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candidates in Plaza argue over debate

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Schneiderman, Stein fail to reach agreement on forum’s format guing that the league is a wellrespected, neutral moderator that Two candidates running for had done debates for local elecVillage of Great Neck Plaza trustee tions before.

Stein Schneiderman didn’t failed to reach an agreement last week to debate after a heated e- have the “right” to make the remail exchange over the forum’s quest.

“You never asked me to conformat.

Trustee Gerald Schneider- tact the League of Women Voters or any other group,” man and challenger Stein responded in Jonathan Stein each an e-mail to Schblamed each other “You for failing to reach an E L E C T I O N 2 0 1 5 neiderman. just went ahead and agreement for a deassumed you could. bate for which both And that is part of had called during an exchange of charges the previous your problem - your sense of entitlement.” week.

Stein also objected to includ“Contrary to your statement, I never challenged you to a ‘one on ing Trustee Lawrence Katz who one debate,” Schneiderman said to is running against Stein and SchStein in one e-mail. “Once again, neiderman for two trustee posiyour assertions are not supported tions on March 18. Voting will take place from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Vilby the facts.”

Schneiderman said he asked lage Hall at 2 Gussack Plaza.

Judy Jacobson of the League the League of Women Voters of Port Washington-Manhasset to of Women Voters of Port Washingmoderate a debate Sunday, arContinued on Page 51

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Jack Gregori, born in Great Neck, was selected by Adam Levine last week on the NBC program “The Voice.” See story on page 4.

6 village elections in Great Neck, one contested race

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villages holding elections in Great Neck.

Great Neck lawyer Jonathan Voters will decide Wednesday between three candidates vying Stein is challenging Great Neck for two spots in the election for Plaza trustees Gerry SchneiderGreat Neck Plaza trustee – the man Lawrence Katz. They are only contested race among the six joined on the ballot by Great Neck

Plaza Village Justice Neil Finkston, who is running unopposed.

Stein has criticized the current Great Neck Plaza leadership, saying they have failed to adequately address the number of Continued on Page 57

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Katz challenges Stein La Rotonda set ‘absentee’ statement to reopen soon Questions challenger’s ‘rubber stamp’ characterization

Return hailed as plus for Plaza

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Village of Great Neck Plaza Trustee Lawrence Katz on Wednesday challenged characterizations of him as an absentee trustee and a “rubber stamp” raised by trustee candidate Jonathan Stein.

“I assume the ‘rubber stamp’ comment refers to my voting record which is generally supportive of the Mayor and fellow Trustees,” Katz said in an e-mail. “It is true we working closely together to assure efficient and effective government. It wold not be helpful to have a Board that is deadlocked or can’t make a decision and is constantly fighting among themselves.”

Katz went on to list votes in which he joined with other trustees to approve a budget, 50 conditionaluse permit for businesses in the Plaza and authorizing the mayor to implement more than $4.5 million in grants for traffic safety and beautification.

“You may want to ask my opponent on which of these votes would he have voted no and why,” Katz added.

He also said he did not understand why Stein would call him an absentee trustee as he has been at nearly every meeting since he was elected to the board in 2012.

“The public is invited to attend Plaza meetings and voice their concerns on the record,” Katz said. “I don’t believe I’ve ever seen my opponent at any but one of these meetings.”

Stein also said last week that nobody in the village he has talked to knows who Katz is.

“The idea that no one in the Plaza knows who I am is interesting especially considering that I’ve never heard of my opponent until he decided to run for trustee,” Katz said.

Stein is challenging Katz and fellow trustee Gerry Schneiderman for two open seats on the board in the March 18 election. Voting will be held from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Village Hall at 2 Gussack Plaza.

The comments about Katz were made in a letter of his campaign’s website titled “Trustee Schneiderman Caught Urging $2,500 Payoff by Plaza Board.”

Stein said in the statement he was referencing recommendations made by the consulting firm Level G Associates to the village trustees about ways to alleviate parking congestion downtown.

Schneiderman responded by sending a letter to Stein, calling the statements libelous and asking him for a retractions.

Both Schneiderman and Stein called for a debate moderated by the League of Women Voters of Port Washington-Manhasset, but the two could not reach an agreement on the debate’s format.

Schneiderman insisted that Katz be included; Stein insisted that he not be included.

La Rotonda, the Italian restaurant that closed in June after 14 years in business, will be reopening at its old location at 8 Bond St. within the next month and a half.

Village of Great Neck Trustees granted a conditional-use permit to La Rotonda’s owner George Pecroaro at its meeting Wednesday.

“We’re hoping to continue from where we left off,” Pecroaro said.

“The wood burning ovens are staying there, but there will be no party room.”

Pecroaro’s attorney Jeffrey Schwartz said the restaurant will be restored to it original two dining rooms.

Luigi Muto, the former owner, expanded the restaurant in 2012 into two vacant storefronts, giving the restaurant three main dining rooms that could seat more than 100 diners at once.

Muto also built a fourth room, the “Rondo Venettiano” party room.

“The bulk of what was in La Rotonda remains the same in there,” Schwartz said. “[Pecroaro] was the chef so I think there is some continuity here which I think will bring a certain level of excitement to Bond Street and village in general.”

The restaurant was originally located on Middle Neck Road when

Village of Great Neck Plaza Trustee Lawrence Katz Schneiderman had asked the League of Women Voters of Port Washington-Manhasset to moderate a debate with Stein, Katz and Stein.

But Stein said he only wanted a one on one debate with Schneiderman.

Stein has said he is running for trustees because of low public attendance at meetings due to people feeling they don’t have a voice in village government.

He had said people who have recently moved to the Plaza and younger residents don’t feel like they have a voice.

Katz said he thinks he is one of the younger residents of the Plaza as well.

“I consider myself a young person in the Plaza and am raising young children here so I do always keep in mind issues that impact young people,” Katz said in an e-mail. “Issues such as cost of living, which is why we work hard on the budget to avoid tax increases. Issues such as safe streets, which is why I’ve voted for projects to improve pedestrian safety in the downtown areas.”

Katz, a certified public accountant, has said he is running to continue his efforts to support the growth of the downtown business district, which he said is one of his greatest contributions to the village. He said he and his wife moved to the Plaza in 2000 after being attracted to the beauty of the village as well as its small town feel, shops and restaurants and proximity to Manhattan.

it opened in 2002 and moved to its 8 Bond Street location two years later.

Pecroaro said he is planning to have café tables outside and a delivery service as well. He also said the restaurant will serve beer and wine but no hard alcohol.

“We’re glad to be bring new business back into the Plaza,” said Trustee Gerry Schneiderman, who Schwartz credited as having helped bringing the restaurant back.

In other news, village residents should expect a tax refund sometime in the fall because Great Neck Plaza did not exceed the state 2 percent state tax cap in its 2015-2016 budget.

Plaza trustees voted Wednesday to repeal the law they passed in December allowing them to override the state-mandated 2 percent tax cap.

Great Neck Plaza Clerk Patricia O’Byrne said the village voted for the law allowing them override the tax cap in December, mostly as a precautionary measure.

Village Mayor Jean Celender said if a village passes a local law to override the tax cap and the village budget doesn’t exceed that 2 percent cap, the state requires the village government to repeal the law.

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La Rotonda, located at 8 Bond Street, is scheduled to re-open within the next month and a half

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Businessman, G.N. resident, dies at 87 Gerard Varlotta remembered for always wanting more in life, even until the end

By A da m L i d g e t t

Great Neck resident Gerard Varlotta always wanted more out of life – for his children, for his wife and for himself.

“I couldn’t imagine having a better father,” Varlotta’s son, also named Gerard, said of his father who died Feb. 27 at age 87 of natural causes. “He wanted more love, more for family. Whatever he did he did it to the fullest. He lived life to fullest always wanted more for everybody.”

Varlotta’s wife Isabel, who he married in 1956, said even when her husband was put in a coma in 2007 following colostomy operation, he was still trying to get as much out of life as possible.

“He was not expected to live long, but he was a determined man – he was a very persistent man,” said Isabel, who served as the mayor of the Village of Great Neck from 1993 to 1997. “Even though he was in a wheelchair he was always trying to get up and walk. He had a lot of determination.”

Isabel and her husband were next door neighbors growing up in The Bronx.

At the time, she said, the two were just friends.

“He would get me dates with his fraternity brothers,” Isabel said.

Varlotta enlisted in the Navy in 1945, serving in Canada during the last months of World War II.

Isabel said when he came back from the U.S. Navy in 1946, he went off the college.

Varlotta’s son said his father’s childhood interest in engineering led him to earn a degree at New York University in Mechanical Engineering after he was discharged from the Navy. He went on to study engineering in Europe on a Fulbright Scholarship.

“When he came back from his Fulbright Scholarship, he broke up with his then girlfriend and we started dating,” Isabel said.

Varlotta went to work for the New York City Department of Water Supply but soon became restless, his son Gerard said.

In 1960, he established GDL Construction Corp. – which eventually became Varlotta Construction Corp. - a group that specialized in underground construction of all kinds, his son Gerard said.

Gerard said his father felt like he could do more than what the city had to offer.

“He wanted to run own company and a lot of people told him engineering was a tough business and tried to discourage him,” he said. “He was very headstrong and he had self-confidence in his abilities.”

Gerard said his father’s idea was to be able to repair pumps and water mains 20 inches in size – like the New York City water department – but to also be able to handle larger ones.

Varlotta’s company was involved in some of the biggest underground projects in New

Gerard Varlotta died Feb. 27 at the age of 87 York City history, including the installation of all the water mains for the original World Trade Center and the World Financial Center, his son Gerard said.

Although he retired in 1992, Varlotta still served as a consultant in the construction industry in New York City and after the World Trade Center was hit on 9/11, he decided he wanted to be involved with the cleanup.

Varlotta was stuck on a cruise shop near Nova Scotia when he heard of the attacks, his son said. It took him a week to get back,

but once he did, he mobilized a team to help clean up Ground Zero, his son Gerard said.

“He was devastated that it happened and felt an obligation to help with the cleanup – he felt an obligation to be involved,” Gerard said. “It was just his nature as a human being that he wanted to be there. He helped build it he wanted to help it in its time of crisis,” From the 1970s through the 1990s, Varlotta’s company was also responsible for repairing water mains throughout New York City as well as removing snow from LaGuardia and JFK Airports and the parking lots of the Brenden Byrne Arena in New Jersey.

Gerard said his father and mother, Isabel, moved to Great Neck in 1958.

“They grew in The Bronx,” Gerard said of his parents. “They wanted nothing more than to bring their family out of The Bronx and out of the city.”

Isabel said she had friends living in Great Neck that told the couple about the area, and were eventually decided on it to make a family after seeing the quality of its schools and parks.

Isabel served as mayor of the Village of Great Neck from 1993 until 1997. She said her husband supported her in all her throughout her tenure as mayor.

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Great Neck native picked for ‘The Voice’

By A da m L i d g e t t When Great Neck native Jack Gregori was standing on stage auditioning for “The Voice” last week, he said he wasn’t thinking about his day job in law, or the fact that he lost nearly everything in the recent market crash, or even if any of the four judges would choose him – he was just

trying to not forget the words to “Ring of Fire.”

“Up there you’re thinking ‘Is the chair going to turn chair, is the chair not going to turn, what does it mean if it doesn’t turn?’”

Gregori said. “All those things are running through your mind but you have to clear it out of there and just sing.”

Gregori, 38, made it past the

blind auditions in the popular NBC program “The Voice” last week, getting picked by coach/ judge and Maroon 5 front man Adam Levine.

Levine turned his chair around to choose Gregori about 13 seconds into his cover of Johnny Cash’s 1963 hit.

“I love this guy,” Levine said, saying he had a “beautiful, true

Attempted carjacking suspect shot by Lake Success cop

By A da m L i d g e t t A suspect shot by a Lake Success Police officer during an attempted carjacking Wednesday has been hospitalized and is in federal custody, Nassau County Police Department officials said Friday.

The unidentified suspect was shot twice in the leg and once in the torso around 6:20 p.m. by officer Richard Petrillo, a 14-year Lake Success veteran, county police officials said.

His injuries are not considered life-threatening.

Petrillo fired three rounds in breaking up the alleged carjacking, police officials said.

The Nassau County Police Department’s Homicide Squad is investigating the police officers involved in the shooting, police said.

The county’s Major Case Bureau and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are also investigating the incident.

Lake Success Police deferred

all other comments to Nassau County police.

Nassau County police said they believed the carjacking might be related to the robbery of the T-Mobile store located at 1073 Northern Blvd. in Flower Hill at around the same time on Wednesday.

An unidentified amount of money was taken from the store, police said.

Charges against the are still pending, and the investigation is ongoing, police said.

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Country icon Blake Shelton called Gregori a “great country singer,” although he did not turn around for Gregori and allowed him to go to Levine.

“You’re the perfect guy for Adam,” he said.

Gregori was born in Great Neck and spent the first year of his life here, he said in an interview with Blank Slate Media, but now calls Washington D.C. home. He currently works as an attorney by day, but at night he plays music in clubs in D.C., Maryland and Virginia.

Both his parents also grew up in Great Neck, and when he would come back to visit his grandparents he said he would often visit the Poultry Mart, which he said has the best chicken salad.

Gregori, currently in Los Angeles, got his undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland, and his law degree from Boston University. Right after he graduated from Boston, he got a job at a title company, but left after only eight months to start his own firm, he said.

His firm generated millions of dollars in revenue, and Gre-

gori said he was often working 14-hour days.

As a result, Gregori said, music – which had been a passion of his since he was a child – had to take a back seat.

“I just did it at the right time,” Gregori said. “The market blew up and I had about 40 employees at one point. Things were going very well until suddenly they were not going so well.”

When the market crashed around 2008, he said, he nearly lost everything. He said the crash helped put his life in perspective, forcing him to realize what was really important.

“When you have a situation where you get swept up into working a lot of hours and making a lot of money and all of a sudden you don’t have that, you look back and realize it really didn’t make you particularly happy,” he said.

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Schumer calls for EPA study on penta Joins Bosworth in seeking answers on chemical used by PSEG on 95K power poles

BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer on Monday called on the federal Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study on the long-term health effects of the use of the chemical pentachlorophenol to treat wooden utility poles, which he said has been deemed unsafe by the agency in small doses and outlawed in several countries.

Joined by North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and Port Washington community leaders at Manhasset Valley Park in Manhasset, Schumer, a Democrat, said recent studies on the effects of pentachlorophenol - known also as “penta” - have been narrow in scope and conducted by private firms, making them insufficient.

“We need a broad, public and strong investigation,” Schumer said. “We need the EPA, which is the authority on testing chemicals and health risks they pose, to conduct a thorough and comprehensive federal study on penta’s

North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth addresses the press alongside Sen. Charles Schumer. long-term effects and we don’t need any more delay. We need them to do it now.”

He also urged PSEG Long Island, which last year put up more than 200 80-foot wood utility poles in Great Neck, Manhasset and Port Washington that were treated with the chemical, to immediately halt further installation of such poles until a study is completed.

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According to the EPA, shortterm inhalation of penta has been known to have toxic effects.

The chemical is considered a carcinogen.

Bosworth in January wrote to the EPA to outlaw the use of penta on utility poles due to its unknown impact on the community’s water supply and marine life.

“Given that the majority of other uses of the product have been prohibited since 1984, I request that you take the final step to eliminate this threat to our communities and our government and immediate move to ban the chemical, as other national governments have done,” Bosworth wrote.

Last September, the North Hempstead Town Council approved a law requiring utilities to remove decommissioned utility poles, as well as another law requiring utilities to install signs on new poles treated with penta warning residents of the chemical’s presence and to wash their hands if a poles is touched.

PSEG Long Island and the Long Island Power Authority in January filed sued against the town in federal court over the law, alleging their First Amendment rights were violated to single out utility poles.

The law, the utilities argued, does not include “similarly situated wood products” treated with the chemical, like docks, piers, bulkheads, fence posts,

park benches, picnic tables and railroad ties.

In a statement, PSEG Long Island spokesman Jeffrey Weir said the utility is abiding by current EPA determinations and would “respond and comply accordingly” to a revised determination by the agency.

Among the utility’s top priorities, he said, are the health and safety of PSEG employees and customers.

“We are comforted by the fact that when, two weeks ago, in response to concerns about the use of penta in East Hampton, Long Island, the NYS Department of Health concluded that its use there does not ‘result in a significant risk for adverse health effects,’” Weir said.

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Town names picks for woman’s honor roll

BY B I LL S A N A N TON I O The Town of North Hempstead has named 18 women to this year’s May W. Newburger Women’s Honor Roll, in celebration of their contributions to the town and their individual communities.

The honorees will be recognized during the town’s 22nd annual breakfast on March 26 at 8 a.m. at the Clubhouse at Harbor Links in Port Washington.

“North Hempstead has no shortage of inspirational women who give so much of themselves to their communities,” North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said in a statement. “We are fortunate to call these 18 honorees part of our North Hempstead family.”

Great Neck resident Shirley Romaine, a local arts and peace activist who was among the first women named to the honor roll, is slated to speak during the event.

The honor roll was founded in 1994 and is named after May W. Newburger, the first female town supervisor in North Hempstead history.

Newburger’s political career included eight years in the New York state Assembly and a brief stint on the North Hempstead town council before serving as supervisor from 1994-03.

Reservations for the breakfast are required and can be made by contacting Town Clerk Wayne Wink’s office, officials said. The event is free of charge.

“I am proud to honor these outstanding women for their great contributions to North Hempstead,” Wink said in a statement. “Each of these women reflects the best that our communities have to offer and they deserve to be recognized for their efforts.”

The honorees: Glenda Artsis, Great Neck Caroline DeBenedittis, East Williston Doreen Ehrbar, Williston Park Janet Esagoff, Great Neck Blanca Fabian, Port Washington Betty Hardy, Westbury Clare Masi, Port Washington Patricia O’Brien, Manhasset Gloria Nachmanoff, Great Neck Fances Pareti, Albertson Dorothy Perry, Williston Park Ethel Pomerantz, Great Neck Rose Ryan, Westbury Laurie Scheinman, Sands Point Roshni Singh, Albertson Judith Temkin-Jacobson, Manhasset Tai Nin Wang, Sands Point Fern Weiss, Great Neck

Town holds polar soaking for charity Nearly 400 people turned out Saturday in Port Washington to participate in the 11th Annual Town of North Hempstead Polar Plunge at a snow-covered North Hempstead Beach Park.

With ice covering a good portion of Hempstead Harbor, making it unsafe to plunge into, Town officials came up with a way to still soak the willing participants with frigid water, enlisting local fire departments to turn the plunge into a Polar “shower.”

“Our committee would not be denied this year, and cancelling this event was not an option,” said Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth of the event, which raises fund for Special Olympics New York. “I applaud everyone

involved including the Port Washington and Bayville Fire Departments for making today a reality so we could continue to raise funds to support Special Olympics New York and all of their wonderful athletes.”

Among the participants this year were Town Councilwoman Dina De Giorgio, Town Clerk Wayne Wink and Receiver of Taxes Charles Berman. Councilwomen Lee Seeman and Anna Kaplan were also on hand.

The $67,000 raised will help support more than 200 Special Olympics athletes for a full year. This event is part of more than a dozen Polar Plunges annually in New York, which last year raised nearly $1 million for Special Olympics New York.

Supervisor Bosworth presents Special Olympics New York with a proclamation.

From left, County Legislator Delia Deriggi-Whitton, Town Clerk Wayne Wink, Receiver of Taxes Charles Berman, Supervisor Bosworth, Diane Colonna, LI Regional Director of Special Olympics New York, Councilwoman Dina De Giorgio, Councilwoman Anna Kaplan, and a WBAB 102.3 host.

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KEY ISSUES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS: • Opening of 50 new retail businesses in the Plaza in the past 2 years • No increase in village taxes in 6 of the past 8 years • A record of never having overridden the state tax cap • Obtaining $4.5 million in government grants for traffic and pedestrian safety and beautification projects • Implementation of numerous traffic and pedestrian safety improvements throughout the village which have been shown in state-reviewed studies to have reduced accidents • Completion or planning the modernization and improvement of the village’s three surface parking lots and two parking garages Lawrence R. Katz Trustee

Gerry Schneiderman Trustee

• Recipient of Smart Growth Awards by Vision Long Island

Village of Great Neck Plaza RE-ELECT Gerry Schneiderman for Trustee Lawrence R. Katz for Trustee Vote Wednesday, March 18th 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Great Neck Plaza Village Hall Paid for by The United Residents’ Party

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R. Gardens candidates focus on tennis courts

By A da m L i d g e t t Village of Russell Gardens Mayor Steven Kirschner has had the rare opportunity at a second chance.

Kirschner has been serving as mayor since 2013 after first serving as mayor from 2003 to 2009.

“After three terms I had accomplished not everything I wanted to do, but if you are mayor forever and there are other people who want to become mayor and lead the village, you

stifle people. They don’t feel like there’s mobility,” Kirschner said.

“I really felt I had to move on and [Matthew Bloomfield] became mayor.”

Bloomfield was elected mayor in 2009 and served until he decided not to seek re-election in 2013, citing personal and business concerns.

Kirschner, an attorney, said he decided to run again for mayor in an attempt to stabilize the village, which he described as being in “disarray” at the time.

Kirschner, who was original-

ly elected to the village Board of ter of controversy at the time Trustees in 1989, is seeking re- Bloomfield decided to not run election in the March 18 village for re-election.

While there was both oppoelections along with trustees sition and support Martin Adickman for the purchase, and Jane KrakauKirschner said, he er. All seats are uncontested. Vot- E L E C T I O N 2 0 1 5 believed the purchase was a worthing will take place while expense and from 12 p.m. until 9 p.m. at Village Hall, located at should be paid with general tax revenues - a view not shared by 6 Tain Drive.

Kirschner said the village’s everyone.

“We had just under a 30 purchase of tennis courts from the Russell Gardens Association percent tax increase,” he said. in March 2013 was at the cen- “Many mayors would get hung

in effigy for that.”

He said a public meeting was held so the trustees could explain why they were against borrowing the money.

“As villages or towns or cities increase their debt load, it affects service,” Kirschner said.

“We pride ourselves in providing as much service as possible to our residents.”

Before the purchase, he said, the tennis courts purchased from the Russell Gardens Association were only open to one family hoContinued on Page 52

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READERS WRITE

Involvement matters in Plaza race

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am strongly endorsing current Trustees Gerry Schneiderman and Larry Katz for the Great Neck Plaza election.

I cannot believe Mr. Stein claims he does not attend any meetings because they are boring and nothing important takes place there.

Unlike Mr. Stein, I have attended many board meetings at the Plaza.

No matter what is in front of the board, the mayor always asks for input from the public. Each person is given time and opinions are listened to and valued.

A recent example was when the gym in the shopping center closed and Planet Fitness wanted to open. There were many meetings with every seat taken.

Each person who wanted to speak, was allowed. All their concerns were included in the conditional-use permit regarding operating time, safety issues, and use of tanning beds.

This village has representatives that listen and are inclusive. There are committees to serve on first if you want to make an impact on improving your quality of life.

But Mr. Stein believes if he just spends enough money, he can be elected even though he has no idea what goes on.

Another example is that the village has never overrode the governor’s tax cap. Yet, Mr. Stein writes it has.

If he attended the meetings, he would know that every village, town, school district, library district and other special districts have to pass a law giving them the right to override if needed when their budget is completed.

But Great Neck Plaza has always repealed it and never went over the cap.

Since I attend meetings and he does not, I could go on and on and refute every point he makes since I know the truth.

Obviously, he chooses to make statements not supported by facts.

Our village needs the vision, experience, and honesty of our current trustees.

Please make sure you support our current trustees with your vote.

Eileen S. Falk, MPA Great Neck

Schneiderman Schneiderman knows the Plaza right for the Plaza

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want to go on record as endorsing Gerry Schneiderman for trustee for the upcoming Village of Great Neck Plaza election.

My wife and I grew up on the South Shore of Long Island. After raising our family in the Five Towns area we relocated to Great Neck Plaza.

We find that Great Neck offers a metropolitan lifestyle without sacrificing the suburban environment we have always been accustomed to.

We were one of the early residents at the Maestro and fortunately for us, “ Mr. Great Neck “ moved in next door.

Having Gerry Schneiderman as a neighbor provided us with an in-depth history of the peninsula, and has really helped make our transition from one shore to another.

Gerry has been involved with the village for well over 30 years and has been a trustee of 14 years.

Over this time Gerry has acquired a great deal of experience dealing with local, county and state legislation.

Gerry exemplifies honesty, fairness, thoughtfulness, and civic pride, which I feel makes him an outstanding candidate to carry on in his position as village trustee.

It is for these reasons that I believe the Village of Great Neck Plaza needs Gerry Schneiderman to be re-elected trustee.

Please vote for him on Wednesday March 18 at the Village Hall.

Paul Dubrowsky Great Neck

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am writing to support Gerry Schneiderman for Village Trustee in the March 18 Village of Great Neck Plaza election.

As a former Village of Great Neck Plaza trustee for over 10 years I am deeply aware of the time and commitment it takes to be effective in the trustee position.

I have known Gerry for over 30 years and have seen both his strong character and the dedication and experience he brings to capitalizing on the opportunities and addressing the challenges facing the village.

Gerry’s opponent in the election seems to believe that his youth more than offsets his lack of any expressed interest or involvement in village issues and affairs.

Given his failure to attend any village meetings or functions, youth looks like his

only offering to the electorate.

I guess if he were more involved and knew the village better he would know that over 60 percent of village residents are 65 years of age or older. And that the electorate appreciates values the experience and dedication Gerry brings to the position.

Youth and no past interest or experience working with the village to find solutions to the challenges faced everyday by dedicated officials like Gerry Schneiderman does not qualify one to hold the trustee position.

I urge all village residents to go out and vote on March 18 and to support Gerry so he can continue to serve all village residents.

David Weiss Great Neck

Schneiderman, Katz the best choice

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s an immigrant, I really respect the democratic process in America, and as someone with the engineering background, I believe in the classic theory that says “if it is not broken don’t fix it.”

I have great admiration for the village government of Great Neck Plaza. To me they are a model.

Take a look at the roads, facilities, magnificent and wellplanned buildings, caring and involved village hall, and etc. No wonder people want to live in the Plaza and invest in the Plaza.

I have attended their trustees meetings numerous times

to observe their handling of the new stores and permit applications, as well as new building projects hearings.

They have always impressed me with their efficiency, objectivity, detailed analysis, toughness, involvement and above all, being pro business and development.

They meet twice a month, which is extremely helpful in expediting the applications, and they are tough and objective when they don’t see a store or a development project that can benefit the village.

I have personal experience: I had a project denied because of density and traffic issues, and I had a project approved at a

much smaller scope than originally applied for.

Later on, I realized that they were correct in their analysis.

As a landlord, I truly appreciate their building departments oversight of the buildings maintenance in terms of compliance with the fire and safety annual inspections.

The Plaza building department also has a reputation among homeowners and developers as being the toughest and most strict in terms of code compliance but helpful in sharing their expertise in construction methods and moving the project to a timely conclusion.

I don’t know about the quali-

fications and the experiences of the candidates who are running against Trustees Jerry Schneiderman and Lawrence Katz and respect those who volunteer to serve their community , but I reiterate my prior point: why fix it when it is not broken.

Trustee Katz brings in his expertise from serving on the Board of Zoning and Appeal.

Trustee Schneiderman brings service to the community and the Plaza . Talk about qualification: any moment I asked Jerry the number of store vacancies, types of pending applications, the business trends in downtown, and the reasons for success and or failures of the

stores, he had the facts and figures.

Talk about dedication: Jerry Schneiderman was present at every new store’s grand opening in the Plaza that I attended. No matter time of the day.

Although I express my opinion only and not the organizations that I serve, I have no doubt that trustees Schneiderman and Katz’s constituents share my opinion that the choice is clear and they deserve re election.

Hooshang Nematzadeh, president Great Neck Chamber of Commerce Trustee Village of Kings Point

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Fight Plaza cronyism, elect Stein

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e are writing to urge every Great Neck Plaza voter to elect Jonathan Stein as trustee on March 18.

Every current trustee in our village was initially appointed to his/her position.

Cronyism runs rampant - evidenced by support for the status quo in last

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week’s letters in this paper written by Bob Rosegarten (former mayor of the Village of Great Neck Plaza) and Jeffrey Schwartz (husband of Mayor Jean Celender).

Our village needs new blood.

Jonathan is young and vital. He dares to challenge the current machine politics of our village.

Jonathan will bring fresh, new ideas

on how to handle our village’s most pressing problems - pedestrian safety, parking, the decaying of our business district, lowering taxes and rents, representing seniors as well as young families, and renters as well as owners.

Three candidates are running for two trustees’ seats.

The winners will be those who receive

the two highest numbers of votes. Your single vote for Jonathan Stein on March 18 is urgently needed to help change the voice of our village.

Down with cronyism. Up with Jonathan Stein. Please vote on March 18!

Muriel and Leo Pfeifer Village of Great Neck Plaza

Schneiderman Katz a good trustee devoted to Plaza and good neighbor

have known Gerry Schneiderman for the last 25 years and have always been impressed with his devotion to bettering the lives of Great Neck Plaza residents.

When he was on the board of zoning and appeals and later as a trustee, his determination and loyalty to serve his village was apparent. I have noticed the beautiful looking seasonal plants on the sidewalks

and have been pleased with calmer traffic patterns throughout the village.

Although I live in a neighboring village, I spend all of my days in Great Neck Plaza and I thank Gerry Schneiderman and the village board for making the town so special.

Edward Streim Great Neck

I

have been a resident of Great Neck Plaza for more than 40 years. Larry Katz has been our neighbor for fifteen years.

Ours is a friendly block. We keep an eye on each other’s houses when someone is away, and we ask about each other’s children.

Larry Katz looks after the needs of

the village of Great Neck Plaza the way he keeps a watch on our Wyngate neighborhood.

We need someone who is caring and vigilant, and Larry Katz is a trustee who fits the bill.

Carolyn Raphael Great Neck

Katz good for Schneiderman helps Plaza business beautify the Plaza

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’m writing to express my support for Lawrence Katz in the upcoming Great Neck Plaza trustee election.

I am a resident and business owner in the Plaza for many years.

Larry has always been supportive of the merchants in the Plaza. He and his family shop in the Plaza. He cares about the Plaza maintaining its vibrant and prosperous downtown; a place where there is a positive atmosphere for all to gather, shop, eat

and enjoy.

With the goal of helping local businesses and all residents, Larry has supported low Plaza taxes even in challenging economic times; physical improvements to infrastructure; and investment and private development in the downtown area.

Please join me in voting to re-elect Lawrence Katz as trustee of Great Neck Plaza on March 18.

Marnie Filler Ives Kron Chocolatier

Political ties not disclosed in letter

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here is a letter in the March 6 edition of Great Neck News from Jeffrey Schwartz regarding the upcoming election in Great Neck Plaza.

While the writer can certainly express his opinion as to

who are the best candidates, shouldn’t he be identified as the husband of Jean Celender who is the mayor of Great Neck Plaza?

Sanford Caplan Great Neck

I

would like to show my support for Gerry Schneiderman as trustee for the Village of Great Neck.

Working on beautifying the streets of downtown Great Neck alongside Gerry has always been a great experience.

Because of Gerry we at Santelli & Sons were able to help create the seasonal displays along the many streets of Great Neck.

Gerry was very approachable regarding the flower con-

tainers and had great ideas but was willing to listen as well.

He has always supported businesses within the community and our experience through Santelli & Sons is just one example of that.

Each time we spoke he held the interest of the community as a priority with a strong emphasis on budget.

Gerry is a friendly face in the community that has the know how to get things done.

Working with Gerry for the last

couple of years has given me a chance to get to know him as a trustee and community member and I believe he takes both positions very seriously.

Gerry is a positive voice for the village and should remain a trustee.

Ryan Torres Great Neck

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OUR VIEWS

See no evil

It may well be that developer Jonathan Ohebshalom, will not engage in the same practices that sparked outrage in New York City when he builds his senior apartment complex on Middle Neck Road that he was accused of in New York City.

But should he get the opportunity?

Our reporter was told that the Great Neck Estates trustees knew about the Ohebshalom’s reputation and past controversies in the city but decided nevertheless in December to approve his application to construct a 41-unit senior apartment complex called The Rose.

Great Neck Estates Deputy Mayor William Warner told us that “During meetings residents tried to bring … up,” concerns about alleged abusive practices by the Ohebshalom family in Manhattan and Brooklyn. But, he said, “we realized [the company’s history and other concerns] are not germane to the project.”

We disagree.

The complaints are serious and at the very least should have been considered and investigated. What’s the rush? Warner was wrong to not even listen to the concerns.

The Ohebshaloms have two faces. They are currently planning to build a 51-story in the city’s Financial District under the name Pink Stone Capital.

The building will include 429 luxury residential units and prime commercial space and is one of the 10 largest real estate projects currently underway in New York City.

But the firm apparently has a dark side.

In a blog published in 2011, the East Village Tenants Association wrote, “Operating under various corporate names, the Shaloms buy rent-stabilized buildings and then systematically dismantle required building services, forcing out legal residents through harassment, intimidation, negligence and deception.”

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, while a state senator, called the Ohebshaloms “arguably among the worst [landlords] in the city.” As a state senator he tried to put an end to what he called Sky Management’s practice of “harassment, lack of services, illegal and dangerous construction, robberies and many other conditions which make their homes uninhabitable.”

Given what can be learned from just a quick glance at the history of the Ohebshaloms, we are not persuaded that Warner and the Great Neck Estates Trustees practiced due diligence in approving the plans for The Rose.

The question of character surfaced again in an application for approval of another development just a short distance from The Rose.

Ely Sakhai plans to create an apartment complex on the site of First Playhouse Theater, an historic structure that he owns and hopes to demolish over the objections of village preservationists.

In 2004 an Old Westbury resident named Ely Sakhai, who owns an art gallery, pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges in a 15-year art forgery operation that resulted in a 41-month prison sentence and $12.5 million fine.

The Ely Sakhai who is trying to develop the First Playhouse Theater told our reporter he is not the same Ely Sakhai who was convicted as an art forger.

But, like Warner, Great Neck Estates Mayor David Fox is not concerned.

He said he was unaware of the art forgery incident involving a man named Ely Sakhai when the First Playhouse Theater proposal was introduced to the village.

Fox also wouldn’t say whether an applicant’s criminal history would influence a board’s decision on whether to approve a proposal.

“No one does background checks [on the application], ever – they just don’t do it,” Fox said. “It’s not the policy of the village.”

The character of people seeking develop properties in this area should be of much greater concern. It could hardly be of less.

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Dowling, forum spotlight importance of immigrants READERS WRITE

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ill San Antonio’s splendid article, “Dowling champions Immigration,” captured some of the most significant features of what is great about our nation – throughout our entire history.

An immigrant himself, Michael Dowling gave a powerful – and emotional – keynote talk to 130 folks at the breakfast that opened the Immigration Summit conference at 8 am. He is now the CEO of LIJ/North Shore Hospital system, one of the major health organizations in the U.S. He energized all in attendance by relating his own journey of struggle to advance, without money, doing blue collar jobs, and needing to defer education until he could afford it.

As one of the co-directors of this Summit, I was moved to tears

by Mr. Dowling’s account. I could empathize with his history because I, too, have lived it, taught about it (for 45 years), and written about it.

My journey was not as challenging as Dowling’s; I was born in New York, but grew up in an immigrant household of 15 people (no one ever needed a key because Nonna was always home).

Indeed, my mother’s parents, who came to the U.S. in 1907 from the beautiful Adriatic coast city of Pescara, never spoke a word of English.

My immigrant dad, who came from the tiny town of Casalbordino, had three years of schooling.

Like many children in immigrant families, then and now, my first language was that of my elders; I could not speak with my grandparents, with whom I lived, unless I spoke Italian.

Like generations of immigrants from most nations, they went through a process of being in America, without really being part of America.

As Tom Paine wrote in Common Sense (1776) the United States was a beacon for all humankind – offering new and better opportunities than anywhere else in the world.

My mom and dad spoke to us in Italian; we answered them in English.

In school, I received speech therapy for years (later, I related that to Professor Higgins in “My Fair Lady” regarding how speech and education reflect the perception of people in society).

Although we lived in a “Little Italy” ghetto, the new America gave all of us a chance to advance.

My emotional response to Michael Dowling’s story was because he vividly illustrated my dad’s journey.

A few months before he died, my father said to me: “You are a big shot historian, when are you going to write my story?”

Luckily, I was able to do extensive recording of his experiences. When I asked my dad what I should call his story, he said: “Michele, youa (sic) call it ‘how the low people moved up’” In retrospect (and, at that time, as well), I did not like the idea of any people describing themselves as “low people.”

But, clearly, what my dad was celebrating was what Michael Dowling highlighted: the United States has been the best poor peoples’ country in the history of the world – that is truly “exceptional.”

However, it is not sufficient to stop at that point.

The Long Island Summit, jointly sponsored by the Hofstra Center for Civic Engagement and Long Island Wins (led by the remarkable Maryann Sinclair Slutsky) arranged 10 discussion sessions that followed Mr. Dowling’s brilliant keynote talk). More than 400 people participated.

I hope the Blank Slate Newspapers (and its readers) will welcome another commentary from me next week that considers some of the challenges and opportunities examined in those interactive meetings by scores of our fellow Long Islanders.

Michael D’Innocenzo Professor of History, Hofstra University

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READERS WRITE

Numbers speak of Obama’s success

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uring the eight -year period from January 2001 to January 2009, the Bush administration racked up the following record: - Dow Jones Industrial average fell from 10,587 to 8,300, down 21 percent.

- NASDAQ average fell from 2770 to 1530, down 45 percent - S&P 500 average fell from 1315 to 845, down 36 percent.

During the six year period from January 2009 to March 2015, the Obama Administration racked up the following record: - Dow Jones Industrial average rose from 8,300 to 18,230, rising 120 percent.

- NASDQ average rose from 1530 to 4986, rising 226 percent.

- S&P 500 average rose from 845 to 2110, rising 150 percent.

One might argue that, at the end of Bush’s administration, the markets were so depressed that they had nowhere to go but up.

This doesn’t hold any water since all the market indexes today far exceed Bush’s market starting point.

The most severe recession(depression) since the 1929 depression started during Bush’s seventh year in office.

Obama began in office faced with a severely depressed economy. It took six years to turn the economy around.

During this period unemployment never exceeded 9 percent. Today it is near 6 percent.

(4 percent is the realistic lowest unemployment goes even in prosperous times).

Critics may say that we still have a way to go with regard to

the economy.

However no critic disputes Obama’s astonishing achievement.

In view of the economic results, Bush vs. Obama, I am puzzled why it is that the Republicans are considered the party most business friendly.

Theodore Theodorsen Manhasset

King a knave in Tea Party description

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ong Island Congressman Peter King called them “delusional.”

He said they were “foolishly playing with American lives,” are “flat out stupid”, and are “morally wrong.”

Wow!! That’s pretty strong language coming from our longtime Republican congressman.

Okay, all you pundits out there, who was he talking about?

1 - the radical left ?

2 - Occupy Wall Street ?

3 - the anti-war movement?

4 - Democrats who methodically cut our defense budget?

5 - those who refused to secure our borders?

6 - or didn’t want to keep Guantanamo open for the worst terrorists on the planet?

7 - or those who still refused to send any troops to fight ISIS before they attacked us here at

home?

The answer? None of the above.

Congressman King was actually referring to Tea Party members within his own Republican party, who steadfastly insisted on rescinding Obama’s unconstitutional executive order, in which the President unilaterally “legalized”, illegal immigration.

And, they were even willing to postpone the funding of the Department of Homeland Security to back that up.

Did you hear me?

I said “postpone,” not reduce or cut it.

Remember, 80 percent of all Homeland Security employees are deemed necessary and will work and be paid, even if the funding bill is not passed.

Some, within both parties, can’t deal with members stand-

ing up for their own principles.

Imagine that ?

Actually applying the constitution to our government? Every first-year, law student knows that congress makes our laws, not an English monarch in 1776 or a dictatorial president today.

For the past few years, it’s become “follow the Party line,” or watch out !

Nancy Pelosi’s vicious excoriation of Israel’s prime minister as well as her obscene disciplining of congressmen who disagreed with her, was such an outrageous example of rudeness and inappropriate behavior.

Even though it was good see some Democrats show up to hear the prime minister, it should be noted that 55 did not, including the following Jewish congressmen who chose to disrespect him by not attending at all:

1 - Sen. Al Franken, D-Minnesota 2 - Sen. Brian Schatz, DHawaii 3 - Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. 4 - Rep. Steve Cohen D-Tenn.

5 - Rep. John Yarmuth D-Ky. 6- Rep-. Jan Schakowsky DIll. To the old-time, political establishment, it must be quite “strange” watching this new group of elected officials in action.

Fifty two Republican congressmen were elected, yes elected Mr. Boehner, as Tea Party Republicans.

With nine new members, Republicans gained control in the Senate as well. It was a landslide! Mia Love, a black woman conservative-Republican was elected in Utah.

Tim Scott became South Car-

oline’s first African-American, Republican Senator. Will Hurd became the first black, Republican congressman from Texas.

Republican governors and Republican-controlled state legislatures were elected in numbers not seen in decades. Of the 71 new members of Congress, 17 are veterans of the gulf wars.

We now have a new breed of elected officials who place principles above party loyalty. Get used to it.

It’s just the beginning. Maybe, just maybe, cleaning up the mess in Washington can be accomplished by first standing up for what you believe in.

Let’s pray that these new congressmen have the courage to continue the fight.

Dr. Stephen Morris DDS North Hills

Munsey incumbents earn re-election

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ince they were elected two years ago, Sean Haggerty, Frank DeMento and Patrick Hance have worked continuously to improve Munsey Park residents’ quality of life.

Each has earned my vote in the Munsey Park Village election on Wednesday, March 18.

Sean Haggerty has demonstrated a hands-on leadership style as deputy mayor. Sean was instrumental in revitalizing Copely Pond Park. He worked with fellow trustees in addition to town and state officials to secure funding. He also coordinated with community groups, dealt with contractors and managed the site work to get the job done on time and on budget.

Sean’s focus on transparency and open government provided the impetus for the informative monthly newsletters and key

support for increased resident participation on Village committees. His energy, intelligence and candor position him well to be the next Mayor of Munsey Park.

Frank DeMento has been a wonderful mayor during the past term. He worked with village staff to increase efficiencies and improve responsiveness to residents. Frank led the effort to update the village code, streamline the permitting process and simplify the fee structure.

His unwavering integrity and commitment to “home rule” serves residents well. As a trustee, Frank will continue to be an asset to the Village.

Patrick Hance is effective as a trustee, financial officer and head of the tree committee. His conservative approach to budgeting and financial planning has positioned the village to make meaningful balance sheet

improvements with the upcoming bond refinance.

Patrick’s evenhanded approach to tree issues has allowed residents to protect their property while preserving the Village’s

them in the Munsey Park Village environment.

Please join me to show sup- election on Wednesday, March port for the dedication that Sean 18 at Village Hall.

Haggerty, Frank DeMento & PatJohn Lippmann rick Hance have demonstrated Manhasset in the community by voting for

Cardinal Eagan a guiding light in time of trouble

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dward Cardinal Egan and who was also Archbishop emeritus of the New York Archdiocese has gone to his eternal home. Egan loved the people of New York so much he adopted New York City as his home.

He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus, an organization dedicated to helping those in

need with works of charity by its’ 1.8 million members worldwide.

I am also a member as Grand Knight of St. Anastasia Knights of Columbus Council #5911 in Douglaston and also grieve the lost of a truly dedicated man of God. Edward Cardinal Egan was a voice that was comforting and was inspiring during the tragedy of 9/11 and who guided the church

in a most difficult financial time.

Here was a man who dedicated his whole life helping others.

This being said, may the memory of Edward Cardinal Egan be remembered for his kindness and love he gave to his flock that needed a good shepherd.

Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks Village

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Boehner, Netanyahu collaboration a disgrace

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n response to the past weeks letter from Grant Lally, calling Democrats opposition to Netanyahu speech before Congress a disgrace, I believe just the opposite.

Specifically, it is a disgrace that Boehner and Netanyahu collaborated to discredit President Obama.

It’s a disgrace that Netanyahu purposely did not follow protocol by first discussing his visit with administration officials to seek approval. It’s a disgrace that a foreign leader would be allowed to come to this country in our Congress and before the world and disparage the efforts of a sitting president to negotiate foreign policy that is in the interest of the United States. It’s a disgrace that the Republican’s have from day one of the Obama administration consistently made every effort to hinder and block any actions the president attempts, even at the expense of what may be good for the country and its people.

I am also surprised that Netanyahu allowed himself to be used by Boehner as an affront to the president.

I thought he was smarter than that.

He did not have to come here to air his position on Iran. We and the world have well noted it since he has stated it quite clearly for years.

All his visit has accomplished is to further erode the relationship between Israel and the United States. Of course if as some have said he was looking to garner votes in the upcoming Israel elections then maybe he thinks it was worth it regardless of the cost.

Also in last week paper was a letter from Morton Perlman saying President Obama has done nothing for Israel. I suggest he get his facts straight since nothing could be further from the truth.

These facts are: Israel remains the leading recipient of U.S. foreign military financing receiving over $20.5 billion since 2009 under President Obama.

The United States in Fiscal Year 2014 provided Israel with more security assistance funding than ever before.

Fiscal year 2016 marks the eighth year

of a $30 billion Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. and Israel and the president has asked congress for $3.1 billion in foreign military financing funds for Israel.

President Obama has provided Israel $2.9 billion in funding for missile defense programs and systems and has provided Israel with over $1.3 billion for the Iron Dome system alone. Including $225 million in short-fuse funding last summer.

Last year, the U.S. opposed 18 resolutions in the UN General Assembly that were biased against Israel.

On five occasions last year the U.S. cast the only “no” vote against unfair anti-Israel measures in the UN’s Human Rights Council.

In January of this year 2015, the U.S. worked with Israel and the European Union to organize the first UN General Assembly session on anti-Semitism in UN history.

Economically, U.S. exports to Israel in 2014 were $15.1 billion, up 9.6 percent from 2013 and imports from Israel were $23.1 billion in 2014, up 1.1 percent from 2013.

In the last six years under President

Obama, U.S. humanitarian assistance to refugees and migrants traveling to Israel totaled $140 million.

This is used to help transport eligible migrants to Israel, and to shelter them along with other programs.

In conclusion, I would like to say that if you live in the America are a citizen, work and prosper here then your first consideration should be what is in the best interest of the United States in all foreign policy issues.

That is not to say you should not have feeling for your historic roots or background but that should not be your primary concern.

Whatever your background or history if you feel strongly that you are not happy here then I suggest you go live somewhere else.

I for one am disgusted with the unwarranted Obama bashing that has gone on since his first day as president.

It is based on bias, partisan politics and multitude of falsehoods and misstatements.

John Nahas Great Neck

Netanyahu plays politics in speech to Congress This is in response to Grant Lally’s letter which appeared in the Great Neck News on March 6, 2015. Mr. Lally asserts that the Obama administration has launched public attacks on Netanyahu and House Speaker Boehner.

It is a given that there is no love lost between the president and the prime minister.

I believe that they each possess a Weltanschauung, or world view, fundamentally at odds with the other.

Put differently, we have a liberal president and a right-wing prime minister.

No matter how many minutes of his March 3 speech Netanyahu devoted to praising the president, it was all window-dressing.

The bulk of his address was highly critical of the president and his policies vis-à-vis Iran.

As the controversy over Natanyahu’s appearance before Congress raged, I harkened

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back to lessons I’d learned as an undergraduate studying International Relations at the University of Rochester.

Two of these lessons are relevant today.

First, according to our Constitution, the person primarily responsible for formulating foreign policy is the president.

He appoints the Secretary of State, all ambassadors, is Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, and negotiates treaties with foreign countries.

Granted, the Senate, by a two-thirds vote, must approve appointments and treaties and only Congress can declare war, but the preponderance of power in the foreign policy realm lies with the president.

Think of Wilson and the run-up to World War I or FDR and U.S. entry into World War II. The second lesson I learned was that you don’t make foreign policy “in a gold-

Great Neck pols fail to deliver services

lived in Roslyn with my husband for 25 years, moved to Florida for six years and I am now in my ninth year in Great Neck.

The politicians here in Great Neck are the worst officials that are in office.

They have done absolutely nothing for Great Neck.

In the Great Neck News issue, Volume 90, No. 7 you have finally published grievances that people have.

I went to one meeting when I lived on Ipswich Avenue and complained that we need a light on the corner when we make

a right turn and they tossed it away.

There were many accidents over the years that I lived there and they did nothing about it.

Fortunately no one was ever killed but they all knew about it.

I wrote to you about it anonymously but now I am writing with my name.

A case in point - the snow storms The cleanup is horrendous. I do not blame the county - I blame our politicians.

Myrna Kabren Great Neck

fish bowl.”

That means negotiations are best conducted in secrecy, lest the glare of public and partisan scrutiny undermine the process.

By addressing and criticizing the U.S. government’s on-going negotiations with Iran, the prime minister was interfering with the formulation of U.S. foreign policy.

I will not speculate as to motivation, although others have pointed out the excellent sound-bites emanating from the over fifty standing ovations Netanyahu received. If Bibi’s “hawkish” pronouncements and lecturing of Congress and the American people do not result in his re-election, I will be shocked.

Lally also alludes to the invitation received by General Douglas MacArthur to address Congress in 1951 right after President Harry Truman had fired him.

What we are not told is that the general had spoken to Republican members of Congress and was guilty of insubordination.

I am old enough to remember watching the “Old Solders Never Die” speech on TV and later writing a paper on newspaper coverage of the firing.

Although 60 years separate these two historic events, there are remarkable similarities.

In each case, you had unpopular presidents (Truman and Obama) and their adversaries (MacArthur and Netanyahu) having an opportunity to publicly state their grievances to an overwhelmingly receptive audience. Who said, history doesn’t repeat itself?

Following the prime minister’s address, a few voices were raised in protest.

Scholar Fareed Zakaria wrote in the Washington Post “…Netanyahu entered never-never land, painting a scenario utterly divorced from reality. Congress joined him on his fantasy ride, rapturously applauding as he spun out one unattainable demand af-

ter another.”

The last part of this quotation needs underscoring. Most of us, including those who disagree with Netanyahu, would be thrilled if all his demands for eliminating Iran’s nuclear ambitions could be met.

But what if “the world according to Bibi” cannot be realized? The question then becomes - how do we make the world a safer place - and the answer is by doing exactly what negotiators (like Obama and Kerry) always do…they negotiate, they compromise, and they get the best verifiable agreement they can.

Another pundit worth reading is E. J. Dionne, former writer for the New York Times and currently a Fellow at the Brookings Institution and professor at Georgetown University.

He quotes Isaac Herzog, Netanyahu’s rival in the upcoming March 17 election. Herzog described Bibi’s address as “a very harsh wound to Israel-U.S. relations” and went on to say that it would “….only widen the rift with Israel’s greatest ally and strategic partner.”

These statements can be construed as the self-serving rhetoric of a political campaign, or as an accurate assessment of the impact of Netanyahu’s foray to the U.S. All of which troubles me greatly.

America’s Jewry is split.

Must we support Netanyahu because he is the duly elected prime minister of Israel?

Can we believe that he is wrong as to his facts and policies while still being pro-Israel?

Is there a litmus test which says that to question Israel is tantamount to being pro-Arab or anti-Semitic?

Being dogmatic is easy….being nuanced, not so much.

Dr. Hal Sobel Great Neck

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Teachers union, not Cuomo, at fault

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n response to Karen Rubin’s editorial about Gov. Cuomo and our schools, I would like to suggest that it is the teacher’s union that has been tightening the screws for many years, not our governor.

Though there are many wonderful teachers who are deserving of the very generous contracts they have, there are, unfortunately, a large number of teachers who should no longer be in front of students; and there is no recourse for them to be removed.

It is the teacher’s union that is the inflexible dictator, costing us excessive dollars and lowering the quality of education.

Why hasn’t the Triborough Amendment been repealed yet?

This agreement requires public employers to maintain all contractual perks for unionized public employees, including automatic “step increases” in pay, after the expiration of a collective bargaining agreement.

This law gives unions an incentive to resist negotiating structural changes to their contracts, since the status quo will be preserved even if there is no contract.

The Triborough Amendment guarantees pay increases for teachers and adds tens of millions of dollars each year to school budgets across the state. This requirement to finance automatic pay increases has undermined attempts to stretch taxpayer dollars in this time of financial stress.

Repeal of the Triborough Amendment would establish a more equitable collective bargaining system in New York’s public sector, preserving basic union rights while giving local officials the tools they now lack to negotiate needed changes to costly and outmoded contracts.

The first step to improving our schools and reducing our taxes is for all of us to demand our legislators to repeal this outmoded 30-year law.

I say “bravo!” to the 2 percent tax cap.

Runaway taxes will eventually erode home values and limit the number of potential families who can afford to live here.

My real estate taxes have increased 22 percent in 4 years. That’s 5 ½ percent a year.

Who’s getting a 5 ½ percent pay increase each year?

The answer to high, school taxes and improved education quality are teacher union contracts that benefit both the students and the teachers, not just the teachers.

Every year schools struggle with their budgets due to the mandated and unsustainable, continual increases for teachers.

Increased school budgets offer no additional benefits to the education of children.

In the real world, there are salary cuts, salary freezes, benefit reductions, layoffs, increased workloads, docked pay for unqualified “sick” days.

Why has this profession been allowed to be impervious all of this?

With regard to Ms. Rubin’s comment that teachers must be well paid so that they can afford to live in our communities, I find this comment absurd.

Most of us do not work in the community in which we live. Many of us commute an hour or more to our jobs.

Why wouldn’t we expect teachers to commute to work from more affordable neighborhoods as well? Teachers have the equivalent of 15 weeks’ vacation plus unlimited sick time.

However, I have witnessed teachers abusing the unlimited “sick day” benefit by taking excessive “mental health” days, scheduling cosmetic surgery during the school year, planning their wedding during the school year to “preserve” their summer vacation.

Unqualified time off disrupts our children’s education and costs us additionally for substitute teachers. It would be interest-

ing to know how much is spent for substitute teachers each year.

Also Ms. Rubin, schools are not the only reason people move to a particular area.

We live here for the community spirit, the small-town feel, the aesthetics, the train to the city, to be with our families that have been here for generations. We remain here after our children have completed school because we have put down roots, have relationships, love the homes we have created, and enjoy our proximity to the city.

To suggest that older folks move out and make room for young families is highly insensitive and ignorant. If we replaced the 40 percent of those homeowners who do not need the school system with young families who do, we would theoretically have 40 percent more students in our schools… with no additional revenues from taxes!

Supporting a school district with 3,500 students, we would now need to support almost 5,000 students. That is implausible.

So thank goodness for all the seniors and empty-nesters who stay in our communities and aren’t sending more children to our already over-crowded schools.

I may sound like an empty-nester who doesn’t want to contribute to our schools.

The fact is that I have three children currently attending middle school and high school.

I am willing to pay my fare share, however, I have first-hand experience with teachers who are complacent; teachers who are discouraging, humiliating bullies; male teachers who spend the period flirting with young girls; teachers who don’t teach, but rather play videos each day to “teach” history, science, English, and foreign language while they sit in the back of the room on their smart phone; teachers with serious mental health problems.

There is a teacher who spent more time

teaching the steps on how to snort cocaine, rather than discussing the problems of the drug.

My children have teachers who spend more time talking about their personal life, than the academic material. My children had a health teacher ignorantly tell them that homosexuality is a personal choice and a result of their environment. My children have experienced teachers who are absent excessively.

One of my children was told not to return to orchestra the following year because he wasn’t taking private violin lessons.

My children are naturally bright, however none of them has been taught how to write a coherent essay.

After their graded papers are returned to them, there is no “teaching” to explain how to improve their writing.

If teaching is simply turning on the History channel, or viewing a movie of a book that is being “read”, or watching a Nova science program, or a listening to a foreign film, I can do a better job homeschooling!

In addition to our high school taxes, most of us have needed to fill in the gaps of our children’s education with a parade of tutors to “teach” them.

It is time for the truth to be told and for parents of school children and all taxpayers of the community to take a stand.

Let’s voice our concerns to our school boards and our government representatives. Repeal the Triborough Amendment, have school boards negotiate with the teacher’s union to stop bleeding us of our tax dollars, and find a way to overturn tenure for teachers that are not doing their job.

That is what will give us affordable, quality education for our children.

Anna Friscia Manhasset

Add ‘None of the Above’ to ballot

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here are so many things to write about. The weeks go by so slow and I never catch up so here are a few.

It was much in the news about Bob Simon’s death while riding in a livery cab that went out of control on the West Side Highway and 30th Street It has been many years since I drove on that road but I remember that there are some very abrupt sharp bends on that roadway.

They are really not curves and perhaps only around 20 degrees.

There is one shown on my map at 30th Street with the bend to the left going south as was the case.

If one is moving too fast, it is necessary to really ‘whip’ the steering wheel left which could cause the rear wheels to skid to the right especially if the road is wet or icy.

Perhaps the driver was unfamiliar with that roadway, was driving too fast to make the appointment or talking to Mr. Simon at that moment; I can’t say.

For those not familiar with that roadway, keep this in mind if they should use it.

Again, an article about East Williston and the water.

I have a clear abstract perception of the situation. It is a ‘cloud’ that hangs over that village. I just can’t find the right words to express it.

The closest I can come is that it seems to be a collective neurosis that is pitiable. What is it that causes East Williston to want so badly to hang onto Williston Park?

Just drill your own wells and be done with it! I still say that $7 million seems to be way too much.

Being retired provides me with the privilege of having the time to stay current with the news and events. It is clear that there is a disjunct with a number of persons who write articles for the papers that differ from the facts: what goes in is not what comes out and with the appearance of the attempt to manipulate and control.

It is like some members of Congress who get carried away with their stuff and don’t realize how they appear to the public.

Or, like a street gang so wound up in its antics as to lose sight of the rightfulness of its actions.

About immigration: Lebanon is overwhelmed with the number of those escaping terrible things yet is doing its best. Italy is doing what it can for all those coming

from Africa for the same reason.

It is not dis-similar for those ‘taking the train’ across Mexico to reach our border. We have to keep in mind that it is those in our country who are the appetite for what the drug cartels have to offer.

Bill Clinton is said to have signed legislation while president so that our prisons are run by corporations. The more prisoners, the more money.

Another way to victimize the minorities too.

The courts have to be in on it.

A parallel can be drawn with New York City’s stop and frisk and how Ferguson, Mo. is financing much of its government with fines and penalties paid by minorities.

So far there seems to be no one running for president that the

voters would wholeheartedly support. We really need on the ballot the option beside the presidential candidates; “None of the above.”

That way, someone won’t be the next president who might be radical and wreck everything.

These are delicate times. The next president has to be one that the sane majority of the public can count on for wise leadership. As it stands, we are stuck with the options presented.

The president would have to stay in office until the public elects a suitable replacement. We really need this safeguard.

Finally! In a few days we can say that this year we “sprang ere Spring sprung.”

Charles Samek Mineola

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A look o n the li g hter si d e

I’m dreaming of a green April....

I am hacking, hacking, hacking away at a wall of ice and snow.

I must widen the driveway enough to get to the car’s passenger-side door; I must clear the sidewalk and front steps enough so that the mail-carrier will deliver our mail.

But every time I make any progress, there is another snow storm and I’m back in a winter wilderness.

I used to wish it would stay cold enough so that black ice wouldn’t form. I got my wish.

Now it is so cold out I can’t move my fingers inside their mittens, or feel my toes. But still there is ice. It seems I have been hacking at this ice forever.

I might as well be a prisoner, at a work-camp in Siberia, trapped in my frozen maze. Every couple of hours I shuffle back into my dingy, dimly-lit livingquarters to swallow a crust of bread and a gulp of tea and then shuffle back out to my labors.

I can only hope that the sand from my boots is wearing a rut into some of this ice. I am no lon-

ger capable even of the energy required to lift my feet…which is just as well, with footing so treacherous all around.

The warden has promised that if we can free the vehicle from the ice before dark, he will authorize a trip for provisions to the local market.

That is my goal, because inside the hovel, I mean the house, we are down to our last slice of bread, our last slice of cheese, our last two eggs.

I have become so used to the continuously alarming weather reports that I am now completely numb to them.

I hear a prediction of “68 inches of snow,” and all I can think is, Ho Hum, isn’t that kind of a lot?

“Six to eight inches, Mom. Not 68.” But either way, it’s more than I can deal with.

Instead of springing up, car keys at the ready, to rush out and buy bread and milk, I simply sag deeper into my chair.

I pull on another layer of clothing, and dream of an end to this weather. The car is still

Judy epstein

A Look on the Lighter Side covered with snow, on a glacial driveway of snow that has been packed down to ice.

All too soon, I must head back out to the prison walls, and hack some more.

Much to my surprise, there is a shaft of sunlight streaming down, right in front of me.

I freeze in place and close my eyes.

Mmmmmm. The sun feels so delicious and warm on my cheek. I never want to move from this spot. What would it

feel like, I wonder, to live someplace where, even in January, even in March, you could stroll outside anytime you wanted to, clad only in shorts and a T-shirt - or just a bathing suit! - and stretch out on a towel in the sun?

How luxurious! What a good place for a nap! And when I wake up, maybe there will be a pina colada, or a margarita sitting next to me, with an umbrella and a straw….

“Mom! Mom!” Someone is shaking me by the shoulders.

“Mom, wake up!”

“Don’t bother me…jus’ bring me another drink,” I mumble.

Who would be so selfish and inconsiderate to wake me from this?

“But Mom, you’ll get frostbite if you stay like that!”

“Good point, make that a frozen margarita,” I continue mumbling. But my son insists on pulling my face out of the snowbank, into which I have fallen.

Back to the salt mine. Except we have run out of salt, and are now using kitty litter as a

last resort. It melts nothing; it doesn’t even help create friction, but merely makes a soggy mess underfoot that gets tracked all over the house. I am past caring.

I’m dreaming of a green April Just like the ones I used to know…

Where the sun is shining And no one’s whining ‘Cuz we’re done with shoveling snow…

I’m dreaming of a warm springtime With every shovel-ful I throw…

I remember hours of planting flowers They’re all frozen, feet below mer

I’m dreaming of a hot sum-

But my world’s made of snow and ice As the days grow longer and bright May our world turn green instead of white!

from the d esk of se n ator j ack marti n s

Cuomo aid plan for illegals unfair A college education today is expensive … ridiculously expensive.

Most families with dreams of sending a child to college need any and all the help they can get.

From scholarships to tuition assistance, every dollar can be the difference between one school or another, between open doors and closed ones, between opportunity and, well …you get the idea.

That’s why I am concerned.

After four years of compromise, working together to produce on-time, reasonable budgets that rewarded New York State with progress unmatched in years – this year, things are different. In the very first week of budget negotiations the governor has reworded the budget to essentially force both houses of the legislature to fund college educations for illegal immigrants, an effort called the Dream Act. While there’s certainly room for differences of opinion on this controversial issue, this attempt to force it on people is not only undemocratic, it is downright

dangerous, no matter where you stand.

Gov. Cuomo’s plan would actually deny nearly $1 billion in tuition assistance (TAP) to 372,000 New York college students unless we in the Legislature agree to also provide precisely the same type of tuition assistance to any and all illegal immigrants living in our state.

And lest there be any confusion, I want to clarify how few restrictions this plan actually carries.

It is not only for undocumented immigrants that came as children and who have already received educations here.

This plan would include every illegal alien the moment they set foot in our state and get a high school equivalency diploma.

I am a child of immigrants and while I wholeheartedly believe that a society benefits when anyone is educated, I must take the same position I took when the governor proposed a similar plan for inmates.

No. Not at the expense of opportunities that should, and must,

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first be available to New York taxpayers. The fact is that right now, two thirds of New York college students do not qualify for tuition assistance.

Let’s be candid.

As it stands, illegal immigrants can and do receive both elementary school and high school educations in the state of New York, no questions asked.

Further, about 10 years ago, they were also afforded in-state tuition rates, a significant savings, when attending state universities and colleges. But how can we jus-

tify providing additional college benefits to illegal, non taxpaying persons when a full 70 percent of legal New York college students do not qualify for it themselves?

Let’s keep in mind that we have a real education crisis on our hands.

Tuition at private universities jumped 474 percent from 1970 to 1990.

Families are refinancing homes, borrowing against pensions, working countless hours of overtime, taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in student loans and still they don’t qualify for TAP. Tens of thousands are foregoing college because they simply can’t afford it – that’s our reality.

Yet we suddenly – magically – have money for those who have never paid into the system?

Precisely who is looking out for New York’s taxpaying, middle class?

Unfortunately, the financial realities of our country do not make college education an unalienable right for anyone as of yet. We do a good job with state universities

and community colleges but we’re still a long way off.

Until we can provide equal assistance to those who need it, like the strapped taxpayers who are actually footing the bill, it’s unacceptable to pay for others who have never paid into it, no matter how well-intentioned the effort may be.

But for the governor to threaten withholding tuition assistance to 372,000 current New York college students unless the legislature approves including illegal aliens is adding insult to injury.

A college education for everyone is indeed a noble ideal.

But it simply isn’t possible yet.

Our job – our duty – as elected officials is to marshal the limited resources you entrust to us in the fairest and most efficient way possible.

The governor’s plan is out of step with the priorities of a state that is still making its way out of a recession and is entirely unfair to the thousands of hardworking, taxpaying New Yorkers who are themselves struggling to pay for college.

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Second Avenue line stuck in the slow lane

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ecent announcements that due to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $15.2 billion dollar shortfall in the proposed $32 billion 2015-2019 Capital Program that the next phase for construction of the Second Avenue subway is nothing new.

A trip down memory lane will help explain why progress has been so slow for construction of the long anticipated Metropolitan Transportation Authority Second Avenue subway.

The first of four segments for the new Second Avenue Subway (consisting of three stations between 96th Street and 63rd Street on the east side of Manhattan) cost $4.5 billion or $2 billion per mile.

Good news is that this portion of the work is on schedule and within budget.

One trick used by transit managers to complete any project within budget, is to drop a portion of the original scope of work.

This saves the necessary dollars which were not available to deliver 100 percent of what was originally promised. The dirty little secret no one will talk about is that in an attempt to save costs, a decision was made early on in the project to delete a third center express track which was part of the original proposed project scope.

This saved having to construct a third tunnel which would have easily cost well over $1 billion.

The MTA Long Island Rail Road did the same trick decades earlier when funding

electrification of the Ronkonkoma branch between Hicksville and Ronkonkoma during the 1980s.

The original proposed scope of work called for electrification including a complete set of double tracks. Due to a shortfall in available funding, the project went forward at a reduced scope within the available approved budget.

In an attempt to save money, significant portions of the branch ended up with only one set of electrified tracks. Fast forward 30 years later and you have the Ronkonkoma double track electrification project.

It was clearly penny wise and pound foolish not complete the original scope of work thirty years ago. They could have easily saved up to $100 million or more in today’s dollars.

The contractors were mobilized and on site 30 years ago to do the job. LIRR commuters on the Ronkonkoma branch could have had all the benefits of more frequent service promised upon completion of the double track electrification project by 2019 decades earlier at far less cost.

Neighboring Port Jefferson branch riders east of Huntington will have to wait until some time in the 2020s at the earliest for electrification and better service.

No one remembers that in the 1980s a difficult decision was made by MTA LIRR management to go forward with electrification of the Ronkonkoma versus Port Jefferson LIRR branch.

The MTA New York City Transit Flushing #7 subway extension project from Times Square to the Javits Convention Center also did the same trick.

The promised intermediate station at 10th Avenue & 41st Street at a cost of $500 million was deleted from the original scope of work in 2007 as a cost saving measure to complete the #7 line extension within the available project budget. This savings of $500 million kept the overall project cost at $2.4 billion (original budget was $2.1 billion). The project scope does include costruction of a shell at 10th Avenue & 41st Street to support a future station at a later date.

It will take several decades and easily up to $20 billion or more could be required to include an express track for completion of the next three segments of the 2nd Avenue Subway north to 125th Street and south to Hanover Square downtown in the Financial District.

With a $15.2 billion dollar shortfall in the proposed MTA 2015-2019 Capital Program, there is currently no guarantee that several billion dollars will be available to build the second segment north from 96th Street to 125th Street Canceling construction for the next phase also means giving up hundreds of millions in potential federal transportation New Starts funding. This would have paid for a significant portion of the project. Without providing local matching dollars toward the project costs, you forfeit the opportunity to

leverage these dollars for additional federal funds.

Transportation planners and some elected officials for decades have advocated extending the proposed Second Avenue subway north to the Bronx and south to Brooklyn.

In today’s dollars, you would have to double the complete project cost to $40 billion! It’s only 85 years since the Second Avenue subway was announced (in 1929) with an anticipated cost of $86 million. In 1939, the estimated cost was $249 million.

And only 64 years since the full-financing bonds were issued for it (in 1950) with an estimated cost of $504 million and only 59 years since the Third Avenue Elevated subway known as the Third Avenue El was demolished with promises of an Second Avenue subway to replace it “soon” (in 1955).

In that time, the proposed Second Avenue subway has been reduced from a 6 track plan to a 2 track plan. Replacing 6 tracks worth of Elevated subways or Els on 2nd and 3rd (both lines had center express tracks).

Who knows if any current Great Neck, New Hyde Park, Herricks, Alberston, Searingtown, Williston Park, Mineola, Manhasset or Roslyn resident will still be alive to ride the full Second Avenue subway from uptown to downtown Manhattan. Time will tell.

Larry Penner Great Neck Letters Continued on Page 62

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Lee Richstone, MD, a urologist at the Arthur Smith Institute for Urology, part of North Shore-LIJ Health System, discusses what you need to know about this condition.

Clearly, prostate cancer can be a dangerous disease.

Yet there are conflicting reports about prostate cancer and the prostate-specific antigen blood test, also known as the PSA screening test: • Is PSA a good screening test or not?

• At what age should PSA screening begin, and stop?

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N. Hempstead Council okays $28M bond plan

BY B I LL S A N A N TON I O The North Hempstead Town Council unanimously approved a five-year capital plan on Tuesday that includes approximately $28 million in new bonds.

Nearly $16 million of the new bonding would be put toward the town’s general fund, which as part of its five-year plan would average $2.6 million in bonds each year and $66.3 million in total expenditures.

Approximately $12.3 million would be put toward a fund for unincorporated areas at a $2.5 million per-year average in bonds over five years and $18.5 million in expenditures altogether.

Town officials said state and federal grants would cover $43.8 million of its total expenses. Officials said they are expecting an additional $600,000 per year state grant for road work.

“As town supervisor, I am committed to investing in the town’s future, and I’m pleased that we can do that while reducing our overall debt,” North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said.

The town Council approved its debt service plan for the capital plan as part of its 2015 budget last fall.

Projects included in the plan during the next year would improve the town’s

park system, storm preparedness, infrastructure, historical preservation and public safety, officials said.

To strengthen the town’s fortification from future storms, the town plans to construct two debris management sites at Michael J. Tully Park in New Hyde Park and North Hempstead Beach Park in Port Washington, as well as reconstructing the Town Dock for $75,000.

The debris management initiative, which would align with the findings of an audit conducted last year by the Environmental Protection Agency, would cost about $750,000 to map a storm water drainage system, investigate sites for compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act and design and bid construction projects for vehicle washing pads at town sites.

Officials said similar projects are being planned in future years.

A Whitney Pond Park pool restoration is set to take place over the next two years and cost $1.5 million in total, according to the preliminary plan, with roughly $400,000 in work set to take place in 2015.

A $400,000 replacement of lighting at athletic facilities at Tully Park is also set to take place in 2015, according to the plan.

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Women on display at photo, art exhibit The Nassau County Art and Photography Exhibition to promote local female artists and contribute to the growing arts industry in the county announced its winners this week.

This year’s theme by Curator Jill Rader Levine, “Women of the World-Think Big!” displayed entries from 57 award-winning artists and helped kick off Women’s History Month in Nassau County.

The event, now in its secoind year, was hosted by Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos.

“This year we had an astounding assortment of inspiring paintings and photographs by the most talented artists in our county,” Maragos said. “I was honored to once again host the

Art and Photography Exhibition as a way to promote our local talent and spur further growth in our local art industry. The Comptroller’s office is always ready to support our local businesses, artists and entrepreneurs.”

The event format included a panel of distinguished judges who evaluated each piece based upon focusing on the criteria of the “wow” factor, expression of the theme, creativity and expertise in their chosen medium.

Sponsors include: Citibank, Blick Art, Bloomingdales, Red Door Spa, Calogero’s Ristorante, Carrie Weston Studios, Panera Bread, Susan Eckert Photography, Jani Restaurant, Gallery 25 in Mineola, Spiaggia Restaurant, DermaBrite

PhOTOGrAPhy 1st place: Carrie-Anne Gonzalez 2nd place: Erica Angiolillo 3rd place: Roseann Nicotra Honorable Mention: Flo Siemsen

FiNE ArT 1st place: Katherine Trunk 2nd place: Lori Horowitz 3rd place: Rebecca Uliasz Honorable Mention 1: Maxine Townsend-Broderick Honorable Mention 2: Nancy Miller Honorable Mention 3: Lois Levy Right, above: Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos is pictured here with first prize fine art winner Katherine Trunk of East Meadow and curator Jill Rader Levine. Right, below: Levine, first place winner for Photography Carrie-Ann Gonzalez and Maragos.

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Saturday, March 14, 7 & 9:30 p.m. jake johannsen Governors’ Comedy Club 90 Division Ave. Levittown (516) 731-3358 http://tickets.govs.com/index.cfm San Francisco comedian Jake Johannsen has been a staple on the late-night television circuit since the 1980s, being seen on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, the tonight Show with Jay Leno, Politically incorrect and Letterman more than times. He received a Cable Ace Award nomination for his HBO special “this’ll take About An Hour” and has had specials on both Comedy Central and Showtime as well.

Friday, March 13, 8 p.m.

Ben Vereen Landmark On Main Street 232 Main Street, Suite 1 Port Washington (516) 767-1384, ext. 101 www.landmarkonmainstreet.org Ben Vereen has performed in notable Broadway productions, television series and variety shows, including Roots, and is currently developing his oneman show for Broadway. Vereen won a tony and drama desk Award for his performance in Bob Fosse’s Pippin and has also appeared in Wicked, i’m Not Rappaport, Chicago, Hair, Fosse, Jelly’s Last Jam, Jesus Christ Superstar and A Christmas Carol.

Saturday, March 14, 8 p.m.

Ebi in concert The Space at Westbury 250 Post Ave., Westbury (516) 283.5566 www.thespaceatwestbury.com internationally renowned singer ebi returns to the Space Saturday, last appearing in Westbury in 2013 to a sell out crowd of more than 1,500 people. One of the most popular and enduring Persian singers, ebi is noted for his unique voice and is considered by many to be the best pop singer of his genre. Since 1967 ebi’s extraordinary career has garnered him fans all over the world.

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Sunday, March 15, 8 p.m.

ZZ Top NYCB Theatre at Westbury 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury.

(516) 247-5200 www.thetheatreatwestbury.com Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members ZZ tOP a/k/a “that Little Ol’ Band From texas,” will take the stage at the NyCB theatre Sunday. true rock icons, the trio (Billy F. gibbons, dusty Hill and Frank Beard, all original members) have sold millions of records over the course of their career, have been officially designated as Heroes of the State of texas, and are a regular reference in popular culture.

Thursday, March 12 - Sunday, March 15; Wednesday, March 18 - Sunday, March 22 8 p.m., except Sundays at 3 p.m. jesus christ Superstar Nassau Community College One Education Drive, Garden City (516) 572-7676 • https://www.ncc.edu With music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by tim Rice, Nassau Community College will present the popular rock opera “Jesus Christ Superstar” at the mainstage theatre. the musical features Jesus as a social and political rebel and draws a parallel between contemporary celebrity worship and Jesus’ own meteoric rise. As Jesus’ teachings are embraced by many, Judas questions the motives and pragmatism of this new “superstar,” whose final days are dramatized with emotional intensity, a thought provoking edge and explosive theatricality.

Sunday, March 15, 3 p.m.

Ariel Quartet Tilles Center For The Performing Arts | LIU Post 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville (516) 299-3100 http://tillescenter.org Alexandra “Sasha” Kazovsky, Amit even-tov, gershon gerchikov and Jan grüning came together 16 years ago in israel to form the internationally renowned Ariel Quartet, who will be performing Sunday in Brookville.

Recently awarded the prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award, the Quartet serves as the faculty quartet-in-residence at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of music.

Thursday, March 19, 8 p.m. howard jones The Paramount 370 New York Ave., Huntington (631) 673-7300 ext. 303 www.paramountny.com Howard Jones first burst upon the contemporary music scene in 1983 with his very english song-writing and pioneering synthesizers with massive international hits “things Can only get Better” and “No One is to Blame,” which reached No. 1 in the U.S. A classically trained pianist, Jones continues to tour extensively and created new music, recently releasing his latest studio album, Ordinary Heroes.

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Corned Beef Cabbage and Carrots and Onions Baked Potatoes* Irish Soda Bread* Horseradish and Mustard* *Recipe Not Given Grandma Milligan’s Corned Beef 1 - 2 lb. Plus Frierich Corned Beef Brisket thin cut (You may use other brands if desired.) Washed in cold water. (This removes the brine it comes in.)

1/2 bottle beer 2 cups beef stock 2 cups chicken stock Water to cover 2 tblsp pickling spice 1. Place washed corned beef in a ziploc and marinate overnight in beer.

2. Remove corned beef from bag and place in a stock pot. Add stocks and water to cover. Add pickling spice and bring to a boil.

3. Turn down to a simmer immediately and simmer for 2 1/2 hours.

4. Proceed with vegetables.

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Pianist Klein to do concerto at Adelphi The Adelphi University Performing Arts Center is bringing back pianist Andreas Klein for his long-awaited appearance as concerto soloist with the Adelphi Symphony Orchestra on Friday, March 13, at 8 p.m.

Klein, who has distinguished himself as a performer with a command of a wide range of tonal colors and imaginative interpretations, will perform an allBeethoven program on the Westermann Stage of the Concert Hall, One South Avenue, in Garden City.

The show will be conducted by Grammy-nominated Christopher Lyndon-Gee, Adelphi’s symphony music director.

“Mr. Klein’s international reputation of authority and poetry in the great classics is perfectly suited to Beethoven’s ‘Fourth Piano Concerto,’ whose uniquely contemplative slow movement is one of Beethoven’s most spiritually transcendent moments,” Lyndon-Gee stated.

Currently a resident of Huntington, Klein’s career as orchestra soloist and recitalist has taken him to some of the world’s most prestigious venues – from London’s Wigmore Hall, Berlin’s Philharmonic Hall, New York’s Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall to Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center.

He has gained critical acclaim for his performances in major cities, including Berlin, Rome, Milan, Bern, Leipzig, Dresden, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Cleveland and Mexico City.

A five-time Grammy-nominee, Cannes Classical Award nominee, recipient of more than 30 Rosettes from the ‘Penguin Guide to Compact Discs’ and winner of the Onassis Prize and Australian National Critics ‘Best Conductor’ Award, LyndonGee has specially devised this program to

bring together three of Beethoven’s greatest works all heard for the first time in the same concert in 1807.

Completing the program are the “Coriolan Overture,” dedicated to poet Heinrich von Collin’s radical reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s “Coriolanus;” while Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony completes the evening’s program.

Tickets are currently on sale and are priced at $20, with discounts available to seniors, students and alumni. For more information about all events at AUPAC and to purchase tickets, visit aupac.adelphi.edu.

Information is available at The Lucia and Steven N. Fischer Box Office at (516) 877-4000 or boxoffice@adelphi.edu.

Regular box office hours are Tuesday through Friday from 1 to 6 p.m. The box office is also open two hours before most scheduled performances.

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‘Hiking Muttontown End to End’ March 15 The Muttontown Preserve will present a guided Nature Walk entitled, “Hiking Muttontown End to End,” on Sunday, March 15 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

The “Hiking Muttontown End to End” guided nature walk is an opportunity for visitors to take a five to six-mile walk through the scenic lower portion of the preserve. The walk will go through areas with ponds, fresh water marshland, open fields and past the Nassau Hall.

Comprising 550 acres of fields, woodlands, ponds and estate grounds, Muttontown is Nassau County’s largest nature preserve and one of the most beautiful settings on Long Island. The preserve includes miles of marked na-

ture trails with local wildflowers, trees, birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians. Muttontown also has several structures, including the renovated Chelsea Mansion, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The walk is $5 and begins at the Bill Paterson Nature Center on the preserve.

Enrollment is limited and pre-registration is required. Muttontown Preserve is located on Muttontown Lane, south of 25A, in East Norwich. For more information please call (516) 571-8500.

For more information about the Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation and Museums, please call (516) 572-0200 or visit the website at: www. nassaucountyny.gov/parks.

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Art League to exhibit “Voted Best Pizza by 128 students’ work Wall Street Journal” Now in its eighth year, the Art League of Long Island’s “Go Ape” exhibit celebrates the exceptional artwork, as selected by their teachers, of AP art students in Long Island High Schools.

128 students from 36 High Schools will be showing paintings, drawings, sculpture, mixed media, digital art, photography, printmaking, and found object artworks in the Art League’s Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery.

Artwork will be on “Go Ape” entry by Katarina Liberatore of Oceanside display March 15 through High School March 29. a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and The reception takes place March 29 at weekends from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m..

3 p.m. Awards will be given to winners in The Art League is located at 107 East various categories.

Deer Park Road in Dix Hills. For more inforThe Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery is open mation call (631) 462-5400 or visit www. free of charge Monday through Thursday 9 artleagueli.org.

Museum program on Japanese internment The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County will be presenting a film screening of “Farewell to Manzanar” on Sunday, March 22, at 12:30 p.m. followed by special guest speaker, Rabbi Theodore Tsuruoka of Temple Isaiah in Great Neck, who will talk about “My Parents’ Imprisonment in a Japanese American Internment Camp.”

“Farewell to Manzanar” is the true story of the imprisonment of a Japanese American family during World War II. The film demonstrates the racist policies of the United States government while illustrating one family’s resistance to life in an internment camp.

Rabbi Tsuruoka has been Temple Isaiah’s spiritual leader since 2000. He is a second

generation Japanese American who grew up in Manhattan and converted to Judaism as a young adult.

A donation of $10 is suggested. To reserve a seat please contact Lara Carignano at (516) 571-8040 or laracarignano@holocaust-nassau.org HMTC’s film series was established in honor of David Taub (1932-2010), a Holocaust Survivor and friend of HMTC. The Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center is located at 100 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Cove.

For more information visit HMTC’s website, www.hmtcli.org, or on social media at Facebook.com/HMTCNY and Twitter.com/ HolocaustTolCtr.

Arts league seeks entries for annual fair The Art League of Long Island seeks entries for their annual Art in the Park Fine Art & Craft Fair at Heckscher Park in Huntington on Saturday May 30 and Sunday May 31.

Now in its 48th year, Art in the Park is an Art League tradition that has attracted thousands of discerning art lovers each year.

This rain or shine event will be open to the public 10 a.m. and close at 5 p.m.

both days. Admission is free for the entire family.

Event will feature live art demonstrations, live music, food and drink. Prizes will be awarded to artists and crafts people for superior artistry and craftsmanship.

Call (631) 462-5400, ext. 227 or visit www.artleagueli.org to download prospectus. Deadline to reserve space is May 10.

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Ben Vereen Sunday, March 15, 2 p.m.

Curious George Friday, March 20, 8 p.m.

The Nick Tangorra Band Friday, Apr. 17, 8 p.m.

Rhiannon Giddens Saturday, June 13, 8 p.m.

Jessie Mueller and Jarrod Spector GOLD COAST ARTS CENTER 113 Middle Neck Road Great Neck (516) 829-2570 • http://goldcoastarts. org Saturday, March 21, 8 p.m.

Your Big Break: Young Musicians Showcase Join the Gold Coast Arts Center for the first round of up-and-coming talent chosen from online submissions - who will perform for music business execs, producers, radio and TV personalities and more.

The Space at Westbury 250 Post Ave., Westbury (516) 283.5566 www.thespaceatwestbury.com Saturday, March 14, 8 p.m.

EBI in Concert Thursday, April 23 8 p.m.

Steve Winwood Sunday, April 26, 2 & 8 p.m.

Miranda Sings Saturday, May 2, 8 p.m.

The Fab Faux with the Hogshed Horns and the Crème Tangerine Strings Friday, May 15, 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 16, 8 p.m.

Dark Star Ochestra Tuesday, May 19, 8 p.m.

Jason Isbell and Special Guest Craig Finn NASSAU VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM 1255 Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale (516) 794-9300 • http://www.nassaucoliseum.com Saturday, March 21, 12:30 - 4 p.m. & 5:30 - 9 p.m.

Spring Craft Beer Festival Friday, March 27, 7 p.m.

Barry Manilow Thursday, April 16, 7 p.m.

Friday, April 17, 3 & 7 p.m.

Disney Live! Presents Three Classic Fairy Tales Friday, May 15, 7:30 p.m.

Nitro Circus Live Wednesday, May 20, 7:30 p.m.

The Who Hits 50!

Saturday, June 20, 7:30 p.m.

New Kids On The Block with special guests TLC and Nelly Wednesday, July 1, 7:30 p.m.

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NYCB THeatre at Westbury 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury.

(516) 247-5200 www.thetheatreatwestbury.com Sunday, March 15, 8 p.m.

ZZ Top Saturday, March 21, 3 & 7 p.m.

Spring Doo Wop Extravaganza Sunday, March 22, 3 p.m.

Lily Tomlin Thursday, March 26, 8 p.m.

Michael W. Smith Friay, March 27, 8 p.m.

Saturday, March 28, 8 p.m.

The Moody Blues Thursday, April 9, 8 p.m.

Zebra / The Mystic Saturday, April 11, 8 p.m.

Tom Wopat & John Schneider: Return Of The Dukes Sunday, April 12, 4 p.m.

The Price Is Right Live Stage Show Friday, April 17, 8 p.m.

Bob Saget Friday, April 24, 8 p.m.

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Bob Saget Saturday, May 2, 8 p.m.

Bill O’Reilly & Dennis Miller Saturday, May 9, 12 p.m.

Heather Henson’s Sing Along with The Muppet Movie Saturday, May 9, 7 & 10 p.m.

The truTV Impractical Jokers “Where’s Larry” Tour Saturday, May 16, 8 p.m.

Don Rickles Saturday, May 30, 8 p.m.

70’s Soul Jam Friday, June 5, 8 p.m.

Glays Knight Saturday, June 13, 8 p.m.

Peter Cetera Friday, June 19, 8 p.m.

The Midtown Men Friday, June 27, 8 p.m.

Happy Together Tour Saturday, July 11, 8 p.m.

Dion Saturday, Aug. 8, 8 p.m.

Air Supply Nassau county museum of art 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn (516) 484-9338 • http://nassaumuseum. org MAIN GALLERIES Through March 8, 2015 China Then and Now China Then and Now brings together exemplary Chinese works of art from the classical, early modern and contemporary periods. The exhibition explores three millennia of one of the world’s most important artistic traditions from the perspective of American collectors on Long Island, such as Childs and Frances Frick and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler. The exhibition opens on Nov. 22, and remains on view through March 8.

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Math – It is Everywhere — By John Lee, Alan Flyer and Peter Abrams

There’s school, and then there’s the real world. At least, that’s what it often seems. But actually, if we pull off the masks and facades covering everything in this real world we live in, we find that behind them all are the things we do in school.

This is especially true for math. Math is really everywhere. It’s one school subject you’ll be able to make use of in every part of your daily life. And I’m not just talking about if you become an investment banker either. Look carefully, and you’ll find that there’s math behind almost everything you do, work or play. A good understanding of math can help you live your chosen life to the fullest, no matter what kind of life that might be.

Do you enjoy watching sports? Math helps you make sense of the scorecards, and enables you to calculate the running averages of each of the players and the chances they have before the match even begins. Without math, you can never have more than a surface understanding of any game.

In fact, with math you can figure out your chances whenever you play a game that seems to be completely random. You can find out the likelihood of a win even before you start playing.

Or, if your game is dependent on skill and not on chance, you can figure out your ideal moves and change a likely loss into a likely win. For instance, math equations can help you calculate the particular angle and perfect amount of force to kick that ball so that you’ll end up with a trajectory that brings that ball straight into the goal.

Math allows you to plan travel – little overnight trips to the next town or major transcontinental explores. You can figure out how long it takes to get where you want to go, how much gas it will take, and how much the gas will cost. Or if you like to think big and want to plan a hiking trip to the Himalayas instead of to the next town, you can use math to find out how much money you have to put aside each week so that you can go next summer, and, after you get there, how many kilometers you can cover in a month, doing six hours a day at your regular walking speed.

Math can help you design a rocket – a device that defies gravity by shooting up out of our atmosphere. It’ll allow you to build a bridge that spans a chasm of any width, or a skyscraper that stands un-phased through an earthquake.

There’s a whole lot of math behind every computer game – whether it’s a strategy game, a simulation or a FPS. Those ultra-realistic 3D views are the product of a bit of advanced geometry – transforming vectors through three-dimensional space and projecting them onto a plane. The programming language behind your game is a code based on mathematical logic, and this math enables the computer to ‘think’ as it responds to your every move.

If you’re more artsy, though, doesn’t that mean you can dispense with the math books? Actually, math is in painting too! Many of the best painters used geometrical principles in creating their masterpieces; and a knowledge of symmetry and geometrical patterns can take your artwork to new levels. Or you can go the opposite direction and use mathematical turbulence to enhance your paintings – like Van Gogh, who painted perfect mathematical turbulence, as described by the

Kolmogrov scaling equations, in his famous painting “Starry Night’.

Math is in nature, and if you love studying animals and plants, you’ll be delighted to find that all nature is built on mathematical building blocks, as if every tree, rock, and living creature were artistic expressions of the most mathematical mind. For instance, the flowers of an artichoke or the arrangement of a pinecone are set in pure mathematical patterns. They’re called Fibonacci sequences; go look them up.

A chambered nautilus shell is another lovely bit of math; it’s a perfect logarithmic spiral, and maintains the same proportions throughout its life.

But the math in nature is not limited to a few isolated examples. Scientists have been surprised time and again by the ridiculously simple mathematical equations that describe so much of the physical universe. It didn’t have to be this way, but somehow it is. There are no messy equations in any fundamental theories; it’s all immensely beautiful, simple math.

Maybe you don’t care about beautiful theory, you want something practical and useful. Mathematical calculations are also used by wildlife managers working on keeping our planet alive and beautiful. Without math, it would be impossible to figure out the effect of environmental stresses on ecosystems or populations of endangered animals—and because of this, any attempt to ‘save the whales’ – or spotted owls, or snow leopards—would be haphazard and destined to fail.

In fact, mathematics plays a pivotal role in almost any field. You might not need any math to be a simple garbage collector, or to dig ditches or cut down trees. But you do need math to figure out the most efficient way to do any of those things.

Math is used by doctors, plumbers, musicians, and writers. It’s the backbone of any engineering, architecture, and science, and it’s key to information theory and the secret messages of cryptography.

Look around you now. There’s nothing in your range of vision that isn’t somehow built or defined by omnipresent math, that one player that seems absolutely determined not to be left out—of anything. Math. It truly is everywhere.

About the authors: Peter Abrams, John Lee and Alan Flyer are the Owners and Directors of Mathnasium Centers. Peter is at New Hyde Park, John has Centers in Bayside and Great Neck, Alan is at Mathnasium of Roslyn.

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You are a trendsetter and so are we.

LIU Post is a national leader in experiential learning.

Students in the Fashion Merchandising program at LIU Post not only learn from top fashion executives but also run their own on-campus business, The Student Body. LIU Post is close to New York City— a fashion capital. There is no other university quite like us—you’ll be on the road to a succesful career long before you graduate.

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LIU Post, a 307-acre campus in Brookville, N.Y., is uniquely located on Long Island's famed Gold Coast— just 27 miles away from the cultural capital of the world, New York City. LIU Post is a leader in experiential learning and launching student-run businesses, boasts a vibrant student life, and offers incoming freshmen an iPad©—listed as a top college perk by Business Insider.

The NCAA Division II Post Pioneers are ranked in the top 10 of the 2013-2014 NACDA Division II Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup national standings.

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Growing Tree Nursery School is located on 140 East Broadway in Roslyn. Overlooking the scenic Roslyn duck pond, this school is Family owned and operated since 1979. They provide a nurturing, caring environment to enhance each child’s individuality and self-esteem. The Growing Tree believes that children learn best thru play. Each week there is a new curriculum theme presented in a creative way using music, puppetry and visual props. It is licensed by the Office of Children and Family Services and Registered with the NYS Dept. of Education.

Programs are for ages 2-5 years of age, and children may attend 2, 3, 4, or 5 days per week.

The classes are offered as a 9:00-12:00, 9:00-1:00 or 9:00-2:00 options. There is an indoor gym, fully enclosed outdoor playground overlooking the pond, Spanish lessons, and a strong Music program. The classrooms are fully air-conditioned. Each staff member is CPR and firstaid certified. The Growing Tree is proud of the Apple Computer Lab with I-Pads which provides exceptional high standards of computer instruction. The children receive lessons based on the five fundamental components: computer placement, software selection, teacher interaction supporting activies, and teacher training/support. There is a wonderful SUMMER PROGRAM that is 9:15-1:15 which involves sprinklers and “OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS”.

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East Woods Summer Camp

Held on the beautiful 46-acre campus of East Woods School in Oyster Bay, the East Woods Summer Camp offers special experiences for every type of camper.

With easy access from dozens of North Shore towns (Nassau and Suffolk), our camp is a wonderful, affordable option. Our facilities offer rain or shine accommodations: two pools, two gymnasiums, athletic fields, theater stage, art studio, woodworking shop, cooking facilities, air-conditioned lunch room, science and computer labs, library, nurse’s office, playground, and much more.

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At LIU, Fashion Merchandising students can capture the edge for success

A Fashion Merchandising curriculum launched trendy, fully functional fashion boutique located in this semester at LIU Post offers all the components Hillwood Commons, the busy student center. At The for providing its students a two-pronged advantage Student Body, Peralta puts classroom-learned skills — experts at the helm and proximity to New York into practice by purchasing, merchandising, promotCity, the global industry hub, affording entree to ing, and selling inventory. Peralta has also leveraged “fashion laboratories” where they can acquire expe- her campus-acquired fashion business abilities in an internship at a luxury boutique. rience in real-world environments.

Cherie Serota, who co-founded an international “The fashion industry, which employs more than 4.2 million and accounts for about $250 billion in apparel company following several years in the buy2013 in the United States, is a vibrant job market,” ing, fashion, and marketing offices of Saks Fifth said Professor Abby Dress of LIU Post’s School of Avenue and Henri Bendel, teaches the Introduction Visual and Performing Arts, where Fashion to Fashion Merchandising course at LIU Post. Her insider’s knowledge of the industry’s Merchandising courses are offered. design, marketing and management In the realm of fashion educamechanisms, gained from developing a tion, LIU Post’s offering is unique. business that became a multi-million dolIts curriculum allows students to lar, go-to brand for both everyday combine a myriad of academic women and celebrities, make her classmajors, such as marketing, public room lectures troves of real-world relations, management, economics, knowledge. and journalism, with a Fashion To be effective, said Serota, fashion Merchandising minor, giving them merchandisers should possess a combidual knowledge and skills that will nation of fashion sense and business enhance status with future employLIU Post Fashion know-how. Her curriculum introduces ers.

Merchandising student Monica Peralta, gains realstudents to key concepts, including: Proximity to fashion centers has world business experiences • An understanding of consumer wants afforded LIU’s fashion students working in The Student opportunities for jobs and intern- Body, a student-run retail and needs and consumer behavior fashion business on the • Knowledge of current fashion trends ships in the industry and to interact Brookville campus. with masters of the retailing and design universe, Excellent communications and promotion skills including the head of menswear for Ralph Lauren, • Analytical math skills executives from Macy’s, and President of the • Technological knowledge of colors, patterns, and Americana Manhasset Deidre Costa Major. fabrics Upcoming visits to both Hirshleifer’s, the nationally • The process of buying and selling in the fashion renowned retailer of high-end European and industry and its global supply chains American designs, and the highly touted Killer • Visual display methods and options “It’s a dream come true to share my experiences Heels, an exhibit exploring the history of highheeled shoes at the Brooklyn Museum, will be “liv- in the classroom and teach fashion business at LIU ing laboratory” experiences for the LIU Post stu- Post, helping young people build their skills and discover and pursue their own passions,” said Serota. dents.

“LIU Post students in the fashion merchandising The Fashion Merchandising initiative, designed to meet the demands of a job market that places a course benefit from its unique and exceptional premium on multiple talents, has attracted Post stu- aspects,” said Dr. Kimberly R. Cline, president of dents like Monica Peralta, who plans to pursue a LIU. “Students are offered global perspectives and public relations career in fashion. As one of three experiences, enriching their coursework, encouragstudents who lead the Student-Run Business ing them to imagine themselves fully immersed and Committee, overseeing LIU Post’s six student-run at the top levels of a dynamic, perpetual industry.” ventures, she concentrates on The Student Body, a

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The Mary Louis Academy:

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The Mary Louis Academy is recognized and highly regarded as one of the nation’s preeminent college preparatory high schools for young women.

Our reputation—for dedicated teachers, academic rigor, outstanding facilities, and committed students—has been maintained at a level of high esteem for more than 75 years. TMLA is a Catholic school sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Brentwood, New York. The CSJ charism of unity, reconciliation and all-inclusive love is reflected in all aspects of The Mary Louis Academy experience.

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Our Ballet and Musical Theater Intensives are designed for beginner, intermediate, and advanced dancers ages 7-18. The classes will be held in our spacious, air-conditioned studios. A typical day consists of four ability and age appropriate classes from 9am to 4pm. Each dancer will choose an intensive in Ballet or Musical Theater. There will be an informal showing for Parents on the last day of the Workshop.

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Congregational Nursery School is celebrating their 57th year operating as a community preschool.

If you ask one of our graduates about their preschool experience they will tell you that they “played a lot” and missed their playtime when they went off to kindergarten. Our philosophy is “learning through play” which has withstood the test of time. This natural approach to learning through play is the cornerstone of Congregational Nursery School. Our program is designed to guide the developing child toward the important concepts of sharing, respect, and recognition of each other’s feelings while participating in a group environment. Our activities promote creative thinking, self-respect, responsibility and good citizenship.

While we all embrace the new technology that has made our lives so much easier, we feel our students need to be immersed in socialization skills, not their ipads. We are focused on pre-reading, pre-writing and language activities that all lead to kindergarten-readiness.

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SWC (Small World Connect) Enrichment Center is a center for ages birth through nine years that specializes in communication and exchanging ideas! It is our mission to make the world smaller through sharing languages, culture, and music.

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ONCE UPON A TIME NURSERY SCHOOL Once Upon a Time Nursery School is housed in the spacious facilities of Church of Our Saviour Lutheran in Manhasset. Co-owners and educators, Sheila Bluni, Fran DeCarolis, Jennifer Kerrane, Joyce McCann, and Maryann Munoz, established this school in 2009.

Together they have over sixty years of teaching and nursery school experience.

Once Upon a Time prides itself on its small class sizes and low child/teacher ratios, which allow young learners the freedom and opportunities to explore, grow, and learn. It is a traditional nursery school focusing on socialization, creativity, and learning through play. There are a wide variety of multi-sensory, multi-disciplinary, technological, and basic activities. Through these activities, children’s unique learning styles and abilities can be accommodated.

Opportunities for play and learning are provided both inside the classroom and outside in the large newly renovated playground. The goal of Once Upon a Time Nursery school is to strengthen a child’s imagination, creativity, and intellectual abilities. Our certified teachers play a vital role in this process by providing a rich environment of relevant experiences and facilitating the children so they can learn to live with others, resolve conflicts, and gain a sense of competence.

Our enrollment is open and we are still accepting applications for the current school year.

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Early Childhood Learning Center Old Westbury Hebrew Congregation

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10:00-11:00 (Ages 9 months-5 years) Play-based activities expertly designed to boost every facet of your child’s development

Thursday, March 26 - Make Your Own Tie-Dyed Matzah Cover

9:45-10:30 (Ages 6 months-5 years). Led by our resident artist, Miss Susie, moms and children will work together to create a beautiful matzah cover that can be used at home!

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Community Calendar Project Independence Care Giver Support Group Learn new ways of coping with demands of care giving and gain a better understanding of your relationship with your loved one (over age 60). Meetings take place on the first and third Thursday of each month from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Located at 80 Manorhaven Blvd., Port Washington. Registration required. Please call 311 or (516) 869-6311 to register for the presentation or for more information.

SMALL BUSINESS SEMINAR A free public seminar presented by the Nassau County Bar Association, “What You Need to Know Before You Start Your Small Business,” will be held on Monday, March 30, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., at NCBA, 15th Street on the corner of West Street, Mineola. Seasoned attorneys, bankers and accountants will be on hand to clarify the benefits of various company formations, what documents are needed and where to file them, and how to raise capital. Leasing space, insurance, payroll and basic employee policies and laws will also be discussed.

Speakers include attorneys Reena Gulati of Reena Gulati PLLC, Heather Harrison from Farrell Fritz, Robert Thee from Gettry Marcus, and Bank Business Manager Ken Altman. Cochairing the program are Deborah Kaminetzky, a West Hempstead attorney, and Michael Schoenberg of Farrell Fritz, Uniondale. Reservations are requested for this free program.

Just call the Nassau County Bar Association at (516) 747-4070 or email ckatz@nassaubar.org AMERICAN CHRONIC PAIN ASSOCIATION NASSAU COUNTY SUPPORT GROUP Have you been suffering from pain that has lasted for over 3 months? This could be the first sign of chronic pain. Fear not because you are not alone! Come join Long Island’s first Chronic Pain support group on Tuesday March 17 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Meeting will take place at: Metro Physical & Aquatic Therapy, 800 East Gate Boulevard Garden City. The meeting is free of charge and refreshments will be served.

We will come together to share information and discuss strategies for dealing with chronic

pain. RSVP by calling Cynthia Johnson at (516) 304-9297.

FREE LEGAL CONSULTATION CLINIC FOR SENIOR CITIZENS The Nassau County Bar Association (NCBA) provides free monthly legal consultation clinics for Nassau County residents 65 or older. Seniors have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with an attorney who volunteers to provide a half-hour private consultation on any topic of concern. The next Senior Citizen Free Legal Consultation Clinic will be held Wednesday, March 18, from 9:30 – 11 a.m. at NCBA, 15th and West Streets, Mineola. This popular free program regularly fills up quickly. Registration is required by calling (516) 747-4070.

RE-ENTERING THE WORKFORCE The Town of North Hempstead is presenting an employment workshop for resident job seekers age 60+ at the Clinton G. Martin Park. Topics will include resume preparation, job search techniques and interviewing skills. Services are free of charge. The date is Wednesday, March 11. The facilitator is Sari Flesch, employment specialist. For further information please call (516) 869-6311, Project Independence.

BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP Winthrop-University Hospital’s Breast Health Center is offering a support group for patients with metastatic breast cancer from 10:30 am to 12 p.m. on March 26 at 222 Station Plaza North, Suite 438 in Mineola. The meeting will include a variety of topics including, but not limited to: dealing with the side effects of treatment; managing fluctuating emotions; finding balance; intimacy and relationship issues; the significant of integrating wellness activities into your lifestyle. Individuals joining the group are invited to talk, share and learn in a safe, warm and confidential environment.

The support group is free, but registration is required. For information and to register, please call Michelle DeCastro, LMSW at (516) 663-2556.

Ex Chicago frontman to play Westbury in June Former Chicago frontamn Peter Cetera will be performing at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury on Saturday, June 13 at 8 p.m.

A Grammy Award-winning singer/ songwriter, Cetera has had two distinct musical careers. From 1968 thru 1985 he was the singer, songwriter and bass player for the legendary rock group, Chicago.

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Schneiderman, Katz merit re-election Readers of this column should know that if I inject myself into a political context it is because I can vouch for the record of a candidate or incumbent or am revulsed by the tone of a campaign.

In my mind, that sort of character should be disqualified from holding an office requiring public trust and engagement.

If a candidate finds it difficult to unseat an incumbent based on qualifications, ideas, vision or even based on the incumbent’s failings in office, that doesn’t justify a smear campaign.

In the only contested election among the six villages that will go to the polls on March 18, there are three candidates for two trustee positions: incumbents Lawrence Katz who has been in office for just over two years, and Gerry Schneiderman who has served on the village board for 14 years.

The incumbents are challenged by Jonathan Stein, who has made some wild allegations against Schneiderman, in particular, and I don’t think it helps his case than rather than explain his position, he declares “I will withdraw my permission to print this,” then threatens to contact the publisher to kill the column, then hangs up, all within less than 10 minutes.

During our brief interview, Stein claims

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that the board “paid off” (then he corrected practice in the village since 2010 and moved himself and said, “hired” which is a complete- to the Plaza in 2013, said he and his wife and ly different concept, wouldn’t you agree?) a newborn twins were walking in the village consultant $2,500 to advise on raising rates and saw empties. for parking meters.

“I complain a lot,” he told me. So he I’m wondering where the sin is in hiring complained about why the stores were empexpertise to determine what is tied and his wife said, “So do in the best interest of the varisomething about it.” That was ous, often competing constituwhen he decided to run for the ents in the village. village board.

“My charge that Gerry Up until then, he had never and the board paid off Level attended a village meeting (I G - hired Level G consultants am told he has spent a total of - to take the blame for what 20 minutes at two village meetthey [the village board] will ings, not even sitting through do as far as parking and methe entire meeting). But when KAREN RUBIN ters. I came to that conclusion I asked how many meetings he Pulse of the Peninsula by reading the board minutes has attended, in order to underfrom Aug. 6 - direct quotes – stand the context for his objecthat they would hire them to ‘take ‘them’ tions, he said, “Why is that relevant?” And out of the mix – ‘The best thing we can do that ended the interview, with him accusing so that we can say the consultants told us to me of ganging up against him. do this.’”

But getting back to the empties, which This idea of hiring a consultant before was the spark to his candidacy: the village arbitrarily raises parking rates is Stein said he wants to return the Plaza significant in light of Stein’s Big Idea, which I to the way it was, when he grew up. am quite sure, has not actually been revealed Oh, did he grow up here? No, he grew to the village voters before. up on Long Island but used to come to the The Big Idea originates from why Stein Plaza. What did he do? Go to a movie? A reschose to run. Stein, who has had his law taurant? He can’t say what he is missing, but

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there are a lot of nail salons. What would you do about the nail salons? What is the role of village government?

That’s business development, he tells me. Not what he is talking about, which is economic development. Macro Economics. A master plan.

He said he wants to hire a consultant to come up with a master plan.

But what he is really talking about isn’t “economic development” - it’s “real estate development.” But when I ask where, precisely, he would like to develop, he says he wants to “rebuild the entire downtown.”

These are his words: What would you do to fill the empty stores?

“Not so much to fill the empties on a one on one basis. Looking into their [village trustees’] backgrounds, no one on the board or BID, their backgrounds are in business development - individual business – micro- as opposed to economic development, macro.

No one had a background in economic development - the macro - most have business development.

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Setting the selling price of your home How do you set the selling price of your home?

ably be pleased with the suggested selling price.

This market analysis is an Probably the most danger- excellent way of rationally deous way is to do it yourself. The termining your asking price. asking price is, by far, the most Bear in mind, however, that it’s important part of the selling pro- an estimate.

You have no obligation to list cess. your property at the suggested You need expert input.

At most agencies, they offer price. a comparative market analysis to help evaluate your property. In Down Payment doing this market analysis, they Affects Loan walk through your house with The size of the down payyou, often making suggestions ment can directly affect the buyabout selling points that should ers borrowing power. be emphasized or minor changes If the loans is being made by that will compare your property a bank that will sell the mortgage with others similar in size and on the secondary market to Fancharacter that are currently on nie Mae and Freddie Mac, the the market or that have been borrower who puts 20 percent sold during the past year. down will usually be allowed to In effect, the proper selling devote up to 28 percent of the price will be determined by the gross, pre-tax monthly income local market – and you’ll prob- toward housing expenses.

bank that will keep their loan on its books instead of selling it to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. Their rate maybe slightly higher, but they have a little more leeway in their debt ratios.

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is in writing, setting out exactly what your new terms are.

Nothing of significance should be left out. This means in addition to the new price; such important items as how long your counter offer will be open and whether you are willing to provide some or all of the financing in order to obtain the price you want.

You should spell out exactly to what extent you are willing to engage in owner financing - if at all - including the interest rate Counter Offer and term of years for repayment.

Philip A. Raices A prospective buyer has The written counter offer made an offer for less than your should include space for the Borrowers with 10 percent asking price. buyer to sign his acceptance. down can usually put just 25 You would sell for less than Once the buyer has signed percent of gross income toward your original asking price but your counter offer, a new legally housing expenses. not as low as the current offer to binding contract is created.

Buyers who can’t meet these buy. Now is the time for a coundebt ratios have some options. ter offer. As with an offer, the First they can seek out a best way to make a counter offer

READERS WRITE

Katz brings integrity, dedication to Plaza We have lived next door to Larry Katz and his young family since he and his wife moved here nearly 15 years ago.

Larry is a supportive and

helpful neighbor; he is reliable, honest and trustworthy. He is also hardworking.

Larry has supported numerous pedestrian safety initiatives to

make the Plaza safer for all of us.

The Plaza is fortunate to urge the readers of this newspaWe admire how Larry works have Larry as a trustee. per to do the same. long hours as an accountant and We will be voting to re-elect makes time to give back to our Lawrence Katz on March 18th Olivia and Laurence Miller community. for Great Neck Plaza trustee and Great Neck

Time for a change in Great Neck Plaza Don’t let apathy win – please vote next Wednesday.

Whether you’re voting for me or for my opponents, at least stand and be heard. But before you vote, I want you to ask yourself that timeless question… is Great Neck better off today than it was 15 years ago?

If you answered “yes,” please vote for my opponents.

If you think “for rent” signs are attractive, and the more the merrier, vote for my opponents.

If you don’t miss landmark names like Millie’s, Gillar, Old Fredricks, Dan’s, Florsheim, and Pancho’s, vote for my opponents.

If you think attending meetings of boards and programs (such as BID) and listening to a lot of talk, but failing to do anything meaningful to stop the Plaza’s decline, is more important than engaging in productive

endeavors that actually produce tangible, positive results, then vote for my opponents.

If you don’t believe that the decline in the commercial center of the Plaza will lead to a general decline in property values, hitting condos, co-ops, and houses, vote for my opponents.

If you don’t mind paying higher property taxes at the same time your property values slide, vote for my opponents.

If you don’t believe that higher property taxes lead to higher rents – both commercial and residential, then vote for my opponents.

And if you think it’s safer today to walk around the Plaza then it was before the traffic calming initiative, then vote for my opponents.

If you think it’s okay for decision makers to hire outside

consultants to take the blame for their unpopular decisions, vote for my opponents. If you think it’s okay for public servants to spew baseless charges at their opposition without any specifics whatsoever, vote for my opponents. If you think it’s fair to expect a challenger to have to debate both his opponents, teamed up against him, at once, vote for my opponents.

If you think Karen Rubin and Wendy Kreitzman are objective journalists without any agenda or biases, please vote for my opponents.

I think you get my point, but let me leave you with something my opponents haven’t – solutions. I fully understand that I won’t be able to accomplish everything alone, but the conversation needs to start. It’s time to start building a new Board with

new blood that is focused on change, because the status quo simply isn’t working.

The conversation begins with an actual conversation – a discussion, or series of discussions, with the residents of the Plaza to arrive at a general vision for the Plaza as a whole.

Once we have a general vision, the board can interview, in public hearings, consultants with a background in economic development – experts who can advise the board on what needs to be done to make the vision a reality.

Thereafter, it is incumbent upon the Trustees to put down their ribbon-cutters and go do their job… get it done! Make the vision a reality.

Great Neck Plaza Trustees get a salary, pension, and benefits. It’s time they started earning them. The trustees must review

the laws on the books and make the necessary changes to allow the advisor’s plan to go forward.

The trustees must go to the town and county and actively secure their cooperation, where necessary.

The trustees, thereafter, must go out and secure the contracts and companies needed to get the brick and mortar that will make the abstract concrete.

Then, and only then, will the board be able to say that it earns its keep.

I believe that Great Neck Plaza can be, well, “Great” again, but that won’t happen until the residents stand up and demand change. I hope that day will be Wednesday, March 18.

Jonathan Stein Great Neck Plaza

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Trustees delay Shop Delight decision

By A da m L i d g e t t

Village of Great Neck Estates trustees on Monday asked the developers of a possible second Shop Delight glatt kosher supermarket to respond to concerns village residents raised at a public hearing about cars entering and existing a municipal parking lot behind its proposed location at 154 Middle Neck Road.

Mayor David Fox said trustees wanted to make sure all potential issues surrounding the proposed supermarket were addressed.

“In the effort to move this along we don’t want to preclude anything else we should be doing,” Fox said. “Time might be more of an essence, but we still want to cross all the T’s and dot all the I’s.”

Several residents at the meeting complained that people entering the exit lane and exiting the enter lane at the former site of a Rite Aid pharmacy is already a problem at the lot.

“We just can’t keep having people going in and out of exits,” Fox said. “Someone is going to get killed.”

Some residents said that they have barely avoided accidents because people enter and exit the wrong way. The lanes, they said, are narrow, and snow often makes it even harder to get to and from the lot.

“The parking lot is all one way, so with trucks backing in and out, people are going to go the wrong way if they don’t want to wait for the truck to make its delivery,” one resident said.

Residents also expressed concerns about additional noise, odors from cooking, snow removal, light coming from the store at night and more people double-parking on Middle Neck Road.

Many residents said people double-park and that putting a supermarket on the road would only cause more double-parking.

Great Neck Estates residents have also expressed concerns about traffic congestion resulting from delivery trucks as well as sanitation and waste disposal at the proposed store.

The proposal to build a 14,500 square-foot, two-story Shop Delight came before the board in December. The proposal location would be second Shop Delight market in Great Neck, less than 10 minutes away from

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the current store on Welwyn Road.

In January, the board voted to continue the hearing after hearing concerns regarding noise, odor, parking and traffic.

One resident on Monday expressed concerns about the store currently located on Welwyn Road.

“What would happen if they built this new one and then they decided they don’t want the old one anymore,” the resident said.

“That could impact traffic at the new supermarket.”

Alan Stein, an attorney representing Great Neck Gourmet Inc., which owns Shop Delight, said the developer had already provided an initial report of various environmental concerns.

Stein said he hoped the developer could meet with the village

to try to work through the issues and not waste time.

The Great Neck Park District has a five-year agreement with the current store that allows shoppers to use the district’s Shoreward Drive parking lot near the Welwyn store during certain times through a program in which shoppers leave their keys with attendants from the Progressive Valet Parking Corp. of Woodhaven. The plan was intended to alleviate parking problems in the area.

Great Neck Gourmet representatives have said at past meetings that for the new location they are considering trafficcalming measures, such as a valet parking service and transporting stock between stores by van rather than by truck.

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Former U.S. Rep. South Middle School set to to speak at temple present ‘42nd Street’ musical Former U.S. Rep. Lester L. Wolff will be the guest speaker at Temple Emanuel of Great Neck on Friday, March 20 at 7:30 p.m. Following a brief Sabbath service, he will offer the lecture: “Hawks, Doves and Ostriches.” All members of the community are Lester invited to attend.

Wolff served for 16 years as a Representative in the U.S. Congress, and chaired the prestigious Asian and Pacific Affairs Committee.

Prior to Wolff’s entrance into the 89th Congress, in 1962 and again in 1963, President Kennedy appointed him to serve on trade missions to the Philippines, Hong

Kong and Malaysia.

In 1968, he was appointed by President Johnson as U.S. Representative to OECD; and in 1977, President Carter appointed him as deputy chief delegate to the 32nd General Assembly of the UN, with the rank L. Wolff of Ambassador.

Today, he is a marketing specialist, and chairman of the Pacific Community Institute, a non-governmental body of Asian and U.S. personages who are dedicated to improving relations among the nations of the Pacific Basin.

Temple Emanuel of Great Neck is located at 150 Hicks Lane. For further information, please call (516) 482-5701.

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South Middle School will present 42nd Street on March 19, 20, and 21.

South Middle School will present the award-winning musical, 42nd Street, on Thursday, March 19, and Friday, March 20, at 7:30 p.m., and on Saturday, March 21, at 1 and 7 p.m., in the school auditorium, 349 Lakeville Road.

Come enjoy lively singing and dancing in this time-hon-

ored musical, featuring such memorable numbers as “42nd Street,” “We’re in the Money,” “Shuffle Off to Buffalo” and “Lullaby of Broadway.”

The quintessential “backstage” musical, 42nd Street is a story within a story of a Broadway musical comedy, from casting call to opening night. There’s

intrigue, romance and drama, along with a lovable heroine, an unknown chorus girl, who saves the show while becoming an overnight sensation when the leading lady breaks her leg on the eve of opening night. She also gets the guy.

For ticket information, call (516) 441-4600.

Shabbat Across America dinner at Temple Isaiah North High School to put Temple Isaiah will host this year’s annual Shabbat Across America dinner for the Great Neck peninsula on Friday, March 13.

Community residents are invited to join tens of thousands of Jews across America coming together to eat, drink, relax, enjoy, debate and celebrate at the 18th annual Shabbat Across America, a program of National Jewish Outreach. Bring your family and friends to a delicious kosher dinner

at 6:30 p.m., followed by a Shabbat service at 7:30 p.m.

Reservations are required for dinner. There is $35 charge in advance, and $35 at the door. There is no charge for children under 13.

To reserve, please call the Temple office at (516) 487-5373.

Temple Isaiah of Great Neck, located at One Chelsea Place off Cutter Mill Road, is a member congregation of the Union for Reform Judaism.

on ‘High School Musical’

North Middle School will be presenting the Disney Channel’s hit, High School Musical, on Thursday, March 19, and Friday, March 20, at 7:30 p.m., in the school’s auditorium, 77 Polo Road.

Described as a modern-day Romeo and Juliet adaptation, High School Musical centers on

two high school juniors — the captain of the basketball team and a key member of the academic club — who decided to team up to audition for the school musical.

When other students discover that the popular pair has chosen to resist peer pressure and rivalry and try their luck on the stage,

everyone learns that “We’re All in This Together,” and how not to “Stick to the Status Quo.” Other popular songs from the show include “Start of Something New,” “Get’cha Head in the Game” and “Breaking Free.”

For ticket information, please call (516) 441-4551.

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Estates candidates focus on service

By A da m L i d g e t t Sidney Krugman’s tenure as Great Neck Estates trustee has come full circle.

Krugman, who first ran for village trustee more than 20 years ago, said one of his first projects as trustee was helping to fix the bad road conditions in the village.

Now two decades later, he is helping to fix those same roads.

“Coming up is a significant road rehab project,” Krugman said. “I’m trying to keep my fingers on all the developments in the village on keeping village residents’ interests protected.”

Krugman, along with Great Neck Estates Mayor David Fox and Deputy Mayor William Warner, is running for re-election in the March 18 election. All three are running unopposed. Voting will take place from 12 p.m. until 9 p.m. March 18 at Great Neck Estates Village Hall, located at 4 Gateway Drive.

The idea to run for trustee all those years ago came to Krugman from Arthur Winston, who was with the village civic association at the time.

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“It was an interesting story,” Krugman said. “Winston basically had convinced me in a village this small one person can make a difference in what’s going on.”

Krugman said his career as a real estate developer, from which he is retired, has helped him serve as the director of special projects in the village. He said he will continue to serve as director of special projects as long as he can.

“I remember one of my very first speeches as a candidate in a contested election,” Krugman said. “I said I had no political agenda and I would follow my

conscience on each particular issue as it came up in village. I’ve adhered to that as trustee.”

But of all the things in the village he enjoys the most, Krugman said, he still enjoys the pool and sitting by the shoreline in the summer.

Warner, who has been on the Great Neck Estates Board of Trustees since 2001, said he became involved in the village years in 1996, when he founded the village’s Day Camp in the Park, a summer camp that offers activities such as swimming, tennis

lessons and soccer to residents of Great Neck Estates.

“A few years after getting [the camp] going I thought that I could give more,” Warner, a dentist, said. “I was very involved in the parks, and when I got elected I became park commissioner.”

Warner said he’s still active in sports and the park facilities, even though he is now the public works commissioner.

Besides spending time as deputy mayor, Warner said he is involved in youth basketball, assistant coaching the

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Great Neck South High basketball team.

Warner said most of all, being a trustee means being a steward of the village and its people.

“As a trustee you try to maintain the quality of life in the village and maintain infrastructure,” Warner said. “In doing all that we try to keep tax increases as low as possible.”

Warner said his village is unique in that it is very self-sufficient – it has its own police force and parks, as opposed to many other villages that use Nassau County Police and the Great Neck Park District facilities.

“We love the fact that we’re self-sufficient for most part,” Warner said. “We do work with Plaza when projects come up to get input if it will affect them.”

Warner said even though the village has remained self-sufficient for a long time, the best part about Great Neck Estates is the setting.

“It’s on the water, it has a huge field in the middle of it, we have tennis courts a beautiful pool setting,” Warner said. “It has one of the best parks I’ve been to in my entire life.”

Plaza candidates fail to agree on debate Continued from Page 1 ton-Manhasset said the league agreed to moderate a debate Sunday between Stein, Schneiderman and Katz.

Jacobson said the debate was canceled after Stein objected and questioned Stein’s tactics.

Schneiderman and Katz said they were not willing to debate without the other included.

“Candidates can’t cherrypick which other candidates will be at a debate,” Jacobson said.

Both Schneiderman and Stein called for a debate during an exchange that began with Schneiderman demanding that Stein retract what Schneiderman called libelous statements in Stein’s campaign literature implying that Schneiderman was involved in a payoff scheme.

In a release on his website titled “Trustee Schneiderman Caught Urging $2,500 Payoff by Plaza Board,” Stein said Schneiderman would “rather pay-out $2,500 in taxpayer dollars than take responsibility, and blame, for upcoming, and unpopular, actions about to be taken by the Board that will further burden Plaza Residents and shoppers financially by mak-

ing it more costly to live and do business in the already faltering Great Neck Plaza.”

Stein was referencing recommendations made by the consulting firm Level G Associates to the village trustees about ways to alleviate parking congestion downtown. The suggestions included possibility raising meter rates and shortening parking time on Middle Neck Road.

When Schneiderman asked Stein to retract his statements, he also challenged him to a debate along with Katz.

Stein said in one of several e-mails he exchanged with Schneiderman that he only agreed to a one on one debate with Schneiderman to challenge Schneiderman’s accusation that Stein had made libelous statements and whether Schneiderman has done anything for the village in his time as trustee.

Stein also said in the e-mails that Schneiderman and Katz lied in a campaign advertisement they took out with the Great Neck News that said the two have never overridden the state tax cap in a village budget. Stein said that Katz and Schneiderman had voted to override the

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state tax cap at their December meeting.

“It seems that the truth is a stranger to you Gerry,” Stein said to Schneiderman. “I just saw your latest ad in the [Great Neck] News - what a lark.”

Schneiderman and Katz voted to give the village the authority to override the tax cap, but the $6.5 million budget itself did not go over the 2 percent cap.

Schneiderman told Stein in an email that trustees vote to authorize themselves to exceed the tax cap as a precautionary measure.

He also said to Stein many municipalities, school districts and

special districts do the same.

“Your e-mail demonstrates an alarming lack of knowledge of the relevant state statute and the action of the village in regard to that statute,” Schneiderman said. “Our campaign ad was completely accurate.”

Schneiderman also said to Stein that trustees voted to repeal the override last week, in accordance with state legislation. Because the village did not go over the cap Plaza residents should expect to receive tax refunds.

Stein responded in an email, saying he understood the

legislation, but was alarmed that Village Clerk Patricia O’Byrne had to explain this concept to the board.

Plaza trustees passed a $6.5 million budget in January, which did raise taxes from 4.44 per $100 valued assessment to 4.77.

“In other words, like the Parking Consultants, you would escape consequences - in this case, NYS Mandated Consequences for raising taxes in excess of the cap,” Stein said to Schneiderman in an email. “It’s a two-step - an ‘out.’”

Stein, an attorney, has said village trustees focus too much on parking turnover and not enough on the character of the village. He also questioned the effectiveness of the Great Neck Plaza Business Improvement District, saying he did not believe they were effectively spending the money they receive from district property owners.

Schneiderman has been a trustee since 2000, and served as chairman of the Board of Zoning Appeals from 1982 until 2000.

Katz has been a trustee since 2012, and served as a member of the Board of Zoning Appeals from 2010 until 2012.

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Great Neck native picked on ‘The Voice’

Continued from Page 4 guitar.

He said the crash made him realize how much he had missed music being in his life, and how much he missed playing it live.

One of Gregori’s friends who owns a music club in Washington D.C. who was instrumental in pushing him to play music again suggested to Gregori that he audition for “The Voice.”

Gregori said his friend sent him name into NBC to be considered for an audition, but he didn’t expect it to go anywhere.

But just last week he found himself facing the talent show’s four judges - Levine, Shelton,

Christina Aguilera and Pharrell Williams.

Because he is a performer, Gregori said, singing on stage wasn’t foreign to him, but the situation was far more intense.

He said he was used to playing gigs that could go up to four hours long, and having to condense all that into two minutes was the biggest challenge.

Gregori said he tried to go into the competition with no expectation of who was going to pick him or even if he was going to get picked. He said on stage, he just tried to focus on what he was singing.

He said when Levine turned his chair, it took a huge weight off his shoulders.

Levine turning fairly early gave Gregori the opportunity to work on the rest of the song without worrying too much, he said.

Gregori said he and the rest of Team Adam work with Levine as well as the guest coach, singer Ellie Goulding.

He said they all go into a room where the team members sing songs, throw ideas around and get feedback from the coaches.

“It’s a cool experience getting to interact with these megastars,” Gregori said. “It’s a great experience for anybody no matter what. You always learn something.”

The next part of the competition are battle rounds, in

which two members of a team each sing the same song and the coach of that team picks a winner.

The winner advances, and the loser will either go home or be snatched up by one of the other coaches.

Gregori said winning “The Voice” would allow him to focus on music in a way he still can’t with his day job. He said to be a really good musician requires a total commitment - something he’d like to do.

“I don’t work remotely as much as I used to but it’s difficult to make any kind of money as a musician, almost no matter who you are,” Gregori said.

“People do it clearly, but it’s re-

ally tough to do and most people that I know who do it fulltime struggle mightily.”

Gregori said “The Voice” has been one of the most positive experiences in his life.

Being older than most of the contestants, Gregori said, he was skeptical when he first entered the competition. He said he was surprised by how everyone was so positive – from the coaches to the production staff.

“It’s been nothing but a good experience regardless of the outcome,” he said. “Anybody thinking about doing it that is worried about someone being mean to you, that’s not the way it is at all.”

Husband of ex-G.N. mayor dies at 87 Continued from Page 3 “He was strong willed, had a big heart and was a unique person - one in a million,” Isabel said. “He was a hard worker and a good husband. He raised four children who are all doctors.”

Besides owning his engineering firm, Varlotta also co-owned Billy Bud, a Manhattan restaurant, and held interest in the

Flamboyant Hotel and Casino in San Juan, Puerto Rice.

“He enjoyed diversifying and enjoyed being involved in different things,” son Gerard said.

“Work – that’s one thing he was never adverse to.”

Gerard said his father would often work seven days a week all day, sleeping in his car.

He said if someone called his father at 2 a.m. to fix a water

line, his father would get out of bed and assemble his team.

“He was never one to have grass grow under his feet,” Gerard said. “He was always looking for more to do and for more to be involved in.”

But Varlotta’s life wasn’t all work, according to his family.

One of his greatest hobbies was horse racing. The family said one of his horses, Gerard V,

was the winner of the 1973 New York Sire Stake Race.

But Gerard said his father’s greatest interest outside of work was the New York Rangers – he was a 40-year season ticket holder - and being involved in his children’s sporting activities.

Varlotta is survived by Isabel, their sons Gerard and David, daughters Laurie and Lynda and grandchildren Michele, Richard,

Kristen, Carolyn, Caroline, Christopher, Stephen and Genna. A wake will be held at Fairchild Funeral Home on March 12, with services to follow on March 13 at St. Aloysius RC Church in Great Neck.

The family is asking that in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to the Garden of Dreams Foundation or the Boomer Esiason Foundation.

Tennis courts on R. Gardens candidates’ minds Continued from Page 11 meowners in the village.

When the courts are refurbished sometime in the fall, he said, they will be open to all village residents.

In his second stint as mayor, Kirschner said the village has rebuilt Village Hall for safety and more space, redone the sidewalks and expanded municipal services such as snow removal on sidewalks and curb cuts.

Kirschner said the construction of four new apartment buildings in the village has created a lot of anxiety among residents about parking.

Since he was elected mayor the second time, he said, the village has added 23 new street spots for homeowners without garages.

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to the community to get things done as mayor,” he said.

Adickman, who has been a trustee for more than 10 years, said the trustees try to work through whatever problems the village has as a team, including the tennis courts.

He said the village trustees are deciding now whether to put HarTru surface or traditional clay on the tennis courts’ surface. The cost to refurbish the courts will be about $220,000.

The village, he said, is also looking to become more energy efficient as well.

Steven B. Kirschner Martin Adickman Jane Krakauer “We’re looking to become more is small, he said, there is always Kirschner said. “There will be a lot one more term after this election, at energy efficiency now,” Adicksomething to be done in the village of pothole repair, eventually the but then he plans to retire. man said. “We’re looking to replace to make it better. roads have to get redone. We also “Just like some people become our street lighting with LED lights.”

“There’s a lot of things we want to spruce up the park area. “ the head of the PTA or a hospital have to get done once spring hits,” Kirschner said he may run for volunteers, my way of giving back

La Rotonda restaurant scheduled to reopen Continued from Page 2 lage has been required to do this, O’Byrne said.

“If we repeal it, because we didn’t go over tax cap when we adopted the current budget, the

property owners are supposed to be able to get some kind of refund,” O’Byrne said.

O’Byrne said most municipalities vote to override the cap to be safe in case they would have to go

over the tax cap. She said the village has always typically voted to override the tax cap but this is the first year village residents can get a refund.

She said it is unclear how

much residents will get back.

Trustees approved a $6,469,260 budget for the 20152016 fiscal year in January that increased village spending by more than 20 percent or $1,111,886,

but which trustees said would be within the 2 percent tax cap.

Celender said the tax rate for the village will increase from 4.44 per $100 valued assessment to 4.77.

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LICADD to honor Ganz with award at breakfast Caron Treatment Center’s Annual Great Long Island Community Service Awards Breakfast will honor Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc.’s Student Assistance Program team leader Lisa Ganz next month.

This breakfast pays tribute in a tangible and meaningful way to individuals, organizations and institutions that have made an outstanding contribution in the ongoing battle against alcohol and drug addiction in the community.

Ganz will accept the Educational Excellence Award at the breakfast hosted at Adelphi University at Wednesday, April 8 at 8 a.m.

LICADD is Long Island’s premier nonprofit agency providing life-saving alcohol and drug prevention and intervention services to at-risk children, individuals, and families across the region. With offices in Mineola, Ronkonkoma and Riverhead, LICADD conducts evidence-based prevention programs, community outreach initiatives, and a mentoring pro-

Lisa Ganz

gram for children of incarcerated parents and public policy advocacy.

More information about LICADD’s services is available online at www.licadd.org. or find us on Facebook.

State Sen. Jack Martins (right) leads the state Senate in honoring Viscardi School President & CEO John Kemp (seated third left) on earning the 2014 Dole Leadership Prize.

Viscardi president honored with state senate resolution State Sen. Jack M. Martins (R-7th Senate District), together with the entire New York State Senate, recently honored Henry Viscardi School President & CEO John Kemp on earning national recognition as the 2014 Dole Leadership Prize recipient. Martins sponsored a legislative resolution, passed by the Senate, honoring Mr. Kemp for earning the honor and introduced him on the Senate floor during Senate session.

The Dole Leadership Prize is a national award given annually to an individual or group whose public service leadership inspires others.

Past honorees include Nelson Mandela, President George H.W. Bush, and Rudolph Giuliani. John Kemp is the first disability leader to receive the distinction and personally selected by former Senator Robert Dole.

Kemp has been president & CEO of the Henry Viscardi School since 2011.

A person with a disability who uses four prostheses, he is recognized as a disability rights statesman in America and throughout the world, with over 50 years of direct experience in the disability movement. He is a past recipient of the Henry B. Betts Award, widely recognized as America’s highest honor for disability leadership and service, and has served on numerous boards and commissions advocating for the rights of individuals with disabilities.

“By earning this award, John attains a place among world leaders and people who have influenced events around the globe. He belongs right among them because of his advocacy, his example, and his ability to change children’s lives every day.

John is an inspiration because he never let his disabilities slow him down, and helps others do the same. This is an incredible honor for an incredible man, and I’m pleased that the Senate recognized his accomplishment,” said Martins.

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One dead, four injured in parkway crash

BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO A collision between two vehicles on the Northern State Parkway near Old Westbury on Friday night left one dead and hospitalized four others, state police said.

The victim was identified as

Justin McClyment, 17, of Rosedale, who was the front passenger of a BMW that collided with a Chevrolet Malibu at around 11 p.m. Friday, according to state police.

Upon impact, the Chevrolet crossed into the westbound lanes and hit the center median before

flipping over onto its roof, while the BMW struck a tree on the right shoulder of the highway, state police said.

The two occupants in the Chevrolet were transported to North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset for treatment of minor injuries, state police said.

The driver and rear passenger of the BMW were taken to local, unidentified hospitals after suffering serious injuries as a result of the crash, state police said.

The accident closed the highway in both directions until just after 5 a.m. Friday, authorities said.

Police said an investigation into the cause of the accident is ongoing.

State officers have requested that anyone with information about the accident contact its office in Farmingdale at 631-7563300.

Town Council okays 5-year, $28M bond plan The town has 16 active on upgrading its parks to parks, five athletic fields and 28 align with the Americans With “passive” parks, which do not require registration fees.

Disabilities Act. The town is also consider-

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ing a $1,529,151 restoration of the Schumacher House at Clinton G. Martin Park in New Hyde Park, for which approximately $450,000 in grants have been

received, officials said. expenditure in 2015.

A $1.4 million initiative to The town would then bond purchase highway equipment for $300,000 in each of the next and vehicles is also included in two years and $150,000 in 2018. the bond, including a $650,000

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Old Bethpage village to host St. Patrick’s celebration March 21 The 4th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration will be held on Saturday, March 21 at Old Bethpage Village Restoration announced Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano. The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free.

Irish entertainment will include the Irish Rock Bands: The Sporting Paddies and The McCools, Noel McAtasney and Nancy Hirten. Traditional Irish food and beverages will be offered and Irish merchandise will be available for purchase at the Fairgrounds Building and the Noon Inn. There will also be a Birds of Prey presentation from Tackapausha Museum.

For additional information on the celebration, please call the Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation and Museums at (516) 572-0200 or visit the website at: www.nassaucountyny.gov.

Old Bethpage Village Restoration, Nassau County’s only living history museum, is located at 1303 Round Swamp Road in Old Bethpage, one mile south of Exit 48 on the Long Island Expressway. Old Bethpage Village Restoration provides visitors with an opportunity to step back in time and experience life in a recreated mid-19th Century American village set on more than 200 acres.

Tackpausha to mark Earth Day April 11 The Tackapausha Museum and Preserve will host an Earth Day Celebration on Saturday, April 11 at 1 p.m.

Residents are invited to stroll throughout the preserve to observe the beauty of Spring.

Enjoy live animal presentations, crafts, games, and light refreshments. All ages are welcome.

Admission is $5 per person.

For additional information on the Earth Day Celebration, please call (516) 571-7443.

The Tackapausha Museum and Preserve is located at 2225 Washington Avenue, Seaford and is open Thursday to Sunday from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for children over 5 and senior citizens.

For further information please call (516) 571-7443 or visit the Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation and Museums at: www.nassaucountyny.gov/parks.

Pictured from left: East Williston Mayor David Tanner, Msgr. Steven Camp, Nassau County Clerk Maureen O’Connell. Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, IAIG President and Nassau County District Court Judge Joy Watson, Nassau County Legislator Rose Walker, Donal Mahoney and Jeff Clark

IAIG holds St. Patrick’s luncheon The Irish Americans In Government of Nassau, Suffolk & Queens recently celebrated their 20th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon at Carlton on the Park in Eisenhower Park.

At this year’s celebration Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and Nassau County

Clerk Maureen O’Connell joined other area officials and community members in honoring the Feis committee of the Nassau County Board of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.

The A.O.H. Feis and Irish Festival provide a forum for the celebration of Irish culture, music

and custom. The Annual St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon raises funds that are distributed to local organizations including the Nassau County New York Ancient Order of Hibernians, Catholic Charities, Project Children, Special Olympics and The Food & Nutrition program.

Edie Magnus to speak at luncheon North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center is hosting a brand new event this spring: a luncheon featuring games (mahjong, bridge and canasta), vendor boutiques and a keynote speaker.

The Luncheon will take place on April 23 at the Glen Head Country Club.

Boutiques will open at 10 a.m.; game playing will begin at 10:45 a.m.; and the luncheon and program will start at 12:30 p.m..

The keynote speaker is award-winning journalist Edie Magnus. Magnus is the executive producer of the PBS documentary “Cry for Help,” an intimate

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She is currently the executive director of media and innovation at Mercy College.

Co-chairs for the event are Guidance Center board members Janice Ashley, Amy Cantor and Alexis Siegel.

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Bosworth said Monday the issue of penta’s use on new utility poles was brought to the town’s attention after Port Washington community advocates suggested the town seek alternatives, such as non-toxic composite poles, among others.

Patti Wood, the founder and executive director of the Port Washington-

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She also noted a statement on PSEG Long Island’s website saying it wanted to be a “good neighbor” and urged residents who touch penta-treated utility poles to wash their hands, and questioned why the utility would be opposed to the signage law.

“PSEG wants to be a good neighbor, but they’ll sue anyone who tries to warn people of the toxic chemicals PSEG is using,” she said. “This is not how a good neighbor would act.”

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18 village elections, one contested race Continued from Page 1 empty storefronts in the village and put “Band-Aids” on issues. He has also expressed concerns about parking issues in the village.

He has engaged in a series of heated exchanges with Schneiderman, who last week demanded that Stein retract what Schneiderman called libelous statements Stein made in his campaign literature about a $2,500 payment made to consultant hired by the village to study parking congestion downtown. On his website, he characterized Schneiderman’s support for the contract with Level G Associates as “Trustee Schneiderman Caught Urging $2,500 Payoff

by Plaza Board” in the headline of a release.

Schneiderman, who criticized

ELECTION 2015 Stein’s lack of previous involvement in the village, and Stein then challenged each other to a debate. The debate talks ended after Stein demanded that he and Schneiderman engage a one-onone debate and Schneiderman demanded that Katz be included in a debate moderated by the League of Women Voters.

Schneiderman has been a trustee since 2000, and served as chairman of the Board of Zoning Appeals from 1982 until 2000.

Katz has been a trustee since 2012, and served as a member of the Board of Zoning Appeals from 2010 until 2012.

Stein has criticized Katz for being an absentee trustee and a “rubber stamp.” Katz responded to the absentee trustee charge, saying he has been to nearly every meeting since he was elected.

Katz also said his support of important issues such as approving the budget, 50 conditional use permits and authorizing the mayor to implement more than $4.5 million in grants for traffic safety and beautification made him an effective trustee, not a rubber stump.

Great Neck Plaza trustees each receive $10,000 a year in salary. The mayoral and trustee positions in the other villages with upcoming elections do not receive a salary.

The Great Neck Plaza election will take place from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at 2 Gussack Plaza.

The other five villages have uncontested elections for village trustees, and in some cases village mayor.

In Russell Gardens, Mayor

Steven Weinberg

jill S. Monoson

darren Kaplan

Alina Hendler

Steven Kirschner and trustees Martin Adickman and Jane Krakauer are running for re-election.

Kirschner would be serving his second term consecutive term as mayor if elected. He also served as mayor from 2003 to 2009, and has been a trustee since 1989 when not serving dan Levy Mark W.Collins david H. Schwartz as mayor. trustee from 2001 to 2003 and as trustee was helping to fix the He said he decided not to run village justice from 1997 to 2001. bad road conditions in the village. in 2009, citing personal and busiWeinberg said he is currently Now two decades later, he is helpness concerns. He then returned focused on the replacement of the ing to fix those same roads. as mayor when his successor, Mi- Colonial Road Bridge, a $24.9 The idea to run for trustee chael Bloomfield, decided not to million project planned by the came to Krugman from Arthur seek re-election in 2013, .

LIRR, which is part of a larger Winston, who was with the vilKirschner said he decided to project in the Village of Thomas- lage civic association at the time, run again for mayor in an attempt ton that includes improved drain- who told Krugman in a small vilto stabilize the village, which he age at track level, landscaping lage like Great Neck Estates he described as being in “disarray” at and the extension of an existing could make a difference. the time.

Warner, who has been on pocket track used to turn trains Kirschner said as the time around. The total project will cost the Great Neck Estates Board Bloomfield decided not to run the $45.1 million and allow the LIRR of Trustees since 2001 said he village’s purchase of tennis courts to improve train service reliability, started becoming involved in the from the Russell Gardens Associa- according to MTA officials. village years earlier. In 1996, Wartion was at the center of controWeinberg said last month the ner said he founded the village’s versy.

Long Island Rail Road is tentative- Day Camp in the Park, a summer He said Russell Gardens ly scheduled to close the Colonial camp that offers activities such made the right decision in mak- Road Bridge on March 30. He has as swimming, tennis lessons and ing the purchase and not borrow- said the LIRR expects the bridge soccer to residents of the Estates. ing to finance it.

Warner said he’s still active to reopen in April 2016.

Before the purchase, the tenNoren, vice president of sales in sports and the park facilities, nis courts were only open to one for Outerstuff LCC, a sports ap- even though he is now the pubfamily homeowners in the village. parel company, said the Colonial lic works commissioner. Besides Kirschner said when the courts Road Bridge project will most spending time as deputy mayor, are refurbished sometime in the likely be the last thing he oversees Warner said he is involved in fall they will be open to all village as he does not plan on running youth basketball, assistant coachresidents. for another term after this one. ing the Great Neck South High Adickman has served on the He was elected to the board 14 basketball team. board since 2003. Krakauer has years ago.

Voting will take place from 12 served since 2009.

He said he isn’t ready to retire p.m. until 9 p.m. March 18 at 4 Voting will take place from 12 quite yet from his day job yet, but Gateway Dr. p.m. until 9 p.m. at 6 Tain Drive. he would like to do more commuThere are three open seats in In Thomaston Mayor Steven nity theater.

Saddle Rock as well – for Mayor Weinberg and trustees Gary NoMonoson, an attorney with Dan Levy, Trustee Mark Collins ren and Jill Monoson are all up the Great Neck firm Kestenbaum and Trustee David Schwartz. for re-election.

Levy was elected as mayor in & Mark, took office in just JanuVoting will take place from 12 ary when Weinberg became may- 2011. Collins has been serving as p.m. to 9 p.m. at Village Hall at or. She said was approached to trustee since 2005 and Schwartz 100 East Shore Road. served as a trustee because of her has served since 2011.

Weinberg, an attorney with record of pubic service as a village In 2013, Levy ran against the firm Gottesman, Wolgel, justice from 1999 through 2009. Sasha Masri, who later in 2013 Flynn, Weinberg & Lee P.C., was In Great Neck Estates, Mayor pleaded not guilty to assault named acting mayor in Septem- David Fox, trustees William War- charges after an altercation at ber 2014 after former Mayor Bob ner and Sidney Krugman and vil- Saddle Rock Village Hall with Stern resigned, and officially be- lage justice Harry Burstein are all Levy. The New York State Sucame the mayor about a month running for re-election. preme Court Appellate Division later.

Krugman, who first ran for overturned Masri’s conviction He had served as deputy village trustee more than 20 years earlier this year. mayor from 2003 through 2014, ago, said one of his first projects Prosecutors said at Masri’s

trial that after an October 2012 Saddle Rock Board of Trustees meeting Masri caused deep lacerations to Levy’s head and fractures to Levy’s shoulders after a physical confrontation.

The altercation began when Masri approached village Trustee David Schwartz after the meeting, to ask him about an outgoing audit of village finances. Witnesses said that after Marsi made his request, Levy - who considered Masri a disruptive presence at village meetings - began to belittle Masri, and the two started to swear at each other.

Differing accounts in arguments made by defense attorney Robert McDonald and Assistant District Attorney Christine Geier’s say Masri either slapped Levy with an open hand or punched Levy in the face with keys in his hand. The defense said Levy was motivated by anger and a desire to discredit Masri, and that Levy’s injuries were not a result of Masri’s initial blow.

Prosecutors cited medical testimony from the surgeon who treated Levy to show his injuries came from a sharp object, such as Masri’s keys.

Levy pleaded the Fifth Amendment when asked about the village’s finances during the trial. Efforts to reach Masri and Levy were unavailing.

The trial brought to light documents showing auditors were concerned about some of the Village of Saddle Rock’s financial packages, including Levy’s cashing of village checks written out to a contractor owned by a personal friend.

The auditing firm Satty, Levine and Ciacco prepared an audit of the village’s finances for the fiscal year ending in February 2012. The firm sent a memorandum to the village highlighting missing invoices, questionable charges on the village gas card, an unaccounted purchase of a laptop and checks to a contractor personally cashed by Levy as issues.

A Nassau County District Attorney’s investigation into the village’s finances determined in January 2014 that Levy committed no criminal wrongdoing in his handling of the village’s finances.

Saddle Rock elections will take place from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 18 Masefield Way. Kensington won’t see mayoral elections this time, but it will see two trustee elections. Trustees Alina Hendler and Darren Kaplan are both running for their open seats.

Kensington elections will take place from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 2 Nassau Drive.

All terms are for two years.

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Schneiderman, Stein both merit re-election

Continued from Page 46 other people who are in construction and area development “The lawyer is the hub of these projects - forget the academic and empirical experience - worked with clients who are in economic development on different projects - real estate development So in your view “economic development” means “real estate development?” What would you develop in Great Neck Plaza?

“I would hire and bring in a specialist in economic development – I want a comprehensive and cohesive plan – a master plan for the village.

“I want to rebuild the entire downtown.”

How much would you spend on a specialist?

That’s getting ahead. That’s a conversation for the village. Talk to the people Stores are empty?

I’m not telling you how to fill an individual store – I don’t care why they are empty. The past is the past - Why they are empty is irrelevant. What will we do going forward – I know what is here, what isn’t.

What isn’t here?

“Millie’s. Frederick’s.

“Great Neck is no longer a destination town - Roslyn, definitely Huntington. Great Neck was.

Growing up here (on Long Island), we came here because it was the place to go. I want [the village] to be what I remember. We don’t have a bookstore or a baker. We have nail salons.”

How many meetings of the Plaza board have you attended?

“What’s the relevance? No one goes to the meetings.”

At this point, Stein said, “I will deny you permission to print this…

I’m emailing [Great Neck News Publisher] Steve [Blank] to kill the column. This interview is over.”

In fact, there was such a master plan for the Plaza - it’s why you have Victorian lighting and planters, brick pavers, curb bump outs and pocket parks, why you have blinking pedestrian warning lights, and rebuilt access to the railroad station, a revitalized shopping center. Of course, all of this unfolded before Stein opened his law office.

If you want to see the difference, go to the Old Village - now there’s a place that is in serious need of a “visioning” and a master plan. And a BID. I’m wondering what kind of lawyer he is though - he says he practices commercial litigation and “transactional” (contract) law - and this has given him his perspective on economic (I mean “real estate) development - he knows the contractors.

But he doesn’t seem to understand the difference between the phrase “pay off” and “hire”, or for that matter, “slander.”

It’s one thing to disagree with a

policy of action. Another to accuse the trustees of something nefarious, self-serving, illegal.

And his hysteria seems to come from his lack of understanding of the procedures of village government - how it is common for a trustee to “second” a motion before it is discussed and voted on (he uses this as an indictment). That passing a resolution authorizing piercing the cap is not the same as actually piercing the cap.

The reason is that he hasn’t spent more than a few minutes at two village meetings - not long enough to sit through the budget deliberation process, or to see how a policy unfolds, or to put the board’s actions into any kind of context.

I need to get back to this idea of why candidates are always hanging up on me.

The common method for “covering” local elections is to invite candidates to send in their own statements.

Occasionally, there is a follow up story - as there was in this case,

by Great Neck News’ Adam Lidgett who wrote an excellent piece digging more deeply into Stein’s allegation of a $2,500 “pay off” to the consultant (“Stein charge draws heated Schneiderman response,” March 6, 2015).

That article, triggered by the smear campaign that Stein was waging - with robocalls, flyers and on Facebook and Twitter.

Lidgett’s article followed a profile piece showcasing Stein’s candidacy (“Great Neck Plaza resident Stein eyes village trustee seat,” Jan. 16).

There is little opportunity to actually explore a candidate’s ideas. The only opportunity for voters to pose questions is when there is a League of Women Voters Candidates Debate, but half the time there isn’t one, and even in these situations, there is no opportunity to ask probing follow-up questions.

Stein, who had made expansive statements about wanting to debate, but when Schneiderman publicly offered to debate and even arranged a date with the League, Stein refused, claiming that he didn’t want to include trustee Lawrence Katz, the third candidate in the village trustee election (the top two vote getters win the positions, as opposed to challenging a specific candidate).

Katz has been a trustee since 2012, and served as a member of the Board of Zoning Appeals from 2010 until 2012 (so much for Stein’s attack, “New blood should be allowed to come in.” What Stein really meant was that there isn’t “young blood” - younger than 50 on the board.)

Challengers routinely make broad statements attacking taxes, budget, and the like, without offering their ideas or vision in order for voters to gauge the practicality or their expertise, beyond rhetoric and

sloganeering.

But when I ask the follow-up question - What would you do? they routinely hang up on me. I’m genuinely interested because that’s what a campaign should be - a mechanism to introduce new ideas and let the voters weigh them.

Often, even a losing candidate’s ideas are taken up, so if a candidate is genuinely running for the good of the people, they should welcome that opportunity to affect change.

I hadn’t even gotten to the hard questions yet – like what he proposes for the village budget, his ideas to raise revenue without piercing the property tax cap, his bizarre attack on the village’s administration of emergency services and pedestrian safety (what other village in Great Neck has a Pedestrian Safety Committee - has Stein served on it?)

In my view, this temperment disqualifies a candidate, especially one who is evokes images of a “machine” running local government (because they have been in office a long time), or lacking “economic development” background.

Based on what, exactly? Stein doesn’t have a background in it, either, except as an undergraduate and he doesn’t know what academic backgrounds the trustees have.

But I do know that Mayor Jean Celender, who is an actual environmental planner, has been a speaker and an honoree by Vision Long Island for her visionary sustainable development plans and understanding of a “Complete Streets” approach to revitalizing downtowns.

The remarkable thing - and we have remarked on this multiple times over the years - is how well run the Plaza is. It is no accident. It is the result of what the mayor and trustees bring to their task. And how well the Plaza is governed affects the entire peninsula.

Traffic calming. The summer concerts. Street festivals. A streetscape beautification project.

A business improvement district!

As for the issue of the property tax cap that Stein raised, Trustee Schneiderman explained it this way: “Great Neck Plaza has never gone over the 2 percent tax cap that the state passed. We pass the law to allow us to override the cap if we need to but have always rescinded it. Our village has not had an increase in taxes for 6 out of the last 8 years. The reason taxes are high have to do with school taxes, park and library taxes and also Vigilant for those north of the LIRR. If he ever bothered to attend meetings, he would know that.”

Concerning the $2,500 paid to the consultant, Schneiderman stated, “If he had attended the meeting with the parking consultant, he would have learned that the rate increase was a suggestion to help

the businesses downtown. The consultant felt that several store owners were feeding the meters and therefore, not allowing shoppers to find parking spots on the streets. In fact, several store owners came out in support of increasing parking fees to stop this practice. The Village never considered Sunday meters being instituted but Trustee Marksheid responded to some of his rhetoric that the Village of Roslyn not only charges much more but also on Sunday. His claim that Manhasset never charges for parking was also refuted by telling him that there are meters behind Raindew and Young’s. This fell on deaf ears as he has constantly repeated his charge that Manhasset does not charge for parking.”

Schneiderman also addresses Stein’s attacks for not establishing crosswalks on Grace Avenue near the park. “If he was more knowledgeable, he would know that we cannot paint lines on a street that is controlled by Nassau County.

We cannot plow those streets nor repair them. We have achieved an incredible safety record with getting over $4.2 million from state grants to improve the safety of our village. State records demonstrate the decrease in pedestrian accidents yet he throws out another lie that deaths have increased 300%.

Where does he get that statistic and for what time period?

“He also complains about not having enough police protection and about the congestion on Middle Neck Road. Our Mayor has reached out to the 3rd Precinct many times asking them to increase the police presence in the village. But since Nassau County combined the 6th and 3rd precinct together, we are not getting our fair share of law enforcement.

“He takes pictures of the empty Starbucks window but does he know that we have approved over 50 new businesses in the last two years, including two restaurants this week.”

In fact, despite suggesting that the Plaza is in need of economic (I mean “real estate”) development, he also criticizes “the fact that new housing is going up at a break-neck pace”. He relates this to the emergency management issue, but having sat in on countless village meetings and Great Neck Village Officials Association meetings over the past 20 years, I can attest that there is no place on Long Island - and likely New York State - that has better emergency management planning, training and coordination. We saw it after the microburst, and then after Sandy.

The Village of Great Neck Plaza is not your typical sleepy bedroom hamlet. It is the most congested village in the state - just a quarter-square mile but the busiest, most populated, most commercial. It is the transportation hub for the entire peninsula. It is quite lit-

erally a compressed city. It is where the major institutions for the entire peninsula are located - the railroad station, the senior center, Post Office, arts center, library, parks. It is very complex.

Being a village elected official is a thankless job - though the mayor has a stipend, the trustees are not compensated. People volunteer to take the slings and arrows of Monday morning quarterbacks, competing and even conflicting constituencies - and they do it mostly - to make a difference in their community, to preserve and even enhance quality of life.

Some say it give back, to fulfill that noble calling of public service.

In some cases, though, the lure is ego, power.

Trustee Schneiderman certainly does not deserve the abuse Stein has meted out. In all the years I have followed the Plaza’s Village Board, I have found him to be a straight-shooter, earnest and devoted to the village.

“I have always believed that not only should you live in a community but give back to it. There are many ways to contribute but I chose to be active in both my neighborhood and local government,” Schneiderman stated.

Schneiderman, a Plaza resident for the past 44 years, served on his homeowners association - organizing neighbors to end a dangerous situation on Welwyn Road - before being appointed (by three different mayors) to the Plaza’s Board of Zoning and Appeals, where he served for 20 years, 17 of them as chairman. He has been a trustee of the Plaza since April 2000.

“I have dedicated myself to improving the quality of life for the residents, business owners and visitors. This position does not mean you only go to bi-monthly meetings but serve in other ways as well.”

Schneiderman is the village representative to the Nassau County Village Officials Association. As a director on the Great Neck Plaza Business Improvement District. He spearheaded Restaurant Week. He is also the village representative to the Great Neck Business Circle, a member of the Village Public Art Advisory Group, a member of the Vigilant Fire Liaison Committee, and works with the Public Works Department.

Stein accused me of engaging in a “hatchet job.” If this a hatchet job, Stein gave me the hatchet. Because that’s all he has.

Six villages hold elections on Tuesday, March 18: Great Neck Plaza, Great Neck Estates, Kensington, Russell Gardens, Saddle Rock and Thomaston). Local control is under attack and the weapon that Cuomo and other politicians use is the lack of participation in local elections. If you value your village, come out and vote.

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READERS WRITE

Common Core poses a threat to our children

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here is a dangerous and insidious threat to our children and their teachers going on in our schools every minute of every day.

This threat destroys our children’s educations, self-esteem, and ability to grow, develop and learn at their own pace, while still enjoying their childhoods. It hampers their blossoming into well rounded individuals. It stifles their talents, labels them failures, and deems them “not college and career ready.” It threatens our teachers with the loss of their careers, their job stability, and the ability to perform the best way they know how: to think outside the box, to inspire creative thinking, to instill a love of learning and to prepare their pupils for life.

Make no mistake, “Common Core,” does nothing but harm our children and our teachers, by instituting standards that are developmentally inappropriate and sometimes two grade levels ahead.

These “standards” force teachers to teach to the test, to waste time that could be spent teaching instead of testing. And the children who learn differently?

The deck is stacked against them.

Fewer can be mainstreamed, fewer can hope to graduate, and fewer can ever aspire to any type of career.

Why? It’s all about money. Set standards that are too high, ensure all but a select few children can meet them, then cry: “public education is a failure” and throw all that money into Pearson and Corporate America.

That is the goal, no matter what silver-tongued explanations our politicians spin.

What is truly sad and scary is how many people have bought into the sham without looking behind the hyped up headlines.

First, what is college and career ready and how are our graduates in East Williston not measuring up?

East Williston graduates over 98 percent of its seniors every year.

At least 96 percent go on to college.

The district’s graduates include doctors, lawyers, CPAs, teachers, professors, musicians, artists… look up the graduates of years past.

How were they not college and career ready? And what is college and career ready anyway?

One student may be ready for MIT, but a complete bust at Williams.

The student ready for Harvard could be woefully unprepared for Julliard. The freshman at U. of Kansas destined for the NBA might not be so prepared for Pratt.

The teen who does just fine at Albany may not do so well at Columbia. There are thousands of colleges that serve an infinite variety of students.

Finding the right school has been a challenge for seniors for as long as there has been higher education. Just because a person cannot succeed at one school does not mean they cannot succeed in college at all.

As for career ready, not everyone is destined for college and plenty of non-BA holders do quite well for themselves.

A boy who lived down the street from me growing up struggled mightily in elementary school due to dyslexia.

After years of misery, he switched to Carver VoTech High School (in Baltimore).

My sister took her car to be fixed after an accident and discovered he owned the auto body shop, as well as four others. And I guarantee you, giving him homework in third grade that a JD can’t do would not have made him any more career ready.

A high school classmate that the snooty AP crowd (myself included) called Rocky RockBrain for his resemblance to Sylvester Stallone and his poor academics never graduated college, but is highly successful in mixed martial arts.

He owns training facilities, sponsors tournaments, prepares contestants and makes a lot more money than most of those now professionals who laughed at him ever will.

I personally have always been utterly inept at and uninterested in science, though I was AP all the way in English and History.

After my 9th grade physics teacher took pity on me (or just didn’t want me in his class another year), I was put in 10th grade chemistry with much of the football team, two juniors repeating the class, and assorted other students the AP crowd looked down on.

My lab partner was a great baseball player, but it was a desperate fight for him to maintain the C average required to play. He worked his butt off to earn the C I cruised effortlessly to.

He did almost all our lab work because I couldn’t be bothered to figure it out. He put forth herculean effort while I didn’t do the homework and we both got Cs. I never spoke to him after that year, but Google told me he owns a company that designs and builds luxury homes in Maryland.

Beautiful, expensive homes according to his website. Again, no

college, but definitely a successful career a lot more interesting than law. And he wasn’t capable of the kind of homework my son is doing in 3rd grade.

Probably still isn’t.

Who are the children that are not “college and career ready?” I guarantee you, there are precious few in East Williston and Roslyn.

Or in Jericho, Great Neck and Rockville Center. They are not in Scarsdale, Eastchester or Chappequa. Where are they?

I guarantee you, you will find them where you find poverty, single mothers, absentee fathers, gangs, unsecured firearms, and homelessness. They are in rural America, in trailer parks and dilapidated shanties, with no transportation and no access to jobs.

They are in urban housing projects where gunfire keeps them up at night. They are where generations have relied on welfare and food stamps as a way of life, where motherhood starts in the teenage years, and prison is more likely than college. They are where parents don’t read to their children. They are a product of the have and havenots, a societal reality that has been present since there have been human beings. And until these socioeconomic realities are solved, they will always be present.

Unrealistic and unachievable standards will only make their plight worse.

I have no idea how to solve the problem of poverty. Communism was a bust, as were trickle-down economics and Robin Hood taxation.

It has vexed humanity since the dawn of society. But I do know how we can fight Common Core.

With votes, letters to your representatives, and most importantly, boycotting the tests. Parents, do not let you children take these tests in April. do not let them take them.

They are a useless, expensive, frustrating, pointless waste of time.

As parents, our great weapon is numbers and voices and we must unite and raise them and make the politicians listen.

Do not let your children take these tests. You will be doing them a huge favor and you will be taking a stand for all the children who come through the doors of the public schools for years to come.

Common Core is bad. We must fight it. And the first step and our most powerful weapon is refusing these tests.

Emily Kaye East Williston

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Help Wanted SALES ASSOCIATE: IMMEDIATE, Walpole Outdoors is seeking a part time sales associate for the Mineola location. Candidate must be available for 2 weekdays and Sundays. Must speak fluent English and be computer savvy. Please contact Susan at Susan.Oliva@walpolewood.net RECEPTIONIST P/T NIGHTS needed for church in Garden City.

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Apartment For Rent FLORAL PARK VILLAGE Great Location! Beautiful modern 2 bedroom second floor. Freshly painted. EIK, new bath. Includes garage. Includes heat. $1,590 516-851-4489 FLORAL PARK VILLAGE First floor​​4 rooms: EIK, LR, 2 Bedrooms, Master Bedroom with walk in closets. One car garage. Located in small 5 family apartment complex. No smoking, no pets. $1,775​/​mth. Call Curtis (Ford Realty) 516-551-9764 WILLISTON PARK Completely renovated, 1 bedroom, 1 bath, second floor 2 family private home. Bonus finished attic space, updated kitchen, new appliances, new wood floors, new carpets, off street parking. Few blocks to LIRR, village area, nice neighborhood! $1650 includes water and heat. Reference check required.

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Office Space GARDEN CITY FRANKLIN AVE. Newly furnished individual offices and cubicles for rent at prime location in the heart of Garden City on Franklin Ave. Reasonably priced. Contact Donald Neumann at 516-747-4082

GARDEN CITY TUDOR Mid block.

4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths. CAC, fireplace. Walk to park and railroad. $959,000. NO BROKERS PLEASE. Call 516-382-1850 POINT LOOKOUT On beach block.

For sale by owner. Totally renovated. Ready to move in. 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, LR w/ cathedral ceiling, skylight, fireplace. Granite kitchen w/ ss appliances. DR w/ sliding doors to wrap around deck. Large den. Sunroom​/​Office. All Anderson windows. Hardwood & Tile flooring.

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Lots for Sale ABSOLUTE LAND SELL OFF! March 14th & 15th ! Cooperstown, NY. 60-70% below market prices from $19,900 or $254​/​month. 26 tracts! Waterfront! Views! Woods!

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Out Of Town Real Estate SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA Beautiful 55+ manufactured home community. 4.4 miles to the beach, 2 miles to the riverfront district. Homes starting at $39,000. 772-581-0080, www.beach-cove.com.

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Tutoring ENGLISH TUTOR: Diane Gottlieb M.Ed., M.S.W. SAT​/​ACT, College Essays, AP, Regents, ELA Test Prep, Reading comprehension and writing proficiency. 917-599-8007 or email: dianegot@gmail.com LongIslandEnglishTutor.com Providing oneon-one professional support to build confidence, knowledge and skills in every student.

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Winetasting raises funds for child, family center On Feb. 25, the Business Advisory Council of North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center hosted Winter Wind-Up, an after-hours networking event at the Revel Restaurant and Bar in Garden City.

The evening of winetasting and networking attracted more than 60 attendees and raised $1,700 for the Guidance Center’s Children’s Center at Nassau County Family Court.

Blank Slate Media, Driven Local and Farrell Fritz, P.C. sponsored the event.

The mission of the Business Advisory Council is to increase awareness of the Guidance Center across corporate Long Island. The Council is chaired by Janice Ashley of Signature Bank and Jacqueline Bushwack of Rivkin Radler LLP. The Children’s Center, a Guidance Center program, provides a safe and enriching environment for children ages 6 months to 12 years on-site at the Nassau County Family Court while parents are involved in court business.

NS-LIJ recevies honor for lowering sepsis mortalities The North Shore-LIJ Health System announced this week that it received The Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum’s 2015 patient safety award for its work since 2009 to lower sepsis mortalities.

North Shore-LIJ has created a system-wide, streamlined process for early diagnosis and treatment of the sepsis syndrome. Physicians, nurses and others have become more aware of the critical need for early intervention to halt and reverse the effects of sepsis.

Members of the health system have worked with the Staunton family, whose son Rory died from sepsis at a New York hospital, and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement to create a checklist of sepsis signs to better ensure patients are quickly flagged for this infection. “Rory’s Regulations” were issued by the New York State Department of Health in 2013.

According to the Sepsis Alliance, more than 250,000 Americans die of

sepsis each year. With this program, the North Shore-LIJ Health System has been able to reduce its sepsis mortality by 50 percent.

“Between our research at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research on sepsis to our focus on creating a comprehensive sepsis diagnosis process, the North Shore-LIJ Health System has taken the lead in efforts to prevent and diagnose this often fatal condition,” said David Battinelli, MD, chief medical officer of the North Shore-LIJ Health System. “We are grateful to the Staunton family, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the New York State Department of Health for their work on ‘Rory’s Regulations’. Patient safety is of the utmost importance to us, which is why we take sepsis so seriously.”

The award, the John M. Einsenberg Innovation in Patient Safety and Quality at the Local Level, will be presented during the NQF’s annual conference in March in Washington, D.C.

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▼ LEGALS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC).

Name: BMW EQUITIES LLC Articles of Organization filed by the Department of State of New York on: 12/15/2014 Office location: County of Nassau. Purpose: any and all lawful activities. Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: BRG Management LLC 150 Great Neck Road, Suite 402 Great Neck, NY 11021 GNN 141153 6x 3/06, 13, 20, 27, 4/03, 10, 2015

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Notice of Formation of 260 Court LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/22/15. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 Great Neck Road, Ste. 408, Great Neck, NY 11021. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of LINEA USA CONTRACT EUROPEAN KITCHEN & CABINETRY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/23/2015.​Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 5 Clent Rd #3-0, Great Neck NY 11021. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

GNN 141075 6x 2/13, 20, 27, 3/06, 13, 20, 2015 #141075 Notice of Formation of KBZ Developers LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/11/15. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 103 Cedar Drive, Great Neck, NY 11021. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Water Authority of Great Neck North is soliciting sealed bids, to be received at the Authority’s Offices on 50 Watermill Lane, Great Neck, New York, 11021, until 10:00 a.m. on Monday, March 23, 2015, at which time they will be publicly opened and read, for the purchase of Hydrants, Valves, and Fittings. Information to Bidders and forms of Bid Proposal are available on the Authority’s Website: www.waterauthorityofgreatnecknorth. com under the Bid Proposal Tab. The Board of Directors reserves the right to waive informalities in bids, to reject any and all bids, or to accept the lowest responsible bid, as it deems to be in the best interest of the Authority.

Dated: March 12, 2015 Great Neck, New York

By Order of the Board of Directors Water Authority of Great Neck North Gregory C. Graziano, Superintendent GNN 141160 1x 3/13/​2 015 #141160

LEGAL NOTICE RUSSELL GARDENS ELECTIONS SET PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the date, time and place for the annual election to be held in the Village of Russell Gardens are as follows: Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Time: Noon-9: 00 p.m.

Place: Village Hall, 6 Tain Dr. Russell Gardens PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the offices and terms to be filled at such elections are one (1) Mayor and two (2) Trustees, for terms of two (2) years each. The following candidates have been duly nominated in accordance with the provisions of the election law.Steven B. Kirschner, 7 Dodford Road, Russell Gardens, Great Neck, N.Y., Martin Adickman, 58 Tain Drive, Russell Gardens, Great Neck, NY Jane Krakauer 32 Wensley Drive Russell Gardens, Great Neck, and NY. Inc. Village of Russell Gardens Steven B.Kirschner, Mayor Christine Blumberg Village Clerk-Treasurer GNN 141227 1x 3/13/2015 #141227

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Great Neck Park District programs Adult Tennis Party Get into the “swing” of things at Parkwood Tennis Center’s adult tennis party on Saturday, March 21 from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. For ages 21 and over, this is an ideal opportunity to meet others, socialize and play tennis!

Singles $20; couples $35 ($5 additional for non- residents). Price includes food, soft drinks and tennis. Call 829-9050 to RSVP. Nature Program: Winter Water Walk Saturday, March 14, at 11 a.m. to approximately 2:15 p.m., we’ll leisurely observe winter fowl and seashore life at Caumsett State Park in Huntington. We will also have the opportunity to relax and socialize during a moderately-paced, hilly, 5-mile hike to and from Long Island Sound. Binoculars are recommended. Call (516) 482-0355 to register as soon as possible and request directions, if needed.

No children under 16 years of age are permitted to attend.

Weekend Movie at Great Neck House The Good Lie (2014) will be shown at Great Neck House Friday, March 13 at 8 p.m.; Saturday, March 14 at 5 & 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 15 at 7:30 p.m. The film is directed by Philippe Falardeau and stars Reese Witherspoon, Arnold Oceng and Ger Duany. Sudanese refugees given the chance to resettle in America arrive in Kansas City, Missouri, where their encounter with an employment agency counselor forever changes all of their lives. It is rated PG-13 and runs 110 minutes.

Admission requires a park card.

Sunday @ 3 Series Jesse Posa, Frank Sinatra lookalike and impersonator, will perform a tribute to Sinatra at Great Neck House, Sunday, March 15 at 3 p.m. Jesse gives the ultimate performance featuring the Chairman of the Board’s biggest hits including Summer Wind, Strangers in the Night, I’ve Got the World on a String, Fly Me to the Moon, My Way and more! Admis-

Jesse Posa, Frank Sinatra lookalike and impersonator, will be performing this weekend at Great Neck House. sion requires a park card.

Spring and Summer Employment in the Park District The Park District is currently looking for lifeguards, sailing instructors, Camp personnel, gate attendants and more at tennis and the pool for the 2015 season. Those wishing to apply may do so by picking up an application at the Parkwood Administration office, 65 Arrandale Avenue, 487-7665; or at the 5 Beach Road office,

482-0181; or by going to greatneckparks.org. Time to apply is now!

Parkwood Family Aquatic Center Early Bird Registration!

Register now at Great Neck House, for your Parkwood Family Aquatic Center 2015 membership and receive the discounted early bird rate. To qualify for early bird rates, applications must be postmarked or received in person by 6 p.m. on Friday, May 11.

Great Neck Community Calendar FREE ESL/CITIZENSHIP CLASSES Free access to legal counsel at St. Aloysius R. C. Church, 592 Middle Neck Rd. Great Neck. Classes run on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. To register, please call (516) 867-3580.

REAP REAP, retired, energetic, active people, meets Tuesday, Macrh 17 at the Cumberland School, 30 Cumberland Ave., Great Neck. At 9 a.m. Significant Issues will be aired by members. Our Business Meeting begins at 10:30 a.m. My Opinion will be presented

by Alyce Drabkin. This will be followed by the speaker of the day, Clara Wold who discuss, “The Greatest Lynching in American History.” We break for lunch about 11:45 a.m. Please bring your lunch and join us! Current Events discussion will take place at 12:30 p.m. led this week by Irma Wolin. Coffee, tea and refreshments are served.

The Science Club will

meet at 1 p.m. The book club will also meet.

MIND AEROBICS Presented by Janet Golon, RN, Project Independence/ NSLIJ Nurse. Come and challenge yourself to activities that will stimulate your brain. Please join us at Great Neck Social Center, 80 Grace Ave, Great Neck on Monday, March 16, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

North Hempstead Project Independence invites all Town residents 60 and over. Please call 311 or (516) 869-6311 to register or for more information.

WOMANSPACE A discussion group devoted to issues concerning women. Weekly meetings are held every Wednesday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Great Neck Senior Center, at 80 Grace Ave, Great Neck. New members welcome. For more info call Joan Keppler at (516) 487-5844.

LIONS CLUB HEARING AID PROGRAM The Great Neck Lions Club

is pleased to announce their participation in “Lions Lend An Ear,” a program of the Nassau County district of Lions Clubs International.

The program provides hearing aids and related products and services at no cost to hearing impaired individuals who qualify based on financial need and communication need.

Great Neck Lions Club is asking the local places that accept donated eyeglasses to accept used hearing aids as well. Note: The hearing aids should be placed in the eyeglass collection boxes located in all the Great Neck Libraries as well as offices of the Village of Russell Gardens, Village of Great Neck Plaza and the Village Hall on Baker Hill Road.

FREE EXERCISE CLASSES Ongoing Program - FREE Silver Sneakers Exercise Classes For All Levels: Balance, agility, strengthening, endurance and osteoporosis for eligible seniors.

Monday through Saturday.

Garden City, Roslyn and

Great Neck. Call for more details, including seeing if you are eligible and class times, (516) 745-8050.

LIONS CLUB OF GREAT NECK Lions Club of Great Neck meets the first Monday of each month at Pearl East Restaurant, 1190 Northern Blvd., Manhasset at 12 p.m.

If you would like to attenda meeting and learn more about our club, please contact fernweiss@aol.com or call (516) 829-5192.

ROTARY CLUB MEETINGS The Rotary Club of Great Neck currently meets every Wednesday from 8 to 9 a.m. in the boardroom of TD Bank, 2 Great Neck Road. Community residents and business members are welcome to visit Club meetings and discover how meaningful and satisfying it is to give back service to the community while networking through Rotary.

For further information please see: www.clubrunner.ca/greatneck/ or call (516) 487-9392.

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Adelphi women capture first NE-10 title After trailing by one at halftime, the Adelphi University women’s basketball team found the shooting touch in the second half on the way to a 79-57 Northeast-10 Conference Championship Final victory against American International. It marks the first NE-10 Championship in program history.

The victory also ties the season-high for wins in a season for the Adelphi (28-3) program with 28. AnhDao Tran scored all 20 of her game-high points in the second half to go along with four assists to earn the Championship’s Most Valuable Player Award. Kelly Mannix joined Tran on the NE-10 All-Championship team after a 14-point performance today.

The Yellow Jackets (18-15) were led by 18 points from Brianna Bishop, including four 3-pointers. Krista Ferrentino added 14 points, nine rebounds, and four steals.

The first half played out in championship fashion with 10 leads changes and six ties with neither team growing a lead larger than four points.

The Panthers held advantages in both points in the paint, 20-10, as well as fast break points, 10-2. However, a Kamika Mason layup with 51 seconds remaining afforded the Yellow Jackets a 30-29 halftime lead.

Mannix led all scorers behind nine points while Calli Balfour added seven for the Brown and Gold in the first half.

Alyssa Roach registered seven points for American International with Ferrentino contributing six points, five rebounds and three steals.

Mannix quickly regained the lead for the Panthers just five seconds into the second half with a corner three off the inbound. After the Yellow Jackets took back the lead, Tran propelled the Brown and Gold ahead with 10

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The Adelphi women’s basketball team celebrates their Northeast-10 Conference Championship. of the team’s next 12 points.

After a Bishop 3-pointer to cut the Panther lead to two points at 48-46, Adelphi rallied off an 11-2 spurt in a little more than four minutes. The Brown and Gold continued its momentum to an advantage as large as 20 points in the final moments and close out the champion-

ship victory.

The team will host eighth-seeded Holy Family University (20-10) on Friday in the first round of the Division II NCAA East Regional at the Center for Recreation and Sports, located on the campus of Adelphi University in Garden City.

LIU Post knocks off Molloy, ousted by St. Thomas B y M i cha e l O t e ro with 13 points and three rejecPrior to their game on Wednesday, Mar. 4, two LIU Post men’s basketball players earned East Coast Conference (ECC) recognition. Senior forward Tyuan Williams earned All-ECC second team, while senior guard P.J. Torres was named an Honorable Mention. The duo are the leading scorers and rebounders for the Pioneers this season, and they took their accolades with them when they played host to the fourth seeded Lions from Molloy College in the first round of the ECC Championship.

The Pioneers, who secured a 68-60 win, were led by Torres, who poured in a game-high 18 points, while collecting five rebounds and three steals. Williams recorded his team-leading sixth double-double, scoring 14 points and grabbing 11 boards, while sophomore forward Greg Dotson was a spark off the bench

tions.

Looking forward to their next game, the Pioneers welcomed the top-seeded Spartans from St. Thomas Aquinas College to the Pratt Recreation Center in Brookville on Saturday, Mar. 7. The game came down to the wire, and the clock ultimately struck midnight on the Pioneer upset attempt as they fell short, losing a thriller, 80-78.

The Spartans played well starting from the opening tip, establishing an eight point lead with just over 10 minutes played in the first half, but started to slip when Dotson converted on a three-point play to trim the Spartan lead to just five at 1813. Key baskets from senior forward Charles McCann and Isiah Stokley help the Pioneers battle back and take a four-point lead into the locker room. At the half, the Pioneers led 41-37.

The battle continued in the

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P.J. Torres launches a three. second half, and there was no lack of momentum changes.

The Spartans evened the score at 54 with just over 10 minutes left in the contest, but that was

answered with a 9-0 run by LIU Post. The exclamation point during the run was a three-pointer by sophomore guard Jared Hall, which helped bring the Pioneers to a 63-54 advantage.

The Pioneers eventually built their lead to as much as 10, at 69-59, before the Spartans started their comeback. The Spartans used a 15-5 run to take a slim 78-77 lead in the dwindling seconds of regulation. In those winding seconds, the Pioneers went one of four from the charity stripe and basically buried all hopes of an upset.

The Spartans won by a score of 80-78, and were led by sophomore guard Chaz Watler, who totaled 22 points and was an impressive 12 of 13 from the freethrow line. Freshman guard Shaquille McFarlan also helped out the Spartans, scoring 13 points, grabbing eight boards, and being a pest on the defensive end with five steals.

Dotson was the leading scorer for the Pioneers with 14 points, but four other players totaled double-figures to help in that department. It was a tale of two halves for the Pioneers in terms of shooting percentage.

Their impressive first half percentages did not translate into the latter stanza and the Spartans capitalized and earned a big victory.

While the Spartans are headed to the ECC Championship game, head LIU Post men’s basketball coach Erik Smiles, who led the Pioneers to a 17-12 record last season, concluded the 2014-15 campaign at 17-13 overall and 11-9 in conference play.

This article was originally published in the Pioneer, the award-winning student newspaper of LIU Post, www.liupostpioneer.com, and is republished here by Blank Slate Media with the permission of the Pioneer.

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