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Vol. 45, No. 38

November 12, 2020

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Honoring All

Nourishing Veterans

Effort to help vets in Suffolk County grows out of Stony Brook home

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Photos by Rita J. Egan Every year on Nov. 11, veterans are remembered at a ceremony at the Setauket Veterans Memorial Park on the corner of Route 25A and Shore Road. This year, two new memorials were unveiled to recognized those who served in the Cold War, Granada/Lebanon and Panama, the Gulf War and the Global War on Terror. The new memorials are the result of the combined efforts of Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket), commanders of local American Legion and Veterans of

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Foreign Wars posts located in Setauket, Stony Brook and Port Jefferson Station and the Long Island Veterans Home at Stony Brook University. The War Memorial Fund Committee updated several memorials last year on Setauket’s Village Green, in Stony Brook Village and along the Port Jefferson Harbor. The project was funded by local businesses and community members. Jack Gozdziewski, a member of American Legion

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Post 432 and VFW Post 3054, who initially approached Hahn with the idea to update the monuments, said it was important to honor all soldiers whether they had boots on the ground or served during the Cold War. Gozdziewski pointed out how one side of the Gulf War and Global War on Terror stone is left blank in case of another conflict. “Please pray for that and thank all the veterans that have protected us so this wall will never be used again,” he said.

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Brookhaven Lays Out Expected Costs of COVID Response/Storms BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Though Brookhaven Town has a structured financial path through 2021, much of it depends on where the pandemic goes in the opening months of next year. The town is also hoping for federal reimbursement of millions of dollars spent in both pandemic and storm response. The town held a public online Zoom hearing for its $307 million budget Nov. 5. During the hearing Tamara Branson, commissioner of finance, said the biggest increases are in the form of a $2.34 million general fund property tax increase. This is being offset slightly by highway taxes, leading to an annual tax increase of a little under $9 for the average homeowner. It also remains under the 1.56% New York State tax levy cap. Refuse and garbage will remain at $1 a day for a single-family home at $365. There is also a 3% contract increase for ambulance districts as with the pandemic “we felt they needed a little extra money this year above and beyond the 1.56% property tax cap,� Branson said. The new budget also has to assume the government will resume normal operations

starting the second quarter of next year, though that remains subject to any future surges of COVID-19. The town did not use any 2020 fund balance to fill in the gaps of the 2021 budget, as “we have a lot of risk to the fund balance already,� she said. Matt Miner, chief of operations, said the town has focused on not using any fund balance to balance the budget, saying they want to “live within their means.� “We do have fund balance should there be an unexpected emergency,� he said. The town laid out the costs to deal with the pandemic, along with other natural disasters. The town anticipates a cost of $4 million to retain certain employees at full salary during the pandemic, namely those who were unable to work because of the mandated 50% workforce reduction. Another $1.5 million was used for contractual expenses related to the pandemic, which includes mitigation efforts to reduce the spread of the virus. In terms of storm response, Brookhaven expects a cost of approximately $14 million to both prepare for Tropical Storm Isaias and remove debris from people’s homes on

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are ineligible for Federal Emergency Management Agency aid. Miner later clarified there was still a question of what other expenses the town can expect to get reimbursed by FEMA. There is another near-$30 million for other grant awards that the town has to advance, though those funds are expected to be reimbursed by the granting agencies. In addition, the town is reducing its snow removal budget by $1.2 million, saying it has another $5.4 million left in the snow removal reserves for any major winter issues. “Preservation of fund balance from a budgetary point of view was not an option, given these risks that we have to fund balance as we move into 2021,� she said. Still, the 2021 budget does maintain constituent services through some reorganization. Department revenues are being reduced by $9 million compared to 2020, though some is offset by $5.5 million in spending reductions. The rest has to come from property tax increases. Other revenues, including from the landfill and recreation fees, are down across the board. Brookhaven is set to vote on its 2021 budget at its Nov. 19 meeting.

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Reaching Out to Vets is Yearlong Pursuit for 3V Resident BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Helping veterans is something one Stony Brook resident does all year long. Rena Sylvester, 55, has been cooking and preparing meals in her home for local veterans since earlier this year, and the volunteer effort has become known as Cooking for Long Island Veterans. Sylvester said she recently filed for CFLIV to become a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, which should be finalized this month. For Sylvester, building a nonprofit organization that helps vets through providing meals came naturally. She said she’s always had a soft spot for veterans and is proud of those in her family tree, which include a grandfather who was in the Spanish-American War, and a greatgreat-grandfather who fought for the North in the Civil War. She said she remembers bringing her great-great-grandfather’s photo into school in seventh grade and has a steamer trunk from a great uncle who fought in World War I. She first started cooking for Marine Corps League Detachment #247 in Bay Shore while she was a home economics teacher in the East Islip school district. After her retirement from teaching a couple of years ago, she said she continued to cook for the group and other veterans organizations. Earlier in the year, a few vets reached out to Sylvester to see if she knew what happened to a woman who started a GoFundMe page to deliver meals to veterans. Sylvester contacted the woman, who told her she was unable to keep up. That’s when Sylvester rose to the occasion and started cooking in her own kitchen. What started as cooking for a few vets has turned into delivering meals to more than 50 throughout Suffolk County. Through Sylvester’s

previous connections with vets and veterans organizations, many reached out to her during the pandemic and the number of vets receiving meals increased. Currently, CFLIV has a waiting list. “We are totally experiencing growing pains,” she said. Fortunately, she said the number of volunteers who make up Cooking for Long Island Veterans has grown from a few to around 40, many of whom live in the Three Village area or Islip. Sylvester said it’s not only cooks she needs. Those who have offered to drive have also been a big help. She is now looking for people who can create a website and do some light housekeeping. Also, with a garage renovation underway to create cooking space, the organization can use help with lighting fixtures, electric hot water heaters, flooring and shelving. Sylvester said every bit helps. She has a few volunteers who commit to a certain amount of time each month or a set amount of money. She said one volunteer is at her home every Thursday without fail and every month she can count on one local couple to spend $100 on CFLIV. There is also one volunteer who comes from Manhasset once a month to pick up food from Sylvester and then deliver to homes west of Stony Brook. Some volunteers even get their families involved like Michelle Hahn. She and her two daughters, Anna, 7, and Gabriella, 5, have been delivering food to vets near her Stony Brook home for about a year. “My girls love the idea of helping those who keep us safe and free,” Hahn said. The mother said there are several senior veterans in her neighborhood, and when she and her family discovered Sylvester and volunteers were preparing and delivering meals to them, they wanted to get involved. “We donate time when we can by cooking meals, making deliveries, recruiting volunteers or helping Rena in her busy house,” she said. Sylvester said one way she increased the number of volunteers was reaching out to Three Village Wine Fairies, a Facebook group where people deliver wine to strangers, after she heard about it from Bobby Hebert who owns Hamlet Wines & Liquors in East Setauket. She realized if they were willing to spend money on and deliver wine to strangers, maybe they would be open to helping out veterans. She reached out to the members and was right, gaining a few more volunteers. Vets receive three each of breakfast, lunch and dinner per visit, according to Sylvester, sometimes more but never less. Each veteran receives the names and contact information of those who cooked the meals and delivered them to give the ex-servicemembers the opportunity to thank them. Sylvester said the ‘thank yous’ are important to let the volunteers know they are appreciated.

Rena Sylvester, above left, and dozens of volunteers are helping to cook and deliver food to veterans throughout Suffolk County. Below right, Michelle Hahn volunteers along with her daughters Gabriella and Anna. Below left, Sylvester delivers food to a veteran. Photos from Rena Sylvester

Hahn said she’s grateful for the calls of appreciation. “I once had a senior vet call me and say, ‘My own family doesn’t help me out the way you all do,’” she said. “[It] melted my heart.” In addition to volunteers, CFLIV accepts financial donations, gift cards and food donations from restaurants and supermarkets. Sylvester said she’s received help from businesses such as Panico’s Community Market in Smithtown, Rolling Pin in East Setauket, Rocco’s Pizza in St. James and others. “We aren’t looking for anyone to give us 80 meals a week or anything,” she said. “We’re just looking for a little help.” On Nov. 10, Bliss restaurant in East Setauket held a fundraiser event for the organization. For every to-go dinner, the restaurant gave CFLIV 25% of the sale. Christine Reardon said her parents, Frank and Eleanor, who live in Stony Brook have received meals from the volunteers. She called the service “a godsend.” “It is just amazing to know that an abundance of food arrives weekly at their doorstep,” Reardon said. “Mom and dad, who is a Korean War vet, are both in failing health and to have this for my parents is appreciated beyond words.” Richard Ehrlich, an 89-year-old Korean War vet who lives in Stony Brook, said he enjoys the meals. When he heard the organization could use more funds, he said he decided to donate what he could once a month. “It helps me from running around a lot and

shopping,” he said. Sylvester said they are open to helping veterans who may not need financial assistance, but who may have physical limitations or are hesitant to shop during the pandemic. They are asked for a donation of whatever they could afford toward the cause. “We are here to serve the needy veterans,” she said. “If a veteran is physically needy — but not financially — we need their financial support to keep running. Without financial support we will not be able to keep up with the demand.” Those who are interested in volunteering for Cooking for Long Island Veterans or donating, can email Sylvester at renasly24@gmail.com.

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The Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Old Field, Suffolk County, New York at a meeting of said Board duly called and held on Tuesday, November 10, 2020, unanimously adopted the following resolutions pertaining to the registration of all persons eligible to vote and the offices to be filled at the annual Village Election to be held on Tuesday, March 16, 2021:

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk of the Village be, and hereby is directed to prepare a proper notice of said annual election pursuant to Section 15-104 of the Election Law and to cause said notice to be published in said Village Times containing the date of the election and the polling place; the hours during which the polls shall be open; the names and addresses of all those who have been duly nominated whose certificate of petition of nomination has been duly filed with said Village Clerk and the term of such office for which they have been so nominated, an abstract of any proposition to be voted upon, if any, and to cause a printed copy thereof to be posted conspicuously in at least six (6) public places in the Village at least one (1) day before said election.

RESOLVED, that there shall be no Village registration day for Village elections pursuant to Subdivision 3 of Section 15-118 of the Election Law, and FURTHER RESOLVED, that only those persons registered to vote with the Board of Elections of Suffolk County shall be eligible to vote, and FURTHER RESOLVED, that the next general election for the Incorporated Village of Old Field, Suffolk County, New York, shall be held at the Keeper’s Cottage located at 207 Old Field Place in said Village on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, that the hours of opening and closing the polls thereof shall be 12:00 noon and 9:00 P.M. respectively and that during such period of nine consecutive hours the polls shall be kept open for the purpose of choosing and electing the following officers: Two Trustee positions, each for a term of two years RESOLVED, that the following be, and they are hereby, designated and appointed to act as Inspectors of Election, for a fee of $160.00 per person,

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State officials said the January 2021 Regents exams will be canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Announced last week, state Interim Commissioner of Education Betty A. Rosa, along with her administration, said they were canceling the exams at the start of next year. The decision will apply to all Regents exams that had been scheduled for Jan. 26 through Jan. 29. Over the summer, the New York State Education Department canceled the June and August exams due to the COVID-19 crisis. Roger Tilles, of Manhasset, who represents Long Island on the state’s Board of Regents, said the decision is only fair. “A lot of schools started at different times this year,” he said. “We started teaching allremote, sometimes hybrid, Zoom classes, some in-person. How could you have one uniform test for all students?” According to Tilles, it is always difficult to have equity in a state uniform test. “Even without the pandemic, it’s inequitable because some schools have better resources and can attract certain types

of teachers who have specialties that other schools don’t have,” he said. “So, the kids who are in high-needs districts are getting the same tests as students in the lowestneed schools in the state and compare those students to the other.” Since there has been disparity in the way students have learned the last eight months, the board began thinking about how to handle the state testing early on in the year. It was officially announced on Nov. 5 that the tests would be canceled. “Throughout the pandemic, our priority has been the health and well-being of our students and educators,” Rosa said in a statement. “We determined the January Regents exams could not be safely, equitably and fairly administered across the state given where the pandemic currently stands. We will continue to monitor applicable data and make a decision on other state assessment programs as the school year progresses, being mindful of the evolving situation.” And due to the cancellation, NYSED will propose modifications to the assessment requirements that students must meet in order to earn high school diplomas, credentials and endorsements at the upcoming December

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Board of Regents meeting. Mark Secaur, superintendent of Smithtown Central School District, said he is pleased with the cancellation. “I commend the decision made by the state Education Department to cancel the January Regents exams,” he said. “They correctly pointed out safety, equity and fairness issues that have been created and/or exacerbated by the pandemic.” Secaur added he doesn’t see an adverse impact for the district’s students, due to the expectation that they will be granted an exemption if they pass the related course by the end of the first semester of this school year. Dr. Jennifer Quinn, superintendent of the Comsewogue School District, said she also believes this was the right decision. “There are inequalities in different school districts and it wasnt creating a level playing field,” she said. One problem Quinn said she sees in the future is because of the January cancellation, students who planned on taking the English exam will be unable to. “A lot of our students take the English Regents in January,” she said. “If they end up giving it in June because they canceled in January, it’ll put the students at a disadvantage and will have to take it on top

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

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Editorial

Voting for Better

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

Letters to the Editor

The Joe Reboli and Anna Jacinsky Connection I enjoyed reading both Bev Tyler’s recent History Close at Hand story about Olga Reboli in the Oct. 15 edition of The Village Times Herald and last week’s article concerning the holiday exhibit featuring local artists at the Reboli Center for Art & History. Olga’s son Joseph Reboli is perhaps Stony Brook’s best-known citizen; his paintings where displayed at the White House and invited comparisons to William Sidney Mount. Olga was a longtime member of historic All Souls and her house next to the church served as bathroom and dressing room for visiting priests. Joe was baptized at All Souls, served as an acolyte there, assisting Father Latham on the altar. He and his fellow acolytes often traveled with Father Latham to New York sporting events and to Bellaire for skiing in the winter. Joe and his wife Lois were married at All Souls in 1989.

A plaque dedicated to Anna L. Jicinsky hangs in All Souls Church. Photo from All Souls Church

As Bev’s story mentioned, Olga’s sister Anna Jicinsky worked for many years at the Bank of Suffolk County’s Stony Brook branch, and was hit and killed by a car while crossing Main Street in front of the bank in 1961. Olga and her husband William donated a plaque in the back of All Souls Church in her honor.

The bank where Olga worked is now The Reboli Center for Art and History. Joe’s Dec. 26, 2004, The New York Times obituary said, “Joseph Reboli never doubted that he would be successful with a palette and a brush. Mr. Reboli loved to paint ever since he was a child. When he was in junior high school, his aunt, Anna Jacinsky, arranged art shows for him at the bank in Stony Brook where she worked. She quietly bought everything.” Many people believe it was Anna Jacinsky’s support and patronage that gave Joe the confidence he needed as a young boy to become a great artist. The Anna Jacinsky plaque in the back of the church reminds both parishioners and visitors of the special relationship between All Souls Church and the Reboli family. The church at 61 Main Street is open to visitors every day. Dan Kerr Stony Brook

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

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

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

Greenery Boutique Canceled This Year For many years, the Three Village Garden Club has held their Annual Greenery Boutique. We looked forward to this event every year, not just for the camaraderie that we fostered with our members preparing for this wonderful community holiday event, but to see our neighbors and provide a wide array of holiday items.

It is with much regret that due to this very unusual year of the COVID-19 pandemic, we will not hold this long running Greenery Boutique. After much discussion and weighing of options, we feel that it would be extremely difficult to provide a safe environment for all. We want to thank the community for their patronage throughout the years. and

we look forward to seeing our neighbors at next year’s Three Village Garden Club Greenery Boutique. We wish all a wonderful holiday season and our best wishes that all stay strong and well as we fight through this health issue. The Members of the Three Village Garden Club

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Opinion Crows and Irritated People Seem to Call My Name

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

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

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

Long and Lonely Road to the Top

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

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

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

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

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

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