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Maragos calls for change; IDA cites 2013 Sandy relief By B i LL SAN ANtONiO Tax breaks on projects approved by the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency were more than 10 times higher per job created than the state’s median level in 2013, a year that saw statewide increases on exemptions awarded to businesses but fewer jobs created, according to a recently issued report from state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office. Having netted just 1,835 jobs in 2013, the most recent year for which statistics are available, Nassau lagged behind nearby Suffolk (14,080) and Westchester (7,982) counties despite approving more projects (278) and exemptions ($69,165,084) than its downstate peers, according to the report. Nassau granted $23,611 in exemptions for every job it gained, eclipsing Suffolk ($644) and Westchester ($1,563), according to the

report. DiNapoli’s office calculated the state median at $2,095 per job gained. In addition, Nassau recouped just 37 percent of the exemptions through payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreements with businesses, less than the 59 percent recovered by Suffolk and the 67 percent Westchester got back. Nassau issued $43,325,571 in net tax exemptions — tax exemptions minus payments in lieu of taxes — greater than the $13,164,205 issued in Suffolk and $25,730,802 in Westchester. “The State Comptroller’s audit demonstrates that the Nassau IDA has badly underperformed the rest of the State and the region,” Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos said in a statement. “The Nassau IDA is costing the county money and jobs. This is unacceptable and immediate change is required.” Maragos said he would call for a restructuring of the county IDA Continued on Page 59

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Students, parents and community activists participated in the 3rd Annual Bullying Awareness Walk at North Hempstead Beach Park on May 30. See page 12.

Team Kreitzman gets help from their friends By A dA m L i d g e t t Faced with a contested election on June 16, Village of Great Neck Mayor Ralph Kreitzman and trustees Mitch Beckerman and Jeff Bass have

gained the support of wide range of state, federal and village officials. Letters to the editor submitted to Blank Slate Media over the past several weeks have included endorsements

from Congressman Steve Israel, state Sen. Jack Martins, state Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel and a number of village mayors. Kreitzman said he had sepContinued on Page 56

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VGN rezoning gets Fulfilling obligation smart growth award of village service Vision Long Island says downtown more walkable Nematzadeh seeks re-election By A da m L i d g e t t

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Vision Long Island has awarded the Village of Great Neck a Smart Growth Award for its rezoning of Middle Neck Road and Steamboat Road – an issue that has divided the candidates running in the June 16 village elections. Vision Long Island, a smart growth advocacy non-profit, said in a statement the rezoning improves downtown walkability in the Village of Great Neck, enhancing the resident and community experience. “This project, which was developed with expert and significant community input and support, is one of the many initiatives the ‘Old Village’ has undertaken to encourage a vibrant downtown and a better village,” Village of Great Neck Mayor Ralph Kreitzman said in a statement. “Our trustees and I look forward to implementing this effort, making pedestrian and traffic improvements with nontax, community benefit funds, and to further projects that are beneficial to our great Village of Great Neck.” The rezoning, passed by Village of Great Neck trustees in October, condensed the village’s business district in an effort to revitalize the downtown area. The rezoning permits apartments above commercial businesses in the central business core and apartments and townhomes at the northern and

As an Iranian-American, Hooshang Nematzadeh said, he feels an obligation to serve his community. “The Iranian-American community has an obligation to serve on local boards — community members need to step up and serve,” said Nematzadeh, who is running for re-election as trustee in the June 16 Village of Kings Point election. Nematzadeh, president of Nemat Homes Inc., was first appointed as a Village of Kings Point trustee in September 2012 after former Trustee Peter Aron resigned. He was then elected to his first full term in 2013. He has also been Great Neck Chamber of Commerce President for four years. “I care for my village. I don’t need this for any other reason than I want to serve my community and my village,” said Nematzadeh. Nematzadeh also served as vice president of the United

The corner of Middle Neck Road and Steamboat Road southern ends of Middle Neck Road. Under the rezoning, townhomes are also allowed on portions of Steamboat Road. Kreitzman, who along with trustees Mitch Beckerman and Jeff Bass are running for re-election on the Better Government Party ticket, has defended the rezoning against criticism from opposition candidates. Anne Mendelson, who is running for trustee on the Voice

of the Village Party ticket, recently said the rezoning will put a burden on the village. “The zoning has changes such that it expanded residential areas so that apartment buildings can be put in,” Mendelson said. “As a result, we will have greater traffic and greater stress on our aquifers.” Along with Mendelson, a technical software product manContinued on Page 70

Mashadi Jewish Community of America from 1998 to 2001 and as executive vice president of the Iranian American Jewish Community of America from 2003 to 2014. He also has served on the Village of Kings Point Planning Board since 2001. If re-elected, Nematzadeh said he wants to continue to maintain the quality of life in his village. He said he also wants to keep taxes low for village residents all while not compromising on the quality of village services. “We have the best police force on the peninsula, our police respond in less than four minutes,” Nematzadeh said. Nematzadeh also said the Kings Point clears its roads of snow faster than any other village in Great Neck. “You can see the border by how clear the snow is,” Nematzadeh said. Nematzadeh is running for re-election unopposed with fellow trustee Ron Horowitz. Efforts to reach Horowitz were unavailing.

CLARIFICATION:

In a May 21 article of the Great Neck News titled “New opponent in Village of Great Neck elections” and a May 28 article titled “Village of Great Neck trustee candidate calls for debate” Rebecca Gilliar is quoted as saying Voice of the Village candidates in the Village of Great Neck elections believe Village of Great Neck trustees “have an architect on the village staff designing a new Village Hall in secret” after which the article references the proposal to build a new Village of Great Neck Village Hall and Department of Public Works to be located at 265 East Shore Road. Gilliar was not referencing this new Village Hall.

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Station Grill offers new American fare Features one time Food Network “Chopped” champion Milton Enriquez as chef By A da m L i d g e t t

With a modern American menu, large dining area, white linens and a one-time “Chopped” champion chef, Alex Levine is trying to change the way Great Neck residents dine out. “We want to make things affordable and great,” said Levine, who recently opened Station Grill, a restaurant located at 20 South Station Plaza. “We want to make it so we can compete with the other restaurants but can also give customers food that is very complex. It takes time but we are able to do it pretty well.” Station Grill takes the place of the glatt kosher restaurant Lamed Vav. Levin said the idea behind Lamed Vav was to elevate the quality of kosher cuisine, but the business model didn’t catch on with residents. “People just weren’t coming in anymore,” Levine said. “There weren’t enough people to support the business.” Levine said he wanted to change the restaurant’s image so he made Station Grill’s menu

“Everywhere I go I always like to put my fingerprint on it,” Enriquez said. “I want to make something so people will always remember me.” At the white tablecloth houses of fine dining where Enriquez worked previously, he said he learned to turn out the carefully crafted new American dishes being put out at Station Grill. Recent menu items include yellowfin tuna tartare, English pea and poppy sea risotto with duck confit and a lamb duo with cauliflower, escarole, zucchini and rhubard. The restaurant also offers a lounge menu with recent items being crispy fried parmesan calamari, a wagyu beef burger and pan roasted organic chicken. Station Grill offers a prix-fix menu as well as a standard menu with dishes such as yellowfin tuna Station Grill also offers a tartare, English pea and poppy seed risotto and a lamb duo. prix-fix menu for $27.95, which non-kosher and hired Milton En- chef Brendan Walsh – who co- the Flatiron District. both Enriquez and Levine said is Enriquez then honed his much less expensive than what riquez, a one-time winner of the owned the North Street Grill in Food Network cooking competi- Great Neck from 1991 to 1993 – skills as the executive chef at you would find in most compathe Royalton Hotel with celebrity the closed Manhattan restau- rable Manhattan restaurants. tion show “Chopped.” Throughout his 24-year chef and Food Network person- rant Compass, which received a Recent menu items on the career in the dining industry, ality Geoffrey Zakarian and Elev- two star review from the New prix-fix included baby spinach Enriquez said, he has worked en Madison Park, restaurateur York Times while he was in the salad and rustic rotelle pasta for at such acclaimed Manhattan Danny Meyer’s three Michelin kitchen, and at The Fig Tree in appetizers, grilled prime flatiron Continued on Page 70 restaurants as Arizona206 with Star fine dining establishment in Hoboken, N.J.

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elementary schools ranked in top 100 By JA m eS g A L L O W Ay Niche.com ranked six North Shore area schools in its 2015 list of the nation’s top 100 public elementary schools, including schools from Great Neck, Herricks and Manhasset school districts. Niche.com also ranked 10 additional schools on the North Shore among the top 100 public elementary schools in New York, including from Port Washington, Roslyn and East Williston school districts. In total, Niche.com — a Pennsylvania-based startup that compiles statistics and survey data on cities, neighborhoods, schools and colleges in the United States — ranked more than 40,000 elementary schools nationwide, basing its scores on student achievement and survey metrics and the results of parents, students and alumni surveys. It also provided a letter grades to each school in four categories: academics, district overall experience, teachers and student culture and diversity. All of the schools included in the list were in the top echelon

The Lakeville School was ranked 12th best elementary school nationally by Niche.com of the 99th percentile. Four Great Neck elementary schools — Lakeville, E.M. Baker, Saddle Rock and John F. Kennedy — appeared in the top 100 at places six, nine, 15 and 67, respectively. The Lakeville, E.M. Baker and Saddle Rock three also appeared in the nation’s top 100 at places 12, 19 and 36, respectively.

All three nationally ranked Great Neck schools received an A+ in academics, overall experience and teachers, while John F. Kennedy received two A+’s and an A in academics. Manhasset’s two elementary schools, Munsey Park and Shelter Rock, each appeared on the national and state lists. Shelter Rock ranked 35th in the nation

and 15th in the state with A+ grades in academics, overall experience and teachers and a C+ in student culture and diversity. Munsey Park ranked park ranked 46th nationally and 19th in New York with three A+ grades and a C in student culture and diversity. The academic grade accounted for 50 percent of a district’s total score, while overall experience and teacher scores accounted for 20 percent each. Student culture and diversity accounted for 10 percent. Center Street School in Williston Park, a part of the Herricks School District, rounded off the nationally ranked North Shore schools at 99th. Niche.com also ranked Center Street, which received three A+ grades and a B+ in diversity, as the 30th best public elementary school in New York. Herricks’ two other elementary schools, Searingtwon and Denton Avenue, were ranked 40th and 45th in the state, respectively. “It’s no surprise to me to find our schools in the top 100 in the state,” Herricks Board of Education President James Gou-

naris said. “Our family members, our students and our staff always work cooperatively for the greater educational wellness of the students. The diversity of the school district, along with the mission of educational excellence, is what consistently compels us forward.” All five Port Washington elementary schools appeared in Niche.com’s top 100 list for New York: Guggenheim ranked 35th, South Salem ranked 43rd, John Philip Sousa ranked 49th, Manorhaven ranked 55th and John J. Daly ranked 75th. East Hills Elementary Schools from the Roslyn School District ranked 46th in New York and was the only of the district’s three elementary schools to make the list. East Hills received an A+ in academics, district overall and teachers and a C+ in culture and diversity. East Williston’s North Side School, the district’s only elementary school, ranked 70th in New York with an A in academics, an A+ in district overall and teachers, and a C in student culture and diversity.

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Town adds gender to anti-bias laws Civil rights advocates, transgender community push for approval during public hearing BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO

The North Hempstead Town Council unanimously approved an amendment to its code on Tuesday protecting town workers from discrimination based on gender identity. Town employees and companies engaged in business with the town were previously protected from discrimination and harassment based on “age, race, creed, religion, color, sex, national origin, disability, marital status, ancestry, citizenship, pregnancy, sexual orientation or veteran status of any person.” With the amendment, individuals who identify as transgender or without gender at all will now receive specific protection under the law. Neither Nassau County or New York State have the same provision, but similar language appearing in anti-bias legislation in Suffolk County and New York City. “This law is meant to protect everyone,” North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said. The council’s 7-0 vote followed a public hearing during which civil rights advocates and members of the transgender

North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth community pressed for the bill’s passage. “As discrimination against transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals persists, the need for explicit protection is imperative,” said Jason Starr, director of the Nassau County chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union, noting courts often do not rule favorably in bias cases involving individuals who identify

as transgender. Juli Grey-Owens, executive director of the Long Island Transgender Advocacy Coalition, cited a recent survey that she said found that transgender individuals are more likely to face discrimination in finding housing and maintaining employment, often turning to drug-dealing and sex work for income.

“Few live the Bruce Jenner transition. Many lose their jobs, their homes and their families when they come out,” she said, adding, “Make no mistake about it: Your vote here tonight will impact other municipalities around the state as well as various levels of government.” The coalition, also known as LITAC, plans to hold a rally June 14 at the Nassau County Legislature to call for equal protection within the county. In other developments: • The council approved a pilot program to allow dogs at the Mary Jane Davies Green in Manhasset and in parts of North Hempstead Beach Park in Port Washington and Michael B. Tully Park in New Hyde Park. Dogs were previously not allowed in any of the town’s 52 parks, but officials said it was a step forward for the eventual proposal of a full-run dog park. Residents will be required to keep their dogs on leashes and clean up after them. A series of rules allowing dogs at North Hempstead Beach Park will be determined in the coming weeks, though trustees said dogs will not be allowed on the beach itself.

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Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas’ office is examining the travel records of all New York legislators from Nassau County, according to published reports. According to a Newsday report, Singas’ public corruption bureau is looking into the records but would not comment on specific lawmakers being investigated. While Singas’ office would not confirm to Blank Slate Media if she is investigating lawmakers’ travel records, Singas did say in a statement the way lawmakers are reimbursed for travel is “prone to abuse.” “Albany’s mileage reimbursement and per diem system requires no backup documentation,” Singas said in a statement. “I encourage the Legislature to take prompt action to give New Yorkers confidence that lawmakers are not padding their salaries at taxpayer expense.” NBC reported last week that state Sen. Carl Marcellino (R-Syosset) improperly billed taxpayers for travel expenses between 2010 and 2013. The NBC report said that Marcellino billed more than $20,000 in automobile expenses to his campaign between 2010

and 2013. The report also stated during the same period of time Marcellino was reimbursed by the state for $18,500 in automobile expenses. Singas would not comment on the report that she was directly investigating Marcellino. Michael Scotto, the Port Washington resident who will challenge Singas on the Democratic line in primary election, said in a statement that Singas should identify who leaked the information on Marcellino, which could relate to a potential grand jury investigation. “There are times that a DA’s office needs to be transparent and there are times investigations must be kept secret,” Scotto said in a statement. “One of those times that secrecy is an absolute must, by law, is a grand jury investigation. Ms. Singas should be concerned about where this leak came from and investigate to determine who in her office leaked this information and if laws were broken.” Reach reporter Adam Lidgett by e-mail at alidgett@theislandnow.com, by phone at 516.307.1045 x203. Also follow us on Twitter @theislandnow and Facebook at facebook.com/theislandnow.

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For Former U.S. Congressman Lester Wolff, the country’s population can be divided into three — “hawks,” “doves” and “ostriches.” The ostrich, Wolff said, is someone who pays no attention at all to what is happening in the world, citizens who metaphorically have their heads in the sand, detached from the world. “We know who the hawks and the doves are, but no one has identified who the ostriches are,” said Wolff, a Congressional Gold Lester Medal recipient. “These are the 67 percent of people who don’t vote. They comment about what’s wrong with the government and feel changes should be made, but they don’t exercise a very strong right given to them.” Wolff will elaborate on his theory behind hawks, doves and ostriches at a talk

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to be held June 5 at Temple Emanuel. The event was originally scheduled for earlier in the year but cancelled due to heavy snow. In an interview with Blank Slate Media, Wolff described U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) as one of the “hawks.” “McCain came out and said we need another 10,000 troops in the Middle East to train Iraqis,” Wolff said of McCain’s February statement about his proposal to battle the terror group ISIS. “That’s a ridiculous proposal. We had years and spent billions of dollars before and it didn’t work.” Wolff He described U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) as a “dove” – someone, as Wolff said, “Isolates herself from anything going on overseas.” Wolff, who lived in the Village of Kensington from about 1950 to 2000 and now lives in Muttontown, served in Continued on Page 59

dealt with similar circumstances and that’s what today’s event does.” The event featured musical performances, speeches and discussion groups. A keynote address was given by Adrianna Sgarlata Hill, a former Miss Virginia who has advocated across the country for an end to bullying. The students also signed banners provided by the town pledging to end bullying in their communities.

Hundreds of student leaders, activists and local elected officials marched through North Hempstead Beach Park on Saturday for the third annual Bullying Awareness Walk. Students from the East Williston, Roslyn, Carle Place, Westbury, Manhasset and Herricks school districts participated in the walk, which was started two years ago by a group of Herricks students who formed the anti-bullying group “Young Optimistic Upstanders.” “By being here today, many of you are taking the first step to either heal from the effects of being bullied or are here to impart wisdom on those who have been bullied,” said North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, who declared the town a “bully-free zone.” “It’s important for us to have an out- Students from East Williston, Roslyn, Carle Place, Westlet to share our feelings bury, Manhasset and Herricks schools participated in the with others who have third annual Bullying Awareness Walk

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School board grants tenure to 25 By A da m L i d g e t t The Great Neck School Board of Education on Monday voted to grant tenure to 25 teachers in the Great Neck School District. Great Neck Public School Superintendent Tom Dolan said he met with all the tenure candidates to ask them questions about themselves as they move forward with their careers. “As I’m leaving things behind, I think of the 25 candidates, and I think of the phrase ‘we will be remembered by those

we leave behind,’” Dolan said. Dolan announced his retirement in November. He will be replaced this month by Teresa Prendergast, the current assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction for Garden City Public Schools. Board of Education President Barbara Berkowitz said tenure means a lot for the Great Neck school system. “The fact that your families are here and your colleagues are here is a testament to the fact that tenure is a very important thing here in Great Neck,”

Berkowitz said. “It is the reason we call it the awarding of tenure.” From the Lakeville School, Jillian Magan, Robin Stein and Emily Zucal were granted tenure. Lakeville School principal Phyllis Feldman said Zucal, Lakeville’s assistant principal, has organized many new initiatives during her short time at Lakeville. “It didn’t take me long to recognize that the selection committee had delivered me a winner for assistant principal,” Feldman said. From E.M. Baker School, Cristina

Cummo, Angela Keller and Christopher Lynch were granted tenure. E.M. Baker School principal Sharon Fougner said Cummo came to work in Great Neck schools after 13 years of teaching experience, most recently in the Half Hallow Hills School District for eight years. “It was a very sad day for Dix Hills, and a celebratory one for Great Neck,” Fougner said of Cummo leaving her former employer. From Great Neck North High School, Continued on Page 70

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Service organizatons need help of new membership

The official start of summer is still more than two weeks away, but on Long Island the celebration is in full swing. From parades saluting our veterans that can make Nassau County feel like a small town to the thrilling air show at Jones Beach, we celebrated Memorial Day and the kickoff of summer as well as any place in America. On Memorial Day weekend thousands packed Jones Beach for the 12th Annual Bethpage Air Show that included incredible shows put on by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, the GEICO Skytypers, the U.S. Army’s Golden Knights skydiving team and the Breitling Jet Team from France. A beautiful day on the beach with an air show second to none — it doesn’t get much better than this. Parades in the Town of North Hempstead, Great Neck, Manhasset, Williston Park, East Williston, Albertson, New Hyde Park and Mineola honored those who lost their lives fighting for world freedom under the American flag and those local veterans who proudly served in wars from Korea and Vietnam to more recent fights in Afghanistan and Iraq and even included a handful of WW II vets. How fitting for these heroes to be honored by Cub Scouts, high school bands, contingents of police officers and firefighters and even a fireworks display. On behalf of our grateful readers we thank the men and women who spent countless hours preparing for these events, the hundreds who marched and the thousands who lined the parade routes, waved American flags and cheered the them on. But we’re just scratching the surface when it comes to the kickoff of summer. In addition to the Little League parades and games and graduations at every level, other notable events included the 6th annual Asian-American Festival at North Hempstead Beach Park, a celebration of Asian Heritage Month that included live music, food from local restaurants, a tea ceremony and lion dancers. Add to that the Muttontown Horsemen’s Association Open House and the first Regimental Activities NAFI Auto Show, held at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point and the Ladies Kennel Association of America and the Long Island Kennel Club sponsored the all-breed dog show at the Planting Fields. Readers are invited to visit our website at Theislandnow.com to see a collection of photographs that are proof that Nassau County is a great place to be in the summertime.

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was at a Memorial Day breakfast sponsored by the Memorial Day parade committee and took place at Father Smith Hall in St. Anastasia parish in Douglaston on May 25. Now there were many religious, political, veteran, military, fire departments, police and civic groups in attendance including my organization which is St. Anastasia Knights of Columbus council #5911 where I serve proudly as Grand Knight. All these groups were there in preparation of marching in the parade. Now I had the opportunity to speak to a number of organizations and the chief

complaint was that they find a decline in membership. It seems that if we want to make our country and community better we need to get involved. Like President John F. Kennedy said,” Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country.” Well that was true when he said that in the ‘60s and is so true today. We have a great opportunity to help our neighbors and our community. This can be accomplished by volunteering to our local churches, temples, faith-based organizations and civic organizations that serve the

greater good. Remember this; We are the people spoken of in the Constitution,” We the people.” and we need to get involved to truly make our communities a better place to live and work. There are many organizations in our local communities and can be found on the internet or in our local and regional newspapers. So in closing be all you can be and serve your community, you will be proud that you did because I know I am. Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks Village

Terror groups easiser to get into than college?

always enjoy Judy Epstein’s column, “A Look At The Lighter Side,” but, as an independent college planning counselor, I found the recent installment (“Bin Laden’s Un-Common App”) to be particularly compelling. To think there actually is a formal application process to join Al Qaeda. Makes me wonder whether, as in the college admissions pro-

cess, there are writing supplements, application fees, and financial aid forms? If accepted, is there a non-refundable deposit or a housing preference? Are scholarships available? What is the acceptance rate? Does U.S. News rank terrorist organizations? And how about the perfunctory question, “Why Al Qaeda?” Certainly, there will be a query as to the applicant’s sum-

mer reading list! What I find most disconcerting, almost to the point of laying levity aside, is that, quite possibly, it is actually easier to apply to become a terrorist than it is to apply and get in to the college of one’s choice. Hmmm... Seth D. Bykofsky a/k/a The College Whisperer™ West Hempstead

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White and playing race card in Spinney Hill

’m white and I’m playing the race card. After years of pressure, the Town of North Hempstead finally lowered the pool fees at Whitney Pond Park. They gave themselves a good solid pat on the back for this, although it effectively returned the rates to what they were when the county ran it. Digging beneath the veneer, this is a story of classic Long Island segregation. The pool at Manorhaven got a multi-million dollar facelift. The Tully pool in New Hyde Park was also a multi-million dollar investment (and more again to fix it). At the same time, Whitney

pool’s “renovation” consists of a new liner on the main pool and fillin in another. The park itself is a dump dominated by outdated concrete play areas which do not meet code. The pond used to host fishing tournaments, paddle boats, and ice skating. Now it’s largely a swamp as the sediment and vegetation have grown unchecked. Town officials often claim this is the county’s fault, which ignores how more than eight years of town management has resulted in no progress and a net loss of one pool. At the same time, they have

found literally millions to improve the pond in Roslyn, allegedly and improbably damaged by Superstorm Sandy, and millions more for Bar Beach, last renovated in 2008. The parks swimming in money are in white neighborhoods and Whitney is in Spinney Hill, a largely black enclave. Still think the racial disparity is coincidence? Three low-income housing projects in North Hempstead have been sited in this postage stampsized area. The town is moving forward to build a fourth there, benefitting developers and others who have rained money on the lo-

cal politicians. By the way, those Whitney rates that they were applauding themselves over? They were advertised to go into effect May 3, but I try to register twice a week- still no luck. And, the pool won’t open until some time in July…if the “renovation” is completed on time. Who’s taking that bet? I respect those who are as liberal as I am conservative, but it’s hard to stomach the hypocrisy of North Hempstead’s elected leaders. They prattle about highminded ideals while crapping all over minorities to rake in cam-

paign donations. It wasn’t long ago they repudiated [Nassau County Legislator Ellen Birnbaum for her racially charged comments. Now Birnbaum’s Facebook page shows pictures from this month of her arm-in-arm with Spinney Hill’s councilwoman, Anna Kaplan. [Town of North Hempstead] Supervisor Bosworth is back to supporting her as well; how mighty white of them. But something tells me I won’t see any of them poolside at Whitney. Martin Dekom Spinney Hill

Yes, liberals are putting country at risk

suggestion for Dr. Stephen Morris: Fuhgeddabudit!!! I do not understand Obama supporters either. You and I, as well as the Obama supporters, have had access to the same information from various sources about Obama’s policies and actions. And we have simply come to vastly difference conclusions about who he is. I have relatives and friends who think he can walk on water. My head explodes whenever

they attempt to convince me of his talents, accomplishments, honesty, etc. Many on our side simply think he is an incompetent with a nice smile and a gift of gab. Others believe, based on his early religious training with his communist relatives, he is out to destroy America. Still others believe that there are unknown forces behind the scenes who have hand-picked him and control him like a puppet. Who

knows what the truth is? To quote Hillary : “At this point in time what difference does it make?” The damage he has done, both domestically and internationally, will take generations to undo. There is more damage to come. You can bet the family jewe ls on this happening. This is what we are up against with the modern day progressive, liberal Democrat. They think Fast and Furious is

a NFL running back. It is acceptable to them that the IRS has become a Gestapo type organization going after conservative organizations . That Ben Ghazi is a Hollywood actor. They claim the unemployment rate is 5.5 percent when in reality it is between 12-14 percent when one considers that millions have dropped out even looking for work. So when the EPA is trying to kill the coal industry, the additional

50,000 being thrown out of work does not concern them. And as Obama decimates our military and goes against the generals in slowing pulling out of the middle east, the warrior in the White House goes golfing. Dr. Morris, you and I know that the nation is in trouble. So do millions of others. America will recover. John Messina East Williston

Michelle Obama fans flames of racial division

just had the chance to read Dr. Hal Sobel’s opinion piece in the 5/29 edition of New Hyde Park Herald Courier, and I’d like to comment, but in my case, I’ll keep it respectful, as anything less just tends to divide us as a people even further. With regard to Michelle Obama’s address at the Tuskegee University commencement ceremony earlier this month, I listened to it in its entirety with great interest, and my opinion is as follows. I had thought that within my lifetime of 68 years, we’ve come quite a long way in smiting racism, but all that changed when I

heard the first lady speak before these new graduates. Although there was great quality to much of her address, she would have been of great value if she had not fanned “old flames” of racism the way she did. In addition, her clear notation of ‘falling on hard times’ when referring to herself and her husband was quite disingenuous, to say the least. I’m sure Barak Obama’s sibling brothers, would certainly tend to disagree with her assessment and had some pretty choice words for the president which I will not present here. Truth be told, the president

and first lady, of all people, did not fall upon hard times as she stated. She had the grand opportunity to send the message: ‘look what you can become’, but she failed that opportunity. Her claim of knowing how it feels to be thought of as ‘part o the help’ when asked to reach for an item on a shelf for a shopper in a department store was a figment of her own imagination. I’ve often been asked to reach for an item on a shelf by a fellow shopper for one simple reason — the person requesting it was shorter than I was. The same is true of Michelle

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Obama - she’s a tall woman - so her ‘racist complaint’ was completely lost on me, and sets a very bad example. It smacks of the assumption that ‘helping others is being demoralizing’. During her speech, she referred to ‘black persons in the military’ being denigrated by being referred to as “boy.” I know many, many veterans and so I did my own poll among them, as I felt that she was again being disingenuous. In my poll, I found out that many, many soldiers - no matter their color - were referred to as “boy” by their sergeants - so again, her racist remark here is not welcome in my book either. Her tone of voice was clearly malicious and troubled me as I hadn’t heard this tone before in mixed crowds. It kind of gave me the feeling, “so this is how she feels about the rest of us?” In addition, why would she

be appalled that her ‘love of country’ was questioned when she herself said, upon Barak Obama’s first election, that it’s the “first time in my adult life, I’m proud of my country.” Those were her own words, so the resulting critique on Fox was fair and genuine. She even gave the graduates the formidable reminder to beware of how they’ll be treated once they’re out of their caps and gowns. It’s as if to say, ‘beware of whitey’. No spin, no name-calling of Dr. Sobel…just the way I saw it. I viewed the speech with interest and was hoping Michelle Obama would do well. I was extremely disappointed that she failed when she could have been such a beacon of hope for these graduates. Rosanne Spinner New Hyde Park

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A look on the li g hter si d e

Much to-do about to-do shopping lists I have a complicated relationship with To-Do lists. They look so harmless. Friendly, even. “Just a little reminder — why don’t you call the dentist?” Just put something on a list — You don’t even need a complete sentence! “Dentist” will do — and you’re half-way to getting something done. But as with anything else that looks harmless, there is a whole other story beneath the surface. (Much as the Titanic learned, about icebergs.) For example, with shopping lists. For 20 years and more, I’ve been going to the grocery store with essentially the same list. And I have yet to get it right. For starters, the things have a way of disappearing the second I need them. I can put them in my wallet; in my back-pocket; or my purse’s super-secret zipper compartment. It makes no difference. Wherever I’ve put them, they aren’t there when I get to the store.

And no, the list didn’t fall out of my hand in the parking lot, because it reappears, as if to taunt me, as soon as I’m back home again. “But Judy, you’ve been gone for four hours and we still need every thing on this list,” my husband says. “Whatever were you doing?” I honestly don’t know. My best guess is that the store emits a special frequency that puts me in a trance. I walk around the store, putting cookies, grapes and blueberry muffins into the cart — when what we desperately needed were milk; eggs; and laundry detergent. I’ll “come to” back at my car, loading the trunk with bag after bag of things I swear I’ve never seen before: facial tissues with aloe? I hate aloe! Cinnamon Toast cereal? That’s nothing but sugar! Frozen pizza dough? I have never once made pizza! Did I walk off with someone else’s cart? But no, there’s my name on the receipt. It’s a mystery. Other times, when my list

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A Look on the Lighter Side disappears, I look into my cart and see somebody else’s list at the bottom of it, and I wonder: What would happen if I tried their list, instead of mine? Maybe my life would suddenly become exciting, with people dropping by for fabulous barbecues. Or maybe at least the magic would result in my ignoring their list, and getting what I actually needed, instead. The basic problem, I think, is that I don’t enjoy being nagged by a little piece of paper.

And if I don’t like being nagged by my own list, wait till you see what happens when I set out with a list written by my teenage son. It began innocently enough. When he was little, he refused to take the last item of anything — say, the last of a box of snack bars — because he worried: would there ever be any more? It got so that we had 20 different all-but-empty boxes, each with one last bar rattling around in it, taking up an entire kitchen counter. “I promise there will be more,” I told him. “How?” “See? This is a shopping list. I’ll keep this pad of paper next to the refrigerator, and when you take the last one of anything, you write it down. Then the next time I’m at the store, I’ll get some more.” It was a good plan. Except that all he had written down was the one word: “Chewy.” It meant something to him, I suppose, but for me, standing in that snack bar aisle, all I could see was hun-

dreds of items, every single one of which was either CRUNCHY or CHEWY… or both. The next time, I made him come with me, as back-up. I still couldn’t tell one bar from the other, but I did my best to decipher his darned list…. until I heard someone yelling, “You know what, you stupid thing? You’re not the boss of me!” Um, Mom? Mom? You’re scaring people.” I looked at my son, who was tugging on my shirt, his eyes big as saucers. Up and down the aisle, several other shoppers were staring at me, too. “Oh. Hi, everybody, we’re fine, here, just a little drama project!” Then I whispered, “Quick, sweetie, grab some boxes of whatever-it-is and let’s get the heck out of here!” So that’s what we did. We had snack bars for supper a few nights, until it seemed safe for me to go back to the store. But I sure showed that shopping list who was boss!

K remer ’ s corner

Crowded field threatens GOP’s chances They say that “two is company and three is a crowd.” The male star of the Broadway show South Pacific sang about an enchanted evening when he spotted his true love “across a crowded room.” Nobody really likes a packed room, so you can imagine how uncomfortable it is going to be for the 15-plus announced Republican candidates for president to fit onto one platform starting this August. Anyone who follows presidential politics recalls the mob scene at each of the 2012 Republican presidential debates when eight potential candidates tried to respond to the questions posed by some media personality. There’s nothing more boring than watching a bunch of grown men trying to score points at the expense of the other panelists. By all accounts, leaders of the national Republican Party agreed that the last series of Republican debates hurt their eventual candidate, Mitt Romney, who became a target for all of the other contestants.

It’s tough enough to go oneon-one in a debate but to find yourself being attacked by a swarm of other candidates is an exercise in futility. The eventual loser, Mitt Romney, has stated on numerous occasions that he felt the party’s debate system was seriously flawed and it was one, among many reasons, that he eventually lost to President Obama. He described the debates as “chaotic and often out of control.” Most people would agree that debates with a large number of candidates leads to someone being embarrassed by some pressured answer. It’s hard to forget Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s famous discussion of his threepoint platform for the future and forgetting the third point. Opponents of Mitt Romney managed to blur his business record, his accomplishments as a governor of Massachusetts and smear him for his offshore holdings. By the time Romney got to face President Obama he was a wounded candidate with few

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prospects of healing. Having too many announced candidates also leads to tons of television money being spent knocking the other opponent with slick commercials and below-the-belt tactics. As the crowd gets bigger there is less a possibility that any one person will emerge unscarred. Sensing disaster in the making Republican National Chair Rance Preibus has pledged that the number of debaters will not exceed 10.O.K., that eliminates

at least six at this time and possibly another four or five when Chris Christie, George Pataki, Rick Perry and Bobby Jindal come forward to save America. But doesn’t that resemble something like the 2012 debacle? The next dilemma for the Grand Old Party is how do you narrow down the field to the sacred number of 10? Which poll do you use that is a legitimate way to narrow the field? You can be sure that the polls taken in New Hampshire show a lot different results than the polls taken in the Deep South. Iowa is a very important state to both parties so how do you ignore the Iowa polls? There is only one announced female candidate Carley Fiorina. Even if she has the lowest polls numbers howdo you leave her out of a debate? The Republican Party dilemma should make the Democratic Party as happy as can be but maybe that’s just not the case. Right now, the only declared opponent for Hillary Clinton is

the feisty independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. He will be joined by someone named Martin O’Malley,also a very liberal candidate. Mrs. Clinton would no doubt like to plant her flag firmly in the middle of the political battlefield but the very left wing Sanders and O’Malley aren’t going to let her escape so easily from their way out positions. For the average voter the next 14 months promises to be like watching one of those rugby games on television. No one is quite sure who has the ball and where it is going. I can hardly wait until the field of people who want to lead America is down to the simple number of two. I, too, can’t stand crowds, especially when politics is involved. Jerry Kremer is President of Empire Government Strategies and a 23-year veteran of the State Assembly.

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Thank you Roslyn for re-election support

appreciate the trust Roslyn School District residents have placed in me by reelecting me to a third term on the Roslyn School Board. I am eager to continue my work with the board, delivering top notch, fiscally prudent pub-

lic education to our community. The board realizes that to best serve our children and maintain our property values, high quality public education is a must. I invite all of you to come to a school board meeting to see first hand the work we are

doing. ]Our latest initiative is something for which I’ve been a strong advocate. Working with administration we are creating a database for Roslyn graduates and residents to post resumes, internships, and job

opportunities within our com- support. I will continue to work hard munity. Please go to: www.Roslynschools.org and click on the to deliver the tradition and scrolling picture that says “Ca- promise of excellence in Roslyn. reer Center,” to see how we are Adam Haber making connections right here Roslyn School in our community. Board Trustee Thank you again for your

Unlimited Metro Card the right way to travel

ay 2015 was the 40th Anniversary for the successful Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Long Island Rail Road Mail&Ride ticket program. Thousands of Great Neck, New Hyde Park, Herricks, Alberston, Searingtown, Williston Park, Garden City, Manhasset, Roslyn along with many more Queens, Nassau and Suffolk County residents benefit from this program riding the Long Island Rail Road on a daily basis to commute from home to work. Those of us commuting from Great Neck or Little Neck and other stations in Nassau and Queens County on the Port Washington branch don’t have to change at Jamaica. There are a number of trains originating at our respective stations resulting in first choice of seats. Other trains still stopping at

Great Neck or Little Neck station usually have available seating. This is also true for return trips in the afternoon. Our trip averages about 30 minutes each way to and from Penn Station. The resumption of half-hour weekend service on the Port Washington Long Island Rail Road branch in November 2012 continues to prove once again why it pays to live in Great Neck. It is easier on Saturdays and Sundays to attend Met games, other Citi Field events, U.S. Open, Arthur Ash stadium, Flushing Meadow Park, Queens Zoo, Madison Square Garden activities and Broadway shows on a regular basis. Those of us in the know already moved to communities adjacent to Long Island Rail Road Port Washington branch stations years or even decades ago. The Great Neck, Manhasset,

Plandome and Port Washington school districts along with those in neighboring Little Neck, Douglaston, Bayside and Auberndale in Queens are some of the best in the Metropolitan New York area. We have great air quality along with a low crime rate, abundant parks, libraries, shopping, entertainment, movie theaters, hospitals and medical facilities. As a fellow long time Mail and Ride member starting in the class of 1983 before retiring this past January 2015, I know first hand how user friendly LIRR Mail and Ride is. Few remember a brief period later in the 1980’s when the LIRR offered a one year ticket which arrived monthly. By prepaying for your monthly pass one year in advance, you received a 4 percent discount. Sadly, there were only several hundred of us including myself who took advantage of this amaz-

ing bargain so it was quickly discontinued. Fast forward to today and you can also purchase an unlimited Metro Card with your LIRR monthly ticket. You end up with savings on your LIRR monthly fare plus unlimited monthly NYCT rides. This affords incredible savings for those who use the subway to and from Penn Station, Hunters Point, Long Island City, Woodside, Jamaica or Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn. The savings are multiplied with local trips at lunch time or after work. The card also provides you with unlimited free transfers to both NYCT and Nassau Inter County Express NICE (formerly Long Island Bus). Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York City Transit, MTA Bus, Long Island Rail Road, Nassau Inter County Express

(NICE) Bus, Staten Island Ferry along with other private transportation owners offer various options, such as local and express bus, ferry, jitney, subway and commuter rail services. Most of these systems are funded with your tax dollars. They use less fuel and move far more people than cars. In many cases, your employer can offer transit checks to help reduce the cost of mail&ride even more. Utilize your investments and reap the benefits. You’ll be supporting a cleaner environment and be less stressed upon arrival at your final destination. This will afford you more time to read the Great Neck News and other Blank Media sister publications on the train. Larry Penner Great Neck

Do death-penalty juries have clean hands?

n his Great Neck News (5.29) article “If Boston Bomber is not evil then exactly who is?” Morton Perlman-Great Neck wrote regarding my Williston Times (5.22) article “Boston Marathon sentence raises questiions”: “If this is not the action of an evil person, I sure would hate to be confronted by a person, who, by Mr. Samek’s definition, is evil.” First, I would relegate hate to the category of killing and greed among other things. Second, I carefully read what I wrote and I did not explicitly define an evil person-individual or the nature thereof. I choose my words carefully. The word posession as here used is seldom heard these days. Perhaps it is due to these materialistic times. Note that I said perhaps. These days, all is merely hallucination as they say, as if it is some brain aberration. I have heard and seen it written that when a person is hypnotized

that person is under control of the hypnotist. If it is done to control such as alcohol abuse, at the moment when the hypnotist relenquishes control, another being can get in and and take posession of the one just hypnotized. There are also those who warn against attending seances-another place where spooks might hang out. For the above to be effective, a certain amount of the hypnotist’s control has to remain with the hypnotized. The foregoing is to a degree a waste in this case as the alcoholic did not by his/her own will break the habit. It will remain and still be there in the next life to be dealt with in some way. Back to the Boston bomber: The enigma still exists. There were those both for and against the death sentence. As it is, the sentence is to be carried out by proxy; by someone else or others. It is not the jury who has to commit the killing-executionmurder themselves.

Are their hands left clean? I noted that this month Nebraska abolished the death penalty though I don’t know all the reasons leading to that decision. It is said that spooks are able to pass through walls with the same ease as radio waves, alpha, betta, gamma and X rays. They are in what is called the life and etheric level next above the physical. The same lever by which plants, animals and humans have life in physical bodies. I have noted that the above can’t pass through glass. We are unaware of all the possible beings that can see everything we do day and night. I just add in jest that maybe not for those who live in glass houses. I have lived alone quite a number of years and have become very sensitive to the ‘atmosphere’ in my home. Most always it is clean though I do notice when undesirable things are around. I do sometimes feel pressured

by some of them and at times it is as if they try to shame my ego. This is how I see it. Some seem to have very slow jarring vibrations: spooky to say the least. What I do know is that I can’t be harmed if I am mentally firm. The following is all I really wanted to write about this week. This very weekend Congress is still battling over surveillance. I reiterate what I have been saying for some time; that it has not once to my knowledge become public that anyone has been harmed in any way by this. The better it is done, the better for us all. Many countrys these days are so unstable and insanity rages on. For the USA, the best that can be done is to come to the aid as much as possible to those innocents who are or were in danger such as the Kurds. The unleashed forces of today have to play themselves out. We can’t get involved in wars that won’t solve anything. Those who are determined to

go fight with ISIS are posessed with something that has not been well defined. Perhaps it is caused by the position of the stars. Even the nuclear agreement with Iran could be jinxed. There are some who would like that. A country I always thought to be stable is busy with the ax these days. Of course, the British used to do it in the dungeon. We have to keep our respect for all of our fellow citizens who live the high level of their beliefs. That even though some in our own country are against it. We know who they are. President Obama has held the correct course. The upcoming presidential election does not yet look that good from what I see. We still need NOTA on the ballot: None Of The Above. Not to be confused with NATO. Charles Samek Mineola

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Prosecution of Hastert is despotic

hen compared with the stench emanating from the Clintons, the government’s prosecution of Dennis Hastert is a stark indicator of the depth of lawless despotism that has been reached by the progressive establishment. I first became aware of the Bank Secrecy Act when I withdrew a large amount of cash with the intention of finding and buying a car that I always wanted (a 1967 Chevelle SS 396 at a car show). The bank told me that I needed to tell the government what I was going to do with that cash. What country is this?

My full reaction was one that I cannot describe here because the language would prevent this letter from ever being printed. This law should immediately fall on its’ face in any court when tested against both the 4th and 5th amendments to our constitution. Unfortunately, there are very few courts left with any integrity after the massive stocking of progressive (shill) justices by the despot administration. Harry Reid ended the filibuster to rush this process before he lost the Senate. After some research, this is not just my dilettante play lawyer opinion, but one can consider at least one serious law re-

view like Nuzum, Louisiana Law Review, volume 36, no. 3. Even in this review, I was saddened to find Mr. Nuzum referring to the 4th Amendment as an “interest.” As I wrote in a prior letter, our constitution guarantees rights, not interests to be balanced against a government interest. This effectively empowers the court to deny rights by “burdening” to the mathematical limit. That is not a right, that is just nothing. It is rule by man and not by law. It is a government with unfettered power. I do not know what Mr. Hastert did some 30 years ago, and I

do not, herein, come to his defense. But something stinks to high heaven when he is prosecuted under this unconstitutional law (the original alleged crime is probably impossible to prosecute due to statutes of limitation), and the Clintons are running for no less than president of the United States when they should probably be in orange jump suits, shackled, and standing before a court. Similar instances of these very questionable prosecutions are apparent in the cases of Tom Delay (an innocent man who was absolutely destroyed), former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, and many more.

These prosecutions look more to me like Joe Stalin’s Soviet Union than the America that I now mourn the death of. Where are the ACLU and the media who were apoplectic at an infinitesimal fraction of this nonsense under Nixon? We should all be concerned about these things. Even progressives with any level of integrity (I am still looking for one). It is important to remember the words of Holocaust philosopher Martin Niemoller, “….Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me.” Emery Rose Manhasset

History courses full of inaccuracies

fter decades of teaching social studies at both the college and secondary levels, I am convinced that my colleagues and I have failed miserably. Much of that failure can be attributed to the boring and banal quality of the textbooks we use. One could write an article on the textbook selection process, but my purpose here is to analyze what finds its way into the pages of our history texts and what is omitted. Let us examine Paul Revere’s ride. He never shouted “the British are coming” nor did he “knock on every farmhouse door.” We owe these myths to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s epic poem. Furthermore, there were some 60 riders that night, each assigned a different route. Finally, some of the messengers were women, a fact which doesn’t get much play from American history scholars. A comparable tale can be told about Rosa Park’s moment of fame. We’ve been led to believe that this quiet seamstress, returning home from work exhausted, refused to relinquish her seat on the bus even though she was sitting in the “whites only” section. If the truth be known, Rosa and NAACP strategists had worked out the details of this “spontaneous” event well in advance. Do I believe that these minor historical inaccuracies will per-

manently damage the psyches of our youth? Not likely, but haven’t we all been taught that a teacher’s job is to seek out the truth and to be faithful to it? Ask the average person what they know about Helen Keller and the responses will be remarkably similar. I recall reading her inspirational biography in high school and coming away with the notion that she was a deaf, dumb and blind girl growing up in Alabama. She had a remarkable teacher named Anne Sullivan (or was it Ann Bancroft?) Is there anything more of importance to know? A few salient facts: Helen joined the Socialist Party of Massachusetts in 1909; after the Russian Revolution, she sang the praises of the new communist nation; and she became a Wobbly — a member of the Industrial Workers of the World — a most radical union. Later, she helped found the American Civil Liberties Union, supported the NAACP and corresponded with Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, head of the Communist Party, USA, who, at that time, was languishing in jail. So why isn’t this information found in our texts? My conjecture is that chauvinistic, blue-blooded Americans would not want their children exposed to such radical notions. How can one square Helen’s courage and brilliance with her affinity for socialism and communism?

Might this not lead impressionable minds to conclude that socialism and communism are not the anti-Christ? One need not fear the indoctrination of our youth as long as our texts are middle of the road and non-controversial. This brings to mind Jim Hightower’s line that “The middle of the road is for yellow lines and dead armadillos.” Another example of someone whose place in history is distorted by sins of omission is Woodrow Wilson. We are all familiar with his leading us into World War I, his 14 Points put forth at Versailles, and his ill-fated idea that a League of Nations would prevent future wars. What we don’t study is his blatant racism. A Virginian by birth, he became president of Princeton University where the policy was not to admit blacks. His wife, equally prejudiced, was known to tell “darky” jokes at Cabinet meetings. As an outspoken white supremacist, he made sure that black and white federal employees were segregated. His friendship with D.W. Griffith led to a showing of “Birth of A Nation” in the White House. This racist film praises the work of the Ku Klux Klan, yet Wilson hailed it as an accurate representation of the post-bellum south. But there is more. Wilson appointed A. Mitchell Palmer as his Attorney General. America was in the throes of a “Red Scare” so Palmer ordered

raids on leftist organizations. He formed what later became the F.B.I. appointing a very young J. Edgar Hoover as Director. Hoover shared Palmer’s fear of radicals and collected the names of thousands of suspected Communists. The “Palmer Raids” reached their height in 1920 with arrests in 33 cities and the jailing of over 4,000 communists who were denied bail. Palmer’s rationale for his unconstitutional behavior was that he was ridding the country of “moral perverts.” Sadly, this massive violation of civil liberties is given short shrift in most American History courses. The question faced by educators is — can our students handle controversial topics? Can they deal with human complexity? Shall we try to teach them that most leaders are neither all good nor all bad? History, like all of life, is nuanced. Students are taught about Albert Einstein and E=MC squared, but not that he was a critic of capitalism. They discuss FDR and the New Deal, but not that he turned away the St. Louis, a ship filled with Jews escaping Hitler. And is there any value in discussing FDR’s marital arrangement with his wife, Eleanor? To answer these questions, one needs to examine the function of public schools. They are, by definition, a conservative institution charged

with passing along the cultural heritage from generation to generation. Teachers are servants of the state paid to inculcate love of country. At the same time, there is a countervailing allegiance — to seek out the truth. Totalitarian states rewrite history, they burn books, they kill dissenters. We see ourselves as better than this. Indoctrination has no place in a democratic society. We trust the wisdom of the American people and believe like Oliver Wendell Holmes that “the test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market.” So, we have faith in the ultimate triumph of reason. Will all our schools change? I am not optimistic. But I do know that from time to time, in a place where we least expect it, a brave group of teachers create a learning space that embodies the best of what we know education could and should be. In such a place, truth-telling is valued and all issues are “on the table.” At 20, I thought I could change the world. At 30, I settled for changing schools. And now, I am satisfied that the torch has been passed, for as Ted Kennedy said: “…the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die.” Dr. Hank Sobel Great Neck Letters Continued on Page 56

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New leadership needed in VGN

believe the Voice of the Village candidates in the election in the Village of Great Neck are the only option. Pedram Bral, Anne Mendelson, and Raymond Plakstis form the team that will save our village. Consider the alternative, incumbents running for their fifth term after voting to eliminate term limits. You may want to judge the incumbents by the company they keep. For example, the mayor of Kings Point endorsed his fellow mayor, Kreitzman, of the Village of Great Neck. But he does not mention what they share in common: the plume of gasoline and oil traveling northwest below ground in the aquifer (the source of our drinking water) moving in the Village of Great Neck and into Kings Point. In fact they have shared public knowledge of this contamination for six years, and the DEC es-

timated at the time it would take 9.5 years to reach our wells. Both mayors sit on the board of the Water Authority, but neither has mentioned the plume in years. The Village of Great Neck does not even have a file on the brownfield, which originated in a leak from an underground tank at the Exxon Mobil gas station (where 7-Eleven is now). So perhaps you share my skepticism about this Kings Point endorsement. The recommendation from the mayor of Kings Point that residents of the Village of Great Neck re-elect the incumbent mayor seems to be riding on the threat to the drinking water of both our villages. A Kings Point endorsement is further puzzling because the Village of Great Neck’s prosperity bears directly on Kings Point. As shops become empty and chain stores move in, what will Kings Point do? Build a moat?

Pull up the drawbridge every day at dusk? The mayor of Russell Gardens also wrote an endorsement. This made me wonder if Mayor Kirschner, like Mayor Kreitzman, belongs to NYCOM, the New York Council of Mayors. I phoned their Upstate office last month and asked for a copy of their booklet on village elections. A staff member and then an office manager told me I could not have their booklet because I am not a member. NYCOM is a private organization of public officials — how’s that for a contradiction. Apart from this, not once in ten years have I heard about what these two villages, Russell Gardens and the Village of Great Neck, have in common except, of course, all the mayors sit on the board of the Water Authority. I don’t recall the mayor of Russell Gardens demanding a cleanup of the brownfield in the

Village of Great Neck. A recommendation to vote for the current crew of incumbents also came from resident Stancati, a Kreitzman appointee to the Planning Board, who apparently was told by the incumbents that they keep the streets paved. But the re-paving of Middle Neck Road this spring was accomplished by Nassau County because it is a county road. The incumbents did not deliver us from those wheel-wrenching potholes, the county did. Mr. Stancati also praised their policy of no parking meters, which implies we get no parking tickets. But parking tickets have been zealously dispensed, especially at the annual summer Strawberry Festival held at All Saints Church. In fact, on one occasion I know of, the parking enforcer ran out of tickets. Noticeable for its absence from the endorsements was any

praise of the major actions the incumbents have undertaken to re-zone Middle Neck Road and Steamboat Road, which will make way for big developers and their big developments. Absent from the praise was any mention of the plans our mayor and trustees have to sell off village property and build a new village hall for themselves on East Shore Road. If we do not stop these unmentioned plans, we will have to drive through Kings Point to reach our village hall and DPW. The incumbents are pretty much planning to move our village services out of the village. If the endorsements had spelled out the coming cataclysms in the life of our village promulgated by our elected officials, you would be sure to vote against them. I hope you will. Rebecca Rosenblatt Gilliar Great Neck

Kreitzman a strong voice for village gov

am writing in support of Mayor Ralph Kreitzman’s reelection on June 16 as mayor of the Village of Great Neck. I have known Ralph for more than a decade and have had the pleasure of working closely with him in my capacity as mayor of the Village of Great Neck Plaza serving on the executive committees of the Nassau County Village Officials Association and

the Great Neck Village Officials Association, both of which Ralph has served as president and continues to serve on the executive committees. He also serves on the executive committee of the New York State Conference of Mayors and Municipal Officials. Ralph is a strong voice for village government and utilizes his vast knowledge and experi-

ence for the betterment of Great Neck residents and the entire Great Neck peninsula. Ralph is a staunch advocate for his constituents and works tirelessly with other villages, the town and higher levels of government on issues of local concern. He’s championed significant and important economic development projects for his village, most notably AvalonBay, decom-

missioning the village’s sewer plant, building a new Village Hall and the visioning/rezoning of Middle Neck and Steamboat roads to encourage new growth and walkability, a project that will receive a Smart Growth Award from Vision Long Island in mid-June. It takes leadership and a great deal of effort to develop strong partnerships both within

and outside the community in order to get things accomplished. Mayor Kreitzman has proven his ability to effectively do that with distinction and integrity, and deserves another term to continue leading efforts on his initiatives and bringing them to fruition. Jean Celender Mayor, Village of Great Neck Plaza

Team Kreitzman has Kreitzman is a earned re-election strong partner

support, and I urge every voter in the Village of Great Neck, to vote for Ralph Kreitzman for mayor; Mitchell Beckerman and Jeffrey Bass for trustees. Their accomplishments for our village are so many and meaningful that not voting for them would be the same as cutting off your nose to spite your face. For example, they were in-

strumental in the consolidation of our two sewer districts and the construction of a state of art oxidation ditch plant that attracts visitors from all over. Their foresight has enabled our village to continue its separation from Nassau County’s sewer system and will no doubt save us a lot of money now and in the years to come. Additionally, our village is fiscally secure and its future vi-

sioning is substantial. There is no reason to change for people who have no experience, but might have an agenda. Be smart, vote for the Better Government Party and Ralph Kreitzman, Mitchell Beckerman and Jeffrey Bass. Norman Gersman Great Neck

n the eight years I have been the Mayor of Kensington, I have worked closely with Mayor Kreitzman on a variety of issues. We have collaborated on everything from inter municipal efficiencies between both our villages, and matters of importance to the Great Neck peninsula in our roles as president and vice president of the GNVOA. I have always found him to conduct himself in the most pro-

fessional manner, using excellent judgement as well as being a good listener to others. He is an outstanding leader. When you vote, consider the background, and experience of the candidates in making your choice. I personally can’t think of a better qualified candidate than Ralph Kreitzman. Susan Lopatkin Village of Kensington Mayor

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Incumbents erred in Village Hall replacement

n 1855 Mills P. Baker moved from Williamsburg, Brooklyn to a farm in Great Neck. In 1894, John C. Baker inherited the farm. Ninety-five acres of woods, gardens, open space, potato fields and swamps. Corn from the fields was taken to the Saddle Rock Grist Mill to be grind. Elizabeth Baker had traced back the ownership of the farm to 1680. Breezy Hill, the house on top of the hill. In the 1920’s John had the old house moved to 61 Baker Hill Road. The chicken house is now the upper story of the three-car garage. Life was good; so much history of our village’s past. The house and garages were

sold to the Village of Great Neck for a Village Hall in the 1950’s for $31,000. The house echoes the wonderful past of a bygone era. Once again it is for sale; this time by our Better Government Party who approved half a million dollars on a design for a new Village Hall. Not on the original site, but on East Shore Road. One has to go through the Village of Kings Point to get there. An ugly, industrial site, the cost will be in the millions. Why not keep the original building, keeping the exterior, remodeling and update the inside and add to the back rear. This has been done very suc-

cessfully to a church on Northern Boulevard, Manhasset thus preserving the Baker House. It does have a new $73,000 roof already. The Village Hall should be in the center of our Village, not stuck between car repair shops and lumber yards. My second question is why are we moving our Department of Public Works. The BGP has sold the land to a developer to build a three story apartment house, for how much tax dollars has not been revealed. D.P.W. will be built on East Shore Road for millions; no figures have been given yet. I can only imagine the traffic chaos of the garbage trucks trying to ma-

neuver in and out; the traffic is a nightmare as it is with cars and huge trucks backing out of Feldman Lumber and the collision shops. At least the tow trucks will be close at hand for the accidents. Let’s hope it won’t be one of our 100’s dollar garbage trucks. Bottom line, the Village Hall and the D.P.W belong to the taxpaying residents. We paid for these facilities. We are the ones who should have the say. Our mayor and trustees could have put it on the ballot for the upcoming election June 16. Let the taxpayers vote yes or no. Our June tax bill will ne-

glect a 10.5 percent increase for 2015/2016. We should not be selling off parking lots, the D.P.W. and our historical Village Hall to developers who have no interest in the history of our village. Let’s keep our Village Hall in the heart of the village. Leave D.P.W. where it is and save millions of dollars to the residents. At what point will our voices be heard? If the contesting party wins the June 16 election, let’s hope they have some sense and preserve what we already have. Jean Pierce Great Neck

Yellis would halt VGN’s overdevelopment

oters of Great Neck who are tired of government by the real estate moguls should vote for Sam Yellis for trustee on June 16. It’s time for an honest public official to look out for our interests, not those of the local business crowd and mega-developers like AvalonBay Communities. The incumbents, on bended knee before the developers, have unleashed an onslaught of hundreds of new apartments, town-

houses and cars on our village. Their party organization is linked to the worst patronage practices of both the Nassau Republican and Democratic machines and is dedicated only to self-enrichment, not public service. Yellis has taught Great Neck teens social studies for 15 years and knows what needs be done. He testified in Village Hall against the disastrous rezoning and for the endangered residents

of Academy Gardens, as well as against the harebrained plan to permit “mother-daughter” apartments. An independent, Yellis advocates a new look at the rezoning, housing not aimed solely for the 1 percent, making the Village Green a community center for cultural interests that would benefit merchants and making village government more responsive to the people. He advocates curbing traffic

on Middle Neck Rd. and creating a shuttle service. Also, Yellis says it’s time to end self-dealing in Village Hall: stop allowing former village officials from representing clients before village boards. Bar conflicts-of-interest, such as having a trustee on the board of the Housing Authority and the highly paid building superintendent on the Architectural Review Committee. Post texts of all proposed

laws on the village website before hearings, rather than print them in agate type in a newspaper edited by the mayor’s wife! We could do worse than to have an independent and fresh voice as the “citizens trustee” on the Village Board. Sam Yellis is that man. David Zielenziger Great Neck

Kreitzman aided local gov legislation in Albany

ayor Kreitzman has been a valuable resource to help get important local government legislation passed in Albany. In my opinion, his position on the executive board of New

York Conference of Mayors and the Nassau County Village Officials Association, coupled with his vast knowledge of village law and governance has earned the respect of elected officials throughout the state. On three separate occa-

sions, I asked Mayor Kreitzman to come to Albany. Ralph showed up at the Capitol to lobby leadership for a number of issues: (1) to extend the use of lever voting machines for schools, villages and special districts; (2) when the threat of

village consolidation was very government and local control — real; and (3) when I needed to when New York State tries everypersuade the state for more bud- thing to diminish it. get aid to localities. In no small Michelle Schimel measure, his presence helped State Assemblywoman achieve these goals. His team has been an effective asset to fight for local

Kreitzman talented Kreitzman an asset and knowledgeable in G.N., statewide

strongly endorse the candidacy of Ralph Kreitzman for re-election as mayor of the Village of Great Neck. Ralph is an exceptionally talented individual who brings to the position of mayor his vast experience and knowledge. Over the past years, he has demonstrated his determination to work for the village tirelessly and to ensure that the community receives all of the services which each and every one of its residents require. I have had the opportunity to work with

hen I first became mayor, MayRalph on a number of projects and have or Ralph Kreitzman immediseen how his thoughtfulness, intelligence ately offered his assistance, and and innovative planning benefit every task I accepted. he takes on. Our village residents and I, have beneThe Village of Great Neck is fortunate to have a mayor of his caliber and will continue fited greatly from his extensive knowledge of village finance, law, procedure and most to benefit in his coming term. I urge everyone to vote for and re-elect importantly, his practical advice. His willingness to help whenever Ralph Kreitzman as mayor. called upon must be the reason he has Larry Gross served all of us as the president of the Great Neck Board of Education Trustee Great Neck and Nassau County Village Of-

ficials Associations and, impressively, on the executive board of the New York State Conference of Mayors. The residents of the Village of Great Neck are lucky to have such a dedicated, selfless, full time mayor and it would be foolish to lose him. I strongly encourage you to vote for him and his team. Dan Levy, MD Village of Saddle Rock Mayor

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Kreitzman team serves with distinction

’m writing to express my support for Mayor Ralph Kreitzman and his team, Jeff Bass and Mitch Beckerman, for re-election to the Great Neck Village Board. I first met Ralph when I served as mayor of Mineola and was impressed with him imme-

diately. Over the years, we worked collaboratively on a variety of issues, served together on the Nassau County Village Officials Association Board, and continued our strong partnership when I became a New York State senator representing the Great Neck

community. Ralph was, and still is, a strong, intelligent advocate who works tirelessly for his residents. Ralph’s demeanor is equally as impressive as his skills. With him, politics is not what’s most important; his priorities are working together, do-

He, Jeff Bass, and Mitch ing what’s right, and delivering Beckerman have served with disresults. In today’s society, where in- tinction. I encourage the residents to creasing partisanship is causing gridlock, that’s a welcome qual- support them on Election Day. ity in an elected official. Jack M. Martins The Village of Great Neck State Senator has an outstanding leader in Ralph Kreitzman.

Kreitzman has knowledge, depth, range Ralph Kreitzman has the knowledge, depth and range of experience that I count on. Ralph’s work as mayor of the Village of Great Neck, Officer of the Great Neck Village Of-

ficials Association, director of the Water Authority of Great Neck North, past president of the Nassau County Village Officials Association and Director of the New York State Conference of Mayors

and Municipal Officials gives him the ever expanding knowledge of local issues to manage the village. Most importantly, the broad breadth of working and commu-

nicating with our local officials to tested not just by operating and pursue legislative and executive capital costs but by mandates and agendas for villages provides the local weather disasters. information and financial help Steven Weinberg the village can rely to suppleVillage of Thomaston Mayor ment the budget that is always

An independent voice needed in VGN On June 16th, there will be a contested election for the positions of mayor and two trustees in the Village of Great Neck. Residents this year will have a choice outside of the long standing incumbents whose campaign touts their experience. Experience is not always synonymous with superior qualification nor accomplishment. In local government, residents rarely see a change of their officials because of either voter apathy, or

reluctance on the part of qualified citizens to go up against entrenched incumbents who are backed by a political organization and financial resources. The village has problems that still exist despite the “experience” in power. Illegal housing continues due to village policy of putting the burden on often fearful residents to file affidavits of complaint before taking action. Municipalities are imbued with powers of investigation

without putting the onus on citizens. Other villages have done it with much success. Village parking lots are littered, empty storefronts with windows covered with torn paper, commercial alleyways full of garbage, unkempt, vacant residential lots. The village has become shabby. There is still an insufficient supply of affordable housing, something that the residents of Academy Gardens well, as they

fight being evicted from their homes to make way for luxury housing. Samuel Yellis, a respected educator, is running for trustee. Mr Yellis has not the resources of the incumbents. His resources are his background in education, his character, honesty, integrity, and determination to work to make his village a better place for his neighbors. We want to see a competent resident on our village board

who has no prior dealings with businessmen, realtors, or developers, and will bring an independent viewpoint to the board. Local politics should be grassroots, with diverse and inclusive boards. We will cast our vote on June 16 for Samuel Yellis on the Bridge Party line. Carole Lynn Marino Julio J Marino, Esq. Great Neck

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G.N. students take home science awards Forty-four young scientists from Great Neck North and South High Schools took awards at the WAC Lighting Foundation Invitational Science Fair. Students displayed research projects in such categories as behavioral science, chemistry, computer science, molecular biology and physics. Projects were judged by academicians and professionals from the New York Metro area. Students were grouped into two divisions. Division I included seniors and/or those who conducted their project at a research institution. Division II included freshmen, sophomores, and juniors who did not do their work at a research institution. Science Fair faculty advisors/science research teachers were Alan Schorn and Jessica Schust for North High students;

and Drs. Carol Hersh and James Truglio and social studies teacher Michelle Sorise, for South High students. Second Place Winners North High: Olivia Descorbeth, Division II, Behavioral Sciences. South High: Tooba Alwani and Ramya Kumar, Division II, Behavioral & Social Sciences; Annabelle Ng and Robin Shum, Division II, Earth & Environmental Sciences; and Sherry Yang, Division I, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry. Third Place Winners North High: Monica Beeferman, Division I, Molecular Biology; Aviya Litman and Fernanda Wenzel, Division II, Behavioral Sciences; and David Liu and Matthew Weinstein, Division II, General Biology.

South High: Emily Bae and Samantha Ng, Division II, General Biology; Anthony Chen and Everett White, Division II, Behavioral & Social Sciences; Emily Cheung and Gabriella Roman, Division II, Earth & Environmental Sciences; Shaminta Hamidian, Division II, Behavioral & Social Sciences; Wan Kyoo Noh, Division I, Earth & Environmental Sciences; and Jesse Smith and William Zheng, Division II, Prototype Engineering. Merit Winners North High: Cynthia Mei, Division II, Physics & Astronomy; Carly Menker, Division II, General Biology; Alec Rich, Division II, Behavioral Sciences; and Aaron Young, Division II, Behavioral Sciences. South High: Christine An, Division I, Physics & Astronomy;

Suann Chi, Division I, Chemistry; Brooke Ferber and Haarika Reddy, Division II, General Biology; and Katie Tan, Division I, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry. Honorable Mention North High: Nicholas Calto and Zachary Han, Division II, General Biology; Natasha Dilamani, Division II, Behavioral Sciences; Patrick Gao and Ronald Li, Division II, Physics & Astronomy; Melanie Katz, Division II, General Biology; Yael Lissack, Division II, General Biology; Shijing (Joe) Liu and Shiyong (Jasper) Liu, Division II, General Biology; Sage Rosenthal, Division I, Behavioral Sciences; and Zhengtao (Thomas) Yu, Division II, Physics & Astronomy. South High: Audrey Chan and Ji Won (Sarah) Kim, Divi-

sion II, General Biology; and Jacob Mathai, Division I, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry. Science Fair Corporate Sponsors WAC Lighting is the current sponsor of the Research Association’s Annual Invitational Science Fair. The Fair is held each April under the auspices of the Research Association, a consortium of 13 Long Island high schools represented by 13 science research teachers. Past corporate sponsors for the Invitational Science Fair have included: LeaRonal, Inc. (research and investing), Rohm and Haas (chemical manufacturing), and Shipley Associates (management and development).

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Art gallery hosts two solo exhibits Huntington’s b. j. spoke gallery will presents two solo exhibits in June: Katherine Criss’ “Surreal Encounters in paint & pixels,” and Patti Who?, “Enigmatology, the study of puzzles,” and members’ exhibit in the third gallery room. The exhibits are open to the public from June 2 - 28. There

will be an artist’s reception on Saturday, June 6, from 6 to 9 p.m. Criss will talk about her transition from film – to digital – to paint on Sunday, June 14th from 3 to 5 p.m. “I have chosen to create art with paint and pixels using the language of symbols to communi-

cate a visual message,” Criss said. “Surrealism allows me to explore subconscious significances of imagery, and the effect of unexpected juxtapositions of its subjects. I experience surreal moments all the time, I feel submerged in them. All I have to do is look, and images will jump out at me. Sometimes I have to consciously

focus my thoughts to see what is actually there in front of me. A surreal encounter is an image of an everyday object that somehow appears to be something else. Icy snow and slush become a dog; a brick smiles; a window reflection leads to another world, and broken windows take on comic shapes; a web dances”.

Seating is limited. All three of the gallery’s exhibits explore the human experience. “Enigmatology, the study of puzzles,” is Patti Who?’s solo exhibition of her mixed media paintings, which visually address the questionable aspects of our lives that connect each of us to the human condition.

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Friday, June 5, 8 p.m. Saturday, June 6, 7:30 & 10 p.m. Brian Scolaro Brokerage Comedy Club 2797 Merrick Road, Bellmore (516) 785-8655 http://tickets.brokeragecomedy.com Brooklyn born Brian Scolaro is an actor and stand-up comedian most known for his half hour comedy central special “Comedy Central Presents: Brian Scolaro”, as Doug on TBS’s “Sullivan and Son”, and as Stuart on Fox’s “Stacked”. He has performed stand up on “Conan,” “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,” “Gotham Comedy Live,” “Late Nite with Conan O’Brien,” Comedy Central’s “Live At Gotham,” “Comics Unleashed” and his special, which still airs multiple times a year. Saturday, June 6, 1:30 & 4:30 p.m. long island Ballet Theatre: cinderella Landmark On Main Street 232 Main Street, Suite 1 Port Washington (516) 767-1384 ext. 101 www.landmarkonmainstreet.org This slightly abbreviated full-length ballet features professional dancers and talented pre-professional dancers based upon the much loved fairy tale. LI Ballet Theatre presents its annual Nutcracker each Thanksgiving weekend at the Jeanne Rimsky Theater -this production continues their tradition of beautiful costumes, theatrical staging and intricate choreography. A reception follows each performance for children ages 3 to 10 years - “Cinderella’s Ball Reception” Children are encouraged to wear their princess or fairy costumes. The reception is $10 per child. Saturday, June 6, 7 & 9:30 p.m. Bobby collins Governors’ Comedy Club 90 Division Ave. Levittown (516) 731-3358 http://tickets.govs.com/index.cfm Named for comedian, Bob Hope, Native of New Yorker Bobby Collins left a lucrative position as vice president of Calvin Klein in the 1980s to pursue his dream and ended up working alongside such comedy legends as Jerry Seinfeld and Jay Leno. Over the years, he has hosted VH-1’s “Stand Up Spotlight”; toured with Cher, Julio Iglesias, Dolly Parton and Tony Bennett, among others; and released six comedy CDs, most recently “I’m on the Boat.” His latest DVD, “Telling It Like It Is” is available on BobbyCollins.com. Tuesday, June 9, 7 p.m. dave matthews Band Nikon At Jones Beach Theater 1000 Ocean Parkway, Wantagh (516) 221-1000 www.jonesbeach.com/ Dave Matthews and Co. were responsible for some of the biggest hits of the 1990s, including “What Would You Say,” “Satellite”, and “Ants Marching” from “Under the Table and Dreaming.” The band followed up that success with “Crash,” which garnered the group with a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for “So Much to Say” and yielded hits “Crash into Me”, “Too Much” and “Tripping Billies.” The band will perform two full sets, a new format it introduced during its 2014 run.

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Seniors Can Obtain Money from Their Home With a Reverse Mortgage. As many seniors know, living on a fixed income can be challenging. Fortunately, M&T’s Reverse Mortgage offers a way for senior homeowners to use the equity in their homes to supplement their income - without selling their homes or having to worry about making monthly payments. A reverse mortgage works just as the name suggests instead of the homeowner paying the bank, the bank pays the homeowner. For many seniors, a reverse mortgage offers a practical way to put their hardearned home equity to work for them to help meet their financial goals in retirement. With M&T’s Reverse Mortgage the bank makes payments to the homeowner, which can be received in a lump sum, regular monthly installments, or as a line of credit. The balance, plus interest, is paid back once the borrower’s home is no longer their primary residence. Contrary to a common misconception, a reverse mortgage borrower keeps title and ownership of their home for as long as they continue to live in it. In fact, a reverse mortgage can be used to keep a home by providing income to pay property taxes – possibly avoiding a tax lien. Further, a reverse mortgage is a non-recourse loan that borrowers need not repay until they no longer occupy their home as their primary residence. Qualification is based on current interest rates, the value of the home, and the age of the homeowner. The homeowner must be at least 62 years of age and 14 family, owneroccupied homes and certain condominiums and townhouses are eligible.

For more information contact M&T Reverse Mortgage Specialist,

Marylu Byrnes at 516-391-7633 Disclosure: M&T Bank is an equal housing lender. This material was not developed by HUD or FHA nor approved by them. This is not a commitment to make a mortgage loan. The senior needs to continue to occupy the home as primary residence, in good repair, and taxes and insurance premiums up to date. Consult your tax advisor regarding the tax consequences of a reverse mortgage. ©2015 M&T Bank. NMLS #381076. Member FDIC. Marylu Byrnes NMLS # 98618.

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Market: The local real estate market is another factor to consider when deciding whether or not to sell your home. A home is a significant investment, and you want to earn as substantial a return on that investment as possible. Selling when the market is struggling will make your investment less valuable. Research recently sold homes in your neighborhood to get an idea of how much you can expect to get if you sold your home in the current market. It might be worth it to sell now, or it might pay off to be patient and wait until the market rebounds.

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elling a home is no small undertaking. It often pays to be patient when putting a property up for sale, but waiting for an acceptable offer can be stressful, especially for those homeowners who have already found their next homes. Because so much tends to be riding on the decision of whether or not to sell a home, homeowners would be wise to consider the following factors before putting that “For Sale” sign in their front yards.

Motivation: Many homeowners sell their homes because their families are growing and they have outgrown their current residences. Others may recognize a seller’s real estate market and want to strike while the iron is hot, while still others might be moving for a new job. The factors that motivate homeowners to sell their homes vary with each individual case, but prospective sellers should keep in mind that moving can be expensive, and finding a new home may not be so easy, nor is the grass necessarily greener on the other side. When deciding if now is the best time to sell your home, make sure you will be selling for the right reason. That can make the often trying process of selling a home a lot easier to handle.

Kids: Selling your home will impact your family just like it will impact your bottom line. Unless you plan to move down the street or to another home in your community, selling may mean you and your family no longer see your friends and neighbors. That can be a difficult adjustment, especially for school-aged kids who will have to adjust to a new school. The potentially negative impact that selling can have on your children may not be worth the financial benefits of selling, so the decision of whether or not to sell should not be taken lightly by homeowners who also happen to be parents. Quality of life: It can be difficult to turn down an opportunity to make a lot of money on your real estate investment. But if you plan to sell and move further away from your office and your friends and family, the financial windfall you earn when selling your home may not be worth the sacrifices you have to make in order to earn that money. Studies have shown that longer commutes can elevate stress levels, and even the most affordable property may not be worth moving to if you won’t be able to enjoy the home with your friends and family. When deciding whether or not to sell their homes, many homeowners make the decision a strictly financial one. But there is more than money to consider when deciding if now is the right time to sell your home.

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Michael C. Adges is a 1981 graduate of Stony Brook University (B.A.) and a 1984 graduate of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D.)

Michael C. Adges Attorney at Law

In 1989, he founded the Law Office of Michael C. Adges in Bayside, New York, specializing in real estate transactions. The office later re-located to Bellerose and Mineola and is now located in Williston Park, New York. Mr. Adges has served in the capacities of both attorney and realtor on numerous real estate committees on the state and local levels. His experience as an investor - buying and selling properties in New York City and Long Island have given him an insider’s perspective on the real estate process. Mr. Adges has had many speaking engagements - lecturing on such topics as bankruptcy, real estate transactions and ethics sponsored by the National Business Institute (NBI) and various banks and bar associations. He has also taught real estate transactions at CUNY School of Law in Queens. Mr. Adges is a member of the Nassau County Bar Association, the New York Bar Association and Vice President of the Williston Area Chamber of Commerce. He is also a member of various networking groups.

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MEET MINDY: REAL ESTATE RE-INVENTED Mindy Miles Greenberg is a familiar face in the world of TV. Having appeared nationally as a regular on‑air Interior Designer for 5 years on Home & Garden Television, she is sought after for her ability to visualize and communicate the plan and layout of a home, focusing on function and style. She is an expert in renovations, helping buyers to visualize how that space can be transformed and personalized. LISTINGS: Tap into her talents for real estate staging. Mindy’s keen eye for design trends and positioning furniture/art/ accessories to show your home to its best potential, will provide you with great photographs which give you, the seller, an upper hand in this competitive on‑line marketplace. She was named the Top Producer: Units 1st Quarter of 2015 and Top Producer: Listings 3rd Quarter 2014 in the D. E. Great Neck office. SELLING: Naturally, her love of architecture has fueled her dedication for showing and selling real estate. Mindy loves to partake in the “hunt” for the perfect home.

COMMUNITY: A native of Great Neck, Mindy has the pulse of the GN Community at her finger tips. Growing‑up locally providing her with a lifelong knowledge of our town. Getting involved is the reason Mindy formed the group “Great Neck Gatherings” on the site, Meet‑Up. Also a member of the “Board of Directors” of the Chamber of Commerce of Great Neck, she was recently recognized for her service as she actively got involved with top community leaders. GLOBAL: With over 10,000 Twitter followers plus lots of FB friends, Mindy doesn’t just list your property on the MLS and hope for the best. Her strategic plan of marketing brings notice to the properties she represents, in an upscale, friendly manner.

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SELLING? BUYING? RENTING? RELOCATING? Surely you’ve seen her zipping around town, as her car has the license plate: SOLD 2 U. iPhone 6+ in hand, Mindy is always close‑by to act as your trusted advisor. Call or text her at: 917.974.4500.

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uying a home is simultaneously exciting and stressful. Owning a home is still a dream for many people, but first-time buyers often find that their unfamiliarity with the home buying process is a source of stress. Part of that stress stems from the terminology associated with home mortgages. Many terms may raise an eyebrow among first-time buyers, so the following are a few mortgage terms buyers can familiarize themselves with to facilitate the process of buying their own homes. Closing costs: Buying a home is expensive, and part of that expense is the closing costs. Any time a real estate transaction occurs, that transaction is accompanied by certain expenses, which are known as the closing costs. Closing costs may include attorney fees, loan origination fees, title insurance and escrow payments. Buyers can sometimes negotiate with the seller so the seller will agree to pay the closing costs, or the costs can be shared by the buyer and the seller. But buyers may also pay the closing costs in their entirety on their own.

Escrow: Escrow is a bond, deed, document or money kept in the custody of a third party until a real estate transaction has been completed. In addition, escrow accounts are used to hold the property tax and insurance fees that are collected via your monthly mortgage payment.

Fixed-rate mortgage: A fixed-rate mortgage, unlike an adjustable rate mortgage, is one in which the interest rate on the mortgage remains the same for the life of the loan. Buyers

typically prefer a fixed-rate mortgage because they know exactly what they will be paying for their home each month. An adjustable rate mortgage, often referred to as an ARM loan, is one that typically comes with a lower interest rate than a fixed-rate mortgage, but that lower rate is usually only locked in for a relatively brief period of time, such as one year. Once that initial time period is over, the interest rate will then increase and may increase several times thereafter over the life of the loan. PMI: PMI, which stands for private mortgage insurance, must be purchased by home buyers who are financing more than 80 percent of their homes. The standard down payment when purchasing a home is 20 percent, but some buyers cannot afford such a down payment. As a result, the lender then mandates that such buyers purchase PMI, which protects the lenders if the borrower defaults on the loan. The cost of PMI will be added to your mortgage payment, and once you have 20 percent equity in your home you can cancel PMI, at which time your monthly mortgage payment will decrease.

Title insurance: Title insurance is a tool that protects both the buyer and the seller against legal issues that may arise as a result of the home’s title. Title insurance protects buyers and the lender from the possibility that the seller was not legally permitted to transfer ownership of the property to the buyer. Title insurance may also protect sellers from any issues that may arise that threaten his or her ability to sell the home.

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How to easily grow your savings saving rate rose to 5.4 percent in the third quarter of 2013, which is up from 5 percent in 2012.

ne of the keys to successfully managing money is to save money. Conventional financial wisdom recommends men and women have between three and four month’s worth of earnings in their savings accounts to cover themselves in case of an emergency. But many people live paycheck to paycheck, while others are mired in debt.

A 2013 survey from BankRate. com found roughly threequarters of Americans have little emergency savings. Many working professionals find it

hard to save any money once they have paid their monthly bills, including home expenses, child care and other common expenses. Although many Canadians are not saving enough, there seems to be a silver lining with regard to money management in that part of North America. The percentage of people who claimed they could not save dropped from 28 percent in 2012 to 17 percent in 2013, according to a BMO Financial Group report on household savings. Statistics Canada reported that the household

Financial analysts point to consumer trends among younger generations as one possible cause of the dwindling emphasis on saving money. Previous generations were taught the benefits of saving and being frugal, but nowadays many people struggle to distinguish between necessities and luxuries. More readily available access to credit and a more materialistic culture may also be contributing to fewer dollars being saved. While saving may seem like an uphill battle, a little saving can go a long way. Explore these relatively painless ways to cut back and save more money.

Do it yourself. Make a list of all the service providers used — from manicurists to hair stylists to lawncare professionals — and figure out where cuts can be made. Doing all or a portion of the work yourself can save a considerable amount of money. Do your own weeding and edging, only paying a landscaper to perform the more

time consuming task of mowing the lawn. Skip an in-salon coloring treatment for an athome application. Spend a day preparing meals for the week and eliminate much of your dining out expenses or fast food excursions. Review your shopping cart. Impulse buys can bust budgets. When grocery shopping, take some time before getting in line to review your potential purchases. Compare items against your list and figure out if any items can go back on the shelf. Do the same when shopping online. Before you proceed to checkout, review items in your cart. Chances are you can delete one or two from the list. Consider new stores. If you find yourself spending more than you feel is necessary when shopping, look for new stores. Smaller markets may offer produce and other items at a fraction of the cost of large chain stores. Instead of doing all of your shopping in one place, shop around and buy items where they are the least expensive. For example, you may find paper products are more affordable at a pharmacy

than at the supermarket.

Learn to coupon effectively. Although you need not go to extremes, use coupons when shopping and learn how to pair sales with coupons to earn even greater discounts. Many blogs and websites help make the process easier, telling you when and where to clip coupons. Sometimes you can print coupons directly online or load discounts to a shopper loyalty card.

Scale back on certain services. Assess your lifestyle to determine which services you can live without. If you rarely watch television, you may be able to reduce your cable or satellite package. Figure out if bundling services really does save you money. Add up how many minutes you use on mobile phone plans as well as the amount of data. You might find that you do not need the biggest phone plan after all. Saving does not have to be challenging. Opportunities to save money present themselves at every turn. Master the little ways to shave off expenses and grow your savings.

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The Old Westbury Office Covers It All It’s no surprise that Old Westbury and its neighboring communities are among the most sought after on Long Island. A varied stock of homes in all price ranges are complemented by verdant landscapes, parks, excellent schools, shopping, restaurants and proximity to Manhattan. “Right now inventory is low and houses priced right are flying to contract,” says Wendy Osinoff-Sutton, sales manager for Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty’s Old Westbury office. “Pricing continues to be the most significant factor in buying or selling a home,” she adds, “and it’s important to have a trusted, experienced agent to help you navigate the market and negotiate for you.” Daniel Gale Sotheby’s agents represent buyers and sellers in all price ranges and communities and have earned a reputation for personal service, discretion and unparalleled expertise. “Homebuyers who come from the city are looking for turnkey homes—those with new bathrooms and kitchens topping the list,” says Osinoff-Sutton. “Many of today’s buyers are the children of long established families that are coming back. They are very familiar with the lifestyle, and want to bring up their children in the environment they enjoyed.” Homes starting at around $600,000 are coming on the market in Albertson, Mineola, and East Williston as the people who live in those homes are moving up and can afford more house because of the current prices and mortgage rates. “We see a lot of people who move around within the area and don’t leave the East Williston enclave,” says Osinoff-Sutton. The activities that are provided for young families are plentiful and diverse. After school activities of all kinds abound, both at the schools and in the larger communities. For the adults there are plenty of continuing education opportunities. Local attractions include Christopher Morley Park, Clark Botanical Garden and Old Westbury Gardens. These institutions host many activities for children and adults. During the days leading up to Halloween, for example, Clark Botanical Garden holds its Spooky Walk, and the pumpkin carving exhibit at Old Westbury Gardens draws spectators from all around Long Island. Nearby, the Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn Harbor, Long Island University Post, New York Institute of Technology, SUNY Old Westbury provide valuable educational and cultural opportunities while the Old Westbury Equestrian Center, miles of quiet riding trails and the polo fields off of Whitney Lane make Old Westbury a horse lovers’ haven. For last 16 years, Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty has consistently been the leading office among all the real estate companies in the area. Wendy Osinoff Sutton and her exceptional sales team list and sell more homes that any other real estate company in the area. Daniel Gale Sotheby’s marketing efforts outdo all other companies in the local, regional and global marketplace and their local knowledge, and best in the industry training and technology make them optimally positioned to provide the rewarding transaction for both buyers and sellers.

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PROJECT INDEPENDENCE SUPPORT & SOCIAL GROUP The Town of North Hempstead’s Project Independence would like to remind residents that they offer free support and social groups. Call 311 or (516) 869-6311 for more information.

PROJECT SAFE SEMINAR The Town of North Hempstead will be hosting a Project SAFE seminar on Thursday, June 11, designed to educate seniors about the prevalence of scammers who try to part seniors and from their money. The seminar will be held at Shelter Rock Public Library, 165 Searingtown Road, Albertson from 1:30 to 3 p.m.. The seminar allow seniors to learn from a panel of experts how to protect themselves and how to manage and understand their finances as they age. Town of North Hempstead Receiver of Taxes Charles Berman will be a member of the panel and will share his vast experience on real property and tax matters, teach attendees how to spot misinformation, and to make sure seniors understand their rights and responsibilities. For more information call 311 or

to view a television program about “Project SAFE” tune in to North Hempstead TV, Channel 18 or 63 on Cablevision, Channel 46 on Verizon, or log on to www.mynhtv.com.

FREE LEGAL CONSULTATION CLINIC FOR SENIORS 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 a volunteer attorney for a half-hour private consultation on any topic of concern. The next Senior Citizen Free Legal Consultation Clinic will be held June 17, 9:30 to 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. HISTORY LECTURE Brian Kilmeade will speak on the Culper Spy Ring, “George Washington’s Secret Six” on Sunday, June 7, at 6 p.m. at Cradle of Aviation Museum, Charles Lindbergh Blvd. Mitchel Field, East Garden City. Vicit www.NassauCountyHstoricalSociety.org or

call (516) 538-7679 for more information. Admission free, refreshments served, guests welcome.

IRISH AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NASSAU, SUFFOLK & QUEENS 297 Willis Ave. Mineola. Friday June 5, 7:30 p.m. $10 Tradiotnal & Country Night All musicians welcome Friday June 12, 8 p.m. Card Game Saturday June 20, 8 p.m. - $20 Ceili with The Pete Kelly Band Friday June 26, 8 p.m. - $20 per person Miss IAS Competition and Dance Music by Sharon and Friends. Call The Irish American Society if you would like to participate, open to girls of Irish descent 17 to 24 years of age.$500 cash prize Ceili Lessons on the first, second and last Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. - $5 Set dancing lessons every Wednesday at 7 p.m. - $5 Senior Social Club every Monday from 12 to 3 p.m. Showing GAA Games on our large screen throughout the season

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THE CULINARY ARCHITECT

Preparing the All-American dinner Last week my phone rings and it’s my dear friend, Peggy, telling me that our mutual friends, Lorenzo and Nicolo, will be popping in from Venice for a three day visit to New York. What’s a busy caterer to do? I immediately put my thinking cap on and thought, “All American...”. Hot dogs, yes!, but not suitable for a whole meal. Fried chicken, yes!, but very time consuming and making it is a very messy ordeal. However, very easy to buy ready made. Fill in with a few make-ahead side dishes and finish off the meal with an easy apple crumble. Easy because you don’t have to make a crust (which is time consuming and very tempermental). Alternatively, you may ask one of your guests to bring a pie — less work for the busy hostess! Finally, set the table with red, white and blue and welcome our Italian friends with Blueberry Martinis. Menu Serves 8-12 Blueberry Martinis Pigs in Blankets with

Deli Mustard* Fried Chicken* Culinary Architect’s F amous Coleslaw Peggy’s Potato Salad Macaroni Salad* Tossed Salad* Apple Crumble Vanilla Ice Cream* *Recipe Not Given Blueberry Martini Ice 1 part vodka, rum or tequila 2 parts blueberry juice (I use Wyman’s) Splash of Triple Sec or Cointreau Fresh blueberries for garnish 1. Fill a martini shaker or a pitcher with ice and add all of the above ingredients except the blueberries. 2. Shake or stir. 3. Pour into martini glasses and garnish each with fresh blueberries.

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Great Neck Library Marion Marion Blumenthal Blumenthal LaLazan: zan: Her Her Holocaust Holocaust Story Story Four Perfect Perfect Pebbles Pebbles Four Author Talk/Book Talk/Book Signing Signing Author presented presented by by the the Great Great Neck Neck Library Library Hosted by by Temple Temple Beth-El Beth-El Hosted of Great Great Neck Neck of Join Marion Marion Blumenthal Blumenthal LaLaJoin zan, zan, Holocaust Holocaust Survivor, Survivor, for for aa message message of of perseverance, perseverance, determination, faith faith and and determination, hope on on Sunday, Sunday, June June 14 14 at at hope p.m. at at Temple Temple Beth-El Beth-El of of 77 p.m. Great Great Neck, Neck, 55 Old Old Mill Mill Road, Road, Great Great Neck Neck 11023. 11023. Marion will will discuss discuss her her Marion award-winning memoir, memoir, award-winning Four Four Perfect Perfect Pebbles: Pebbles: A A Holocaust Holocaust Story Story cocoauthored by Lila Perl. authored by Lila Perl. Marion’s is is aa moving moving Marion’s first-hand account account of of the the first-hand Blumenthal Blumenthal family’s family’s life life in in Germany Germany from from the the events events preceding Kristallnacht to preceding Kristallnacht to imprisonment in in concentraconcentraimprisonment tion camps camps to to liberation liberation in in tion April April of of 1945. 1945. Mrs. Mrs. Lazan Lazan was was 11 11 years years old old when when the the family finally finally gained gained its its family freedom. Her Her presentation presentation freedom. goes beyond beyond the the facts. facts. She She goes stresses stresses the the importance importance of of positive positive thinking, thinking, creativcreativity and and inner inner strength strength to to ity overcome adversity. adversity. ItIt asks asks overcome the audience audience to to be be tolerant tolerant the of of others others and and not not stereostereotype type individuals individuals based based on on religious belief, belief, color, color, race race religious or national national origin. origin. She She or warns warns her her listeners listeners to to be be true true to to themselves themselves and and not not blindly follow-the-leader. blindly follow-the-leader. Today’s generation generation is is the the Today’s last generation generation to to hear hear aa last first-hand first-hand account. account. Marion Marion Blumenthal Blumenthal Lazan Lazan is an inspirational is an inspirational speaker speaker

whose whose unforgettable unforgettable memmemoir oir recalls recalls the the devastating devastating years that that shaped shaped her her years childhood. She She has has been been childhood. speaking speaking out out publicly publicly about about the the Holocaust Holocaust since since 1979 1979 at schools, schools, organizations organizations at and other other venues venues in in the the and United States States and and all all over over United the the world. world. Upwards Upwards of of one one million million students students and and adults have have heard heard Marion’s Marion’s adults story, told told in in person. person. Many Many story, schools are are using using Marion’s Marion’s schools memoir memoir in in the the study study of of the the Holocaust. Holocaust. Four Four Perfect Perfect Pebbles is is in in its its 20th 20th printprintPebbles ing in in hardback, hardback, with with aa total total ing of of over over 500,000 500,000 copies copies in in all all editions editions in in print. print. ItIt has has been translated into Dutch, been translated into Dutch, German and and Japanese. Japanese. German Marion will will sign sign copies copies of of Marion her her book, book, which which will will be be available available for for purchase. purchase. Her Her website website is is www.fourperwww.fourperfectpebbles.com. Temple Temple fectpebbles.com. Beth-El parking parking is is located located Beth-El on on Old Old Mill Mill Road Road near near the the side side entrance entrance of of the the Temple. This This is is aa presentapresentaTemple. tion for for all all ages. ages. tion

New Lecture Series New Lecture Series Join us at Great Neck Join us Tuesday, at Great Neck House, June 9, 1 House, Tuesday, JuneJanet 9, 1 p.m. when storyteller p.m. storyteller Emilywhen Demarest bringsJanet the Emily brings the past toDemarest life. In 2005, Janet past to life. 2005, Janet became the InStoryteller-inbecame theatStoryteller-inResidence Old Bethpage Residence at Old Bethpage Village Restoration, a 19th Village a 19th CenturyRestoration, living history muCentury seum onliving Long history Island. muHer seum on Longincorporates Island. Her presentation presentation incorporates theater, storytelling as well theater, storytelling as well as audience participation. as participation. Heraudience strange and fascinating Her strange and ancient fascinating obscure stories, obscure stories, ancientlore legends and anecdotal legends anecdotal forms theand basis for her lore first forms the basis first book, Tales fromfor theher Genbook, TalesThe fromLegends the General Store: eral Store: The released Legends in of Long Island, of Long Island, released September, 2014. Admis-in September, Admission requires2014. a park card. sion requires a park card. Nature Program: Long Nature Walk Program: Long Walk Saturday, June 13 at 11 Saturday, at 11in a.m., take June a long13walk a.m., long walk Kingstake Pointa Park. Meetin in Kings Point Park.lotMeet the first parking at thein the first parking lot at theto Redbrook Road entrance Redbrook Road entrance to the park. You will get some the park. and You learn will get some exercise about exercise about nature tooand as learn we tour the

perimeter of our own 175 perimeter of our 175 acre preserve. Noown registraacre preserve.Children No registration required. tion required. Children

June June Job Job Workshops Workshops with with Career Career Coach Coach Stan Stan BroitBroitman at at Station Station Branch Branch man Resume, Networking Networking and and Resume, Interviewing Interviewing Career Career Coach Coach Stan Stan BroitBroitman man will will present present three three workshops for for job job seekers seekers workshops this June June at at the the Station Station this Branch Branch Library, Library, 26 26 Great Great Neck Neck Road Road (2nd (2nd level), level), Gardens at Great Neck Gardens at Great Neck shopping center. center. shopping Individualized Resume Resume Individualized Workshop Workshop will will be be held held on on Saturday, Saturday, June June 66 from from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. In this 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. In this

workshop workshop you you will will have have the the opportunity opportunity to to share share your resume resume with with the the rest rest your of the the class class so so itit can can be be of constructively constructively reviewed reviewed for for effectiveness, effectiveness, completecompleteness, and and coherence coherence with with ness, the job job you you are are seeking. seeking. the Bring your your resume resume and and one one Bring online online description description of of aa posiposition tion you you want. want. The The goal: goal: aa better resume resume that that leads leads to to better interviews. interviews. Networking: How How Most Most Networking: Jobs Jobs are are Filled Filled will will be be held held on on Thursday, Thursday, June June 11 11 from from to 99 p.m. p.m. This This workshop workshop 77 to will review review and and teach teach you you will the the essentials essentials of of the the most most important important job job search search funcfunction. tion. ItIt has has been been said said that that 80% of of all all jobs jobs are are filled filled 80% by personal personal networking networking as as by opposed opposed to to answering answering job job postings postings in in newspapers newspapers and and online. online. In In fact, fact, most most jobs jobs are not not posted. posted. are Interviewing: Know Know Interviewing: Yourself, Yourself, The The Job Job and and The The Questions Questions will will be be held held on on Thursday, June June 18 18 from from 77 Thursday, to 99 p.m. p.m. This This workshop workshop is is to comprehensive review review aa comprehensive of of the the interview interview process. process. Learn Learn about about answering answering the the three types types of of questions: questions: three traditional, behavioral, behavioral, and and traditional, personally challenging. challenging. Stan Stan personally will will review review the the weakness weakness question. question. The The three three P’s P’s of of Interviewing are: are: Prepare, Prepare, Interviewing Practice, and and Perform. Perform. Practice, Attendees Attendees may may attend attend one, one, two two or or all all three three workshops. workshops. Registration is suggested, Registration is suggested, but not not necessary. necessary. Phone Phone but (516) 466-8055, 466-8055, ext. ext. 277. 277. (516) Dr. Dr. Elizabette Elizabette Cohen, Cohen, D.V.M. D.V.M. at at Station Station Branch Branch

Host Host of of WCBS WCBS 880 880 News News Radio’s Radio’s “Healthy “Healthy and and Happy Happy Pet” Pet” Meet Dr. Dr. Elizabette Elizabette Cohen, Cohen, Meet D.V.M. D.V.M. when when she she answers answers your your pet pet questions questions on on Sunday, June June 77 at at 2 2 p.m. p.m. at at Sunday, the Station Station Branch Branch Library, Library, the 26 Great Great Neck Neck Road Road (2nd (2nd 26 level), level), Gardens Gardens at at Great Great Neck Neck shopping shopping center. center. Dr. Elizabette Elizabette Cohen Cohen has has Dr. been practicing practicing veterinary veterinary been medicine and and surgery surgery in in medicine NYC NYC and and Long Long Island Island since since 1988. 1988. She She received received her her D.V.M. from from Cornell Cornell VetVetD.V.M. erinary School. School. Elizabette Elizabette erinary is is the the host host of of WCBS WCBS 880 880 News News Radio’s Radio’s “Healthy “Healthy and and Happy Pet” and author Happy Pet” and author of of Most of of My My Patient’s Patient’s Wear Wear Most Fur: Tales Tales of of Small Small Animals Animals Fur: and and Their Their Big Big City City Vet. Vet. Her Her book book offers offers practical practical guidance guidance along along with with funny funny anecdotes. Dr. Dr. Cohen Cohen anecdotes. is aa published published author author in in is veterinary veterinary publications publications on on topics topics including including alternative alternative treatment of of corneal corneal ulcers. ulcers. treatment She will will give give preventative preventative She health tips tips for for your your pet pet and and health answer answer every every audience audience member’s member’s pet pet question. question. Everyone will will be be given given Everyone something to to take take home. home. something Book Book Discussion Discussion with with Librarian Librarian Janet Janet Schneider Schneider presented by by the the Great Great presented Neck Library Library at at Saddle Saddle Rock Rock Neck Village Village The The Children Children Act Act by by Ian Ian McEwan McEwan The Great Great Neck Neck Library Library The presents aa book book discusdiscuspresents sion sion of of Ian Ian McEwan’s McEwan’s The The Children Children Act Act led led by by LibrarLibrarian Janet Schneider on ian Janet Schneider on

Tuesday, Tuesday, June June 99 at at 11 11 a.m. a.m. hosted hosted by by the the Saddle Saddle Rock Rock Village Hall, Hall, 18 18 Masefield Masefield Village Way, Saddle Saddle Rock, Rock, Great Great Way, Neck, Neck, 11023. 11023. Fiona Fiona Maye, Maye, at at 59, 59, has has just just learned of of an an awful awful crack crack learned in her her marriage marriage when when she she in must rule rule on on the the opposopposmust ing ing medical medical and and religious religious interests interests surrounding surrounding aa 17-year-old boy boy who who will will 17-year-old likely die die without without blood blood likely transfusions. The The cancer cancer transfusions. patient, patient, weeks weeks shy shy of of the the age age when when he he could could speak speak for himself, himself, has has embraced embraced for his parents’ parents’ deep deep faith faith as as his Jehovah’s Jehovah’s Witnesses Witnesses and and their their abhorrence abhorrence of of letting letting what what the the Bible Bible deems deems aa pollutant enter enter his his body. body. pollutant Registration is is recomrecomRegistration mended. mended. Call Call (516) (516) 4664668055, 8055, ext. ext. 218 218 or or 277. 277. Copies of the book will Copies of the book will be available available to to registered registered be patrons for for pickup pickup at at the the patrons branch branch of of their their choice. choice. Film at at Station Station Branch Branch Film All film film matinees matinees are are now now All held at at the the Station Station Branch Branch held while while the the Main Main Library Library preprepares pares for for renovations. renovations. The The next film film will will be be shown shown on on next Thursday, June June 11 11 at at 2 2 p.m. p.m. Thursday, at the the Station Station Branch, Branch, The The at Gardens Gardens at at Great Great Neck, Neck, 26 26 Great Great Neck Neck Road, Road, 2nd 2nd level level (above Waldbaum’s). Waldbaum’s). (above Refer to to the the Library Library NewsNewsRefer letter, letter, film film brochure brochure or or website website for for information information on on the films scheduled. the films scheduled. Doors Doors open at at 1:30 1:30 p.m. p.m. Arrive Arrive open early as as seating seating is is limited. limited. early Priority Priority seating seating is is given given to to Great Great Neck Neck School School District District residents. Please bring residents. Please bring

your your Library Library card, card, driver’s driver’s license license or or other other ID ID showshowing your your Great Great Neck Neck School School ing District address. address. District Seeking Seeking Prospective Prospective Candidates Candidates Library Board Board of of Trustees Trustees Library and Nominating Nominating Committee Committee and At At the the end end of of January January 2016, 2016, terms terms will will expire expire for one one four-year four-year seat seat for on the the Board Board of of Trustees Trustees on (currently held held by by Francine Francine (currently Ferrante Ferrante Krupski) Krupski) and and two two three-year three-year seats seats on on the the Nominating Committee Committee Nominating (currently held held by by Stacee Stacee (currently Bernstein Bernstein and and Andrew Andrew Dorf). Dorf). The The Nominating Nominating CommitCommittee invites invites members members of of the the tee community, who who wish wish to to be be community, considered considered as as candidates candidates for for the the above above seats, seats, to to send send aa resume resume and and letter letter so stating stating by by June June 15, 15, so 2015 to: to: The The Chair Chair of of the the 2015 Nominating Nominating Committee, Committee, c/o c/o The The Director’s Director’s Office, Office, Great Great Neck Library, Library, 159 159 Bayview Bayview Neck Ave., Great Great Neck, Neck, NY NY Ave., 11023. IfIf hand hand delivering, delivering, 11023. please please bring bring to to the the Station Station Branch Branch Library Library at at 26 26 Great Great Neck Road, Road, Great Great Neck Neck Neck NY, 11021 11021 in in the the Gardens Gardens NY, at Great Great Neck Neck Shopping Shopping at Plaza. Plaza. Any Any nominee nominee for for aa position position on the the Board Board of of Trustees Trustees on or the the Nominating Nominating ComComor mittee mittee must must be be aa member member of of the the Great Great Neck Neck Library Library Association Association or or aa registered registered voter with with the the Nassau Nassau voter County Board Board of of Elections Elections County by by the the Record Record Date Date of of Oct. Oct. 5, 5, 2015. 2015.

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Storyteller Janet Emily DeStoryteller De-to marest willJanet bring Emily the past marest will bring the past life at Great Neck House. to life at Great Neck House. under 16 years old are not under 16 years old are not permitted to attend. permitted to Annual attend. BlessNineteenth Nineteenth Annual Blessing of the Fleet ing of the Fleet Marina on At Steppingstone At Steppingstone Marina on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m., Sunday, June 14 at 11greeta.m., we will be accepting we accepting greetingswill andbebenedictions from ings and benedictions from dignitaries and community dignitaries and community representatives, in blessing

the fleet. It will take place the It willThis takeevent placeis rain fleet. or shine. rain or shine. event is sponsored by This the Steppingsponsored by the stone Blessing of Steppingthe Fleet stone Blessing of the Fleet Committee, Steppingstone Committee, Steppingstone Yacht Club and the StepYacht ClubSailing and theClub. Steppingstone A pingstone A program ofSailing eventsClub. will be program will be available of at events the marina. All available at the marina. All are welcome. are welcome. Sailing School Open Sailing House School Open House The Sailing School Open The Sailing Open House is at School Steppingstone House is at Steppingstone Park marina on Sunday, Park on Check Sunday, June marina 14, 1 p.m. June 14,information 1 p.m. Check out our booth out and our takeinformation a ride with booth our and ride with our crew.take Thea Sailing Procrew. The Sailing Pro- for gram includes classes gram classes for adultsincludes (to attend with their adults (to adult attendsailing with their children), children), sailing (all levels),adult pleasure sails, (all levels), pleasure sails, as well as youth classes. as well as run youth classes. Programs from June Programs from 28. June 29 throughrun August A 29 through 28.proof A simple swimAugust test and simple swim test andforproof of age are required of areprograms. required for all age sailing For all sailing programs. more information callFor (516) more information call (516) 482-0355. 482-0355. Recreation Center at Recreation Center at the Parkwood Sports

You don’t have to be a member of the pool to enjoy the Recreation Center. Just You be a member of the pool to enjoy the Recreation Center. Just bringdon’t yourhave parktocard! bring your park card!

Complex Complex The Recreation Center will The Recreation Center be open Saturday, Junewill be Saturday,June June21 20 open and Sunday, 20 Sunday, June 21 fromand 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; from 11 a.m. 6:30 p.m.; Monday, Juneto22 through Monday, June2622from through Friday, June 3 to Friday, June fromdaily 3 to 6:30 p.m. and26open 6:30 p.m.Saturday, and openJune daily starting starting 27 from Saturday, 9 a.m. to 8June p.m. 27 from 9such a.m. as to 8arts p.m. Activities

& crafts, indoor soccer, & crafts, indoor soccer, basketball, rock wall and basketball, wall andTo more will berock available. more will be available. To participate in climbing the participate in climbing rock wall you must firstthe rock mustPass first at obtainwall an you Extreme obtain an Extreme Pass at Great Neck House (which Great Neck House (which requires a parent’s signarequires parent’s signature). Youa do not have to be ture). You do not Parkwood have to be a member of the aFamily member of theCenter Parkwood Aquatic to

participate. All Park District participate. All Park District residents with a valid park residents with a valid park card are permitted at the card are permitted at the Rec Center. Children under Rec Center. Children the age of eight must under be the age of eight be accompanied by must an adult. accompanied by an adult. If you would like further Ifinformation you wouldcall likeGreat further information Great482Neck House call at (516) Neck 0355.House at (516) 4820355.

The Great Neck News, Friday, June 5, 2015

Roslyn biz tied to Skelos investigation BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO A Roslyn-based insurance company is talking to investigators probing whether former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) secured payments and medical benefits for his son Adam Skelos from an unidentified malpractice firm. A spokesman for Physicians Reciprocal Insurers, the second largest medical malpractice firm in the state, said in an e-mail to Newsday that “We are aware that the U.S. Attorney is investigating Dean Skelos and his son Adam. PRI is cooperating with the U.S. Attorney and has no further comment at this time.” A telephone message left to PRI was not immediately returned. Dean and Adam Skelos pleaded not guilty on Monday to corruption charges alleging the senator used his political power to get jobs, money and benefits for his son from sources that include a developer, environmen-

tal firm and malpractice insurance company. The insurer, which has not been officially identified, allegedly provided Adam Skelos with $100,000 from a no-show job and benefits, according to the indictment against the Skeloses. Physicians Reciprocal Insurers is led by Anthony Bonomo of Manhasset, who in April was selected by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to chair the New York Racing Association. Campaign finance records show the Bonomo family contributed more than $800,000 to candidates in the 2014 election cycle, including Cuomo, Skelos, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. According to a Capital New York report, Physicians Reciprocal Insurers has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in recent years in lobbying the state on various medical malpractice issues. Among the lobbying firms retained by Physicians Reciprocal Insurers is Park Strategies,

which is owned by former U.S. Sen. Alfonse D’Amato. A 2013 Blank Slate Media investigation found D’Amato and state Sen. Jack Martins (RMineola) personally asked the Long Island Power Authority to accelerate the restoration of Physicians Reciprocal Insurers in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. A LIPA spokesman at the time said the power authority did not dedicate extra resources to PRI or alter its restoration priority in wake of the requests. Physicians Reciprocal Insurers, located at 1800 Northern Blvd. in Roslyn, is the second North Shore area business to find itself involved in the Skelos probe. Dean Skelos is alleged to have obtained more than $200,000 in payments for Adam Skelos by pressuring the New Hyde Park-based real estate developer Glenwood Management Corporation, which relied on the state Legislature for tax abatements and other legislation, such as rent regulation, essential to its real estate business.

Former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos

Lord & Taylor Madoff associates expansion approved avoid jail time BY B I LL S A N A N TON I O The Nassau County Planning Commission on Thursday approved a proposed expansion to the Lord & Taylor store in Manhasset and granted the Town of North Hempstead the ability to proceed as lead government agency on the project. The expansion calls for a 31,150 square-foot extension to the 125,600 square-foot building and a variance for 519 parking spaces, rather than the 540 spaces required at the site. Initially approved by the Town of North Hempstead in 2011, the expansion was not a priority for Lord & Taylor, and the town’s decisions expired. Lord & Taylor brought the application back before the town’s Board of Zoning Appeals in April, where it was approved. As part of the county’s approval, North Hempstead will be required to file a report with the county planning commission indicating its handling of the application moving forward.

In early April, Rich Bentley, the president of the Council for Greater Manhasset Civic Associations, said he received notification from Howard Avrutine, Lord & Taylor’s attorney for the project, that the company was ready to proceed with the project. Bentley at the time said the Greater Council supported the plan at the time, but the project was “placed on the back burner” as Lord & Taylor officials sought to alleviate issues with the borders of its parking lot, causing the town’s approval to expire. “Lord & Taylor has always been a good community member for Manhasset, a good neighbor, and we’re glad to see their business thriving,” he said. Following the town’s approval, North Hempstead town spokeswoman Carole Trottere said in an email the zoning board conducted a “careful review” of the project.

BY B I LL S A N A N TON I O Three former associates of Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff who later cooperated with prosecutors to help convict their former boss avoided jail time in their sentences in Federal Court last week, according to published reports. On Thursday, David Friehling, a former accountant employed by Madoff, received one year of home confinement, while Craig Kugel, who worked in human resources at Madoff’s firm, will serve two years of supervised release. Their sentences came a day after Kugel’s father, David Kugel, who testified he helped Madoff create false trading records dating as far back as the 1970s, received 10 months of home confinement. The three men were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. Friehling, 55, of New City, who pleaded guilty to fraud in 2009, claimed he was unaware of Madoff’s Ponzi Scheme but said he knowingly used falsified re-

cords in handling Madoff’s taxes for 17 years, according to a CBS News report. According to the report, prior to his sentencing, Friehling apologized to investors of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC whose life savings were lost by the firm, saying, “I will regret for the rest of my life the role I played in this devastating crime.” Last year, Friehling testified against five Madoff insiders who were later found guilty of participating in the scheme, according to CBS. Craig Kugel, 41, of Port Washington, pleaded guilty in 2009 to charges of tax fraud and falsified statements, admitting he enrolled people into the firm’s healthcare plans who were not employees and used company credit cards for his personal expenses, according to Newsday. Madoff, a former resident of Roslyn, is currently serving a 150-year sentence for running what is considered one of the largest Ponzi Schemes in history, bilking about 4,800 investors out of approximately $64.8 billion.

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Saddle Rock pool opening delayed

By A da m L i d g e t t The Village of Saddle Rock pool that was slated for a May 30 opening is now scheduled to open June 6, village officials said last week. The village said in an email sent to residents that the pool is mostly complete, but that some minor safety equipment still needs to be installed before the

pool can open. “They’re just a lot of little things that are very, very important,” said Hinda Goldman, Village of Saddle Rock clerk and treasurer. Goldman said a sprinkler system for the children’s pool and pool railings still need to be installed, and that they are still having issues with the meter that reads the pool’spressure.

The village planned to open the pool initially for Memorial Day weekend, but had to push the opening date back as workers were still completing renovations. The project, which Goldman said began about a year and a half ago, had a budget of about $800,000, but that when the project is finished it will most likely come in under budget, she

said. Goldman said the village does not have a final project cost as the work has not been completed. The pool project includes a renovated main pool and baby pool, updated pumps, refurbished bathrooms and showers, new fencing and new patio furniture, Goldman has said. The pool, located near 18 Masefield Way, will now be heat-

ed as well, Goldman has said. Goldman has said the 65-year-old pool was no longer passing state health codes — the pump room was antiquated and the pool itself had many cracks. She said the village still has to purchase more umbrellas and chairs, but that this won’t affect the June 6 opening day.

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Park district offers summer sailing classes on our Rhodes 19 boats. While the children’s lessons will utilize our entire fleet adding Optimist, puffers, lasers, blue jays, pixels, canoes and kayaks. There is no better way to learn than from handson experience. Also offered at Steppingstone Marina are various roundtrip Monday Dinner Cruises to City Island. Departing from Steppingstone Marina, sail to City Island, enjoy dinner at the Lobster House restaurant before returning to Steppingstone Marina. The fee does not include the cost of dinner. Call Great Neck House at (516) 4820355 to register or for more information.

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Garden Club to observe Garden Week Members of the Great Neck Garden Club invite the community to join with them in observing National Garden Week in the historic Beatrix Farrand Rose Garden on June 7 from 1 to 4 p.m. Visitors who come to stroll in the garden will see the early bloom of many of the rose bushes, gather information fact sheets about rose culture , and, from 2 to 3 p.m., view demonstrations of floral designs featuring roses by award-winning GNGC member, Marisa Katzurin. The brick walled rose garden lies just beyond the Veteran’s Memorial on the Village Green. The Garden Club will be participating in the week’s events, along with thousands of other clubs across the country that have done so since President Ronald Reagan designated the first full week in June as National Garden Week more than 25 years ago. The observance aims to acknowledge the importance of gardening and the numerous contributions of gardeners. The garden itself has undergone a major restoration in the past two years. Work on the Great Neck Beatrix Farrand Rose Garden began in 1922 and it was completed in 1932. Though it served as an English multiflower garden originally, in the early 1970s it was dedicated as a garden for roses and for many years it was on oasis for all to enjoy. As time went by, however, it suffered from some neglect, much to the dismay

of long time Great Neck residents who recalled its beauty. About 15 years ago, then Great Neck Parks District Commissioner Ruth Tamarin invited the Garden Club to collaborate in the restoration. It was a successful effort at the time, but in recent years there was need for a renewed effort to refurbish the garden. A

new watering system was installed, the beds were redefined and edging was completed. Biofirm was composted into the beds, and a substantial number of news rose bushes, purchased by the Great Neck Parks District, the Long Island Rose Society and the Garden Club and have been added to the large number of beautiful

bushes already in place. The Great Neck Garden Club, one of more than 350 clubs comprising Federated Garden Clubs of New York State, is a member of National Garden Clubs, Inc. For information about our programs or membership, please call Connie at (516_ 829-4400.

Biz circle to hold program

Bosworth addresses the GN Rotary Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth was invited to address the Great Neck Rotary Club last Wednesday. Bosworth updated Rotarians about the latest developments in North Hempstead including the recent completion of the Hempstead Harbor trail, the controversy over New York City’s proposal to reopen the Jamaica Wells and new ‘Open Government’ software set to launch on the Town’s website allowing residents to track every dollar spent by the Town of North Hempstead. From left: Rotary Assistant District Governor Vivian Hardison, Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Rotarians Gary Cohn, Judith Geizhalls, Florence Arinaitwe and Great Neck Rotary President Leonard Katz.

Great Neck businesspeople will showcase their offerings to the community at a special program, free and open to the community, at Great Neck Plaza Village Hall on June 15, from 5 to 7 p.m. The event will also highlight services available to senior citizens in the area. The presentation, sponsored by the Great Neck Business Circle, “provides an opportunity for the community to see what we are all about,” said Peter Janowsky, a co-founder of the group. “The public will be able to find out about the products and services local merchants have to offer and receive specials offers available only at this program.” Because of their concern for senior citizens in the com-

munity, the Business Circle will also be offering advice, guidance and assistance to seniors at the program. Representatives from government agencies will be on hand to describe benefits available to area seniors. The Business Circle is composed of local merchants, business executives and non-profit organizations that have banded together to foster business within the community and to network among themselves. They meet monthly in Great Neck Plaza. For further information about the presentation, to exhibit at the event, or for Business Circle membership details, contact Janowsky at (516) 535-3421 or visit the Great Neck Business Circle website, www.gnbc.biz.

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G.N. South High choir to North Middle to presents pops concert host talent show On June 10, the Great Neck South High Choir will present its annual Pops Concert in the school’s Ruel E. Tucker Auditorium, 341 Lakeville Road. The Concert will take place in a cabaret-like setting, with tables on the stage for dining and listening. Dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m., followed by the Concert at 7:30 p.m. The Mixed Choir will perform

“Stranger in Paradise ”and “Night of my Nights” from Kismet, and “Masquerade,” by George Benson. Other performance groups will include: A Cappella singing “Bottom of the River,” by Delta Ray; South Singers performing “FourFiveSeconds,” by Kanye West and Paul McCartney; Jazz Choir with “Ain’t that a Kick in the Head,” by Sammy Cahn; and Musical Theatre Group performing

“Tonight,” from West Side Story. Barbershop and Soul Sisters will perform as well. There will be solo selections from contemporary pop to musical theater. The Concert will be under the direction of South High Choral Director Dr. Pamela Levy. Admission tickets are $10 (includes dinner and dessert) and will be available at the door.

Great Neck North Middle School will be hosting its inaugural student talent show—“North Middle’s Got Talent”—on June 11, at 7 p.m., in the school auditorium, 77 Polo Road. Some 30 students will present their talents through vocal, instrumental, or dance pieces, or doing magic tricks. Talent show faculty advisors are Arielle Cooperman Murdocco, vocal music teacher and Marissa Dove, English teacher. It is hoped that the talent show will become an annual event

at the school. Before and after the performance, talent show patrons can enjoy a special display in the auditorium lobby of historical photos of Great Neck, on loan from Great Neck Plaza Mayor Jean Celender. The museum-like display is presented in conjunction with the 200th Anniversary of the Great Neck Public Schools. The talent show is free and open to the public. For more information, please call (516) 441-4501.

Come experience “Tanglewood” at South Middle School at its annual Rebel Pops Outdoor Concert on Monday, June 8, at 6:30 p.m., at the school, 349 Lakeville Road. The Rebel Pops Outdoor Concert is a brief event held (weather permitting) in the school courtyard. Bring a picnic blanket or lawn chair and sit under the early evening sky as you listen to the Rebel Pops and select Choir members perform music from My Fair Lady, songs written by Bryan Adams and Schubert, ones made popular by Frank Sina-

tra, and other light classics and popular pieces. During the concert, feel free to enjoy food brought from home or our complementary dessert. In case of inclement weather, the Concert will be held indoors, in the Choral Room, with dessert following the performance. The Rebel Pops is directed by Alan Schwartz, music department head; the Choir is directed by Shelley Willcox, vocal music teacher. For more information, please contact Mr. Schwartz at (516) 441-4651 or at aschwartz@greatneck.k12.ny.us.

Choral, instrumental concert Rebel Pops to hold to be held at North Middle concert at S. Middle Great Neck North Middle School’s Sixth-Grade Choral/ Instrumental Concert will take place on June 9, at 7:30 p.m., in the school auditorium, 77 Polo Road. The public is invited and encouraged to attend this free event. The Orchestra will be performing “Music For the Royal Fireworks,” by George Frideric Handel, arr. by Carrie Land Gruselle; and “Ironclad,” by Sean O’Loughlin. The Orchestra and Concert Band together will perform

“Happy,” from Despicable Me 2, by Pharrel Williams, arr. by Michael Sweeney. The Concert Band will perform “Thunder Bay March,” by John O’Reilly, and “The Sound and The Fury” by Robert W. Smith. The chorus will perform “Rockin’ Robin,” by Jimmie Thomas, arr. by Andy Beck; “Hine Ma Tov,” by Allan E. Naplan; “Spirits,” adapted from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by Douglas Beam, text by William Shakespeare; and “All For One,”

from High School Musical 2, by Matthew Gerard and Robbie Nevil, arr. by Mark Brymer. The band and orchestra will be under the direction of Jacquelyn Tomlet, sixth-grade instrumental director. The Chorus will be directed by Arielle (Cooperman) Murdocco, choral director. For more information, contact Ms. Tomlet or Ms. Murdocco at (516) 441-4551, or at jtomlet@greatneck.k12.ny.us, or at acooperman@greatneck.k12. ny.us.

South High to hold art, South High students go to theatre festival technology exhibit South High School’s year-end, annual Student Art/Technology Exhibit will run from June 8–11, during regular school hours, and the evening of June 10, during the Pops Concert. There will also be a reception in honor of graduating seniors on June 10, at 6 p.m. The Exhibit will be in the General Purpose Room (near the main lobby), 341 Lakeville Road. All grades will be represented at the Exhibit, in many mediums: architectural drawing, ceramics, crafts, drawing and painting, fashion design, furniture design, graphic design, photography, and

woodworking. Students are taught by art teachers: Karen Cuchel (department chairperson), Colleen Campbell, Safia Fatimi, Katherine Saltoun, Jennifer Scheinberg, and Lisa Stancati; and technology teachers: John Motchkavitz (department chairperson), Matthew Corrigan, Michael Passuello, and Jonathan Ruvio. For more information, contact Ms. Cuchel at kcuchel@greatneck.k12.ny.us, or Mr. Motchkavitz at jmotchkavitz@ greatneck.k12.ny.us.

Great Neck South High School drama students recently participated in the sixth annual New York Educational Theatre Festival. The Festival affords students from across the state the opportunity to meet; take performance, theater business, and technical workshops from professionals; and perform in individual events. Students who chose to perform were rated by professionals and several took awards. These included: Christine Cimpian, Noah Harouche, Isabella Malfi, Alexis Pramberger and

Benjamin Weber who all earned Accomplished Ratings (the highest). A scene acted by Benjamin Weber and Noah Harouche won the Best in Fest prize. Christine Cimpian won a $2,000 scholarship from the Masterworks Theatre Company for her performance of a classical monologue. In addition, six students were chosen to sit on the State Thespian Officer Board. They are: Jack Doremus, Noah Harouche, Isabella Malfi, Alexis Pramberger, and Jonathan Schindler.

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vgN allows basement tubs, showers By A dA m L i d g e t t

Village of Great Neck trustees Tuesday approved a bill permitting bathtubs and showers in the basement of single-family homes. The new law allows bath tubs and showers to be installed the basement of single-family homes, Village of Great Neck Mayor Ralph Kreitzman said. “The intent is to accommo-

date for the needs of current residents or future residents,” Kreitzman said. “These are still going to be one family residences at all times.” Trustees in May said many houses in the village were built with only one to one and a half bathrooms, and there is often nowhere on the upper levels of homes to install the bathrooms. Residents said at the time that they were concerned that

allowing full bathrooms in basements would lead to homeowners illegally renting their basements out. Concerns were also raised about the possible use of hotplates in basements that were illegally rented out, causing safety issues. The new law states that for a bathtub or shower to be installed in a basement, the basement must have two exit points, one being the primary exit into

the house. The second exit can either be a door that leads directly to ground level out of the basement or an emergency hatch. The requirement of a door only applies to single-family homes that have basements which lead directly outside without any steps up, Village Clerk and Treasurer Joe Gill said. “If your property is such that you walk straight out and be on

level ground then that’s an option,” Gill said. The second option is hatch put in a basement wall about 36-40 inches off the ground that leads to a ladder, which eventually leads outside. Smoke, heat and carbon monoxide detectors would also be required in basements in which showers and bathtubs were installed.

e N T e r TA i N m e N T N e w S

Singers to perform at Great Neck House On the agenda for this season’s final Sunday @ 3 performance, is pianist/ vocal director Pam Levy and gifted, young vocalists who are on the cusp of stardom. Join us at Great Neck House on June 7 at 3 p.m. when these performers will both excite and enthrall you with their talent. All graduates of William A. Shine Great Neck South High School, these singers have studied at prestigious schools such as Julliard and New England Conservatory. The program will include selections from My Fair Lady, Die Fledermaus, Chicago, South Pacific, Rigoletto and West Side Story, to name a few. Great Neck resident and graduate of The Juilliard School, Pamela Levy received a B.M., M.M. and Doctorate of Musical Arts from the Manhattan School of Music. She is currently Great Neck South High School’s Director of Vocal Music and Director of the Manhattan Chorale at Manhattan School of Music Precollege (where she also teaches chamber music). Recent Juilliard graduate, tenor Aaron Mor, is thrilled to be singing back in his hometown of

Aaron Mor

pam Levy

Karen Notovitz

Michelle geffner

Great Neck. At Juilliard, Aaron was a student of Marlena Malas performing Don Basilio in Le Nozze di Figaro, Bill in A Hand of Bridge and was a featured singer in the New York Festival of Song with Steven Blier. Some may remember him as the lead in Phantom of the Opera during his senior year at South High School. Aaron also spent a summer at the prestigious Chautauqua Institution and while still in high school, performed at Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Young Musicians Concert at Al-

ice Tully Hall. Karen Notovitz’s greatest passion is to share her love of music with others. She is a third year vocal performance major at the New England Conservatory of Music (after graduating from the Juilliard pre-college program in 2013). She has performed leading roles in musicals and operas, including Christine in Phantom of the Opera, Johanna in Sweeney Todd, Adele in Die Fledermaus and Mimi in La Boheme. During the past year, Karen has been both teaching

young children and performing at the Boston Synagogue. This summer Karen will be working alongside Dr. Pamela Levy in the Great Neck Summer Musical Theater Camp. Michelle Geffner, a graduating senior at Great Neck South High School, will be attending the Juilliard School of Music in the fall as a vocal performance major. She has performed solo at Carnegie Hall and performed in the New York All State Mixed Chorus at the Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. She has partici-

pated in several operas at South High, including Die Zauberflöte and Le Nozze di Figaro, playing the roles of Pamina and The Countess, respectively. She currently studies with Catherine Green and will be studying in the studio of Edith Bers at the Juilliard School. This is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy cultural enlightenment right in your own backyard! A park card is required for admission to Great Neck House.

ScHool NewS

Temple, library to host Holocaust survivor In partnership with the Great Neck Library, Temple Beth-El of Great Neck will host Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan, author of the awardwinning memoir, “Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story,” coauthored by Lila Perl, on June 14 at 7 p.m. “Four Perfect Pebbles” is a moving first-hand account of the Blumenthal family’s life in Germany, from the events preceding Kristallnacht to their imprison-

ment in concentration camps, and finally, to their liberation in April 1945. Marion Blumenthal Lazan’s presentation goes beyond her personal story, stressing the importance of positive thinking to overcome adversity. It asks the audience to be tolerant of others and not stereotype individuals based on religious belief, color, race or national origin. She warns her listeners to be true to themselves and not

blindly follow-the-leader. As time passes, opportunities to hear first-hand accounts of the Holocaust will become unavailable to future generations thus this presentation is important for people of all ages. Lazan is an inspirational speaker whose unforgettable memoir recalls the devastating years that shaped her childhood. She has been speaking out publicly about the Holocaust since 1979 at schools, organizations

and other venues in the United States and all over the world. Many schools are using Marion’s memoir in the study of the Holocaust. “Four Perfect Pebbles” will be available for purchase, to be signed by Lazan, at the event. To learn more about Marion and her book, visit www.fourperfectpebbles.com. Temple Beth-El is located at 5 Old Mill Road, with the main entrance from the parking lot.

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New tactics needed to control guns

Did you wear orange on June 2, in solidarity with those who advocate sensible gun violence prevention measures? This is the first ever National Gun Violence Awareness Day, and people across the country wore orange — what hunters wear for their safety. “It’s a symbol for the value of human life,” writes Richard Martinez, who lost his son, Christopher a year ago today along with five others during the rampage of Isla Vista. “On June 2, the first National Gun Violence Awareness Day, I’m asking you to wear orange to show that you’re one of the millions of Americans who believe we must do more to prevent gun violence. “I never believed it would happen to my family. Even though I had heard about so many tragedies, I never thought gun violence would affect us. “We know that this country can be so much better — and that we must fight to make it happen. Change starts with making ourselves seen and heard in every

America’s massacres and gun tragcommunity across America. “If Chris were still alive, I would be edies only escalated from there. It was only April 12, but a quick attending his college graduation next month. Instead, I’ll be wearing orange in search of the Internet by Colette Martin, his honor — and in honor of all the others of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, had already produced 11 who have died too soon. children under the age of “Who will you wear or15 who had been shot acange for?” cidentally so far that month. This past month, gun “It’s shocking to me violence prevention advo— as I investigate laws at cates won one victory — states — because the fedOregon passed universal eral is useless, depending background checks — but on zipcode, leaving a loadsuffered a bigger loss, as ed gun on a coffee table is Texas voted to allow conKAREN RUBIN either a crime or nothing,” cealed carry of guns on Pulse of the Peninsula Martin told a Gun Violence campuses of public colleges Prevention forum at Temple across the state. This is despite the fact that the most Beth-el of Great Neck. “That’s why we famous thing to happen at the University read stories every day that a child is shot of Texas-Austin was the first mass shoot- accidentally. We are not talking suicide or ing in America, on August 1, 1966, when domestic violence.” Her list included 5 year olds shootCharles Whitman climbed the University of Texas Tower and used a sniper to kill ing 2 year olds; a 15 year old in Brooklyn who shot himself in the chest; in Houston, 16 and wound 31.

a 5 year old was shot by 4 year old (the fourth in 3 weeks); a mom’s boyfriend, cleaning his gun, accidentally shot a 9 year old. “The NRA won’t tell you but two children a week will die this way, through accidental gunshot wounds — many more hurt, life changing injuries — a pattern so predictable. Over 100 kids a year will be dead because someone didn’t store gun properly. “Is there any product that kills that many kids that we’re not regulating? “It should be a crime to leave a loaded gun accessible to children — a punishable crime. That is a glaring omission from New York’s Safe Act,” she says. That’s also the basis for a proposed law in New York, Nicholas’ Law — named for a 12-year-old killed by playing at friend’s house where unsecured loaded gun and friend shot him, accidentally. “Nicholas’s Law simply requires safe storage of guns not in the immediate posContinued on Page 58

school news

Barbecue, folk dancing events to be held Barbecues Can Be Beautiful When the Social Center has a Courtyard and colorful tables, chairs and umbrellas; and an efficient Weather Committee keeps the evening breezes flowing; when the Grill Master is a truly gifted Ph.D in Juicy Burger Building; when there are veggie specials and side dishes of various kinds; when the liquids are zippy or smooth and the price is right ($15) there is no excuse for you not to come. Save June 18 at 5:p.m. and make your reservation.

Michelle Schimel Is All for Preparation Emergencies happen. Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall- Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel wants you to know what to do. When the lights go out- when you think there’s a scam going on- when you don’t know Who is DPS-LI- Michelle has your back. She is coming to the Veterans Social at the Center Club to clue you on preparing for emergencies by planning ahead. Everyone is invited. Mark this date and time on your calendars: it’s June 12

at 2 p.m. at the Great Neck Social Center, 80 Grace Ave. Refreshments are courtesy of Atria Great Neck. Folk Dancing Free Demonstration Folk Dancing is such a lovely way to exercise to music, to meet new friends and to enjoy a lovely morning. Lois Blatt, the Teacher, will show you how much fun it is if you sign up for her demonstration classes at the Social Center. The demo classes will be given June 12 and 19 at 10 a.m. There is no charge, but advanced sign-up is a must. Call the office at (516)

487-0025. World in Depth If you are concerned, nay even disgusted with what goes on at local, state, national or global levels, come to Thursday afternoon sessions at 2 p.m.. You will meet other active seniors who will all have plenty to say. There is no charge to participate in the lively discussion, always moderated by one of four really savvy seniors to keep us on topic. On June 4th, Janet de Winter chairs. If you miss this one, come on June 11th when Jeigh Duran presides.

G.N. students make documentaries

Photo by Irwin Mendlinger

Front row, from left: Jiwon Kim (Best Collaboration), Brian Chan (Best Interview), Yanyin (Lindsey) Lin (Best Documentary), Joelle Siong Sin (Best Collaboration), Anna Shimizu (Best Documentary), Ryan Chen (Best Interview), James Ryan III (Best Interview), Somya Pathak (Best Documentary), Heather Porges (Best Editing), Sidra Hussain (Best Editing), and Sydney Tang (Best Editing). Second row, from left: Yian (Tessie) Dong (Best Collaboration), Sarah Susnea (Best Collaboration), Math Teacher Sheryl Holtzman-Doyle, Amal Deochand (Best Use of Multimedia), Andrew Sheen (Best Interviews), Steven Noh (Best Use of Multimedia), Aryaman Bahri (Best Interviews), Oliver Lee (Best Interview), Catherine Chin (Best Editing), and Science Teacher Christina Pallante. Third row, from left: Martin Lev (Best Interviews), Social Studies Teacher Lawrence Nahoum, and English Teacher Nicolette Marr. Missing from photo: Troy Ahmed (Best Interviews), Jonathan Arevalo (Best Interview), Christiana Claus (Best Documentary), and John Anthony Ribando (Best Use of Multimedia).

For the past six years, Great Neck South Middle School has hosted their version of the Academy Awards with a program titled, “Akidemy Awards.” Leading up to the Awards, approximate 85 seventh-grade students, competed documentaries that are submitted for Award contention. Topics covered in this year’s documentary entries included: animal testing, cell phone addiction, gender and sports, graffiti as art, paper vs. paperless, pay equity, plastic bag use, police cameras, robots, school uniforms, Stepping Stones Lighthouse preservation and vaccinations. Documentaries, 3–4 minutes in length, were made with the support and encouragement of classroom teachers, who also instructed students on the use of cameras, video editing, research, and revisions. Stu-

dents worked in teams of four to five in a group. Judging of the documentaries was done by the students and teachers involved with the projects in these categories: Best Collaboration, Best Documentary, Best Editing, Best Interview, Best Interviews, and Best Use of Multimedia. Former social studies teacher Bryan Mannix first presented the concept of the Akidemy Awards project. The making of the videos presents students with an innovative way of doing a research project. In the process, they learn collaborative, interpersonal, leadership, research, and writing skills; time management and team work; public speaking; understanding the multiple sides of an argument; and how to apply school topics to real-life scenarios.

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Business&RealEstate

Real estate agent should be listening to you Whether you are a seller, purchaser or investor or potential renter, is your agent listening to what your needs and wants are? Are they communicating with you and probing and gathering information to assist you? If you are looking to sell, have they provided you with a CMA (Comparative Market Analysis) to determine your current value? Do they have an understanding of when you want to sell, how long it will take to find that qualified purchaser? Your reasons for selling? Many, many other questions will arise that will be important, so you and your agent will be on the same page, once you list your home. If you are purchasing and you will be financing your purchase. Have they asked you pertinent questions as to your income, debt to income or credit scores? Will you have a pre-qualification or commitment letter before you go out and try to find your dream home? Many buyers miss their opportunity because they do not have that very important letter. Some agents may feel like a “glorified taxi cab driver” while driving their customers around without

the crucial information that you are ready, willing and able to purchase, the moment you find them that special home! Are you being straight forward and upfront with your agent, so he or she will have a clear understanding of what will satisfy your “buying equation”? There are a lot of cash buyers in the market, who are ready to pounce, maybe on your next home that you have seen; and as a buyer who is seeking out a mortgage, you must be prepared as possible to be ahead of the curve and be ready to strike, when the right home is found. Unfortunately, first place is the only position that pays off. Investors are seeking the best return for their money as they can find. Lately, the market is not always providing the most optimal R.O.I. (return on investment). Will you improve and upgrade the property? How many years will it take to return that investment to your pocket? However, sometimes you have to view the rent roll and determine what, if any upside potential there might be on existing leases, which

philip a. raices Real Estate Watch

are older and below market value. This might lead to possible increases in the new leases coming up. However, be careful not to lose an old tenant, unless you are fairly sure you can replace them in a reasonable time, at a higher rent, otherwise, sometimes keeping the tenant might be more viable than looking for a new tenant and losing several mouths of rental income. Look at your investment from a long term view over 10-20 years or however long you anticipate keep-

ing the property. All things being equal, besides increases in rent, Inflation can be your best advocate in the long run to increasing the value of your properties. Watch out for upcoming locations that have hit bottom or that are on the fringes of areas that are improving; and the next town over just might be next. If you are considering renting, asking yourself a few questions. Is this the best and only path I can take? Can I scrape up the down payment from family or relatives as a gift to consider purchasing? But still stay within the same amount of money that I would have spent on renting. Remember, rents will increase based on supply and demand (and there is a huge demand currently), but a fixed rate mortgage will be stable for 15-30 years. Also, consider the tax ramifications of your deductions of interest on your mortgage and real estate taxes. Lastly, why pay the landlord’s mortgage or profit, when you could be your own landlord? However, if you are getting old-

er and downsizing and want to rent because owning does not make any “dollars and sense” that is a consideration one must ponder. Tax deductions may not be as important an item anymore (ask your accountant for more analysis of your situation). Maybe going to another state for the winter and then coming back in the spring by renting for a short term might be a possibility; but this option, presents difficulties, due to the fact that most landlords want to rent their places for a year or more. Lastly, a pied-a terre could be the best opportunity, if the price is right; sure beats renting a hotel room for several months! Whatever path you are considering, do your research, provide your agent with enough information and engage them to get their opinions and let them probe you with questions to help you determine what might be best for you, your family, your investment needs and wants or to rent or purchase. Philip Raices is a licensed real estate broker and the owner of Turn Key Real Estate in Great Neck.

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Continued from Page 1 arate conversations with Israel, Martins and Schimel about his campaign and that one out of the three of them offered their endorsement without him asking first, while the other two he asked. He would not specify which official offered their endorsement unsolicited. “I was speaking with them and it came up in conversation with two of them,” Kreitzman said. “One of them offered it.” Bass and Beckerman both said they had not asked any officials for endorsements. “They understand this is a contested election,” Bass said. Kreitzman, Beckerman and Bass are running together on the Better Government Party ticket. They are challenged by the Voice of the Village Party, with Pedram Bral running for mayor and Raymond Plakstis Jr. and Anne Mendelson running for trustee. Village School teacher Sam Yellis is running for trustee as the lone Bridge Party candidate. Bral, Mendelson and Christine Campbell were part of an under-the-radar write-in campaign in the 2013 elections, which resulted in hundreds of residents lining around the block to vote for the challengers. Campbell was originally set to run for trustee on the Voice of the Village party ticket, but declined the nomination after her name was submitted on the petition. Plakstis then accepted the nomination to replace her and run for trustee. On voting day in 2013, Trustees stood for hours making phone calls outside the polling station to residents, contending with rain as they shored up support against the surprise challenge, officials said at the time. In one instance, Kreitzman called former Congressman Gary Ackerman (D-Great Neck), who put out a robocall to encourage supporters to vote for the re-election of Kreitzman, Beckerman and Bass, as well as the election of Trustee Mark Birnbaum as village justice. Kreitzman defeated challenger Bral 325 to 232. Beckerman took 316 votes and Bass won 320 votes, with opposition trustee candidates Christine Campbell and Mendelson receiving 226 votes each. Bral downplayed the endorsements, saying it is more important to be endorsed by people in the village than mayors and other elected officials who don’t live in the village. “To be endorsed by people

in different villages or people who have nothing to do with the Village of Great Neck seems silly,” Bral said. “I’d rather be represented by people who live in the Village of Great Neck.” Rebecca Gilliar, who is the campaign manager of the Voice of the Village, also downplayed the endorsements. “The mayor and trustees have lined up what they think is an impressive array of endorsements from politicians from outside our village,” Gilliar said. “Pretty soon they’ll have coaxed an endorsement from the mayor of Juneau, Alaska. The residents of the Village of Great Neck can see through a shallow ploy.” Bral, born in Tehran, Iran, is currently the Director of Minimally Invasive & Robotic Gynecologic Surgery at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn. He said Kreitzman has been in power for many years, and that it is time to “empower the people and let them have a voice.” “I really want to contain wasteful spending and the moving of the Village of Great Neck Village Hall to East Shore Road,” Bral said. “We would spend a lot of money doing it and I really don’t want to sell off the assets the village has.” He also said he wants to revitalize the village’s downtown to bring merchants to the closed shops. Bral and his two running mates as well as Yellis have received letters of support from residents, but none from local officials. Many of the letters in support of the Better Government Party have focused on Kreitzman and his work both in and outside Great Neck as a member of the executive board of New York Conference of Mayors and the Nassau County Village Officials Association, as well as his role as mayor and member of the Great Neck Village Officials Association. “With him, politics is not what’s most important; his priorities are working together, doing what’s right, and delivering results,” Martins, a Republican from Mineola, said in a letter this week. “In today’s society, where increasing partisanship is causing gridlock, that’s a welcome quality in an elected official.” State Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel (D-Great Neck) said in a letter she has asked Kreitzman to come to Albany three times to lobby for the use of lever voting machines in schools, villages and special

districts, to lobby against the “threat” of village consolidation and when she needed to persuade the state for more budget aid for localities. “In my opinion, his position on the executive board of New York Conference of Mayors and the Nassau County Village Officials Association, coupled with his vast knowledge of village law and governance has earned the respect of elected officials throughout the state,” she said in the letter. Kreitzman — and Team Kreitzman as the ticket is sometimes referred to — has also received the endosrments of Great Neck Plaza Mayor Jean Celender, Kensington Mayor Susan Lopatkin, Kings Point Mayor Michael Kalnick, Russell Gardens Mayor Steven Kirschner, Thomaston Mayor Steven Weinberg and Saddle Rock Mayor Dan Levy. Kreitzman said of all the mayors who have endorsed him, one said they would endorse him without him asking, although he would not specify who. “I asked some of them if they would. One said it even before I called and spoke to that person,” Kreitzman said. “These are people I speak to with some frequency.” He said he began speaking with other mayors after he began to think the Village of Great Neck might have a contested election. He said the opposition candidates ran on a “stealth” basis last time, so he assumed they would be back for this election, but on the ballot. “Would I do this for any election, I don’t know,” Kreitzman said of asking village mayors for support. “I have gotten letters [of support] in the past.” Like the state and federal officials, the mayors cited Kreitzman’s experience both in and outside the village. “His willingness to help whenever called upon must be the reason he has served all of us as the president of the Great Neck and Nassau County Village Officials Associations and, impressively, on the executive board of the New York State Conference of Mayors,” Levy said in the letter. Kreitzman also received the support of Great Neck School Board of Education Trustee Larry Gross and Richard Stancati, alternate member to the Village of Great Neck Planning Board. Some residents also wrote to support Yellis. Carole Lynn Marino and Julio Marino said Yellis doesn’t

have the same “resources” as incumbent trustees, but that his background in education and his honest character would make the village a better place. Resident David Zielenziger wrote a letter advocating for Yellis to be elected, saying he wants to take another look at rezoning, making the Village Green a center for culture and cutting excessive traffic on Middle Neck Road. “The incumbents, on bended knee before the developers, have unleashed an onslaught of hundreds of new apartments, townhouses and cars on our village,” Zielenziger wrote in the letter. Yellis said he asked the League of Women Voters of Nassau County to moderate a debate between himself and the other trustee candidates, but as of Wednesday morning no debate has been scheduled, according to Carmen Lloyd, who organizes the debate moderators for the League of Women Voters. “I haven’t heard back from anyone saying they scheduled event,” Lloyd said. “At this point I would say there is no information with them going forward.” Gilliar wrote a letter in support of Bral, Mendelson and Plakstis, criticizing the current board for the rezoning of parts of Middle Neck and Steamboat roads, the plans to sell the current Village Hall property and build a new Village Hall and Department of Public Works on East Shore Road. “If we do not stop these unmentioned plans, we will have to drive through Kings Point to reach our village hall and DPW,” Gilliar wrote in the letter. “The incumbents are pretty much planning to move our village services out of the village. If the endorsements had spelled out the coming cataclysms in the life of our village promulgated by our elected officials, you would be sure to vote against them.” She also questioned the relationships between Kreitzman and Kirschner and Kalnick. Mendelson, a technical software product manager for Thomson Reuters, said she is running because she wants to keep the village a village. She has said the rezoning of parts of Middle Neck and Steamboat roads will put a burden on the village. “The zoning has changes such that it expanded residential areas so that apartment buildings can be put in,” Mendelson has said. “As a result, we will have greater traffic and

greater stress on our aquifers.” The rezoning, passed by Village of Great Neck trustees in October, condensed the village’s business district to revitalize the downtown area. The rezoning permits apartments above commercial businesses in the central business core of Middle Neck Road and apartments and townhouses at the northern and southern ends of the road. Under the rezoning, townhouses are also allowed on portions of Steamboat Road. Mendelson said she also opposes the sale of the current Village Hall and building of a new Village Hall at 265 East Shore Road. She said the village can currently work with what it has, and that the current Village Hall only needs renovated. “I don’t want any unwanted expenses,” Mendelson said. “It’s needed renovation for as long as I can remember.” Mendelson worked in defense and software development for years before she got her teaching certificate in 2003, after which she began teaching math at Great Neck North High School. She worked as a teacher until 2013 when her job was eliminated due to budget cuts, she said. She said her willingness to work with residents and help the community, coupled with her familiarity with the village, will help her serve as trustee if elected. “After 10 years of having the current people in power, they have been dismantling everything we hold dear in this village and turning it into a place we don’t recognize,” Mendelson said. For the second consecutive week, efforts to reach Plakstis, a former Great Neck Alert Fire Company chief, were unavailing. According to a platform sent by Gilliar, Plakstis lead teams of volunteers at Ground Zero after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, according to the platform. He has decided to run for office because “current mayor, with the approval of his trustees, has interfered in decisions by the zoning and planning boards, lobbying on behalf of developers.” Plakstis ran for Great Neck Park District Commissioner in 2011, losing to current commissioner Dan Nachmanoff. Plakstis came in second with 368 votes, Neil Leiberman, husband of Great Neck News columnist Karen Rubin, received 347 and Great Neck resident Martin Markson received 342.

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New tactics needed to control guns Continued from Page 54 session of the gun owner,” says New Yorkers Against Gun Violence. “That means guns in the home would be locked or stored away out of the reach of children. Safe storage laws like Nicholas’s Law have proven to save childrens’ lives by reducing accidental shootings and suicides-as well as school shootings and the theft of guns that end up on the streets.” New York Legislators have only until June 17, when the session will adjourn, to pass Nicholas’ law. Other legislative actions that need to happen around the country: Repealing laws that ban pediatricians from raising questions about guns in the home and recommending they be locked up (such as in Florida). Repealing Stand Your Ground (“license to kill”), another law written by the NRA and ALEC and spread like cancer among the states. Changing the requirements to purchase and possess guns. Norman Siegel, a New York civil rights lawyer and former director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, in a letter to the New York Times in December proposed a nationwide state registration program, similar to motor vehicle registration. “Every two years the owner of a gun would be required to bring his or her weapon in for inspection and re-registration. If the owner no longer possesses the weapon, he or she should be required to explain what happened to the gun. Perhaps under such a program we, as a nation, can realistically ameliorate the problem of guns winding up in the hands of lawbreakers and/or the mentally ill.” And for those who charge that gun registration is somehow violating Second Amendment rights, look to the oppressive Voter ID and registration requirements being passed around the country which effectively put barriers in front of citizens’ right to vote. Moreover, gun rights fanatics have no problem cancelling out the First Amendment’s freedom of speech in banning pediatricians from discussing gun safety with their patients’ families. Gun violence is not a Second amendment issue. It is a public health issue, and should be treated in the same way. And if anything violates the founding premise of this country, “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” it is the outsized weight given to so-called gun rights which never actually existed. “This family’s only child is gone. It’s not just a legislative change, it’s part of the cultural change — the social norming that has to happen as with drunk driving,” she says, referring to Mothers Against Drunk Driving, and the way they insinuated a kind of moral code into everyday life. Gov. Cuomo seized upon the massacre Sandy Hook Elementary School as a rare moment when he could pass Safe Act. But other states — the gun happy ones, the free-range ones, the Live Free or Die ones (and so they die) — have gone the other way — in Florida, doctors are

banned (no matter the inconvenient First Amendment guaranteeing free speech, or even the Hippocratic oath) from even asking parents if there is a gun in the home, in order to urge safe storage to prevent such tragedies as Nicholas’ and the others, a move that is being copied by other states, prompting New York Times columnist Charles Blow to raise the question, “Has the NRA Won?” And the real challenge is the latest move by the NRA in the bought-andpaid-for Congress: to force states with gun regulations to have “reciprocity” — essentially to make a gun permit like a drivers license - with states that have virtually no restrictions (and in the case of one Georgia town, which mandate every family have a gun) — in a blatant disregard of states rights, in yet another instance when hypocrisy rules the day if it is convenient. “We have to fight reciprocity,” state Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel said during the forum. “Every state has their rights – who can own a gun. New York has strong laws, but in Vermont, you only need to be 16 years of age and have a drivers license and you can have a gun.” What reciprocity means is that if you have a gun permit in one state, you can have a gun – transfer guns, drive interstate (now illegal) — scary for someone like NY.” So if a state like Texas allows concealed guns everywhere (except the State House) with no questions asked, even a person with a mental condition, a veteran with PTSD or a domestic abuser, can bring their gun to New York. As the level of gun violence has only escalated, the NRA has come back with more and more absurd statements (such as the time after a tragedy is no time to consider what to do about it), or a move to ease access to guns. If anything gives lie to the absurdity, “the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun,” and the even more absurd statement that the way to reduce gun violence is to make guns even more prevalent, it is the fact that gun violence kills 2500 children each year. You can also look to the murder of police officers, who are clearly “good guys” whose guns could not stop the bad guy who shot first. In Chicago, just over Memorial Day weekend, 40 people were shot including a 4 year old girl, with nine dead, including a 15-year old boy, Nation of Change reported. “So far, there have been 18,760 gun incidents this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, resulting in 4,830 deaths and the death or injury of 249 children.” There are practical things that can be done to significantly reduce the more than 30,000 gun deaths a year — that’s equivalent to a 9/11 a month — having nothing to do with violating the Second Amendment or taking guns away from the ostensibly “law abiding” people (isn’t it odd that people are “law abiding” until they aren’t?) But before we get into the long list of

commonsense steps that should be taking immediately, without having any impact whatsoever on the so-called “law abiding” gunowners, there is this: Gun Manufacturers Profit Incentive: Smart Guns Much is made of the fact that the NRA, which is such an outsized powerhouse scaring the beejeebees out of politicians, serves the interests of gun manufacturers, not the ordinary members (a majority of whom support universal background checks and other commonsense measures). In fact, the NRA was in favor of universal background checks until they were against them, and now, whenever there is a massacre, they call for more guns armed guards at schools and churches, concealed carry at college campuses, in fact, everywhere but in Congress and Houses of Legislature. So just like the corruption in FIFA won’t be rooted out politically, but when Nike and other sponsors exert their power, gun manufacturers have to see profit in being more socially conscious. Jeb Bush speaking to 30,000 at the NRA convention, said Obama should be disarming ISIS rather than law-abiding Americans — the problem is that terrorists in the US have a clear shot at obtaining military-grade weapons and high-capacity ammo clips — while, in fact, DoD has radiofrequency controls in its military weapons so they can locate guns gone missing into the wrong hands. Question is: why aren’t there ‘smart guns’ like ‘smart phones’ that can only be used by the person whose hand print is identified with the gun? Or, for that matter, a locater as a smart phone has when it is stolen, and can be located and disarmed remotely? If the gun manufacturers would see themselves as, say, Apple Computers, coming out with the newest, latest gun that replaces the older gun, they could see big profits in sensible gun measure: namely, the same ID access that smartphones now have: make the gun so that it can only be used by the owner. If the gunowner is in fact law-abiding, they would have no problem with that, and would relish the idea of a gun not being snapped up by the “bad guy” (or a child) and used to kill their loved ones. Think of the increased profits, if 100 million guns had to be replaced! Gun dealers could offer those nifty trade-in deals! Change Tactics The gun nuts have also long ceased being credible in arguing for “self-defense” and the “homespun, family values sport of hunting” when they refuse to allow a ban on military-grade assault weapons and high-capacity magazines that kill dozens in a blink of an eye. This is about the fantasy of being able to take down the government - something that the Second Amendment never envisioned, since it was intended to provide a defense for the fledgling democratic government in the absence of a standing army -like a National Guard. It’s been 15 years since the Million

Mom March in Washington D.C. (remember how they said if George W Bush were elected, there would be an office in the West Wing for the NRA?) Things clearly went downhill from there — for example, allowing the 1994 Assault Weapons ban to lapse. Despite the rise of organizations like Moms Demand Action, Moms Rising, Americans for Responsible Solutions, Everytown and scores of others (typically, tragically, by family members like Richard Martinez whose lives have been forever destroyed by gun violence), Congress, in the pocket of the gun lobby, has refused to budge, and in the states, the reaction to what was considered the most heinous tragedy of all, the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, was to free up, not tighten, gun restrictions (New York’s Safe Act was the exception). It’s time to change tactics and the dynamics. Abortions are constitutionally protected but the anti-choice movement has been able to put all sorts of legal and financial impediments that make it impossible for women to exercise their Constitutionally protected rights. The gun violence prevention advocates should adopt some of these methods. For example: State requirements: Just as California laws regarding automobiles and the chemicals industry have forced those industries to change their manufacture to be more environmentally friendly, states could impose requirements on gun manufacturers that every gun be a smart-gun; increase taxes on ammunition (like they do on cigarettes) and fees on gun permits (like voting IDs) Make gun manufacturers and dealers liable when their product is inappropriately used (as so many other manufacturers are — gun manufacturers are somehow exempted.) Require gun owners to take out liability insurance so that victims’ families can be adequately compensated. Institute laws making parents/guardians responsible for safe storage, and criminally liable if a child commits a crime with their gun. For example, no one questioned where the 15-year-old Jared Michael Padgett, of Portland, Oregon, obtained the gun he used to kill freshman Emilio Hoffman and wound teacher Todd Rispler before killing himself. Or where 14-year-old Jaylen Fryberg, a popular student at Marysville, Wash. high school,, got the .40-caliber handgun he used to kill a girl and strike four others in the head before turning his gun on himself and committing suicide. There were no consequences for whoever obtained the guns that these minors used to murder innocents. Put a fee on ammunition and gun purchases to support a victims fund. Parents boycott college campuses that allow guns: Parents should contact colleges and ask if guns are allowed, and if so, tell them you won’t allow your child to apply there.

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Wolff cries lack of political involvement Continued from Page 12 the U.S. House of Representatives from 1965 to 1980 as a Democrat. He was the chairman of the Asian and Pacific Affairs Committee while in Congress, in which he headed diplomatic talks between the U.S. and China. He was given the Congressional Gold Medal in December for his service in the Civil Air Patrol in World War II Wolff, who is the host of “Ask Congress,” a program where he interviews congressional leaders, said the country has yet to revise its spending priorities to reflect the advent of social media and changes in technology. “I’m a 96-year-old guy but we have to recognize the changes that have taken place and perhaps discard some things we have done in the past,” Wolff said. “We have immediate reaction through the use of social networks to situations that used to take days, weeks, months or years to respond to.” Wolff pointed out the important role social media played in the Arab Spring

uprisings that occurred between 2010 and 2011 in various parts of the Arab world including Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, in which the effective use of platforms like Twitter and Facebook some have said helped organize awareness for the protests. An example of the way in which warfare has changed, Wolff said, are drone strikes in the Middle East. “The idea of warfare — we’re building weapons that are really outmoded in the modern scheme of things when we consider what the drone has done to the weaponry that is used in modern warfare,” he said. Wolff said he is also concerned with anti-Semitism and how it still permeates society. “The fact is that anti-Semitism has existed for centuries and it’s going to continue,” Wolff said. “The answer to it is not just merely confrontation but education.” Wolff’s presentation will take place at 7:30 p.m. at Temple Emanuel, which is located at 150 Hicks Lane. The event is free and open to the public.

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199,943 net jobs created over the duration of approved projects were about 23,000 less than those gained the previous year. Long Island was among the most active regions in the state in 2013 in granting tax breaks through industrial development agencies, generating 40,092 jobs for 851 projects valued at about $9.9 billion, resulting in $3,506 in tax exemptions per job gained, according to the state comptroller’s office. Businesses across the state paid about $723 million in payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreements that year in exchange for $1,383,216,224 in exemptions toward 4,709 IDA-supported projects, according to the report. In a statement accompanying his annual report, DiNapoli acknowledged the significance of industrial development agencies as a means of generating economic development but said local governments should increase oversight on applications “so that taxpayers know if their community is receiving promised jobs and economic benefits.” In the state comptroller’s audit of 2012 IDA activity issued last year, Nassau County was found to have a net of 16,996 jobs, granting $2,250 in exemptions per job gained. That year, the county approved $60,203,262 in tax exemptions on 207 projects worth $2,549,552,083.

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hile I am hopeful that New York State Education Department’s commissionerelect MaryEllen Elia will bring a fresh perspective to the table, I am equally discouraged by the business-as-usual approach to selecting her for the position. This appears to be another rushed, back-door decision with no transparency and lack of input from the public. I am hopeful that the recent election of Ms. Elia will provide an opportunity for a fresh start. First and foremost, it is criti-

cal that she familiarizes herself with our state’s extremely diverse educational system, as she has not taught in New York for almost 30 years. That being said, I am hopeful that she has the necessary qualifications needed to better understand the ever-changing climate within our education system, and that she keeps in mind the struggles our teachers and students have faced in recent years. In order to be successful, she must be willing to work with education stakeholders to

restore our state’s world-class education. Listening to the concerns of parents, educators and children will make a large difference in the future trajectory of educational standards across the state. Our state’s education leader must be in tune with the issues facing our public schools and address the many unproven reforms that have been implemented over the last few years. State Assemblyman Ed Ra 19th Assembly District.

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t’s hard to believe that even though it’s been over 4 years since Obamacare has been the law of the land, there are still some readers who believe that the IRS is not involved in it at all. Where have they been? In the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the IRS has been given the sole task of overseeing and collecting all taxes, penalties and fees associated with the government’s new healthcare plan. The top IRS officials have recently testified before Congress concerning their role in enforcing Obamacare. The IRS now has the authority to deduct any penalty you may owe from any refund you may be getting, or even garnish your wages. This is especially true for the penalty you incur if you remain uninsured. This is the same penalty that President Obama assured us was not a tax. However, in order to insure the bill’s constitutionality, the Obama administration argued before the Supreme court that it was a tax after all !! The first of many lies! In April, you will be required to list your insurance carrier on your federal tax return or the IRS will collect the penalty. If you own a business with 50 or more full time employees, you must show on your returns, that your workers also abide by the in-

surance mandate as well, unless, of course Obama extends this grace period again. In June, the Supreme Court will rule on the constitutionally of these extensions. Here are a few of the other lies that Obama told you to get you to support Obamacare. Please verify them with the Congressional Budget Office or read the bill itself, before you write in calling me the liar: 1 - the president told us that Obamacare would only cost $750 billion dollars for the first 10 years. ( the cost is already past $2 trillion.) 2 - he continuously said that we would not lose our doctor. (I think you all finally realized that If you change insurance plans, and most of you will, you WILL lose your doctor!) 3 - he said that Obamacare will lower our insurance premium. ( premiums skyrocketed to cover all the new mandated “benefits” as well as to pay for those who now receive subsidized insurance) 4 - remember when he repeated that doctor’s treatment will not be controlled by the government. (Obamacare sets up The U.S. Preventative Service Task Force, a bureaucratic non-medical group, who determines the patients eligible treatment based on his or her age and the treatment’s cost.) 5 - he said that doctor’s fees

will not be controlled by the government. (The bill sets up the “Independent Payment Advisory Board”, to determine all participating doctors fees.) 6 - he assured us that it will not cost the individual states any more money. (By raising the poverty level for medicaid eligibility, Obamacare places millions more in the expanded Medicaid program. Medicaid is run and paid for by the individual states. After several years, the states will be responsible for the entire additional cost.) 7 - Obama stated that there are 35 million uninsured . (The CBO now says there were only 12-15 million uninsured.) The fraudulent list of lies is endless. Sorry, but that’s what you get when you vote for socialized medicine. Unfortunately, most of you didn’t have the time or the inclination to actually read the 3,000page bill. And to make it worse, you can’t even ask your congressman who voted for it, either. No Long Island Congressman has stated that he or she has even read the bill as well. Dr Stephen Morris DDS North Hills

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Modern Cooperative Nursery School seeks progressive director to lead the collaborative process with the Board of Directors, staff and parents. Director will drive all areas of the educational philosophy and long range planning. Ideal candidate will have certification in early childhood education or it’s equivalent and must have classroom experience. Interested candidates should submit their resume to: gcns50@gmail.com

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ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Full time/Part time position available in Rockville Centre. Detail oriented person with administrative experience and good computer skills. Please forward resume to: mdibugno@airwayllc.com FULL TIME NANNY WANTED: In Garden City (near train) in June 7:15am to 6:30 pm Mon-Fri for 3 school age girls (4, 9 & 10). Driving required (family car available daily). Light housekeeping a plus. Email Amy at schroederhearon@ aol.com or call/text 917-576-9754 JEWISH LEARNING CENTER is looking or a student willing to give class to a group of 6-8 kids (ages 4 to 6) every Saturday morning from 10am-12pm $20/hr. Location: 3 Grace Ave, 2nd floor, Great Neck. Contact Philippe 917-499-2452 NEW YEAR-NEW CAREER GROUP SALES REPRESENTATIVE Fortune 500 company, voted top 30 places to start a career in USA by Business Week magazine, looking for individuals to grow with the largest provider of voluntary employee benefits in the country. Must be enthusiastic and have strong work ethic. Sales experience is welcome but not necessary. Extensive management opportunities available. Unlimited earnings potential. Office located in Garden City. Call Bill Whicher 516-574-1064

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CLEANING LADY AVAILABLE Cleans, organizes. English speaking, honest, reliable. excellent references. Own transportation. Call 516-225-8544

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CLEANING TEAM AVAILABLE: English speaking Polish women available to clean homes, apartments and offices. Also available to help with your parties at home, serving, setting up, clean up. Excellent references. Please call 516-564-0139

HOUSECLEANING Young Ukranian woman seeking cleaning/ housekeeping jobs. Years of experience. References available. Call Svitlana 516-567-5003

CAREGIVER / HHA VERY HANDS ON LOVING, CARING, COMPASSIONATE HHA with over 10 years experience seeking FT live in or live out position. Great references. Licensed driver. Please call Shawn 516-424-0091 CAREGIVER AVAILABLE Experienced woman seeks full time position to care for your sick or elderly loved one. Live in. Very reliable, non driver, references available. Call May 516-292-2662 CAREGIVER P/T WEEKENDS available for Saturday and Sundays. Bright, compassionate, reliable lady seeking to care for your loved one. Call 516-422-1758 CHILD CARE: Parent Support person available to assist with the home, children, transportation. Experienced. Lives locally. Contact 516-488-1346

ELDER CARE: AIDE/COMPANION with 15 years experience available to care for elderly. Days, nights, weekends. Own car. Excellent references. Call 516-353-1626 EUROPEAN HOME CARE attendant available for live in or live out. Garden City resident with 12 years experience. Excellent references. Very reasonable rates. Please call Jeanette 516-741-6347 or cell 516-710-7271, leave message. HOME HEALTH AIDE certified, seeking position to take care of elderly. Flexible days/hours. Valid driver’s license & car. Experienced. Ref’s available. Please call 347-600-7991

HOUSEKEEPER / HOME HEALTH AIDE PROVIDER with over 25 yrs experience seeking live in position. Honest, caring & skilled. References readily available upon request. Please contact Margaret 860-574-1236 MOTHER’S HELPER/BABYSITTER AVAILABLE Garden City HS student available to help with your young or school aged children. Games, activities, pool, etc. Available anytime. Also available for pet sitting and pet walking. Please call Amanda 516-741-9669 NANNY F/T with 15years experience seeking position to care for your newborn & older children. References available. Trustworthy, loving, reliable. 15 years with 3 Garden City families. Driver’s license. Call 516-776-1808

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GARAGE SALE FLORAL PARK Saturday June 6 10am-3pm 71 Eweler Ave Clothing, housewares, decorative items, furniture, books, toys, handbags and so much more!! Please join us!! ESTATE SALE GARDEN CITY CONSIDER IT DONE ESTATE SALE Friday 6/12 10am-4pm Saturday 6/13 10am-4pm 76 Second Street Partial contents of beautiful home. Full dining room set including breakfront. Pair of club chairs, couches, rugs and coffee tables. Credenza, lamps, art and more! View photos online at ESTATESALES.ORG GARAGE SALE GARDEN CITY 12 Kenwood Rd (off Washington Ave) Thursday through Saturday June 18, 19 & 20 9am6pm Multi family sale. Artifacts from France, clothes, music CD’s, purses, brica-brac, household items. Too much to mention!!

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Tag Sale 10th ANNUAL FLEA MARKET Saturday, June 6, 9am4pm Sponsored by: GARDEN CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY109 Eleventh St (on the grounds of the museum) 516-746-8900 Vendors will sell antique furniture, household items, jewelry & more! Admission is free. Lunch available. A.T. STEWART EXCHANGE CONSIGNMENT SHOP (rear of museum) open all day. Proceeds benefit Garden City Historical Society. gardencityhistoricalsociety.org AUCTIONS, TAG SALES & CONSIGNMENTS INVITED SALES by TRACY JORDAN Live and Online Auction House, Estate Sales, Appraisals and Consignment Shoppe. 839 Stewart Avenue Garden City 11530 516279-6378 www.invitedsales.com Mon-Fri 10-6pm Sat 10-5pm, Sun 12-5pm Located next to the La Quinta and behind the Garden Gourmet Deli. Live Auctions Monthly! Free walk-in evaluations for items to be considered for Live Auction every Tuesday and Thursday 10am-2pm. No appointment necessary. Auctions are live every Wednesday from 8am-8pm and pre-bids are accepted at anytime. Visit www. invitedsales.com and click on the online auctions tab. Visit www. invitedsales.com to see pictures and information regarding our upcoming tag sales and estate sales. Our 50% off room is open everyday and includes items that have been in our shoppe for more than 60 days. To receive discount coupons and promotional information, join our email list. Text “invited” to 22828 and enter your email address when prompted. Consignments are taken by appointment to provide you with the best service. Please call the shoppe at 516-279-6378 to schedule an appointment or email pictures of your items to info@invitedsales.com. We can provide fair market values on any item that you may want to sell, consign or enter into auction. If you need advice on hosting a sale, selling an item or liquidating an estate, please call Tracy Jordan at the shoppe or directly at 516-567-2960

A GARDEN CITY ANIMAL LOVER doesn’t want to leave your precious pooch or fantastic feline alone all day. I’m reliable, dependable and will walk and feed your pet while you work or travel. Please call Cheryl at 516-505-9717 DO YOU HATE KENNELS? OR STRANGERS IN YOUR HOUSE? HOME AWAY FROM HOME will care for your dog in my Garden City home while you are away. Dog walking also available. Pet CPR & first Aid Certified. Numerous referrals and references. Limited availability. Book early! Annmarie 516-775-4256

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Apartment For Rent FRANKLIN SQUARE Top floor, 1 bedroom, move-in condition. Great location, utilities included. Credit report required. No smoking or pets. $1,200/mth. Call 516-747-8139 GARDEN CITY BORDER: Sprawling 3 bedroom, 2 bath apartment. $1,970+ Electric, gated parking, laundry room, air conditioning, dishwasher, hardwood floors, LIRR, NO BROKER FEE. www. gcbapts.com / 516-742-1101 GARDEN CITY S.E. SECTION Unfurnished second floor 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, large living area. Cable, wi-fi, utilities, parking. No smoking. No pets. $1600. Please call 516-650-5144

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Commercial Property for Rent GARDEN CITY: Walk-In Office space available. New Hyde Park Rd. Suitable for attorney, accountant, mortgage broker. CAC, 2 half baths, private garden, Handicap accessible, full basement. $4,000 /month. Call Carmel Quill, Broker 516-732-6049

Vacation Rental BERKSHIRE TIME SHARE Vacation Village: sleeps 8. First week in August. $1,200. Call 516-385-3133 EAST QUOGUE Large 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with CAC, heated IG pool, private patio, access to bay and ocean beaches, boat slip available. 1 hour from Garden City. Will consider 2 week rentals. Please call 516248-0079 or 516-732-9435 OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND Best selection of affordable rentals. Full /partial weeks. Call for FREE brochure. Open daily. Holiday Real Estate. 1-800-638-2102. Online reservations: www.holidayoc.com

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GARDEN CITY WESTERN SECTION 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath Ranch. Eat in kitchen, LR, DR, full unfinished basement, next to park, LIRR. Principals only. $799,000. Call for appt 516-581-0769

GARDEN CITY SOUTH Ideal location, mint, large office space, 1st floor. Must see to appreciate. Available now. $1,750/mth. 2nd floor, 4 large room suite $2,000. Call Owner 516-538-7474 or 538-7476

OLD WESTBURY: Beautiful home for sale by owner. East Williston Schools. 6 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, 4000 square feet, pool. By appointment only June 7th from 10am4pm. 516-835-3222. $1,999,999.

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Out Of Town Real Estate JAMESPORT: FOX LANE ESTATES! Beautiful Victorian 3 BRs, 2.5 Baths, LR, DR & EIK. Master BR has Master Bath & Vaulted Ceilings! Full Basement, large rear deck & front porch. Close to the beach, marina, restaurants & Hampton Jitney. $410,000 Colony Realty, Dolores Peterson, 631-413-7572 LAUREL: Custom 3400 sq ft Ranch w/ beach rights! 4 BRs, 2.5 Baths, LR, Family Room, EIK & laundry room. Full basement w/ high ceilings. 1 car garage. HW floors, CAC & deck. Built in 2011. Just listed! $749,000. Colony Realty, Carll Austin 516-658-2623

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Ra denounces ed commish appointment BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO Though he said he is hopeful new state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia can bring a “fresh perspective to the table,” state Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square), the ranking member of the state Education Committee, called her appointment Tuesday “another rushed, back-door decision” by the state Board of Regents, “with no transparency and lack of input from the public.” In a statement released shortly after the Board of Regents made the Western New York native — who earlier this year was fired as superintendent of the nation’s eighth largest school district — the first female to hold the position, Ra said “it is critical that she familiarize herself with our state’s extremely diverse educational system, as she has not taught in New York for almost 30 years.” “In order to be successful, she must be willing to work with education stakeholders to restore our state’s world-class education. Listening to the con-

cerns of parents, educators and children will make a large difference in the future trajectory of educational standards across the state,” Ra added. “Our state’s education leader must be in tune with the issues facing our public schools and address the many unproven reforms that have been implemented over the last few years.” For the last decade, Elia, 66, has served as superintendent of the School District of Hillsborough County in Florida, but was removed from the position in January in a 4-3 school board vote brought about reportedly by a dwindling relationship between Elia and the board and objections to the superintendent’s $400,000 annual salary. The School District of Hillsborough County has 206,000 students, 30,000 employees and a $2.9 billion budget. Elia began her career as a history teacher in the Sweet Home Central School District in Buffalo in 1970, succeeds former state Education Commissioner John B. King, who late last year accepted a position with the U.S. Department of Education. Elia

MaryEllen Elia will be paid $250,000 annually. In her time at Hillsborough, Elia was credited with helping to revamp the district’s teacher evaluation system, increase graduation opportunities for underperforming students and successfully implement the Common Core standards into district curriculum. “I want to thank the Board of Regents for giving me the opportunity to return to New York to do what I love to do — work

on behalf of the children,” said Elia, who will begin on July 6, in a statement. “I began my career as a teacher and still consider myself a teacher at heart. Good teachers are also good listeners. My first item of business as commissioner will be listening to parents, teachers, principals, school board members and superintendents from across New York. I believe whole-community involvement is essential to make our schools and school system even stronger.” Anthony Bottar, vice chancellor of the Board of Regents who chaired the state’s search committee for the commissioner position, said Elia “has a remarkable record of working collaboratively with teachers, parents and school leaders to get things done.” “Hillsborough County Public Schools is an example of how all sides can find common ground and together can achieve real reform,” he added. Elia’s hire was also supported by the state teacher’s union, the New York State United Teachers, which called her a “welcome voice in the discus-

sion about how to improve New York’s already strong public education system.” In a statement, NYSUT President Karen E. Magee said the union “look[s] forward to a collaborative, productive relationship with Commissioner Elia” as it seeks reforms in testing and the state teacher evaluation system. The union had often clashed with King and Gov. Andrew Cuomo over the implementation of the Common Core in New York as well as the frequency of state exams and a teacher evaluation system it considered unfair. Ra was among the many officials who supported King’s resignation, calling it “an opportunity for a fresh look at the current reform agenda and the challenges facing New York’s public schools.” In a weekly column published by Blank Slate Media, state Sen. Jack Martins (R-Mineola) wrote that he and King “disagreed on almost every aspect of his agenda” and that the two “tangled with each other from day one.”

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Continued from Page 2 ager for Thomson Reuters, Raymond Plakstis Jr. is also running for trustee on the Voice of the Village Party ticket, and Pedram Bral is running for mayor on the ticket. Efforts to reach Plakstis and Bral were unavailing. Rebecca Gilliar, campaign manager for the Voice of the Village Party, said Great Neck’s downtown was walkable before the rezoning.

“The business district is already ‘walkable’ but thanks to our village officials, no one walks there because there is nothing to walk to, the storefronts are empty,” Gilliar said in an email. Sam Yellis, a Village School teacher running for trustee as the lone Bridge Party candidate, has also criticized the rezoning. “You don’t save it by shrinking it,” Yellis has said. “We need

more stores and customers, and their plans will eliminate stores that have been around for generations.” Voting will take place from 12 p.m.-9 p.m. on June 16 at Great Neck House at 14 Arrandale Ave. The villages of Lake Success and Kings Point will also see elections. In Lake Success, trustees Adam Hoffman, Gene Kaplan and David

Milner will all run unopposed. Voting will take place from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Lake Success Village Hall, located at 318 Lakeville Road. Village of Kings Point trustees Ron Horowitz and Hooshang Nematzadeh will also run unopposed. Voting will take place from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Kings Point 32 Steppingstone Lane.

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Station Grill offers new cuisine Continued from Page 3 steak and roasted organic chicken for entrees and butter milk panna cotta and fresh fruit carpaccio for dessert. “Milton doesn’t cook plain stuff,” Levine said. “He makes fresher, better food.” Enriquez described his “American” cuisine as flexible. He said he can take techniques from other styles of cooking, such as French, Italian or Japanese, and use them to create something new. Along with the carefully plated food, Enriquez keeps with the new American theme of using local ingredients and making as many pieces of a dish as he can in-house. “Everything I do I do from scratch,” Enriquez said. “At other places I worked we made every-

thing in house and I’m doing the same thing here.” In spring, Enriquez said will use primarily asparagus and peas in his dishes, while in the summer he will focus more heavily on corn. Besides the food tasting better, buying vegetables in-season is cheaper. Buying the food local, Enriquez said, also allows him to develop relationships with local farmers as well. “We want to support the surrounding community,” Enriquez said. While Levine had Enriquez create his own menu, Levine said he offers advice on what dishes make it onto the menu as the restaurant tries to figure out what residents like. The restaurant opened in April, and Enriquez said he wants

whoever dines at Station Grill to leave “with big expectations.” He said he considers good service and good food as part of one whole package for his diners. Also while working at restaurants in New York City, Enriquez said he learned that if a customer encounters bad service at a restaurant but the food is good, that customer will most likely return. But if both the service and food are equally good, then the restaurant can truly succeed. Enriquez said he likes to get feedback from diners as well. He said he will often ask bussers to show him the plates of diners to see if they have eaten everything. If they haven’t he looks to see if it is because the food was bad or because they were full. Looking to the future, En-

riquez said he wants to bring in a mixologist bartender to create a list of cocktails without alcohol in them. Enriquez said he treats all his customers with the same amount of respect. “I’ll treat VIP’s like I would treat anyone else,” Enriquez said. “If you’re a VIP it doesn’t mean I would make the food any different from anyone else. I still execute food with the best of my knowledge.” Levine said he wants people in the area to be find Manhattan-level food without Manhattan-level prices. “I want to make food as cheap as we can make it,” Levine said. “The economy is still tough, but I want people to enjoy great food.”

School board offers 25 tenure Continued from Page 13 Joanna Asvestas, Kathryn Duggan, Pamela Ostrover, Christopher Pipala and Katelyn Williams were granted tenure. From Great Neck North Middle School, Joseph O’Conner was

granted tenure. Brendon Mitchell from Great Neck’s SEAL program was granted tenure. From Great Neck South High School Catherine Campbell, Lori Cresci, Kelly Murphy, Lauren Pe-

terson and Sepideh Roozdar were all granted tenure. Great Neck South Middle School saw three teachers granted tenure — Brianne Marzigliano, Jonathan Ruvio and Han Zhao. From the John F. Kennedy

School, Korey Terranova was granted tenure. Sarah Barbarotto, Lauren McIntyre and Anna Policastro, all from Saddle Rock School, were granted tenure as well.

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Cosmos remain unbeaten with draw The New York Cosmos fell behind Minnesota in the eighth minute, and 82 minutes later it looked as if they may leave NSC Stadium with their first loss of the NASL Season. But an inch-perfect long ball from midfielder Andrés Flores and a clinical finish from Raúl drew New York even in the 90th minute of the match, and eventually secured the Cosmos a point on the road. “Raúl is a very clever player,” Cosmos head coach Giovanni Savarese said of the Spanish football legend after the match, “[He] found space very well going against the back four and pushing forward. Flores delivered an excellent ball – a perfect ball I would say – to his chest. “Most players wouldn’t be able to bring it down the way [Raúl] did. It showed the quality of a great player. He was able to finish, and this was a very important point for us.” The Loons adopted an aggressive posture early in the game, pressing high on the Cosmos back line. It paid off when a free kick from right back Kevin Venagas found forward Pablo Campos, who headed past Cosmos goalkeeper Jimmy Maurer in the eighth minute to give Minnesota a 1-0 lead. Upon replay it looked as if a handball penalty could’ve been called on Campos, but the goal stood. The Cosmos first real chance came six minutes later. Fullback Ayoze cut inside from the left wing and picked out striker Lucky Mkosana, who juked right and fired a low ball that curved toward the right post. His attempt was wide of Minnesota goalkeeper Sammy Ndjock’s goal. Another free kick from Venegas, this one deep in first half stoppage time, nearly gave United a two-goal advantage heading into the break. Central defender Tiago Calvano’s attempt at goal was high of the crossbar. “They were strong in the first half,” Savarese said of the home side. “We came out well in the second half. I think this was a fair result.” New York made all three of its allotted substitutions in the second half, opting for more offensive firepower to find a late equalizer. Flores, who replaced Adam Moffat in the 79th minute, proved the spark the Cosmos needed. His service to Raúl from just outside center circle sailed over the head of a diving Cristiano Dias. From there the longtime Real Madrid captain gracefully controlled the ball and guided it past Ndjock. “That was an unbelievable ball from Flores,” said Cosmos captain Carlos Mendes. He was a bright spot on New York’s back line, holding 2014 NASL Golden Ball winner Miguel Ibarra in check on a few occasions. “Then it was great control

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Cosmos keeper Jimmy Maurer knocks a shot away during his team’s 2-2 draw with Minnesota. from Raúl and an equally great finish.” Mendes said a result like this is a testament to the team’s mental strength. On May 16 the Cosmos snatched a point on the road from Carolina, with Flores netting a 97th-minute goal to make it 2-2. “We’re confident,” said Mendes of his team. “We keep playing, keep pressing. We fight for 90 minutes – sometimes more – and show a high level of maturity. We came out in the second half of this game with the right attitude.” With a draw the Cosmos move to 5-40 (WDL) on the year and one step closer to their first Spring Season championship. Jacksonville Armada FC’s 4-0 loss to the Carolina RailHawks on Saturday night means only Minnesota and the Tampa Bay Rowdies can catch the Cosmos. The result also helped New York remain unbeaten against United FC in the all-time series (3-3-0). The last time Minnesota and New York met at NSC Stadium, both sides came away with a point in a scoreless draw on October 18, 2014. The Cosmos’ final Spring Season

game is Saturday, June 13 against Jacksonville Armada FC. They have a bye next weekend, but traveled to Havana, Cuba for a historic friendly against the Cuban National Team on June 2, winning 4-1.

“I felt like the atmosphere from the [Cuban] fans was phenomenal,” Mkosana said.” Everyone was just trying to support us wherever we went and I think that was big for us today.”

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