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at The Art Guild is located League, of Elderfields Prein- terclub Platform Tennis Neville ar- Nassau County’s Neville an artist, watercolor which she is also a part, Washington Blvd., was awarded to took while Third Place to be the serve, 200 Port and former board member, Artist Frances Ianarella for her oil paint- structor the Terri Shkuda Award ranged for The Art Guild For more information Washing- Annette Priomos was given proceeds from this Manhasset. (516) 304.5797 or visit home first prize and Port call Pursuits, recipient of the received a ing, ”Recycled.“ for Broadening Creative awards and fund- please Gallery ton’s Eileen Shea Neville Kreutz is an award-winning which is presented at the Guild‘s year’s annual She also teaches www.TheArtGuild.org. of The and Sundays of the classic special recognition as part Exhibit to the raiser luncheon.

Up) hours are Saturdays Show- painter and author Solving for Annual Membershipepitomizes the Watercolor (Intermediate and Art Guild’s 2015 Members from 1 to 5 p.m. or by appointment. who best featur- artist’s guide, “Problem The Art Guild on Wednesday case Exhibition. The exhibit, After graduating from person of the organization’s at mediums, Oil Painters.” mornings. his training as a four principles ing a variety of styles and and NYU, he pursued statement: Encouragement, showcases 54 member artists Art Students League mission and ExhibiSunday, painter at the schol- Education, Exploration will be on view through of New York, winning a merit Ma- tion.

Frank with June 28. the arship. He studied Neville is an eager and enthusiand most Artist Gregg Kreutz was son, Robert Beverly Hale ambassador for The Art Guild juror-of-awards for this exhibition.

David Leffel. Kreutz astic volunteers her time difficult to significantly, and painting at who generously out our mission to Commenting that it was an out- teaches drawing carrying League as well as while choose a winner from such encourage people to that he is the Art Students the country educate and standing group, he said a strong workshops throughout broaden their creative pursuits. inspired by paintings with world. or a lot and around the This spring, she volunteered to sense of light and shadow liaison for the Honorable Mentions went in a pastel to be The Art Guild’s Hungry proof paint on the canvas executed Diane Kaufmann for her for the John Pu- Plant-A-Row free-spirited way. to painting, “Idyllic Crete,” “A Still gram, organizing flower pot-paintFirst Place was awarded painting, while designing and “Pussy linat for his oil ,” and Pam ing sessions the Terri Shkuda Award Ianarella for her oil painting Eileen Shea Neville received HERBST Second Life with the Hurricane “Late Af- painting many of them herself.

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By A dA m L i d g e t t

Residents lined up for hours waiting to vote in the Village of Great Neck elections Tuesday.

Bass, who received 350 votes, as well as Lone Bridge Party candidates Sam Voice of the Village Party can- Yellis, who received 136 votes.

In the Village of Kings Point, didates led by mayoral candidate Pedram Bral scored a landslide vic- trustees Hooshang Nematzadeh and tory on Tuesday over the incumbent Ron Horowitz were re-elected in an Better Government Party candidates uncontested race. Nematzadeh, first appointed as a Villed by Mayor Ralph lage of Kings Point Kreitzman in Village trustee in September of Great Neck elec2012 and elected to tions with Bral capturing more than 72 e l e c t i o n 2 0 1 5 his first full term in 2013, received 108 percent of the 1,431 votes, and Horowitz votes cast in the was re-elected with mayoral election.

96 votes, Village of Bral defeated KreKings Point Clerk and itzman — who had reSee continued Treasurer Gomie Perceived endorsements from numerous feder- election coverage saud said.

She said 115 peoal, state and village ofpAgES 23, 24 ple voted in the elecficials — 1,040 to 391. tion.

Bral’s running In Lake Success, trustees Adam mates Anne Mendelson and Ray Plakstis Jr. both won the two open Hoffman, Gene Kaplan and David trustee spots with 980 and 1,020 Milner were all re-elected in an unvotes respectively, beating out in- contested race. Hoffman and Kaplan cumbent trustees Mitch Beckerman, both received 48 votes, and Milner who received 346 votes, and Jeff Continued on Page 23

IDA says job growth data was wrong

By B i LL SAn Antonio

on Tuesday said he plans to resubmit job growth data from 2013 to the state comptroller’s The head of Nassau County’s office, citing inaccuracies in figIndustrial Development Agency ures published in a statewide au-

dit last month.

“When I do have it, I will submit it to the state comptroller,” said Joseph Kearney, the Nassau IDA’s executive director.

“I don’t have any more to say about this. There’s nothing more to be said about this.”

According to the state comptroller’s May 18 re-

port, the Nassau IDA in 2013 netted fewer jobs (1,835) than agencies in neighboring Suffolk (14,080) and Westchester (7,982) counties, despite granting more ($43,325,571) in net tax exemptions — tax exemptions minus payments in lieu of taxes — on its 278 projects.

In an interview with Newsday last week, Kearney argued

the Nassau IDA’s statistics that year were an “anomaly” due to a filing error in which he said 6,000 jobs the agency was credited with creating or retaining were removed from a ledger.

He told Blank Slate Media Tuesday that some of the data, which the state’s 109 industrial development agencies self-reContinued on Page 62

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Schimel aids Kings Cox Auto to buy Point use of parkland L. Success biz Bill would designate 1.56 acre area for non-park use

Dealertrack to be acquired for $4B

nity to tender their shares at a price that recognizes the superiCox Automotive Inc. has or value of Dealertrack’s industry agreed to acquire the Lake Suc- partnerships, solutions, technolcess-based Dealertrack Technolo- ogy, financial management and gies Inc. for $4 billion in cash, the international industry position.”

Dealertrack, offers webcompanies announced Monday.

“We have long admired the based software services to the Dealertrack team and its highly segments of the automotive inrespected brands,” Cox Automo- dustry, such as dealers, lenders, tive president Sandy Schwartz manufacturers and agents. It was founded in 2001 said in a statein Garden City, ment. “Integratmoving to Meling our platville later that forms will be a year. big step forward In 2005, the in our shared vicompany moved sion of providing to Lake Success. open, cost-effecThe company tive and efficient employs about solutions for 3,500 people dealers, lenders, worldwide. manufacturers In August, and consumers.” the Nassau The AtlantaCounty Indusbased Cox Autotrial Developmotive provides ment Agency vehicle remarapproved tax keting services breaks on a $112 and digital marmillion Dealerketing and softMark O’Neil track project to ware solutions for the automo- Chairman and chief executive build a new office building in tive industry, officer of Dealertrack the Village of the company North Hills. The said. Some of its deal included brands include Kelley Blue Book, Autotrader and up to $1 million in mortgage tax exemptions and more than $5.7 vAuto.

The company, a subsidiary of million in sales tax exemptions, Cox Enterprises, employs nearly as well as a 19-year payment24,000 people worldwide, it said in-lieu-of-taxes agreement that would hold current real estate in a statement.

“This provides a significant taxes constant for 12 years bepremium and immediate cash fore allowing increases in the value for Dealertrack stockhold- remaining seven years.

David Doolittle, spokesperers at closing,” said Mark O’Neil, chairman and chief executive son for Cox Automotive, said the officer of Dealertrack, in a state- acquisition hasn’t changed plans ment. “After careful and thought- to build the new offices, and that ful analysis, with the assistance Dealertrack will continue to be of our independent legal and headquartered in Lake Success. financial advisors, we concluded He also said the companies do that this transaction provides our not plan to lay off workers. stockholders with the opportuContinued on Page 62

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Kings Point Park

By A da m L i d g e t t About a year after the state Court of Appeals said the only way the Village of Kings Point could use an area of parkland for non-park use would be through state legislation, state Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel (DGreat Neck) introduced a bill that would allow the village to use a western portion of Kings Point Park for non-park use.

The bill, introduced in the state Assembly on June 9, would designate 1.56 acres of a 5.45 acre piece of land in Kings Point Park for public works facilities.

The other 3.89 acres would stay parkland, said Village of Kings Point attorney Stephen Limmer, who on behalf of the village asked Schimel to introduce the legislation.

In June 2014, the state Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed a state Supreme Court’s 2011 ruling that the Village of King Point’s plan to raze the 5.45 acres of Kings Point Park for a department of public works building violates state law, and ordered the removal of a village salt shed on the property.

The court said the salt shed, which had been built in 1946, is a “continuing wrong” and should be removed immediately.

The seven-judge panel said in its ruling that the western corner of the park was “parkland” and that any plan to use the parcel for “non-park” use had to be “authorized by the state Legislature.”

Limmer said Schimel’s bill would “legitimize” the non-park use of the 1.56 acre piece of land, which currently has a salt shed and another storage shed.

He said the village will “probably” put a smaller department of public works building on the 1.56 acres in the future, but it has not been discussed among the trustees.

“It would be waste of village taxpayer funds to demolish the existing facilities only to have to reconstruct them at another location,” bill A08133 reads. “It is critical to the village that it be able to maintain the minimal 1.566 (29 percent) of the 5.455 acres DPW site for DPW purposes as its location is the most feasible to residents of the village.”

To use the 1.56 area for non-

park functions, the village must also designate another area of the village as parkland, the bill reads.

The bill calls for a 6.64 acre parcel of land on lower Manhasset Bay along East Shore Road to be the substitute parkland. Some 1.57 acres of this land is above mean high water.

Limmer said that the waterfront property is very valuable.

“We want to put in a waterfront property on East Shore Road for people to walk along and fish,” Limmer said.

According to a memo in the bill, the Village of Kings Point requested the legislation because the existing 167.5 acres of Kings Point Park is sufficient to meet the needs of the public, and that the additional 3.89 acres which had been used for public works purposes will now be dedicated to parkland. They are also requesting the legislation because the are along East Shore Road that would be substituted as parkland is larger than the 1.56 acre area they want for public works purposes.

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Transgender activists rally in Mineola Press GOP county legislators to pass legislation including them in human rights laws B Y B I L L S A N A NTONIO

Avery Brogan will soon turn 18 years old and head off to college on scholarship this fall, but there’s something he says he’d rather not worry about when he leaves.

Born female but identifying as male, Brogan has been active with the Huntington Station-based Long Island Transgender Advocacy Coalition, pushing for legislation in Nassau County and New York State to recognize the rights of trans and non-gender-identifying individuals.

“I want to be able to achieve in life and I don’t want my anatomy to get in the way of that,” Brogan told a few dozen activists and supporters who rallied Sunday on the steps of the Nassau County Legislature.

Demonstrators marched from East Garden City to the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building, holding signs and chanting, “Wake up Nassau,” in urging county lawmakers to amend its human rights laws to cover the transgender community.

“It’s time to wake up to the 21st century,” said Juli Grey-Owens, the coalition’s executive director, in a message directed at Republican county legislative leaders. “Your 1950s view of the world is outdated and small.”

non-discrimination laws received bipartisan support from the town council.

“The next morning, guess what?

North Hempstead was still standing,” Jacobs said.

In an e-mailed statement Monday, Nassau County Legislative Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves (R-East Meadow) said: “The Nassau County Human Rights Law already clearly and unequivocally provides the protection that the Transgender community seeks.”

Jacobs, who contributed to writing the county’s current human rights laws, admitted she initially thought the transgender community was protected by the county but said she has submitted an amended portion to the Republican-controlled Legislature for five straight years, to no avail.

“I won’t give up,” Jacobs said. “I can’t give up.”

Juli Grey-Owens, executive director of the Huntington Station-based Long Island Trans activist and World War II vetTransgender Advocacy Coalition, addresses a few dozen activists and supporters eran Joanne Borden called for Republican during a rally outside the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in leaders in the county and state to “pracMineola Sunday. tice what they preach,” referring to a party Several activists and elected offi- co-sponsored amended anti-bias legisla- platform she said is meant to protect hucials, including Nassau County legislators tion at the state level to include the trans- man rights and support personal freedom.

Judy Jacobs (D-Woodbury), Laura Cur- gender community.

“Let’s tell them to stop hiding the inProvisions protecting transgender in- humanity and masking the unAmericanran (D-Baldwin) and Carrie Solages (DElmont), spoke during the rally, as did a dividuals exist in Suffolk County and New ism of their position,” she said. “Let’s tell representative for state Assemblywoman York City, and in early June the an amend- them, when you give your word, swear to, Michaelle Solages (D-Elmont), who has ment to the Town of North Hempstead’s preach and pledge your honor, mean it.”

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La Rotonda returns to G.N. Plaza

By A da m L i d g e t t For George Pecoraro, re-opening the Italian eatery for which he worked for years on Tuesday was like a dream.

“I have a big connection to this place,” said Pecoraro, the executive chef and co-owner of the restaurant. “It’s like coming home.”

La Rotonda was welcomed back to its original 8 Bond St. location in the Village of Great Neck Plaza at a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by elected officials from both the county and the villages.

“We love them,” Village of Great Neck Plaza Mayor Jean Celender said. “They appeal to people of all ages” Celender was joined by Village of Great Neck Plaza trustees Pam Marksheid, Gerry Schneiderman and Ted Rosen. Also on hand to welcome back the restaurant, which closed last June after 14 years in business, was Nassau County Legislator Ellen Birnbaum (D-Great Neck), Village of Great Neck Judge Mark Birnbaum, Village of Great Neck Board of Zoning and Appeals member Steve Markowitz and La Rotonda’s landlord Patrick Silberstein.

Silberstein said Great Neck

La Rotonda was welcomed back to its original location at 8 Bond St. Tuesday Plaza needs more places like La Rotonda to appeal to a wider range of customers.

“For me it’s extraordinary,” Silberstein said. “We need to start trying to make the village a more welcoming place.”

He said Great Neck is becoming more diverse demographically, as more and more people move to the area because of its proximity to the city and its public school system. He said the area still needs more people in the village to patronize merchants.

To help Pecoraro and his coowner, former La Rotonda waiter Henry An, to succeed in the restaurant’s second attempt, Silberstein said he helped them financially, giving the pair four to five months free rent.

“It’s my way of capitalizing on merchants,” Silberstein said. “Free rent in the beginning is absolutely essential.”

He said he wished more landlords in the area would work with merchants more.

“There are a lot of landlords

could do that could bring a lot more business into the community,” Silberstein said.

Celender praised Silberstein’s efforts to help his tenants. She said all merchants have slow months, and that they need help sometimes to get through those lean seasons.

“That’s a help, that extra boost,” Celender said.

Pecoraro said in April that the restaurant closed because the volume of business couldn’t make up for the cost of a 2012 expansion, which added two more dining rooms to the existing restaurant, as well as a party room.

Following the expansion under former owner Luigi Muto, the restaurant could seat more than 100 diners at once.

“We put in a party room and full bar hoping it would bring in the crowds, but the crowds never happened,” Pecoraro said in April. “We just weren’t filling up the seats.”

The new incarnation of the restaurant, he has said, is smaller with no party room.

Pecoraro said getting the retraining the staff was the hardest part of getting the restaurant back in shape for its re-opening.

“I’m a little bit relieved we got it done,” Pecoraro said. “It mostly

went smooth.”

Pecoraro said he was working in Italian restaurants since the 1980s when he took a job at Latitudes, a seafood restaurant in Port Washington, in 1995.

He said the five years he spent at Latitudes exposed him to working with different ingredients, and a whole new world opened up to him.

Pecoraro was head chef of La Rotonda when the restaurant opened in 2002.

“I felt really comfortable here,” Pecoraro said. “I helped make this place what it was.”

The new menu will be similar to the old menu, featuring such former favorites as the pasta and chicken dishes as well as brickoven focaccia bread and pizzas, Pecoraro had said. Other popular items on the previous menu, such as the baby rack of lamb and Chilean sea bass, will now appear as specials, he said.

The restaurant will also have a more extensive wine menu than its initial incarnation, Pecoraro said, with wines from Italy as well as California.

He has said he is also looking to offer delivery as well dining in the restaurant.

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Scotto calls for DA candidate debates Challenges Singas in primary, Murray in general election to discuss relevant issues

BY B I LL S A N A NTONIO

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Michael Scotto

Nassau County District Attorney candidate Michael A. Scotto has challenged his Democratic primary opponent, acting DA Madeline Singas, and Republican Kate Murray to debates prior to September’s primary and November’s election.

In a statement, Scotto, of Port Washington, called for at least two debates moderated by the League of Women Voters with three reporters being selected to question the candidates.

“We have an acting district attorney that is worried about county legislator meetings, we have a GOP candidate that uses a slogan stating she is a tax-cutter, and we have both of them arguing over how we lost the Islanders, none of which has anything to do with being a district attorney and handling the tough criminal issues facing Nassau County residents,” Scotto said in a statement. “I am calling for a

series of debates so we can address the real issues and show the people what we would each bring to the table as district attorney.”

Singas campaign spokesman Isaac Goldberg declined a request for comment on this story.

An email to Murray’s campaign was not immediately returned.

In an email Wednesday, Murray campaign spokesman Bill Corbett Jr. said, “Mr. Scotto should know that there is a process to follow in politics. First the Nassau Democrat Party must choose its candidate through its own debate and primary process. I am sure that there will be debates between the candidates closer to the election.”

Among the issues Scotto said needed to be debated are the county’s heroin and opiate overdose rate, its murder rate in the Village of Hempstead and “an ever-growing political corrpution issue in our county.”

“It’s time to raise the level of debate in the DA’s race above

pandering for votes based on non-issues that sound good but mean nothing and bring it to a level that addresses the real problems and shows each candidate’s solutions so the voters can make an informed decision,” Scotto said.

Murray, the Town of Hempstead supervisor since 2003, was pegged by the Nassau Republican Committee during a nominating convention in early May. Weeks later, Singas, a Manhasset resident who assumed the district attorney position following the departure of former DA Kathleen Rice to Congress, received the Nassau County Democratic Committee’s endorsement.

Scotto is the former chief of the Manhattan District Attorney’s office’s Rackets Bureau, serving the office for 22 years under Manhatten district attorneys Robert Morgenthau and Cyrus Vance. He is also a former counselor with Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C.

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By B i LL S A n A n ton i o An officer of the Nassau County Police Department’s Third Precinct and two ambulatory technicians who last December rescued a mother who had just given birth were honored Monday with citations from county lawmakers.

Officer Michael Siarkowicz, and AMTs Matthew Beshlian and Ryan Makovy received the County Legislature’s “Cop of the Month” awards for administering CPR to the newborn and taking them to a local hospital.

“I think this is a reflection of the good work of our officers that goes unnoticed every single day,” said James Carver, president of the Nassau County Police Benevolent Association.

Upon responding to a call for a woman in premature labor, Siarkowicz, Beshlian and Makovy found the woman had already given birth to a baby girl who appeared blue in color, was not breathing and had a low heartbeat.

Beshlian and Makovy performed CPR on the child and the three transported mother and daughter to Winthrop-Universi-

ty Hospital, where the woman gave birth to a second child, a boy.

The girl, whose condition improved at the hospital, survived.

“You just think, what if you weren’t born or if you were born and did not survive,” Carver said. “Years from now, this child, due to the work of these guys behind me, will be able to go on to school, because a success in the community, marry, have children, be able to be a productive member of society.”

Siarkowicz, 32, Beshlian, 30, and Makovy, 32, did not give remarks during the ceremony.

Beshlian later told Newsday, “The whole call was a challenge. And without officer Siarkowicz and AMT Makovy it would have gone a lot differently.”

Acting Nassau County Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter lauded the “team” effort of Siarkowicz and the AMTs. “There really is a team in Nassau County,” he said. “The AMTs are part of that team, it’s all part of the good work the men and women of the Nassau County Police Department do on a day-to-day basis that makes this probably the best police department in the country.”

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Buses replace trains between Great Neck & Port Washington June 20–21.

Expect additional service changes during the Long Island Rail Road’s year-long Colonial Road Improvement Project.

There will be no LIRR train service between Great Neck & Port Washington on the weekend of Saturday, June 20 and Sunday, June 21 for track maintenance work and the demolition of Colonial Road Bridge. If you are traveling in the area on this weekend, please make note of the following: • Buses will replace train service between Great Neck & Port Washington • Port Washington Branch service will be reduced from half-hourly to hourly • Customers should allow an additional 30 minutes of travel time • Many Port Washington Branch trains will operate on alternate tracks and platforms – so play close attention to platform signage when departing For more details and project updates, visit mta.info/lirr/colonialroad. © 2015 Metropolitan Transportation Authority

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Great Neck teacher honored by firefighters

By A dA m L i d g e t t Paul Ziring, a special education outdoor education coordinator with the Great Neck School District, said he has made it his mission to better the lives of his students by teaching them fire prevention.

“It’s such an important life skill,” said Ziring, a Mineola resident. “And people call them ‘special needs’ but they’re just special.”

To do this, Ziring frequently takes his students in a bus he drives himself to the Nassau County Firefighters Museum and

Education Center in Garden City For his efforts to teach special needs children fire safety, The Fireman’s Association of the State of New York awarded Ziring with its 2015 Teacher of the Year Award Thursday at the Nassau County Firefighters Museum and Education Center.

Robert McConville, FASNY president, said the FASNY gets numerous applications for the award, but Ziring was the standout this year. He said because of Ziring’s efforts, awareness has been raised about fire prevention in general and for children with special needs.

“The work he does with special needs kids makes him stand out,” McConville said. “He has dedication. It’s every day with him; weekends, holidays.”

Ziring, who has been with the Great Neck School District since 1992, began running the Great Neck School District’s Special Education Outdoor Program in 2005. Since he has taken the helm, he has increased the program to include 15 groups of special education students.

He works with students in kindergarten through 12th grade, and also with a group of older students. As a special education teacher, he uses outdoor field

exercises to help build his students’ confidence.

About three or four years ago, Ziring said he came into the museum to see if the programs they offered could help special needs children.

While the museum offered programs to help children learn fire safety, Ziring said, he wanted to simplify the program for children with special needs.

“We kind of said ‘what can we do to modify a program they already have here?’” Ziring said.

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Accountability missing from IDAs The system, if you want to call it that, by which industrial development agencies grant hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks each year to private businesses in an effort to boost job growth and economic development is lacking in both Nassau County and the State of New York.

Industrial development agencies in the state granted $105 million more in net tax breaks to businsses in 2013 than 2012 — while generating nearly 23,000 fewer jobs, according to a recent report by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.

Nassau County’s performance was even worse.

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, generating just 1,835 jobs.

The county lagged well behind nearby Suffolk (14,080) and Westchester (7,982) counties in job creation 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.

In addition, Nassau recouped just 37 percent of the exemptions through paymentin-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.

Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos said an analysis of Nassau’s IDA activity conducted by his office found the agency “appears to support smaller scale projects with less jobs potential.” He made the sensible suggestion that it instead “favor higher quality projects that have the potential to create or retain a higher number of jobs.”

Maragos also called on the county industrial development agency to reconsider the criteria by which it grants tax breaks to businesses planning construction.

This followed a call by DiNapoli for all industrial development agencies to use “standardized project applications, cost-benefit analysis, uniform project agreements agreements and provisions for the recapture of benefits for certain nonperformance.”

In other words, to create uniform rules across the State of New York for awarding businesses tax breaks — something that does not exist.

In fact, industrial development agencies are not even required to file a report with the state on their activities. The information provided the state comptroller’s report, amazingly enough, is purely voluntary.

Alan J. Wax, a spokesman for the Nassau IDA and president of the Melville firm WaxWords Inc., defended the county IDA’s performance in 2013, saying that in 2013 the agency focused its efforts in assisting 58 businesses affected

by Superstorm Sandy the previous year.

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But in his letter to the IDA, Maragos cited a recent telephone conversation with Nassau County IDA Executive Director Joseph J. Kearney in which the director was said to have disputed the accuracy of the job creation numbers in the state report and said that “updated NCIDA performance

data” would be submitted t by June 15.

Thus far neigther the Maragos of the state comptroller’s office say they have received the updated numbers.

There is no doubt that the county and the state benefit from well-placed tax breaks that generate jobs and economic ac-

tivity.

But clearly changes are needed both on a state and a county level for that to happen.

DiNapoli and Maragos have offered sound starting points for reform.

We hope elected officials in the county and the state to take them up on it.

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Medicare for all the answer to Supreme Court ruling

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he Supreme Court will soon decide on a suit that seeks to end many subsidies for the purchase of healthcare coverage.

Republicans, who initiated the suit because of a few words in the Affordable Care Act, may be panicking at the possibility that the court will abolish the subsidies.

Ironically, most of those affected, about six million enrollees, live in Republican-led states.

The predicted swell of anger would be directed at Republican legislators.

Despite many announcements

by Republican members of Congress, during the five year existence of the Act, as they like to call Obamacare, nothing viable has appeared.

Admittedly, the ACA is very complicated, and could stand revision.

Better alternatives have been successful in many other countries and an Expanded and Improved Medicare For All Act has been introduced in the 2015-2016 Congress by Representative John

Conyers.

Briefly, the United States National Health Care Act establishes a unique universal health insurance program with single payer financing. It would create a publicly financed, privately delivered healthcare system to all U.S. residents, including the territories.

It would immediately provide access to everyone, changing the now inefficient and costly fragmented non-system, at a vastly lower cost.

The ACA, despite informed resistance to some of the provisions forced on the Congress by powerful lobbying from the private insurance companies and big Pharma, was passed. It does not need to be the only solution.

The best provisions of the ACA would be included; patients would have their choice of physicians.

Standards of care would be established by expert medical panels.

Workers displaced by elimination of private insurance bureaucracies could logically be rehired and trained to implement the not-forprofit system, as is already func-

tioning in the Medicare model.

As estimated in a study conducted by the Center for Economic Research and Policy, the average cost of coverage for a middle income family of four, now about $4,200 annually, could be reduced to about $2,700 for all health care costs. An employer’s share of the costs would be drastically reduced as well.

Savings would come from reduced administration, bulk purchasing and coodination among providers.

Funding would come from federal, state and other taxes, similar to those derived from a number of levies, along with closing of tax loopholes that plague our economy.

We have already seen lower total expenditures even with the unnecessary costs caused by the current system, but we must seriously consider that we could do much better, at a lower cost, while investing in the human right to universal healthcare coverage.

Esther Confino New Hyde Park

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Steps to be taken to combat cyber attacks

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ot a week goes by without news of another high-profile cyber attack — Target, Sony, JPMorgan Chase, just to name a few.

Not even the federal government is immune. Just this week, the U.S. government announced that hackers had accessed the personal data of more than 4 million current and former federal employees. And earlier this week the Internal Revenue Service announced that individuals used stolen data to gain access to the tax returns of more than 100,000 people through an application on the agency’s own website.

It’s clear that information theft is a constant threat that impacts companies on a daily basis.

For every big, public incident, there are scores more that

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go unreported.

Cyber crime is a broader problem that’s not confined to tech companies and large corporations. The risks are very real for all companies.

The truth is, if you possess personally identifiable information on a lone employee or single customer, you have a cyber exposure.

That data doesn’t have to exist on a network, either. These days, holding any personal information — even if it exists only on paper — presents a potentially costly privacy risk that falls under the cyber umbrella.

Loss can occur as a result of access to networks via stolen credentials or breaches, unsecured or lost mobile devices, or malicious email or Web links.

Regardless of your size or industry, adequate controls are

needed to minimize the risks to your sensitive data. Here are five steps you can take to strengthen your cyber risk management strategy: 1. Perform a risk assessment.

A critical first step in enhancing your data security is to identify system vulnerabilities and understand how your data is managed and secured. You should have a thorough inventory of the kind of information you have, how much of it you have and where you have it.

2. Educate your team. Everyone is accountable in managing cyber risks, including temporary workers and contactors. Implement a sound internal communication and training strategy on the protection and proper use of sensitive data, including how to recognize and report security threats. Integrate cyber security

Oh, I believe in yesterday

n June 2 the New York Times reported that Barnard College announced it will begin accepting transgender women, joining a slate of women’s colleges that have created formal policies on whether to admit students who do not identify with their birth sex.

The new policy, which the Board of Trustees has approved, welcomes applicants who “consistently live and identify as women, regardless of the gender assigned to them at birth.” Students who enter as female and then transition to male while at Barnard will be able to stay at the college and receive a Barnard degree.

Transgender men however, who were assigned female at birth but identify as men at the time of application, are ineligible for admission, as are students who identify as neither gender, regardless of their birth sex.

In Spokane, Wash, Rachel Dolezal,

into employee orientation, with an emphasis on the consequences of sharing passwords, falling for email phishing scams, exposing laptops and USB storage devices to theft, and otherwise neglecting to observe data security policies.

3. Know your vendors. When entrusting personal information to third parties, implement reasonable measures to ensure they have the capacity to protect this information. This means selecting only service providers that are capable of maintaining safeguards for personal information equal to or better than yours, and contractually requiring them to maintain such safeguards. You should also require your vendors to show proof of insurance to provide you with protection if they are the cause of loss.

4. Address portable devices.

Accidental loss and theft of laptops, smartphones and tablets are leading causes of compromised data. It is crucial to always encrypt these devices to render the protected information unreadable and unusable in the event of a breach.

5. Make sure you’re properly covered. Insurance is an important weapon in this war.

According to the Ponemon Institute, the average security breach costs organizations almost $200 for each record that’s stolen, or about $5.5 million for the typical company breach. A claim that size could cripple a business without adequate insurance coverage. Ideally, it never gets to that point.

Bill Spitalnick Roslyn

Pacific Trade Deal defeat a good thing for environment

who has claimed for years she was black and heads the local chapter of the NAACP is white, in reality changing her ethnicity hence claiming to be born into the wrong race.

I know that Al Shapton after giving it some thought, not much I would imagine has since blamed the white parents for outing Ms. Dolezal but I would give anything to have been a fly on the wall when he heard the news.

Thus in the view of the liberal who is willing to discard traditional values, the truth is 1) what you want it to be and 2) is predicated by your feelings.

This gives pause to the liberal’s new favorite mantra of, “ be what you want to be”.

Oh for the simpler days of yesteryear when just about everything made sense.

Bill Viggiano Williston Park

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s I noted this Friday, June 12, the Democrats defeated the Fast Track [Pacific] Trade Agreement and sent it to the dumpster.

What I had been hearing about it was as a matter of fact, quite scary.

I also have to keep in mind what I hear about the trade agreement we have with our two closest neighbors. It is said that Canada imports cheap labor that is not paid well with poor living conditions and that Mexico does not pay wages that compare to our minimum standards.

Whether there are other appropriate benefits, I cannot say though I tend to doubt that there are. That is not in line with big corps.

President Obama’s stance on this matter is not in line with his general priorities. I don’t know why.

With the effort to keep our planet clean and control global warming, having a huge number of huge freighters and huge cargo planes going back and forth twenty four- seven would have to be a huge source of pollution.

To my knowledge, not one word has been spoken in this regard. Everyone should, as much as possoble, make their stuff locally to aboid this.

The above rejection of this agreement is an example of democracy in action: Government by and for the people.

Another example of this is

getting little by little a better minimum wage. It should not have to be a hard fought battle and it is still not a fair share.

As I saw on The PBS Newshour, it was Nancy Pelosi who presented the good news about the agreement to President Obama.

She has been in the spotlight a long time, is well known and does not have any dark clouds hanging over her.

Should our electorate decide they would like to have a woman for president, she is a good example of who to choose.

I don’t see that someone like her would be a chameleon if elected.

Charles Samek Mineola

Celebrating an iconic deli’s 127th anniversary

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ongratulations to Katz’s Delicatessen on your 127th Anniversary! Eating at Katz’s Delicatessen is a religious experience for those who enjoy great deli.

Forget the fancy tablecloths, waiters and sparkling bottled water in other restaurants. Go to the Manhattan Lower Eastside of our ancestors to enjoy authentic New York food eaten by genera-

tions of Big Apple residents. Your bubbee would be proud.

Take a day free from worrying about cholesterol and your weight to enjoy life!

When out-of-town friends or family come to visit, they always insist we go to Katz’s for a great lunch. There is no equivalent to Katz’s deli-style good grub.

Don’t forget to stuff a dollar in the tip cup for the counterman

who serves you. Your reward will be a great sample of what’s to come. In front of your eyes while you salivate in anticipation, he will build a sandwich requiring two hands to eat.

The restaurant is a trip down memory lane, with photographs of celebrities from different eras.

You can learn more about our past history at Katz’s than visiting any local museum. The

list of all the famous customers who have visited Katz’s over the many decades is amazing.

Look closely at the back of some chairs. Perhaps a former president or two or some other famous individual used the same seat.

Every winning politician in decades has made a campaign stop at Katz’s!

The portions and quality

continue to be one of the best buys in New York today.

Anyone still hungry after dining there must have a tapeworm!

Let’s hope the continuing redevelopment of this neighborhood doesn’t also overrun Katz’s as well!

Larry Penner Great Neck

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One woman’s poison… is such a treat!

My husband has only one rule for me when it comes to what I feed my family: I’m not allowed to serve them anything that didn’t come into the house with a receipt.

All because of a few honest “mistakes.”.

I was still a teenager, living with my folks in Maryland, when I noticed that the label on my mother’s jar of Bay Leaves had “Laurel” written in very small letters underneath.

Well, every spring, the woods near our house were filled with bushes sprouting peppermint-drop-looking flowers, and everyone called them “Mountain Laurel.”

Why not pick some of those leaves and use them in soups and stews, instead of bay leaves?

Except it turns out they’re not related to bay leaves at all.

They’re related to hemlock.

The same stuff they brewed up and gave to Socrates, in ancient Greece, when they’d had enough of his Socratic Method.

Then there was that time in college, when I realized that our room actually had a fireplace, so I could treat my roommates to

“chestnuts roasting on an open fire,” just like the song says.

They smelled wonderful!

And they tasted wonderful, too...for the first 10 seconds.

Then they turned bitter in our mouths, and we all spat them out.

“Where did you buy these chestnuts, Judy?”

“Buy them? I didn’t buy them. They’re all over the ground, in front of the dorm.”

“But those aren’t edible chestnuts — they’re horse-chestnuts, from horse-chestnut trees!”

“You mean there’s a difference?”

“Um, yeah — horse chestnuts are poisonous!”

So, like I said, a few honest mistakes.

A few years after my husband and I bought a house in the suburbs, the county came along and stuck a tree in the ground, in front of it.

“What is it, anyway?” my husband wanted to know.

“It’s an Ock-me Cherry,” the workman said.

“What, Acme does trees now?”

“I dunno. Some Japanese or-

Judy epstein

A Look on the Lighter Side namental.”

I shouldn’t have been surprised when the thing flowered and bore fruit. But I was surprised at the mess.

The cherries fell all over our car, street, and sidewalk, staining everything they touched.

I had to hose off the sidewalk every day, just so people could walk by. And there were still loads of cherries on the tree, waiting to drop.

Why wait, I wondered? So one afternoon, while my kids were napping, I got out a ladder and a pot, and started “harvest-

ing” our crop.

It wasn’t long before I had another thought.

The fruit looked so juicy and ripe; what if they turned out to be edible? It would be such a waste to throw them all away.

So I put the pot on the porch, while I tried to call the Cornell agricultural extension.

But this was July, and it was hot outside. Who wants bees buzzing around their porch, drunk on fermented cherryjuice?

So I decided to cover the pot and keep it cold in the refrigerator while I finished the calls.

Suddenly the doorbell rang.

The sitter! I had forgotten — she was watching the kids for me, just for an hour until my husband got home, because I had a doctor’s appointment. I gave her strict instructions on what she could feed the kids, then grabbed my purse and rushed off.

When I walked back in the door, my children were screaming, trash was all over the floor, and my husband was on the line with the Poison Control Hotline.

“Judy,” he barked, “Did you

tell the babysitter she could feed our children those mystery cherries?”

“Of course not! What kind of a mother do you think I am?”

“Never mind that. Just tell me, why are there cherry pits in the trash?”

“Oh my God. What does the hotline say?”

“They say they’ve never heard of an ‘Ock-me’ cherry, so they can’t say if any amount at all is safe to eat. Where does the sitter live, anyway? She’s not answering her phone, and for all I know she’s comatose, somewhere.”

She was fine, of course. My husband is such a worry-wart!

When we finally reached her, she told him of course she would never give the kids anything I hadn’t listed, and anyway the cherries hadn’t tasted very good, that’s why she’d only eaten two.

Just for the record, when they’re ripe enough, they’re delicious.

But don’t tell my husband that; he still thinks I throw them all away. One man’s poison is this woman’s treat!

Kremer ’ s cor n er

American Pharoah a true sports hero The past few weeks haven’t exactly been happy weeks.

The weather may be warmer now but it took a very long time for the sun to shine two days in a row. The national news is not very encouraging either and politics in New York is at a stalemate.

So I want to pay special tribute to a horse, not just any horse, I mean American Pharaoh.

Up to a week or so ago, there wasn’t anything or person on the horizon to make us all flash a collective smile. Somehow, it took a beautiful stallion to turn things around in a dramatic way.

History has proven that many horses win the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness and then miss out on the Triple Crown by losing the Belmont Stakes.

Prior to the big race, I wasn’t sure if this particular horse would capture the imagination of anyone because the last thing we needed was another loser.

You can say there is no connection, but I think otherwise.

Whether you live in Rockville, Maryland or Roslyn, there has been something missing these past few months.

We have been itching for some real exciting news and not quite sure where it

affection of millions peowould come from. There ple, literally overnight. are many Ranger fans in We all know the rest the local area who were of the story. Ninety thouthrilled with the playoffs, sand people and millions but in the end, the Rangof television viewers ers fell short. around the world were There was a lot of adtreated to a spectacular vance hype in the media victory by a very special about this golden horse horse. but a lot of us refused to To show how special be caught up in anticipaAmerican Pharaoh is, altion of what would hapmost half the people who pen on the day of the big bought a winning ticket, race. Why get overly exjerry Kremer have not cashed in their cited, so soon?

Kremer’s Corner ticket. They would rather Somehow, on the big have a souvenir than get day, you could almost feel a couple of bucks for their excitement building up.

America was ready for a winner of any kind breakfast coffee.

Once all the thrills had subsided, I and we decided to put our hopes on a horse.

On that fateful Saturday, some of my started thinking about the state of the sports friends and neighbors, who know noth- business in America and how disappointing ing about horseracing, were talking about it has become.

Team owners are willing to pay obscene American Pharaoh.

You could sense that something was amounts of money for some athlete who building up around the country and that this turns about to be a big bust. If they don’t fail time there was not going to be any disap- on the field they fail off the field. There are pointment, like what we have gone through a growing number of stories about high paid players assaulting a spouse or girlfriend and in the past.

This horse had become the object of the periodic suspensions for illegal drug use.

If I were a soccer fan who follows the sport around the world, I wouldn’t be in a state of ecstasy about the FIFA scandal. The players are no doubt, highly competent and give the fans loads of thrills.

But to think that some of the big names in the organization may be going to jail for bribery is not very comforting.

Multi-million dollar bribes to host a soccer event and under-the-table payments for product endorsements, surely doesn’t build up confidence in the soccer industry.

I could go on and on, sport by sport, pointing out how disappointing they have become to the average fan but I don’t want to detract from the great victory by American Pharaoh.

He made us all proud, and yes, he made millions of people smile.

For at least a day or two, everyone around us wanted to claim this horse as one of the family.

We were ready for some good news and this incredible creature did what no human being had done for us in quite a while.

Jerry Kremer is President of Empire Government Strategies and a 23-year veteran of the State Assembly.

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VGN trustees lacking in accessibility

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ast week I went for a walk on a sunny Saturday afternoon.

The path I follow each time I walk varies like the weather and is never quite the same. This time it was Arrandale Avenue.

Paying attention to the different homeowners’ landscapes that blossom come Spring is an adventure in the Village of Great

Neck. This time the adventure was a bit different.

Along the sidewalk, I noticed a hole a half foot deep. One misstep and certain injury would occur. I took note of the closest address.

Back home, I looked at the Great Neck Village website planning to send a message to the village trustees, but the Contact Us pages are missing the trustee

email addresses.

The website only allows contact with someone anonymous at info@greatneckvillage.org.

I wondered if my email of a safety concern would be treated as important? I wondered how long it would take for my message to be directed to the correct desk?

Fast forward to Monday, I phoned the Village Hall. I asked

if there is a method to contact the trustees directly and the answer I received was “Why? “ Why was I asked “Why?” Perhaps residents have given up on trying to reach their trustees in which case my phone call came as a surprise. Perhaps the trustees don’t want to be reached?

Either way I have learned that my experience is not unique,

and it would seem that my fellow residents and I know that our mayor and trustees stopped listening to us a long time ago.

It is time for communication.

I hope you voted for Pedram Bral, Anne Mendelson and Raymond Plakstis to be heard.

Ofra Panzer Great Neck Village

Hoping Rep. Rice will surprise me

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fter reading the article “Rice finds surprises as a Congressperson,” I’m wondering what surprises we will find in our U.S Representative of the 4th Congressional District.

With the Congresswomen settling in to her new job and as she reflects on her first couple of months in office, it’s time to tune in our radar and begin to watch exactly what Kathleen Rice can bring to the table.

Like most fresh face politicians, Congresswomen Rice says all the things that people want to hear and hits many of the topics that are paramount to a community and a nation.

Has she talked about the question of term limits? Check.

Has she spoken about the rules & games of the inner workings of Washington? Check.

Does she opine on the misgivings of the electoral system? Check.

Does she express indigna-

tion to the attentions given to our homeless and jobless vets? Check.

Does she speak of the need to reform campaign finance laws and necessity for party compromise?

Check and check.

So as she takes residence in her office at 1508 Longworth, with boxes of all these great ideologies, we wait and see as she unpacks and settles in if she will have her own voice that can affect positive change or will she get swallowed up in the system as she entrenches

herself among the members of the ol’ club?

Will she be able to set herself apart from the machine?

She spoke recently to the League of Women Voters of Nassau County about the influence and success of lobbyist working on behalf of the big businesses.

But will she be able to reconcile the campaign contributions of these businesses with the unwavering requirement of party fund raising?

As she will undoubtedly need to not only fill her coffers but that of the party, can she confidently do anything different and be successful in that regard?

As I always am, I’m optimistic when our political leader takes the job.

Whether optimism will turn to disappointment remains to be seen but like Kathleen Rice, I can be surprised too.

Andy Negretti New Hyde Park

Saying Caitlyn Jenner is OK is wrong

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n 1976, Bruce Jenner, the U.S. Olympic decathlon champion, was considered not only the world’s greatest athlete, but a poster boy for American values and ideals.

I still can’t believe that he has resurfaced, 40 years later, as none other than Caitlyn Jenner.

Obviously, his days of being a poster-boy for anything are over.

However, in order to make his or anyone else’s gender transition accepted, support has to come from: 1 - our elected officials, 2 - our mainstream media, and 3 - our colleges and universities.

Luckily for him, his new lifestyle got an enthusiastic endorsement from all three liberal institutions.

There are some industry experts who estimate that Jenner will turn this makeover into a $50 million dollar fortune.

Personally I don’t give a damn whether he prefers Chanel or Oscar de la Renta, or whether he checks off male or female on his Medicare card.

Bruce and Caitlyn Jenner

are both sad, disturbed individuals and I find this whole issue perplexing and rather boring and tedious.

Why millions of people would waste their time watching a Jenner reality TV show, says less about Jenner and more about the decline of American society during Barack Obama’s tenure in office.

For those of you who do care, here are a few examples of people whose “helpful” policy decisions made all of this possible: 1 - To get the ball rolling, (no pun intended) the Obama Administration ended a 33-year ban on Medicare coverage for “gender reassignment” surgery.

That’s the new PC term for a sex-change operation. The Department of Health and Human Service’s ruling was in a response to a lawsuit filed on behalf of Denee Mallon, age 74, a transgender woman and army veteran from Albuquerque.

Denee is now a “she” veteran, who was once a “he” veteran. It’s sort of confusing, but remember that our radical leftwing President’s game-plan has always been to make everyone’s

inner-self feel good, regardless of the consequences.

1 - Smoke a legalized joint, 2 - pick up your welfare check, 3 - stay on unemployment as long as you like, and 4 - everyone, even illegal aliens, are all welcomed to receive every entitlement that this socialistic president can think of.

However, on Election Day, they must remember who made all of this possible and show their appreciation by voting Democratic!

Progressive’s, check in hand, will rush to your aid. Unless of course, 1 - you are a senior citizen in need of expensive chemotherapy to keep you alive, or 2 - if you are an 8-month, unborn fetus, or 3 - if you are a registered Republican.

According to far-Left zealots, all of these people are not worth saving!

2 - Barnard College, the nationally known “woman’s Ivy”, has decided to increase their incoming freshman class in a

rather innovative way. They are admitting transgender women who “consistently live and identify themselves as a woman”.

What will the dean of admissions or the NCAA do if these scholars try out for Barnard’s swim team? That’s anyone’s guess.

3 - Locally, even our own Town of North Hempstead jumped into the fray. Two weeks ago, our Town Board unanimously passed an amendment protecting all of our transgendered residents from discrimination.

This not only covers workers employed by the town, but employees in private businesses as well.

The next time I walk into our Town Hall to pay my taxes, I hope to see new workers, just like Caitlyn, sitting there.

4 - And finally, in Massachusetts, public school students are now permitted to legally “pick their own gender”. What a great democracy we live in! Right ?

(By the way, the Obama Administration coincidently ordered all federally funded schools to allow students to pick their own gender as well.)

Since president Obama, the ACLU, and all the woman’s and gay right’s organizations have banded together to fight against gender discriminatory practices being committed here, I’m sure progressives everywhere will now turn their attention abroad. I’m looking forward to meeting them at the airport when they return home from countries like Saudi Arabia or Iraq, after they press for gay marriage and sex change operations over there.

To tell you the truth, I’m not so sure the Ayatollah Khomeini will appreciate their philanthropic efforts. But I’m sure that won’t stop them.

Now that President Obama and John Kerry have assured us that Iran has repented and can finally be trusted, rumors began circulating in Washington this week, that Caitlyn Jenner has already contributed to the Clinton Foundation to insure her nomination as President Hillary Clinton’s ambassador to Iran.

Way to go, Hillary !!

Dr Stephen Morris DDS North Hills

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Wheatley Club’s plan remain troubling

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ast Williston’s Board of Trustees has set the date of Monday, June 29, 2015, at 7:30 p.m., for the public hearing for the Wheatley Hills Golf Club’s current plans that, apparently, may still include bedrooms for upwards of 13 -15 (or more?) male workers.

Although the Club’s current plans (4/15) appear to reduce the number of planned rooms from 12 bedrooms to eight bedrooms in its western-wing (approximately, within 20 feet of East Williston residences), there seems to be no mention of the club’s reducing the total number of male workers living in those bedrooms.

As those who attended East Williston’s public hearing (12/4/14), involving the club’s earlier, conditional use-application may recall, the club’s attorney indicated that 13 workers were living Numerous residents who attended the aforementioned meeting, including my husband and myself, expressed surprise and dismay at hearing 13 workers were living at the club.

At the aforementioned meeting, the Club’s attorney declared that a large amount of workers had been living at the Club for many years….again, to the surprise…and, to the contrary observations…of many East Williston residents.

East Williston’s village attorney, at the aforementioned meeting, asked the club’s attorney for the following information: paperwork showing when workers had been living at the club; background checks on its workers, and records of I am not aware of any government-stamped, supporting documentation from earlier years that has been submitted to our board of trustees, by the club, justifying having 13 male workers living there in the past….or in the present.

Even if the club could verify it had even, possibly, 2 apartments existing legally on its premises, how would that justify the club’s making the “quantum leap” assumption that 13 (or more?) single male workers should be allowed to be housed in such apartments?

It would seem that any potential “living quarters” on Golf Clubs’ premises might be offered to house very few folks in managerial, instructional, and/ or security positions (e.g., a general manager, a head greenskeeper, a golf pro, night-watchman, etc.)….certainly, not 13 (or more?) employees.

In my opinion, establishing a boarding house-like facility at the Club for 13 (or more?) single male workers is not appropriate in the Village of East Williston and should not be approved by our Board of Trustees.

East Williston homeowners whose quality of life may be impacted significantly by our village Board of Trustees’ potential approval of the club’s current plans should ask: 1. What officially approved, receipt-stamped documents, already on file with the Village of East Williston, give the Club the right, specifically, to house employees on its property?

2. If the Club has been boarding 13 (or more?) workers before its current renovation-plans were submitted, how many male

workers will it house in its nowplanned 8 bedrooms?

3. Will our Village officials enact a limit on the amount of workers…male or female…that can be boarded in these 8 bedrooms?

4. How will homeowners’ security, privacy, safety issues, etc., be addressed?

5.Did the club present official documentation requested by East Williston’s Village Attorney at the public hearing (12-4-14): paperwork showing when workers had been living at the club; background checks on its workers, and, records of workers living there?

I urge each homeowner to review, for himself, the current (4/2015) Wheatley Hills Golf Club’s plans on file at our village office.

Again, although the club’s current plans (4/15) appear to reduce the number of planned rooms from 12 bedrooms to 8 bedrooms in its western-wing (approximately, within 20 feet of East Williston residences), there seems to be no mention of the club’s reducing the total number

of male workers living in those bedrooms….which still implies, in my opinion, that the Club may continue to intend to house 13 (or more?) male workers in those bedrooms.

If you have similar concerns and/or questions regarding the Club’s most recent plans(e.g., security issues, privacy issues, safety issues, etc.), I urge you to attend the public hearing, June 29, 2015, 7:30 p.m., in our Village Hall, to voice your opinions on this issue that has the serious potential to impact, negatively, East Williston’s quality of life….and, its property values…. far into the future.

This may be your last opportunity to speak out!

As prior, scheduled hearings have been postponed at the last minute for various reasons, I would suggest you call our village office beforehand to confirm the date and time of this public hearing (Monday, June 29, 2015, 7:30 p.m., Village Hall).

Kathy Rittel East Williston

Still takes a village to raise a child right

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YPD Police Commissioner Bill Bratton pointed out while on the John Gambling radio show AM 970, that there is a breakdown in American family values.

He said,’ We’re starting to reap what we have sown over

the last 40,50 years, with homes dissolving and homes without parental guidance.”

This in turn has caused a deterioration of police -community relations. I could not agree with the commissioner more for he hit it right on the nail. Respect and guidance starts in the home

and goes onto the schools and finally onto the streets.

Parents need to be more involved and need to take the upper hand and must teach their children a total respect for authority. They need to enact restrictions for their children and to impose times for their chil-

dren to be home. They need also to know who their children are with and phone numbers where they can be reached at all times.

Our Finest as Commissioner Bratton pointed out they feel demoralized by lack of respect on the street.

While they are only doing

their duty in trying to protect and serve the community. Our local communities must instill in our youth good moral values.

Remember this too: It takes a village to raise a child !

Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks Village

Confronted by discrimination, Ra ducks

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ecently state Assemblyman Ed Ra had the opportunity to speak out against discrimination and instead he ducked.

The school board of East Ramapo has been taken over by parents who send all their children to private schools. They took over the school board to gut the budget and reduce their personal taxes at the expense of the minority members of the community.

These parents have, in effect given themselves a tax break on the backs of parents who simply cannot afford to send their children to private schools — and Ed Ra has sided against public school families.

According to The Capital, the Albany newspaper devoted to government watching: “representatives of a growing Orthodox Jewish population have gained a majority on the school board even though their children attend private yeshivas. The board has ordered deep cuts to staff and programs in recent years, causing a variety of state agencies, including the comptroller’s office and education department, to scrutinize and criticize its financial decisions.”

And who are the children being affected: “ low-income families, immigrants who do not speak English and students with disabilities.”

A bill was introduced to grant

the state oversight to address just such problems and ensure that one group does not oppress another, locking out a generation from educational advancement.

Unfortunately, my fellow coreligionists took this as an attack on Judaism rather than a blow against discrimination. I am a Jewish man, whose paternal family escaped the anti-Semitism and pogroms of Romania, I keenly feel the need to attack discrimination whenever it raises its head, and against whoever perpetrates it.

The residents in East Ramapo are divided, and those with the power are oppressing those without the power. It is shameful that the oppressors are Jewish and that

Ed Ra is abetting their conduct.

Ra rather than taking a principled position chose to mutter some platitudes and coming together: “This bill is just creating more division, and by doing so, we’re not going to get the best outcomes for the children of this district. What this really calls for is for people on both sides of this issue to come together and find common ground.”

How, then Mr. Ra are we to protect the children by doing nothing?

Democratic Assemblyman Titone from Staten Island took up the challenged and answered courageously: “I don’t appreciate the possibility that if I vote yes, I may be called an anti-Semite,” Titone

said. “If I vote no, I’m racist. Certainly, this is a local issue and I am concerned, like many of you who are voting no, about the proverbial slippery slope of what will happen next. But still, there is something in my gut. I know it when I see it. Something has to be done immediately, or at the end of the day — not the Jewish community, not the black community, but for the children of East Ramapo. If that means we put a monitor in place temporarily, then so be it.”

Fortunately, the bill passed in the Assembly, no thanks to Mr. Ra. Gary B. Port LT. Colonel, (retired) West Hempstead

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Cancer survivors celebrate at NS-LIJ

By A da m L i d g e t t After New York Giants linebacker Mark Herzlich was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer known as Ewing sarcoma, his father said three words to him – “let’s do this.”

“I had the feeling that I had to do something,” Herzlich said at the Don Monti Cancer Survivor’s Day held on June 6 at North Shore-LIJ Cancer Institute in Lake Success. “I told my father that day that I wasn’t going to accept this. I said ‘I’m going to beat this and play football again.’”

About 2,000 other cancer survivors gathered at the North Shore-LIJ Cancer Institute to celebrate the Don Monti Cancer Survivor’s Day, according to a statement from North Shore-LIJ. While at Boston College in 2008, according to the health system, Herzlich complained of pain while playing squash.

His first medical tests showed nothing was wrong, so he returned to his classes.

Eventually the pain would become so severe he would have to stop playing football. But in 2009, he announced he was cancer-free.

After the Giants won the Super Bowl in 2012, Herzlich’s father said three more words to him – “we did it.”

“All of you here with me now, we’re all working toward one common goal,” Herzlich said. “We want to be able to say there was cancer but there is no more.

We can beat this.”

Also present during the cancer survivor’s event were North Shore-LIJ Presi-

dent and Chief Executive Officer Michael Dowling, North Shore-LIJ Board of Trustees Chair Mark Claster and Acting Executive Director of the cancer institute George Raptis.

North Shore-LIJ also presented Caroline Monti Saladino, president of the Don Monti Memorial Research Foundation, with their Compassionate Care Award.

Her brother Don Monti died at North Shore University Hospital in 1972 at the age of 16 as a result of myeloblastic leukemia.

“My parents were determined not to end his life, so they established the Don Monti Memorial Research Foundation one week later,” she said. “I see faith, hope, lots of love, courage; but most important, I see success.”

“Today is a celebration of Don’s life, my parents’ lives; and it is a celebration of your life,” she said.

A North Shore-LIJ nurse practitioner, Suzanne Ludlum, also had her own battles with cancer. She fought against breast, endometrial and ovarian cancer.

“I would encourage all of you here today, and even those who have just received a diagnosis, to remain positive,” Ludlum said at the event according to the health system. “Stay informed, seek out resources that will work for you.”

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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VGN challengers win by landslide Continued from Page 1 received 47, Village Administrator Pat Farrell said.

After the Village of Great Neck vote totals were announced late Tuesday night, Voice of the Village supporters packed Great Neck House chanting “Bral for all.”

Bral said he wants to ensure that more people have their voices heard at village meetings.

“Our job is to make this a fair and friendly place,” said Bral, currently the director of Minimally Invasive & Robotic Gynecologic Surgery at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn.

He said he was honored by the support village residents showed him.

“People wanted to show up and make their voice count,” Bral said. “We had a message that we wanted to change and include people in the decision making process.”

A total of 1,465 people voted in the Village of Great Neck election Tuesday.

Village Clerk and Treasurer Joe Gill said while the village received 75 absentee ballots, they weren’t counted because it wouldn’t have made a difference in who won.

Residents waited in line for roughly 25 minutes to vote, with the line extending at a point outside the front entrance of Great Neck House and turning on Arrandale Avenue. The line inside Great Neck House wrapped around the room four times.

Gill said that when the polls opened at noon, about 75 people were already waiting in line to vote. The last person to vote walked out of the voting booth at 10:11 p.m.

“Typically in an uncontested election we’ll get 120 to 150 voters,” Gill said. “Today we’re getting that by the hour.

Throughout the campaigns, candidates clashed over the village’s recently approved rezoning of Middle Neck and Steamboat roads and the proposed sale of the current Village Hall to build a new Village Hall and Department of Public Works facility at 265 East Shore Road.

Kreitzman, who was elected mayor in 2007 after serving as a trustee since 2001, defended the rezoning and the proposed sale.

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 southern ends of Middle Neck Road. Under the rezoning, townhomes are also allowed on portions of Steamboat Road.

Kreitzman said that according to estimates, the sale of the current Village Hall should pay for the cost of building a new Village Hall and DPW facility at 265 East Shore Road. The Great Neck School District has expressed interest in buying

the current Village Hall building, which is located at 69 Baker Hill Road across the street from the E.M. Baker School.

“I congratulate my opponents, and I hope that they will do a great job for our residents and our great village,” Kreitzman said following the vote.

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.

In 2013, 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.

During this campaign, the Better Government Party received an outpouring of support from a wide range of state, federal and village officials during this year’s campaign. Letters to the editor submitted to Blank Slate Media included endorsements from Congressman Steve Israel, state Sen. Jack Martins, state Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel and a number of village mayors.

Endorsements also came from 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. While many of these endorsements were intended specifically for Kreitzman, some were also for Beckerman and Bass. In their campaign advertisements, the Better Government Party said the elected officials have endorsed the whole party.

Kreitzman has said he had separate 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.

Kreitzman has said he began speaking with other mayors after he began to think the Village of Great Neck might have a contested election.

Bass said that over the past two days robocalls were made by former Congressman Gary Ackerman – who also put out a robocall for the incumbents in the 2013 election – and Martins, encouraging people to vote for the incumbents.

Beckerman, a certified public accountant first elected as trustee in 2001, said he enjoyed his 14 years as a trustree, but does not plan on running again.

Bass, CEO of Executive Strategies Group LLC, a strategic advisor to business owners and executive management, said

he wishes his opponents well, and that they ran a vigorous campaign.

“I’m going to continue growing my business and I plan on being a voice in the community,” said Bass, first elected to be a Village of Great Neck trustee in 2007.

During the campaign, Bral addressed

Pedram Bral

Mendelson worked in defense and software development for years before she got her teaching certificate in 2003, after which she taught math at Great Neck North High School. She worked as a teacher until 2013 when her job was eliminated due to budget cuts, she has

Anne Mendelson

concerns about an email sent throughout the village that said his party wants to close all stores in the village on Saturdays because he is an orthodox Jew. He said while he is orthodox, his running mates are not orthodox, and he does not want to close any businesses.

Bral called the email “racial slander” and a “desperate move.”

“I’m trying to be the voice not just for the good of one community but the entire community,” Bral had said.

Rebecca Gilliar, a community activist who has repeatedly clashed with Kreitzman in the past, served as campaign manager and in some cases spokesperson for the The Voice of the Village candidates.

Gilliar said that during the week leading up to the election volunteers for the Voice of the Village candidates delivered by hand two flyers and one letter to residents on 145 streets in the village of Great Neck.

“In other words, our volunteers walked 24.65 miles of roadway to deliver our message,” she said in an email.

Voice of the Village candidates set up a tent just past the distance marker that says “no loitering or electioneering beyond this point” on a pedestrian apron in the Great Neck House parking lot.

Great Neck Park District Board of Commissioners Chairman Bob Lincoln said he was called to see if the tent was “appropriate” or not. Lincoln said the park district would only be concerned about the tent if it was causing a safety issue or if it was blocking parking spots.

“If it’s not taking up spots it’s a nonissue as far as the park district is concerned,” Lincoln said of the tent.

He would not comment on who called him.

Mendelson, a technical software product manager for Thomson Reuters, said she wants to look closely at the village’s zoning, make the business district more vibrant and seek more public input when the village plans large projects.

Raymond Plakstis

said.

Plakstis, a former Great Neck Alert Fire Company chief and business owner, said Village of Great Neck residents were ready for change.

“It’s not just an election, it’s a movement,” Plakstis said.

He said he hasn’t spoken much with his fellow candidates about what they want to do when they first assume office, but he does want to look at the changes the village has made in the past year and, most likely, institute term limits.

“We want to give back to the people,” Plakstis said. “We want input from residents.”

Change in government, Plakstis said, is important for the community.

“It’s always good to have someone run against you,” he said.

People are tired of long-term politicians, Plakstis said.

He said he wouldn’t be surprised if the outpouring of support for opposition candidates in the Village of Great Neck would spread to other municipalities on the Great Neck peninsula.

Plakstis said he wants to have meetings with business owners so they can tell the trustees what they can do to help bring business back to the area.

Yellis, a Village School teacher, said he wanted change, and is happy the incumbents are out of office.

Yellis said he also offered a platform of change, but could not compete with the outpouring of support for the Voice of the Village candidates.

“If you’re dealing with a tsunami, having a sponge isn’t going to absorb the water,” he said.

He said he doesn’t know if he will run for office again, but that he will continue to attend village meetings and inform the public on changes in the village.

“I know they wanted to make this place a friendlier and fairer place for people to live,” Yellis said of the Voice of the Village candidates. “I want the peninsula to be that way also.”

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ELECTION 2015

North Hills incumbents re-elected

From left: Trustee Phyllis Lentini, Deputy Mayor Dennis Sgambati, Mayor Marvin Natiss, Trustee Gail Cohen and Trustee Elliott Arnold.

B y J a m e s Gall o wa y Four North Hills officials, including Mayor Marvin Natiss, were unanimously re-elected to four-year terms Tuesday in uncontested races.

Natiss received 236 votes, Trustees Dennis Sgambati and Gail Cohen received 232 votes and Village Justice Sigmund Semon received 236 votes. No write in candidates received any votes.

“I’m very happy,” said Natiss, who was re-elected to a fourth term. “I’m very gratified, and in an uncontested election,

to have 236 people come out and show support, it’s gratifying.”

All four incumbents ran a joint campaign as members of the Homeowners Party.

“For the uncontested election, I would have to say that I’m extremely pleased with approximately 200 people that were voting in the election,” Sgambati said. “I’d like to than all the communities in the Village of North Hills for supporting myself and the Homeowners Party, and I will do my best in getting things accomplished over the next four years.”

Sgambati and Natiss said they hope to oversee the completion of large construction projects in the village, including the Ritz-Carlton Residences and the proposed 46-home development on the former grounds of the St. Ignatius Retreat House off Searingtown Road.

“There are a lot of things going on now, and we want to finish them off and ensure they’re completed to the residents’ satisfaction,” Natiss said.

Both Natiss and Sgambati said they would like to continue the shuttle service from Village Hall to the Manhasset train

station and to keep taxes low.

Natiss has said North Hills has the lowest tax rate of the 64 villages in Nassau County.

“We’ve kept the village taxes low.

We’ve stayed on budget; no elected officials have seen any increases, no appointed officials have seen any increases,” Natiss said in May. “We try to run a tight ship, and that’s how the village tax stays low.”

Sgambati said he would also like to continue to work closely with the village’s emergency management program in place at Village Hall.

Schimel aids Kings Point use of parkland Continued from Page 2 substituted as parkland is a larger waterfront property that, if acquired by the village, could be converted to and maintained as a beautiful scenic entrance along the east coast of the village, available for residents and others for, walking, fishing, and other passive use,” the memo reads.

Village of Kings Point trustees had sought to construct a new 12,000 square foot department of public works building on the parcel in 2008 on land that had not been used for park purposes for decades.

Village of Great Neck resident Daniel Capruso, along with Alan Berkower, Elizabeth Allen and Julian Kane, filed a lawsuit in 2009 to block Kings Point’s plan to construct the public

works building on parkland.

The village lost that case in state Supreme Court in 2011, with the court prohibiting the building of the facility and ordering the removal of existing village structures at the site. The court also ordered the village to pay plaintiff attorney fees. The village filed an appeal on that ruling in June 2013.

Limmer said that while the court ordered the village to take down the shed initially, the court stayed the enforcement of that order because of the proposed legislation.

“It wouldn’t make sense to tear it down with the legislation there,” Limmer said.

Limmer said he was informed that the bill was introduced too late to be adopted in this legislative session, which was scheduled to end Wednesday.

If the legislation doesn’t pass, Limmer said, the village would be required to tear down the shed unless they asked the court for another extension until the bill can be introduced at another legislative session. Limmer said if the bill doesn’t pass this session, he plans to request for another extension.

Capruso said while the introduction of the bill is entirely legal, he was concerned the bill was introduced so late in the legislative session.

“They’ve had some illegal structures there for quite some time now,” Capruso said. “Then this bill gets introduced a week before the end of the session; my concern is that the bill not be rammed through and the public loses part of a forest without a proper democratic process.”

He said the bill should be

amended to make sure no existing forest is cut down.

“The problem is Manhasset Bay is very shallow there with a typical depth of one to two feet at low tide,” Capruso said. “You also have a sewage treatment plant near there; I don’t think that’s a very good trade for the public.”

Capruso also said parking is a further issue.

Currently, parking is illegal on East Shore Road, Capruso said, and even if it were to be made legal near the proposed parkland, it could be dangerous.

Efforts to reach Village of Kings Point Mayor Michael Kalnick and trustees David Harounian and Sheldon Kwiat were unavailing. Village of Kings Point Trustee Hooshang Nematzadeh deferred comment to Limmer.

Kalnick said after the state Supreme Court’s ruling in 2011

that construction of the public works building on the parkland would save village taxpayers about $3.5 million.

The village had argued during a hearing before the appellate court that any lawsuit to block “non-park” use should have been filed six years after the village began to use the parcel for “a pistol range for local police and for storage of highway materials and supplies” in 1946. But in its ruling, the appellate court said Capruso’s lawsuit is “not barred by the statute of limitations.”

Kalnick said the village trustees intended to build a new department of public works headquarters and sell the land that was home to the existing department of public works.

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Artist Frances ianarella with her winning painging “Pussy Willows in a Ginger Jar.”

ianarella painting takes home first prize Artist Frances Ianarella took home first prize and Port Washington’s Eileen Shea Neville received a special recognition as part of The Art Guild’s 2015 Members Showcase Exhibition. The exhibit, featuring a variety of styles and mediums, showcases 54 member artists and will be on view through Sunday, June 28.

Artist Gregg Kreutz was the juror-of-awards for this exhibition.

Commenting that it was difficult to choose a winner from such an outstanding group, he said that he is inspired by paintings with a strong sense of light and shadow or a lot of paint on the canvas executed in a free-spirited way.

First Place was awarded to Ianarella for her oil painting “Pussy Willows in a Ginger Jar.” Second Place was awarded to Margo Vignola for her oil painting, “Patagonia,”

while Third Place was awarded to Annette Priomos for her oil painting, ”Recycled.“ Kreutz is an award-winning painter and author of the classic artist’s guide, “Problem Solving for Oil Painters.” After graduating from NYU, he pursued his training as a painter at the Art Students League of New York, winning a merit scholarship. He studied with Frank Mason, Robert Beverly Hale and most significantly, David Leffel. Kreutz teaches drawing and painting at the Art Students League as well as workshops throughout the country and around the world.

Honorable Mentions went to Diane Kaufmann for her pastel painting, “Idyllic Crete,” John Pulinat for his oil painting, “A Still Life with the Hurricane ,” and Pam Tarica for her oil painting, “Late Afternoon.”

Neville an artist, watercolor instructor and former board member, was given the Terri Shkuda Award for Broadening Creative Pursuits, which is presented at the Guild‘s Annual Membership Exhibit to the person who best epitomizes the four principles of the organization’s mission statement: Encouragement, Education, Exploration and Exhibition.

Neville is an eager and enthusiastic ambassador for The Art Guild who generously volunteers her time while carrying out our mission to educate and encourage people to broaden their creative pursuits.

This spring, she volunteered to be The Art Guild’s liaison for the Plant-A-Row for the Hungry program, organizing flower pot-painting sessions while designing and painting many of them herself.

Through the Long Island In-

terclub Platform Tennis League, of which she is also a part, Neville arranged for The Art Guild to be the recipient of the proceeds from this year’s annual awards and fundraiser luncheon. She also teaches Watercolor (Intermediate and Up) at The Art Guild on Wednesday mornings.

The Art Guild is located at Nassau County’s Elderfields Preserve, 200 Port Washington Blvd., Manhasset. For more information please call (516) 304.5797 or visit www.TheArtGuild.org.

Gallery hours are Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. or by appointment.

Eileen Shea Neville received the Terri Shkuda Award PHOTO CREDIT: SUSAN HERBST

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The top seven events for the coming week New Kids On The Block Saturday, June 20, 7:30 p.m.

Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 1255 Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale (516) 794-9300 http://www.nassaucoliseum.com The original New Kids On The Block line-up, featuring Jonathan Knight, Jordan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg and Danny Wood, arrive in Uniondale Saturday for one night only as part of their tour, dubbed “The Main Event,” with the surviving members of TLC and Nelly in support. The concert will be performed in the round.

Jeff Ross Thursday, June 25, 8 p.m.

NYCB Theatre at Westbury 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury.

(516) 247-5200 www.thetheatreatwestbury.com Comedian and Roastmaster General Jeff Ross is an actor, writer, director, producer, and comedian who created and starred on “The Burn With Jeff Ross” on Comedy Central and continues to produce and star in their wildly popular celebrity roast franchise. He appeared in “The Wedding Ringer” with Kevin Hart and Josh Gad and will be seen in the upcoming film, “A Flock of Dudes” with Chris D’Elia.

P.O.D.

Fall Out Boy and Wiz Khalifa Wednesday, June 24, 7 p.m.

Nikon at Jones Beach Theater 1000 Ocean Parkway, Wantagh (516) 221-1000 www.jonesbeach.com Fall Out Boy were punk-pop darlings in the ’00s with tracks like “Sugar, We’re Goin Down” before making a comeback in 2013 with “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up).”

Patrick Stump, Pete Wentz and company are releasing their sixth studio album, “American Beauty/American Psycho,” next week. This will be first major tour with a rock group for Khalifa, who has been headlining his own Under the Influence of Music tour in recent years.

Ainslie Street Vibes Concert in the Park – Ainslie Street Vibes Saturday, June 20, 6 p.m.

Planting Fields 1395 Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay (516) 922-9200 http://www.plantingfields.org Bring a chair, blanket, and an outdoor picnic to enjoy great music and the beauty at Planting Fields and exterior of Coe Hall. Ainslie Street Vibes is a collective of Brooklyn based musicians that combing modern-chic style with top quality music entertainment rooted in vintage jazz tradition! Coe Hall is closed during the concert.

Restrooms are available at the Main Greenhouse.

P.O.D. Sunday, June 21, 8 p.m.

The Paramount 370 New York Ave., Huntington (631) 673-7300, ext. 303 www.paramountny.com Payable on Death: (abbreviated as P.O.D.) is an American Christian alternative metal band formed in 1992. They have released six major label studio albums along with two independent albums and have sold more than 12 million records worldwide. Over the course of their career, the band has received three Grammy Award nominations, contributed to numerous motion picture soundtracks and toured internationally.

Dean Karahalis

Susie Essman Friday, June 19, 8 p.m.

Saturday, June 20, 7 & 9:30 p.m.

Governors’ Comedy Club 90 Division Ave. Levittown (516) 731-3358 http://tickets.govs.com/index.cfm Susie Essman has appeared in her own halfhour HBO comedy special, made numerous appearances on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The View, Crank Yankers and, most notably, as a regular on the critically-acclaimed HBO comedy series, Curb Your Enthusiasm. She adds published author to her list of accomplishments with her book “What Would Susie Say...” to be published by Simon & Schuster this fall.

Dean Karahalis and the Concert Pops Saturday, June 20, 7 p.m.

The Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre Eisenhower Park Stewart Avenue and Merrick Avenue East Meadow (516) 572-0348 http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/ Led by Maestro Dean Karahalis The Concert Pops is a professional concert band and orchestra that performs music from popular classics, Broadway and beyond. The ensemble is made up of New York’s finest musicians, many of whom regularly perform with Broadway and The Metropolitan Opera. This free concert features guest vocalist Deana Verone.

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THE CULInARy ARCHITECT

Book Club hors d’oeuvres & desserts I have belonged to a Book Club Stuffed Mushrooms* for over fourteen years and once a Marinated Mozzarella month we get together to discuss a Peachy Cocktail Meatballs book, nibble over Hors d’oeuvres, Dessert eat Dessert and share in each other’s Ice Cream Bar lives, trials and tribulations. When *Recipe Not Given I am the hostess, I always ask for a book with a theme that I may use Party Mix 2 cups Corn Chex cereal as a jumping off point for the food, 2 cups Rice Chex cereal drink and overall atmosphere for the 2 cups Life cereal evening. Unfortunately, Euphoria by 2 cups mixed nuts Lily King, which is set in New Guinea 2 cups bite-size pretzels in the 1930’s, did not offer much for 2 sticks butter or margarine a thematic presentation. Howver, I 1/2 cup Worcestershire greeted my guests in a grass skirt! sauce The following menu consists of 1/2 tsp. garlic powder delicious easy to prepare recipes that 1/2 tsp. Onion powder may be used for any kind of celebration. It focuses on fun foods that we 1. Preheat oven to 250 don’t often indulge in, but love to eat.

Make one recipe or all - you will be degrees.

2. In a large bowl, mix dry glad you did - no required reading ingredients. necessary.

3. In a pot, melt butter and stir in Worcestershire Sauce, garlic Menu and onion powders.

Serves 12 4. Pour butter mixture over Hors d’oeuvres dry ingredients. Toss to coat.

Party Mix 5. Place cereal mixure on a Roquefort Mousse cookie sheet in a single layer. Bake with Crackers 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.

Smoked Trout Mousse 6. Spread on paper towels to with Crackers cool, about 15 minutes. Store in Vegetable Dippers airtight container.

1 tbsp ground pink peppercorns 1. In a Cuisinart, fitted with a steel blade, puree all ingredients.

2. Place in a crock and serve with crackers and/or vegetable dippers.

Marinated Mozzarella 1 32 oz. container of Mozzarella Balls, drained 2 tbsp. chopped parsley 2 tbsp. best quality olive oil

ALeXANDRA TROy The Culinary Architect

Roquefort Mousse on Crakcers 8 oz. cream cheese 8 oz. Roquefort Cheese 1 tbsp heavy cream 1. In a Cuisinart, fitted with a steel blade, puree cream cheese and Roquefort Cheese. (If necessary, add cream to make it creamier.)

2. Place in a crock and serve with crackers and/or vegetable dippers.

Smoked Trout Mousse 8 oz. smoked trout filets with no skin 1/4 cup mayonnaise

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1. Put mozzarella back into container. Add parsley and oil and cover container and shake.

2. Let marinate for 3 hours to 3 days.

3. Serve with toothpicks.

Peachy Cocktail Meatballs Frozen Cocktail Meatballs of your choice 1/2 cup peach nectar or apricot nectar or apple juice 1/4 cup peach preserves or apricot preserves 1 tsp. cornstarch

Ice Cream Bar In pretty bowls, set out the following, so guests may help themselves: Chocolate Ice Cream Vanilla Ice Cream Whipped Cream Chocolate Sauce Caramel Sauce Sprinkles Strawberries With ice cream, it is delicious to also serve macaroons and brownies.

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2. Add meatballs. Heat through, toothpick and serve.

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Go aboard the famed Alco Diesel cab and other historic rolling stock at the display yard.

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A&E Calendar cont’d Continued from Page 30 Love & Special Sauce Friday, Aug. 14, 8 p.m.

George Benson Saturday, Aug. 15, 8 p.m.

Neil Sedaka Friday, Oct. 9, 8 p.m.

Engelbert Humperdink Sunday, Oct. 11, 8 p.m.

Smokey Robinson Saturday, Oct. 24, 8 p.m.

Jackie Mason Saturday, Oct. 31, 7 p.m.

Paul Anka Sunday, Nov. 1, 3 p.m.

Last Comic Standing Friday, Nov. 13, 8 p.m.

The Tenors Saturday, Dec. 13, 2 & 5 p.m.

Peppa Pig Live THE HARRY CHAPIN LAKESIDE THEATRE Eisenhower Park Stewart Avenue and Merrick Avenue, East Meadow (516) 572-0348 • http://www. nassaucountyny.gov/ Friday, June 19, 7 p.m.

Two Gents & The Lady Saturday, June 20, 7 p.m.

Dean Karahalis and the Concert Pops Friday, June 26, 7 p.m.

Salute to Motown Saturday, June 27, 5 p.m.

TD Bank’s “Celebrate America” Fireworks and Show Monday, June 29, 7 p.m.

Doo Wop in the Park Thursday, July 2, 7 p.m.

Swingtime Big Band Friday, July 3, 7 p.m.

Movin’ Out – Billy Joel Tribute Friday, July 10, 7 p.m.

Neil Berg 100 Years of Broadway Saturday, July 11, 7 p.m.

Dark Lady – Cher Tribute Band & Disco Unlimited Friday, July 17, 7 p.m.

Ballet Showcase with American Ballet Theatre Dancers Saturday, July 18, 7 p.m.

Taylor Dayne and Alisha Monday, July 20, 7 p.m.

Reach for the Stars Finals Friday, July 24, 7 p.m.

Oldies Night – The Encounters & Stan Zizka Saturday, July 25, 7 p.m.

FRESH 102.7 Presents Fresh in the Park Monday, July 27, 7 p.m.

Harry Chapin Tribute Friday, July 31, 7 p.m.

West Side Story by Plaza Productions Saturday, Aug. 1, 7 p.m.

Salute to Vets with Tony Orlando and the USO Liberty Bells (6:30 p.m.)

Friday, Aug. 7, 7 p.m.

Creole Family Night Saturday, Aug. 8, 7 p.m.

Davi Sings Sinatra Monday, Aug. 10, 7 p.m.

Long Island Philharmonic Tuesday, Aug. 11, 7 p.m.

42nd Infantry Division Band Friday, Aug. 14, 7 p.m.

Oldies Show with Jimmy Gallagher & The Passions Monday, Aug. 17, 7 p.m.

Nassau Has Talent Friday, Aug. 21, 7 p.m.

ABBA Mania & Stayin’ Alive – Bee Gees Tribute Band Saturday, Aug. 22, 7 p.m.

CBS-FM Presents Saturday in the Park Starring Joan Jett Friday, Aug. 28, 7 p.m.

Desert Highway – Eagles Tribute Band Sunday, Aug. 30, 1 p.m.

Vega Bond Puppets Saturday, Sept. 12, 7 p.m.

NASH FM’s Last Summer Blast Starring Kristian Bush & Gloriana Saturday, Sept. 19, 5 p.m.

Doo-Wop Concert Benefitting

the Victory Games Challenge ADELPHI UNIVERSITY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Westermann Stage, 1 South Avenue, Garden City (516) 877-4000 • http://aupac. adelphi.edu/ Sunday, Aug. 2, 2 p.m.

San Francisco Opera’s Show Boat The madison theatre at molloy college 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre.

(5176) 323-4444 • http:// madisontheatreny.org.

Saturday, July 18, 8 p.m.

10th Annual Long Island Comedy Festival TILLES CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS | LIU POST 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville (516) 299-3100 • http://tillescenter.org Thursday, July 9, 10 a.m., 1 & 6:30 p.m.

Friday, July 10, 10 a.m., 1 & 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 11, 12 & 4 p.m.

Sunday, July 12, 12 & 4 p.m.

Big Apple Circus presents Fun2C: A Circus Fantasy Sunday, Aug. 2, 1 p.m.

Wild Kratts – Live!

The Paramount 370 New York Ave., Huntington (631) 673-7300 ext. 303 • www.paramountny.com Friday, June 19, 9 p.m.

Joe DeGuardia’s STAR Boxing Presents “Rockin’ Fights 19” Featuring - Cletus Seldin Sunday, June 21, 8 p.m.

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Community Calendar 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.

IRISH AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NASSAU, SUFFOLK & QUEENS 297 Willis Ave. Mineola.

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.

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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 FOR TRIVIA LOVERS At 7 p.m. Two Wednesday nights each month at Page One Restaurant, 90 School St. Glen Cove. Call (516) 6258804 for information.

Singles Association of Long Island For information on events, please call (516) 825-0633 or (516) 333-2851 or e-mail singlesassociationofli@yahoo. com.

YOUR WIDOWED SOCIAL GROUP The group meets on the third Wednesday of the each month (except July and August) from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s R.C. Church on Franklin Ave. and Fifth Street, Garden City. There is a $5 fee for members and a $8 fee for non-members. For additional information, please call (516) 481-9280.

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HMTC hosts Armenian genocide photo exhibit The Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County (HMTC) presents a special exhibit, Scenes of Horror: A PhotoHistory of the Armenian Genocide, which will be on display through September 30.

Scenes of Horror is a multimedia traveling exhibit curated by Dr. Suren Manyukyan, deputy director of the Armenian Genocide Museum and Institute in Yerevan, Armenia. HMTC is the first museum in the world to display this exhibit.

Included in the display are a mini-exhibit on the American Near East Relief Organization and Auction of Souls, a silent film produced in 1919, which personalizes the genocide by focusing on the experiences of Aurora Mardiganian, a young girl who has come to epitomize the suffering and survival of the Armenian people.

Enhancing the exhibit are several handwoven an-

tique Armenian rugs, on loan from Megerian & Sons Rugs, one of which depicts scenes from the genocide.

The Armenian Cultural Educational Resource Center at Queens College has provided Armenian artifacts from the early 1900s which survived the genocide.

Under the cover of the First World War, 1,500,000 Armenians, including 500,000 children were allegedly killed by the Turkish government. This year marks the 100th commemo-

ration of this atrocity, which is still being denied by Turkey.

The exhibit details the political and the personal through film, text and photos taken by Armenians, as well as by the perpetrators.

The genocide is placed in its historical context and the exhibit presents life before, during and after the atrocities. For anyone interested in human rights, social justice or American History, this exhibition is a “must see.”

NYCB Theatre hosts ‘The Princess Bride’ The NYCB Theatre at Westbury will host a special evening dedicated to a modern American classic on Sunday, July 12 at 7:30 p.m. when The Princess Bride: An Inconceivable Evening with Cary Elwes, comes to town.Doors are at 6:30 p.m.

Hitting the road after the success of his New York Times best seller “As You Wish,” actor Cary Elwes, who played the heroic Westley in Rob Reiner’s 1987 film “The Princess Bride,” invites fans of the movie to join him in a behind-thescenes look at life on and off the set.

After a screening of the iconic film, the Dread Pirate Roberts himself will engage in a moderated discussion on classic scenes, revealing never before shared secrets and tales of inconceivable antics! Journey back to the lands of Florin and Guilder; filled with adventure, romance and intrigue ....as well as Rodents of Unusual Size.

Written by William Goldman “The

Princess Bride” has been a family favorite for close to three decades. Ranked by the American Film Institute as one of the Top 100 Greatest Love Stories and by the Writers Guild of America as one of the Top 100 Screenplays of All Time, the movie continues to resonate with audiences young and old.

Elwes has been seen in a multitude of films, including “Robin Hood: Men in Tights,” “Dracula,” “Lady Jane,” “The Crush,” “ Tw i s t e r, ” “Saw,” “Liar, Liar” and many more.

Tickets start at $39.50 plus applicable service charges and are available at www.ticketmaster.com, charge by phone at (800) 745-3000 or at the Westbury box office.

A limited number of VIP packages are available and include the best seats in the house, a meet and greet with Elwes. and a signed copy of “As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride.”

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Above: ‘Crowd Mix’, acrylic on canvas, 16” x 20”, 2013, by BA Djibril Ngawa Inset: BA Djibril Ngawa

Ngawa works on display at Molloy College exhibit Molloy College will present an exhibit of the work of artist Ba Djibril Ngawa at the Frank and Gertrude Kaiser Art Gallery from Saturday June 27 through Thursday July 30.

The exhibit features photographs and paintings inspired by the shapes, colors, traditions and nature that surrounded the artist during his childhood. Several pieces are accompanied by verse written by the artist.

Ngawa is an artist raised in a pastoral nomadic community in Mauritania. Ngawa describes his art as “freedom of creation, expression and an invitation to a permanent and endless journey of learning, depicting, discovering the invisible, and trying to understand the unknown, the mystic.”

When he first exhibited his photographs in Naukchott, Mauritania, his art was well received by the public who were unaware that people stilled lived in the nomadic traditions depicted.

Ngawa’s first show in the United States was in January 2011 at the African Poetry Theater in Jamaica, Queens and he has since exhibited in numerous public and private spaces. His most recent exhibitions include Father Rayan

Arts Center Pittsburg, PA 2014, St. Peters Lutheran Church 2014, Shelter Rock Art Gallery 2014, Contemporary abstract art ‘I kan do that’ at Skylight Gallery 2014.

A member of the Long Island Black Artists Association, Ngawa participated in a group exhibit at the Kaiser Art Gallery in February 2014, at which he was awarded the Charles Winslow Memorial Award for Excellence in Art. The award was accompanied by a Solo Exhibition at Molloy’s Kaiser Art Gallery. Charles Winslow was one of the founding members of the Long Island Black Artists Association, begun in 1968 its mission to help the African American artist find a conduit for exhibiting their work.

There will be an opening reception on Saturday June 27 from 1 to 3 p.m. The public is invited to the opening and to meet the artist who will be in attendance.

The Frank and Gertrude Kaiser Art Gallery at Molloy College summer hours are Monday through Thursday 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed during the month of August.

For additional information please contact the gallery at artgallery@molloy. edu or (516) 323-3196.

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County museums to “Voted Best Italian hold history weekend Restaurant” Various museums throughout the County including: Old Bethpage Village Restoration, Garvies Point Museum and Preserve and Tackapausha Museum and Preserve, will be hosting “Path Through History Weekend” on Saturday, June 20 and Sunday, June 21.

The schedule of events for the “Path Through History Weekend” are as follows: Old Bethpage Village Restoration: Saturday, June 20 and Sunday, June 21: · Hands on History – enjoy 19th Century Activities and Crafts. $10 adults, $7 seniors and children 5-12 · During regular business hours, 10 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Garvies Point Museum and Preserve: Saturday, June 20: · Use Native American Tools – Learn to make fire without matches, grind corn using mortar and pestle and drill in stone.

Observe and handle a few Native American tools and artifacts. Natural face painting will also be available. · Movie: “The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle” (21 min.) beginning at 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. Price: $3 Tackapausha Museum and Preserve: Sunday, June 21: · Live Animal Show, 1 p.m. – Animals ranging from the most primitive to most

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modern, from insects and arthropods to modern wildlife such as canids (fox), with a bird watching trail walk to finish out the day. Price: $5 Old Bethpage Village Restoration provides visitors with an extraordinary and wonderful opportunity to experience life in a recreated mid-19th Century American village set that’s fun for the whole family.

Old Bethpage Village Restoration is located at 1303 Round Swamp Road in Old Bethpage (Exit 48 of the Long Island Expressway). For more information, please call (516) 572-0200.

Garvies Point Museum and adjoining 62-acre preserve is located at 50 Barry Drive in Glen Cove. For more information about Garvies Point Museum and Preserve, please call (516) 571-8010/11 or visit the website at: www.garviespointmuseum.com.

Tackapausha Museum and Preserve is located at: 2225 Washington Avenue, Seaford, and is open Thursday to Sunday from 11 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. For further information please call (516) 571-7443.

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

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‘Deli Man’ desert at Sid Jacobson film fest The Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center will be showing the documentary “Deli Man” as the closing spring film of the Randi and Bruce Pergament Jewish Film Festival on Wednesday, June 24 at 7:30 p.m. and Thursday, June 25 at 2:30 p.m.

Directed by Erik Greenberg, the film explores Jewish tradition through its nostalgic foods.

Indulge in the deli foods you love and learn about the traditions that make deli one of America’s great cuisines.

On Wednesday, June 24, there will be a closing night post film dessert reception sponsored

by Ben’s Deli.

Tickets for Wednesday’s performance are $14 and $12 for members.

Tickets for Thursday’s performance are $10 and $8 for members.

For more information and to purchase tickets visit www.sjjc. org/film-festival.

The Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center is located at 300 Forest Drive in East Hills. For more information, contact (516) 484-1545 or visit www.sjjcc.org.

Huntington arts festival to begin June 25 This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the Huntington Summer Arts Festival, which runs from Thursday, June 25 through Sunday, Aug. 9.

All performances are free and held at The Chapin Rainbow Stage in Heckscher Park, Huntington.

Shows are Tuesday- Sunday with performances beginning at 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday evenings are Family Nights and performances begin at 7:30 p.m. All shows are held rain or shine.

The Huntington Summer Arts Festival is produced by the Town of Huntington and presented by the Huntington Arts Council.

Since its inception in 1966 the Summer Arts Festival has evolved into a popular cultural tradition representative of summertime in Huntington. Featuring a roster of artists local, national and from around the world - the 40-night schedule of free performances combine a wide array of musical genres from folk, jazz, classical to contemporary. Dance, theatre and family shows are also an integral part of this diverse list of entertainment.

Opening Weekend The Huntington Summer Arts Festival opening weekend begins on Thursday, June 25 with the Huntington Men’s Choir kicking off the season. The Choir has performed for the town’s residents every summer since 1949 and are pleased to be starting their 66th season. The Rad Trads perform on Friday, June 26. One of the liveliest jazz acts this Summer Arts Festival has to offer, this up-and-coming ensemble plays a diverse and brassy repertoire ranging from New Orleans second line to Chicago & delta blues, R&B and rock & roll.

Two generations of The Chapin Family (Harry’s daughter Jen, his brothers Tom and Steve, and their daughters and son) will take the spotlight for a very special 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert on Saturday, June 27. Harry, his wife Sandy and the Chapin clan have all contributed in important ways to the Huntington Summer Arts Festival. Sandy Chapin, who helped launch HAC’s “Journey” Arts-inEducation program, will be honored at a pre-concert reception by the

“Hometown Harmony”, Northport Schools, and will celebrate “Bring a Can to the Concert,” accepting non-perishable food items for Long Island Cares. The North Shore Pops Concert Band will take the Chapin Rainbow Stage on Thursday, July 2 with a talented group of musicians performing all your favorite tunes from Sousa to Gershwin, and Broadway to American Patriotic anthems. The Nassau Pops Symphony Orchestra will perform traditional pop arrangements under the direction of Maestro Lou Panaccuilli on Tuesday Family Night Series Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. are for Sunday, July 12. The Island Hills families with the Tuesday Night Chorus and the Twin Shores Chorus Family Series. We are delighted will take the stage on Wednesday, to have Plaza Theatrical Produc- August 5. The Island Hills Chorus is tions open the series with their an organization of women who sing performance of “Shrek, The Musi- a “Sweet Adeline” a cappella harcal” on June 30. The company has mony while the Twin Shores Chorus performed for over 25 years on the is an all-male barbershop a cappella Chapin Rainbow Stage. On July ensemble.

7, Grammy nominee Brady Rymer Classical Music & The Little Band That Could will Classical Music will be reprebrighten up the stage with Brady’s trademark smile and joyful, rootsy sented on three very different and rock ‘n’ roll for the entire family. exciting evenings. On Friday, July Grammy winner, singer/songwriter 10 PUBLIQuartet (string quartet) Dan Zanes blends songs & stories & Mighty Third Rail (violin, bass from all across America into a rol- & spoken word trio)will share the licking mixture of early rock-and- stage in a challenging program that roll and soulful originals on July 14. blends classical chamber music with Broadhollow Theatre will take the contemporary & hip-hop. Their colstage on July 21 with “Peter Pan”, a laborative project “Changing Night” longtime Broadway favorite. David is an imaginative retelling of the Engel’s “Jedi Academy” will be both creation story. The classical chamber instructive and a fun-filled, light- quintet Canta Libre take the stage sabre rattling experience on July 28. on Sunday, August 2. Performing Finally, the Tuesday Night Family music written for flute, harp, and Series culminates with the “Dream strings, they enchant the audience Jam Band” singing and dancing on with hauntingly beautiful compositions. Finally, The Long Island PhilAugust 4. harmonic makes its annual visit on Bands, Orchestras, and Choral Saturday, August 8. Under the baton of Musical Director David Stewart Ensembles The Huntington Community Wiley, the classical orchestra always Band, celebrating its 70th Anniver- delivers a superb performance every sary this year, has played a central year and is one of the festival’s highrole from the start and will again lights. provide the Huntington Summer Americana & Folk Music Arts Festival with wonderful muEVA (formerly known as the sic. The Band will perform every Wednesday night in July and dedi- Jammin’ Divas) performs traditional cate the performances to their late and contemporary folk music on FriMusic Director “Laureate” Robert day, July 24, with stunning harmoV. Domencetti. Also, the Northport nies and superb musicianship. July Community Band will perform every 26 marks the 10th Annual HuntingThursday at 8:30 p.m. starting July ton Folk Festival, co-presented with 2 at the Robert W. Krueger Band- the Folk Music Society of Huntingstand in the Northport Village Park. ton. More than thirty singers and NCB also features guest conductors, songwriters will perform acoustic Council’s Board of Directors. The Town of Huntington will rededicate the Chapin Rainbow Stage and will recognize the entire Chapin Family.

Attendees are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to benefit Long Island Cares/Regional Food Bank.

The Huntington Choral Society closes out the opening weekend on Sunday, June 28 with a performance of favorite choral and solo works from the great shows of Broadway.

sets from noon to 6:00 p.m. We welcome back folk music legend (and former Long Island resident) Tom Paxton to headline the evening concert. No Fuss and Feathers Roadshow will open with a tasty cocktail of harmonics.

Jazz and Blues The bluesy singer/songwriter Dayna Kurtz brings her unforgettable and powerful voice on Friday, July 3. Then join us for a Luau themed July 4 with Kahulanui, an authentic Hawaiian Swing Band that will have you swinging your hips in rhythm to the music. John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme” marks its 50th Anniversary and we are delighted to welcome back Ravi Coltrane Quartet on Sunday, July 5.

Special workshops, jam sessions and activities, held in collaboration with The Coltrane Home in Dix Hills, will add to the day’s excitement. 2015 Grammy Winner, Arturo O’ Farrill & Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra will entertain on Saturday, July 18th, with fresh interpretations and arrangements of upbeat Latin big band swing! Long-time favorite Isotope Stompers will return on Thursday, July 23 to bring the audience traditional Dixieland jazz. Triple Play, on Saturday, July 25, features three outstanding musicians Chris Brubeck, Madcat Ruth, and Joel Brown who will electrify with a mash-up of Folk, Jazz, Roots, and Blues.

World Music World music is well represented by multiple artists during the Festival. From Quebec, Canada De Temps Antan on Thursday, July 16 uses a vast combination of instruments such as fiddles, accordions, harmonicas, guitars, and a bouzouki to deliver unforgettable blends of energy. On Thursday, July 30, Nation Beat Carnaval Caravan with Cha Wa brings music to life from NOLA, Brazil and Native American cultures with an infectious sound that is lively, energetic, and vibrant.

From Tunisia, singer/songwriter Emel Mathlouthi will perform on Friday, July 31. Her voice is absolutely compelling and her intricate sound shifts between rock, trip-hop, and electronica, with strong Arabic and North African connections.

Lastly, an internationally renowned

band of virtuosi from Ireland, Lunasa will take the stage to perform traditional & contemporary Celtic music on Friday, August 7.

Dance The Huntington Summer Arts Festival will celebrate the love for dance with multiple events throughout the season. Starting with the L.I. Dance Consortium on Thursday, July 9. The Consortium will showcase a variety of professional companies including the Circle of Dance Repertory Company, Red Hot Mamas, Dance Theatre Company, North Shore Studio of Dance, and the Long Island High School for the Arts. Sol y Sombra will take the stage on Friday, July 17 to celebrate the dancer as a percussive instrument in both Latin and contemporary dance forms; guest artists include hip-hop artist and percussionist John Sawicki and members of Ballet Fiesta Mexicana. The L.I. Dance Consortium will take the stage for a second night on Sunday, July 19 with dancers from the Long Island Ballet, American Dance Theatre of Long Island, the Long Island Dance Company, and a special presentation by “NEXT GENERATION.” The highly acclaimed Stephen Petronio Company arrives on August 6 with a dazzling program of dance, new music, visual and fashion art fused into powerfully modern landscapes for the senses.

Theatre Plaza Theatrical Productions will bring us “West Side Story” complete with pit orchestra on Saturday, July 11. One of the great masterpieces of American Musical Theatre, the timeless love story is always an unforgettable experience.

The Broadhollow Theatre graces us with “Nunsense A-Men,” on Saturday, August 1 with an all-male cast.

The musical brings uncontrollable laughter and has received rave reviews everywhere. Both companies have staged productions at the Huntington Summer Arts Festival for more than 25 years and we are honored to have them present once again.

For More information on the Huntington Summer Arts Festival go to www.huntingtonarts.org

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This year the tour features 56 Billboard solid gold hits.

The Turtles, featuring Flo & Eddie (“Happy Together”, “Eleanor”), head up the bill and act as your musical hosts along with the legendary Scott Shannon with their crazy antics, satire and boatload of hits.

The Association (“Never my Love”,”Cherish”,”Windy” and “Along Comes Mary”) joins the tour this year. With their legendary harmonies, this vocally rich group will transport you straight back to the late ‘60’s.

Back by popular demand is Mark Lindsay, the former lead singer of Paul Revere &

The Raiders. Lindsay will be performing all of those Raiders’ hits along with his solo gems as well.

The Grass Roots return to the tour with their unique brand of power pop hits, as do The Buckinghams, featuring their “Chicago Sound.”

New to the “Happy Together” family are The Cowsills. Bob, Paul and Susan are brothers and sister from that famous singing family that inspired the ‘60s smash TV hit, “The Partridge Family.”

Tickets are $69.50, $49.50, and $39.50 and are available online at www.ticketmaster. com, charge by phone at (800) 745-3000 or at the Westbury box office. Event, date and time are subject to change. Tickets are subject to applicable service charges. For further information, please visit www.thetheatreatwestbury.com.

Bethpage Village to host military timeline The Museum of American Armor in Old Bethpage Village Restoration, will host “Military Timeline – Salute to the Fighting Soldier, 2nd Century – 20th Century,” on Saturday, June 27 and Sunday, June 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The “Military Timeline – Salute to the Fighting Soldier 2nd Century – 20th Century” will feature: a historical encampment dedicated to the fighting soldier, military history displays and camps from the early and late Middle Ages, the Age of Exploration, the Colonial Era, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and much more.

Donations will be accepted on behalf of the Wounded Warrior Project, whose aim is to raise awareness and enlist the

public’s aid for the needs of injured service members, help injured service member’s aid and assist each other, and provide diverse, direct programs and services to meet the needs of injured service members.

Entrance fees are: $10 for adults, $7 for children (5 – 12), seniors, veterans and volunteer firefighters. Children under 5 are free.

Old Bethpage Village Restoration is located at 1303 Round Swamp Road in Old Bethpage (Exit 48 of the Long Island Expressway).

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8055, Film at at Station Station Branch Branch Film All All film film matinees matinees are are now now held at at the the Station Station Branch Branch held while while the the Main Main Library Library prepares for for renovations. renovations. The The prepares next next film film will will be be shown shown on on Thursday, June June 25 25 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 Neck Neck Road, Road, 2nd 2nd level level Great (above (above Waldbaum’s).

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Refer to to the the Library Library NewsletNewsletRefer ter, ter, film film brochure brochure or or website website for information information on on the the films films for scheduled. scheduled. Doors Doors open open at at 1:30 p.m. p.m. Arrive Arrive early early as as 1:30 seating is is limited. limited. Priority Priority seating seating seating is is given given to to Great Great Neck Neck School District District residents. residents.

School Please Please bring bring your your Library Library card, driver’s driver’s license license or or other other card, ID ID showing showing your your Great Great Neck Neck School District District address. address.

School Great Neck Neck Library Library ClosClosGreat ing/Cancellation ing/Cancellation InformaInformation tion Online Online Library patrons patrons connected connected Library to to the the Internet Internet are are asked asked to to check the the website: website: www. www. check cancellations.com cancellations.com for for Library Library

weather related related closings/ closings/ weather program program cancellations. cancellations.

In order order to to access access this this In service, service, Library Library District District resiresidents can can log log on on to to cancelcanceldents lations.com, type type in in their their zip zip lations.com, code code or or Great Great Neck Neck Library Library and obtain obtain information information on on and program program cancellations cancellations or or Library closings. closings. In In addition, addition, Library at at no no charge, charge, residents residents can can request automatic automatic e-mails e-mails request from from cancellations.com cancellations.com when when the Library Library has has posted posted any any the information. information. This This is is aa great great way way for for Library Library District District residents who who are are connected connected residents online online to to be be advised advised of of weather related related changes changes in in weather Library Library hours hours or or programs. programs.

Great Neck Park District Camp Parkwood Interested in a super summer program for your children? The Great Neck Park District offers campers the ultimate camp experience, as they play, gain independence, learn life skills and make friends. Sign up on a weekly basis or for the entire summer. Call Great Neck House at (516) 482-0355 or visit www.greatneckparks. com for further information.

Parkwood Family Aquatic Center Parkwood Family Aquatic Center is open Saturday, June 20; Sunday, June 21 and Monday, June 22 through Friday, June 26 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Bring your current park card with you to Great Neck House when registering. Call (516) 482-0355 for more information.

Nature Program: Plant Focus This new nature program will have you focusing on plants. Sunday, June 28 at 11 a.m., meet us at the southwest corner of the Village Green, by the tree sculptures and Beach Road.

A wildflower guide book is recommended. Register as

soon as possible by calling (516) 482-0355. Children under 16 years old are not permitted to attend.

Ice Rink, See You In September The Andrew Stergiopoulos Ice Rink closed on Sunday, June 7 to make way for the Parkwood Recreation Center. The Rec Center will be open Saturday, June 20 and Sunday, June 21 from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Monday, June 22 through Friday, June 26 from 3 to 6:30 p.m. and open daily starting Saturday, June 27 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Activities such as arts & crafts, indoor soccer, basketball, rock wall and more will be available.

To participate in climbing the rock wall you must first obtain an Extreme Pass at Great Neck House (which requires a parent’s signature). You do not have to be a member of the Parkwood Family Aquatic Center to participate. All Park District residents with a valid park card are permitted at the Rec Center. Children under the age of eight must be accompanied by an adult.

If you would like further information call Great Neck

House at (516) 482-0355.

Summer Classes at Great Neck House Summer classes at Great Neck House begin Monday, June 29. Course registration is on a first-come, first-served basis during regular registration hours. All classes run 8 weeks unless otherwise noted. Come in to see the course schedule and sign up for a summer class.

Call 482-0355 for more information.

July 4th Weekend in the Park District Kick off summer in Steppingstone Park. We celebrate Independence Day with Dean Karahalis & The Concert Pops on Saturday, July 4th. Amy Helm and the Handsome Strangers will be performing on Sunday, July 5. Both concerts begin at 8 p.m. All performances at Steppingstone Park are for Great Neck Park District residents only. Park cards will be checked at the gate.

Admission is free with valid park card. Each park card holder is allowed to bring 2 guests. In case of rain, the show will be moved to Great Neck North High School.

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As the ice melts at the Andrew Stergiopoulos Ice Rink, the water and ice are cleaned up. The Rec Center will open the weekend of June 20. com or www.greatneckparks.org for location of performance. Call (516) 482-0355 for more information.

Defensive Driving Classes Great Neck House continues to offer Empire Safety Council Defensive Driving Classes. Take a class Sunday, July 5. The class runs from 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. To sign up or for more information, call Great Neck House

at (516) 482-0355.

Park Watch in the Park District The Park Watch Program began to improve the quality of life in our parks. This program has residents observe their neighborhood parks for quality of life issues or situations that would necessitate quick action or response by park security or the police.

Criminal activity or emergency situations should, of

course, only be handled by the police and emergency services. Watch groups are not vigilantes; they are extra eyes and ears for reporting crimes and helping neighbors by banding together.

Information and involvement in the program is confidential and complaints should be reported to (516) 504-GNPD (4673) or by mailing a letter to the Park District Security Director.

Great Neck Community Calendar FREE ESL/CITIZENSHIP CLASSES Free access to legal counsel at St. Aloysius R. C. Church, 592 Middle Neck Rd. Great Neck. Classes run on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. To register, please call (516) 867-3580.

TUESDAYS WITH REAP REAP, retired, energetic, and active professionals meets Tuesday, June 23 at Cumberland School, 30 Cumberland Ave., Great Neck,. At 9 a.m., various members of the group will discuss Significant Issues.

At 10:30 am the Business Meeting takes place. My

Opinion will be presented

by Marvin Silverman. Farrell Dolan will then discuss, “A General View of the Secret Service.” We break for lunch about 11:45 a.m. Feel free to bring your lunch and join us!

Current Events discussion will take place at 12:30 p.m. led by Marvin Silverman.

Refreshments, coffee and tea will be served. The Science Club will meet at 1 p.m.

WOMANSPACE A discussion group devoted to issues concerning women.

Weekly meetings are held every Wednesday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Great Neck Senior Center, at

80 Grace Ave, Great Neck. New members welcome. For more info call Joan Keppler at (516) 487-5844.

LIONS CLUB HEARING AID PROGRAM The Great Neck Lions Club is pleased to announce their participation in “Lions Lend

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Developer requests variances in Plaza

By A da m L i d g e t t In a room packed with concerned residents, an attorney for 14 Park Place requested a series of variances at a Village of Great Neck Plaza Board of Zoning and Appeals public hearing Wednesday to build a 61-unit apartment complex at 15 Bond St. Paul Bloom, attorney for 14 Park Place LLC, said the developers are seeking four variances for the project, which was first proposed at a Village of Great Neck Plaza trustees meeting in May. Bloom said his client is looking to demolish the existing structures and build a 61-unit apartment complex.

“We’ve gone through many different renderings and editions in this plan — all in response to numerous meetings we’ve had with our neighbors,” Bloom said.

The site is currently occupied by a one and a half story medical building, a parking lot and a twofamily home.

The developers are seeking a height variance that would permit a four-story, 45-foot high building.

Village zoning laws permit only

three-story buildings that are 45 feet high, said Michael Sweeney, village commissioner of public services.

The developers are also asking for a 13-foot-high room on top of the building that would be used as a recreation room.

Bloom said many buildings surrounding 15 Bond St. are more than three stories high.

But Board of Zoning Appeals Chair Faith Cleary said the existing buildings that exceed the current zoning code’s height requirements were constructed long ago.

“You’re presenting us with a totally new project and you should persuade us of the value of that project,” Cleary said to applause from the crowd.

Sweeney said the developers are also seeking variances to permit patios attached to some of the apartments to encroach on what is designated as yard space, a 63,000-square-foot building on a 30,000-square-foot lot and an underground parking garage that would extend beyond the footprint of the building. Zoning for the land currently permits a 30,000-square-foot building on a

The crowd at the Village of Great Neck Board of Zoning and Appeals meeting Wednesday 30,000-square-foot lot.

Bloom said a variance would permit all cars owned by the building’s residents to be parked in a garage beneath the building.

“This has no impact whatsoever on the community,” Bloom said. “What it does do is provide necessary parking for the site and

takes what is a valuable commodity and creates additional capacity for building.”

Board member Stephen Goodman said he is concerned the ground beneath the garage would give in if a fire truck were to drive on it.

“We’ve had garbage trucks

that had wheels go through garages,” Goodman said.

Bloom said the developers are taking into account the weight of fire trucks in designing the garage.

Village of Great Neck Plaza attorney Richard Gabriele said he expects several more hearings on the project.

LIRR service to be reduced for weekend

By A da m L i d g e t t The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will reduce Long Island Rail Road train service between Great Neck and Port Washington this weekend during demolition of the 115-year-old Colonial Road Bridge in the Village of Thomaston.

Service along the Port Washington line will be provided by buses that will run every hour — a reduction in the usual train schedule, which runs every half hour, said MTA LIRR spokesman Salvatore Arena.

Those traveling east to Manhasset, Plandome and Port Washington will get off their trains at the Great Neck station to board buses or vans, the MTA said in a release. Passengers should expect to arrive about 25 minutes later than usual, the MTA said.

Passengers traveling west who take the train from the Port Washington and Plandome stations will need to get on buses about 25 minutes earlier than normal to board a train at the Great Neck station.

Buses will begin replacing the trains at 12:04 a.m. on June 20 and train service will be restored at 3:15 a.m. June 22. Demolition

Washington trains will operate on alternate tracks and platforms.

LIRR workers prepped the bridge in May for its demolition, removing lead paint from the bridge and starting work on a new retaining wall and drainage improvements.

The MTA closed the bridge in March, and will spend about a year replacing it as part of a $45 million project that includes making track-level drainage improvements, building a retaining wall and extending an existing pocket track used to turn trains around.

The MTA has said the replacement of the bridge is essential to the East Side Access project, which will bring the LIRR straight into Grand Central Station in Manhattan. The project, which the MTA says is still about seven years away, will cut the travel time of commuters who work on Manhattan’s east side by 20 to 30 minutes when completed.

Reach reporter Adam Lidgett by (C)2015 MARTHA GORFEIN PHOTOCONCEPTS e-mail at alidgett@theislandnow.

The Colonial Road Bridge going through prep work for its demolition, scheduled to start this com, by phone at 516.307.1045 weekend. x203 and on Twitter @ Adamwork will run continually during the intersection of Colonial Road for a year.

Lidgett. Also follow us on Twitter The MTA also advises pas- @theislandnow and Facebook at these hours, the MTA said. and Grace Avenue, has been The 115-year-old Colonial closed to vehicular traffic since sengers to pay close attention to facebook.com/theislandnow.

Road Bridge, which is located at March 30, and will remain closed platform signage as many Port

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Health aide charged with punching man

By B i LL S A n A n ton i o A Queens Village man has been arrested for allegedly punching a mentally incompetent man for whom he worked as a health aide in the Village of Thomaston, authorities said.

Randolph Bien-Aime, 25, faces charges of endangering the welfare of the elderly and endangering the welfare of an incompetent person. He was due to be ar-

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Hempstead Harbor health rating low

BY B I LL S A N A NTONIO

Hempstead Harbor has received a floundering health grade as part of a new study analyzing the health of the Long Island Sound.

Though its result revealed improved oxygen levels than in recent years, Hempstead Harbor scored a D+ rating, or a 60-70 percent grade, from scientists at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Studies, who tracked the dissolved oxygen and nitrogen levels and clarity of the waters.

Oxygen levels in the harbor, which includes Middle Harbor, Lower Harbor and Glen Cove Creek, received a B+ grade.

“Turning the tide on our water quality doesn’t happen overnight. We all know that years of neglect and ignorance took their toll on so many of our waterways,” North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said in a statement.

“But in recent years the dedication and hard work of so many has begun to change that. I am

deeply committed and confident that we will attain our mutual goal to restore Hempstead Harbor back to the pristine body of water that it once was and see it teaming with fish, fowl and shellfish.”

Funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the non-profit Long Island Funders Collaborative, the study’s findings showed “a remarkable comeback” for the harbor, according to a news release.

Officials said previous studies of the harbor found an 80 percent mortality rate of starfish and crabs that live in the waters, and that almost 3 million clams and oysters repopulated the harbor from 2007-09.

“A healthy shellfish population promises to further improve water quality through natural filtration, as well as to restore a part of the Long Island Sound’s ecosystem and marine heritage,” Fish and Wildlife officials said.

Added Bosworth: “This report card evaluation of nitrogen and oxygen does indicate that the investments that we and our

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partners have made in the health of the harbor over the past 20 years have paid off, which includes wetland and shoreline restoration, improving storm water runoff, shoreline space preservation and shellfish seeding. Hempstead Harbor received better grades in these areas than would have been possible under previous testing.”

The findings come roughly two weeks after the Nassau County Legislature selected

Dvirka and Bartilucci to spearhead a feasibility study for sewage managent options across the North Shore in communities near Hempstead Harbor that are not protected by public sewage systems, among them Glen Head, Glenwood Landing, Flower Hill, Roslyn Harbor, Sands Point and Sea Cliff.

Private septic systems are thought to be responsible for the contamination that closed Crescent Beach in Glen Cove in

2009 and ended shell fishing in the area.

About 10 percent of Nassau County residences are not connected to public sewers, according to county statistics, but 70 percent of private sewers are located on the North Shore.

Untreated water containing bacteria and nitrogen — which in the past was believed to be naturally absorbed into the soil — has been known to make its way into nearby bays and aquifers due to high ground water levels, changes in ground water movement and poorly-designed septic systems, county officials have said.

“I am pleased that the county is moving forward with this important study. This study will give homeowners and sewer districts the tools to make appropriate decisions,” Nassau County Legislator Delia DeRiggiWhitton (D-Glen Cove) said in a statement last week. “I look forward to working with the mayors to use the information determined by this study to protect the harbor and aquifer.”

Clinton sets out progressive bonafides Hillary Rodham Clinton left no doubt why she was running for president.

Speaking to thousands of supporters at Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island in New York City on Saturday, June 13 — chosen carefully for its symbolic value — she promised, “If you’ll give me the chance, I’ll wage and win four fights for you.”

“We can build an economy where hard work is rewarded. We can strengthen our families. We can defend our country and increase our opportunities all over the world. And we can renew the promise of our democracy,” Clinton said.

She listed those things she stood for: equal pay, raising the minimum wage, access to affordable, quality child care and pre-K, paid leave, access to healthcare; affordable college, LBGT rights, investment in education, research, infrastructure, reforming the tax code, protecting workers, and women’s rights to make their own health and reproductive choices.

Her focus on family and economic opportunity were expected, but then she came out boldly in her promise to address climate change (one of the greatest challenges we face), reining in Wall Street, creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, and expanding access to voting, including supporting an amendment to overturn Citizens United.

And the interesting thing is almost none of it is new — these are the policies and the values that Hillary Rodham Clinton has championed her entire life — as a student, as a lawyer before entering politics,

tions, childhood poverty, as First Lady of Arkansas, mortality rates, investas First Lady, as the senament in infrastructure and tor from New York and as so on.

Secretary of State.

But she also asserted Her speech — or rathher toughness — as when er her “mission statement” she spoke of her mother —also hit on many of the teaching her never to same touchstones as popback down from a bully, ulate the campaign of Verand when she reminded mont Sen. Bernie Sanders, how she was in the situawho now holds the mantle tion room when we took of progressive lion.

KAREN RUBIN bin Laden out, and finally, Standing with the when she said (in a nod Freedom Tower off in the Pulse of the Peninsula to the hate-Hillary, hatedistance, she articulated in Clinton industry that has one package her vision for America, cementing her progressive bona been revitalized with her intention to run fides — and yes, it does echo much of Pres- for President), that yes, “I’ve made my ident Obama’s goals, to bolster the middle share of mistakes...and I certainly haven’t class by removing the obstacles that have won every battle I’ve fought. But leadership means perseverance and hard choices. You basically cut off upward mobility.

For those who would say that a Hill- have to push through the setbacks and disary presidency would be a third term of appointments and keep at it,” she said to Obama, I say that would be a good thing, enthusiastic cheers and applause.

“I think you know by now that I’ve in the sense she would continue on the path toward those progressive policies — been called many things by many people,” addressing income inequality, civil rights she said, drawing laughter from the crowd and justice, climate change, investment in of 5,500. “’Quitter’ is not one of them,” as infrastructure, research — where Obama the crowd cheered.

“So I’m looking forward to a great has been thwarted at every turn.

In 2008, Clinton seemed to downplay debate among Democrats, Republicans, gender, but this time, Clinton is showing and Independents. I’m not running to be that a woman’s perspective on public policy a President only for those Americans who would be a healthy thing for a country in already agree with me. I want to be a Presithe grips of the greatest gap between rich dent for all Americans.

“Now, my values and a lifetime of exand poor and one of the poorest records for upward mobility of the industrialized na- periences have given me a different vision

for America,” she said, drawing stark differences with Republicans declared, and undeclared: “I believe that success isn’t measured by how much the wealthiest Americans have, but by how many children climb out of poverty.... How many start-ups and small businesses open and thrive...How many young people go to college without drowning in debt... How many people find a good job...How many families get ahead and stay ahead.

“I didn’t learn this from politics. I learned it from my own family.... My mother taught me that everybody needs a chance and a champion.”

Hillary Clinton, who kept her mother’s story private when she ran in 2008, now spoke openly about how her mother had been abandoned by her parents, went off on her own at the age of 14, but was literally saved by the kindness shown to her, by a teacher who bought an extra carton of milk in order to share it with her without humiliating her, and by a woman she worked for as a housekeeper who enabled her to graduate high school.

For Hillary Clinton, it is the foundational story explaining what made Hillary Rodham Clinton who she is, and why family — and particularly children — have been a constant focus of her life.

That’s why I could never understand why her opponents have been able to characterize her as an automaton for taking her work seriously. She has always shown Continued on Page 50

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Latin sextet to play at park Latin sextet, Mambo Loco, will be performing June 23 at 8 p.m, at Firefighters’ Park (Jon’s Park), the Village of Great Neck Plaza announced this week.

Mambo Loco returns to the concert lineup with a setlist that is sure to have concertgoers out of their chairs with their salsa dance beat.

“All across Long Island, Mambo Loco has built a large following of fans who love their classic music of Afro-Cuban and Puerto Rican origin, with great vocals, percussion and horns,” Village Mayor Jean Celender said.

Mambo Loco has performed individually with many of the best Latin groups in the New York area, such as Bad Street Boys, Charlie Rodriguez, Johnny Pacheco, Roberto Torres and Celia Cruz, as well as Orquesta Mulenze and Manny Oquendo y Conjunto Libre.

In the case of inclement weather, the concert performance will be moved to the Great Neck Social Center (80 Grace Avenue). Check with village staff at Village Hall on the day of the concert, or call (516) 482-4500 after 5 p.m.

Mambo Loco makes their return to Firefighters Park this summer.

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annual spring concert Children Dancing will hold their 27th annual Spring concert on Saturday, June 22 Huske Hall at All Saint’s Church, 855 Middle Neck Rd., Great Neck.

The 2015 Year-end concert features performances of classical and contemporary ballet, contemporary pointe, jazz/theater, jazz/pop, contemporary dance and authentic Isadora Duncan repertory.

Performers range in age from seven through adults.

Two school alumni, now in college, will also join the program.

Choreography is by Beth Jucovy, school director.

The public is welcome to this free program.

Children Dancing and Dance Visions NY, Great Neck’s professional dance company (dancevisionsny.org), both under the direction of Jucovy, are housed at All Saint’s Church, 855 Middle Neck Rd as well as at the other end of town on Horace Harding Boulevard.

Children Dancing will be summer classes for offering childrens and teens. See www.childrendancing.net for registration information. For Photos/Melanie Futorian daytime adult ballet, body-

conditioning for well-being (The Nickolaus Technique) and Isadora Duncan Daance Technique, please register for Jucovy’s classes through Great Neck Continuing Education, see http://greatneckcommunityeducation.weebly.com, or email: gncontinuinged@ greatneck.k12.ny.us or call (516) 441 4949.

Jucovy’s students recently performed in an annual celebration of Isadora’s birthday at Bethesda Fountain in Central Park, while Dance Visions NY received a 2015 NYSCA grant for new, revised performances of Jucovy’s contemporary ballet, ColorSong Universe.

ColorSong Universe includes original live music of Paul Joseph and a backdrop of the original, animated Colorsong paintings of artist Susan Ruth Cohen. Performances will take place throughout the Fall on Long IsIand and NYC. Stay posted on dates and venues by visiting dancevisionsny.org, email: dancevisions. ny@gmail.com or call (516) 482 2621.

From top: Brahms Maenad with Anastasia Benedetti and Solo is from Brahms Greeting with Tess Ramos-Dries.

Trombonist Steve Limoncelli will be remembered July 8.

The Rotary Club of Great Neck’s Summer Community Band’s first concert of the season will be dedicated to the memory of recently departed Steve Limoncelli, who played first trombone in the band for the last six years.

The concert, starts at 7:30 p.m. on July 8 on the Old Village Green. In the event of inclement weather, the show is moved indoors to the ice rink at the Parkwood Sports Complex on Arrandale Avenue.

In either case, the concert and parking are free, and attendees must bring their own chairs. In addition to featuring several great pieces highlighting the

trombone section, Steve’s son Anthony, who is one of the region’s outstanding trumpet players, will make a guest appearance conducting the band.

This is the 15th year of the Summer Band, which is made up of players of all ages and experience, and it’s not too late to consider joining. Interested players of band instruments should call Maestro Flamhaft at (516) 8298709 to begin the process.

The concert series is co-hosted by Great Neck Park District superintendent Peter Renick, superintendent. There will be two additional concerts this year, on July 15 and July 29.

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Boats blessed for safe summer sailing

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The Blessing of the Fleet at Steppingstone Marina was held Sunday. A parade of watercraft were blessed for a safe 2015 boating season.

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County museum celebrates 25th anniversary PHOTos by gina motisi and daniele santodonato

BY B I LL S A N A NTONIO Through its black-tie dress code, French cuisine and sophisticated decor, the Nassau County Museum of Art celebrated its 25th anniversary Saturday with its annual fundraising ball, themed “Midnight in Paris.”

The event brought together Nassau County Executive Ed-

ward Mangano and former County Executive Thomas Gulotta, both Republicans, who were honored in celebration of the museum’s opening in 1990 in Roslyn and its presence as a staple along Long Island’s Gold Coast.

While not necessarily invoking the 2011 Woody Allen film of the same title, museum officials said the ball’s “Midnight in Paris”

was meant to recall feelings of glamour and romance often experienced in the famous city.

Organized each year by the museum’s ball and journal committees, the gala is the museum’s primary fundraising event toward its operating budget, which help finance exhibits and programs throughout the year.

Tickets were sold for $1,000 per person at the Patron level,

$500 per person at the Friend Level and $350 at the Junior level, for attendees ages 40 and under.

In addition to dining and dancing to the music of the Alex Donner Orchestra, partygoers were able to bid on several luxury items, including artwork, jewelry and dining and event packages.

A raffle for a pair of sapphire

and diamond earrings, donated by sponsor Ambalu Jewelers, was also held.

The museum’s 2014 ball had a masquerade theme.

The previous year, its theme coincided with the release of Baz Luhrmann’s film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s seminal novel, “The Great Gatsby.”

Next library director talks future plans

By J ust i n e S c h o e n ba r t New library director Kathy Giostas said she is looking forward to working with the Great Neck Library staff and board to help the library meet community needs.

“The staff has been great, the board has been great – I think we are going to be doing a lot of great things together,” Giotsas said at a board meeting on Tuesday night.

Giotsas, who holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education, a master’s degree in library science, a master’s certificate in information systems and master’s degree in business administration, said she has spent years working in corporate, academic and public library environments.

“I know what your local

businesses need in regards to resources, and I know what your high schools and colleges need for resources from the library,” Giotsas said. “I also know how to run a cost efficient organization.”

Although Giotsas is currently a resident of Milford, Conn., she said she plans to move to the area.

“It’s important for me to get to know the whole community,” she said.

At the meeting, board members expressed their enthusiasm for Giosta.

Board President Marietta DiCamillo said that after waiting a considerable amount of time for a new director, the board was delighted to have Giotsas accept the position.

“I know we’re going to have a great interaction,” DiCamillo

said.

Board members also discussed the posting of a position for an interim assistant director.

When asked by a resident why many positions were being labeled “interim,” DiCamillo said the titles were the result of the fact that she is waiting for Giotsas to put a new, “modern” organization structure in place.

“We’ve labeled the titles interim, but it doesn’t mean in a final analysis the organization structure will take on those same titles; they may, they may not – they may be different positions,” DiCamillo said. “So that is the reason why the titles have been labeled interim.”

Board Secretary Varda Solomon also said she feels more comfortable voting for interim positions.

“It constrains the options of

the new director to make longterm decisions,” Solomon said.

“That’s why I’m voting for interims — to give these options to her.”

Board members also spoke about changes in programming and future plans.

Board Treasurer Josie Pizer said that she hopes to look into current trends in regards to young adults.

“When Kathy comes in, we can find out what are the benefits of these trends, and whether or not we can implement them,” Pizer said.

DiCamillo concluded the meeting by announcing the acceptance of the job positing for the interim director of the library’s Levels program.

The announcement did not yield any discussion amongst board members, who have been

questioned extensively by the community about the recent resignation of former Levels director Ethan Mann.

However, after being questioned by a resident, interim director Christine Johnson explained that the Levels hiring process will continue to run as it had in the past, with the staff doing an initial vetting of candidates and then bringing them out to the students.

Earlier in the meeting, DiCamillo said that in evaluating current programming, Levels is “not even a consideration” when it comes to cutting programming.

Giotsas is scheduled to begin her term on Aug. 3. She will be meeting with Johnson while transitioning into her new position.

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Munsey water tower work sparks outrage B Y B I L L S A N A NTONIO Construction to replace a ManhassetLakeville Water District-owned water tower in the Village of Munsey Park will begin July 1 and cost about $2.3 million more than initially expected, officials said.

The now-$5.5 million project will be broken down into seven phases, with all work expected to be completed by early 2017, officials said.

During an informal hearing on the project Tuesday, engineers from the Melville-based H2M Architects + Engineers and construction officials from the Louisville, Ky.-based Caldwell & Walsh Building Construction Inc described the timeline to build a new 750,000-gallon tank and deconstruct the present 500,000-gallon tank at its site near Eakins Road, on Munsey Park’s border with the Village of Flower Hill.

“This type of work does not involve stuff like cutting down a tree where the tree is going to fall over,” said Paul Granger, H2M’s deputy water market leader.

“This is done very carefully, very me-

thodically with experienced demolition contractors who actually remove the tank piece by piece, so there’s not going to be any use of explosives or cutting.”

Work will take place between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. from Monday to Friday and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays, and is expected to continue during the winter months.

Though officials said trucks transporting deliveries and workers will make frequent trips onto and off the site, only daytime deliveries would take place and parking would only be permitted on the water district’s three-acre parcel.

Residents in attendance said Tuesday’s presentation did not adequately cover how traffic would operate through the neighborhood or detail safety precautions for residences surrounding the work site.

“Now I’m going to have something a lot larger and a lot heavier up there.

We all know what’s going on in the city with cranes that have not been properly secured,” said Roseanne Harvey, whose home is located directly behind the water district’s site.

“That thing gets loose,” she added, “that’s the end of my house, [Munsey Park Deputy Mayor] Mr. [John] Lippmann’s house and anybody’s house who’s right on the rim.”

Caldwell officials said the style of the proposed tower, named the pedesphere, is believed to be the most aesthetically pleasing type of tank and has the capability of withstanding a category F3 tornado.

Caldwell has constructed more than 1,000 elevated water storage tanks in the last decade, and more than 40 in the tristate area.

The 165-foot-tall Munsey Park water tower was constructed in 1929 and is one of the district’s two elevated water tanks that distributes water across Manhasset-Lakeville’s 10.2 square miles across Manhasset and parts of Great Neck and New Hyde Park.

The riveted tower was last rehabilitated in 1998, and water district officials have since made regular repairs to curtail its corrosion and deterioration.

Based on recent analysis and testing, officials have said, the tower would have to undergo major rehabilitation in the

next few years or be replaced completely.

Manhasset-Lakeville held two public hearings on the project last year, after which the district decided to move forward with the construction.

The current tank would remain in operation while the new tank is built 50 feet away. Two other buildings located on the water district’s property would be demolished and modifications would be made to the existing driveway at the site. A new fence around the perimeter would also be constructed.

Manhasset-Lakeville officials have said the tower’s reconstruction was part of a five-year capital plan set to begin in 2015 or 2016, but was accelerated in 2013 after the water district agreed to remove a communications antenna that was put up on the Munsey Park property with what residents said was insufficient notice.

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L. Success lawyers Alert chief installed as named to board 8th Battalion chairman comm u n i t y

By J ust i n e S c h o e n ba r t Three attorneys from Lake Success-based Pegalis and Erickson LLC — Annamarie BondiStoddard, Stephen E. Erickson and Gary Nielson — were named to the New York State Trial Lawyers Association Board two weeks ago.

As part of the board, the attorneys will assist the trial lawyers association in opposing legislation that “limits the rights of the injured,” Bondi-Stoddard said in a press release issued

by Pegalis and Erickson LLC. Bondi-Stoddard, a resident of Port Washington, serves as a managing partner for Pegalis and Erickson, where she has been working since 1984. In addition to serving as an officer of the association, Bondi-Stoddard will serve as deputy treasurer for the 2015-2016 term.

Bondi-Stoddard is one of five female managing partners on Long Island, and has an extensive record of cases dealing with women’s health issues, birth injuries, surgical, neurosurgical, cardiac, cancers and other medical specialty cases where negligence is involved, according to the firm’s website. She previously worked on the trial association board as parliamentarian during the 2014-2015 term. She also serves as a dean of the New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, which is the educational arm of the trial association. In this position, she works on continuing education for lawyers.

She has also been recognized by the New York Superlawyers and U.S. News and World Report Best Lawyers lists for her work in medical malpractice litigation.

Erickson, a Malboro, N.J. resident, was reelected to the board for the 2015-2018 term af-

ter numerous years of service. He is a founding and senior partner at Pegalis and Erickson and holds Martindale-Hubbell’s highest “AV” rating, according to the press release. The “AV” rating is a sign that the lawyer’s peers hold him at highest level of professional excellence, according to Martindale-Hubbell’s website.

In addition to winning multi-million dollar verdicts, he also is known for having received the second highest jury verdict ever awarded in the State of New York at the time for medical malpractice, according to the press release.

He has been recognized in both the New York Superlawyers and the U.S. News and World Report Best Lawyers lists.

Gary Nielson of Huntington will be joining the board for his first term, serving from 2015 to 2018. He has spent 30 years in medical malpractice litigation, working as an attorney for clients who are disabled, or who have lost loved ones, as a result of medical negligence, according to the press release.

After working with a Long Island firm for 14 years as a commercial litigator, Nielson joined Pegalis and Erickson in 1996 and has been selected as a New York Metro Area Superlawyer.

“It is a privilege to work with fellow NYSTLA members to insure justice is served,” Nielsen said.

Pegalis and Erickson was named to the U.S. News and World Report’s Best Law Firms for medical malpractice in the New York region.

“We are pleased to take an active role in NYSTLA because the organization is a voice for the voiceless. Being connected to this group of dedicated attorneys helps assure that those wrongfully injured have access to the civil justice system,” Erickson said.

The Great Neck Alert Fire Company announced this week that Chief James Neubert was installed as chairman of the Eighth Battalion of the Nassau County Fire Commission.

The elections were held at the Company’s headquarters, located at 555 Middle Neck Road in Great Neck.

Also installed as Eighth Battalion officers were Daniel Photo/Joe Virgilio Going of the Great Neck Chief James Neubert (center) is joined on this Vigilant Fire Company (vice special occasion by fellow department members, chairman) and Patrick Theo- James Sanders, president (left), and Mike Green, dore from East Williston Fire board chairman.

Department (secretary).

The commission is responsible for the During their term, the officers are assigned promulgation of the Nassau County Fire numerous tasks to fulfill under the Fire Prevention Ordinance, approving amendCommission. ments and hearing variance requests when The Nassau County Fire Commission is required. In addition, the commission, in accomprised of nine fire commissioners, one cordance with civil service guidelines confrom each Fire Battalion of Nassau County. ducts interviews, grants appointments, and The members are elected internally through promotions for fire marshals, fire commueach Fire Battalion to serve on the board for nications technicians, and EMS instructors a term of one year. when such positions are available.

The board itself elects a chairman, vice The Great Neck Alert Fire Company chairman and secretary each year. Serving has been providing volunteer service to the as the executive officer to the Board is Chief community for more than 100 years. The Fire Marshal Scott D. Tusa.

150 dedicated members of the Alert Fire The Nassau County Fire Commission department proudly provide fire protecacts as a liaison between the Nassau County tion and rescue services to the residents of Fire Service and county government. They Great Neck. have internal committees which monitor, The Great Neck Alert Fire Co. is always and when necessary provide assistance and looking for new members. Please stop by guidance in resolving matters related to the Alert Headquarters at 555 Middle Neck Rd. county’s fire and EMS services. or call (516) 487-1057 for more information.

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Closings cost more than admission Does a movie theatre make a difference in a community?

Has your local theatre experienced a slowdown in traffic?

This appears to be happening all over the U.S. as well as locally.

Unless you have a multiplex theatre nearby, running 10-15 different movies weekly, the era of a small town theatre, may be coming to and end.

The switch over from 35 millimeter films to digital has pretty much put the nail in the coffin for a multitude of places with small venues due to the cost of conversion, which could run upwards of $65,000.

As of 2012, upwards of 1000+ small town theatres throughout the U.S, have not had the budget or the traffic to make the conversion.

In some instances they have had to resort to fundraisers and other methods to come up with the necessary dollars for the con-

version.

The larger multiplex venues had begun converting to the new digital media, starting in 2004.

All the new ones that are being built today are all digitally equipped.

This transition away from small-town theatres to larger venues or staying home and receiving entertainment via cable or other means, has surely hurt many locales and has decreased the foot traffic that a downturn receives to keep in vibrant and successful.

Movie theatres were intended to bring people out of their homes to socialize, eating out and potentially spending dollars in the stores nearby, assuming they stay open.

Many shops have closed earlier these days due to the cost of staying open and the lack of local patronage; because, now, going on the internet, is convenient

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and less costly (you don’t have to drive anywhere, losing time, wasting gas, etc.)

The benefit to many becomes the curse for the local stores.

A town without a movie theatre or some form of entertainment, that brings the masses out, is a town destined to have issues.

This will have an impact on

the commercial and residential properties and taxes could potentially rise if there are fewer stores rented or worse, abandoned.

However, many towns around Nassau County, like Great Neck, have promenades and concerts in their parks scheduled for the summer and fall months.

The following is one link to those events: http://www.shopgreatneck.com/events.php You can google your local town to see what is happening there this summer. This is one way the town provides venues for people, not only within the town but outside the town to come out and enjoy, while spending their much needed dollars in local establishments.

The Business Improvement District in the Village of Great Neck Plaza as well as the Village of Great Neck, helps put together these events.

So, as we lose more small movie theatres in downtowns, the local governments have been coming up with other things to experience for their residents.

This will hopefully gain some momentum and reduce and minimize the negative impact of these losses.

Oh and by the way, when a town’s commercial corridor shrinks or has more spaces available for rent and the town has less things to enable people to come out for, away from their computers and T.V.s, there will be a greater impact on real estate values.

This can be seen in some towns on Long Island, but there are those that are going through an amazing rebirth and transformation through government and private money and are being rebuilt and are coming back.

Hopefully, with at least a multiplex theater nearby.

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Promenade planned in G.N. Plaza The Great Neck Plaza Business Improvement District and the Village of Great Neck Plaza invite residents from the metropolitan area to Promenade Night on June 24.

Taking place on South Middle Neck Road from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., the evening will feature a variety of Great Neck Plaza’s fine dining options as well as live entertainment in a relaxed outdoor setting.

“Our Promenade Nights represent the importance of continuing to build a strong community,” said Ron Edelson, Great Neck Plaza BID executive director. “We encourage everyone to come together for a fun night out on the town to support our local businesses and enjoy some great food and entertainment.”

Each participating restaurant, including Bare Burger, Ethos and Rimon, will offer prix fixe menus or discounted dishes. 16 Handles will also be setting up tables café style for diners to enjoy dessert or just frozen yogurt under the stars.

Entertainment will feature Katya’s School of Dance, performing from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The school was founded and is directed by Katya Surrence, who got her start with the Pacific Dance Theater when she was 15 years old. Since retiring in 2003, Surrence has dedicated her life to teaching dance. Dancers from the Katya School of Dance will perform various pieces during the June 24 Promenade.

Jenna and Annie Pasqua will be performing live from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. The

first-served basis.

The friendly atmosphere of Great Neck Plaza is the perfect setting to enjoy the best dining and shopping options

sister duo are both internationally acclaimed singers and award-winning composers.

Jenna was the winner of the BID’S 2012 Great Neck Idol competition; Jenna attended Long Island’s High School for the Performing Arts and pursued her vocal career at the Julliard School.

Annie studied Music Education at NYU and received a Master’s in Composition from Queens College. She is a highly sought-after musical director, working with many Tony-nominated actors and directing a variety of musical performances.

In addition, Akbar the caricaturist will be returning, offering promenade guests free caricatures on a first- come,

Munsey water tower plans spark outrage Continued from Page 47 ing bids than anticipated and an additional $80,000 incurred for risk protection for the surrounding neighborhood.

“When it comes to these specialty structure, there’s only four companies that specialize in these types of things and only three that come east of the Mississippi [River],” he said. “...

What has happened since the time of the original estimates [is] the economy has changed significantly for municipal entities and there’s a real demand for the replacement of aging infrastructure.”

Village officials, including

throughout the summer. All stores in Great Neck Plaza are within walking distance of the LIRR’s Great Neck train station, and the Plaza features more than 1,600 convenient parking spaces on-street and in municipal parking fields and garages.

The BID’a mission is to foster and promote a positive and vital business community through various initiatives including consumer awareness programs, media/advertising campaigns and sponsorship of many events. Log onto www.shopgreatneck.com, www.facebook.com/greatneckplaza, or call (516) 829-1301 to learn more about the Great Neck Plaza BID.

those from Munsey Park and Flower Hill, said the presentation was the first meeting in which they were notified of specific logistical details about the project.

Munsey Park Trustee Frank DeMento, who was the village’s mayor when the project was first introduced, said water district officials who sought reelection on platforms including increased transparency with municipalities about upcoming projects, have declined to participate in meetings with the village and other elected officials in recent months.

“So shame on us for voting for you,” he said.

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Continued from Page 43 compassion and sensitivity for the problems and challenges Americans face every day — something that is extraordinarily lacking in the Republicans easy willingness to strip away food stamps, health care, social security, unemployment insurance.

It is also popular to chide her for aspiring to become president, at all, and dismissing her entire career as one seeking to become President. Even if that were true, why would that be bad?

The fact of the matter is that Hillary Clinton comes to this presidential campaign with more actual experience than any officeseeker ever had. Being a First Lady counts too — she was, as we have seen, an Eleanor Roosevelt type of First Lady who actually created things. And her experience as secretary of state not only gives her better foreign policy credentials than any of this crop of challengers — yes, in the real world, not in the fantasy world where wishing is enough to make it so — but she has actual relationships and contacts and has dealt with national security emergencies, from cybersecurity, to a resurgent Russian Bear, to metastasizing terror.

A Mission Statement: Four Fights This was her first major speech since declaring her intention to run for President two months ago. For anyone looking for an answer to why Hillary wanted to President, she laid out her “mission statement” very clearly.

She linked her vision to that of Franklin Roosevelt, and his four freedoms — “Equality of opportunity... Jobs for those who can work... Security for those who need it... The ending of special privilege for the few. The preservation of civil liberties for all... A wider and constantly rising standard of living.”

“It’s America’s basic bargain,” Clinton declared. “If you do your part you ought to be able to get ahead. And when everybody does their part, America gets ahead too. That bargain inspired generations of families, including my own.”

Paraphrasing Roosevelt, she outlined Four Fights she would wage: The first fight, she said, is to make the economy work for everyday Americans, not just those at the top.

This means making being “middle class mean something again, with rising incomes and broader horizons. And to give the poor a chance to work their way into it.”

She gave a pretty detailed list

of what that means - saying that in the coming weeks, she would advance specific policies to: “rewrite the tax code so it rewards hard work and investments here at home, not quick trades or stashing profits overseas; “ give new incentives to companies that give their employees a fair share of the profits their hard work earns; unleash a new generation of entrepreneurs and small business owners by providing tax relief, cutting red tape, and making it easier to get a small business loan.

“We will restore America to the cutting edge of innovation, science, and research by increasing both public and private investments,” she declared.

In one of the more dramatic statements, she declared - to big cheers and applause - her vision to make America “the clean energy superpower of the 21st century: developing renewable power - wind, solar, advanced biofuels; building cleaner power plants, smarter electric grids, greener buildings; using additional fees and royalties from fossil fuel extraction to protect the environment...and ease the transition for distressed communities to a more diverse and sustainable economic future from coal country to Indian country, from small towns in the Mississippi Delta to the Rio Grande Valley to our inner cities, we have to help our fellow Americans.

“Now, this will create millions of jobs and countless new businesses, and enable America to lead the global fight against climate change.”

She then shifted to her vision for infrastructure: roads, railways, bridges, airports, ports, and broadband brought up to global standards for the 21st century, saying “We will establish an infrastructure bank and sell bonds to pay for some of these improvements.”

But building an economy for tomorrow also requires “investing in our most important asset, our people, beginning with our youngest,” she said. “That’s why I will propose that we make preschool and quality childcare available to every child in America,” an objective she has held for a long time.

She stressed — as she did back at the Clinton Global Initiative last September — “to me, this is absolutely the most-compelling argument why we should do this.

Research tells us how much early learning in the first five years of life can impact lifelong success. In fact, 80 percent of the brain is developed by age three.”

“One thing I’ve learned,” she said, “is that talent is universal — you can find it anywhere — but

opportunity is not. Too many of our kids never have the chance to learn and thrive as they should and as we need them to.

“Our country won’t be competitive or fair if we don’t help more families give their kids the best possible start in life.

“So let’s staff our primary and secondary schools with teachers who are second to none in the world, and receive the respect they deserve for sparking the love of learning in every child.

Let’s make college affordable and available to all ...and lift the crushing burden of student debt.

Let’s provide lifelong learning for workers to gain or improve skills the economy requires, setting up many more Americans for success.”

The second fight, she said, “is to strengthen America’s families” by providing parents more support and flexibility to do their job at work and at home; paid sick days; paid family leave, receiving a work schedule with enough notice to arrange child care or school; and enabling people to look forward to retirement “with confidence, not anxiety.”

“And it is way past time to end the outrage of so many women still earning less than men on the job -- and women of color often making even less.

“This isn’t a women’s issue.

It’s a family issue. Just like raising the minimum wage is a family issue. Expanding childcare is a family issue. Declining marriage rates is a family issue. The unequal rates of incarceration is a family issue. Helping more people with an addiction or a mental health problem get help is a family issue. “ The third fight, she said, is “to harness all of America’s power, smarts, and values to maintain our leadership for peace, security, and prosperity.

“No other country on Earth is better positioned to thrive in the 21st century. No other country is better equipped to meet traditional threats from countries like Russia, North Korea, and Iran - and to deal with the rise of new powers like China.

“No other country is better prepared to meet emerging threats from cyber attacks, transnational terror networks like ISIS, and diseases that spread across oceans and continents.

“As your President, I’ll do whatever it takes to keep Americans safe. I’ve stood up to adversaries like Putin and reinforced allies like Israel. I was in the Situation Room on the day we got bin Laden,” she declared to cheers and applause.

“But I know we have to be smart as well as strong. Meeting

today’s global challenges requires every element of America’s power, including skillful diplomacy, economic influence, and building partnerships to improve lives around the world with people, not just their governments.

“There are a lot of trouble spots in the world, but there’s a lot of good news out there too. I believe the future holds far more opportunities than threats if we exercise creative and confident leadership that enables us to shape global events rather than be shaped by them. And we all know that in order to be strong in the world, though, we first have to be strong at home.

“That’s why we have to win the fourth fight - reforming our government and revitalizing our democracy so that it works for everyday Americans.”

In one of the strongest themes that will resonate with progressives, she said, “We have to stop the endless flow of secret, unaccountable money that is distorting our elections, corrupting our political process, and drowning out the voices of our people.

“We need Justices on the Supreme Court who will protect every citizen’s right to vote, rather than every corporation’s right to buy elections..If necessary, I will support a constitutional amendment to undo the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United.

“I want to make it easier for every citizen to vote. That’s why I’ve proposed universal, automatic registration and expanded early voting.

“I’ll fight back against Republican efforts to disempower and disenfranchise young people, poor people, people with disabilities, and people of color. What part of democracy are they afraid of?”

She turned next to government reform, “to give Americans something worth voting for.”

“Government is never going to have all the answers - but it has to be smarter, simpler, more efficient, and a better partner. That means access to advanced technology so government agencies can more effectively serve their customers, the American people.

We need expertise and innovation from the private sector to help cut waste and streamline services.... we need a political system that produces results by solving problems that hold us back, not one overwhelmed by extreme partisanship and inflexibility.

“Now, I’ll always seek common ground with friend and opponent alike. But I’ll also stand my ground when I must.”

She declared, “Prosperity can’t be just for CEOs and hedge fund managers. Democracy can’t

be just for billionaires and corporations. Prosperity and democracy are part of your basic bargain too. You brought our country back. Now it’s time -- your time to secure the gains and move ahead.

And, you know what? America can’t succeed unless you succeed.

“That is why I am running for President of the United States.”

She continued, “It’s no secret that we’re going up against some pretty powerful forces that will do and spend whatever it takes to advance a very different vision for America. But I’ve spent my life fighting for children, families, and our country. And I’m not stopping now...

“You know I know how hard this job is. I’ve seen it up close and personal. All our Presidents come into office looking so vigorous. And then we watch their hair grow grayer and grayer.

“Well, I may not be the youngest candidate in this race.

But I will be the youngest woman President in the history of the United States!” she said to loud cheers. “And the first grandmother as well.”

She ended as she began, evoking her mother, saying, “Like so much else in my life, I got this from my mother.

“When I was a girl, she never let me back down from any bully or barrier. In her later years, Mom lived with us, and she was still teaching me the same lessons...I can still hear her saying: ‘Life’s not about what happens to you, it’s about what you do with what happens to you - so get back out there.’

“She lived to be 92 years old, and I often think about all the battles she witnessed over the course of the last century -- all the progress that was won because Americans refused to give up or back down.

“She was born on June 4, 1919 — before women in America had the right to vote. But on that very day, after years of struggle, Congress passed the Constitutional Amendment that would change that forever.

“The story of America is a story of hard-fought, hard-won progress. And it continues today.

New chapters are being written by men and women who believe that all of us - not just some, but all - should have the chance to live up to our God-given potential.

“Not only because we’re a tolerant country, or a generous country, or a compassionate country, but because we’re a better, stronger, more prosperous country when we harness the talent, hard work, and ingenuity of every single American.”

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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

ELDER CARE COMPANION Available for FT​/​PT position. Flexible hours. Good communication skills, will prepare meals, shopping, doctor appointments & light housekeeping. Licensed driver w/ car. Excellent references available. Call Angela 516-330-0230

EXPERIENCED NURSING AIDE seeking position to take care of elderly. Evenings or weekends. Own car and good references. Please call 718-525-6942 or 917-796-5917

CARETAKER​/ ​H HA: with driver’s license looking for 5+ days per week, live out, will do everything including errands.

Very good references. Please call Glynis 347-598-8077 CERTIFIED HHA with LIJ​/ Regioncare experience seeking part time position to care for elderly.

Flexible hours. References. Call 347-525-6999 or email JJKafarski12@gmail.com CLEANING SERVICE available full time or part time with flexible hours. 20 years experience. Excellent references. 516-376-9365 or 516-519-8370 COMPANION / HOME CARE Long time GC resident seeking part time position as a companion to take care of loved one. Prepares meals, light housekeeping & grocery shopping. English speaking.

References available. Contact Patricia 516-887-7026

ELDER CARE: AIDE​/​COMPANION with 15 years experience available to care for elderly. Days, nights, weekends. Own car. Excellent references. Call 516-353-1626 ELDER CARE: EXCELLENT IRISH HEALTH AIDE seeks part time position in Garden City and surrounding areas. 25 years experience, very good with elderly.

Patient and caring. Own car.

516-326-2496 EXPERIENCED BABYSITTER College student looking for a babysitting​/​mother’s helper position.

Has own source of transportation.

Please text or email Katherine: 516-660-8597 or email Katherine. vaughn@scanton.edu EXPERIENCED HOUSEKEEPER AVAILABLE Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays. References available. Please call home 516208-7098, cell 516-945-5900

HOME HEALTH CARE​/​BABYSITTING Seeking full time position as HHA or babysitter. Flexible hours.

10 yrs experience in both. Licensed driver w/car. Call 516-589-2815 NANNY AVAILABLE Our caring and reliable nanny of 17 years is looking for a full time position.

Clean license. Can be reached at 917-704-9248 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 SUMMER NANNY​/​SITTER College student w/7+ yrs experience with kids of all ages seeking summer babysitter​/​nanny position.

Responsible, caring, active & creative. AED​/​CPR Certified. Flexible hours. Available immediately until end of August. Wonderful Garden City references. Good Driver.

Please call Sam 917-825-6400

Reporter Wanted Blank Slate Media seeks a self-starter with good writing and reporting skills to cover the Willistons, Mineola, North Hills and New Hyde Park.

Our goal is to produce a daily newspaper once a week in terms of quality and depth of coverage for the communities we serve and up-to-the-minute coverage online.

Newspaper experience and car required. Familiarity with digital media strongly preferred.

Position provides opportunity to work with editors with many years of weekly and daily newspaper experience at a fast-growing group of 5 award-winning weekly newspapers and website.

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*BROWSE *SHOP *CONSIGN A.T. STEWART EXCHANGE CONSIGNMENT SHOP 109 Eleventh Street Garden City 11530 516-746-8900 China, Silver, Crystal, Jewelry, Artwork, Furniture, Antiques, Collectibles Tues-Fri 10-4 Sat 12-4 Every Tuesday: 10% Senior Citizen Discount. All proceeds benefit The Garden City Historical Society email: store@atstewartexchange.org www.gardencityhistoricalsociety. org

GARDEN CITY Saturday, June 27 10am-4pm 37 Adams St CONTENTS OF HOME, EVERYTHING MUST GO!! CASH ONLY YOU’RE INVITED! Tuesday, June 23 9:30am 61 Adams St Garden City, NY 11530 House full of vintage items, furniture, beautiful dining room table and chairs, sideboard, curio, refractory table, artwork, 50’s pieces, bedroom furniture, basement has old tools and attic has vintage finds...Visit www.invitedsales. com for pictures and details!

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Adoption UNPLANNED PREGNANCY? Caring licensed adoption agency provides financial and emotional support. Choose from loving preapproved families. Call Joy toll free 1-866-922-3678 or confidential email: Adopt@ForeverFamiliesThroughAdoption.org

Marketplace FURNITURE FOR SALE GARDEN CITY Swedish modern step table Tile side table Wicker chairVitrine Oak DR table w/ 6 chairs Combo lamp table CASH ONLY. Call 516-747-4366 GARDEN CITY MULTI FAMILY GARAGE SALE FOR CHARITY Saturday June 27th 9am-4pm 73 Brompton Rd (corner of North Ave) Household items, furniture, accessories, etc. Something for everyone!!

Wanted to Buy CASH BUYER! Buying ALL Gold & Silver coins, Stamps, Paper Money, Comic Books, entire collections, Estates. Travel to your home. Call Marc in NY 1-800-959-3419 LOOKING TO BUY! Records, oriental items, clothing, art, old & modern furniture, estates, jewelry, silver, glassware, dishes, old photos, coins & stamps, flatware. Call George 718-386-1104 or 917-775-3048 TOP CASH PAID: JEWELRY, Furniture, Art, etc. Please call 718598-3045 or 516-270-2128. www. iBuyAntiquesNYC.com

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

pets

Pet Services 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

PROFESSIONAL DOG TRAINING Doggie Day Care & Walks Backyard Clean-up GC Resident 516-382-5553

automotive

Auto For Sale BUICK CENTURY 1995: 47K miles, 4 new tires, new parts, A/C, runs like new! $3,400. 516-7475799 or 516-747-3463

Autos Wanted DONATE YOUR CAR to Wheels For Wishes, benefitting Make-aWish. We offer free towing and your donation is 100% tax deductible. Call 631-317-2014 Today!

real estate for rent

Apartment For Rent BELLEROSE Large 5 room apartment. Kitchen, DR, LR & 2 Bedrooms with lots of closets.

Heat & water included. $1775. for more information, call Rose 516-655-7501 Ford Realty FRANKLIN SQUARE Top floor, 1 bedroom, move-in condition.

Great location, utilities included. Credit report required. No smoking or pets. $1,200​/ ​m th.

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

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Homes for Sale

GARDEN CITY S.E. SECTION Unfurnished second floor 2 be rooms, 1 bath, large living area.

Cable, wi-fi, utilities, parking. No smoking. No pets. $1500. Please call 516-650-5144

MINEOLA RANCH GARDEN CITY SCHOOLS JUST LISTED! 3 Bedroom, 1 Bath, CAC, Wood Floors, Updated Roof, Walk Up Attic, Full Basement, 2 Car Garage.

50 x 100 lot.

Asking $349,000.

Hurry.... Won’t last!!

Connor J Maffucci Real Estate 516-599-0707

GARDEN CITY WYNDHAM: 1,430 sf, balcony, LR, DR, Kitchen, 1 Bedroom, 1.5 Baths, Laundry Room, Garage, Gym, Pool, 24 hr. concierge. $3,750​/​ month. Owner​/​Broker. No Fee. 516-816-3253

Homes for Rent GREAT NECK​/ KINGS POINT Glamford Road. Totally renovated, 4 bedroom, 4 bath, finished basement, 2 car garage. Great Neck North​/​Baker School District. $4600​ /​month. Owner 516-482-3210

Office Space GARDEN CITY SOUTH Ideal location, mint, large office space, 1st floor. Must see to appreciate.

Available now. $1,750​/​mth.Call Owner 516-538-7474 or 538-7476 WILLISTON PARK Office Space: 1300 & 2000 sf. available on Hillside Ave. Professional Building.

Parking Lot, near LIRR & parkways. Full commission Paid. Tony 516-248-4080

Vacation Rental BERKSHIRE TIME SHARE Vacation Village: sleeps 8. First week in August. $1,200. Call 516-385-3133 EAST HAMPTON Furnished, 3 bedroom, 2 bath. Situated on a private .5 acre near Three Mile Harbor. Fenced in pool, gas grill, outdoor shower, tree house & newly finished basement. See VRBO.com #718035 for photos & further information.

July weeks available.

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​/ ​p artial weeks. Call for FREE brochure. Open daily.

Holiday Real Estate. 1-800638-2102. Online reservations: www.holidayoc.com

real estate for sale

Condo/Co-Op For Sale JUST LISTED ATRIUM PLAZA Perfect for GC residents looking to downsize, yet maintain the feel of a home. Newly renovated 2 bedroom 2.5 bath, finished basement with private undergound parking. New private patio, CAC, low maintenance. Beautiful courtyard. Asking $350,000. Call Janet 516-241-6214

Homes for Sale GARDEN CITY ESTATES FOR SALE BY OWNER One of a kind Tudor with many unique features.

Asking $1,299,000. For appointment call 917-370-8517

Open House GARDEN CITY Saturday June 20 12pm-3pm 98 Poplar St Charming Mid Block Tutor. WB Fireplace, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 new baths. Two car garage. Walk to RR and park.

Garden City school district. Asking $939,000. For more information, please call 516-945-4036

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DIVORCE Before you list your home, order Free Special Report that reveals what happens to your matrimonial home before, during, and after a divorce. www.divorcingyourhomes.com

Free recorded message 1-800-257-9842 ID# 1009 Your Identification Required

Home Improvements AMBIANCE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES *Repairs & Maintenance *Handyman & Remodeling *Vanity & Kitchen Cabinet Installations *Furniture Assembly & set up *Finish Carpentry *Minor Electrical & Plumbing 22 year GC Resident Lic & Ins H18E2170000 Owner Operated Call BOB 516-741-2154 GARY MARC DESIGNS: Interior design, fabric​/ ​f urniture selections, paint color consultation, wall coverings, flooring, kitchen​/ ​b ath designs, custom window treatments, accessories and more. Free Consultation. Gary M. Schoenbach gary@garymarcdesigns.com / 516-680-0144 / www.garymarcdesigns.com

HANDYMAN LAMPS FIXED $65 In home service. Handy Howard 646-996-7628

HANDYMAN SKY CLEAR WINDOW and Restorations Inc. Window Restorations, Outdated Hardware, skylights, Andersen Sashes, new storm windows, wood windows, chain​/​rope repairs, falling windows, fogged panes, mechanical repairs, wood repairs, restorations, all brands. Call Mr. Fagan, 32 years experience. 631-385-7975 www.skyclearwindow.com Meticulous & Reliable Serving GARDEN CITY & Surrounding Area since 2003 Repairs & Installations of all Types Built-in Bookcases, Woodworking, Carpentry, Crown Moldings, Lighting, Painting, Wallpaper and More. 30-year Nassau County Resident. Many References Lic #H01062800 Insured Call Friendly Frank 516-238-2112 anytime E-mail Frankcav@optonline.net HAS YOUR BUILDING SHIFTED OR SETTLED? Contact Woodford Brothers, Inc. for straightening, leveling, foundation and wood frame repairs at 1-800-OLD BARN. www. woodfordbros.com. Suffolk Cty- License #41959-H Nassau Cty- License #H18G7180000

Health & Fitness ADVANCED AT HOME PHYSICAL THERAPY HOUSE CALLS: Unable to travel to physical therapy? We’ll come to you! Services covered by Medicare. Scheduled with a geriatric specialist near you!

Call today: 516-399-0051 www.Advanceathomept.com

Painting & Paperhanging JV PAINT HANDYMAN SERVICES Interior-Exterior Specialist Painting, Wallpapering, Plastering, Spackling, Staining, Power Washing. Nassau Lic#H3814310000 fully Insured Call John 516-741-5378

Party Help LADIES & GENTLEMEN RELAX & ENJOY Your Next Party! Catering and Experienced Professional Services for Assisting with Preparation, Serving and Clean Up Before, During and After Your Party Bartenders Available. Call Kate at 516-248-1545

Tutoring ENGLISH TUTOR: Diane Gottlieb M.Ed., M.S.W. SAT​/​ACT, College Essays, AP, Regents, ELA Test Prep, Reading comprehension and writing proficiency. 917-5998007 or email: dianegot@gmail. com LongIslandEnglishTutor.com Providing one-on-one professional support to build confidence, knowledge and skills in every student.

TUTOR: CERTIFIED CHILDHOOD​/​SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER GRADES 1-6th: I am currently a fourth grade teacher willing to tutor students in any subject. Flexible hours and prices. Can also work with students with special needs. Experienced with State Test Prep and Common Core. If interested call 516-592-0719 for more information.

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO COLLEGE TUTOR ACT perfect scorer and National Merit Winner (SAT) can tutor your child for BEST ACT​ /​SAT results! Call or text Genny 516-469-6790

Instruction MATH, SAT, ACT TUTOR: Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2 plus Trig, PreCalc, AP Calculus. Norm 625-3314

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classifieds ▼ Instruction ENGLISH, ACT, SAT TUTOR: 25+ year experience Critical Reading, Writing, Grammar, Essays. Lynne 625-3314 PIANO LESSONS By Ira Baslow.

Experience the joy of playing the piano. Private lessons in your home, free no-obligation piano lesson, all levels, all styles, all ages. Beginners a specialty. 516-312-1054 www. iwantmypianolessons.com

Cleaning MASTER CLEANING: A complete home service by reliable professionals. Home, apartments, offices. Carpet cleaning, window wash, floors stripped and waxed, move in, move out, attics, garages, basements, rubbish removal. All cleaning supplies included. Free estimate. 516-829-8137. Call 516829-8137 or 516-770-0514 NORTH SHORE PAINTING & CLEANING SERVICE: Spring​/​ Summer Specials! Residential​/​ commercial. We clean full house, floors, upholstery, windows, gutters, post construction clean up, power washing, fire & flood damage. Weekly or Bi-weekly cleaning.

4th cleaning Free. 516-359-3748 or 516-728-1836 SPRING INTO ACTION LET US CLEAN YOUR HOUSE WINDOWS GARDEN CITY WINDOW CLEANING Home Window Cleaning Service by Owner Free Estimates Inside & Out Fully Insured 25 Years Experience 631-2201851 516-764-5686 STRONG ARM CLEANING: Residential and commercial cleaning specialist, post construction clean ups, shipping and waxing floors, move ins and move outs. Free estimates. Bonded and insured.

516-538-1125 www.strongarmcleaningny.com

Services A & J MOVING & STORAGE: Established 1971. Long Island and New York State specialists. Residential, Commercial, Piano & Organ experts. Boxes available. Free estimates. www.ajmoving.com 516-741-2657 114 Jericho Tpk, Mineola NYDOT# 10405 COMPLETE JUNK REMOVAL​/​DEMOLITION SERVICE: Strong Arm Contracting Inc. We haul anything and everything. Entire contents of home or office. We clean it up and take it away. Residential​/​Commercial. Bonded​/​Insured. Free estimates. 516-538-1125 OLD VILLAGE TREE SERVICE: Owner operated sine 1989. 24 hour emergency service. Licensed​ /​insured. Free estimates, member LI Arborist Assoc. Please call 516466-9220 NEED A CLEANOUT OR A MOVE? We can move it, sell it or haul it away! 2 Guys and a Truck Just $150​/​hr Call 516-279-6378 Invited Sales by Tracy Jordan 839 Stewart Ave Garden City, NY 11530 Bonded​/​Insured www. invitedsales.com NEW YORK MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS: Joan Atwood, Ph.D. An experienced therapist makes all the difference.

Individual, couple, family therapy and anger management. 516764-2526. jatwood@optonline.net www.NYMFT.com

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LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC).

Name: AUNT KAREN LLC Arts. of Org. filed by the Department of State of New York on: 04/01/2015. Office loc: County of Nassau. Purpose: any and all lawful activities.

Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 82 Arleigh Road, Great Neck, NY 11021 GNN 141562 6x 5/15, 22, 29, 6/05, 12, 19, #141562 2015 Notice of Formation of Justin Naim, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/5/15. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 6 Hamptworth Drive, Great Neck, NY 11024.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

GNN 141560 6x 5/15, 22, 29, 6/05, 12, 19, #141560 2015 Notice of Formation of G. Naim, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/5/15. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 2 Cow Lane, Great Neck, NY 11024. Purpose: any lawful activity.

GNN 141561 6x 5/15, 22, 29, 6/05, 12, 19, #141561 2015 Notice of formation of FINE STAR PROPERTIES LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 5/15/15. Office located in Nassau County.

SSNY has been designated for services of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to: 42 Plymouth Rd Great Neck NY 11023. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

GNN 141677 6x 6/05, 12, 29, 26, 7/03, 10, #141677 2015 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Embrace Interiors LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/09/2015. Office loc: Nassau County. SSNY has been desig. as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against him​ /​her is the LLC: 584 Gardenia Street, West Hempstead,NY 11552. The principal business address of the LLC is: 584 Gardenia St, West Hempstead, NY 11552. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

GNN 141755 6x 6/19, 26, 7/03, 10, 17, 24, #141755 2015 NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Board of Education of the Great Neck Union Free School District, Town of North Hempstead , County of Nassau, hereby invites the submission of sealed bids for: Surplus textbooks 2014-2015-03 Bids will be received until 10:00 AM prevailing time on Friday, June 26, 2015 at the Purchasing Office, Phipps Administration Building, 345 Lakeville Road, Great Neck, New York 11020 .

Specifications may be obtained at the same office, or by calling 516-441-4070.

The Board of Education reserves the right to waive any informality in the bids, or to reject all proposals, or to accept any proposal , which in the opinion of the Board of Education will be in the best interests of the School District.

Board of Education, Great Neck Union Free School District, Great Neck, New York By: Terry S. Hood Business Administrator GN,#141757 1x, 6/17/2015 #141757

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Cox auto to buy Dealertrack for $4 bil Continued from Page 2 “This is an investment in our customers and in the automotive industry,” Doolittle said. “[The merger] is about maintaining the continuity of its business.”

Joseph Kearney, executive director of the county IDA, said the agency was not aware of Dealer-

track’s acquisition. He said Dealertrack has not gotten any tax breaks yet, as they have not closed the transaction.

Kearney said he expects transaction to close in the next couple weeks.

If Dealertrack does close the transaction, Kearney said, there

would be a stipulation that Dealertrack remain in the area to get the benefits.

Officials said at the time the tax break was approved that the deal would inject more than $3 billion into Nassau County’s economy, create 357 jobs and retain 367 jobs for the Lake Success-

based company, which would be moving its corporate headquarters to 3400 New Hyde Park Road.

Construction to the 233,000-square-foot building, to be built on a 9.7-acre property, would create 552 full-time-equivalent jobs during the two-year project, officials said.

Great Neck teacher honored by firefighters Continued from Page 13 improve and expand the fire safety program, developing new curriculum and bringing on collaborators, including local fire departments and school district administrators.

He said he simplified the program by shortening it and in-

corporating more visual learning aids, such as creating posters for the special needs students to learn about fire prevention and knowing how to survive a home fire.

John Murray, chief instructor at the firefighter’s museum said children gravitate toward Ziring,

even when he is disciplining them.

“The award is really difficult to win,” Murray said. “You have to be a special kind of guy who really goes out of his way, especially for the children.”

Ziring said he hopes the Fireman’s Association giving him he

award with raise more awareness for his program.

“They need this for all children. What they’re doing here is what every fireman does,” Ziring said of the museum. “It’s a haven, it’s a treasure trove of information.”

Nassau IDA says job growth data was wrong Continued from Page 1 port to Albany, may have also been mishandled by the state comptroller’s office in compiling the report.

“What happens when [the data] gets up there, I don’t know,” Kearney said. “If there were inaccuracies to the data, they will be corrected.”

When asked whether he thought data the IDA submitted to Albany for the state comptroller’s office’s 2013 report was inaccurate, Kearney replied: “I wouldn’t be resubmitting things if I didn’t think there were inaccuracies, would I?” Brian Butry, a spokesman for the state comptroller’s office, said it is not uncommon for IDAs to report inaccurate data it then updates later in the year.

He said the state comptroller’s office publishes figures submitted by the local agencies in its annual audit but noted it does format the numbers using Microsoft Excel to “make it readable for the public.”

“It wouldn’t surprise me that there were some numbers they would find contradictory to what

they had on hand,” Butry said of the Nassau IDA. “Our numbers are only as good as what we’re given from the IDAs.” Kearney’s remarks came about a week after Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos wrote in a letter to Kearney that the Nassau IDA should reconsider its job creation strategies, saying the agency tends to support too many smallscale projects without the opportunity for extensive job growth.

“The [Nassau County Industrial Development Agency] plays an important role in ensuring that our county remains competitive within the region by maintaining and attracting new jobs,” Maragos wrote. “It is disappointing that we have fallen behind in these critical areas.”

Though Maragos said in his letter the IDA planned to resubmit its data by Monday, it is unclear whether the agency would file its figures to the county or state comptroller’s office. Kearney said the Monday deadline in the letter was “not correct.”

New York’s industrial develop-

ment agencies granted more than $660 million in net tax exemptions in 2013 — about $105 million more than in 2012 — but generated 199,943 jobs, 23,000 less than in the previous year, according to the report.

In a statement accompanying his annual report, state Comptroller Thomas 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.”

Nassau’s IDA recouped just 37 percent of the $69 million approved in overall exemptions through payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreements with businesses, less than the 59 percent recovered by Suffolk and 67 percent by Westchester.

The Nassau IDA was found to have granted $23,611 in net exemptions per job, more than 10 times the state median, accord-

ing to the report, which the state comptroller’s office found to be $2,095 per job gained.

A Nassau IDA spokesman said in a statement following the report’s release that the agency’s 2013 figures were considered an outlier from its typical performance data due to its efforts in assisting businesses affected by Superstorm Sandy.

In 2012, the Nassau IDA netted 16,996 jobs at a $2,250 exemptions per job clip, according to the state comptroller’s office, and In 2011, Nassau had a net of 8,186 jobs and granted $3,034 in exemptions per job.

Butry said it is possible that the 2013 figures were skewed by Sandy recovery, citing similar disparities in sales tax revenues from separate audits following Sandy and 2011’s Hurricane Irene.

“We know the impact Sandy had downstate and on the island, that there were issues with the recovery, and it would not be surprising if the IDAs reached out to provide benefits in response to that,” he said.

Great Neck Community Calendar Continued from Page 40 need. Great Neck Lions Club is asking the local places that accept donated eyeglasses to accept used hearing aids as well. Note: The hearing aids should be placed in the eyeglass collection boxes located in all the Great Neck Libraries as well as offices of the Village of Russell Gardens, Village of

Great Neck Plaza and the Village Hall on Baker Hill Road.

FREE EXERCISE CLASSES Ongoing Program - FREE Silver Sneakers Exercise Classes For All Levels: Balance, agility, strengthening, endurance and osteoporosis for eligible seniors. Monday through Saturday. Garden

City, Roslyn and Great Neck.

Call for more details, including seeing if you are eligible and class times, (516) 745-8050.

LIONS CLUB OF GREAT NECK Lions Club of Great Neck meets the first Monday of each month at Pearl East Restaurant, 1190 Northern Blvd.,

Manhasset at 12 p.m. If you would like to attend a meeting and learn more about our club, please contact fernweiss@aol. com or call (516) 829-5192.

ROTARY CLUB MEETINGS The Rotary Club of Great Neck currently meets every Wednesday from 8 to 9 a.m. in the boardroom of TD Bank,

2 Great Neck Road. Community residents and business members are welcome to visit Club meetings and discover how meaningful and satisfying it is to give back service to the community while networking through Rotary. For further information please see: www. clubrunner.ca/greatneck/ or call (516) 487-9392.

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Park District skaters earn medals at ISI The Great Neck Park District’s figure skaters competed at the 29th Annual Sky Rink ISI team figure skating competition at Chelsea Piers Friday, June 5 through Sunday, June 7.

This was the largest ISI competition on the East Coast, open to competitors of all ages and skating levels. For 28 years, hundreds of figure skaters from around the world have tested their skills in this competition.

The Great Neck Park District congratulates all skaters who competed in this three day competition. The skaters who were awarded individual medals are as follows: Sienna Abecassis, Rebecca Bernstein, Abigail Bernstein, Sabrina Namingohar, Iris Liang, Eva Patrick, Allison Hu, Kajal Ramphul, Leah Aminor, Sarah Castro-Tie, Audrey Chan, Isabella Chin, Kristina Feng, Ava Balachek, Katherine Chen, Alison Wen, Tova Shafran, Victoria Wen, Angelica Wu, Gregory Hu, Marcel Agredo, Anushka Gupta, Sachita Gupta, Tiffany McDowell.

Team Great Neck also earned the second place trophy for the entire competition.

Head Coaches John-Castro Tie, Carole Liotti, Shannon Lenihan, Claudia Sersanti, Alexandra Duschl, Kristina Layton and Moriko Betz couldn’t be prouder of the skater’s accomplishments. Congratulations skaters and coaches for all your hard work!

Sabrina Namigohar

Claudia Sersanti and Sienna Abeccasis

Cosmo draw Armada to lock up spring season crown The New York Cosmos were crowned NASL Spring Season champions after a 3-3 draw with the Jacksonville Armada Saturday night cemented the team’s undefeated league record so far in 2015.

The Cosmos got on the board early when forward Raúl caught Jacksonville goalkeeper Miguel Gallardo off of his line with a 40-yard lob. Raúl controlled with his chest and hit a left-footed shot on net off the bounce. As Gallardo scrambled back to his goal, the shot rang the crossbar and deflected off the Jacksonville keeper into his own net, giving the Cosmos a 1-0 lead in the sixth minute.

New York continued to press and nearly added another minutes later, but Adam Moffat’s cross off the counter-attack slid just past an outstretched Sebastian Guenzatti at the back post.

Controlling much of the run of play, the Cosmos were rewarded with a second goal in the 26th minute.

Midfielder Danny Szetela played a great ball over the Armada defense that found forward Hagop Chirishian breaking through. Chirishian used his first touch to flick the ball over the keeper and his sec-

ond to find the back of the net.

It was a big moment for Chirishian, who has struggled with injuries this season and spent some time with the B-side.

Needing just a draw to clinch the NASL spring title, New York was in the driver’s seat heading into the locker room with a two-goal lead.

But Jacksonville came out of the break much more aggressive than in the first half, and cut the deficit to one in the 59th minute. Pascal Millien played a quick give-and-go with Jemal Johnson at the top of the box, splitting the Cosmos defense.

Millien moved in on goal and beat Jimmy Maurer low to score the Armada’s first goal in four matches.

Millien wasn’t done there, as the Haitian international tallied his second of the night 15 minutes later. The Jacksonville striker fired home to level the score at two.

With Jacksonville pressing for a third goal, it was Lucky Mkosana who gave the Cosmos a late lead. David Diosa ran down the left wing and threw in a cross to a streaking Mkosana, who poked it past Gallardo in the 86th minute.

The supporters at Shuart Stadium

“To win it in front of the fans was were on their feet as it looked like the Cosmos were nearing a win, but in the special,” Mendes said. “I think we have 89th minute Jacksonville’s Joseph Toby some of the best fans in the league, the volleyed home a corner. support matters and obviously we do well More than 7,300 supporters celebrat- at home. For us to win the championship edCHERRY with the- players as they received the 1here, it’s 4:25 special, we want to thank the 1/8 Page-H - 06-12-15_Layout 6/8/15 PM so Page 1 championship trophy. fans of course.”

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