables previously. The liquor store closed for a day but was back in business in the rest of the week. Groups of people came down throughout the weekend to show support to the business owner.
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County
Suffolk Presents New Plan to Combat 1,4-Dioxane BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM
In an effort to eliminate 1,4-dioxane in county drinking water, Suffolk County Water Authority has proposed installing additional treatment systems at sites throughout the county, though costs could be high if plans see the light of day. In a presentation to Suffolk County legislators, SWCA proposed installing 31 new advanced treatment systems at a number of sites where the levels of 1,4-dioxane are higher than the New York State proposed limit, which is 1 part per billion. Jeffrey Szabo, SCWA chief executive officer, said the authority is continuing to develop technology that will eliminate toxic chemicals such as 1,4-dioxane. “We have been working with the health department on our AOP (advanced oxidation process) systems and the results have been successful,” Szabo said. A concern of 1,4-dioxane is that it can’t be removed through conventional treatment methods and involves a complex process of mixing the contaminated water with hydrogen peroxide, treated with ultraviolet light, which then
Above, a map showing where the SCWA expects to put the treatment systems, should they be approved; right, an image of the proposed treatment system. Images from SCWA
gets sent to tanks filled with carbon where the rest of contaminants are filtered out. The hamlet of Central Islip currently has the sole advanced oxidation process system capable of removing 1,4-dioxane on Long Island. The authority says that its systems can destroy 1,4-dioxane molecules to virtually undetectable levels. Szabo said there are close to 100 wells in Suffolk County that need to be treated
for the toxin. The proposed plan could take five to six years to install all 31 treatment systems, according to the authority’s chief executive officer and it would cost between $1.5 and $6 million in capital costs alone for each system. “We are trying to get this done as quickly as possible, there are things still up in the air,” Szabo said.
The authority is waiting on the state Department of Health to adopt an official maximum contaminant level (MCL) standard. According to officials, they expect to get confirmation
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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held by the Brookhaven Town Planning Board on Monday, October 21, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. in the Auditorium at Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 to consider the application of Michelle Quatrale to repeal Restrictive Covenant for property known as North Hills, Lot 28 @ Shoreham. Covenant relief being requested on the above-described premises is as follows:
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held by the Brookhaven Town Planning Board on Monday, October 21, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. in the Auditorium at Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 to consider the application of Woodhull Expediting to repeal Restrictive Covenant for property known as Liberty Lane, Lot 1 @ Miller Place. Covenant relief being requested on the above-described premises is as follows:
Eliminate the clearing limit
Revegetate the 40’ Buffer
The application and diagram of the subject property are on file in the Planning Division and may be examined during regular business hours. At the time of the public hearing all interested parties will be given the opportunity to speak.
The application and diagram of the subject property are on file in the Planning Division and may be examined during regular business hours. At the time of the public hearing all interested parties will be given the opportunity to speak.
Vincent E. Pascale, Chairman
Vincent E. Pascale, Chairman
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Dated: September 27, 2019
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Hispanic Heritage Month
Former county legislator remembers her father and heritage BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM When Vivian Viloria-Fisher first ran for Suffolk County legislator on the Democratic ticket, during newspaper interviews she felt it was important to talk about her Hispanic heritage. “It was 1999 and there weren’t that many Latinos here at that time, and every time you read about a Latino, they were talking about someone poor or someone who was in trouble, and I wanted to be a role model,” ViloriaFisher said. “I wanted kids to see that there are successful Latinos in Suffolk County.” After she was elected, she took things a step further. While she ran the first time only using her married name, due to being registered to vote that way, she said after winning she decided to hyphenate, feeling it was important to include her maiden name because it was part of her identity. During National Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 15 through Oct. 15, the former legislator looked back to her own heritage and was willing to give advice to young Latinos. More than a former elected official who fought for protections for the environment and immigrants, she is the daughter of a bandleader who was at the forefront of the merengue movement in the United States during the 1950s. Viloria-Fisher was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in December 1947. At the time, the island’s capital was called Ciudad Trujillo after the dictator Rafael Trujillo. Three months after she was born, her family fled to New York City to escape the tyrant’s regime. Her father, a merengue bandleader named Angel Viloria, and his family had a music business in the Dominican Republic. Trujillo made himself wealthy by stealing money from different businesses, she said, and when her father
spoke up, things weren’t safe for her family. The Vilorias moved to New York, the birthplace of her mother, Mary. ViloriaFisher’s mother was a daughter of a Marine of Irish and Scottish descent who was stationed in the Dominican Republic. It was there that he met the former legislator’s grandmother, and they moved to New York. However, when Viloria-Fisher’s grandparents separated, her grandmother moved her children back to the Dominican Republic. In New York, Viloria-Fisher said her father did everything to earn money from teaching piano lessons, tuning pianos and playing any gigs that came his way. “He did everything he had to do to make a living which artists have to do,” she said. Soon after they landed in New York, her father and his band hit it big with hits such as “Palo Bonito (La Cruz)” and “Compadre Pedro Juan.” Angel Viloria y su Conjunto Típico Cibaeño released three albums in two years, while performing in New York City. During the summer months, the band would also play in the Catskills. She said while her father and his group would wear suits when performing in the city, she remembers when they were upstate they would wear the ruffle shirts that many associated with Latin music. Back on the island of the Dominican Republic, Trujillo wouldn’t let Angel Viloria’s music be played even though he gifted the musician with an accordion before he left, to paint a picture of goodwill. Viloria-Fisher said because money was tight, her father used the accordion throughout his career. She said she remembers jam sessions in her childhood apartment where a young visitor was Tito Puente, who became known as the “King of Latin Music” with international fame. When she was 6 years old, many merengue and
Holding the accordion, above, in the 1950s is Angel Viloria, the father of former county legislator, Vivian Viloria-Fisher, who is seen sitting on her father’s lap in an early 1950s family picture, below. Photos from Vivian Viloria-Fisher
salsa artists held a show for her father at New York City’s Palladium in July of 1954 before he headed to Puerto Rico as a headliner at the Caribe Hilton in San Juan. “They never thought they would never see him again,” she said. It was during his trip to Puerto Rico that Angel Viloria died at 41. While the family was told he died of a blood clot, due to his brother being found dead in a river in the Dominican Republic — Trujillo’s calling card — it was believed that Viloria-Fisher’s father was killed by the dictator as well. “It was really tough,” she said. “There was always a kind of a whispered suspicion that Trujillo had something to do with it.” After her father’s death, her mother began to work. Due to the nuns at school requiring her and her siblings to speak English, and her mother needing to improve her language skills, her mother insisted they speak only English at home. However, Viloria-Fisher grew up listening to her father’s and other Spanishlanguage music and developed a talent for speaking foreign languages. Her ear for languages served her well as she went on to teach English and Spanish in local schools, including Advanced Placement Spanish in the Three Village Central School
District for 12 years. She later went on to become chair of the district’s foreign language department. A legacy left behind at Ward Melville High School is the Spanish Honor Society being named the Angel Viloria Chapter. “I was very proud of that because the name has to qualify as being culturally significant in order to name the chapter after someone,” Viloria-Fisher said. Today, Viloria-Fisher, who has been married to her husband, Stu, for 36 years, has five children and five grandchildren. Among the photos and mementos she shares with them, including a letter from her father to her mother when he performed in the Catskills, is her dad’s accordion displayed on a shelf in her home. The instrument was pawned many times by her mother, Viloria-Fisher said, whenever money was tight in the early days. However, her mother was always able to buy it back. Viloria-Fisher served the 5th District in the county legislature from 1999 to 2011 and was deputy presiding officer for six of those years. As the first Latina in a Suffolk County legislature seat, Viloria-Fisher has advice for young Latinas who may want to run for elected office. “Don’t hide who you are,” she said. “Let people know who you are, but go beyond identity politics.”
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BY DONNA DEEDY DONNA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Suffolk County Village Officials Association, which represents 32 villages, hosted a special presentation on the opioid crisis Sept. 26 at the Lake Grove Village Hall. District Attorney Tim Sini (D), Suffolk Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart and Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr. (D) all spoke to the group about how the crisis has fueled a regional surge in illegal firearms seizures and sex trafficking crimes. Most criminal cases in the county, the officials said, relate to opioid epidemic. People initially became addicted to prescription painkillers and over time, as demand increased, supply went down, and prices went up. So, people gravitated toward heroin, the DA said, which is more potent and more dangerous. Drug dealers, who realized that money can be made, began cutting their product with the synthetic opioid fentanyl, and more recently with fentanyl variations known as analogs. Fentanyl, Sini said, originates in China and is coming into the United States through the Mexican border. The drug is also being sent into the U.S. over the Canadian border and from China through the U.S. mail. County officials said they are drilling down as hard as possible. Since 2016, the federal government assigned an analyst exclusively to Suffolk County Police Department to examine overdose information with maps and weekly and monthly overdose reports. The mapping system, known as High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas program, or HIDTA, provides a real-time picture of overdoses. It also helps identify and coordinate
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District Attorney Tim Sini (D), above, and Sheriff Errol Toulon, right, deliver a message to the Suffolk Village Officials Association. Photo from DA’s office
candidates for the county’s preventing incarceration via opportunities for treatment program known as PIVOT for short. “Everything we do is driven by analytics,” Hart said. The county has also been using court-sanctioned surveillance methods such as phone tapping and search warrants to crack down on drug crimes. It issued more than 350 narcotics search warrants in 2018 and has eavesdropped on more than 150 phone lines. Consequently, the county has seized greater amounts of certain drugs and kidney damage after a lifetime of exposure to contaminated drinking water. The chemical has been found in industrial solvents, detergents, shampoos and other products. In July, the state health department began the process of adopting the MCL of 1 part per billion. The department would become the first in the country to set a limit on 1,4-dioxane. Similarly, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has planned to offer $350 million in grants for treatment. At a forum in February, the Long Island Water Conference estimated the cost of treatment systems for close to 200 water wells contaminated by 1,4-dioxane to be at $840 million. The authority said it is hopeful it can begin to implement the plan sometime in 2020. In addition, two additional AOP systems are currently in development for pump stations in East Farmingdale and Huntington.
illegal firearms. The officials said during their presentation that it’s targeting dealers who cause overdoses and charging them with manslaughter. Sini said that through surveillance, he’s learning that tougher manslaughter statutes result in dealers turning away from deadly drugs to instead peddle nonlethal drugs. In 2018, the county also launched a sex trafficking unit that has identified and interviewed more than 200 sex trafficking victims. It has arrested 34 people for 235 counts of sex-trafficking related charges and learned during the interviews how drug traffickers use opioids to addict young women to keep them dependent. Toulon said that they’re gathering information while the women are in the sheriff’s facility, which is providing other useful information on drug and sex traffickers. Victims, while in the sheriff’s facility, are involved in vocational and educational programs and put in touch with nongovernmental organizations that assist with counseling, drug treatment and job training. A big problem, though, Toulon said, is housing. County officials emphasized that human trafficking is happening right here, right now in our communities. It can affect anyone from your neighbor to your niece and nephew. Officials are also calling for the use of different terminology for prostitution. “It’s a modern-day form of slavery and needs to be called what it is: sex trafficking,” Hart said. The force has historically arrested the women and that was the case, Hart said, but the county’s
approach is shifting and officials are now looking at the women as victims. Officials are asking people to trust their own instincts. “If you’re at a 7-Eleven and you see an older man in a car with a young woman who looks distressed, call or text us,” the officials said. The county initiated a Text-aTip program. To reach officials, text TIP SUFFOLK to the number 888-777. Residents can confidentially share any information related to illicit or suspicious activity, including drug use or trafficking, Toulon said. Paul Tonna, who serves as executive director of the village organization, said in a telephone interview after the event that a group of mayors were previously given a private presentation on the topic in graphic detail. The situation, he said, is horrible. The women are being forced to perform six or seven sex acts a day. He is calling for people such as PTAs and religious groups to sponsor awareness campaigns with officials. Local villages have resources, Tonna said, such as constabulary that can also become the eyes and ears of county officials. “We’re not here to say you need to do more,” Sini said. ”We need to think outside of the box. Because of collective efforts, we can make greater strides.”
• Crime Stoppers: Some 4,225 calls received through 852-NARC Hotline from 2016-18 resulting in 245 arrests. • Search warrants: More than 750 search warrants, mainly narcotic search warrants reported since 2016. • Handgun seizures: 24 percent increase since 2016, with 49 percent increase from 2018-19. • Shotgun/rifle seizures: 98 percent increase since 2016, 107 percent increase from 2018-19. • Sex trafficking: 200+ victims identified, 34 people arrested for 235 counts of sextrafficking-related charges since 2018.
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North Shore BMX Riders Race in Regional Championship in Shoreham BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM More than 600 BMX riders from across the Northeast came to Shoreham last weekend for a test of speed and skill. The nonprofit Shoreham BMX hosted the regional Gold Cup championship the weekend of Oct. 4. Sponsored by bicycle association USABMX, the event attracted a large crowd of spectators and competitors, who packed into the small hamlet for the competition on Long Island’s only BMX track. The event is considered to be among the most competitive races in the country and attracted 677 people from all over. Racers who looked to compete at the Gold Cup, had to first qualify at two other regional tracks by having good times in their category before they could advance to the finals. A rider competing in the Gold Cup series counts their best two scores from separate events held over the weekend. Competitors who earn their place on the podium are considered regional champs and receive a coveted gold plate. Jennifer Dzvonar, the president of the Port Jefferson Station/ Terryville Chamber of Commerce and PJS resident, watched both her husband, William, and daughter, Daphne, participate. “It was amazing to watch them at such a really big event,” she said Rich Soper, the track operator and president of the Shoreham BMX Parents Association, said this was the first time the
track has hosted this specific event, calling it one of the best days he’s ever seen at the Shoreham track. The North Shore community was well represented at the weekend’s events, with people from Wading River west to Northport competing. Many people from Port Jefferson Station through Rocky Point gained podium spots. The Shoreham BMX track is notoriously difficult. Soper said that the people and teams who practice on the nonprofit’s track learn tight jumps and turns even at a novice level. “That’s why our local people tend to do better,” he said. Rocky Point resident Marie Stewart watched her son, Keith, compete in the finals this past weekend. The 12-yearold, at age 4 watched a friend navigate the Shoreham track and asked his mom if he could do the same. Since then he and his team, the Rocky Point/Miller Place-based Toxic Racing, have gone on to win multiple Gold Plates at recent competitions. Keith, who currently competes in the 12-year-old expert category, is a past Gold Cup champion and has recently won fifth place in the New York State BMX competition. “The kids have become such good friends with each other, whether they’re on the team or not,” Stewart said. “It’s not so much the trophy at the end, but what each kid puts into it — their heart and soul.” Keith said he was happy in how he performed for the Gold Cup considering the tough class he was in. He expects to carry on with BMX for a while more.
Below: A List of North Shore Gold Plate Winners • Michael Niegocki, of Mount Sinai, placed #3 in 7 Novice • Daniel O’Neill, of Lake Grove, placed #2 in 9 Novice • Aleksander Niegocki, of Mount Sinai, placed #1 in 10 Intermediate • Ryder Litterello, of Miller Place, placed #2 in 10 Intermediate and #1 in 9-10 Mixed Open • Talen Russell, of Rocky Point, placed #2 in 12 Intermediate and #2 in 11-12 Mixed Open • Jake Stavropoulos, of Miller Place, placed #2 in 7 Expert and #2 in 7 and Under Cruiser • Michael Monaco, of Miller Place, placed #1 in 13 Expert • Shane Hampson, of Sound Beach, placed #3 in 17-20 Expert • Juliet Catanzaro, of Miller Place, placed #2 in 17-20 Women and #1 in 17-20 Mixed Open • Kyle Behie, of Port Jefferson Station, placed #2 in 17-20 Open
Clockwise from above: Keith Stewart rides during the Gold Cup finals in Shoreham; Miller Place’s Michael Monaco, 35, rides for team Toxic Racing; racers pump up the obstacles on the track; Dzvonar family smiles after a day of racing; racers, including Kyle Behie, 2, push near the final stretch. Above photo by Marie Stewart; third photo from Jennifer Dzvonar; all other photos by Kyle Barr
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Seniors Molly Lambert, left, and Gabrielle Bush were selected as a Soprano II and an Alto II alternate, respectively, for NYSSMA All-State Winter Conference. Photo from RPUFSD
Rocky Point Pair Selected for NYSSMA All-State The Rocky Point school district announced seniors Molly Lambert and Gabrielle Bush were selected as a Soprano II and an Alto II alternate, respectively, in the New York State School Music Association All-State Winter Conference in Rochester from Dec. 5-8. The rigorous process for selecting an AllState musician includes teacher recommen-
dations, audition scores at the NYSSMA solo evaluation festival during the prior spring and participation in other performing organizations. “Congratulations to Molly and Gabrielle for their ongoing dedication and for being ambassadors for our music program,” said Rocky Point High School Music Chair Amy Schecher.
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Shoreham-Wading River High School seniors Madisyn King, left, and Stephanie Searing flank Principal Frank Pugliese. Photo from SWRCSD
SWR Duo Awarded for Excellence in Medical Science Two Shoreham-Wading River High School seniors now have an impressive addition to their high school resumes for their summer participation in the Congress of Future Medical Leaders at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Madisyn King and Stephanie Searing were each honored with an award of excellence for this honors-only program for high school stu-
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SWR Golfers Bested by Longwood on the Greens BY BILL LANDON DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Leading the way for the Wildcats’ golf team was senior co-captain Gavin Melandro, a sixyear varsity veteran and four-year All-League player, who lived up to his No. 1 position on the team winning his match by shooting a 43 against Longwood at Spring Lake Golf Club, Middle Island, Oct. 8. Kevin Beagan, a senior and co-captain of the team, shined from the No. 6 position defeating his opponent by three strokes. Andrew Vignola, who according to coach Rich Muller is the most consistent player, shot a 48 and is vying for a spot on the final six-man roster for postseason tournament play. Freshman Timmy Manzello, the No. 1 player for the JV squad, made his varsity debut in exhibition play. Muller said he deserved to be brought up, adding that Manzello shot a respectable 56. Longwood beat Shoreham-Wading River 7-2.
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The Wildcats are back on the links Oct. 11 at Great Rock Golf Club in Wading River where they’ll take on Mount Sinai at 4 p.m. to conclude their regular season. “I hope to have as many individuals qualify for the county tournament by playing well at leagues and having the team qualify would be special,” Muller said. “I have high expectations for my top three: Gavin Melandro, Tristan Costello, who didn’t play today, and Andrew Vignola to make the county’s. Depending on conditions, and what player shows up, we should do well.” Photos clockwise from top left: Melandro sinks a putt on the ninth green; senior co-captain Matt Baylous with his tee shot on the 10th hole; senior co-captain Will Cutinella with his approach shot to the ninth hole; Liam Daly, a senior co-captain, chips onto the green; and Manzello chips onto the ninth green.
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Opinion
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It’s official: For the second year in a row, Suffolk County has been rated the most fiscally stressed county in the state. This is not from some think tank, this is directly from the New York State Comptroller’s Office, and the report shows what I have been saying all along: Suffolk is in a fiscal crisis. To say that the county is showing “significant” fiscal stress, like the report said, is a gross understatement. According to the state comptroller’s office, the county’s general fund balance is running a deficit of over $91 million. That is more than three times the figure from three years ago. It also shows that, since 2016, expenditures have outpaced revenues. That is because our current county executive, Steve Bellone (D), is spending more than the county is taking in and continues to borrow against our future. And because of our junk bond status, he will borrow at higher interest rates, burdening the county’s taxpayers. This is not a problem that can be solved by increasing taxes. The truth of the matter is, unlike what County Executive Steve Bellone would have you be-
lieve, most county taxpayers in its five western towns have experienced annual tax increases averaging about 4 percent per year over the past several years, well above the 2 percent tax cap. County residents are simply taxed too much and can no longer afford to live here. We are in a fiscal free fall, with insufficient cash flow, making it difficult to pay the county’s bills. We are now in a position where we are having difficulty meeting our financial obligations from week to week. Many of our vendors are receiving delayed payments, putting significant financial stress on them as well. It means these companies will not meet payroll, employees will not be paid on time, jobs will be in jeopardy and, in many cases, a reduction in services to the taxpayers. How has this affected Suffolk’s fiscal crisis? The comptroller’s report goes on to say that, from 2017 to 2018, Suffolk’s population decreased by 1.28 percent, home values declined by 12.52 percent and more than 17.5 percent of the county’s population rely on state and federal aid just to live here. But who can afford to live here? Since
Steve Bellone took office in 2012, Suffolk residents have been burdened with $200 million in new taxes and fees, a 22.4 percent hike in the property tax levy and a 15 percent budget increase — along with nearly $900 million in debt, seven bond downgrades and seven fiscal emergencies — and we have seen over 16,000 residents flee Suffolk. Our younger generation cannot afford to live here, and our seniors can no longer afford to stay here. The tax-and-spend policies of this administration have created this fiscal crisis and have hurt Suffolk County taxpayers. This has to end. Our finances are on the brink of disaster and, if we are hit with another recession or an economic slowdown, sales tax revenues, which the county heavily relies on, will be reduced. This is what keeps comptrollers up at night, and I worry about the impact it will have on our county, its taxpayers, employees and those who rely on it for vital services. John Kennedy Suffolk County Comptroller Republican candidate for Suffolk County Executive
I am writing in response to a recent letter to the editor submitted by the Rocky Point Sound Beach Chamber of Commerce treasurer, Charles Todaro, titled “Legislator acted against RP chamber,” [The Village Beacon Record, Oct. 3]. Mr. Todaro, on behalf of the Rocky Point Sound Beach chamber and himself, filed an ethics complaint against me last week that was dismissed on a finding of no reasonable cause. His accusation that I did not allow the chamber to participate during the concert is untrue, as Mr. Todaro sat at a table located right next to my office table, with chamber brochures, during the entire concert. What I did not allow was the installation of vendor tents at the concert, as this last-minute request was logistically impossible due to crowd control and security issues, with over 8,000 people in attendance. The evening before the Big Shot concert, my political opponent and president of the newly formed Rocky Point Sound Beach chamber, Gary Pollakusky, left a message on my office phone stating he was going to set up vendor tents at the concert. I called him back and told him
this would not be possible, due to security and crowd control issues. I explained this to Mr. Pollakusky, who neglected to tell the chamber members. In addition, on the day of the concert he showed up at the church, demanding to set up the tents, videotaping the conversation as he harassed my staff while they were trying to set up for the concert. At that point I called church security and the police to ask Mr. Pollakusky, not the businesses as stated by Mr. Todaro, to leave. My office was not aware of the VFW letter inviting the chamber to set up vendor tents until after the concert took place. The letter was then published on the chamber website which stated that this concert was funded by a revitalization grant, which was not true. The concerts are funded by a cultural grant that promotes cultural events, and not events like street fairs where vendors sell their wares. In addition, Mr. Pollakusky went to the Town of Brookhaven attorney’s office, on the afternoon prior to the second concert, to try to stop the concerts, stating we didn’t have the permits and we were in violation of the grant. Neither was true.
Mr. Todaro’s accusation that I used the concerts to promote myself politically, by distributing campaign literature at the concerts, is absolutely false. During the concerts, I take great pride in meeting individual residents while providing county government information, including emergency contact phone numbers. My political opponent continues to use the not-for-profit chamber to buffer himself from his unethical acts. To use the chamber as a self-promoting entity is deplorable, as he did by setting up his own political tent, at the chamber’s Sound Beach street fair, an event that Mr. Pollakusky facilitated and promoted. The political waters are always turbulent, but as your anchor I will continue to secure our future with my proven experience and leadership. Go to my website www.sarahanker.com to see what I have accomplished as your legislator. I will focus on your needs and take the high road when it comes to accusations, because I know the truth will ultimately prevail. Sarah Anker (D) Suffolk County Legislator District 6 Mount Sinai
Editorial
If you ignore prejudice, you invite prejudice. Stony Brook University officials recently hosted a forum in Port Jefferson to highlight how, despite efforts to stamp out prejudice in the local community, its specter constantly lingers in the background. The catalyst for the panel discussion was a recent incident, where a Sikh man was essentially barred from entering a restaurant because his religious garb was misunderstood. Presenters praised the more than 40 people, mostly business owners, who attended the panel for being open-minded. Many walked away with new insights and goals in mind. It makes little economic nor moral sense to restrict who can buy your products or shop because of a lingering prejudice, so we agree that all North Shore businesses should be looking for ways to become more inclusive. Prejudice sits just under the skin of a community and surfaces regularly. Back in May, a gay couple were called “faggots” by a waiter as they left a restaurant in Smithtown. The restaurant wrote a long apology on its Facebook page, but not until after the news was carried far and wide. That incident not only looks bad on that one individual and the business where they are employed, but the stigma is transmitted to all surrounding businesses. People can pretend that prejudice is contained as overt acts of aggression, yet the truth is less obvious. In reality, much of Long Island is dotted with areas of high wealth, situated alongside areas of upper and lower middle class. Consider Long Island school districts, which dictate their own boundaries. Segregation among school districts is such that the majority of Brentwood students, for example, are black and Hispanic, while a district like Three Village is comprised of more than 80 percent white students. To pretend that such overt segregation doesn’t lead to ignorance and prejudice is fooling oneself. The truth is that Long Island is regarded as one of the most segregated metropolitan regions in the country. Restricting somebody from entering a restaurant is overt in its ignorance. It’s wrong for a whole host of reasons, and in the small relatively insular communities of the North Shore of Long Island, those ideas are hard to wrestle away. But those ideas must be torn away, ripped up and be jammed deep to the bottom of the garbage bin. Our local shops have a lot they can do to help. The Stony Brook University panel suggested businesses talk about hiring people to become more diverse. Simply putting a sign in a store window inviting people of all races, religions, creeds, sexual orientations and genders to shop can emphasize inclusivity. Learn to recognize prejudice and then take a stand when you see it, especially if it’s within your own thoughts and actions. There are benefits to racial and cultural diversity. Let’s celebrate our differences.
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A Little Appreciation Goes a Long Way
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speak with a police officer near my son’s school regularly. She steps into four lanes of frantic morning commuting traffic to allow people to maneuver into and out of a school parking lot. She offers a pleasant, “Good morning,” to people who roll down their windows or who walk past her. As she steps carefully into a heavily trafficked street, she makes eye contact with drivers. D. None She waves of the above to the waiting BY DANIEL DUNAIEF parents to make their turns and rejoin the flow of traffic to work or to their next morning destination. She sends them off from school with
a pleasant, “Have a great day,” as they drive around her. Recently, I pulled up to the stop sign and saw the officer holding her stomach. “What’s happening?” I asked. “I just can’t stop laughing,” she said. “I see the same crazies every day. I’m used to them. There’s this guy who drives a pickup truck and he cusses at me every time he passes. I’m not sure why.” “Is that funny?” I asked. “No, today, a woman looked right at me, clapped, gave me the thumbs up and raised her fist. She seemed so happy that I was here.” “That’s great,” I said. “Yeah, she made my day,” the officer said, again holding her stomach. “That was just so funny.” This police officer spends her day looking in car windows, hoping people stop instead of running her over or creating traffic hazards for children or their parents near schools. And yet, this driver made her happy by sharing an effusive and appreciative series of
simple gestures. The movements the woman made are the kinds of displays superstar athletes see every time they step on a sports field or tennis court. These expressions of appreciation, gratitude and admiration are so common that many of the players block out the sounds so they can focus on the game. But for this officer, the show of support was a welcome sight. A day before, a friend told me that he and his daughter pulled into a parking lot, where a parking attendant asked for $3. When he handed out the money, his daughter leaned across him and thanked the attendant. The attendant smiled and directed them to a spot nearby. “What are you thanking him for?” my friend asked. “What did he do?” “He’s doing his job and I appreciate it,” his daughter said. “Why can’t you appreciate it?” “He’s taking my money,” the friend reasoned. “Yes, and you’re getting a place to park,”
she said. My friend recognized the value of the words. Besides, even if it didn’t make the attendant’s day, it didn’t cost anything and it may have helped the car park collector feel like someone cared that a good job was being done. In that same vein, I’d like to thank you for reading this column today and any other time you take the time to read it. I know you could be doing numerous other tasks and I appreciate the opportunity to share words, thoughts or experiences with you. I realize you don’t always agree with me. Maybe climate change isn’t top of your mind or you have perfect children who never once frustrate and amuse you, or your dog is so well trained that it never jumps up on anyone or consumes a plate full of warm cookies. But I appreciate the chance to connect with you. Maybe today, tomorrow or next week, you can also pass along an appreciative gesture. Who knows? You might make the day of a police officer, a baker, a mail carrier or a dog walker.
Talking to Strangers Can Be Revealing or Can Be Something Else
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book I recently finished and enjoyed has topped The New York Times Best Sellers Hardcover Nonfiction list, so clearly many others appreciate it as well. It is “Talking to Strangers,” Malcolm Gladwell’s latest offering. Reading it, in some ways, is like a summary of controversial current events, with a lot of interesting yet extraneous information thrown in because that makes for a good story. And one thing about Gladwell: He is a good storyteller. The author of Between previous bestsellers you and me including “The TipBY LEAH S. DUNAIEF ping Point,” and “Blink,” Gladwell is said to turn social science into best selling books. One of the critics
said that he could probably make a riveting story about a pencil sharpener. Initially I picked up the book because of its title. I thought it could have been written for me because I habitually and notoriously talk to strangers. I say it that way because I’m not sure the people I am with always appreciate sharing me but I can’t help myself. When I am in a theater and it is intermission, I am interested in how the people around me like the show. When I am at the opera — where a surprising number of different languages are spoken by the audience — I wonder where the people next to me come from and I ask them. Sometimes I even begin chatting with others in an elevator in conversations of obviously limited duration. Lest you think I am an insensitive pest, I rush to assure you that if those questioned by me would seem unwilling to talk, I would immediately become silent. But I find quite the contrary. Most people seem to enjoy talking to strangers who are sharing the same environment. So I started reading but was surprised that Gladwell’s theme was quite different from what I was expecting. From his perspective, it is difficult to evaluate a person, especially in a provocative
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situation, simply by talking with them and reading their body language. Why? Sometimes people lie, and lie convincingly. An example he gives is Bernie Madoff, who with his quiet and thoughtful manner, was able to convince clever and talented financial experts that he was honest. For a time, even members of Renaissance Technologies in Setauket were caught off guard. As Gladwell wrote, “Through a complicated set of arrangements Renaissance found itself with a stake in a fund run by [Madoff]” and “The people at Renaissance are brilliant … but couldn’t quite make the leap to believe that it was all a setup” despite personal interviews with Madoff. That is, until they became sufficiently suspicious to take out their money, but then only half that was invested with Madoff, according to Gladwell. There are other examples in the book having to do with cultural or contextual differences between the viewer and the person being viewed, sometimes with disastrous results. One such situation involved Amanda Knox, an American student incarcerated for four years following the murder of her roommate in Perugia, Italy, largely because Italian prosecutors
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interpreted her youthful American goofiness as signs of guilt. She was subsequently acquitted of the murder. Another example put forth by Gladwell is the unwillingness of witnesses to recognize the guilt of Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant college football coach who abused children. Yet another example, the one that starts and ends the book, is of Sandra Bland, the African-American woman from Chicago who was stopped by a white highway patrolman in a small town in Texas for not signaling when she changed lanes. It should have been a routine event. Instead, because of misreading, it turned into a confrontation resulting in her death three days later by hanging in a local jail that was ruled a suicide. There are also fascinating stories about Cuban spies fooling the CIA, among other tales. Gladwell’s conclusion is that we should “accept the limits of our ability to decipher strangers.” He goes on to say, “What is required of us is restraint and humility. … There are clues to making sense of a stranger. But attending to them requires care and attention.” And knowing that we can be wrong. Anyone who has hired the wrong applicant for a job can vouch for that.
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