Great Neck 2021_05_14 by The Island 360

Serving Great Neck, G.N. Plaza, G.N. Estates, Kensington, Kings Point, Lake Success, Russell Gardens, Saddle Rock and Thomaston

Friday, May 14, 2021

Vol. 96, No. 20

LIVING 50 PLUS

IHOP RESPONDS TO SANDLER

AG DENIES COUNTY REQUEST FOR OVERSIGHT

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Berkowitz re-elected to G.N. ed board

CLOWNIN’ AROUND

Defeats Glickman by less than 300 votes; $252M budget passes BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Barbara Berkowitz, president of the Great Neck Board of Education, handily defeated challenger Michael Glickman on Tuesday to retain her seat on the board. Berkowitz received 1,849 votes and Glickman 1,589. In a statement to Blank Slate Media, Berkowitz said the community had a choice of “two passionate, wellmeaning individuals” for a seat on the board. “It was certainly a diﬃcult, hard fought campaign and it will no doubt take me a little time to get past being scarred by much [of] what was said and written in the heat of the battle,” Berkowitz said. “I’ve heard the complaints stated; now it’s time to discuss my opponent, Mr. Glickman’s thoughts, and see if, how or when some changes can be implemented.” Berkowitz has served on the board for nearly 30 years since first being appointed in 1992. She

has held the longest consecutive term as president of the Board of Education, a position she has held since 2006. She also served as vice president of the board from 2000 to 2003. This will be her 11th term on the board. “While I love this school district, and that’s obvious by the longevity of my service to it, I recognize that there’s always room for improvement or a need to look at things from another’s perspective and consider doing things diﬀerently,” she said. Berkowitz thanked everyone who voted for her and recognized Glickman for bringing up pressing issues, concerns and potential ideas that could be incorporated down the road. “I sincerely thank every one for their showing their support by their vote, and to those who voted for my opponent, you ‘won’ as well, as your vision will not go unnoticed in the months ahead Continued on Page 12

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Saddle Rock fifth-graders found out their end-of-the-year event will be a carnival, with the help of music teacher Chad Lasky.

Lavine back in spotlight with Cuomo investigation BY N O A H MANSKAR

creepy comments at work, and demanding they wear skirts and high heels on the job. The man was Vito Lopez, Several women had accused one of Albany’s most who spent 28 years in the state powerful men of touching Assembly and six years as the them inappropriately, making Brooklyn Democratic Party

chairman before allegations that he had sexually harassed his staﬀers forced him to resign from oﬃce in 2013. He died in 2015. After state ethics regulators Continued on Page 48

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Town Memorial Day IHOP fills Sandler’s fireworks goes mobile milkshake order

N. Hempstead balances in-person event and safety Comedian returns to Manhasset eatery BY R O S E W E L D ON

BY R OB E RT PELAEZ The Town of North Hempstead will commemorate Memorial Day with a drive-in fireworks event at North Hempstead Beach Park on Saturday, May 29, at 9 p.m. While the coronavirus pandemic caused the town to postpone any in-person events last year, restrictions have been eased this year on how the public can honor those who lost their lives while serving in the military. North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth said town officials are eager to host an event with people physically in attendance, although they will remain in their vehicles. “The Town is excited to continue this tradition for the North Hempstead community,” Bosworth said. “We look forward to everyone coming together on Memorial Day Weekend as we kick off the unofficial start of summer and also reflect on the supreme sacrifices made by the brave men and women in the armed forces.” Officials said each vehicle will be required to pay a $10 entry fee at North Hempstead Beach Park. The gates will open at 5:30 p.m., with the fireworks event kicking off promptly at 9 p.m. The fireworks, produced by Santore’s World Famous Fireworks, will be synced to music broadcast through the car radio. Only North Hempstead residents will be admitted, with capacity being limited on a firstcome, first-served basis. Officials said residents are encouraged to bring nonperishable and canned

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The Town of North Hempstead will host a drive-in fireworks event in honor of Memorial Day at North Hempstead Beach Park on Saturday, May 29, at 9 p.m. goods as a part of the town’s ongoing donation drive. Registration is not required. Residents can contact the town for more information by calling 311 or 516-869-6311. Aside from the town, Port Washington’s American Legion Post 509 announced that it will hold a parade on Memorial Day, Monday, May 31, at 10 a.m. The parade will include Post 509, the VFW Henderson-Marino Post 1819, the Port Washington Fire Department, the Port Washington Police Department and the Sands Point Police Department, according to Douglas W. Weston, commander of Post 509. The parade will not include any other participants, Weston said, and will march from Campus Drive to the Sousa Band Shell via Main Street. “When you come to watch the parade and support our veterans, please remember to ob-

serve all current social distancing and mask requirements,” Weston said. “We look forward to May 2022, when we will be able to march with all our traditional groups.” Eﬀorts to reach a representative from the county to see what, if any, events would occur in honor of the holiday were unavailing. Presiding Officer Richard Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park) told the New York Post that people should be able to honor those who lost their lives serving the nation with an in-person event. “The brave men and women who lost their lives in service to our nation deserve to be recognized for their sacrifice,” Nicolello told the Post. “If we can safely attend a baseball game, or visit a museum or beach, we should be able to gather to honor those who have laid down their lives for our country.”

“Pleaseee come back,” a hostess at a Manhasset IHOP beseeched comedian Adam Sandler. So he did on Monday. They got together after a video about their initial interaction at the restaurant went viral. Hostess Dayanna Rodas posted a 15-second video to a mediasharing platform two weeks ago, with the first half featuring Rodas in a clown-face filter with the song “Be a Clown” by Osuna playing. The words “Not realizing its Adam Sandler and telling him it’s a 30min wait and him ofc leaving bc hes not going to wait 30mins for IHOP,” appear above Rodas’ head, and in the last half, security camera footage from the Northern Boulevard restaurant is shown. The April 25 footage, filmed oﬀ of a computer, shows Sandler, dressed casually in basketball shorts and a North Face sweatshirt, and one of his daughters speaking with Rodas, the hostess

ostensibly telling them about the wait time, and then the Sandlers leaving the restaurant. “Pleaseee come back,” Rodas, of New York City, captioned the video. Since being uploaded, the TikTok post has been viewed over nine million times, received over 2.3 million likes and shared over 28,000 times. Sandler commented on the interaction in a tweet early last week, joking, “For the record, I only left the IHOP because the nice woman told me the all-youcan-eat deal didn’t apply to the milkshakes.” The chain wound up running with Sandler’s idea, albeit for one day only. On Monday, IHOP restaurants across the country welcomed guests to “Milkshake Monday,” where for $6.50 per guest, they could enjoy all the milkshakes they wanted from noon to 8 p.m. Eastern time. For every milkshake sold, IHOP donated $1, up to Continued on Page 48

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Manhasset IHOP hostess Dayanna Rodas, left, with comedian Adam Sandler. The comedy star’s reaction to Rodas’ viral TikTok about not recognizing him in the restaurant inspired “Milkshake Monday” at chain locations throughout the country.

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North High soccer named co-champs Blazers one of several schools throughout North Shore to capture hardware in return to sports BY R OB E RT PELAEZ

High school teams across the North Shore saw success in various sports for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic struck. Headlining the North Shore schools’ athletic achievements was the Manhasset High School football team winning its first Nassau County Conference III championship since 1996 on May 1. Manhasset capped its undefeated 8-0 season with a 28-19 victory against Plainedge, the second time the two played each other in a shortened season caused by the coronavirus pandemic. After winning a 13-7 battle against Plainedge in the third week of the season, Manhasset brought more firepower to secure the championship. The PHOTO COURTESY OF ANTON BERZINS Indians were led by quarterback Rory Connor, who ran for two of North Shore high schools, including the Great Neck North boys soccer team, saw success in the return to athletics halted his team’s four rushing touch- by the coronavirus pandemic last year. downs in the game. After defeating its two pre- back, and was down by just two Plainedge threw the ball into the yards for a touchdown to put the plays in the second half when we vious opponents by a combined points late in the fourth quarter. hands of Manhasset’s William finishing touches on the victory. had to,” Manhasset head coach score of 72-7, Plainedge fought With a chance to take a late lead, Cargiulo, who took it back 60 “We made a couple of big Continued on Page 12

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Cuomo OKs Coliseum capacity increase Half of seats for Islanders’ playoff run to go to fully vaccinated patrons BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z The Nassau Coliseum will allocate half of the seats for the New York Islanders’ home playoﬀ games to patrons who have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday.

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Cuomo said the fully vaccinated fan section will have patrons separated by one seat, or three feet, with people required to provide proof of full immunization. Children under the age of 16, who are not yet eligible for the vaccine, are permitted entry with a fully vaccinated adult along with a recent negative COVID-19 test. Social distancing, masks, and other health and safety protocols will be fully enforced. “The Islanders have always been Long Island’s team, and this new measure to increase capacity will allow more of the team’s passionate fan base to enjoy the final games at the Coliseum and help re-energize the team as they head into the playoffs,” Cuomo said. In the rest of the seats, for fans who are not fully vaccinated, people will have to maintain a six-foot distance. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, an Islanders fan, sent a letter to Cuomo on May 6 imploring the state to allow the Coliseum to expand its capacity for vaccinated patrons to at least 50 percent in time for the playoff s. The letter came after Cuomo announced New Yorkers could receive a free ticket to a Mets or Yankees game by getting inoculated at either of their venues. “Yes! Yes! Yes! I wrote a letter last week on this topic and I’m excited that the State is now moving to increase capacity at Nassau Coliseum in time for the playoffs,” Curran said in a state-

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the Nassau Coliseum can open 50 percent of its seating to fully vaccinated patrons ahead of the Islanders’ playoff series against the Pittsburgh Penguins. ment. “The more residents continue to roll up their sleeves, the quicker we’ll able to get to 100% capacity for everything.” This will be the last year that the Islanders will play in the Coliseum. Officials said the team’s new home, UBS Arena in Belmont Park, should be open in time for the start of the 2021-22 season in the fall. “As our positivity and hospitalization rates go down and our vaccination numbers go up, we are readjusting our reopening strategy to get our economy back and up and running,” Cuomo said. “The arrows are all pointed in the right direction, and we can now take yet another huge step forward and allow fully vaccinated fan sections to end the Islanders’ last season at the Coliseum.” The NHL has not set a date for the series to begin but it has been confirmed that the Islanders (32-17-7) will face their divisional foe, the Pittsburgh Penguins (37-16-3). The announcement came a week after Cuomo outlined significant ca-

pacity increases to indoor and outdoor events throughout the state. Cuomo announced that the state will lift a majority of capacity restrictions, including outdoor and indoor social gatherings, along with residential gatherings, beginning May 19. Capacity limits for businesses will also be replaced with allowing individual businesses to permit as many patrons as they desire, so long as there is six-foot social distancing. Cuomo announced that limits on outdoor social gatherings would increase from 200 to 500 people on May 10, and the limits on indoor social gatherings will increase from 100 to 250 people on May 19. Also, as of May 19, there will be no restrictions on residential outdoor gatherings in the state, and the limit for residential indoor gatherings will increase from 10 to 50 people. Cuomo said that any event with an excess amount of people will be permitted only if everyone in attendance can provide proof of a recent negative COVID-19 test or full vaccination. Beginning on May 19, large-scale

indoor events will be permitted to function at 30 percent capacity, an increase from the current 10 percent restriction. Large-scale outdoor event venues will be permitted to function at a 33 percent capacity, Cuomo announced. He said patrons for both types of venues will require proof of full vaccination along with social distancing and masks. Cuomo also announced that hair salons, barbershop and other personal care services will be allowed to expand to 75 percent capacity on Friday, and gyms and fitness centers can expand to 50 percent capacity on Saturday. “Thanks to the hard work of New Yorkers and our partners in government, we are now able to increase capacity limits for businesses, event venues and residences to reflect what we’re seeing in the COVID data,” Cuomo said. As of Wednesday, more than 620,000 Nassau County residents had completed their vaccination series, with more than 759,000 receiving their first dose, according to state Health Department figures.

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A.G. James denies county’s request

3 minority legislators implored state official to establish police oversight office in Nassau BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z New York Attorney General Letitia James denied the request of three Nassau County legislators to establish a third-party oversight office for the county’s Police Department. Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams (D-Freeport), Legislator Siela Bynoe (DWestbury) and Legislator Carrié Solages (D-Lawrence) all signed a letter sent March 26 after the County Legislature approved a revised 424-page plan to reform and reinvent policing put forward by County Executive Laura Curran on March 22. The three minority legislators wanted James’ office to establish a remote Law Enforcement Misconduct Investigative Office to identify police misconduct in Nassau County. James, in a letter sent to the legislators in mid-April, acknowledged the benefits of establishing a remote office and criticized the county for not including “meaningful checks on law enforcement.” She also cited the lack of necessary funding to establish a remote oversight office in Nassau. She said in the letter that “it is our firm intention that the office give special scrutiny to those jurisdictions where local accountability and formal oversight is

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New York State Attorney General Letitia James denied a request for a remote oversight law enforcement office in Nassau County. lacking, and that certainly includes Nassau County.” The county’s police reinvention plan, approved 16-3, was submitted in accordance with an executive order that Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed in mid-June, in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the

hands of a Minneapolis police officer, that required each police agency to devise a plan to “reinvent and modernize police strategies” by April 1. Abrahams, Bynoe and Solages, the three opposing votes on the legislation, said the plan failed to incorporate a civilian complaint review board or inspector general to investigate allegations of police misconduct. As of now, the county relies on the state Law Department’s Law Enforcement Misconduct Investigative Office for oversight of the Police Department. The legislators proposed to have a regional branch of the office focus solely on any misconduct in the department. Bynoe also said she wanted the plan to enhance the department’s Early Intervention System, which deals with at-risk officers. Bynoe said the department should implement a comprehensive performance review to identify at-risk officers who could be eligible for intervention. She noted that Suffolk County and the Village of Hempstead use third-party entities to monitor police misconduct and said Nassau should have the same measures in place. “We have also learned of allegations of misconduct as fiduciaries for the county,” Bynoe said in a phone interview with Blank Slate Media last month. “As we set-

tle lawsuits, it has become clear to us that we need to have the most resourced and independent review process employed.” “The Nassau County Police Reform Plan is a living document that preserves the County’s ability to enact further measures once we have a chance to see how the current reforms work,” county spokesman Michael Fricchione said. “We believe that the Attorney General’s Law Enforcement Misconduct Office is a valuable tool that improves the existing systems by providing broad jurisdiction, independence, and extra scrutiny and can help ensure the timeliness of responses in these separate jurisdictions, along with consistent policing outcomes and use of resources.” Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder praised law enforcement officials for their work and expressed confidence that they would serve the community effectively and appropriately. In March, Ryder said the department would implement 86 of the 90 recommendations community stakeholders made along with the 23 changes the department made on its own. “The adopted reforms add a new level of accountability that our communities and residents require,” Ryder said. “The Police Department will continue to serve our residents in the most professional manner.”

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Happening at the Great Neck Library Online Programs are held live on Zoom unless specified. Open to all. No Zoom account required. You may join Zoom events by going to join.zoom. us, and enter the program’s Meeting ID and Password. You can also dial in at 1 (646) 558-8656 or find your local number at zoom.us/zoomconference. Some events have links you can click on in the Library’s event listings at greatnecklibrary.org. For certain events that require registration, any further meeting info will be released by the date of the event for registered users. Check your email before the event. Library phone: (516) 466-8055. L.I. Cares Food Drive The Main Library, Parkville and Station Branches are currently accepting donations for LI Cares, The Harry Chapin Food Bank. The collection boxes are accessible at the front entrances of each location during regular Library hours. Please donate products that are in boxes, cans, or plastic bottles, and do not require refrigeration. Please, no glass jars. For more information, visit www.licares.org. Saturday, May 15 10:30 — 11:00 a.m. Bilingual Stories. Join us for songs, stories, and activities in both English and Spanish. 9:30 — 10:30 p.m. Jackbox Late Edition. Teens in grades 7+. Play fun games. mmeehan@greatnecklibrary. org Monday, May 17 10:00 — 10:40 a.m. Yoga Together! 2-5 years and Caregiver. Join certified yoga instructor Mary Clare Chiafolo in these special parent/child yoga classes. 11:00 — 11:30 a.m. Tiny Tots Storytime with Miss Kat. Ages 3 to 5. Meeting ID: 992 6220 0767 Passcode: story 4:00 — 4:30 p.m. School-Aged Storycraft. Grades K-2nd. Join Miss Jen and Miss Melissa as we look closely at some of our favorite books and make crafts inspired by them. Sessions will be pre-recorded and emailed to registrants. 4:30 — 5:30 p.m. Mermay Drawing

Challenge. Teens in grades 7+. Grab your art supplies and join us Mondays in May for our mermaid-themed drawing challenge. lsweeney@greatnecklibrary.org 7:00 — 8:00 p.m. How to Craft a College List. High school students and their parents will learn how to use a variety of free online resources to come up with a college list. Presented by Dr. P. (Dominique Padurano, Ph.D.), Founder and President of Crimson Coaching. cgreenblatt@greatnecklibrary.org 7:00 — 8:30 p.m. Wild Long Island with Chris Paparo. Learn about the fascinating wildlife that can be found on the land, in the air, and in the waters of Long Island. Webinar ID: 868 2947 9242 Passcode: 293424 Tuesday, May 18 9:30 — 10:30 a.m. Yoga Flow facilitated by Carolyn Carpentiere. Learn yoga postures, breathing practices and meditation techniques to bring balance, equilibrium and good health to your body and mind. Meeting ID: 940 6593 0214 Passcode: 133212 1:00 — 2:30 p.m. Album Cover Art with Tony Traguardo. A unique, genrehopping journey through the best, the worst and the most influential images that have been used on long-playing album covers since the medium came into being in the 1950s. Meeting ID: 964 6557 3604 Passcode: 860054 4:00 — 4:45 p.m. Yoga for Kids. Children ages 5 and up are invited to join certified yoga instructor Mary Clare Chiafolo to unwind, breathe, and move. childrens@greatnecklibrary.org 7:00 — 8:00 p.m. Stories Under the Stars. Get cozy, grab a stuﬀed friend, and join Miss Judy S. for this special pajama storytime. childrens@ greatnecklibrary.org 8:30 — 9:30 p.m. Jackbox Tuesday Edition. Teens in grades 7+. Play fun games. mmeehan@greatnecklibrary. org Wednesday, May 19 1:00 — 2:30 p.m. Writer Within facilitated by Lynda Aron. Join us online. Email wrtrwthn@yahoo.com for Zoom

room. Access your authentic voice and explore the power of imagination, self-expression and storytelling. New writers, professionals and everyone in between are welcome. Sharing encouraged, not required. 3:30 — 4:15 p.m. Sticks in the Stacks. Join Mina and Jamie for social stitching time on Wednesdays. Learn the basics of knitting and crocheting and help us crochet and knit for a cause. Meeting ID: 989 9496 9220 Passcode: sticks 6:00 — 7:00 p.m. Audit Committee Meeting via ZOOM. Meeting ID: 954 1894 2877 Passcode: 309730 Dial In — 1 929 205 6099 7:00 — 8:00 p.m. Policy and Bylaws Committee Meeting via ZOOM. Meeting ID: 933 2702 2009 Passcode: 931867 Dial In — 1 929 205 6099 Thursday, May 20 10:00 — 11:00 a.m. Take a Virtual Guided Vacation to London. A special guided tour of the city of London from two of our librarians who have been to London, and learn how you can explore on your own using Google Maps, Earth, and YouTube. Meeting ID: 999 1501 0557 Passcode: 325865 STEMLab@greatnecklibrary.org 1:00 — 2:30 p.m. Secrets of New York Subways. Works of art in hundreds of stations designed by Roy Lichtenstein, Heins and LaFarge, Squire Vickers, Herbert Dole and Jay Van Evern. Enjoy works by the Guastavine Brothers in the City Hall state, Grand Central Terminal and the Municipal Building. There are great color and vintage sepia images dating from the 1880s through the present. Meeting ID: 935 7398 0097 Passcode: 491014 6:30 — 7:30 p.m. Yoga Flow facilitated by Sharon Epstein. Learn yoga postures, breathing practices and meditation techniques to bring balance, equilibrium and good health to your body and mind. Meeting ID: 956 9380 0407 Passcode: 998134 7:00 — 8:00 p.m. Dungeons & Dragons. Teens in grades 7+. You find yourself in the stacks of a renowned library. A mysterious book catches your

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eye, and as you pull it from the shelf your senses are suddenly obscured by fog. In fact, you have no idea where you are. Want to hear more? Interested parties may heed the call to adventure by sending an electronic correspondence to jlagasse@greatnecklibrary. org. 7:00 — 8:00 p.m. Lakeville Literary Club. Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano. One summer morning, a flight takes oﬀ from New York to Los Angeles: there are 192 people aboard. When the plane suddenly crashes, twelve-year-old Edward Adler is the sole survivor. Meeting ID: 922 9873 4385 Passcode: books Checkout the e-book on Overdrive: https://nassau. overdrive.com/nassau-greatneck/content/media/4848164 Friday, May 21 10:00 — 10:30 a.m. Bilingual Stories on Zoom. Join us for songs, stories, and activities in both English and Spanish. childrens@greatnecklibrary. org 10:00 — 11:00 a.m. Google Programs 101. Adults, Parents, Seniors. Learn the basics of Google’s suite of programs: how to sign up for an account, what that account gives you access to, and how to use programs like Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Sheets, and more. Meeting ID: 959 6719 1904 Passcode: Google STEMLab@GreatNeckLibrary.org 12:00 — 1:00 p.m. Friday Film Discussion. Hairspray (1988) PG 1 hr. 32 min., Comedy, Drama, Family. Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Divine. Hairspray (2007) PG 1 hr. 57 min. Comedy, Drama, Musical. John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky. A ‘pleasantly plump’ teenager teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show. Watch one or both versions of Hairspray at your leisure. Join the discussion of the film. Watch both streaming free with your Great Neck Library card on Hoopla and the 1988 version with ads on The Roku Channel. Meeting ID: 998 3941 3901 Passcode: films cdipietro@greatnecklibrary.org

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Schumer pushes for federal funding

Senate majority leader stresses need to aid Long Island in mental health, addiction battles BY R OB E RT PELAEZ U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the Senate majority leader, again advocated for more federal funding to aid Long Islanders in battles against mental health disorders and drug addiction. Last month, Schumer implored federal oﬃcials to release $5 billion to aid mental health, a concern for millions of adults across the nation. On Long Island, Schumer said, there is a need for federal funding and programs to combat mental health issues before the conditions lead to “dangerous spirals that upend lives and families.” “I have already said we need a quick release of the $5 billion in fed funds secured as part of the American Rescue Plan to beat back this surge in need and give patients and providers more help,” Schumer said at a news conference last week. “Across the Island we need honed federal help and outreach so locals who know the needs can pay for creative solutions, like mobile units

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) again advocated for $5 billion in federal funds to help combat the mental health disorders and drug addictions throughout Long Island and the U.S. last week. and program outreach to connect with more people.” According to Family & Children’s Association President and CEO Jeﬀrey L. Reynolds, the coronavirus pandemic exacerbated already high levels of anxiety and depression throughout

the nation and Long Island. The federal funding, he said, would aid the Island in boosting mental health programs, especially for those in at-risk communities. “Paradoxically, the steps we took to protect ourselves and our families from COVID also put

many at risk for the anxiety and depression that comes from social isolation, uncertainty about the future and economic stress,” Reynolds said. Reynolds’ organization is one of Long Island’s largest health and human organizations

with 340 staﬀ members, 200 volunteers and more than 30 programs that help the underserved and the at-risk populations. While mental health disorders tend to get heightened publicity across the nation, it is addiction to various drugs and opioids that has been a prominent problem across Long Island in the past. According to new statistics reported by Newsday, projected fatal drug overdoses increased by 34 percent in Nassau County in 2020. There were 287 fatal drug overdoses in the county last year, with 60 suspected overdose deaths that have not yet been confirmed by the medical examiner’s oﬃce, according to Newsday. In 2018, the county announced the establishment of Operation Natalie, a countywide war against opioids named after a Massapequa teenager who became the face of the heroin epidemic nearly 10 years earlier. That year, opioid deaths decreased by 25 percent from the 2016 peak. Continued on Page 44

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Free social media and P.R. workshop for biz The Town of North Hempstead has announced a free upcoming workshop designed to assist local small businesses with social media and P.R. training. The program is being hosted by Christina Daves, a publicity strategist from PR for Anyone, who has been featured by more than 1,000 media outlets. The event will be held on Wednesday, June 2 at 2 p.m. via Zoom, and advance registration is required. Additionally, the program will be recorded for those who are unable to attend live.

“Our local businesses play an essential role in maintaining the vitality of our communities and downtown areas,” said North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth. “Oﬀering this training program is part of the town’s ongoing eﬀort to help our businesses recover, thrive, and succeed. Having a professional strategist provide the training workshop presents our local businesses with a wonderful opportunity to enhance their marketing strategies and spread the word about all the great shops,

restaurants, and services available in North Hempstead.” Daves will teach participants how to increase visibility for their businesses, how to attract new customers, ways to diﬀerentiate their business from competitors, best practices to getting media coverage, and more. Those interested in attending can register by visiting: northhempsteadny.gov/ webinar The social media and PR workshop was designed in conjunction with Bosworth’s

Chamber of Commerce Roundtable and is part of the town’s “Lift Up Local” campaign. Since the pandemic began, the town has worked to help businesses across North Hempstead. Initiatives focused on helping to revive downtowns and small businesses include: implementing a small business spotlight, establishing dining in local parks, expanding outdoor dining options, creating a “parklet” sidewalk dining extension program, as well as facilitating street closures to help attract customers.

Town to host Messages of Kindness craft The Town of North Hempstead has announced the Plant it Forward: Messages of Kindness initiative, a meaningful craft workshop designed for children ages 5-12. Participants will be decorating rocks while learning about diﬀerent ways to be kind. “The Town’s Not In Our Town program emphasizes that North Hempstead is a place of unity and inclusion,” said North Hemstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth “This craft project helps serve as a reminder for youngsters about how important it is to join together while also recognizing, accepting, and celebrating that which makes us unique.” The craft packages will be available as to-go kits as well as at in-person events to

be held at Clark Botanic Garden in Albertson and Martin “Bunky” Reid Park in New Cassel. The in-person events will follow all social distancing guidelines and masks must be worn. Registration is required. In-person classes will be held at: Clark Botanic Garden at 193 I U Willets Road, Albertson Session 1: Friday, May 21, 2021 from 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Session 2: Friday, May 21, 2021 from 5:15 p.m. to 6 p.m. Martin “Bunky” Reid Park at Broadway Avenue and Urban Avenue (Across from the “Yes We Can” Community Center) Session 1: Thursday, May 27 from 3:45

p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Spots are limited and will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Residents can register online at: www.northhempsteadny.gov/kindnessworkshop. Attendees are asked to arrive 15 minutes prior to their session for check-in. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Those who are unable to attend in person may participate in our virtual workshop by picking up a to-go kit Monday, May 24 through Friday, May 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. from the “Yes We Can” Community Center (reception desk) at 141 Garden Street, New Cassel or Michael J. Tully Park (reception desk) at 1801 Evergreen Avenue,

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North High named county co-champs Continued from Page 3 Jay Iaquinta told Newsday. “These kids earned and deserve this.” “We’ve had this dream,” Connor told Newsday. “Most people thought it was unrealistic. We just stuck together. We kept working. And this is what happens.” Manhasset’s field hockey team also brought back hardware to the school, defeating Locust Valley 2-1 for its first county title in nearly a decade on April 21. With the score tied 1-1 with a little over eight minutes remaining in the game, Manhasset’s Lily Klimuszko scored what would be the game-winning goal against a team Manhasset had split the regular season series with. With the win, the team advanced to the Long Island Class B championship against Miller Place. Klimuszko, a sophomore, answered the call once again. After a scoreless regulation period, Klimuszko scored the game-winning goal for the second game in a row to win 1-0. “This is the highlight of my life. I tried to tell myself savor the moment and soak it all in,” she told Newsday. The Great Neck North boys soccer team also captured glory, but shared it with Garden City High School due to the pandemic’s restrictions on not hav-

ing islandwide championships. After a full regulation match and two 15-minute golden goal sessions, the match ended in a 2-2 tie. Great Neck North head coach Anton Berzins touted the success of his team going from 0-9-1 last year to 8-1-4 this year. “This season was a complete 180-degree turnaround from last year,” Berzins said in a phone interview. “We exceeded expectations, but we also dreamed of this moment since the beginning.” Berzins said his team lived by two mantras this past season. “One team, one dream, one family, one love” and “Taking souls,” an homage to retired Navy SEAL and motivational influencer David Goggins. “We all knew that we may not have been the all-around best team, the fastest team, or the strongest team, but every opponent we faced understood that we wouldn’t quit,” Berzins said. That was reflected in the team’s final game, being down 2-0 late in the game. With less than 11 minutes remaining, the Blazers of Great Neck North finally scored, matching the total amount allowed by Garden City all season long. With 27 seconds left in regulation, Ben Avakook scored what would end up being the final goal of the game. “The home fans were stunned, and our fans were screaming in disbelief,” Berzins

said. “It was a made-for-movie moment to never give up. The underdogs had leveled the playing field. We knocked them down.”

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movie moment to never give up. The underdogs had leveled the playing field. We knocked them down. Anton Berzins

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The Wheatley Wildcats’ volleyball and girls soccer teams also won their respective Nassau County Class B championships. The girls volleyball team defeated Oyster Bay in three games on April 28. After Wheatley won the first two games 25-11 and 25-23, Oyster Bay came back and took the third game 25-17. Before Oyster Bay could mount a comeback, the Wildcats won the fourth and final game 25-16. The day before, the Wildcats’ girls soccer team knocked oﬀ the previously undefeated Carle Place Frogs 1-0 to claim the Class B title. Sophomore Jennifer Thaler scored the lone goal in the match, which led the Wildcats to their eighth county championship since 2005.

Despite their storied history in county championship games over the last 15 years, Wheatley came into the match as the underdogs, facing the county’s alltime leading goal scorer in Leah Iglesias of Carle Place. “The girls showed accountability, respect and ownership all season long and I could not be prouder,” Wheatley head coach Andrew DeRuvo told Newsday. “I was really nervous because everyone kept telling me that I was playing great throughout the game,” Behar said to Newsday. “My adrenaline just kept multiplying, so it was awesome.” In late February, Michaela Palumbo, a freshman on Mineola High School’s girls bowling team, won Nassau County’s individual bowling championship following the school’s boys team capturing the team title. The 15-year-old rolled her way to a 1,236-point total in a six-game series at AMF Garden City Lanes on Feb. 23. Palumbo told Newsday she sought vengeance after the girls team lost in a bowl-oﬀ to Bellmore-Merrick in the county’s team championship three days before. “We really wanted to come out on top because [coach] Mr. [Mark] Miller has never been with a team like this before, but now that I won this, it’s kind of redemption,” Palumbo told Newsday.

“To have two freshmen go first and fourth in the county? I’m psyched,” Miller told Newsday. “I’ll tell you something — I’m going to coach the girls team until these two graduate.” On the boys’ end, Mineola captured the county championship on Feb. 20, scoring a total of 5,983 points over a six-games series at AMF Garden City Lanes. The boys championship is the first in the school’s history. Roslyn junior gymnast Shani Sirota won her second consecutive individual all-around Nassau County title with a cumulative 37.1 (out of 40) score at the individual championships in February. Sirota won three of the four individual performances each gymnast participated in, scoring a 9.625 in the vault performance, a 9.50 in the beam performance, and a 9.675 in the floor exercise. She also came in third in the bars routine, with a score of 9.275. “Shani is just such a consistent athlete,” Roslyn head coach Stephanie Orfni told Newsday. “We come into this with the mindset that we practice awesome and we’re going to have an awesome meet.” “Just the thought that this could even happen is crazy and exciting,” Sirota told Newsday. “And I was so pumped to show what I could do after this whole quarantine thing.”

Berkowitz re-elected to G.N. ed board Continued from Page 1 as you silently will now be a seat at the table, too,” she said. Glickman thanked the community for the support he received and said he hopes to provide a voice for the community to protect the future of the Great Neck school district. “I’m thrilled to have had the opportunity to do something here in Great Neck that hasn’t happened in decades,” Glickman said in a statement to Blank Slate Media. “We raised important issues for our kids and our schools, we elevated parent voices, and we got people to take more of an interest in the workings of our school district.” Berkowitz said that mending divisiveness in the community should be addressed immediately. She referred to the famed quotation from President Abra-

ham Lincoln, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” She and Glickman diﬀered on what type of leadership the school district needed and about claims that there was a lack of transparency. In previous interviews with Blank Slate Media, Berkowitz acknowledged some “hurt feelings” as a result of letters submitted by Glickman. He said his children were on the receiving end of maliciousness stirred up by the election, claiming they have received calls from members of the public. “Great Neck absolutely must return to being one community. Not for just one day, or one rally,” Berkowitz said. “We need to look around at our neighbors and realize that one thing we have in common is an intent for Great Neck to remain our homes. We owe it to ourselves and we owe it to the next generation to come

together once again, so that we all can remain proud to call Great Neck our forever home.” Berkowitz also welcomed Grant Toch to the board. Running unopposed, he received 2,521 votes to fill the vacancy left by the death of longtime Trustee Donald Ashkenase. “I know I join with my colleagues in oﬀering our assistance to [Toch] and wishing him much good luck and happiness in his new role,” she said. Eﬀorts to reach Toch for comment were unavailing. Voters also passed the district’s $252 million budget for the 2021-22 school year and the Great Neck Library’s $9.7 million budget for 2021-22. The district’s budget received 2,120 votes in favor of passing it, compared with 1,372 against. The library budget received 2,228 votes in favor and 1,142 against it.

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Great Neck Board of Education President Barbara Berkowitz was re-elected to a seat on the board on Tuesday.

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Happening at the Great Neck school district U.S. News & World Report’s “Best High Schools” North High School and South High School are featured in U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 ranking of Best High Schools, which was released on April 27. The list of Best High Schools features the top public high schools in the nation, including traditional public schools, charter schools, and magnet schools. On the list of Best High Schools, South High ranked #188 and North High ranked #444. To determine a school’s placement on this list, U.S. News evaluated nearly 24,000 high schools nationwide based on programs oﬀered for all students, graduation rates, test scores, and college readiness. U.S. News further analyzed the top 1,000 schools to determine the best 250 high schools in the nation for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). South High ranked #75 and North High ranked #181 on this list. This ranking is determined by student participation and performance on Advanced Placement science and math exams. “It is an honor that our schools continue to be recognized among the best high schools in the state and the entire country,” says Superintendent Dr. Teresa Prendergast. “This recognition reflects the accomplishments of our students, the quality of our programs, the work of our dedicated educators, and the support of our entire school community in providing outstanding educational opportunities for all students.” This report also includes high school rankings by state, and both South High (#21) and North High (#48) rank among the best schools in New York. New Parkville principal announced During the Great Neck Board of Education meeting on April 28, Board trustees voted unanimously to appoint Michelle Bell as the principal of Parkville School following the retirement of Kathleen Murray. Ms. Murray previously announced her retirement eﬀective this summer. Ms. Bell currently serves as the assistant principal of the John F. Kennedy School, a position she has held since 2018. Her career in the district spans more than 12 years, including seven years as a classroom teacher at E.M. Baker School.

Parkville School is an early childhood center that houses pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students, as well as the Fun for Fours program. When the district expanded pre-kindergarten and Fun for Fours classes to Kennedy School in 2019, Ms. Bell played a key role in developing and implementing these programs at the new location. “It is an honor and a privilege to be appointed as the next principal of Parkville School,” says Ms. Bell. “I am thrilled to remain within the Great Neck Public Schools and to be a part of this wonderful community. I am devoted to our children and will continue to advocate for, nurture, and wholeheartedly champion each one of them.” Ms. Bell earned her Advanced Certificate in Educational Leadership and her Master of Science in Educational Technology from Long Island University. She received her Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from the University of Delaware. She holds Professional Certification as a Teacher of Childhood Education, Teacher of Mathematics, and as an Educational Technology Specialist. Ms. Bell is also certified as a School Building Leader. North High recognized by state for outstanding mental health services Great Neck North High School is proud to be honored by the New York State Oﬃce of Mental Health (OMH) as a recipient of the Systems of Care Community award in the 2021 What’s Great In Our State program. This honor celebrates the positive impact of the North High Counseling Team in supporting the mental health of students and families. The Systems of Care Community award is given annually to recognize a coordinated network of cross-system partners that collaborate to achieve their vision and goals. The award-winning North High Counseling Team includes school psychologists, social workers, and guidance counselors who work together to support the academic, social, and emotional needs of the school community. Team members include: school psychologists Dr. Anton Berzins and Dr. David Cheng; school social worker Oana Scholl; guidance department head Michael Neary; and guidance counselors Jordana Cohen, Kristen Corrigan, Peter Hidasi, Amanda Reilly, Kim Semder, and Corinne Tortorice.

Additionally, the North High Counseling Team partners with Marc Fernandez and Jackeline Gomez of the Family and Children’s Association of Long Island (FCA) Family First program to provide specialized support services for English as a New Language (ENL) learners and their families. The OMH What’s Great In Our State program was established in 2010 to celebrate individuals, localities, agencies, and programs that support the mental health of children, youth, and young adults. Honorees are selected by an interagency committee made up of representatives from state child-serving agencies, mental health advocacy organizations, and family/youth-run organizations. The OMH celebrated the 2021 What’s Great In Our State honorees during a virtual event on May 4 via Zoom. Great Neck students excel on National French Exam A total of 48 high school students from the Great Neck Public Schools have been recognized for their outstanding scores on the National French Exam (Le Grand Concours), Nassau County Level. This annual competition is sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French. Winners are awarded platinum, gold, silver, bronze, or honorable mention based on their performance as compared to other students in the same grade and course level. Joanna Asvestas is the French teacher at North High, and Geraldine Finazzo is the French teacher at South High. Level 2A North High award winners: Anna Beauchesne, gold; Stephany Barbu, silver; Gabrielle Feder, silver; Jacqueline Park, silver; Brandon Tehrani, silver; and Rachel Bagim, bronze. Honorable mention: Vian Hwang, Renee Lan, Jaime Nakache, and Brandon Torkian. South High award winners: Xinyi (Angela) Wu, silver; and Audrey Huang, silver. Level 3A North High award winners: Katherine Sun, silver; Ava Assaraf, bronze. Honorable mention: Michaela Damaghi, Justin Farajollah, Sophie Frenkel, Joshua Schoenman, Eddie Wong, YoJia Hu (Anjelica Wu) Tang, and Alex Zhuang. South High award winners: David

Feuer, platinum; Cooper Brown, gold; Emma Maliar, gold; Brayden Chien, silver; Amanda Roth, silver; Samantha Zeltser, silver; Kan Heng (Martin) Lin, bronze; and Sophia Liu, bronze. Level 3E South High award winners: Joshua Rabbani, silver; and Amber Sun, silver. Level 4A North High award winners: Natasha Khazzam, gold; Julia Huang, gold; Rudy Beauchesne, silver; and Trinity Wu, silver. Honorable mention: Simon Adjakple, Cheri Chu, Jordan Park, Harrison Rich, Adin Salim, and Christopher Yang. South High award winners: Mengyu (Amy) Wu, gold; and Alexander Voses, bronze. Honorable mention: Ella Li and Robin Ren. Level 5A North High honorable mention: Adam Sanders, Joane Sarfati, and Lauren Victory. South High wins state Science Olympiad Tournament; qualifies for Nationals The South High School Science Olympiad team came in first place at the New York State Science Olympiad Tournament, earning their first state championship title. The team will advance to the National Science Olympiad Tournament on May 22. A total of 68 teams from across New York participated in the state tournament, which was conducted virtually on April 10. The competition featured 15 diﬀerent challenges that require knowledge and skills in anatomy and physiology, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, environmental science, forensics, fossils, physics, oceanography, ornithology, technology, and more. In addition to team points, medals were awarded to the top competitors in each challenge. The South High team members received medals in 14 out of the 15 events, and placed in the top three in 11 events. Members of the South High Science Olympiad team are: Bradley He (president), Matthew Tsui (vice president),Jeremy Kotlyar, Jonathan Lee, Kira Nguyen, Amit Saha, Amber Sun, Emily Tsui, Nicholas Tung, Jansen Wong, David Wang, Anthony Zhan, and Richard Zhuang. South High science teachers Nicole Spinelli and Dr. James Truglio are co-advisors for the team.

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Opinion

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Equality for all public schoolers

assau voters are going to the polls in all but Great Neck next week to decide on school budgets and trustee races, some of which have been hotly contested. This is as it should be given the stakes. School budgets represent about two-thirds of the property taxes that residents pay, which is to say more than double Nassau County, the Town of North Hempstead and special districts combined. In fact, the budget for the Great Neck school district, which held its elections a week early this year due to a Jewish holiday, is more than $252 million — more than double the North Hempstead general fund and town outside village fund, which totals $110 million. This is no anomaly. The budgets of seven other area school districts also exceed North Hempstead’s general fund and outside village fund. The ranking and perception of school districts are also a primary driver of the value of homes – often the No. 1 asset owned by residents. The value of two identical homes in two diﬀerent school districts can vary greatly based on a single factor – the quality of the school district. And then there are the students. The schools that children attend will shape the rest of their lives, providing them – or not – with the knowledge and skills they need to compete in the 21st century, determining whether they go to college, which colleges they get into, what jobs they land when they graduate and the people they become.

So no matter the school district, people who sit on school boards and those who run for school boards deserve the thanks of the community for sacrificing their time and effort to help ensure the best outcome for the district’s students. And on the North Shore, school board members have been doing generally a very good job. Thirteen North Shore schools were among the 20 on Long Island that ranked among the nation’s 1,000 best in a recently released U.S. News and World Report’s annual list. This is not entirely unexpected. North Shore taxpayers support schools with among the highest cost-per-student in the country. So perhaps this is a matter of getting what we pay for. We in no way mean to diminish the hard work of school board members or school administration nor even suggest that they work any less hard, but there is one problem with public school education in Nassau County and across the country – it is unfair. Rather than leveling the playing field, schools in Nassau County tilt the field toward children coming from more affluent families and against those coming from less affluent families, many of whom are Black and brown. This begins with a reliance on property taxes to finance school districts. Even with state aid evening the funding difference, Great Neck will spend its $252 million on about 6,600 students – about $37,000 per student – while neighboring Sewanhaka will spend a little more than $216 million on 8,145 students – about $26,000 per student.

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Now it is fair to ask if Great Neck, or any other North Shore school district, is getting the best bang for the dollar. Great Neck’s two high schools were ranked third and ninth in Nassau County below school districts that spent less per student. But not as low as Sewanhaka. It is also fair to question using a cost per student without considering factors such as the number of students attending private schools for which public schools must cover the cost of things like transportation. For this, we would like schools to develop a report similar to the earnings reports used by businesses that show earnings before interest, taxes and amortizations known as EBITA. Still, there is no way that using a school version of EBITA would significantly narrow the diﬀerence of $10,000 in spending between adjacent public school systems. And that is without considering the number of English as a second-language students in a district, the ability of parents to provide outside tutors and the time parents have to spend helping REPORTERS Rose Weldon, Robert Pelaez

their children. Clearly, public education does not mean equal education in Nassau County. The state’s so-called tax cap further hampers school districts that spend less per student by requiring districts seeking to exceed a 2 percent increase in property taxes to get 60 percent of the budget vote – rather than the usual 50 percent. This is to school districts what the filibuster is to the U.S. Senate – an anti-democratic device intended to thwart majority rule. For a district that spends less per student than a neighboring district, it means eliminating the slim chance it might have of ever getting closer to the district that spends more. The state should immediately eliminate the tax cap on districts whose spending per student falls below a certain level, say $30,000. But that would not be enough. The only way to bridge the diﬀerence is with state aid. The state under Gov. Andrew Cuomo has in recent years increased state aid to bridge the gap between districts.

But not enough to get Sewanhaka any closer than $10,000 a student to Great Neck. And some districts, including two on Long Island, have threatened suits saying the state was failing to meet the minimal standard for a decent education under the state Constitution. The new state budget, passed by a Democratic-controlled state Legislature and approved by a politically weakened Cuomo, does provide additional “foundation” aid to less aﬄuent districts. Many Nassau residents complain about taxes on Long Island, but not enough to vote against school budgets that account for two-thirds of their tax bills. This can be explained by the money going to something they value greatly – their children – as well as the children of their neighbors, many of whom are very similar to them in a county among the most segregated in the country. For this to change, for the system to operate more fairly, taxpayers in higher spending districts would need to treat children in lower spending school districts more like their own children.

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KREMER’S CORNER

Biden’s first 100 days in office too big a lift?

here is no doubt that I am a partisan. Using that term means I am a Democrat and I prefer my party to the current Republican Party. But being a party supporter shouldn’t prevent you from being objective about your leaders and their actions. President Joe Biden’s 100-day period of governance is over and I am giving him a B for his performance. Joe Biden took oﬃce at the worst possible time. The nation was still in the midst of a Covid crisis. There was no plan for the distribution of vaccines and the federal government was short on all of the essential items that were needed to continue the fight. The Jan. 6 insurrection had further divided an already divided country. And to add to the national misery, thousands were waiting at the southern border, anxious to live the American dream. In a few short weeks, the new administration produced a comprehensive plan to distribute vaccines as quickly as possible. That plan was bril-

liant and it enabled the president to meet his goal of at least 100 million vaccinations in 100 days. It was so efficient, that the president was able to up that number to 200 million. The next step for the president was to get more money into the hands of struggling Americans. He pushed through a $1.9 trillion economic recovery plan, which put $1,400 into the hands of millions of suffering citizens. In addition, the plan provided new dollars for families with children. Despite mindless opposition from the Republicans, the package was passed along party lines. Within days after President Biden took office, officials at the U.S. border in Mexico reported that a deluge of children and adults were banging at our door, seeking admission to our country. Up to the time the Biden administration took office, the only plan of the Trump administration was to erect a high wall to keep people out. There were insufficient personnel and few facilities to house the new arrivals.

JERRY KREMER Kremer’s Corner

Now, three months later, the number of children waiting for processing has dropped from 20,000 to approximately 5,000 children. Cases are being put through the system much faster and over 20 new facilities have been created with abundant health and security staff. The proof that the Biden plan is working is that there are no more site visits from elected Republican officials, seeking to politicize the issue. To add to the success, efforts to unite children with their parents are starting to work with happy

results. As part of his eﬀorts to get his program through Congress, the President has begun traveling to various states promoting infrastructure funding. His poll numbers are great and he has even convinced a large number of Republicans that he is doing a good job. Unlike the first round of money for the unemployed and the needy families, this package of benefits will be much harder to sell. There is no question that the country is hungry for fresh dollars to fix up its weakened bridges, archaic road systems and dangerous water supply systems. In addition, I can attest to the fact that programs for children such as pre-kindergarten work. In addition, there is a desperate need for getting broadband access in rural communities throughout the country. I disagree with Republicans who claim that infrastructure money should just be for traditional construction projects. Today’s definition of infrastructure is much broader than the one we used 50 years ago.

I believe that the multiple Biden proposals for the Congress to consider may be too much for any member to digest and support. There are so many terrific ideas in the packages. Fighting child poverty, tackling global warming, job creation and uplifting the middle class are spectacular ideas but the cost of doing all of these things at once could diminish public support. The voters want change and that is what they voted for, but the size of the packages could diminish public support. Which leads me to his tax proposals to pay for the many new ideas. I don’t believe that all people making over $400,000 a year are rich. I think raising the capital gains tax is a good idea, but not doubling it. I think making hedge funds pay more than 15 percent on their income is brilliant. But the tax package overall is too big to swallow. The next election in 2022 will decide control of both houses. Doing too much at one time could be fatal for the Democrats.

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

I learned everything I needed from my toddlers

thought I had learned it all before becoming a mother. Living and working in Manhattan, I had learned how to catch a cab to the airport (hide the suitcase), how to tip in a restaurant (double the tax), and how to get uptown the fastest (take a subway). I even learned how to negotiate with the IRS (you don’t). Working mostly in television, I had mastered such arcane tricks of the trade as how to buy coﬀees for 12 (get separate milk) and how long it would really take to set up a shot (till lunch). But as it turned out, I knew nothing of any importance; nothing that would help me with my new career of being somebody’s Mommy. All my old skills were about as useful as scuba gear in the desert, and it took me quite a while to acquire new ones. First, I learned to notice things. One rainy day instead of going for a walk, I sat with my

toddler at the picture window. After the trash truck went by, I started to turn away. It’s embarrassing, having an attention span shorter than your 2-yearold’s, but after all, what else was there to see? But he cried, so I stayed a little longer. And was forced to notice: one bird flying away. Another one flying back. Waited longer still and finally realized there was a nest in the lilac bush, and the parent birds were probably feeding babies. A robin’s nest in front of my own picture window, and I had never noticed it. But my toddler had. After the rain, we went for a walk. But we had to keep stopping to look at every crack in the sidewalk. “Come ON, sweetie, you wanted to walk!” “Ants!” And not just one — a swarm of them. “Up a tree!” Sure enough, big black ants were marching up and down the trunk of our oak tree. Carpenter ants! Probably ought

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A Look on the Lighter Side to call someone and have that dealt with—before the tree fell on the house. We’re stopped again. “It’s a brick wall, honey. Made of bricks.” Lordy, I thought to myself, how many times can we look at the same brick wall? But my child smiled and pointed. “Piano!” he said. And, indeed, with just a little imagination, the top-of-the-wall pattern, with one brick flat and

then one on edge, did look like a sort of piano keyboard. From bricks and bushes, we graduated to my son’s first big passion: cars and trucks. B.C. — Before Children — all I knew about a car was its color. If pressed, I could probably tell the diﬀerence between a sedan and a station wagon. After I became a parent, if God forbid we were in an accident, I realized we could count on my child to tell the police all about whatever hit us. At 27 months, he could tell a Honda from a Volvo, and that’s not because he could read. I pulled into a station one time to get gas, and he looked across at the other car and said “Cadillac!” “Honey, that’s a big car,” I replied, “but I’m not sure it’s a Cadillac.” Of course, it was. I had to learn things myself to keep up. Take, for example, what I learned about the World of Trucks (with help from Richard Scarry’s classic, “Cars and Trucks and Things That Go”) Al-

ways before to me trucks were just an annoyance: something to avoid being stuck behind or next to. Something tying up traﬃc when they worked in the street. Something that I, in my smaller car, couldn’t see past. Suddenly, I was grateful whenever we were stuck in traﬃc next to a truck, because there was always something to notice and comment about. Who knew, for example, that semis carried their spare tires underneath in a sort of sling? I do now. Or that they have their gas tanks under the cab, often with the steps up right on top of them? I’ll bet I learned more about trucks than anyone who wasn’t a truck driver—or a toddler’s mom. Most of all, I learned that there is always more to notice and learn about everything if only you keep your eyes — and your mind — open. And it doesn’t hurt to let a toddler lead the way.

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E A R T H M AT T E R S

Improve the environment. Fight food waste

e waste a lot of food in this country and around the world. There is waste at every stage of food production, starting from when it is harvested, and ending with when we clear our plates at the end of a meal. Studies indicate that roughly 30 percent of all food grown, harvested, and distributed globally is lost or wasted. Food loss and waste aﬀect food supply chains by lowering income for food producers, increasing costs for food consumers, and reducing access to food. Around the world, nearly one billion people do not get enough food to eat. All the food produced but never eaten would be suﬃcient to feed 2 billion people — more than twice the number of undernourished people across the globe. In addition to the impact food waste has on food cost, food availability, and incomes derived from food production, it also has a significant impact on our environment. Estimates suggest that 8-10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions are associated with food that is not consumed. The emissions come from the processing, packaging, transport,

and disposal of food. These climate change causing emissions negatively impact our ability to grow food by changing weather patterns like rainfall and by causing floods and droughts. Additionally, whole ecosystems needed to pollinate plants are disrupted, further jeopardizing global food systems. Addressing food waste is a global priority that we can support locally.Food loss and waste is one of the areas where individual action truly can make a diﬀerence. It is an easy thing to reduce food waste in your own home. Focus on only buying what you will use before it goes bad; only serve what will be eaten; use leftovers for another meal; and, of course, compost any food scraps that can be composted and not used for leftovers. Now you can also help reduce food waste outside your home through the anti-food waste app, Too Good To Go. According to their website, Too Good To Go is on a mission to change the amount of food worldwide that goes to waste and to reduce the associated greenhouse gas emissions. They are doing this through an app that allows you to save surplus food from local stores and res-

LYNN CAPUANO Earth Matters taurants. Over 37 million people are using the app and have saved nearly 72 million meals since 2016. The app allows you to search your area, and within 2, 3, 5, 10 or 20 miles of your location, for any restaurants or stores oﬀering severely discounted meals for pick up that day or the next day. The meals are a surprise and consist of whatever food is surplus for the restaurant or store that day. You can advise the store or restaurant of any allergies you have to ensure your surprise bag does not contain items you cannot eat. You pay $3.99-$5.99 for what normally costs $12, $15 or more. It is an amazing deal

and you’re doing something consequential besides.Unfortunately, for those of us living on Long Island, there are very few businesses participating, so our choices are limited and often a 30 minute or more drive away. We need to change this. Here is what we each can do right now to address the problem of food loss and waste in our communities. 1. Download the app Too Good To Go2. If you are in an area where local stores and restaurants are participating, start reserving surprise bags for yourself 3. Whether there are stores or restaurants local to you already participating or not, use the app to recommend a store or restaurant to Too Good To Go. To do this, select the More option at the bottom of the screen. This brings up a choice to open the “Help Center.” Select Help Center and then select Join Too Good To Go. Then you will see the first choice, “I know a store that should join Too Good To Go.” By selecting that you are brough to a screen where you can recommend a store by typing it in the message box. Too Good To Go will contact the store or restaurant about joining. I suggest you let the store or restaurant know

that you made the recommendation and encourage them to use the app to request to join To Good To Go (directions below). 4. Talk to the managers or owners of your favorite stores and restaurants and encourage them to join Too Good To Go. They can do so by first downloading the app and selecting More at the bottom of the screen. They then should select Help Center and then select Join Too Good To Go. From there, select the second choice, I own a store and I would like to join Too Good To Go. This choice will take a store through a series of questions to join Too Good To Go. It is a pretty simple way to make a tremendous diﬀerence. More information is available at https://toogoodtogo.org/en/. Please check out the website and download the app for yourself. We gave it a try recently and got 6 slices of gourmet pizza for $4.99 from Pizzabar 141 in Woodbury. It was delicious and what a bargain! Unfortunately, the restaurant is 25 minutes away so doing that regularly is not realistic. But I’ll be recommending restaurants and stores and telling all my favorite places about this fantastic opportunity to reduce food waste and loss.

THE BACK ROAD

A ‘shadow world’ of silent complicity

s far back as I can recall I have been drawn to film noir and the dark mood and pervasive sense of menace that embody such films. The “Why?” of the attraction was once a mystery to me. In my earliest years I lived with my family in a second-floor flat in Newark, NJ. I remember the day when the young woman who lived on and oﬀ with her parents on the first floor died. The news of her death was followed by her mother’s recurrent screams. The story I was told years later was that she leapt from a building. When the man who lived alone in a third-floor flat next door took his life, I heard no screams, only whispering and muﬄed tones about a “puddle of blood” and a gun after he was discovered in his flat by my father.

I was too young to fully understand any of this – the screams, whispering and muffled tones. There was rarely straightforward talk. I was left to my fear and imagination. I wondered what was next. Years later my mother told me that I was given no middle name so she could avoid naming me after her cousin who had been murdered shortly before my birth. Her cousin’s mother had made that request. Telling her aunt that she had not planned on me having a middle name, was my mom’s way of avoiding conflict. What persisted throughout my childhood was the secretive nature of adult communication that surrounded events like these and others. I also became accustomed to adults in my life switching languages from English to Yiddish when they wanted to keep me in the dark.

ANDREW MALEKOFF The Back Road

A shadow world seemed to exist outside of my conscious life. The only aﬃrmation I had for this was from what I observed in certain televised black and white movies. Film noir is characterized, in part, by a sense of impending doom. Watching these films as a child felt taboo – like I should not be watching them. Which, I sup-

pose, was part of the draw. One such film lingered in my memory for decades, but only in disturbing fragments. The title eluded me until some years after the advent of the Internet. One day when an image came to mind, I typed some variations of keywords on my laptop. After a few tries I found it – “The Phenix City Story.” The only familiar name of an actor in the film’s cast was Richard Kiley, who won a Tony for the Broadway production of Man of La Mancha. Fun fact: he was also the first person to record “Dream the Impossible Dream.” My Google search led me to Rotten Tomatoes and then Amazon, where I purchased the DVD. RT gave the film 100 percent fresh rating. The thumbnail sketch in RT described the film as “the real-life 1954 assassination of Albert Patterson, who had just been nominated

as the Democratic candidate for Alabama attorney general on a platform of cleaning up Phenix City, a city controlled by organized crime.” Kiley played his son John, who was later elected governor of Alabama as a liberal democrat and segregationist. I also came across a Sept. 3, 1955 New York Times review by movie critic Bosley Crowther that was published just after the movie’s debut. He wrote that the film “exposes the raw tissue of corruption and terrorism in an American city [and] the shrewd chicanery of evil men, the callousness and baseness of their puppets and the dread and silence of local citizens.” What haunts me today as “The Phenix City Story” did then, is the dread surrounding the January 6th insurrection and the silent complicity of so many Americans.

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VIEW POINT

Biden’s climate action beneficial for nation

h, the horror! American life might be “transformed” by actions to stop carbon emissions that threaten civilization as we know it! So cars would be powered by electricity instead of gasoline; homes would be more eﬃcient but we would still have homes, even private homes; LED bulbs replace incandescent but we still have light. Instead of people slaving in coal mines with nothing to show for it but Black Lung disease, they would have jobs manufacturing, installing, maintaining wind turbines, solar panels, the grid and all the other technology that supports clean, renewable energy instead of dirty, polluting, increasingly scarce and expensive fossil fuels. Electricity would be generated by solar, wind, hydropower,

geothermal – clean, renewable, essentially free, ubiquitous resources — much like the beforetimes, pre-Industrial Revolution. I’m still trying to figure out what is scary about the “transformation” except it would free us from the tyranny of greedy oil and gas producers, liberate us from centralized control, both figuratively and literally, as people are able to generate their own power, even selling it back to the utility company, and freeing us from reliance on cartels, foreign and domestic. We wouldn’t be setting oﬀ thousands of earthquakes and polluting groundwater with mysterious chemical cocktails, or unleash climate-warming methane into the air by fracking. And communities and the entire economy would be less vulnerable to a ransomware attack

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on a single oil pipeline company that supplies 45 percent of the East Coast gasoline, or a single utility, because power generation would be decentralized. That’s what this is about – power and money. When the American Petroleum Institute lobbyist testified to a House commit-

tee on whether to end subsidies for some of the most profitable companies in human history, he claimed that 75,000 direct jobs might be impacted and people’s gas and heating fuel costs might rise. But he neglected to mention that the cost of clean, renewable energy is now comparable, even cheaper and trending down, versus the inevitable rising cost of fossil fuels, not just because they are a finite resource ever more expensive to extract, but because of the associated costs to health and the environment which should also be factored in to consumers’ cost of heating a home or filling the gas tank. He neglected to mention that renewable energy industries already employ 3 million (fastest-growing category) and will employ millions more to manu-

facture, install and maintain wind turbines, solar panels, transmission lines for the grid, EV charging stations and retrofit buildings, versus the piddling 1.1 million employed in oil and gas. He also neglected to mention why the Republican Congressmen were such sycophants to Big Oil: Answer: the five largest companies spend $200 million a year lobbying just to block climate action.) Clean energy jobs can be in the same communities where coal mines are closing and power plants are converting. But as for uprooting people to go where the new jobs are, millions are already being forced from their homes by climate catastrophes – superstorms, wildfires, drought, flood, and rising sea level, insect infestations. Continued on Page 44

OUR TOWN

‘Oh the places our graduates will go!’

raduation day has finally arrived and as the song goes “no more homework, no more books, no more teachers’ dirty looks.” It is a time of celebration for having successfully negotiated all those calculus, physics and English classes. The newly graduated put on cap and gown, receive the diploma, toss their caps into the air and go out for the traditional graduation dinner. During graduation dinners there may be a conversation about what’s next. Whether the next step is college, graduate school or a job, the new graduate is typically filled with relief that the past is done with and turn towards the future with hope, optimism, curiosity and fear. The Dr. Seuss classic “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” contains a wonderful commencement message for the young graduates that the future will be filled with triumph and tragedy put that things turn out well in the end. This is largely true and why the graduation day rituals are so important. Education is geared toward learning practical skills and gives the student an orientation towards the culture and the world they live in. It is largely geared towards the external surface of the world. But there is another deeply internal process has been taking place all during the school years

and it works as follows. Our identities are formed in the home setting and based upon the way our parents behavior and our birth order. We may be an only child, the oldest sibling, a middle child, a twin, a triplet or may have been adopted. As children we are small and merely one among many and so we feel inferior, small and weak. That by the sway is Alfred Adler’s theory of child development. Adler was one of the founding fathers of psychoanalysis and he gave us the concepts of inferiority complex, superiority complex and over compensation. As an example, an adopted child will often lack trust, an only child may become spoiled and lazy, the oldest sibling will be dethroned and the middle children will be ignored. All children wind up feeling rather small and insignificant. We enter school with this embattled identity and we begin the process of overcompensation by converting our inferiority complex into superiority. Throughout schooling, all children embark on a journey to transcend their sense of inferiority and to prove to the world that they are superior, special and worth something. This is why those who were most severely ignored or neglected have a huge chip on their shoulder. Eldrick Tont Woods was a shy stutterer and converted himself into an athlete that the world

DR. TOM FERRARO Our Town

knows as Tiger. Richard Nixon grew up poor and filled with shame and became a scholar and later a president. l Bill Clinton’s natural father died before Bill was born and his mother put him in the care of his grandparents for a while and then she married an abusive alcoholic. And out of this mess Bill Clinton grew up to be a great musician and a Rhodes Scholar, studying at Oxford after Georgetown University. After that he ran for oﬃce and became our president. These are three interesting cases of early childhood deprivation followed by overcompensation and great success. We use school not only to learn about the world but also to prove to the world that we are worth something. But you will notice that these three stories all seemed to end badly. The end of Tiger Wood’s career has been marred by scan-

dal, injury and drug abuse. Richard Nixon left oﬃce in shame and the Watergate scandal. Bill Clinton was also shamed and embarrassed by impeachment as he tried to talk his way out of the Monica Lewinski aﬀair. All three cases show that one may overcompensation for a lowly beginning but in the end the past seems to catch up to you. We call this the internal saboteur or the shadow of the past which has lain in wait all those years and like a monster from a horror movie jumps out to destroy you when you think you have finally escaped it.. As the saying goes “You may be through with the past but the past ain’t through

with you.”Graduation day with the imprimatur of a degree is a wonderful thing indeed! As Dr. Seuss would say “Oh the places you’ll go!There is fun to be done!There are points to be scoredThere are games to be won.” tojmoAnd as you accumulate all those degrees, trophies, money, homes and other signs of success make sure you spend time appreciating the fact that it was you all along who succeeded in this way. Realize that when you arrive in a good place, you really do deserve all the applause you are hearing. It was you all along that was superior rather than inferior.

"You have brains in your head! You have feet in your shoes! You can steer yourself any direction you choose!"

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READERS WRITE

Gun-carry permits imperil public health

t is horrifying to think that there are those like Jeﬀrey Wiesenfeld who are bemoaning the lack of issuing gun carry permits. Whether it be open-carry or concealed carry permits, they still involve lethal weapons. Gun possession can lead to increased crime, a homicide or accidental death.

A study by The American Journal of Public Health concluded that an individual carrying a gun for self-defense was more likely to be shot during an assault compared to those who did not have a firearm. Criminals carry guns more often if they think someone else is armed. I do not negate police brutality, partic-

ularly as it applies to the black community. However, we cannot group the police into one category. Like anything else, there are good and bad. Gun possession is a moral issue besides a political, legislative and health issue. The notion that guns are necessary is morally wrong. We are human beings

and the messages of fear, a “dog-eat-dog” practice should not be indicative of human behavior. Why not change those messages of firearm defense into ones of emphasizing non-violent Lois A. Schaﬀer Great Neck

MTA, fix the East River tunnels first

he Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s recently announced new $10 billion Penn Station Reconstruction Master Plan missed other critical issues that are a higher priority for commuters. The project fails to add any new track or platform capacity for Amtrak, New Jersey Transit, Long Island Rail Road or future

Metro North Rail Road service. It does nothing to deal with periodic service disruptions due to storm and signal problems in the East River Tunnels. These problems periodically also occur between the Tunnel Portals and Harold Interlockings west of the Woodside Station. It does not resolve approval of a specific implementation plan with Amtrak to

fix critical East River tunnel damage from Superstorm Sandy in 2012. Any new funding would be better spent reopening the old Hilton Passageway,also known as the Gimbels Corridor (indoor connection from Penn Station to the Herald Square subway ramp; PATH complex) along with long overdue repairs to the Portal Bridge, East River and Hudson River Tun-

nels. Improvements supporting safety and reliability of service should come first. Larry Penner Great Neck Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked 31 years for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Oﬃce.

The tears of a crown; a tax grievance tale

ome years ago, I attended a tax grievance seminar, hosted by Legislator Ellen Birnbaum. When the representative from the Assessor finished her tutorial, a woman sitting behind me raised her hand to ask a question. She looked disheveled. Her clothes looked like they hadn’t been cleaned or pressed in a long time and her general appearance was somewhat unkempt. She was complaining that her tax rates had gone up sharply since younger families with money to spend were transforming her New Hyde Park neighborhood into a neighborhood of heavily stuccoed McMansions. The assessor told her not to worry: the higher property value would serve her well when she sold her house, and she would get more money for it. Except there was one problem: she had no intention of uprooting herself. I assumed the woman was widowed since she was by herself and of a certain age. Chances are, she had lived here for decades, sent her kids to school here, and this is the only community she knows. All that is familiar to her is here. And she was being driven to desperation.

Personally, I was appalled by the cavalier attitude of the County employee, who revealed in one sentence what they really think of you: they can toss you away like a used Kleenex. Let’s reprise recent quotes from this newspaper: From a Republican, April 19: “The Empire Center for Public Policy, concluded: “The financial incentive for high earners to move themselves and their businesses from New York to states with low or no income taxes has never ever been higher than it already is.” From a self described “progressive,” April 5th:“The gap between the rich and the poor is obscene and getting worse, but it’s the federal government which should be closing the wealth gap, not the states. When states like New York attempt to foster income equity with higher taxes, rich residents just leave. Any NYS Legislator who doesn’t get this is myopic and the capital drain from New York will only accelerate with higher state tax proposals.” Both of these writers did a stint at NIFA, the Nassau Infinite Failure Association. And

the logic of their argument? Pray tell, how is someone who is likely paying north of $30,000 a year in local taxes incentivized to move over these paltry state tax increases? You can see from both of these comments what informs the culture of our political leadership: the privileged must be served before all others. Not because our survival depends on it. Theirs does. And for the residents unaﬀected by these tax hikes? They have never been given a moment of concern. They’ve been getting squeezed for decades. You have one purpose as long as you live here, or as one CSEA member once told me, “pay your taxes, you puke.” Imagine the gall: You’ve endured a kleptocracy that has driven, over time, literally hundreds of thousands of families oﬀ Long Island, and yet, despite this decades long mass exodus, not one word of complaint. Now here they are, hat in hand, begging billionaires not to pull up stakes. Everyone else? “See ya!” In the meantime, they can trade voter bloc support for hundreds of millions in ad-

ditional tax liabilities. They can order up payroll padding, police precincts, carve out ghettoized school districts while putting up “Not In Our Town” signs. They can do anything they want, while they point the finger of blame at everyone else. But accountability to the majority of taxpayers, and call attention to the most punishingshare of local taxation to those who really feel it? Crickets. For pity’s sake people, please, please, please don’t do anything to oﬀend the delicacy of the 1%! Why, they might be “forced” to move, and one of them is easily worth at least 100 of you! But they won’t move. Why? Unlike that widow, they can aﬀord to stay. And if they think they’re being abused because they’re funding too much of the profligacy they enabled thanks to a warped tax code, maybe these wise men of public policy can try considering other options. They can start by undoing the damage they created here. Donald Davret Roslyn

Re-elect Port Washington ed board incumbents

am writing to support Nora Johnson, Larry Greenstein and Elizabeth Weisburd for school board and urge you to vote yes for the budget on May 18. The past year plus has been an unprecedented time for all of us, and the crisis for the school district is not over. Port Washington needs experienced individuals that know the job and want it for the right reasons. It is very easy for candidates to have ideas or make promises about things that

they don’t take the time to understand. It is dangerous, however, for voters to believe things just because people say them. We need to pay attention and understand the facts from the fiction. Port Washington needs a Board of Education that reflects its community because the entire community has a say in our schools, not just the parents of younger children. We need the global perspective that is only attained by parenting children through

our district and beyond. We need representation of all of our parents because the view from the other side is a lot diﬀerent than the view from within it, and they are both of great value. We need a balance with our seven trustees, and we need the balance so they can govern properly considering all of those perspectives. We need trustees with experience in this role and people that are doing it for the right reasons. We need to know that

while every decision made may not be the most popular, it will be for the right reasons: based on the best information and the recommendations from our professionals. Board trustees are elected to govern, not manage. Port Washington still needs Nora Johnson, Larry Greenstein and Elizabeth Weisburd. Don’t forget to vote on May 18. Karen Sloan Port Washington

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Community meet on New Cassel ‘renaissance’ North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Council Member Viviana Russell and the New Cassel Steering Committee invite residents and business owners to participate in a virtual and online community meeting to learn about the Brownfields program grant project in New Cassel on Tuesday, May 18 at 7 p.m. The town was awarded a United States Environmental Protection Agency Community-Wide Assessment Grant. The EPA’s Brownfields Program provides assistance to help assess, safely clean up and reuse contaminated properties. This

enables properties to be revitalized and put back into use. North Hempstead is reaching out to the community to get their input to help guide current and future work in the area. “We appreciate the EPA awarding us this grant. This project is a huge benefit to the community of New Cassel and the revitalization of the area,” said Supervisor Bosworth. “Input from our community including residents and business owners alike will help us fulfill the community’s vision for enhancing properties while creating a more attractive, walk-

able, and livable New Cassel.” “We hope that New Cassel will join us and provide us with their thoughts on what they hope to see for the community,” said Council Member Russell. “Our goal is to take your feedback and incorporate it as we embark on the next steps of this project.” Those interested in attending can visit: www.northhempsteadny.gov/NewCassel-2021 to register. For those unable to attend on that date, a recording of the program will be made available for viewing.

This meeting will involve a presentation and the opportunity to provide feedback on potential properties and possible future uses. The session will culminate with an online survey to help formalize results. The online survey will be open until June 30 to allow residents ample time to share their thoughts and ideas. Those interested in providing their feedback and viewing informational materials may do so by visiting the previous link or clicking on the following QR code to complete the online survey in either English, Spanish or Haitian Creole.

Town aiding Island Harvest with food drive

Town officials join Island Harvest for their Spring Harvest Food Collection event.

Town of North Hempstead Council Members Viviana Russell, Peter Zuckerman, Mariann Dalimonte along with Town Clerk Wayne Wink joined with other elected oﬃcials and representatives from Island Harvest for Island Harvest’s inaugural Spring Harvest Food Collection event on April 30 at North Hempstead Beach Park. The event was part of a twoweek campaign to collect food for those impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Non-perishable goods were collected to help end food insecurity on Long Island. Town oﬃcials are continuing to partner with Island Harvest by accepting donations through May 10 at the Town Clerk’s office at 200 Plandome Road in Manhasset. “There has been an estimated 47 percent increase in food insecurity across Long Island in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and that is truly heartbreaking,” stated Town Clerk Wayne Wink. “No family should have to worry about where their next

meal is coming from. We must do our part the help those in need.” Additionally, the Town is continuing to encourage residents to upcoming Town events to bring non-perishable/canned foods as part of North Hempstead’s donation drive. “In addition to the donation box in the Clerk’s oﬃce, we are going to have boxes at our upcoming drive-in movies, concerts, and fireworks show,” said Supervisor Judi Bosworth. “When coming to enjoy a fun and safe night out, we hope attendees will also give back to the community by making a contribution to our food drive.” Founded in 1992, Island Harvest Food Bank is a member of Feeding America, the nation’s largest hunger-relief organization, with a four-star rating from Charity Navigator. We distribute fresh produce, meat and nonperishables throughout Long Island and assist thousands of Long Islanders daily through our innovative programming and network of community partners.

N. Hempstead offers rebates for native plants North Hempstead, NY – Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the Town Board are proud to announce a pilot rebate program designed to encourage residents to purchase native plants to replace lawns and existing garden spaces. The town received $5,600 from the Nassau County Soil and Water Conservation District and will be oﬀering eligible residents up to $500 per household for the purchase of native plants. “We are proud to partner with the Nassau County Soil and Water Conservation District,” said North Hempstead Supervisor Bosworth. “We are so grateful for their continued support and advocacy for our local environment. By participat-

ing in this innovative rebate program, our residents will have the opportunity to play an important role in protecting and preserving local habitats while also making our environment more resilient for future generations.” Native plant gardens and rain gardens have a multitude of environmental benefits. They provide food, shelter, and nesting resources for pollinators, of which many species are in decline, as well as birds, small mammals, and a variety of wildlife species. They also have extensive root systems that absorb polluted stormwater, can take in carbon dioxide and other air pollutants, have low maintenance requirements, do not need fertilizer, and

are drought tolerant once established. To qualify, residents will be required to complete an application that includes information about their proposed garden location, their estimated budget, native plant species chosen, proposed garden size, photo(s) of proposed planting location, and a basic garden layout prior to starting their projects. Other supplies needed to create the garden as well as delivery fees and taxes are not reimbursable. For smaller areas, residents do not need to apply for the entire $500 rebate, however, the minimum garden size is 50 square feet. Gardens will only be comprised of plants native to New York along with some

select naturalized plants. Residents will be provided with educational resources from the town, the Nassau County Soil and Water Conservation District, and the Long Island Native Plant Initiative to assist with the creation of the new native plant and rain gardens. These resources include a list of native plants that are reimbursable, design and maintenance information for native plant gardens, and basic design templates for various garden conditions. Funding is limited and applications that meet the requirements will be accepted on first-come-first-served basis. For more information and details on how to apply, please call 311 or visit www.northhempsteadny.gov/sustainability.

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WARHOL EXHIBIT AT NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM Nobody since Picasso has meant more to the course of art history than Andy Warhol (1928-1987). Andy Warhol Portfolios: A Life in Pop | Works from the Bank of America Collection, a vibrant and important exhibition that includes his signature icons from his earliest paintings to his innovations in silkscreen printing, is on view at the Nassau County Art Museum. The collection features the most famous images in Pop art, from the Campbell’s soup can and Marilyn Monroe, pioneering works made in the 1960s, to the late, great Vesuvius series, made just two years before his death in February 1987. One landmark museum show gathers masterworks from his early experimentations with the silkscreen process through the peak of his fame, on loan through the Bank of America Art in our Communities® program, and will reach a Long Island audience, including thousands of schoolchildren in local districts, who have never before had a local museum show dedicated to Andy Warhol. As Angela S. Anton, president of the Museum’s board of trustees, comments, “We are absolutely thrilled to partner with the Bank of America, a longtime generous supporter of our education and exhibition eﬀorts, on this fabulous show.” Warhol’s appeal is uniquely universal. He is as popular with the public as he is with scholars (who elevate him to the status of the philosopher through his “transfigurations of the commonplace”). He seized the powerful tools of media and advertising right then in his own moment and, with an artistic alchemy that never fails to astonish, he returned the Campbell’s soup can to the supermarket aisle with the new aura of an artistic masterpiece. Andy Warhol, Campbell’s Soup II: New England Clam Chowder, 1969, screenprint on paper, 13/250 Courtesy of the Bank of America Collection and the Bank of America Art in our Communi-

ties Program © 2021 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Andy Warhol, Campbell’s Soup II: New England Clam Chowder, 1969, screenprint on paper, 13/250 Courtesy of the Bank of America Collection and the Bank of America Art in our Communities Program © 2021 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Publicity shots of celebrities, including Muhammad Ali and Albert Einstein, radiate the colorful energy of icons. As wildly popular as he is worldwide, there was always something essentially American about the achievement of this na-

tive of Pittsburgh, making the round trip between low and high, or between the remote and the ordinary (Space Fruit is a fantastic example of how he managed this in one work). This show, which will oﬀer valuable lessons for thousands of school children as well as the general public, oﬀers an historically important opportunity to teach a new generation about the importance of Warhol, and to open those who may be familiar with many of his works to a brand-new interpretation of a familiar figure. Even in person, Andy Warhol was an otherworldly presence whose rapid-fire production and mass-media ubiquity left an impression of distance, the way the

celebrities he portrayed seemed to come from another world. This air of mystery pervades one of the most haunting works in the show, a self-portrait titled The Shadow. One of the many strengths of this deep dive into his career is the way it draws him more closely to us. This is an opportunity to become acquainted with a more personal genius, in part through the intimacy of his magazine and record album designs (precious archival materials), his handcolored flowers and some of his earliest interpretations of the Campbell’s Soup can and Marilyn Monroe portrait. The portfolios reveal the process that Warhol perfected, and the Museum installation will follow his grid format in the presentation of the series. Theme and variations bring us closer to the mind in creation, as we watch a basic idea develop in the hands of the artist. The ten versions of the Flowers, for example, cycle through color palettes as dramatically varied as the serial landscapes of Claude Monet. Andy Warhol, Flowers (10 of 10 in Suite from Flowers Portfolio), 1970Screenprint on paper, 28/250, Courtesy of the Bank of America Collection and the Bank of America Art in our Communities Program © 2021 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York “At Bank of America, we believe in the power of at arts to help economies and communities thrive, particularly here on Long Island. While these vital institutions have been deeply impacted by the pandemic, their work remains as important as ever,” said Connie Verducci, Bank of America NYC-Long Island Market Executive. “It is our honor to support the Nassau County Museum of Art through Bank of America’s Art in our Communities program and bring some of Andy Warhol’s most iconic and thoughtprovoking works to Long Island.”

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Big news at Landmark on Main Street The pandemic may have closed the doors of the Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street temporarily, but that hasn’t stopped Landmark’s Board and staﬀ from being busy thinking of ways to make the theater even better. Reimagining the theater includes purchasing removable seats, which allows for more flexible seating configurations and a dance section, as well as upgrading the flooring and acoustic wall treatments. An additional bar at the back of the theater will oﬀer more refreshment choices. To support this reimagining, a matching gifts initiative is being launched to secure $250,000. The 17-member Landmark Board of Directors has already pledged

$40,000. Please go to the Landmark website to make your pledge. Executive Director Laura Mogul is excited by these enhancements, saying, “I am so proud that 100 percent of our board members have pledged their financial support for this enhancement. The comfortable new chairs will allow for flexible seating configurations for both our large events and our smaller, more intimate conversations.” Mogul, who has announced that she will retire from Landmark in December after 6 rewarding years on the job also said, “I love Landmark – its mission, our connection to the community, the artists we attract and are happy to return – and I know I’m

not alone. Over the next seven months I’ll be working to ensure that Landmark is well-positioned for our next 25 years.” “Laura Mogul’s contributions to Landmark cannot be underestimated. Her work ethic, knowledge and dedication to Landmark are quite remarkable and much appreciated,” said Kathy Coley, board co-resident. Marlene Munnelly, board co-president, echoed those sentiments. “Laura is an integral member of the Port Washington community and has ensured that LOMS has been an integral part of numerous community-wide initiatives, including Port Outdoor Dine and Shop, Residents Forward’s Party in the Park, HEARTS PortFest and Port Holiday Magic.” Under Laura’s leadership, mutually beneficial partnerships have been developed with the PW Library, Transition Town PW, the Sousa Bandshell and Red Stocking Review. Shows featuring popular bands, singers and comedians compliment shows

that bring understanding of diﬀerent cultures. Popular events for children and seniors bring in whole families. And free Conversations from Main Street programming addresses topics such as recycling, wellness, education, and civics. Landmark on Main Street is a not-forprofit whose mission is to enhance the spirit and enrich the lives of the residents of Port Washington and the surrounding region by bringing the performing arts to the community and the community to the performing arts. The Jeanne Rimsky Theater, closed since March 2020, typically presents over 75 world-class performances and community events each year: Landmark’s 2021-22 Season is made possible thanks to our Partners in Performing Arts: Peter & Jeri Dejana Family Foundation, Peter & Dorette Forman Foundation, Harding Real Estate, Town of North Hempstead, and the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock.

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How to manage kids’ screen time · Use tech to monitor tech. “Family Sharing” capabilities on Apple devices allow parents to manage devices and screen usage across the household. Parents can add children to their accounts and then set daily time limits on apps children will use. They also can make certain apps off limits for children to keep kids safe. Other device manufacturers offer similar tools to help parents effectively monitor and control kids’ device usage.

Devices are everywhere in the digital age. The Statista Research Department notes that a 2020 survey found the average American has access to more than 10 connected devices in his or her household. Though adults may be capable of governing their screen time, kids may not be so disciplined. Devices can be valuable learning tools for young students, but the American Academy of Pediatrics notes that excessive media use can put children at risk of obesity, lost sleep, addiction, and violence. So it’s imperative that parents emphasize balance and moderation as they negotiate their children’s device usage. In an effort to help parents establish and maintain that balance, the AAP has developed its Family Media Plan, which parents can use to customize guidelines on screen time in their households. A family media plan can help parents ensure their children aren’t spending too much time staring at screens and it can serve as a valuable means to monitoring youngsters’ online lives, potentially alerting moms and dads to instances of bullying or other dangerous situations. The following are some guidelines parents can follow as they customize their family media plans.

· Establish screen-free times and zones. Establishing a time of day when devices cannot be used and areas of the home where they should not be taken can help parents govern kids’ screen times. For example, by establishing children’s bedrooms as screen-free zones, parents can make sure kids aren’t spending all of their time staring at screens when they’re behind closed bedroom doors.

· Research apps and programs. The AAP recommends parents research the age-appropriateness and ratings of apps and programs before installing them on devices. Speak with children’s teachers to determine which apps and programs kids will need for school. Read fellow parents’ ratings before installing any entertainment apps and programs on devices children will use.

· Encourage new interests. Parents can help to control screen time by encouraging new interests and introducing children to new activities that do not involve screens. Commit time each weekend to activities that do not involve screens, such as hiking, gardening and painting. Exposing children to activities that don’t involve screens is a great way to get them off the couch and away from their devices. If kids don’t take to a given activity, keep trying. Devices are a big part of life in the digital age. Parents can develop family plans that allow for screen time but also emphasize activities that call for some time away from our devices.

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Colleges extending test-optional practices For upperclassmen, the prospect of graduation is never far from the mind. Graduation marks the culmination of years of hard work and dedication in the classroom. Graduating involves various steps, and testing is part of that equation, particularly for people who are planning on attending colleges, universities or going on to pursue advanced degrees. Standardized test requirements are slowly disappearing from schools’ criteria for admissions. The COVID-19 pandemic may have helped accelerate that disappearing act. According to Edmit, an educational financial planning resource, says the concept of a test-optional school is not new. Since the mid-2000s, various universities have included testoptional clauses in their admissions policies. This means that students’ standardized test scores are not reviewed as part of the college application process. The standardized tests that

are normally part of admissions reviews include the SAT , which debuted in 1926, and the ACT, which has been around since 1959. In lieu of COVID-related postponements or cancellations of standardized tests, a greater number of schools have announced they won’t require future applicants to submit test scores with their applications. While some are saying this is a temporary revision to the process, other schools are calling it a pilot program for the next few years. Seventy-two percent of colleges and universities adopted test-optional policies for the 2021-22 school year, and some schools are now extending that policy for the next one to two years, indicates IvyWise, an educational consulting company. Some of the schools that have suspended the SAT and ACT requirements, at least for the time being, include Cornell University, Penn State, Williams College,

Amherst College, Boston College, and Columbia University. Many students have been hit hard by the pandemic and removing testing requirements means they do not have to face another challenge, especially in light of reduced testing capacities and a scarcity of test availability. The education and school resource Grown and Flown says a surprising side effect of test-optional amendments at selective universities is that applications have increased. Harvard announced it received more than 57,000 applications for the college class of 2025, which marks a 42 percent increase from the previous year. Schools have modified admissions requirements in recent months, including removing standardized test scores from the equation. It is always wise to consult with the admissions department of schools to learn if their admissions requirements have been updated.

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Is now the time for a gap year?

Uncertainty has reigned over many students for the last year-plus. As the COVID-19 virus spread across the globe, schools were forced to transition to virtual learning. Some did so full-time, while others oﬀered hybrid learning plans that combined virtual learning with in person instruction. Confronting that transition proved exhausting for parents and educators, but students also could not be blamed if they felt a little academic fatigue as they navigated learning during the pandemic. Some students may have no choice but to carry on with their studies until schools return to more traditional, fulltime classroom settings. But students about to graduate from high school or college may be wondering if now isn’t an ideal time to take a gap year. Others may be intrigued by gap years but not be entirely certain what they are. The following information can help students determine if a gap year is right for them. What is a gap year? The Gap Year Association defines a gap year as “a semester or year of experiential learning, typically taken after high school and prior to career or postsecondary education, in order to deepen one’s practical, professional, and personal awareness.” The GYA notes that no two gap years are alike, though the spirit of a gap year is to aﬀord students a chance to expand their comfort zones and have a cross-cultural experience while ensuring they have the time to reflect on those experiences.

Do gap years derail students’ academic careers? Parents might be concerned that a gap year will derail students’ academic careers by decreasing the likelihood that they will ultimately return to school. However, the GYA reports that 90 percent of students who take gap years enroll in a four-year institution within one year of completing their gap year. That can quell some of the concerns parents and even students may have about taking a year oﬀ from school at a time when many of their peers may be moving forward with their educations. What do students do during their gap years? Though the GYA notes that some space and time to explore the unknown is vital to a gap year, students who think a gap year may be right for them should know that such years are most eﬀective when students engage themselves in activities designed to expand their horizons. Many students spend their gap years volunteering with a service organization while others may accept an internship to see what life in a given profession may be like. Students have had to confront many challenges during the pandemic. Recent grads experiencing fatigue as a result of those challenges may find that now is the ideal time to take a gap year.

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Looking young at 50 and beyond BY DR. ROBERT H. GOTKIN Recalling the 1960s, women around the world wanted to emulate the flawless beauty and sex appeal of Rio de Janeiro’s girl from Ipanema. Sixty years later, women still want the look that was romanticized in song and seek plastic surgeons who can create that timeless image. As women cross that midcentury mark and deal with peri- and post-menopausal changes in their face and neck – even if they have been availing themselves of neuromodulators and fillers over the years – they yearn to turn back the hands of time. There are many things that plastic surgeons can do to help. A myriad of factors influences how the face and neck age. First, you cannot escape your genetics or heredity. If you have a thin face, with less fat, you tend to have more and earlier skin laxity in the face and neck.

If you have a fuller, rounder face, you will generally have more delayed evidence of skin laxity. If you have spent a lot of time in the sun, especially if you have not used sunblock, you will have a lot of suninduced changes in the skin: lines, wrinkles, sunspots and textural changes in the skin. If you are a smoker, those lines and wrinkles will generally be worse around the mouth. Most women are aware of the benefits of neuromodulators like Botox and Xeomin in the forehead, between the eyebrows, in the crow’s feet and even around the mouth. These injectable agents can also be used all over the face to improve skin texture and to shape and sculpt the face. They can be used in the neck to soften the muscle banding that often stands out in the front of the neck. Hyaluronic acid fillers, such as Juvéderm, Restylane and Belotero, can also be used to shape the face. No longer are they advocated simply to fill lines, but are more often used to improve the entire contour of the face

– even the shape of the bones. Hyperdilute Radiesse is another filler that can be used to improve the texture of the skin, soften the “necklace” lines in the neck and the diagonal lines in the chest that often come from sun damage and sleeping on your side. When there is significant solar elastosis – the suninduced loss of elastic tissue structural support in the skin – there is a sallow, yellowish appearance with marked, course wrinkles. This is often most apparent around the mouth and in the cheeks. While injectable neuro-

modulators and fillers alone can help to some extent, the combination of these agents with fractional CO2 laser skin resurfacing gives the most dramatic and lasting improvement. The laser skin resurfacing “irons and presses out” the wrinkles, improves the texture and eliminates the sallow yellowish appearance of the skin. Laser resurfacing improves wrinkles even in a way that a facelift cannot achieve. As time progresses and the eﬀects of aging begin to outpace the results the neuromodulators, fillers and lasers can produce, there are surgical options to enhance your appearance. If your upper eyelid skin seems to be “hooded” and resting on your eyelashes, upper blepharoplasty – a simple procedure to remove excess upper eyelid skin – can be performed. If the excess is less severe, CO2 laser resurfacing of the upper eyelids may often be just the right choice. Lower eyelid “crinkles” are often best smoothed out by laser resur-

facing as well; this can be combined with fillers, once again, to give the best cosmetic result. If some excess fat under your chin and muscle banding in your neck bothers you the most, a neck lift with Smartlipo (laser-assisted lipo), combined with a platysmaplasty – a procedure to address the muscle banding in the neck – will give you just the results you desire. If the skin laxity and muscle banding in the neck are more severe, and associated with jowls and a loss of the definition of your jawline, it may be time to consider a face and neck lift. This procedure addresses the laxity of your face, jawline and neck and is often combined with blepharoplasty and/or brow lift to enhance the upper part of your face as well. All of these procedures can be safely performed in the office with varying degrees of recovery. The most important thing to remember is that there are many options to look great beyond 50. After all, who wouldn’t want to be that woman who “when she passes, each one she passes goes ‘Ahh’?”

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Keep your youthful look, enjoy the sun

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eisure activities may be widely viewed as fun ways to fill up free time, but the benefits of leisure activities extend beyond beating boredom. A 2011 analysis published in the journal BBA Molecular Basis of Disease found that leisure activities have a positive impact on cognitive function and dementia. The analysis, conducted by researchers with the Aging Research Center in Stockholm who examined various studies regarding the relationship between certain activities and cognitive function, defined leisure activity as the voluntary use of free time for activities outside the home. After retirement, leisure time constitutes a large part of many retirees’ lives, and finding ways to fill that time is more beneficial than merely avoiding boredom. The researchers behind the study concluded that the existing research is insufficient to draw any firm conclusions regarding the effects of certain types of leisure activities on the risk for dementia and cognitive decline, though they did note that multidomain cognitive training has the potential to improve cognitive function in healthy older adults and slow decline in affected individuals. A multi-domain approach to cognitive training involves memory, reasoning, problem-solving, and map reading, among other activities. Aging adults who embrace activities that require the use of such skills may find that they’re not only finding stimulating ways to fill their free time, but increasing their chances of long-term cognitive health as well.

BY DR. DEBORAH S. SARNOFF When it comes to maintaining a youthful look, the sun – in all of its radiant glory – is not your friend. Excessive sun exposure leads to leathery changes in the skin, wrinkles, age spots, blotchy brown patches and broken blood vessels, not to mention the possibility of skin cancer. When patients come to see me to reverse their sun damage, I always explain to them that I can skillfully combine various lasers to reverse the damage, but they must change their habits and stop worshipping the sun. I like to use pigment-specific lasers for brown spots, vascular-specific lasers for red spots and carbon dioxide resurfacing lasers to reverse sun damage and eliminate wrinkles. I also like to use Botox and facial fillers to help smooth out the wrinkles.

If you have fair skin, red or blond hair, or blue eyes and a family or personal history of skin cancer, you are more genetically prone to skin cancer. Aside from using sunscreen diligently and wearing a hat and sunglasses, I advise everyone to examine their own skin monthly and have a complete body check with your dermatologist once a year. If you’re at high risk, you may need to be seen more frequently. A thorough exam from head to toe can save your life. My best advice is to have a thorough exam of your “birthday suit” on your birthday! There are lots of easy and eﬀective quick fixes that can truly help you look younger and more refreshed for summer. Some options include Botox, facial fillers, cellulite smoothing, zapping of brown spots and injections for leg veins. As president of The Skin Cancer Foundation, I believe it’s best to “go with your own glow.” Please don’t patronize tanning salons. Tanning, whether indoors or outdoors, is dangerous. In fact, rays used in tanning beds penetrate deep into the skin and might increase your risk of developing melanoma. If you feel that you must have that tan to boost your confidence or look better on the beach, use a self-tanner or bronzer in combination with a broad-spectrum sunscreen. It’s still OK to have fun in the sun – just don’t forget your sunscreen!

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The advantages of RV travel

ndividuals who are approaching retirement or those who already have said goodbye to the working world may find they are ready to make some life changes. Travel is something many older adults enjoy when they have much more free time to see the sights. Recreational vehicles are great ways for people to get out and about. An RV is more than just a way to get around; for many people it becomes a lifestyle. According to the RV Industry Association, about 10 million American households own RVs. There have been more RVs on the road in recent years, and there are now more facilities to accommodate them. RVIA says there are

now roughly 18,000 campgrounds around the country, and certain facilities are pushing to improve and upgrade campgrounds in national parks and on federal lands. Individuals considering if the RV lifestyle is for them can refer to this list of RVing benefits.

Inexpensive travel (or living): RVers may be attracted by the idea of low-cost travel that doesn’t involve hotels and airfare and greatly reduces their reliance on restaurants while traveling. RVs can be rented for roughly $100 to $500 per day, and RV parks usually run between $35 and $50 per night, according to Allianz Travel Insurance. To keep the costs down even more, certain truck stops, big box retailers, churches, hotels,

movie theaters, casinos, rest stops and other roadside locations will allow free overnight parking. Just verify before staying to avoid being ticketed. Freedom to come and go: When traveling in an RV, there are no set check-in-/check-out times to follow or boarding times to meet. RV travel can be strictly on your schedule. Plenty of help: Others who have embraced the RV lifestyle tend to be very friendly and ready to make new acquaintances at campgrounds and other stops. Those with more experience may be willing to share their expertise and pitch in to offer tips for better excursions. Creature comforts: People who vacation or choose to live in their RVs tend to keep familiar items and essentials on hand. Those can include preferred linens, clothing, toiletries, books, games, and more. When taking such items along, there’s no need to pack and unpack much for any trip. Follow the weather: If desired, RVers can pick up and follow the jet stream. If 70-degree days are your thing, then follow those temperatures coast-to-coast. If you like skiing or snowboarding, you can head to colder climates. Downsize: The RVIA says that RVs are available across a wide range of price points. So if the idea is to trade in a stationary house for an RV, you may be able to do so for as little as $6,000 to as much as $500,000. The RV lifestyle may attract soon-tobe retirees. There are various advantages to getting on board.

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are roughly 52 million people who are age 65 or older in the United States. With a $1.6 trillion total net worth, seniors spend more on groceries,

1. Consider risk. The coronavirus pandemic of 2020 taught the world that situations can change rapidly. Before booking any travel, weigh the risks and the benefits of a trip. Determine if COVID-19 is spreading where you live or at your destination. Older adults have a higher risk for severe illness caused by the virus. Until you are vaccinated, it may be best to wait to travel.

2. Use senior-friendly services. Seek out travel services that offer the best perks for older adults. Many travel providers no longer offer senior discounts, but they may offer other benefits, such as early boarding or assistance with traveling from gates to baggage areas.

3. Get travel insurance. According to Liz Dahl, cofounder of Boomer Travel Patrol, a website featuring expert advice geared toward the Baby Boomer demographic, travel insurance can be essential for older travelers. Older travelers may be more at risk of falling or getting sick and some may need extra medication if travel is interrupted or delayed. Travel insurance can provide extra coverage for a relatively low price if something goes wrong.

pharmaceutical items and travel and leisure than any other demographic.

Age does not have to restrict one’s ability to travel, and with age comes experience and more opportunities to enjoy travel. Before taking off for parts unknown, men and women over 50 can take steps to ensure their excursions are as safe as they are memorable.

4. Don’t advertise your absence. It may be tempting to upload photos of your beachside vacation to social media as you are immersed in paradise. Unfortunately, seniors tend to be targets for thieves because they are seen as vulnerable. Don’t make the job easier by advertising you are away from home. In addition, have a neighbor periodically pick up your mail and set lights on timers to give the impression you are home even when you’re not.

5. Share your itinerary. Keep loved ones apprised of your general travel itinerary, especially if you are traveling solo, recommends AARP. Keep a mobile phone on you at all times.

6. Pack copies of important documents. In the event paperwork is lost while traveling, request copies of prescriptions and/or statements of medical conditions from each physician and medical treatment center so you have a second set. Keep copies of your passport, driver’s license, insurance cards, travel tickets, and other documents as well. Seniors have the ability to travel much more than other age groups. Make the experience enjoyable by focusing on safety.

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The benefits to seniors having pets P ets bring much joy to the lives they touch. So it should come as no surprise that the 2019-2020 National Pet Owners Survey, which was conducted by the American Pet Products Association, found that about 85 million families in the United States own a pet. In Canada, 7.5 million households are home to companion animals, states the PetBacker blog.

Pets offer companionship and unconditional love. While they are fitting for any family, seniors may find that having a pet is especially beneficial. The organization A Place for Mom, which helps match families with senior living residences, says pets provide a comfort system that produces measurable health results. Caring for pets and being around them can produce a chemical chain reaction in the brain that may help to lower stress hormones while also increasing production of the feelgood hormone serotonin. This is not the only health benefit pets may provide. A recent study from the Mayo Clinic, which

looked at 1,800 people between the ages of 25 and 64 who had healthy hearts, found that almost half owned a dog. Having a dog was likely to spur heart-healthy behaviors, like exercising with the pet, eating well and having ideal blood sugar levels.

Pets also provide emotional support and companionship that can help seniors - including those who may be divorced or widowed - feel more secure and happy. The National Poll on Healthy Aging found that, among respondents who had pets, 88 percent said their pets helped them enjoy life, and 86 percent said their pets made them feel loved. Seniors considering getting a pet can explore the many benefits to doing so. · Reduce pain: A 2012 study published in Pain Magazine found therapy dogs provided “significant reduction in pain and emotional distress for chronic pain patients.” · Feeling of purpose: Caring for an animal not only stimulates

physical activity, but it also can give seniors a reason to get up and go, which equates to a feeling of purpose. · Altered focus: Having a pet can help seniors focus on something other than physical or mental health issues and preoccupations about loss or aging, according to New Yorkbased psychologist Penny B. Donnenfeld.

· Increased physical activity: Pets require care, and that interaction can get seniors moving more than if they didn’t have a pet. · Improved health: Ongoing research from Harvard Medical School has found dog owners have lower blood pressure, healthier cholesterol levels and lower risk of heart disease than those who don’t own a dog.

· Stick to routine: Caring for pets

helps seniors maintain a routine. Having structure after retirement can be important to ward off risk of depression. Staying on top of feeding, grooming and other pet needs also can help prevent cognitive decline. Pets bring many benefits to their owners’ lives, and they may be the perfect remedy for seniors looking for a friend and purpose.

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How parents can respond to school redistricting plans

Schools are often the hubs of the communities in which they’re located. Schools are educational institutions, but they often serve as meeting centers for extracurricular activities, private groups and nonprofit organizations for both children and adults. Through partnerships with various organizations, schools become important resources for community members to have their physical, social and emotional needs met. Families typically grow accustomed to their children’s schools. However, over time, communities can grow or shrink, requiring the reallocation of students throughout the district. This can mean that students who attended one school for a few years are suddenly reassigned to a new school the following year in a practice known as school redistricting. Caliper Mapping & Transportation Software Solutions defines redistricting as the redrawing of neighborhood school district boundaries to produce an equitable distribution of students among diﬀerent schools. Redistricting can catch families oﬀ guard. Students may have concerns about leaving friends or favorite teachers. While redistricting can pose a challenge, fami-

schools, students then become more evenly distributed. This means that student/ teacher ratios can even out, resources will be widely available, school facilities will not be overtaxed, and greater comfort and eﬃciency in classrooms can be realized.

lies and communities can find the silver lining in these changes. Here’s a look at some potential positives of redistricting. Meet more neighbors Redistricting may involve the reassignment of students from other subdivisions and areas of the community. Children can become acquainted with students from various areas, increasing the potential to make new friends. Some

of these students may be on sports teams or in clubs that children already attend. In turn, parents can meet new adults in the community, leading to friendships or networking opportunities.

Provides new experiences Students who may have obstacles in one school may find a change of location to be a positive for their well-being. Redistricting may separate students involved in bullying situations or introduce students to a teacher whose passion regarding a certain subject inspires that student to a certain course of study. Furthermore, the ability to adapt to changing situations is a skill that can be applied later in life when children get older and are navigating higher education or the professional sector.

Experience equity of resources Redistricting can be a solution when certain schools become overpopulated while others remain below capacity. By redrawing the lines of areas feeding into

Redistricting may initially create a fish-out-of-water scenario, but families will soon adapt and discover the benefits to the community and their households that redistricting makes possible.

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How families can give back to their communities together Strong communities are built by strong people who recognize the importance of giving back. Children recognize when their parents give back to their communities, and often that recognition compels youngsters to want to do the same. Volunteering as a family is a great way for parents to instill their values in their youngsters while strengthening the communities in which those children live. Volunteering also provides a host of additional, potentially surprising benefits. For example, a 2003 study from researchers at the University of Texas found that taking part in helping one’s community lowers rates of depression and anxiety. In addition, research has indicated that adolescents who volunteer may perform better at school and take a more positive approach to education. Family-friendly volunteering opportunities abound, and the following are some ways that families can give back together. · Feed the hungry: The role of charitable organizations that feed those in need was highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic. The economic fallout

of the pandemic was significant, as tens of millions of people lost their jobs and, subsequently, their ability to feed themselves and their families. Local food banks stepped in to feed those families, and organizations are always in need of volunteers to help prepare, deliver and serve food. Volunteering at a local food bank or soup kitchen is a great way for

parents to show their children that they have a lot to be thankful for while instilling in them a sense of responsibility to community members in need. · Create art: Art can be as beneficial to its creators as it is for those who appreciate it. That’s especially so for children in relation to their development. According to a report from Americans

for the Arts, art education strengthens problem-solving and critical thinking skills. Art also encourages kids to innovate, a benefit that will pay dividends throughout their lives. Art also is fun to create, and parents can turn kids’ natural inclination toward fun and creativity into a way to give back to their communities. The New Jersey-based organization Color A Smile distributes cheerful drawings to senior citizens and overseas troops, among others. Adults and children can volunteer to bring smiles to the faces of strangers, all the while reaping the many benefits of engaging in art projects. · Nature clean-up: Local park and beach clean-ups help to keep the great outdoors pristine and pollution-free. Such clean-ups, which are a fun way to get outdoors, also provide a great opportunity for parents to teach children about the environment and the importance of protecting it. Whether it’s helping those in need, exploring one’s inner artist or helping keep local parks and beaches clean, the opportunities for families to give back together are numerous.

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College majors that can lead to higher earnings Choosing a college major is an important decision that many students delay making until their sophomore or even junior years. Only after taking a few courses and uncovering one’s interests do some college students figure out what they want to do with their lives.

Each student is diﬀerent, and while some may pursue a degree based on a particular passion, others may choose majors that can lead to high-paying jobs. While men often lean toward majors like engineering and computer sci-

ence that have traditionally been linked to high earnings, women have historically gravitated to lower-paying specialties like education and social sciences. But in recent years a shift has occurred, and more women have begun to choose majors associated with higher post-

graduate salaries. Reports from the career guidance site Glassdoor analyzed how much male and female professionals with the same college degree earned and identified many instances in which women went on to earn more than men in the first five years of their career. They’ve identified several majors where female college graduates can earn as much or more than their male counterparts and find successful careers. · Architecture · Pharmaceutical sciences · Information sciences · Chemical engineering · Computer science · Electrical engineering · Mechanical engineering · Computer engineering · Business economics · Civil engineering · Sports management Despite these findings, the college resource CollegeFactual and the U.S. Department of Education says that women remain likely to pursue education, design and applied arts, health services, and social work as career options. Female students unsure of which major they want to pursue can take career assessments to help narrow down their options. Working with mentors or engaging in internships also can present a first-hand idea of high-paying career paths.

The serious threat of anxiety and depression among college students The moment young people arrive on college campuses and begin their lives as college students marks a significant milestone. College provides many young people with their first taste of independence, and that newfound freedom can sometimes feel overwhelming, especially when it’s coupled with academic challenges that are much more rigorous than they were in high school. According to data from the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 80 percent of college students feel overwhelmed by their responsibilities as a student. NAMI data also indicates that 50 percent of college students rate their mental health as below average or poor. Anxiety and depression are two mental health issues that aﬀect many college students as they try to juggle the various demands associated with being students. Anyone who suspects they or a student they

know is experiencing either of these issues should reach out to a mental health professional immediately. Depression Depression among college students may have been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. A 2020 survey conducted by the Healthy Minds

Network in collaboration with the American College Health Association found that the rate of depression among college students has increased since the onset of the pandemic. Though students typically have readily available access to mental health professionals on campus, that access has been compromised during the

pandemic as students, counselors and educators learn and work remotely. College mental health counselors were available via video conferencing during the pandemic, but students may not be aware of that, while others might be uncomfortable discussing their mental health in dorm rooms or apartments they share with fellow students. Symptoms of depression include feelings of sadness or hopelessness, loss of motivation, sleeplessness, trouble concentrating, changes in appetite and body weight, and loss of interest in social activities.

and Depression Association of America reports that 13 percent of college students have been diagnosed with a mental health condition linked to anxiety. Anxiety among college students can be triggered by social and/or academic pressures. Being in constant fear, experiencing frequent headaches, exhibiting shortness of breath, diﬃculty concentrating, constant feelings of stress or irritability, irregular heartbeat, and muscle pain or tension are some symptoms associated with anxiety.

Anxiety A 2017 report from Penn State University’s Center for Collegiate Mental Health found that anxiety is one of the two most common reasons college students seek mental health services (the other is depression). In fact, the Anxiety

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Schumer pushes for mental health funding Continued from Page 8 The initiative also led to the Nassau County Police Department seizing $1.2 million worth of heroin in connection with the largest heroin traﬃcking operation in the history of the county in December 2019. A total of 88,000 individual doses of heroin, 1,024 grams of cocaine, and $1,214,093 were seized

during the four-month investigation, according to county officials. Officials said that the two alleged ring leaders sold upwards of 26,000 individual doses of heroin to 74 customers per month, profiting roughly $30,000 a week, and totaling $230,000 in narcotic sales. “What the latest overdose numbers tell us about the current state of affairs on Long Island

could not be clearer: the pandemic has taken such a mental toll that some of us here need more help than others to overcome new challenges and struggles related to mental health and happiness,” Schumer said. In the $5 billion request, $3 billion would come from mental health and substance use block grants Schumer helped secure.

The grants would be used to fund treatment for New Yorkers, implement community-based mental health interventions and enhance eﬀorts to prevent mental health problems. More than $1 billion would be used to develop mobile crisis intervention services, which would work closely with law enforcement to help provide aid to people go-

ing through mental health or substance use emergencies. The remaining funds would be used for mental health needs of frontline health care workers who have struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder and fatigue throughout the pandemic, youth mental health, and other educational campaigns on mental health disorders.

Biden’s climate action beneficial for nation Continued from Page 17 But think about it: these “coal’ communities in Pennsylvania and West Virginia didn’t exist before the 1880s when technology was invented to turn the black rock into energy, and then came the canals and the factories and the steel mills and the company towns that imposed feudal control over workers and residents; it wasn’t until the 1960s that coal became the major fuel for electricity. It wasn’t until the 1890s when gasoline, a waste product in producing oil for industry, could be used to power the combustible engine, and not until the 1920s when Texas and Oklahoma boomed with oil rigs. Society is constantly being transformed by new technology and response to ecological conditions – would people be pushing

back against computers, the internet, cell phones, automobiles and jet planes to keep buggy whip makers, the Pony Express, horsedrawn carriage drivers in place? Horrors! Imagine if Big Oil had invested its riches in the new clean energy industry. Even Louisiana is moving away from oil and gas and shifting to renewable energy. As President Biden said, we should be embracing this Fourth Industrial Revolution and all the opportunities it aﬀords for a better life. The alternative is an existential collapse of our way of life, higher costs for food, health care, rebuilding after climate disasters. Instead of spending $100 billion a year in disaster aid, invest in a clean, sustainable, healthier, more prosperous and peaceful future.

Is Biden’s goal to cut carbon emissions 50-52 percent by 2030 possible? I think it’s like his promise to get 100 million shots into people’s arms in his first 100 days – he more than doubled on that target and it is very possible he will exceed this one. That’s no thanks to Republicans in Congress but because American businesses will be forced to adapt because their products won’t have buyers, investors and insurance companies will factor in carbon cost, and they will be in a race to innovate the most eﬃcient products. Government can help things along through purchasing – they can set standards for electric vehicles for government fleets that create a market threshold –as well as tax policy, regulations, subsi-

dies, labor policies. That’s what Biden means by a “whole of government” approach – every rule, standard and purchase will reflect the need to cut carbon emissions and promote sustainability, just as his American Jobs Plan requires “made in America” in every purchasing contract. And once it is easier and cheaper to find a charging station than a gas station, any holdouts will make the transition, as well. Transformation of American society? What is so bad about that? During World War II, patriotism meant women working in factories and putting kids in child care. After, “patriotism” meant women shoved back into the kitchen, caring for kids and being brainwashed to want to latest appliances. Planned obsolescence assured a

growing consumer economy. Greta Thunberg, visiting coal miners in Poland who lost their jobs found them sympathetic to the need for transitioning to a carbon-free economy but pleaded for assistance. President Biden understands that in making the transition, government needs to retrain workers; cultivate, incentivize (with carrots and sticks) and invest in new economic opportunities in communities impacted by the transition. Biden’s American Jobs Plan calls for $40 billion toward a new Dislocated Workers Program and training programs focused on growing, high-demand sectors such as clean energy, manufacturing and caregiving, helping workers find quality jobs in an everchanging economy.

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Why your home is so valuable today I sat down the other day coming to the realization why your home is so very important, especially today. What we all have experienced and gone through over the last months has rocked our economy as well as our mental stability. Yes, we all know how home prices surprisingly had escalated during the pandemic and continue to increase, as everyone came out to the suburbs, escaping the higher infection rates in the cities. Obviously, many bidding wars have occurred and will continue to occur as long as demand is very high as more people don’t just want a home but feel they have to have it. Thus the need has been so strong. The overpricing for a percentage of homes has been almost irrelevant with the lack of inventory to choose from, triggering multiple oﬀers and bidding wars. One of the major reasons is that 80 million people began working at home full time and the need for private space became tantamount in being able to focus and concentrate on one’s job or business without outside disturbances, especially while

kids were also sequestered at home. Most importantly, the children also needed their own space to be able to pay attention to learning via their PCs and laptops during their school classes online. I am sure that this was very challenging with children not being around their peers as they had been used to. Zoom as well as other online services enabled adults and children to do what they needed to day-to-day to stay connected and focused. Even outside space has become a stress reliever for many who were used to the city hustle and bustle and noise with nowhere to escape, unless you were one of the few with very expensive apartments or town homes with a terrace or rear yard. The mental anguish that has been created by the pandemic also exacerbated and pushed many more families and individuals in deciding to seek safer refuge and quieter surroundings that the suburbs and other states have provided. Mental healthcare professionals have had a very busy year dealing with the issues caused by the pandemic among

PHILIP A. RAICES Real Estate Watch

adults and children. I read an article from U.S. News and World Report from April 5, 2012, by Philip Moeller that puts an accurate perspective on the value of one’s home and its eﬀect on health. Here is an excerpt from the article https://money.usnews. com/money/personal-finance/ articles/2012/04/05/why-ourhomes-make-us-happy: “The human animal is not so diﬀerent from his ancestors. Just as animals have lairs and mark their territories, people have fundamental attachments to place and space. Even equating home

and the womb is not too far a stretch. Humans, however, add layers of significance to home and place. Physical places endure while memories and people fade, so homes and neighborhoods become ‘memory machines’ that help us keep alive some of the strongest sources of what has given our lives meaning, well-being, and happiness.” Rick Scheidt has spent much of his professional life talking with aging residents of the vanishing small towns that dot the prairies in Kansas and other Midwestern states. Here, the sense of place is very powerful. Often, it is all that is left. “We call it autobiographical insideness,” he says. “People look at aspects of their environment in a very personal way. I might be talking to older women about her memories of a place, and I’d say, ‘Look at that cedar tree over there. It looks like it’s been through hard times and gotten hit by lightning.’ And she’ll look at that tree and say, ‘Oh, that’s third base,’ drawing on memories of when she played baseball there as a child.” Here are the top 10 places

as per Forbes Magazine (in alphabetical order only) to be best positioned in recovering after the pandemic today are as followings:Boise, IdahoDenver, ColoradoDurham, North CarolinaMadison, WisconsinProvo, UtahRaleigh, North CarolinaSalt Lake City, UtahSan Jose, CaliforniaTucson, ArizonaWashington, D.C. How many of those who have moved out of New York City and other cities will stay planted in their current homes and not consider moving back to the urban city environment is unknown at this point. Philip A. Raices is the owner/ Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 in Great Neck. He has 39 years of experience in the Real Estate industry and has earned designations as a Graduate of the Realtor Institute (G.R.I.) and also as a Certified International Property Specialist (C.I.P.S). For a “FREE” 15 minute consultation, a value analysis of your home, or to answer any of your questions or concerns he can be reached by cell: (516) 647-4289 or by email: Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate.Com

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Recent Real Estate Sales in

Great Neck

4 Orchard Road, Great Neck

6 Terrace Drive, Great Neck

5 bd, 3 ba, 3000 sqft, Sold On: 3/30/21, Sold Price: $1,450,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Great Neck

4 bd, 3 ba, Sold On: 2/16/21, Sold Price: $1,170,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Great Neck

25 Ridge Drive West, Great Neck

5 Chester Drive, Great Neck

5 bd, 6 ba, Sold On: 3/1/21, Sold Price: $2,279,500 Type: Single Family, Schools: Great Neck

3 bd, 3 ba, 2,621 sqft, Sold On: 2/9/21, Sold Price: $5,180,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Great Neck

Editor’s note: Homes shown here were recently sold in Great Neck by a variety of real estate agencies. This information about the home and the photos were obtained through the Zillow.com. The homes are presented solely based on the fact that they were recently sold in Great Neck and are believed by Blank Slate Media to be of interest to our readers.

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Cuomo puts Lavine back in spotlight Continued from Page 1 outlined Lopez’s behavior in a damning report, it fell to one of his colleagues — Roslyn area Assemblyman Charles Lavine — to help mete out his punishment as co-chair of the Legislative Ethics Commission. The panel settled on a $330,000 fine, a penalty 33 times larger than the previous record of $10,000, Lavine said. Eight years later, another Albany scandal has put Lavine up to one of the greatest tests of his nearly two-decade political career: handling the impeachment investigation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has been accused of sexual harassment and other oﬃcial misconduct. While the probe could upend the Capitol and will likely put Lavine in the state’s history books regardless of the outcome, the 73-year-old Democrat and former criminal defense lawyer says it’s just another part of the job. “I have a job to do, and that’s a very straightforward proposition,” Lavine, who chairs the Assembly Judiciary Committee, told Blank Slate Media in a phone interview. “That job is to conduct a fair and impartial investigation, with heavy emphasis on providing due process to all involved – due process to those who are making the allegations, due process to the individual against whom the allegations are made, and due process to the people of the state of New York,” he added. State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie tasked the Judiciary Committee with handling the probe in March as a cascade of scandals walloped Cuomo, who was still about two years away from becoming the state’s attorney general when Lavine won his North Shore Assembly seat in a 2004 upset.

The impeachment probe is just the latest high-profile chapter of Lavine’s reform-minded career.

My obligation is

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Charles Lavine STATE ASSEMBLYMAN

State Assemblyman Charles Lavine visits Blank Slate Media’s offices in 2018. Lavine has been largely tight-lipped about the wideranging investigation examining Cuomo’s alleged mistreatment of women in his oﬃce, his administration’s obfuscation of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes, defects with the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, and reports that he had state employees help publish his memoir about the pandemic. While numerous reports have documented Cuomo’s penchant for bullying lawmakers to get his way, Lavine said he’d always had a “pleasant relationship” with the governor in the past, though he hasn’t communicated directly with Cuomo or his staﬀ about the impeachment probe. Lavine declined to reveal how he reacted to the numerous allegations that threaten the third-term Democratic governor’s career. “That is a great, great question, and I would love to give a response, but I think that that

response might tend to interfere with my responsibility,” Lavine said. “My obligation is to be objective – which is not to suggest, my friend, that I was objective when these things developed when the news of these things developed.” Cuomo’s oﬃce did not respond to a request for comment. Lavine said last month that attorneys from Davis Polk & Wardwell, the law firm to which the Assembly farmed out the investigation, had received more than 200 tips through a hotline rolled out in early April. The lawyers have also been in touch with attorneys for about 70 people “who may have relevant information” as well as four government agencies, Lavine has said. But the probe is expected to go on for months amid widespread calls for Cuomo to resign. Lavine declined to provide details of the probe’s timeline or how far along it is, other than to say the investigators have made

“remarkable progress.” “We know that they have interviewed many people, and I’m very satisfied with the work that they are doing,” Lavine said. While Cuomo’s critics have reportedly raised questions about Davis Polk’s ties to the governor’s administration, Lavine has stood by the lawyers’ experience and expertise. He said they are crucial to ensuring the probe is conducted independently – something the Lopez episode taught him was necessary. “Reporting cannot be done in the traditional chain of command,” Lavine said. “People in the Assembly who made claims of sexual harassment and worse against members of the Assembly were always hesitant to have to report to an investigator in the chain of command. It’s just intimidating. So that’s why – that’s why this investigation is conducted by independent, highly experienced outside counsel.”

Lavine won his Assembly seat under the banner of thenNassau County Executive Tom Suozzi’s “Fix Albany” campaign and ran for the county’s top job in 2017 on an anti-corruption platform. While he did not urge thenAssembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to resign immediately after his 2015 arrest on federal corruption charges, Lavine did condemn Silver for committing “a damning abuse of the public’s trust” after his conviction later that year. Lavine said the Lopez case, along with others he handled as a defense lawyer, taught him something else: Don’t get distracted. “If there’s one lesson that I’ve learned as a result of those experiences, above and beyond all else, is simply to focus on the responsibilities that are at hand, and to pay much less attention to much of the ‘noise’ that surrounds some of these controversial matters,” he said. “Just pay attention to what’s important.”

IHOP fills Sandler’s order in his return Continued from Page 2 $50,000, to Comedy Gives Back, a nonprofit safety net for the comedy community that is helping struggling comedians who have lost income as COVID-19 forced closures of comedy clubs and venues. Sandler headlined a virtual event for

the charity last year, raising money for its COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund. Rodas publicized the event with a video on her TikTok where she dressed in full IHOP uniform and held milkshakes, soundtracked to “Milkshake” by Kelis. The hostess finally met Sandler again

at the Manhasset restaurant on Monday, which she revealed with a montage of pictures set to “Best Day of My Life” by American Authors in a TikTok video released the same day. “Couldn’t have been more excited!!” Rodas captioned the video. “Thank you

Adam Sandler!” Sandler himself tweeted a picture of his bulldog Matzoball attending the event. “Thank u IHOP for Milkshake Monday,” the comedian tweeted.

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NASSAU COUNTY NEEDS CERTIFIED HHA’S, COMPANIONS AND HOMEMAKERS. ★★★ HIRING IMMEDIATELY★★★ “A Special thank you to all the Nurse Aides and all who Save Lives.” • Competitive Pay Rate • Flexible Scheduling • All Shifts & Locations available

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MARKETPLACE A.T. STEWART EXCHANGE CONSIGNMENT SHOP 516-7468900 Antiques-Furniture-JewelrySilver-Mirrors-Lamps-Artwork Come to Consign & Stay to Shop Visit.... Our Shop 109 Eleventh St. Garden City Tues-Fri 10-4 (Wed till 6) Saturday 12-4 Shop Our Online Store ATStewartExchange.org Items to Consign? Email photos (with sizing info) to: store@atstewartexchange.org All proceeds benefit The Garden City Historical SocietyLike us on Facebook & Instagram PRIVACY HEDGES SPRING BLOW OUT! 5/6 ft Arborvitae. Regular price $199, now only $69 each. FREE installation/ FREE delivery. Trees are selling fast! 518-5361367www.lowcosttreefarm.com

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WANTED TO BUY LOOKING TO BUY! Estates, Oriental items, Gold, Silver, Costume Jewelry, Dishes, Flatware, Watches, Clothing, Old Photos, Coins, Stamps, Records, Toys, Action Figures, Comics, Art and Furniture. Immediate Cash Paid Call George 917-775-3048 or 718-386-1104 TOP CASH PAID: ESTATE CONTENTSALL OBJECTS OF ARTJEWELRY, ETC. Please call 718-598-3045 or 516-270-2128 www.antiqueassets.com

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Honoring military, health care heroes As part of the kick oﬀ to National Nurses Week, which brought together health care workers at Lenox Health Greenwich Village to thank the NYC community for their continued support over the past year, Northwell Health announced the return of “Side By Side: A Celebration of Service” in honor of military and health care heroes. Northwell Health has announced that the celebratory event taking place over Memorial Day weekend will feature a television special, produced in partnership with Al Roker Entertainment, airing Thursday, May 27 at 7:00 pm ET on NBC4 New York, prior to a livestream benefit concert with superstars Katy Perry, Ne-Yo, Gavin DeGraw and a special performance by Northwell’s Nurse Choir, with Alfonso Ribeiro as host, on Monday, May 31 at 7:00 pm ET via Northwell Health’s YouTube channel (https://www. youtube.com/c/NorthwellHealth1). To make a donation to Northwell Health’s Military Liaison Services program text NORTHWELL to 56512 (USA only) or go to https://bit.ly/3tiSiU5. “We were honored to produce last year’s Side By Side television special during the onset of the coronavirus,” said executive producer and NBC personality Al Roker. “I am thrilled to continue the

celebration, especially as America emerges from the global pandemic and notably during this 20th year anniversary of the September 11th anniversary. This year feels much diﬀerent — more celebratory but no less important in realizing that true heroes don’t wear capes, but uniforms of service. We tip our hats to the first responders, healthcare workers, and veterans that put their lives on the line for all of us.” “I am humbled to once again to be a part of Side By Side and pay tribute to those who have sacrificed so much,” said Alfonso Ribeiro, who hosted the inaugural “Side By Side: A Celebration of Service™ in 2019. “This year we hope to raise funds in support of our military and all those who run towards danger with a night of unforgettable performances, and by sharing stories of perseverance and strength that really demonstrate the resiliency of the community in New York City.” Northwell Health, New York’s largest health care provider and private employer, first launched Side By Side: A Celebration of Service™ over Memorial Day weekend 2019 in honor of those who have died serving our country, our veterans and active military. The two-part celebration featured

free daytime performances by Boyz II Men, Gavin DeGraw, The U.S. Navy Band and more, along with extraordinary storytelling by veterans. Later that evening, Northwell provided free tickets to hundreds of service members and their families for a special performance by GRAMMY Award-winning, multi-platinum band Imagine Dragons. In 2020, Side By Side: A Celebration of Service™ recognized those on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic with a Memorial Day television special and a #HealthcareHeroes Concert series that brought back Gavin DeGraw along with performances by Questlove and Meghan Trainor. “We are forever in debt to our armed forces, especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice fighting for our freedoms,” said Michael Dowling, president and CEO of Northwell Health. “We must never forget their service. We will continue to celebrate their eﬀorts, along with all of our first responders and health care workers, who risked everything to save lives after the September 11 attacks and again during this pandemic. We will keep their spirits alive as we prepare not just for a return to normal – but a brighter future for us all.” Since 2006, Northwell has been serv-

ing and supporting active-duty personnel, veterans and their families as a proud, military-friendly employer and provider of both medical care and behavioral health treatment for those struggling with PTSD, while also recruiting and assisting newly returned veterans trying to find a job and acclimate back into civilian life. Northwell hires hundreds of veterans a year, and over the past decade has also awarded about $2 million to employees who were mobilized and deployed overseas – funds that represent the diﬀerence between their military pay and the regular salaries they would have earned at their Northwell jobs. In recognition of its eﬀorts, Northwell is ranked as the nation’s seventh top nonprofit employer by the veterans advocacy group “Military Friendly.” “Side by Side was created to show appreciation for our military, veterans and their families who have selflessly served our country,” said Juan Serrano, assistant vice president of Northwell’s Military Liaison Services. “Along with honoring our health care heroes, we are celebrating everyone who has stepped up to the challenges brought on by the pandemic over this past year, we will remember our 9/11 heroes as 2021 marks the 20th anniversary of those attacks.”

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