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Vol. 96, No. 47

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Blakeman beats Curran, DeSena defeats Wink

HONORING VETS

Democratic Legislators Drucker, Lafazan win races after trailing

BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Despite a majority of absentee ballots being cast for Nassau County Executive Laura Curran to retain her seat, Town of Hempstead Councilman Bruce Blakeman defeated the Democratic incumbent by more than 2,000 votes, according to final results from the Nassau County Board of Elections.

After trailing by nearly 12,000 votes in the election night tally, Curran received more than 16,000 of the roughly 22,000 outstanding absentee ballots, finishing with 140,476 votes, according to the Board of Elections. Blakeman, a Republican, finished with 142,626 votes, according to the results.

Curran, in a statement following the final vote tallies, congratulated Blakeman on his victory and reflected on some of the accomplishments she and her administration helped achieve over the past four years.

“This is not the result we

hoped for, but there is so much to be proud of. Four years ago, we promised to clean up the corruption and fiscal mismanagement that plagued county government, balance budgets and turn deficits into surpluses – and we did just that,” Curran said. “Our county must build on this progress, while preparing for the challenges ahead. I congratulate County Executive-elect Bruce Blakeman on his victory, and wish him the best as he undertakes this important work.”

Blakeman told Newsday he received a “very gracious and kind call” from Curran on Tuesday.

In an interview with Blank Slate Media last week, Blakeman, who previously served as the liaison between Nassau County’s Republican Party and former President Donald Trump, said one of his main goals is to make Nassau County more affordable for its current and future residents.

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Great Neck held its annual Veterans Day celebration over the weekend.

Car crashes into Shop Delight storefront

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ing to the Nassau County Police Department.

Officials said they received Several people were in- the call before 2 p.m. on Tuesjured after a car crashed into day and arrived at the site a grocery store in Great Neck of Kosher Shop Delight at 4 on Tuesday afternoon, accord- Welwyn Road. Officials said a

white Lexus crashed into the storefront of the building, with the driver and passenger of the vehicle sustaining injuries.

Police did not disclose the severity of the injuries, but offiContinued on Page 43

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VGN votes to opt out Thomaston sets of cannabis sales date to repeal law With deadline looming, Sobel advocates to wait and see

Landmark Commission to meet Nov. 30

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The Village of Great Neck Board of Trustees voted to opt out of the sale of cannabis during a public meeting Tuesday night.

BY C A S E Y F LY N N The Village of Great Neck Board of Trustees on Tuesday night voted unanimously to opt out of the sale of cannabis in the village.

Few residents spoke at the public hearing, but some residents have said it was necessary to opt out of the adult-use marijuana industry.

Under a new state law, consumption and smoking of cannabis is legal throughout New York wherever smoking tobacco is legal. The state of New York has projected the collection of annual taxes from cannabis sales will exceed $350 million.

Members of the community expressed their opinions regarding the impact dispensaries could have on the economy as

well as the village.

Karen Rubin, a resident of Great Neck and columnist for Blank Slate Media, said she sees the economic impact on the village as being less than expected. “The villages that are thinking that this is a great financial opportunity, it really isn’t,” she said. “It will only be one store.”

On the other hand, another Great Neck resident, David Zielenziger, suggested that the industry could create opportunities.

“Our retail businesses on Middle Neck Road aren’t doing well and there are many vacancies,” he said. “Since marijuana is legal and regulated, why not?

You never know, it may lead to something more for the village.”

Municipalities have until Dec. 31 to opt out of allowing the sale of cannabis, but they won’t receive a share from any tax revenue. Deputy Mayor Bart Sobel said he wasn’t necessarily opposed to the idea but said it may be beneficial to wait.

“Given the little time we have to opt in, I think the prudent thing to do is opt out because if it goes poorly, we will be locked into that decision,” he said. “We’d like to give ourselves the option.”

In recent meetings, village residents have expressed concern about the effect on children.

“Parents aren’t very enthused about the idea of adding more substances to what is already available to their children,” Sobel said.

The Village of Thomaston set a public hearing date to repeal a local zoning law that was set in place earlier this year relating to a proposed five-story apartment complex, the application for which was recently withdrawn.

Village officials, during Tuesday night’s virtual Board of Trustees meeting, set a date of Dec. 20 at 7:30 p.m. for an official public hearing to repeal zoning law 3-2021, which provided certain incentives for adjoining zoning districts that applied to the proposed apartment to located at 124 S. Middle Neck Road, the site of the former Tower Ford building.

The law was passed during a July meeting and, along with the proposal, has been heavily criticized by the public. The law allows the Board of Trustees to have “sole and unfettered discretion” on what conditions and incentive use permit may be granted to certain applicants.

The new law applies to applicants that have a property located partially in the Apartment

B and Residence 10 zoning districts, a total area of at least 0.75 acres but not exceeding one acre, a depth at its greatest point of at least 200 feet and street frontage on Middle Neck Road of at least 230 feet.

The property at 124 S. Middle Neck Road lies partly in the Apartment B and Residence 10 zoning districts, has a total area of 0.96 acres, and has a depth of 234 feet, according to village documents.

A statement from the village to the public on Tuesday addressed how the law was passed and said that even if it was not approved, the applicant would still be able to file the application.

“In this instance, following all applicable state and local law requirements, the village enacted a local law to establish a particular procedure by which certain applications could be made,” according to the statement. “Even if that law had not been adopted, the property owner could have made the application under other procedures already available under state law, but under which the Continued on Page 43

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The Village of Thomaston set a hearing date to a repeal a new zoning law that was passed in July relating to a recently withdrawn proposal for a five-story apartment building.

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Bosworth reflects on time as supervisor Former legislator touts fiscal responsibility, teamwork in departure interview with Blank Slate

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North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth touted the importance of teamwork as it led to fiscal responsibility and establishing various initiatives during her eight-year tenure in an interview with Blank Slate Media on Tuesday.

Bosworth, who announced earlier this year that she would not seek re-election, reflected on strides the town has made, including obtaining an Aaa bond rating from Moody’s Investors Services and passing fiscally responsible budgets in a timely manner.

Bosworth said she did not want to criticize the fiscal management of previous administrations, but said she was pleased to be leaving the town in a sound place financially with the work of her colleagues and council members.

“Being fiscally responsible was something I was always very conscious of and it was reflected in the bond ratings we received,” Bosworth said. “We also passed our budgets before election time

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Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth reflected on her eight years serving the public during an interview with Blank Slate Media. and that was an innovation of my administration.”

After spending time as a second-grade teacher, a member of the Great Neck Board of Education and the Nassau County Legislature, Bosworth touted the importance of effective communication between town officials and the residents she served

over the years. Recognizing that every person’s problem was not too grand or small to address, she said, was vital to having the town become more transparent and beneficial to residents.

“I understood the need to communicate and I also understood the need for everyone to feel that they were part of the

team, that there is a seat at the table for everybody in the town,” she said. “I’ve always said that we are a family here in the town, and those weren’t just words. We are a family.”

Bosworth said she always reads and answers every email or query she receives from residents and will offer to reach

out to the proper governmental channel on their behalf.

Headlined by the “Not in Our Town” initiative to combat bullying and acts of hatred in North Hempstead, Bosworth lauded the other legislation and programs established during her tenure as supervisor. Others she mentioned included adding the transgender population to the town’s anti-discrimination law, rejuvenating the Veterans Advisory Committee and creating a Disability Advisory Committee.

Using two beams from the wreckage of Sept. 11 to honor and remember those from North Hempstead who did not survive the terrorist attacks, she said, was something she was pleased to see completed before she left office. She also described the half-size replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall coming to North Hempstead Beach Park as “one of the most touching things” she ever experienced.

While complaints about the town Building Department have become more prominent in recent years, Bosworth touted the department’s employees and Continued on Page 55

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Butera probe costs district $72K: report Manhasset has allocated more than $33K in legal fees, $38K in administration payments

BY R OB E RT PELAEZ The Manhasset school district has paid more than $72,000 in legal fees and other compensation relating to an investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Superintendent Vincent Butera, according to a Newsday report.

The report indicated that the district paid more than $33,000 to a pair of law firms for investigations into allegations initially filed by a Shelter Rock Elementary School teacher in September 2020. After the filing, the district hired the Poughkeepsie law firm Shaw, Perelson, May & Lambert to investigate the allegations.

Two months later, the firm found that since Butera’s actions were perceived as unwelcome by the teacher, they violated district policy.

According to Newsday, the district paid Shaw, Perelson, May & Lambert more than $26,000 for its work and paid more than $7,000 to its own law firm, Frazer & Feldman.

Acting Superintendent Gau-

as the assistant superintendent of curriculum, instruction and personnel. Passi also receives monthly stipends of $5,000, which increased from $2,000 several months ago.

The district also hired Maureen Appiarius, a former school administrator in Garden City, to serve in Passi’s previous role as assistant superintendent for curriculum. Appiarius receives a $950 monthly stipend to serve in that capacity through June 30, or sooner if Passi returns to his original position.

Those payments also amount to more than $38,000, according to the Newsday report.

District officials declined to comment.

Despite not serving as superintendent, Butera is being paid PHOTO FROM THE ISLAND NOW ARCHIVES his annual salary of $286,844 after a recent raise he received on July 1, according to his contract.

The Manhasset school district has spend $72,000 in legal Butera’s contract includes benfees and additional costs relating to an investigation surefits and expires in June 2023. rounding sexual harassment allegations made against SuThe allegations made perintendent Vincent Butera, according to a Newsday report. against Butera by the elementary school teacher claimed that rav Passi, who was appointed rary basis in August, is still be- he made the female employee to replace Butera on a tempo- ing paid the salary he received feel uncomfortable after hug-

ging her twice in school and frequently visiting her classroom to “just stand in the back and stare,” according to NBC News.

Both incidents were described as “creepy.”

Rosemary Johnson, deputy superintendent for business and operations, issued an impassioned defense of Butera at a school board meeting over the summer. She called Butera an educational visionary with an unblemished career. She then argued that a personnel change had led to Butera’s sexual harassment scandal.

Johnson did not provide specific evidence for her claim that personnel decisions sparked the scandal. Johnson argued that the school board’s previous decision to keep the findings private and not fire Butera was the right one.

Butera said he did not coordinate with Johnson before she made the remarks to the board.

“I am grateful and appreciative of her support as well as the support of others who spoke at the meeting,” Butera said in a Continued on Page 53

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Cuomo questions fairness during probe Former governor combative in answers during sex harassment inquiry interview

BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z In an 11-hour interview conducted by the state attorney general’s office, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo became combative with attorneys when asked about alleged instances of sexual harassment, according to transcripts.

Cuomo, who resigned as governor in August after harassment allegations from 11 women, repeatedly denied claims that he had inappropriately touched any of the accusers, contending that they occasionally misinterpreted his actions.

Joon Kim, an independent investigator, asked Cuomo if he was aware of his rights and informed him that he was not required to respond to questions if he believed they may incriminate him in a potential criminal case.

“I’m a former attorney general,” Cuomo said. “I’m aware of the attorney general’s power. I’m aware of the special prosecutor power, independent investigator power, and I understand there may be subsequent investigations to this investigation, yes.”

When asked about his relationship with a woman, Lisa Shields, who Cuomo claimed looked very much like Lindsey Boylan, one of the 11 female

project. Boylan said the next day her boss told her Cuomo had a crush on her, which she described as “an uncomfortable but all-too-familiar feeling.”

Boylan went on to describe her complaints to friends about how Cuomo allegedly touched her lower back, arms and legs.

Cuomo allegedly kissed Boylan on the lips in his Manhattan office in 2018, when she was promoted to deputy secretary for economic development and special adviser to Cuomo. After that, she said, her fears of going to work each day made her more and more nauseous, and other female senior advisers reportedly “grew hostile” after she began speaking up for herself. Boylan said she announced her resignation PHOTO BY KAREN RUBIN from the state government in an email to staff members on Sept. 26, 2018.

Cuomo also questioned the fairness Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo questioned the fairness of an investigation surrounding sexual harassment allegations made against him during an 11- of the probe, specifically Kim’s involvement throughout the 11-hour interview. hour interview with the state attorney general’s office.

“I mean, the concept of you as the resolution to the conflict as an independent reviewer is bizarre to me and raisaccusers, the former governor engaged what you want to know.”

Boylan, a former employee of the es ethical and legal questions,” he said. in a back-and-forth around the definistate’s economic development agency, “The way you, then, have conducted tion of “girlfriend.”

“Girlfriend means different things said her first encounter with Cuomo the review itself I believe raises ethical to different people,” he said. “It doesn’t occurred at Madison Square Garden and legal questions.”

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Raising money for caps aiding cancer patients This Veterans Day, Kristine Thomas a Long Island photographer and digital artist spent the day assisted by her partners Kathleen Pecinka and Sara Parise holding photoshoots at her home in Floral Park to raise money to purchase a “cold cap” for a cancer patient in need.

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Utilizing the cold cap to decrease hair loss can increase a patient’s confidence, self-esteem and self-worth while undergoing a treatment regimen that can severely impact these mental health areas.

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St. Francis honored for patient experience St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center had been named a 2021 Guardian of Excellence Award winner in four categories and a 2021 Pinnacle of Excellence Award winner in two categories by Press Ganey, a national leader in health care consumer workforce management.

Press Ganey recognized St. Francis as a top-performing health care organization achieving the 95th percentile or above for performance in the Guardian of Excellence Award categories: Outpatient Oncology, Outpatient Services, Emergency Department, and Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems and Inpatient Services.

Additionally, Press Ganey honored St. Francis with its Pinnacle of Excellence awards for maintaining consistently high levels of quality for consecutive years in the categories of Inpatient and HCAHPS. “These multiple honors from Press Ganey recognize the continued commitment of the St. Francis team in delivering a high level of care in a safe and comforting setting,” said St. Francis Hospi-

tal President and CEO Charles Lucore.

“These awards come at a challenging time in health care, and I’m extremely proud of everyone’s effort.”

Press Ganey’s Guardian of Excellence Award and its Pinnacle of Excellence Award are preeminent, competitive achievements for leading health care organizations. Presented annually, the awards commend hospitals and health systems that consistently sustain performance in the top 5% of all Press Ganey clients.

“Press Ganey is honored to recognize St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center® as one of the nation’s leaders inpatient experience,” said Patrick T. Ryan, Press Ganey’s chairman and chief executive officer. “This award reflects an unwavering commitment to earn the trust and loyalty of patients throughout unimaginable challenges. We are humbled by St. Francis’s incredible efforts, and their ability to adapt to imperatives of COVID-19 on top of the increasing demand for consumerism in health care.”

St. Francis in heart valve clinical trial

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Catholic Health’s St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center is always seeking new, improved options for cardiac patients, which is why the hospital’s cardiac team is involved in a clinical trial to determine the safety and effectiveness of a device designed to replace a faulty tricuspid valve in the heart through a minimally invasive procedure.

The TRISCEND II Pivotal Trial is evaluating the Edwards EVOQUE tricuspid valve replacement system. The device replaces a regurgitant—leaky—tricuspid heart valve through a minimally invasive procedure, where a small incision in the leg is made to access the heart and perform the procedure.

Tricuspid regurgitation occurs when the heart’s tricuspid valve does not fully close. The condition occurs typically when the valve has dilated or stretched, and its leaflets do not shut tightly.

As a result, blood flows backward within the heart, causing symptoms such as shortness of breath with activity and swelling in the abdomen, legs or veins in the neck.

The St. Francis team taking part in the trial is led by the director of Interventional Cardiovascular Procedures and codirector of the Heart Valve Center George Petrossian, and chairman of the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Newell Robinson.

The hospital’s participation in the trial is made possible through its Master Research Agreement with Edwards Lifesciences.

To date, two patients have been treated at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center.

Petrossian and Robinson said the EVOQUE valve gives cardiologists an option for treating TR and provides patients with faster recovery times compared to open-heart surgery.

“Participating in the TRISCEND II Pivotal Trial allows us to be at the forefront in the use of new technology and an advance in treatment,” said Petrossian. “The results from our initial patients have been very promising and over time the new valve could provide many patients a solution that will allow them to live a long and healthy life.”

“This valve allows us to treat a serious heart condition in a way that is much less invasive to the patient,” Robinson said.

“This will also mean shorter hospital stays and recovery times for patients.”

Patient screening for participants in the Triscend II Pivotal clinical trial is ongoing.

Those interested may call St. Francis Hospital at (516) 562-6790.

For more information on the St. Francis Heart Center, available across Long Island, please call (866) MY-LI-DOC or visit chsli. org.

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Herricks Cinemas reopens to public Theater welcomes community back to the movies by showcasing Hollywood’s newest films

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Herricks Cinemas in New Hyde Park reopened last weekend, playing Hollywood’s newest movies as part of new policies instituted after the COVID-19 pandemic.

The owner, Bow Tie Cinemas, which has locations in Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Virginia, has been reopening theaters throughout the year, according to its website.

The company reopened three theaters in May, following just one in February.

Movie theaters in the area have had mixed luck with the pandemic. In September, Soundview Cinemas in Port Washington closed its doors due to revenue losses following COVID-19. The theater was in business for over eight years.

In Great Neck, Squire Cinemas permanently shut down due to the pandemic as well.

On Aug. 6, Roslyn Cinemas

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Herricks Cinemas reopened last weekend with new policies aimed at combating COVID-19. reopened following a brief closing due to COVID-19. Earlier this year, Manhasset Cinemas also opened again. In 2019, Bow Tie Cinemas sold three of its locations in Roslyn and

Manhasset to Gilman Management Corp., a Great Neck-based real estate investment and property management company.

Herricks Cinemas on Hill-

side Avenue, which has four screens, is the company’s last location on Long Island.

Part of the improvements associated with the theater’s COVID-19 guidelines include

contactless ticketing, plexiglass installation at places of contact and increased cleaning. The theater said it is one of many venues participating in the CinemaSafe NATO initiative, which Ben Moss, owner and CEO of Bow Tie Cinemas, said allowed the theater to reopen safely.

“As our community successfully emerges from pandemic restrictions and closures, we look forward to once again serving our valued patrons on Long Island,” Moss said in a news release.

Current offerings at Herricks Cinemas include “Clifford the Big Red Dog,” Marvel Studios’ “Eternals” and Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch.”

Future selections will include the upcoming Ghostbusters, Spiderman and West Side Story movies, among others.

“Welcome back to the movies,” Moss said, according to the news release.

Efforts to reach Bow Tie Cinemas for comment were unavailing.

Hochul threatens protocols if cases rise

BY R OB E RT PELAEZ With the holiday season approaching, Gov. Kathy Hochul urged New Yorkers who work in high-risk settings to receive a booster shot, warning that stricter measures may have to be implemented if coronavirus cases continue to trend upwards.

Hochul, in a briefing to the public on Tuesday, described recent upticks in cases in regions of the state, calling for more people to receive the coronavirus vaccine before family gatherings begin to increase over the next month.

“I’m not happy about this at all,” Hochul said. “Infection rates are high. Our vaccination rates should be higher. I mean, there’s no reason why we’re not 100%.”

On Long Island, the coronavirus positivity rate increased from 3.03 percent on Friday to 3.48 percent on Monday, the most up-to-date figures at the time, according to Hochul. The seven-day positivity rate in New York was 3.40 percent as of Monday, she said.

“I want to celebrate Thanks-

giving safely,” Hochul said. “I want to know that when we get together that we’re not going to get one of our loved ones sick.”

Stricter measures, she said,

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THIS AT ALL. INFECTION RATES ARE HIGH. OUR VACCINATION RATES SHOULD BE HIGHER. I MEAN, THERE’S NO REASON WHY WE’RE NOT 100%.

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may have to be implemented if more people across the state do not receive their vaccinations.

While children can remove masks during outdoor recess and while they are eating and drinking, she said it is imperative for them to become inoculated after federal approval was granted for children ages 5 to 11 to receive the vaccine several weeks ago.

Hochul said local county

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Gov. Kathy Hochul warned of stricter protocols if coronavirus cases continue to climb throughout the state. officials will have her support in creating stricter health and safety measures if the cases continue to rise.

More than 300 new cases were confirmed in Nassau County on Tuesday, according to the most up-to-date figures

from the state Health Department. More than 74 percent of Nassau County is fully vaccinated, compared with 67.5 percent in Suffolk County, according to the figures.

The news comes when eligibility for booster shots could be expanded to all adults soon.

As of Wednesday, boosters were recommended for individuals at least 65 years old or are at a high risk of exposure to the virus due to their job or health conditions who received their second Pfizer or Moderna shots more than six months ago.

A study conducted by Pfizer found a booster shot could restore protection against symptomatic infection to around 95 percent. The side effects from the booster, according to the study, were comparable to those in the first two shots.

Health officials said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to approve Pfizer’s application to expand the booster to individuals at least 18 years old. An advisory panel of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is to meet on Friday to discuss the issue. The C.D.C. would also have to approve the booster.

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2 water authorities coming to Nassau Nassau will receive new establishments as part of legislation signed into law by Hochul

BY R OB E RT PELAEZ Nassau County will have two new public water authorities as a result of legislation signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Nov. 3.

The signing of the bills came after the state’s Department of Public Service released a joint settlement proposal that featured a tentative $607 million purchase of New York American Water, one of New York’s only private water supply companies, by the Merrick-based Liberty Utilities Co. The proposed purchase remains under review by the Department of Public Service, officials said, with no official date on when a decision will be made.

The two bills signed by Hochul establish the North and South Shore Water Authorities, which will be run by locally appointed boards. The state Legislature, earlier this year, passed bills to provide $1 million in funding for the new authorities in efforts to shift the responsibility for water supply to municipalities.

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Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation that will establish two new water authorities in Nassau County relating to a tentative purchase of New York American Water by Liberty Utilities Co. On the North Shore, New York American Water covers the Glen Head and Sea Cliff areas in addition to East Rockaway, Roosevelt, Bellmore and parts of Merrick on the South Shore. Ameri-

can Water has about 124,000 customers systemwide, including about 120,000 customers on Long Island.

Hochul touted the importance of residents throughout

the state being able to have “easy, affordable access to” water in a statement.

“The historically high rates charged by New York American Water could be reduced through

a public takeover of the system, and these new public water authorities give the local governments the legal vehicle they need to pursue the public option,” Hochul said.

According to the proposed settlement, Liberty will pay a $23.5 million “public benefit adjustment” that will provide rate relief for up to 10 percent of customers and will require the company to “engage meaningfully” with the newly established water authorities in the event they want to purchase parts of New York American Water’s service areas in Nassau County.

The authorities would have up to 465 days from Liberty’s $607 million purchase to complete any buyouts, according to the settlement. Liberty is also committed to not filing for a rate hike until 2023, which would delay any potential increases to 2024.

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Mandate vaccines for county staff

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n his first interview as the presumptive Nassau County executive-elect, Bruce Blakeman said he would not impose COVID-19 vaccine mandates on police and other county workers after he is inaugurated.

“I’m vaccinated,” Blakeman said. “That’s a choice I made.

I am not for mandatory vaccinations of county employees. I think it’s a mistake. I think basically people have to make their own health care decisions.”

This actually does not represent a change in policy from Laura Curran over whom Blakeman has claimed victory.

Curran said during the election campaign that she preferred persuasion over mandates, citing the 95 percent of Nassau adults who had received at least one shot – the highest rate in the state.

Given the objections of many voters to mandates for vaccines and even masks, thanks to a torrent of disinformation, this may be good politics.

But it is very bad policy that undermines public health efforts in ways that will have consequences now and for years to come.

COVID tests statewide show a rising rate of infection and experts fear another holiday season surge. Test results documented 341 new cases in Nassau just last

Thursday.

“Medical experts say the numbers are going up because many people remain unvaccinated, the cooler weather is pushing people indoors and many people are not wearing masks in crowded indoor locations,” Newsday reported.

The numbers regularly cited

by Curran also overstated the level of protection in Nassau County by counting only adults.

Long Island this week hit an overall vaccination rate of only 70 percent with many of the remaining unvaccinated people saying they won’t take shots. And many who have been vaccinated have been slow to get booster shots needed to maintain a high level of protection.

According to a Newsday analysis, Long Island residents will not hit the 90 percent level needed to achieve herd immunity and free us from most precautions, including masks, until next August.

Nationally, only one in three parents say they will give shots to their kids – even though the FDA says they are safe and effective.

In the absence of vaccines, one Suffolk County school has seen an outbreak of more than 40 cases, prompting school officials to take extra precautions.

The failure to vaccinate children

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attending school is, to put it charitably, madness.

As we have already pointed out, to attend day care or pre-K in New York a child must be vaccinated for diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, measles, rubella, polio and chickenpox.

To attend middle school and high school a child must also be vaccinated for whooping cough again and meningitis.

What makes COVID-19, which has already claimed the lives of more than 750,000 Americans, different? Certainly not science.

Safe and effective vaccines

are available. What is preventing an end to the suffering is the refusal of people to listen to health professionals and get vaccinated.

This poses a threat now and in the future.

Consider this: Michael Dowling, president and CEO of Northwell Health, has said health professionals expect new and more frequent viruses in the future as the Earth’s population grows and people live closer to animals.

All this while some are already challenging the mandates for the other childhood diseases.

It is true that children are less likely to get seriously ill from

COVID, but they are not immune from the disease and its effects both short-term and long-term.

Not to mention the threat of children spreading the diseases to other children and having them bring it home to siblings, parents, grandparents and other relatives.

We agree that masks are uncomfortable, but the only safe way to eliminate them is for us to reach herd immunity with a 90 percent vaccination rate.

Parents arguing for in-person learning, no masks and no vaccines are wishing for the tooth fairy while endangering lives.

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THE BACK ROAD

Race norming and National Football League

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or this week’s column I almost wrote about the strange case of deranged far-right wing dentist, Rep. Paul Gosar, who tweeted a doctored anime-themed video depicting him murdering Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and assaulting President Biden.

His intro to the sick video was, “Any anime fans out there?”

Rather than wax poetic about yet another congress member with rocks in his head, I decided to address the most recent chapter in the ongoing story of the National Football League’s neglect of retired players suffering from concussion-related brain injuries.

In a nutshell, the latest is that the National Football League and attorneys for thousands of retired players came to an agreement to put an end to race-based adjustments, a procedure known as “race norming” that’s used to determine dementia settlements in concussion claims.

Dave Zirin of “The Nation” explains, “Because Black people

have a higher rate of dementia as seniors — just a part of the poorer health statistics that haunt the Black community as a result of institutionalized racism — the NFL’s testing starts with the assumption that Black athletes have a lower cognitive functioning baseline.

This makes it more difficult to show the effects of post-concussive syndromes and qualify for the settlement.” Consequently, hundreds of Black players suffering from dementia may have been prevented from winning awards that average $500,000 or more.

There is of course a backstory.

In 2002, Nigerian-American physician Dr. Bennet Omalu discovered the presence of degenerative disease in the brain of then destitute and mentally ill NFL Hall of Famer Mike Webster. He named the brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). You might recall that Dr. Omalu was portrayed by Will Smith in the 2015 film Concus-

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sion.

Omalu faced enormous obstacles. He was smeared by the National Institute of Health which said he was not a reputable doctor, despite the fact that he earned eight degrees and certifications. He was defamed by the NFL which tried to stonewall his discovery and disassociate the fact that repeated blows to the head were the cause of a degenerative brain disease that led to the premature deaths, including suicides, of scores of former

players.

It took the NFL until 2013, 11 years after Omalu’s 2002 discovery, to reach a $765 million settlement (updated to $1 billion in 2015) over concussionrelated brain injuries among its 18,000 retired players. They agreed to compensate victims, cover the cost for medical exams and underwrite research.

The fact is, however, that a significant portion of the fund was withheld from those it was promised. In 2018, USA TODAY reported that as the award notifications begin to trickle out, some of the recipients, as well as their families, were shocked to find they would receive pennies on the dollar of what they were owed.

It took eight more years following the 2013 settlement for the NFL to stop the use of racenorming which, again, operated from the premise that Black players begin with lower cognitive function, making it more difficult to show they suffer from a mental deficit related to their

time on the gridiron.

Attorneys for the Black players pointed to the racial disparity, suggesting that white men were qualifying for awards at two or three times the rate of Blacks since the payouts began in 2017. It remains unclear, according to an October 21 report by the Associated Press, whether a racial breakdown of payouts will ever be done or made public.

I’m sure it comes as no surprise that the NFL’s continuous actions and inactions regarding head injury were solely in the service of raising their bottom line.

The sad reality is, once they finally accepted football’s role in advancing degenerative brain disease, they instituted a special carve-out of Black players who they labeled as cognitively inferior and, therefore, unworthy of equal settlements to their white counterparts; in yet another episode of the sordid saga of health disparities in America.

Any NFL fans out there?

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Watch merry murder show with millennials

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h! The Thanksgiving-toNew Year’s Day season.

This is the window in time when any of your children who have achieved escape velocity, and departed the nest, are most likely to return for at least a visit.

When they do, it’s quite likely that the little things you do — and have always done — will suddenly look weird to them.

And they will make comments like this one from my oldest a few years ago: “Mom, why is it that all those murder mystery programs you watch have a priest as the main character?”

“What? That’s just not true.”

“Really? So who’s Father Brown?”

“Well, he’s a Catholic priest, based on a character created by (British writer) G.K. Chesterton.”

“And who’s the main character in ‘Grantchester’?”

“Well, yes, he’s a priest, or rather I should say a vicar because he’s not Catholic, he’s Anglican, but his best friend is a Detective Inspector, so they solve crimes together…”

“Like I said, Mom. Priests.”

I watch 20 other shows, from “NCIS” (American Navy detectives) to “Bletchley Circle” (women who were British codebreakers in WWII) to “Castle” (a New York detective and a fiction writer). Yet the only two with religious figures are the two he notices.

But this year I have the perfect rebuttal for him, because I have just discovered a fabulous new mystery series starring a wonderful trio of nosy civilians, all without a scrap of religion.

It’s called “Only Murders in the Building,” starring Martin Short, Selena Gomez, and Steve Martin, who was also co-creator of this Hulu original project.

The first season of 10 episodes is available now if you get Hulu or if you have very good friends who invite you and your husband over to watch it all.

I can authoritatively pronounce it “delightful” and a lot of fun. It’s the story of how three unlikely people, united by a shared passion for true-crime podcasts, decide to produce one themselves when someone in their apartment building is murdered.

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A Look on the Lighter Side It is well written, well scored and gorgeously shot. As for the acting, it’s a revelation to watch this team — one I could never have predicted — turn out to work so beautifully together.

They’re also really funny.

“Only Murders” is full of little zingers — at “olds” who don’t “get” texting; at “youngs” who do; at Upper West Side snobberies; at podcasting and podcasting fans; even at NPR. At one point Martin Short complains that Steve Martin’s podcast narration is “so PBS-y, like a Ken Burns documentary on the His-

tory of Boredom.”

I’ve been a fan of Steve Martin ever since his appearances on early “Saturday Night Live” in the 1970s. He was hilariously clueless with Dan Aykroyd as a “Wild and Crazy Guy.” I also love his tongue-in-cheek song about “King Tut” (worth finding on YouTube). My husband is especially a fan of Martin’s first major movie appearance in “The Jerk,” which begins: “I was born a poor black child in Mississippi.” In that scene he is conspicuously uncoordinated, unable even to clap in time to a very catchy Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee tune.

Martin Short has done so many things, even IMDB has trouble listing them all — but none so memorable for me as his early characters on SCTV (Second City TV, the Canadian comedy show) and SNL. Until now.

In this show, Short is completely believable as the overexuberant, over-extended and washed-up Broadway producer who may be short of the $35,000 he owes on his condo apartment, but is never short of

energy or ideas. He takes it upon himself to direct his two new friends mercilessly. And somehow he always manages to have a professional-sized microphone on him whenever there’s something to record. (It’s a tribute to how much my husband enjoyed the show that he never complained how unlikely that is.)

Selena Gomez, at 29, is the perfect Millennial to offset “these two weirdos” as her character calls her two aging Boomer partners. She brings a perfect dry-witted tang to the mix. I was vaguely aware she’d had a Grammy-winning music career before this, and some Disney productions, but I did not realize that she began as one of the child actors with Barney the Purple Dinosaur.

No matter what, this will be one of the best things she ever does.

Best news of all — there will be a Season Two. I may even pay for the Hulu next time around — if my kids will come home and watch it with me. Maybe then they’ll admit that I’m enjoying something that features at least one Millennial and no priests.

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Gov. Hochul: Please fix NIFA

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ear Governor Hochul, Nassau County is once again at an administrative and financial crossroads, finding its finances improving and in a position to lead to financial self-determination on the one hand, and facing what may be a new administration with the potential to derail that progress on the other hand.

As former directors of the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, we are very concerned about the future financial stability of Nassau County and, therefore, urge you to focus on the composition of the membership of the NIFA board before recent progress is derailed.

While we belong to different political parties, (Haber is a Democrat and Marlin is a Conservative) we have come together in a bipartisan spirit to apprise you of the gravity of the situation.

Before getting to the crux of our concerns, here’s the historical background: For most of the 20th century, the Republican political machine controlled the levers of Nassau County’s government. And after decades of mismanagement, cronyism, and corruption, the County government, led by Republican County Executive Tom Gulotta and Republican Bruce Blakeman, presiding officer of the county Legislature, became financially insolvent in 1999 and was facing bankruptcy.

In a nutshell: the county had to be saved because it was teetering on the edge of a fiscal precipice.

To help restore the county’s fiscal health, the newly-elected Nassau County Legislature (Blakeman

Thomas Gulotta

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and others were defeated for reelection, resulting in a Democratic majority) unanimously approved in 2000, a home-rule message requesting Albany to create a state oversight panel with the power to guide the County’s budget policies.

Responding to this request, then-state Assemblyman Tom DiNapoli, (D-Great Neck), and then-state Sen. Dean Skelos, (RRockville Centre) crafted NIFA legislation that was intended to fix Nassau’s financial mess and to protect taxpayers from future irresponsible political behavior.

The state Legislature adopted the act to fulfill its constitutional duty “to restrict the power of taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contracting indebtedness and loaning the credit of municipalities so as to prevent abuses in taxation and assessments and in the contracting and loaning of credit by the County.”

This bipartisan bill was signed into law by Republican Gov. George Pataki on June 23, 2000.

Modeled on New York City’s Emergency Financial Control

Board and the Municipal Assistance Corp., NIFA is an independent public authority that has had budgetary oversight responsibilities and the power to provide the County with budgetary relief, to transmit state assistance grants and to issue NIFA bonds.

The authority’s governing body consists of seven members who serve without compensation.

Four are appointed solely by the governor, and one each by the governor upon the recommendation of the Senate majority leader, the Assembly speaker, and the state Comptroller.

By asking for an independent public authority possessing budgetary oversight powers, the Nassau legislators conceded that they could not trust themselves to manage the county’s finances responsibly. They were correct.

Portions of the NIFA Act did reward elected officials for failure by providing various financial benefits including $100 million in state funds. (Lest we forget during the 1975 fiscal crisis, New York City did not receive one dollar

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from the state.)

To give elected officials time to reform the tax certiorari mess and to achieve a structurally balanced budget, the NIFA Act also permitted the county to borrow, and count as “operating revenues” (since borrowing is never otherwise considered or to be considered revenue), money to pay down accumulated Tax Certs refunds.

Tax Cert borrowing, which totaled $947 million between 2000 and 2007, and accounted for 45 percent of total bonded debt issued during that period, was in effect a backdoor tax increase to be incurred when the bonds are paid.

Taxpayers, their children, and their grandchildren were then and now stuck paying the bill for the County’s fiscal operating shenanigans.

In 2001, angry voters overwhelmingly rejected the GOP at the polls. Tom Suozzi was elected county executive (the second Democrat to hold the post in 80 years), and his party maintained the control of the County Legislature which they had won in 1999.

Suozzi had the good sense to work with NIFA, and, as E.J. McMahon of the Manhattan Institute noted in City Journal, he “stabilized County finances for a time by raising taxes and restraining spending.”

In 2010, when Republican Ed Mangano took over the reins of Nassau County’s government, and Republicans regained their majority in the county Legislature, GOP pols quickly reverted to bad fiscal behavior.

Tax Cert reform did not materialize; the county failed to pay refunds out of operating revenues.

The backlog of unpaid Tax Certs began to grow and continue to grow.

Tax Cert borrowing, which reached a low of $12 million in 2007, grew significantly: $58 million in 2008, $64 million in 2009, and $42 million in 2010.

The report of the Assessment Reform Team, created by County Executive Mangano, with much hoopla, turned yellow in a bureaucrat’s bottom desk drawer.

Ed Mangano proved time and again that he was ignorant of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles that apply to the management of operating budgets.

He foolishly thought the county could issue long-term debt (which is not revenue) to balance operating budgets (which requires revenues to equal or exceed expenses)—forever.

“The more [Mangano] did, the more he showed people he

doesn’t have a grip,” E.J. McMahon told Bloomberg Business Week in 2011.

Mangano rejected NIFA’s warnings that he was running statutory operating deficits.

Instead, Mangano argued that NIFA was the problem, not his fiscal stewardship.

“The deficit,” he said, “is in their minds, not in reality.” Mangano believed NIFA was making a power grab intended to discredit him.

Reacting to Mangano’s fiscal follies, on January 26, 2011, NIFA directors voted unanimously to declare a control period on a projected deficit for fiscal year 2011 of $176 million.

As NIFA Chairman Ronald Stack said at the time, “the deficit is real, the deficit is substantial and the deficit is in accordance with GAAP as it must be according to state law.”

Stack added, “it is not a NIFA deficit. It is not a paper deficit. It is a statutory deficit which comes largely from trying to borrow money and counting it as revenue.

That is contrary to GAAP. That is contrary to common sense.

If you take a home equity loan of $10,000, you do not look at your family’s budget and say, we made $10,000 more this year. You made what you made and you borrowed more. Borrowed money is not revenue and to claim it as such is simply nonsensical.”

The county sued NIFA claiming, among other things, that: NIFA acted arbitrarily and capriciously;NIFA’s imposition of a control period was unconstitutional.

The New York Supreme Court ruled on March 11, 2011, that the County “failed to meet their heavy burden of showing the unconstitutionality of the control period statute… beyond a reasonable doubt.”

The Court found “no merit to petitioners’ claim that NIFA should not be able to utilize a projected budget gap in determining … that there is a substantial likelihood and imminence of the occurrences that the County shall have incurred a major operating funds deficit of one percent or more in the aggregate results of operations of such funding during its fiscal year.”

The Court concluded that “the determination that there existed a substantial likelihood and imminence of the county incurring a major operating funds deficit of one percent … reported in accordance with GAAP does not appear to be arbitrary and capricious.”

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Nassau’s finances are in danger Continued from Page 16 Based on these findings, the court denied the County’s motion for a preliminary injunction.

NIFA’s control period remained in effect throughout Mangano’s eight years in office. In his second term, Ed Mangano was indicted by the U.S. Attorney for various crimes. He was convicted in March 2019 and awaits sentencing in Federal court.

After Mangano was found guilty, Eastern District U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue rightfully concluded: “Ed Mangano abused his power as a public official by taking bribes and kickbacks from a businessman in exchange for helping him obtain loans worth millions of taxpayer dollars.”

Mangano’s top deputy, former GOP state Assemblyman Rob Walker, was also indicted and pleaded guilty to taking bribes.

He is to be sentenced by a federal judge this month.

Oddly, while Republican Mangano was committing crimes and fighting NIFA, he had a Democratic supporter in Albany — Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Their bond was their distaste for a common foe: former County Executive Tom Suozzi, who was attempting a comeback in 2013.

Hoping to exact revenge on Suozzi in 2013, and also to carry Nassau County by a large margin in his quest for a second term in

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2014, Cuomo surreptitiously aided Mangano — who subsequently endorsed him for re-election.

Cuomo helped Mangano in September 2013 by removing NIFA Chairman Ron Stack, a renowned municipal finance expert, and by appointing sympathetic NIFA board directors. In doing so, he actually approved Mangano’s recommendations for the NIFA board.

Fortunately, Mangano’s successor, Laura Curran, like Tom Suozzi, worked with NIFA to solve the County’s fiscal woes.

During her four years in office, Nassau’s operating deficits, based on GAAP, not only declined—the County incurred operating surpluses for the first time in years.

In 2019, the GAAP operating surplus was $76.8 million and in 2020 it was $102.9 million.

A 2021 surplus is likely, as well, given strong sales tax receipts and the receipt of substantial Federal pandemic relief aid.

And it is possible NIFA will be able to lift the 10-year-old control period provided that the cert claim backlog and concerns about the Nassau University Medical Center debt (for which the County could be contingently liable) are resolved.

However, the fiscal progress made during the Curran years could now be in jeopardy.

Republican Bruce Blakeman,

the presumptive county executive-elect, was justly described by the Newsday editorial board as “not prepared to take on the challenge of leading Nassau County.”

Remember, Blakeman was a key member of the GOP machine that brought down the county in the 1990s. And if history is a guide, the Blakeman administration could be Gulotta/Mangano redux.

Governor, you have an opportunity to prevent another fiscal meltdown in Nassau County by revitalizing the NIFA Board of Directors.

Presently, the terms of all of the four gubernatorial appointees on the NIFA board have expired, and one of those seats is already vacant.

We urge you to take this opportunity to appoint truly capable people to NIFA who are above the fray and not susceptible to pressure from local politicians or lobbyists.

We also urge Assembly Speaker Heastie to move with due dispatch to recommend a member of NIFA to replace the late Howard Weitzman, who recently passed away.

Your predecessor didn’t care for public authorities and seemed to like having holdovers in place so that he could make changes at will. We hope you don’t share his views of public authorities, but we also hope that you do recog-

Laura Curran

nize the hidden gift his negligence has given you: you could, in one move, appoint a majority of the NIFA board.

We believe that you should, and urge you to do so, and to do so with members who are fiscally savvy and focused on the mission of serving on NIFA with a view toward actually putting NIFA out of

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the business of having to control the county’s budget.

If you do act, you will do a great service to the county and its taxpayers and voters: if you don’t, the County could be set back in ways that may require even many more years of recovery. We believe that the picture and the choice are clear. Please act.

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VIEW POINT

Dems will lose midterms, but don’t blame Biden

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ow should Democrats take the 2021 election results? Are the elections in Virginia, New Jersey and Long Island harbingers for 2022? Are progressives vs. centrists a circular firing squad killing off Democratic turnout? Pundits are saying that Democrats lost because Biden and congressional Democrats couldn’t get infrastructure passed fast enough; pundits also are saying that Democrats lost because they are going too fast on infrastructure. Which is it?

Why is a delay over passing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act fatal to Democrats, but Trump’s and Republicans’ sabotage of public health so that 750,000 Americans died of COVID-19 not fatal? Or for that matter, why do mask and vaccine mandates qualify as tyranny but not abortion bans, voter suppression and election subversion?

Are you telling me that white suburban Virginian women looked at Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and said, “Give me more of that,” but

were gunning for Democrats Terry McAuliffe and Biden because they believed Republican Youngkin’s Critical Race Theory boogeyman was coming to consume their child’s brain?

How is it that Democrats didn’t get credit for passing the American Rescue Plan that provided states and localities money to make their schools safe to reopen, but Republicans aren’t penalized for undermining public education as liberal propaganda farms, firing teachers and principals, withholding funding for schools and school board members and calling for book burning?

The pundits keep saying that Democrats will lose because they don’t care about kitchen table issues or blue collar workers or rural voters – as if access to affordable child care, universal pre-K, health care, clean air and drinking water and a tax system where the richest individuals and corporations pay their fare share don’t impact every family. Or as if $1 trillion to rebuild crumbling bridges and roads, replace water pipes, bring

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broadband to the countryside won’t improve the lives of every working family.

People are upset with higher prices (compared to 2020’s economic lockdown) because of unleashed demand, shortages of produce due to climate/weather disasters and supply chain interruptions still impacted by COVID that is prolonged by Republicans.

At least Biden is taking immediate action — getting more truckers on the road, ports to operate 24/7 — and addressing climate crisis

that impacts everybody’s kitchen table. But these talking points are drowned out by hysteria over Thanksgiving turkey and Christmas presents.

“It’s the economy, stupid?”

Really? If that were true, which party is responsible for repeatedly pulling the nation out from the depths (11 of 12 past recessions under Republicans), for the fastest rate of jobs creation (5.4 million in 10 months), lowest unemployment since the pandemic began, higher wages, record highs on Wall Street, cutting childhood poverty in half, and putting the nation back on a path of prosperity that is shared by all, not just a handful of billionaires who have socked away $1.8 trillion worth just during the pandemic (untaxed!). And Biden’s Build Back Better will not only bring down costs (health care, prescription drugs, internet, energy) but create millions of well-paying jobs.

The media refers to the “remarkable upset” in Virginia. But was it, really? Democrat contender McAuliffe was consistently within

1 point in the polls and would have overcome history to win re-election at all as a former governor. Rather, Youngkin’s success showed what a drag on Republican candidates Trump has been and will be the model for Republicans to keep Trump at bay while using culture wars to keep Trump voters fired up.

And didn’t that trope about Democrats get pushed back when New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy won re-election (by 70,000 votes), going against New Jersey’s long history in becoming the first Democrat to be re-elected in 44 years?

Crime on the rise? Why aren’t Trump and Republicans blamed for the record gun deaths and hate crimes in 2020 or that insurrectionists carrying Trump’s banner not only attacked police but tried to overturn the Constitution. Or that Trump’s entire presidency was one criminal act after another, from campaign finance to obstruction of justice, to extortion, Emoluments, to an attempted coup and defiance of the Rule of Law. Continued on Page 51

E A R T H M AT T E R S

Listen to the scientists about food

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ur pre-human, and early human ancestors were hunter-gatherers, foraging for edible plants and hunting game.

Around 12,000 years ago they began to farm. According to some sources, the change occurred independently in northern China, Mesoamerica, parts of Africa and in the Fertile Crescent, a highly productive area in the Middle East. Recent studies indicate that the reason for the change was more likely because humans could defend their property rights and their crops when living in small social groups.

The same basic model exists today with significant changes in who produces the food, how it’s distributed, and for whom.

Not that many years ago, with few exceptions, most food was produced locally. Supermarkets had not yet come to small towns. Meat came from the local butcher. Fresh vegetables and fruits were grown in family gardens. A portion of the summer/fall crop would be “canned” in Ball jars that family

and neighbors filled, and stored for later consumption.

Basic supplies like dry cereal (oatmeal, shredded wheat, etc.), bags of flour, sugar, containers of salt, and maybe potatoes, came from the local grocer. A clerk, with a pencil behind their ear, would fetch each item on the customer’s list while they waited, then jot the price of each item on a paper bag, and manually add it up.

Today, supermarkets have fresh food from all over the world, delivered by a welloiled delivery system. We can get fresh oranges and bananas year-round, nuts from California and figs from Turkey. Some large market chains have their own farms in Chile so fresh produce is available year-round.

Tastes have evolved, too.

Meals have gone from meat, potatoes and vegetables, to what we considered ‘alternative’ meals such as ‘Italian’ and ‘Chinese’, and now, food from specialty cuisines such as Thai, Korean, Mediterranean and many others. We have so many choices.

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Looking ahead, we need to be more aware of how much impact our food sourcing has on climate change. Food produced in other parts of the country is shipped primarily by gas-powered trucks. Electric trains and self-driving electric trucks could be the answer to that issue (for nationally produced food, not international).

To reduce that impact, we could put more emphasis on unprocessed foods (get back to the kitchen!) and focus on two major basic groups, vegetables/ fruits, and meat (protein).

Vegetables/Fruit: Grow locally! Encourage the use of backyard and community gardens, and set aside suburban land for space-saving indoor vertical and hydroponic farms so vegetables and fruits are readily available year-round.

Meat (Protein): Commercial livestock farms are responsible for pouring biogenic methane into the atmosphere. This gas is more than 28 times more destructive to the atmosphere than carbon dioxide.

One really viable option for a reliable source of protein includes insects and their larvae.

Seriously! The use of insects as food is common in many parts of the world and has been for millennia. The insects harvested as food are usually “social insects”, those that live together in large numbers which makes collecting them easier. Ants, termites, and locusts are in that category as well as insect larvae.

There is a variety of ways to prepare insects for consumption.

One of the most popular is to lightly fry them in oil, kind of like French fries, or roast them.

(I can tell you roasted crickets have a peanutty flavor and go great as a salad garnish). Insects have a much higher protein content per pound, produce no methane, grow to maturity in an eye-blink of time and consume a fraction of plant matter and water when compared to beef cattle, or any other meat we eat, pork, lamb, etc.

The U.S. is behind other nations in insect farming. Thailand, for example, has more than 20,000 insect farms, supplying a cheap source of protein for people across Asia. There are a few insect farms in the U.S. but the number is growing.

A recent United Nations report estimates the world population will go from 7.6 billion people today, to 9.8 billion in 2050, to 11.2 billion in 2100.

To ensure our continued existence, we all need to work on our paradigm shift to sustainable food sources, and level off our world population growth.

Let’s all take stock of the big picture. Listen to the scientists.

Letters Continued on Page 36

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UBS Arena, Isles ready for puck drop Long-awaited opening of Belmont facility to take place on Saturday with 1st hockey game

BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y UBS Arena is ready for puck drop.

On Saturday, the New York Islanders will host the Calgary Flames and begin a new era in their sparkling new home.

The Islanders will welcome the Flames after 13 consecutive games on the road, spanning two countries and countless flights. It was the second-longest road trip in NHL history, and the longest to start a season.

UBS Arena at Belmont Park will become the franchise’s third home. Since its inception in 1972, Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale hosted the team, which also played at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn briefly in the 2015-2016 season.

Maximum capacity for games will be 17,250, while concerts, beginning with Harry Styles on Nov. 28, will seat up to 19,000.

Along with opening night Saturday, grand opening plans include a ribboncutting ceremony on Friday, the Empire State Building and Nassau County Dome lighting up in Islanders colors Saturday, and developers for the arena ringing the bell at the New York Stock Exchange Nov. 29.

Plans for the Belmont Park Redevelopment Project were revealed during the later half of 2017. The UBS Arena broke ground in September 2019 and construction resumed in May after a delay due to COVID-19. Alongside the arena, the plan includes a new hotel and 350,000 square feet of retail space in the future.

The Belmont Park project will cost $1.3 billion, with $1.1 billion going toward the new arena. New York State owns the property and leases it to the New York Racing Association, and for the arena, New York Arena Partners.

On top of delays due to COVID-19, construction has not been completely smooth sailing. For some residents of Floral Park who border the Emerald parking lot on the north side of the park, and the village itself, there have been bumps in the road.

In October, Mayor Kevin Fitzgerald released a statement saying that a land dispute between developers and the village had been settled. He said it has been a priority to maintain and preserve a small property that connects the end of Crocus Avenue, Floral Park-Bellerose School’s playground and the Emerald parking lot at Belmont Park. This area keeps a buffer between local residents and park attendees.

The mayor said construction in the area violated the Empire State Development Corp.’s environmental impact statement, finalized in 2019, that said

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE UBS ARENA

The New York Islanders are set to host the Calgary Flames in the UBS Arena’s first ever home game Saturday. the area would be untouched and residents would be given privacy screening along the border of part of the north lot.

After assurances construction would stop, developers continued, until state Sen. Anna Kaplan intervened. She was able to have New York’s Franchise Oversight Board issue a notice to developers saying the parcel is owned by the state and the New York Racing Authority. The directive ended further activity on the parcel, Fitzgerald said.

At Tuesday’s Floral Park Board of Trustees meeting, Fitzgerald cited pressing issues regarding the area and the fence intended to maintain privacy for residents.

According to Fitzgerald, the final environmental impact statement said the fence would be much closer to the park, instead of the 10 to 20 feet of space he sees between the fence and the lot.

“We believe that the incomplete fence along the north lot deviates from the final environmental impact state-

ment, and should be much closer to the park than it is to residents,” Fitzgerald said Tuesday night.

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WILL BE MONITORING THE POSSIBLE UPTICK IN TRAFFIC AND OVERALL ACTIVITY. PLEASE EXPECT CONTINUAL ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC REGULATIONS.

Frank Chiara TRUSTEE

In addition to the location of the fence, Fitzgerald said there are too many openings, which fail to separate residents from the operations of the arena, which expects to hold 150 major events annually.

Ftitzgerald said the village is speaking with elected officials and developers almost daily to resolve any potential disputes as the arena’s opening nears.

Also mentioned at Tuesday’s meeting was the village’s intention to strictly enforce all traffic laws including block the box, speeding, parking, DUI and DWI, among others.

“The Police Department will be monitoring the possible uptick in traffic and overall activity. Please expect continual enforcement of traffic regulations,” said Trustee Frank Chiara.

Officials said they will be in the park area through this weekend and coming weeks in order to understand the impact an influx of people and cars will have on the village.

“We wish the best of luck to the developers, and hope that quality of life issues are kept to a minimum,” Fitzgerald said.

Efforts to reach the UBS Arena for comment were unavailing.

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Blank Slate Media honored 43 of Nassau County’s Women of Distinction on Tuesday, Nov. 9, at an awards ceremony and networking event held at Leonard’s Palazzo in Great Neck.

Associate Judge Madeline Singas, a Manhasset resident and former Nassau County district attorney, was the keynote speaker and Antoinette Biordi, an Emmy-winning News Channel reporter and anchor, was the emcee.

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Blank Slate Media honored 43 of Nassau County’s Women of Distinction on Tuesday, Nov. 9, at an awards ceremony and networking event held at Leonard’s Palazzo in Great Neck.

Associate Judge Madeline Singas, a Manhasset resident and former Nassau County district attorney, was the keynote speaker and Antoinette Biordi, an Emmy-winning News Channel reporter and anchor, was the emcee.

All photos by Joel Harris Joel Harris Photography www.joelharrisphotography.com

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YOUR GUIDE TO THE ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND DINING

ART OF MUSIC FOUND AT COUNTY MUSEUM Combining historic instruments, such as the Les Paul guitar played by Keith Richards on the Ed Sullivan show and Neil Young’s “Flying V” guitar as well as Paganini’s famous “Cannon” violin, with masterworks of art by Edgar Degas, Juan Gris, Edouard Vuillard, Lyonel Feininger Henri Matisse, David Hockney, Romare Bearden, Jasper Johns, this comprehensive celebration of the close relationship between music and art has something for everybody at the Nassau County Museum of Art. From a gallery of memorabilia that includes art by Tony Bennett and Miles Davis along with vintage posters, photographs and manuscripts featuring Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Billy Holliday, Frank Sinatra to the room-size installation of an automated Balinese gamelan created by Aaron Taylor Kuffner, music lovers of all generations will find their favorites.

The exhibition was curated by director Charles A. Riley Ii, PhD and curatorial associate Jennifer Haller, with support from the internationally renowned Classical musicians and collectors of art and important instruments Sean, David and Lauren Carpenter.

Like music itself, the exhibition is global, bringing together not only the greatest of Western classical music, including paintings and sculpture created to the soundtrack of Bach and Beethoven, but the instruments and art of cultures from Africa and Australia to Asia and South America, including an important selection of Japanese woodblock prints alongside the instruments depicted as well as the talking drums of Africa, a Middle Eastern oud, and harps, flutes and

string instruments from all along the Silk Road, many of which will be played during the many concerts and lectures programmed during the run of the show.

Many of the most exciting contemporary artists whose work is inspired by music are included in this ground-breaking exhibition, including Idris Khan, John Cage, Tim Rollins and KOS, Dorothy Dehner, Joan Snyder and Robert Wilson, whose video portrait of Lady Gaga as well as a prized selection of drawings from his stage work Deafman Glance will be on view. The giant, walk-in painting by Ben Schonzeit that wowed Soho in the Seventies when it won critical acclaim, The Music Room, will be on view for the first time in decades.

Among the many discoveries to be made, the exciting works of Moyosore Martin, Hassan Hajjaj, Christine Sun Kim, Adrian Nivola and Lori Nix, internationally known art stars, will appear for the first time at the Nassau Museum.

Programming for the show includes concerts, artist talks in the galleries, lectures and a director’s seminar series held in his private office. A fully illustrated catalog with essays by the curators and a musical score composed on commission is available. The catalog was made possible with an anonymous donation, and the exhibition is supported by a grant from the Claire Friedlander Family Foundation.

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Above: Painting by Juan Gris At left: The Gibson Flying V guitar

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Beat the holiday hustle with these shopping strategies A few expert tips can make holiday shopping less complicated.

While it may not be possible to remove all of the stressors surrounding holiday shopping, these tips may help make the job more manageable.

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t’s beginning to look a lot like the holiday shopping season. The four- to five-week period between Thanksgiving and Christmas is one of the most frenzied times of year, especially for shoppers.

According to recent research from Needle, an advocate-powered e-commerce company, shoppers report feeling more stress from holiday shopping than they do from family obligations and holiday travel. Eighty-four percent of consumer respondents in Needle’s survey stated that gift-giving caused them stress. Finding the right gifts for everyone can be particularly challenging.

Outline everyone on your list. Santa has it right by making a list and checking it twice. Only by writing a list will you be able to ensure you do not forget anyone. Savings expert Lauren Greutman from Flipp, a Canadian savings app, suggests including teachers, coworkers and service people in addition to family and friends on the list.

Track deals and coupons. Sticking to a budget is easier when you utilize tools that help you save even more. Resources like Honey and Retail Me Not will automatically apply coupon codes at checkout to make sure you are getting the lowest prices possible online. Social media, retailer websites and third-party apps also can be great places to find bargains.

Protect personal information. The Federal Trade Commission says to protect yourself financially by shopping only on secure websites

with an “https” address. Stick with retailers that tell you what they do with your data and how they keep it secure. Consider creating a separate email address and/or account password for shopping retailers to reduce identity theft and other fraud.

Shop early. Bank of America says one of the easiest ways to overspend is waiting until the last minute to shop and then having to settle for what’s available, regardless of prices. Spread out purchases and begin holiday shopping before prices increase.

Be wary of fake coupons. The internet has made shopping and researching easier but also more complicated at the same time. A deal that seems too good to be true may be just that.

Counterfeit coupons are phishing scams that can end up compromising personal information when you click on them.

Take advantage of warehouse stores. Make the most of that membership fee by buying the bulk of your gifts at a warehouse store to save time and money. These retailers carry everything from jewelry to electronics to clothing. Also, they sell gift baskets or boxes around the holidays that can be divided into multiple gifts, saving you even more.

There are many ways to make holiday shopping easier and more affordable.

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Factors to focus on when discussing driving with seniors A round 45 million licensed drivers on the roads today are age 65 and older.

Driving is one way for seniors to stay independent and live fuller lives, but traffic crashes are a leading cause of injury and death for older adults, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Older adults are more than twice as likely than younger drivers to report having medical conditions that make it difficult to drive, and usage of certain medications can further affect the ability to drive safely.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration urges older drivers, friends and family to talk about driving safety. The following are some points to emphasize during such discussions. · Physical fitness: Driving is more than just understanding road signs and how the car works. Safe driving requires sufficient physical fitness to operate a vehicle. Exercising and being active by walking daily, stretching and performing strength-training exercises can make it easier to steer and get in and out of the car. · Seat belts: Seat belts save countless lives. Some older drivers may have grown up during a time when seat belts were not standard on vehicles and may not recognize the importance of wearing

them. However, seat belts are crucial each and every time drivers get behind the wheel.

· Vision checkups: The CDC recommends that adults have their vision checked by an eye doctor at least once per year. Corrective lenses or glasses also should be worn if they are needed to improve vision. · Medications management: Individuals should exercise caution when taking medications, especially sleep and pain medications. Even cold remedies can affect driver safety, advises the Mayo Clinic. Always read medication labels and pharmacy inserts to determine if it’s safe drive while on a given medication. · Limitations and modifications: Getting older may come with certain physical limitations that can be remedied with a few modifications. An occupational therapist may be able to recommend assistive devices, such as steering wheel covers that make gripping the wheel easier, or a swiveling seat pad to make getting out of a vehicle less strenuous.

Aging drivers and their families can focus on various factors to keep such motorists safe when they’re behind the wheel.

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Skiing for those over 50 – Is it for you?

I often meet former skiers over 50 who haven’t skied for years or even decades.

Some gave up the sport because of the time constraints of employment or raising a family.

Skiing is a time-consuming activity; however, if you reached a point in your life where more time and resources are available to you, consider reentering this exciting yet relaxing sport. Even if you haven’t skied before, it’s not too late to start. Skis and boots today are more user-friendly in terms of control and comfortability than their predecessors.

Yes, skiing requires much more planning, preparation, and resources than most other sports, particularly for Long Islanders who are probably at least three hours from the nearest ski resort. Still, a good day on the slopes is very satisfying. Let’s discuss some of the apprehensions you may have.

Is it too costly? Skiing unfortunately is not cheap in respect to lift tickets, equipment, clothing, and travel. But before investing in new equipment or pulling out your old boards from the 70s and 80s, explore seasonal rentals from local ski shops.

Their rental rates are likely much less than at the resorts, and a fraction of the price of new skis, boots and poles.

Proper clothing is essential, especially ski pants, an insulated windproof jacket, and warm gloves or mittens. If you don’t have these, check out EBay, garage sales, and early or late season ski sales for them.

The rest can come right out of your clos-

et, e.g. sweaters, sweatpants and anything warm and comfortable. Avoid cotton and jeans if possible. And ….. we wear helmets now! Lift tickets pre-purchased online are generally lower than the ticket window prices and many resorts offer senior discounts.

Weekday skiing, if an option for you, is the best value for your money in the way of reduced lift ticket prices and smaller crowds.

Carpooling lowers your travel costs and makes the trip seem shorter.

Am I in proper shape? Although skiing is not as cardiovascular as many other sports, it still entails an intense use of muscles. Proper preparation by walking, doing squats, and step-climbing will ease your reentry into skiing.

This becomes even more important as we age and our bodies lose strength. The following link by the University of Utah provides some basic exercises to prepare

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for the season: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=r3CGiTKHck0.

When you first arrive on the slopes, allow yourself a break-in period by starting with easier and moderate runs. Don’t ski until you’re tired, but take frequent breaks before you get tired. Relax — there is no rush or urgency – you have the whole day!

Don’t resist sitting out a few runs if you need a break sooner than your companions. And stay hydrated.

How can I connect with other skiers?

Finding skiing companions takes effort when your friends, associates, and family don’t share your interest. While solo skiing has some advantages in terms of flexibility, you should not feel compelled to ski alone.

Several ski clubs and meetup groups exist in the New York metropolitan area.

For example, visit www.meetup.com to find fellow skiers for day trips. The 50 Plus Ski Club (www.50plusski.org) sponsors day and multi-day trips with carpooling for skiers over 50. Skiing with companions is more enjoyable, safer and economical.

How can I maximize my enjoyment?

Even with discounts or other savings devices, your ski outing will still be a fair investment of time and money. As such, you should make the most of the day.

For the travel segment, avoid peak traffic periods by leaving very early and staying late. Yes, this means setting your alarm clock early and leaving in the dark. Stop for a good breakfast along the way and enjoy a dinner break on the way home. This strategy also

lets you avoid the higher-priced meals sold by the resorts. (Bring some snacks.)

The slopes are usually less crowed during the earlier and later hours, and during lunch. Finally, share the driving, particularly on the return trip.

What about midweek skiing? The advantage of midweek skiing cannot be underemphasized. If you are retired or have reached a point in your employment when you can take an occasional personal or vacation day, you will find midweek skiing to be a peaceful and stimulating experience. Gone are the long lift lines and crowds.

Casually skiing down a mountain without dodging ski traffic, or looking out for Shaun White and Lindsay Vonn wannabes allows for more focus on your stance, style, and overall control. Cocoa and meal breaks are relaxed and unrushed, and the walk to and from your car will likely be shorter.

What are other things to consider?

Boots-Boots-Boots. Boots are as important as the ski itself. A bad boot fit can make any ski day miserable. Boots should be snug, but not so tight as to cause pain and limit circulation. Don’t leave the fitting area until you are comfortable with the boot. Be patient and try other boots until you have one that is comfortable.

Getting back into skiing at over 50 may appear challenging, but with the proper planning and preparation, you will rediscover the enjoyment. See you on the mountain.

Chris Ruona Member — 50 Plus Ski Club

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How to eat after 50

s people age, their dietary needs begin to change. Foods that were once staples of your diet as a youth may be restricted once you hit a certain age, while other foods you may have always avoided may now be necessary to fuel and support a healthy body.

Eating healthy foods and exercising may not be enough to sustain health, as hormonal changes and other health effects as a person reaches age 50 can have a profound impact on his or her nutritional requirements. The following are a few things men and women over 50 may want to consider as they look to eat a healthy diet for years to come.

Vitamin D Both men and women age 50 and up have a reduced ability to produce vitamin D through exposure to the sun. Extra vitamin D will be needed from foods and supplements. Everyone over the age of 50 should take a daily vitamin D supplement of 400 IU (10 µg), according to Canada’s Food Guide. Without adequate vitamin D, bone strength and health can deteriorate because vitamin D promotes calcium absorption. Vitamin D also has other roles, including helping neuromuscular and immune function and reducing inflammation.

Friendly fats People over age 50 should increase their intake of unsaturated fats and reduce consumption of saturated fats. Nutrientrich unsaturated fats can guard against heart conditions, protect against stroke, keep skin supple, and even help men and women maintain good neurological health. Omega-3 fatty acids can be found in nuts, olives, seeds, and fatty fishes.

Increase protein According to Christine Gerbstadt, MD, RD, a spokesperson for the Academy of

Nutrition and Dietetics, as they age, men and women need more protein in their diets to maintain their muscle mass. The amount of protein needed at a younger age no longer may be adequate. Look for lean sources of protein from fish and poultry. Beans are also a low-fat source of protein that can help fulfill daily protein requirements.

More fiber Eating more fiber can help with digestive and intestinal problems, such as constipation. Constipation can occur when fiber intake is not enough, coupled with a more sedentary lifestyle. The best way to get fiber is through diet. Leave the skins on fruit and vegetables and choose whole fruits over juices. Wholegrain breads and cereals also are good sources of fiber. Dry beans and lentils can add a fiber boost. Always increase fiber slowly to determine your tolerance.

Fewer calories The National Institute on Aging says women over the age of 50 need between 1,600 and 2,000 calories, depending on how physically active they are. Men need between 2,000 and 2,400 calories per day. With each passing year there is a decrease in the energy required to maintain body weight, so caloric intake should be adjusted accordingly.

More water As a person ages, his or her body may not signal it is thirsty as well as it once did, so it’s possible that you may not recognize when you are thirsty or dehydrated. The Mayo Clinic recommends around nine to 10 cups of beverages per day to remain hydrated.

Eating healthy and changing one’s diet is important as a person ages, as dietary needs at age 50 may be quite different from what they were at age 30.

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3 money-saving Make vacations and travel tips travel a key component for retirees of your retirement T

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hen the time comes to bid farewell to conference calls, meetings and daily commutes, retirees have open schedules to fill with whichever activities they choose. Travel is one exciting way to pass the time.

Traveling can be a rewarding prospect for active seniors, particularly those who successfully preplanned for retirement and have the income to fund various excursions. Many seniors, both in the United States and Canada, find that travel tops their to-do lists once they retire. According to Senior Travel magazine, new travel options are emerging for newly minted retirees looking for something a little different from the status quo.

The list of destinations retirees have at their disposal is limitless.

The following ideas are some of the more popular ways retirees choose to travel.

Road trips rule. Taking to the highways and byways is an excellent way to see the country.

Seniors can customize their routes depending on which places they want to visit. RV travel can be as comfortable or as

rustic as travelers prefer. Many seniors spend months traveling in their campers, which offer many of the same amenities of home. Campsites and special RV hook-up sites offer the other necessities of traveling the open road.

Genealogical tourism is popular. People hoping to trace their ancestry and visit their ancestral homelands are one of the fastest-growing travel segments. Visiting an old church in Europe where ancestors were married or buying food from a market in which a great aunt or uncle once worked leads retirees on many international adventures.

Such trips provide travelers with a unique opportunity to understand their roots up close and personal while enjoying some international travel along the way.

Exotic tours can be exciting destinations. History buffs or adventure-seeking couples may be particularly attracted to exotic travel destinations that are slightly off of the beaten path. Travel tours may take vacationers to destinations such as excavation sites or backpacking through the rainforest. With passport in

hand, seniors can go just about anywhere their desires take them.

Enjoy a relaxing seaside trip.

A seaside vacation can be the perfect trip for seniors who want to put their feet up and sip some cocktails while watching the waves lap the shores. Many beach resorts offer all-inclusive packages for different age groups.

Meals, excursions and hotel rooms can be bundled into one affordable, confusion-free price.

Go cruising. Speaking of allinclusive vacationing, cruising seems tailor-made for those ages 50 and older because it offers the convenience of accommodations, food, entertainment, and transportation all in one. The various activities offered on the ship mean travelers can find ways to spend their time how they see fit. Cruising couples can opt to spend all of their time on the ship enjoying carefully prepared meals and entertainment or disembark and explore the various ports of call along the way.

Now that they have more free time, retirees can gear up for travel adventures to remember.

hough a transient lifestyle is something few people aspire to during much of their lives, come retirement, the idea of staying in a place for only a short time has more appeal.

According to a recent study from the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies, 36 percent of baby boomers want to spend their retirements traveling.

Many are succeeding in doing just that, as a study from the luxury travel network Virtuoso found that today’s seniors spent an average of just over $11,000 per year on travel. That was more than any other generation, highlighting just how much older adults like to get out and explore the world.

Retirees who fear they cannot afford to travel can explore the various ways for seniors to cut costs and still satisfy their wanderlust during retirement.

1. Take advantage of age-related discounts.

Some adults prefer to hide their ages, but when it comes time to travel during retirement, honesty is the best policy. Many businesses that cater to travelers offer discounts to seniors. Car rental agencies, hotels, travel agencies, and cruise lines may offer direct discounts to customers 65 and older, while membership in organizations such as AAA and AARP may make seniors eligible for additional discounts. Discounts on lodging and airfare might net the biggest savings, but even discounts on various smaller expenses can add up to big savings.

2. Don’t overlook travel agencies.

While many prospective travelers’ first instincts are now to visit various travel websites in an effort to find the most affordable trips, it’s important that travelers not overlook travel agencies when planning trips.

Travel websites, though a valuable resource, only list the hotels and airlines that agree to be included on their sites. While many participate, some do not, and those that do not may instead work independent of travel websites or partner with travel agencies. Travel agencies have access to the latest information, and many specialize in certain countries, knowing all the attractions visitors to their countries want to see.

Travel agencies may offer packages that include admissions to popular attractions, which can be more affordable than planning a trip a la carte.

3. Travel as part of a group.

Group travel may not appeal to everyone, but it should appeal to older, budget-conscious travelers. Retirees who are uncomfortable driving at home will likely be even less comfortable driving in foreign countries where the rules of the road are not the same.

Traveling in groups, whether it’s with a retirement community, religious organization or another program, can save travelers substantial amounts of money. Many hotels and tourist attractions offer steep discounts for group tours, which can even be arranged through travel agencies. A hidden benefit of signing up for a group tour is the chance to meet new people and develop new relationships with fellow globetrotters.

Many working professionals hope to spend the bulk of their retirement traveling the globe. While such a goal is potentially costly, there are various ways to save and still see the world.

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The good times and gatherings that are such a big part of the holiday season were absent from many celebrations in 2020. Though the COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing, the successful rollout of various vaccines should make the coming holiday season feel more normal. That means gift exchanges and gatherings are back in play. Savvy celebrants recognize the benefits of shopping early, and Small Business Saturday is a great chance to get back in the holiday swing of things while supporting the local businesses that make communities so unique.

Plan ahead. Small Business Saturday takes place each year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving in the United States. Since its inception in 2010, Small Business Saturday has grown in popularity. American Express estimates that 110 million people participated in Small Business Saturday in 2019, which underscores how shoppers can benefit from planning ahead. Research sales and inventories of local businesses you want to support so you’re ready to go come Saturday morning. Doing your homework can make it easier to navigate the crowds.

Reserve a table at your favorite restaurant. A great meal with friends and family can be an ideal way to cap off a day of shopping, and it’s a great way to support a local restaurant. It’s worth noting that a National Today survey of 1,000 shoppers that focused on Small Business Saturday shopping habits found that food and groceries were the most popular things to buy local. Saturday is traditionally a popular night to dine out, and that popularity is even greater on Small Business Saturday.

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A concert to celebrate the Holydays Sweet Honey In The Rock, a performance ensemble rooted in African American culture and tradition, is performing a free concert, titled “Celebrating the Holydays,” at Hofstra University on Friday, Dec. 10 at 7 p.m.

This event is an end-of-semester Kwanzaa celebration, featuring a rare fusion of traditional American holiday spiritual songs and hymns, as well as songs from other cultures and religions, ranging from Africa to Israel.

Sweet Honey In The Rock features core members Louise Robinson, Nitanju Bolade Casel, Aisha Kahlil, Carol Maillard and American Sign Language interpreter Barbara Hunt. The ensemble also includes bass player Romeir Mendez.

Sweet Honey In The Rock has a history that spans more than four decades.

They are best known for music that creates a positive, loving, and socially conscious message. Their concerts educate, entertain, and empower audiences and communities through both a cappella singing and American Sign Language interpretation. Audiences come from diverse backgrounds and cultures throughout the United States and around the world.

“Celebrating the Holydays” will take place at Hofstra’s Toni and Martin Sosnoff Theater, John Cranford Adams Playhouse, South Campus. The concert is open to the public, but advance registration is required. RSVP at events.hofstra.edu. All guests must be vaccinated and prepared

to show proof of vaccination and an ID. Masks must be worn at ALL indoor events on campus.

Funding for this program has been provided by the Joseph G. Astman Family Fund for the Hofstra Cultural Center; the

Stuart and Nancy Rabinowitz Honors College; the Center for “Race,” Culture and Social Justice; and the NOAH Scholars Program.

Guests are encouraged to donate nonperishable food items or basic items (toi-

letries-soap, toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, toilet paper, etc.) towards the Mary Brennan INN. For more information call the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669 or send an email (hofculctr@hofstra.edu).

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Troop 10 completes SHAI hosts another backpacking trip successful coat drive

BY DWIGHT ROSENSTEIN Troop 10 Scoutmaster

Troop 10 from Great Neck recently completed a strenuous backpacking overnight camping trip in Harriman State Park on a partly sunny chilly weekend in October weekend.

Sixteen scouts and six adults began the hike at the Elk Pen where the Appalachian trail enters Harriman State Park from the west. They hiked with full backpacks, carrying tents, stoves, food, as well as their personal gear. They hiked up Green Pond Mountain at least 400 feet in elevation.

After about 1.85 miles they reached the Lemon Squeezer, very narrow passageway formed when a large rock fell off the side of a cliff. They took the Arden Surebridge Trail for a little over a mile, to Times Square, where three trails cross near a huge boulder.

They spent some time there eating lunch and climbing on the boulder. From

there they turned south on the Ramapo Dunderberg trail traversing a rock face ridge with views of valleys and distant mountains to the west and to the east.

At 4.35 miles, they reached the Bald Rocks Shelter where they set up camp.

After gathering firewood for the campfire the scouts, in four patrols, cooked onepot meal dinners on lightweight stoves.

One patrol cooked a vegetarian meal. The scouts built a large campfire on the rock face top of the mountain.

Rain started during the campfire but lasted it only 15 minutes. In the morning, scouts boiled water for oatmeal breakfast, cleaned up, and headed south for about 1.35 miles to Route 106 where cars were waiting.

Troop 10 meets at the ManhassetLakeville Fire Department on 25 Prospect Street on Mondays at 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm on school days. If you are interested in joining Troop 10, please contact Dr. Dwight J Rosenstein at djrosenstein@ gmail.com.

On a brisk fall Sunday in November, members of the SHAI Board formed an assembly line to accept and sort donations from generous donors during a four- hour, driveby coat and clothing drive.

Winter will be warmer for many local children and families thanks to the outpouring of donations of warm children’s clothes designated to the Great Neck Public School’s Clothing Pantries. Donations included coats, sweaters, pants, knapsacks, hats, scarves, gloves and shoes. Donations of adult clothes this year were picked up by Big Brothers and Sisters of Long Island.

With many pantries closed or refusing donations due to the pandemic, and with poverty concomitantly on the rise, the SHAI Board decided it especially urgent to host a clothing drive, again, this year.

Exacerbated by the pandemic, pockets of local poverty continue to grow amidst perceived affluence in Great Neck,” said SHAI’s immediate past president and current President of the Great Neck Board of Education, Rebecca Sassouni. “SHAI always values neighbors assisting neighbors.”

During especially poignant moments, several donors dropped off clothes while mentioning they were from family members

who passed away during the pandemic. Others donors relayed their own humble roots and personal gratitude to be able to donate to others during times of need.

SHAI Board member Monika Amirian relayed that her pre-school-aged children, who attend Chabad’s preschool Center for the Arts in Manhattan, hosted a clothing drive to benefit SHAI and GNPS. The entire toddler class each created cardboard homes which they decorated to collect clothes for other children.

SHAI Board members who pitched in included: Claudine Amirian, Joseph Amirian, Monika Amirian, Michael Delafraz, Keivan Farhadian, Lee Harounian, Jacqueline Harounian, Rebecca Harounian, Fred Ohebshalom, Rebecca Sassouni, Michael Shahkoohi and Shahruz Shahery.

SHAI thanks the donors, too numerous to mention, and hailing from multiple ethnicities, ages, and faiths.

SHAI is a pluralistic not-for-profit organization that serves as a Jewish Community Center without walls. SHAI partners with municipal and other not-for-profit entities to serve the needs of the Persian Jewish community and their neighbors. To donate to SHAI, and to find out more visit www.shaiusa.org

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OUR TOWN

Cross-fertilization can enhance your talents

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ur environment influences us more than we care to realize. We are a part of where we live and that’s why urban planners are paid well. The field of environmental psychology attempts to understand how our surroundings affect both our mood and our behavior.

The power of the environment can be seen from Dr. Philip Zimbardo’s famous prisoner experiments out at Stanford University.

Zimbardo’s findings revealed that our moral compass is set more by where we find ourselves rather than what we hold to be true on the inside. In his experiments,

if you were assigned the role of prison guard, given a uniform, and placed in a prison setting, you immediately become authoritarian and cruel. And conversely, if you were assigned the role of prisoner in that experiment, you became acquiescent and subservient and ashamed.

These findings were not lost on Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton or criminologist George Kelling and his “Broken Windows” theory. It states that a few broken windows lead to more broken windows, and this is followed by even more criminaltype behavior. Armed with that in-

Creativity and growth often occur by taking from one domain and using it in another just like Warhol did with his Campbell soup cans

DR. TOM FERRARO Our Town

formation, Giuliani and Bratton got strict on petty crimes like squeegee men and fare-jumping and turned the criminal environment of New York City around. No small task.

As a sport psychologist, I have noticed another way that different environments seem to influence behavioral change in athletes.

When a young athlete plays two sports, they sometimes can take the mindset of one sport and use it in the other. I call this cross fertilization. As an example, an elite high school baseball player learned how to be “free and aggressive” at the plate by remembering how it feels to play linebacker on his football team.

A talented college baseball player realized that he was just a relaxed bogey golfer and this eas-

ing of expectation was adopted in his baseball and enabled him to be more relaxed when at home plate.

A world class MMA champion uses the game of chess during his pregame hours to relax his mind and body.

Cross fertilization, or taking skills learned in one environment and using them in another environment, was used by Arnold “I’ll be back” Schwarzenegger. When training for his Mr. Olympia contests in the early 70s, he realized that his body movement from one pose to the next lacked grace, so he started taking ballet lessons to learn graceful movement.

Every sport has its own emotional demand characteristics. If you play football, you had better be fast and furious. If you play golf, you had better be calm and cool. If you fence, you had better be focused and clever and it is only the very smartest of athletes who can learn from one domain and translate that learning into another sport.

I am certain that acting classes could teach a champion tennis player how to act confidently, singing classes could teach a golfer how to swing more smoothly and yoga classes can teach NFL players how to keep their balance. The future of sports will be about cross

fertilization.

The world is shifting and most feel some level of existential dread with all the bad news and unpredictability. But during liminal times of change there is opportunity to make improvements. And it may be that one of the best ways to make improvements is to take something you learned from one domain and translate it into another.

A successful athlete or businessperson must be curious enough to do this. If you are an athlete, find yourself an art form you can enjoy and learn from. Sports are filled with social gamesmanship, so maybe it’s time for some acting classes to teach you how to act cool and nonchalant when under duress. Wasn’t it Sun Tzu in “The Art of War” who said warfare is mostly about trickery?

And if you are a writer, maybe it’s time to take up long-distance running to give you the strength and the stamina to sit all day long at the computer. It seems to be working for Haruki Murakami, who has won nearly every literary prize known to man and is also a marathon runner. Life is filled with many fascinating things to do, so go try something new, fall in love with it and watch what happens to the rest of your life. As they say, “a rising tide lifts all boats.”

READERS WRITE

Climate change a threat to Long Island

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n a historic fashion, leaders from over 100 countries agreed to end deforestation by 2030.

This is one of the biggest headlines to come out of the newsworthy United Nations Climate Conference, better known as ‘COP26’.

Climate change still can feel distant, people often view the earth’s rising temperature as a far off problem that will not affect us as New Yorkers. Climate change is most frequently framed as the threat of rising sea levels.

As members of a coastal community perhaps this is the framework that is most impactful for us.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is charged with monitoring rising sea levels, changes in climate, weather and coasts.

According to the NOAA, the global sea level has risen about nine inches since 1880. However, a third of this rise has come in the last 25 years.

Sea level rise can be noticed through beach erosion. Significant portions of the South Shore have less than three feet of elevation. Superstorm Sandy and higher storm

surges provide further evidence.

While these weather events are not everyday occurrences they are an ever-looming threat. For South Shore Long Islanders, the threat of sea-level rise means flooded basements and shrunken shorelines.

Sea level rise is not the only threat of the climate crisis. Creation of food deserts, stronger storms, floods and hurricanes, prolonged heat waves and loss of biodiversity are some of the many problems we will face.

As part of Western society, we have a greater ability to fight the effects of climate change. Citizens have much more autonomy and influence over their government. We have access to resources to mitigate the adverse effects.

Houses are being put on stilts.

Sand dunes are being built up and restored from Fire Island to Montauk Point as part of a federally funded project. While these options cannot be mistaken for long-term solutions, they do prove how our ability to adapt is a key component of who is subjected to the damaging effects of climate change.

In 1948, the term environmen-

tal refugee was coined. Yet, those who leave their home because of its inhospitable climate are seen as migrants, not refugees. Refugees are granted certain status and protections when immigrating to other countries.

Migrants are seen as undeserving of these protections because they are voluntarily moving, typically for economic reasons. Many of the world’s poor are reliant on their ability to grow crops to survive.

As a result of rising temperatures, extreme heat waves and unpredictable local climates, agriculture is becoming increasingly difficult in the equatorial region.

These conditions create food insecurity and scarcity.

Climate change refugee is a category that needs to be widely recognized at the international level as the climate crisis worsens.

Pressure at the southern border of the United States in some measure is due to climate change.

Exploitation of natural resources, industrial disasters and instituted development projects are among the most prominent hu-

man-created reasons for people to leave their homes. These projects alter the natural ecosystem and can make the land inhospitable.

The influx of immigration to the global north is only going to increase in the coming years as a result of climate change. Our ability to fight the effects of climate change further highlights the privileged position of the global north versus the global south.

There is structural injustice seen through economic disparity between the two hemispheres in the world order. These core differences come through in the way we deal with climate change. A population’s ability to adapt is a demonstration of the vastness of resources and technology which can be put toward solutions.

Climate change is a global issue, therefore inaction will have trickled down effects.The global north is better positioned to handle the effects of climate change and we are also the power players in international politics.

We need to consider our privileged position when speaking about climate change. We are on

unequal footing. Migration as a result of people’s homelands now being inhospitable is an issue that the global north and the west will have to solve.

Each nation is not able to solve the climate crisis for their own people alone. Looking inward for a solution will leave all people without one. International organizations provide a framework for collaboration.

COP26 leaves leaders with goals for them to promote domestically. Small milestones, through collective action, can lead to larger change.

As New Yorker’s we have a powerful voice and as Long Islanders we understand and bear witness to the changing climate.

Furthermore, as citizens from a powerful nation and influential part of the country we have to do our part in expanding the conversation from its current political framework and bring attention to the long-term effects of climate change, such as climate change refugees.

Emily James Sea Cliff

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READERS WRITE

Boycott universities ‘demonizing’ Israel

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hanks to Eden Janfar for the letter “Adopting IHRA’s definition of antisemitism” (Nov 12,

2021).

In the letter, Janfar mentions several universities that insist on demonizing and delegitimizing Israel and the Jewish people in addition to Jewish students on

campus in the fashion of pre-Nazi Germany.

I would boycott those universities: Binghamton University, Eastern Michigan University, Columbia University. Oddly enough Brandeis University, named for the first Jewish Supreme Court justice, and NYU, where many Jews were educated, are also on

the list.

So is Northwestern University, which actually has a Holocaust denier on the faculty, Arthur Butz, the author of “The Hoax of the Twentieth Century,” and the University of California Irvine, which has a faculty member who has stated “Zionism politically toxified our schools” and where a

Jewish woman was forced to hide from anti-Israel activists.

The University of California has generally been among the worst in terms of unabashed antisemitism and hatred of Israel and the UCLA student government passed a resolution calling for divestment from Israel.

These schools have a right to

employ Holocaust deniers, antisemites, and Israel de-legitimizers. I wouldn’t give them a dime and neither should anyone who cares about the safety of the Jewish people and the security of the state of Israel.

Leslie Feldman Great Neck

A coup in an unlikely place - a library

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n a column for the Long Island section of the New York Times, I coined the word bibliosanctum. It gives meaning from both its parts: a sanctuary for books and the learning they provide. It rings true for the Great Neck Library for most of its life, 132 years.

An exception in recent years began in 2007, a time marked by a revolving door of interim directors, acting directors, a terminated director, and a consulting director. That instability at the top of the library administration was accompanied by deplorable decisions by the board of trustees.

In 2011, a dumpster appeared in front of Main and was filled with the library’s collection of bound periodicals (specialty magazines and scholarly journals) going back half a century, some irreplaceable and unavailable online. In 2012 through 2016, they discarded in secret, and by the truckload, 208,000 volumes (some first editions and some signed by the authors) with a value upwards of three million dollars, and deleted those books from the library database. They refused to pay the Great Neck Library’s dues to the Nassau Library System (NLS), making ours a library in poor standing and without the privileges that membership provides.

There was a welcome turnaround in 2020 when the current trustees accomplished our rejoining NLS. With the arrival of our new permanent library director in September 2021, we may soon see a return to a halcyon description of our library, but only if.

The annual Great Neck Library election took place on October 25. There was saber rattling beforehand in letters to the editor, and there were ugly sentiments

online, but none of that gave away the hidden danger to the library.

The annual election is usually for candidates, but this year the new generation of trustees put a proposition on the ballot to remove from the bylaws the Nominating Committee. This obscure in-house function with its generic name, this Nominating Committee, seems an unlikely battleground; yet, and nonetheless, control of the Nominating Committee equals control of the library, unseen. This is what was really at stake in the recent election.

In a community of over 40,000, the Nominating Committee has five members each serving three years. Each year they interview and select candidates to place on the ballot to be trustees of the library. The committee also selects candidates to replace themselves.

At the library’s beginnings in 1889, ours was a peninsula community largely agrarian and sparsely populated. It prospered in considerable measure by the good will of the moneyed owners of the estates. The library founders, mostly women, and their successors, created and perpetuated what must have seemed a foolproof system of library governance among themselves.

Long after the last estate became a suburban development, the Nominating Committee remains. Our library is one of few that retain this archaic system of internal control on the selection of candidates, which puts an independent candidate at a disadvantage.

An independent candidate gathers signatures on a petition in order to be placed on the ballot, the democratic process seen

in elections everywhere. Only recently have independent candidates challenged the Nominating Committee choices.

In the October 25 election, voters selected Yes or No on a bylaw change to eliminate the Nominating Committee in the interest of fairness and equality. A clique of past trustees promoted a No vote by smearing current trustees and calling for their resignations.

The trustees for a No vote signed letters to the newspaper: Marietta DiCamillo, Josie Pizer, Francine Krupski, Michael Fuller, Joel Marcus, Varda Solomon, Robert Schaufeld. This group of seven was the composition of the board of trustees of 2016 (and years before and after). Now they are reassembling. Krupski took her place on the Nominating Committee in 2019, DiCamillo in 2020, to be joined in January 2021 by Pizer.

Meanwhile, those former trustees want the current board to rubber stamp pet projects conceived back then. But the current board has inherited lawsuits about the renovation of Main five years ago, so they are wary of plans that may have been poorly vetted.

One of those projects is landscaping and a garden at Main at a cost of 1.1 million dollars ($1,100,000). Even without its price tag, the landscaping project has daunting complexity and safety issues (in the wetland, at the water’s edge of Udall’s Mill Pond).

Another project is a refurbishment of the Parkville branch. In a time when building supplies are exponentially more expensive and the supply chain around the world is clogged, the current board has delayed the work at Parkville because it is not urgent.

The Parkville branch makeover is actually part of a systemwide attention to Main and the three branches spread over years, and now it waits on what has emerged as the library’s top priority: A twenty percent loss of staff. A critical shortage of staff translates to skeletal service and diminished programming now that the library has emerged from the pandemic.

The new director faces a task that is both unusual and formidable: She must interview, hire, and integrate dozens of new staff members at the same time as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, the former trustees, in an alarmist flyer, implied the Parkville branch is in “jeopardy” of being closed if it is not remodeled immediately. But the branch has been cared for at its present location in the school annex for 62 years, so not in jeopardy. The former trustees seem to think new shelving outranks staffing.

The former trustees brought local and national vitriol into the election. In a Great Neck community where a mayor or a commissioner could serve for years with the electorate having no interest in

his/her political party affiliation, the voters who stormed into Main on October 25 determined to preserve the Nominating Committee were spewing these words: “The liberals have to be stopped…,” ”The library is promoting pornography…,” “The [public] schools are teaching sixth graders to have sex…,” and “Democrats are wasting our money.”

This sampling of epithets originates on the new fringe of the Republican party. Stupid, illogical, yes, and more noticeably stupid near the illuminated entrance to a library.

The Yes vote to eliminate the committee was about 60 percent but fell short of the two-thirds required. Despite that and despite the parking lot theatrics, the election held unintended value.

It unexpectedly took the library’s Nominating Committee out of the shadows. It unexpectedly revealed a coup in the making.

So I say with confidence, the Great Neck Library is our once and future bibliosanctum.

Finally, here is the story of the discarded books, whose numbers reside in library board minutes: https://greatneckrecord. com/books-saved-from-destruction-emerge-from-hiding/ https://theislandnow.com/ great_neck/bazaar-returns-booksto-great-neck-community/ Rebecca Rosenblatt Gilliar Great Neck

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Airpower Museum to host LIJ appoints new reunion of WWII veterans executive director On Saturday, December 4, 2021, the American Airpower Museum and Honor Flight Long Island will host a reunion of nine WWII era veterans. On October 3, 2021, Honor Flight escorted this group of veterans on an early-morning free flight to Washington, D.C. On their trip, these veterans visited the WWII Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery for “Changing of the Guard” and a special Wreath Laying Ceremony. Honor Flight returned the veterans to Islip MacArthur Airport that evening to a welcome by the Long Island Bagpipe Band and families.

These WWII veterans, their guardians and families, will attend a patriotic reunion on Saturday, December 4, 2021, hosted by American Airpower Museum and sponsored

by Honor Flight Long Island (HFLI). Reunion is from 11 AM to 1 PM at AAM, Hangar 3, 1230 New Highway, Farmingdale. This is a public event, so

come and applaud the veterans during a “Ceremony of Honors,” as each is presented with a personalized Tribute Journal full of photos taken during their historic day in the capital. Admission for the nine veterans, their guardians and families is free. Public admission is $15 adults, $10 seniors and veterans, $8 kids (5-12). Preregistration is not required for public admission. More info at www. americanairpowermuseum.org (631) 293-6398.

Meet and greet this gallant Band of Brothers and one Sister! They are: Dominick Critelli, 100, Army, Floral Park; Vincent DePalo, 98, Army Air Corps, Bethpage; Constantine Efthimiades, 96, Army, Whitestone; Robert Harms, 95, Navy, Carle Place; Louis Peretz, 100, Army Air Corps, Commack; Eleanor Rizutto, 100, Army, Franklin Square; Stephen Samsel, 94, Navy, Fairfield, CT; Vincent Tolve, 98, Army Air Corps, Mastic Beach; Eugene Zanger, 93,

Army, Massapequa.

This great event includes speeches by HFLI President Bill Jones and AAM President and Founder Jeff Clyman. Elected officials are expected to attend and present citations to the veterans. The Fort Salonga Community Band will play the patriotic medley known as the“Armed Forces Salute,” featuring five official melodies of the United States Armed Forces: Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard. Free refreshments will be provided by HFLI. Come honor our Greatest Generation heroes!

Honor Flight is accepting applications for 2022 trips from veterans of WWII, Korea and Vietnam. Veterans fly for free, thanks to donations from across Long Island. They are accompanied by guardians, next generation, able-bodied volunteers who donate $400 (tax deductible) to offset travel costs.

If there is no family member to act as a guardian, Honor Flight has volunteers ready to step up for the privilege of escorting our heroes to their memorials. Interested in a 2022 Honor Flight? Please contact Jamie Bowden, (631) 7022423 or JBowden@southamptontownny.gov or www.honorflightlongisland.org.

Contact: Robert F. Salant, Public Affairs for American Airpower Museum and Honor Flight Long Island, Post Office Box 422,Franklin Square, NY 11010, (516) 328-3959,rsalant123@outlook. com.

Northwell Health today announced the appointment of Dr. Michael Gitman, to lead Long Island Jewish Medical Center as its executive director.

Gitman has served as medical director at North Shore University Hospitalin Manhasset since 2014 and succeeds Michael Goldberg, who departs Northwell to pursue other opportunities outside of the health system.

Gitman was part of the leadership team that recruited physician talent and developed complex clinical programs that expanded NSUH’s reach and capabilities, including transplantation.

The hospital performed Long Island’s first heart transplant in 2018 and followed up with the first liver transplant in 2020.

NSUH treated thousands of patients throughout the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic with Dr. Gitman organizing the clinical response.

“Michael Gitman has a rich family legacy of service to the region and to Long Island Jewish Medical Center in particular,” said Michael Dowling, president and CEO at Northwell Health. “We’re

proud to promote him to lead one of the significant quaternary care, teaching hospitals in the Northeast.”

Gitman is an American College of Physicians Fellow and member of the American Society of Nephrology. He received a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University and medical degree from SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse.

Gitman completed his residency and chief residency in internal medicine, as well as a nephrology fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center.

During his time at NSUH, the institution received Magnet status, achieved the 93rdpercentile in employee engagement and has been recognized as a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services four-star hospital.

In addition, Gitman is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. He is a faculty member of the American College of Healthcare Executives where he teaches continuing education content to other health care executives.

“His experience and success at NSUH will enable him to build on LIJ’s strong foundation and further deepen the connection and alignment between LIJ and North Shore to the benefit of the communities they collectively serve,” said Dr. Jason Naidich,, senior vice president and regional executive director of Northwell’s Central Region. “Dr. Gitman’s clinical approach and drive for excellence epitomizes the spirit we want to embody.”

St. Francis earns top safety score Catholic Health’s St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center has earned its 18th “A” rating in the fall 2021 Hospital Safety Scores from the Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit organization that ranks the safest hospitals in the nation.

An “A’ is the highest rating awarded by Leapfrog. St. Francis is one of just two hospitals on Long Island and Queens to get an ‘A’ in the fall scores. The hospital also has earned the most ‘A’s in New York since the safety score’s debut in 2012.

“Now more than ever,

patients need to know that a hospital will provide worldclass medical care and do so in a safe environment,” said St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center President Charles L. Lucore. “The ‘A’ rating from Leapfrog is indicative of St. Francis’s continued laser-focus commitment to patient safety.”

The Leapfrog honor is the latest award for St. Francis.

It is the first and only hospital on Long Island to receive a five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for consistently high

patient satisfaction scores. Its nursing staff has been honored with the prestigious Magnet® designation for excellence in nursing three consecutive times.

St. Francis is also nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report in five adult specialties—Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Gastroenterology & GI Surgery, Geriatrics, Neurology & Neurosurgery and Orthopedics. It was also rated among the top 10 hospitals in the region, ranking #6 in New York State and No. 6 in the

New York Metropolitan Area.

The semi-annual rankings rely on data from Leapfrog’s ratings as well as outside sources, including the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Joint Commission. Grades range from ‘A’ to ‘F’ based on 27 publicly available safety measures.

More than 2,600 acute care hospitals are ranked nationwide. Hospitals are rated on how well they prevented errors, infections, injuries and drug mix-ups that could lead to medical complications and

unnecessary loss of life.

Previously, St. Francis has been recognized by Leapfrog as a Top General Hospital, nationally. The Leapfrog Top Hospital award is widely acknowledged as one of the most competitive honors American hospitals can receive.

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Weigh trade-offs in selling, buying As we all know, housing inventory is low, but so are interest rates extremely low too. It’s what I’ve called a perfect storm for not only purchasers but for sellers as well. The highest prices benefit the sellers and the lowest rates are advantageous for buyers.

What I see more and more, however, is that sellers are tending to overprice their homes because they think that they have platinum and that everyone will pay the price because today there aren’t too many choices.

On the other hand, buyers are in many instances are not willing to trade off for either a different town nearby or a different style home or they have to have a larger property than their price point can accommodate.

I can understand the mindset of some sellers who have renovated or upgraded their homes and are enjoying the new environment and the thought of selling and moving becomes a distant thought that they have now pushed off to sometime in the future, whenever that might be. I believe getting out at the top as prices have reached a pinnacle really isn’t enough to make more sellers consider selling.

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I think one of the reasons is that so many think these insane increases will continue as long as inventory is at historic lows and builders really cannot catch up in constructing the millions of homes that are needed to satisfy demand at the current time. However, the one factor that many are not considering is that interest rates will have to trend up.

Maybe some just don’t understand what is going on with the more than $10 trillion that the Fed has printed out of thin air, with nothing really backing it up (we used to have a gold standard until President Nixon did away with it in 1971, an extreme measure intended to end a currency war that destroyed the faith in the U.S. dollar). Today, we only have the good faith in the U.S. government backing the value of our dollar. Will this be enough going forward? Time will tell!

So with all the money given out over the past 18 months and still being provided through various programs and the Fed easing off on buying back our bonds, interest rates invariably will have to increase. The question will be how much and how high will they go. Inflation is

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literally “off the hook” and I believe more and more people are becoming aware that it is much worse than we are being told when adding energy, (gas and this winter’s heating expenses) and food to the equation.

So as rates rise the cost of building new homes will increase, especially with the current supply shortages of almost everything and the increases that many materials, e.g. wood and cement, have endured since the Covid-19 pandemic began.

Eventually, inventory will increase, lowering prices to some degree on existing homes.

But the $64,000 question is when? Will it be next year in 2022, 2023, or even three

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to five years from now? So my advice to sellers is if you are so comfortable that you could live the rest of your life in your home, then enjoy it. However, if not, then begin contemplating a future plan and figure out when you might consider selling before rates increase, reducing and cooling off demand and potentially lowering your value.

Buyers, on the other hand, need to begin getting more realistic and pragmatic in their outlook as to what is really important in their search to find their “next place to call home.”

Even if you can’t afford a singlefamily home, but want to be in a specific town, then consider a condo or even a co-op in a financially stable building. But by all means, get out of your rental and buy something. Even if it means moving out of the area or state, stop being a tenant and transition into becoming an owner and stop transferring your wealth into your landlord’s bank account and begin increasing yours over the long run.

Waiting is the worse situation to put you and your family in, so buy into the current lowest interest rates. The way to accomplish this is to go through a trading-off process as well as

through a downsizing of your “needs and wants” to just purchase something somewhere.

Inflation will eventually be your savior and benefit to your future wealth.

As Ray Dalio, CEO and founder of Bridgewater Associates Hedge Fund, always says, “cash is trash” unless invested in an asset that will increase over time — either stocks, a business or at least purchasing your own home.

Philip A. Raices is the owner/ Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 in Great Neck. He has 40 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 Just email or snail mail (regular mail) him with your ideas or suggestions on future columns with your name, email and cell number and he will call or email you back.

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Recent Real Estate Sales in

Great Neck

75 Wensley Drive, Great Neck

31 Old Farm Road, Great Neck

5 bd, 5 ba, 2,814 sqft, Sold On: 10/1/21, Sold Price: $1,547,777 Type: Single Family, Schools: Great Neck

4 bd, 5 ba, 3,718 sqft, Sold On: 10/6/21, Sold Price: $1,878,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Great Neck

46-16 Iris Lane, Great Neck

16 Woodbourne Road, Great Neck

3 bd, 2 ba, Sold On: 10/6/21, Sold Price: $790,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Great Neck

3 bd, 3 ba, Sold On: 9/20/21, Sold Price: $1,380,000 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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Thomaston sets date to repeal zoning law Continued from Page 2 village would have less flexibility in reviewing the application.”

Village officials announced last week that the application was withdrawn by the applicant, 124 Middle Neck Realty LLC, after the applicant did not send out the required legal notice for a previously scheduled public hearing on the proposal and did not pay a $25,000 deposit to the village for an engineering consulting firm. Officials also said the applicant intends to modify the proposal.

On Nov. 1, the village received a letter from attorney Stephen G. Limmer, the applicant’s legal representative, asking the village not to schedule a hearing on Nov. 15 because revisions to the application were still being reviewed.

Limmer also cited the potential for the property to be listed as a landmark by the state. The state’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation declared the site eligible to be considered as a historic place on Oct. 29. Efforts to reach Limmer or the applicant for comment were unavailing.

The village’s Landmark Commission

will hold a meeting on Nov. 30 via Zoom “for the purposes of organizing and discussing procedures, including retaining

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TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS CERTAIN RECKLESS FALSEHOODS, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW ME PERSONALLY.

Steven Weinberg THOMASTON MAYOR

services of a consultant,” according to the village website.

Last month, a group of residents identified as “The Galleria at Great Neck Condominium” filed a lawsuit against the village, the Board of Trustees and 124 Middle Neck Realty LLC. The legal documents claim that negotiations on the project were conducted between the village and the project’s developer under inappropriate pretenses and the village did

not properly evaluate its environmental impact on the rest of the community.

Evidence provided by the petitioners who filed the complaint included emails among the applicant, Limmer and Thomaston Mayor Steven Weinberg dating back to last year.

Limmer, in emails to Weinberg, asked what details would be sufficient for an initial presentation of the project, according to the court documents. The complaint calls for the village’s negative declaration for the environmental impact study to be declared null and void.

Trustee To-On Pang, in a statement, said he asked Weinberg what the benefit and incentive of passing the new law were, and Weinberg refused to tell him or any other trustees what those would be until after the vote. Pang said he “felt the peer pressure” from Weinberg and other board members not to probe what the benefits of the new law would be and simply to vote in favor of it during the July 12 meeting.

“Since the public has become aware of the new zoning law and the proposed project I see the tremendous opposition to both,” Pang said in the statement. “I

share these concerns and I feel that had the mayor disclosed the information regarding the law and project ... I would have voted differently.”

Weinberg, in the village’s statement, addressed public claims that illegal procedures and backdoor deals were involved.

“It saddens me to have to specifically address certain reckless falsehoods, especially for those of you who know me personally,” Weinberg said in the statement.

“I and your entire village Board of Trustees did not, have not and will not take anything of any value and did not, have not and will not make any deals with the applicant or any applicant.”

Weinberg also assured the public that the village will continue to proceed with its business in a manner that satisfies state and local requirements.

“The village cannot, and will not, act precipitously and intends to follow all legal due process requirements,” he said.

“Let’s be respectful and maintain decorum, so that everyone has an opportunity to be heard, so that the process complies with legal requirements and is as fair as reasonably possible for everyone.”

Car crashes into Shop Delight storefront Continued from Page 1 cials said the driver and passenger were transported to a local hospital for further treatment.

Officials from the Police Department and the Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Department arrived at the scene, but efforts to reach a representative from the Fire Department for further comment were unavailing.

A Facebook post from Shop Delight thanked its customers for their support and reported no further injuries as a result of the crash.

“Thank you all for your concerns regarding today’s accident, luckily nobody got hurt and we are back in business,” the post said. “We continue giving you the service we promised

after a couple hours. Hope to see you soon.”

In September, a car that crashed into the storefront of a Middle Neck Road salon resulted in seven people being hospitalized, according to Great Neck Vigilant Fire Department Chief Justin Sachmechi.

A pair of vehicles were reportedly involved in the accident, with one being driven by an elderly woman who came in contact with another, causing it to crash into the storefront of DeFranco Spagnolo on 156 Middle Neck Road in Great Neck Estates, he said.

No deaths occurred during the incident, Sachmechi said.

Efforts to reach law enforcement officials for an update on that incident were unavailing.

PHOTO COURTESY OF FRED BASSALI

A car crashed into Shop Delight in Great Neck on Tuesday afternoon.

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oted that the LI Blues Winter Classic is Supervisor Venditto no noted ec cial events held at the Town of Oyster just one of the many special he Supervisor said, "This fabulous facilBay Ice Skating Center. Th The ny hockey and skating organizations, n ity is the home to many Th hroughout the year, there are champiincluding the LI Blues. Throughout ey y games, special programs such as the onship high school hockey Ho ockey for Free and the Town's Annual New York Rangers Try Hockey n addition there is the Town's highly Holiday on Ice Show. In program and other special events. The acclaimed youth hockey p ry y proud of this facility, which so many Town Board and I are very kating sessions, and all of us are happy k residents enjoy at public skating

BY RIKKI N. MASSAND Easter ess Winter Classic in the Town of Oyster to have the LIwith Winter Blues meetings held before a collaborative There will be two “workshop” Committee signaling its steps bout the LI Blues Winter Classic and For more information ab about Garden City’s new StreetScapeof Trustees began discussing the Board on posand built spirit. Late last year wn of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center, w other programs at the Town corridors the village’s business Night to further invigorate eb bsite at www.oysterbaytown.com, or pleaseFriday visit the Town's website another summer of well-attended that businesses itive momentum from concerns some as address Promenades, as well

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Mandate vaccines for county employees Continued from Page 14 Police and other first responders may be an even greater threat.

Unlike hospital workers in New York state, police and other first responders are not required to be vaccinated outside of New York City even though they work in close quarters and often come in close contact with the public.

Do we really want unvaccinated police and other first responders to enter someone’s home who may be in medical distress?

Police are supposed to protect and serve, not infect and ignore health protocols. Yet their vaccination rates have significantly trailed most other groups’ while their unions in many places have opposed mandates.

The opposition of the unions is especially odd given the threat posed by COVID-19 to police. Five times as many police officers have died from COVID-19 as from gunfire since the start of the pandemic, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page.

Imagine what police unions would be saying if 245 law enforcement agents had died from gunfire during that period?

We rightly honor police for their willingness to face the threat of gunfire, but why won’t they take a vaccine shot that could save their lives, the lives and health of their families, their co-workers and the people they serve?

The answer is mandates. Why? Be-

cause they work.

Firefighter vaccination rates were 58 percent before New York City’s deadline went into effect. The rate for the Bravest is now 70 percent. For the NYPD, it was 70 percent; now it is 86 percent.

Increases of that magnitude or far greater have been seen when mandates were imposed for people working in hospitals, nursing homes, government and private businesses.

Curran said we should rely on educating people and perhaps residents’ sense of common good to get everyone vaccinated.

Sadly, education has its limits in the face of a political movement that promotes distrust of science.

Blakeman and many others argue that people need to make their own health care decisions as a matter of personal freedom.

In most cases of personal freedom, we agree with him. But not when it affects other people’s health.

You are allowed to drink alcohol but not drive drunk. You can smoke cigarettes outside but not inside a public space like a restaurant. That’s a matter of public health – something that is the responsibility of a county executive.

Not requiring county employees to be vaccinated undermines county public health professionals, hurts the economy and endangers the lives of residents.

That’s a prescription for disaster.

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Cuomo questions fairness of probe Continued from Page 6 Cuomo told Kim at the end of the interview, “I would like to say it was a pleasure … but I’m under oath.”

A female state trooper, in another interview conducted by the attorney general’s office, outlined alleged instances of Cuomo being “creepy,” including flirting and kisses on the cheek. The trooper, whose name was not disclosed in the transcript, said she “felt the palm of his hand in the center of my stomach on my belly button and like pushes back toward my right hip, where my gun is” during a 2019 event at Belmont Park.

Cuomo said he did not know how many times he thought he hugged the trooper and said he potentially kissed her on the cheek at a Christmas party.

“There’s no relationship between myself and [the trooper] of any romantic nature whatsoever,” Cuomo said, according to the transcript.

State Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, defended her stance on the investigation against Cuomo during a lunch event in Melville on Tuesday, saying the investigation was referred to her by Cuomo, according to Newsday.

“He said: ‘Tish investigate these allegations of sexual harassment.’ He said, ‘I

believe in you. You’ve done a good job. Let Tish investigate,'” James said, according to Newsday. “I did. Unfortunate that he didn’t agree with the outcome.”

Efforts to reach James for further comment were unavailing.

Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi criticized James for the investigators she hired to conduct the inquiry and cited her political aspirations in a statement to Newsday.

“From the beginning we said James was conflicted because she refused to rule out a run for Governor, and it was only after being extorted by legislative leaders threatening impeachment that we agreed to refer this to her on the condition that she appoint outside independent investigators,” Azzopardi told Newsday. “Instead, she chose biased investigators, now admits she was directly involved in this probe, is running for Governor and has refused to answer a single substantive question about her investigation.”

The state Assembly suspended its impeachment investigation of Cuomo in August despite James’ office determining Cuomo violated multiple federal and state laws, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and New York’s Human Rights Law.

Don’t blame Biden for Dems’ midterm loss Continued from Page 18 What 2021 shows is the success of Big Lies, culture war and the media – mainstream and not — that magnify and abet them.

A Washington Post-ABC poll (Nov 7-10), puts Biden’s approval at 41 percent; 63 percent said Biden has accomplished “little or nothing,” 70 percent rate the economy as “not so good” or “poor”; 51 percent \ of registered voters said they preferred a generic Republican for Congress.

Yet 63 percent support the Bipartisan Infrastructure deal and 58 percent support spending $2 trillion to address climate change, and expand preschool, health care and other social programs – none of which would happen if Republicans were in control.

The fact that so few Republicans voted for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill is evidence that the Republicans have only one goal, one agenda or policy: to defeat Democrats and get back control of Congress and the White House (if Trump were restored, all the better – he can pardon everyone).

Democrats always make the mistake of fighting the last election and allowing themselves to be defined by Republicans.

They constantly allow Republicans to dominate the messaging, force them on the defensive embroiled in fabricated boogeymen and culture wars, instead of the headlines touting historic, landmark successes (infrastructure, health care, climate action, jobs creation, cutting poverty). And let’s not forget: the infrastructure plan is a 10-year investment – voters won’t see new roads, bridges immediately.

Yes, Democrats must have a megastrategy akin to going to war if they are to hold Congress in 2022. But they still are likely to lose control of the House and Senate in 2022.

Because besides historical trends and the slimmest of margins to begin with, Democrats are up against the most outrageously blatant, undemocratic gerrymandering, voter suppression and election subversion policies and practices, all aided and abetted by a radical right-wing Supreme Court that seems intent on rubber stamping their push toward White Christo Fascist autocracy. On top of that, Republicans have found that intimidation and violence are effective tools to force politicians and officials to do their bidding or drive out those who don’t.

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Blakeman, DeSena win their races Republicans gain one seat in Legislature after incumbents Drucker, Lafazan come back

my colleagues in government,” Wink wrote. “I have been in public service for much of my adult life and I plan to stay active and continue to give back to this community which I love.”

Continued from Page 1 “I’m going to be a very pro-business, pro-economic development, pro-job county executive and work with every community to increase the business activity,” he said.

The Republican Party also picked up an additional seat on the Nassau County Legislature, with challenger Mazi Melesa Pilip defeating 10th District incumbent Ellen Birnbaum, a Democrat.

Incumbent Legislators Joshua Lafazan of the 18th District and Arnold Drucker of the 16th District defeated their Republican challengers after trailing in the vote tally available on election night. Once the Board of Elections tallied the absentee ballots on Monday, officials said, Drucker defeated Republican Daniel Alter by 406 votes and Lafazan, who ran on the Democratic and Conservative party lines, defeated Republican Paola Pironi by more than 200.

Michael Deery, a spokesman for the Nassau County Republican Committee, told Newsday it “appears that they have prevailed in their races for re-election.”

Jennifer DeSena, a registered Democrat who ran on the Republican line, defeated North Hempstead Clerk Wayne Wink in the race for town supervisor, with Wink conceding on Tuesday. Supervisor Judi Bosworth announced earlier this year she would not run for reelection.

DeSena, who received 22,709 votes, said, “As we emerge and reopen I want to find solutions that make local government more user-friendly. We must improve the response time of the Building Department so homeowners can complete transactions and businesses can open and operate successfully. We must examine our spending so that we have safe parks and roads but maintain affordability. I look forward to meeting all the Town employees and making sure we provide the best possible service for the taxpayers.”

DeSena also thanked Bosworth and Wink for the work they have done throughout the town in previous

THIS IS NOT THE RESULT WE HOPED FOR,

BUT THERE IS SO MUCH TO BE PROUD OF. FOUR YEARS AGO, WE PROMISED TO CLEAN UP THE CORRUPTION AND FISCAL MISMANAGEMENT THAT PLAGUED COUNTY GOVERNMENT, BALANCE BUDGETS AND TURN DEFICITS INTO SURPLUSES – AND WE DID JUST THAT.

Laura Curran NASSAU COUNTY EXECUTIVE

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Despite Laura Curran receiving a majority of absentee votes, Town of Hempstead Councilman Bruce Blakeman won the race for county executive, according to final ballot counts. years.

Wink, who received 21,922 votes, thanked everyone for their support during his campaign and said he extended his congratulations to DeSena for her victory.

“Although this election cycle did not go as I had hoped, I want to express my deep gratitude to my supporters, including my family, my team, my friends and

Republican Ragini Srivastava defeated Viviana Russell, a Democratic member of the Town Board, in the race for town clerk. According to the Board of Elections, Srivastava got 23,023 votes, while Russell received 21,215.

Democrat Robert Troiano defeated Republican Kerri Delio by more than 800 votes in the race to replace Russell on the Town Board in the 1st District. The Democrat received 3,097 votes to Delio’s 2,286.

Mineola Trustee Dennis Walsh defeated Democrat Christine Pusateri for the open Town Board seat in North Hempstead’s 3rd District. The seat is held by Republican Angelo Ferrara, who did not run for re-election. Walsh received 4,634 votes compared with Pusateri’s 2,988.

Republican David Adhami defeated Democrat Peter Fishkind in the race for Town Board in the 5th District.

Adhami received 3,782 votes and Fishkind received 3,643.

Two water authorities coming to Nassau County Continued from Page 13 tween our company and Liberty Utilities, as it is in the best interest of our customers.”

The legislation was sponsored by state Sen. Jim Gaughran (D-Northport), who said he was “grateful to the governor for giving the people of this part of the North Shore of Long Island self-determination.”

Other local officials and ratepayers have expressed their displeasure with New York American Water, citing high

prices and lack of service.

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) praised Hochul for signing the bills to provide Nassau residents with more affordable rates and increased access to public water.

“By making our water public our North Shore communities will have reliable access to water that’s safe and affordable for all residents,” Ra said in a statement to Blank Slate Media. “I would like to thank my colleagues, Assemblyman Montesano, Assemblyman Lavine and Sen. Gaughran, for coming together

on this bill, and thank the governor for signing it. There is finally light at the end of the tunnel for New York American Water customers.”

County Legislator Delia DeRiggiWhitton (D-Glen Cove) said the legislation and establishment of the two new water authorities is another “important step closer to public water” for thousands of ratepayers.

“For years, New York American Water has overcharged, underserved, and taken advantage of its ratepayers,” she said in a letter. “They have prioritized their own

bottom line over delivering an essential, life-sustaining public utility in an affordable and responsible manner.”

The signing of legislation by Hochul comes after a year of efforts under former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to shift New York American Water’s service areas in Nassau to municipal service. A monthlong study was conducted earlier this year which determined municipalization of New York American Water was both feasible and, under several scenarios, in the public interest.

Butera probe costs district $72K: report Continued from Page 4 statement to Blank Slate Media in August. “People who know me know that I always treat everyone with dignity and respect.”

Other current and former educators

have asked how the district will ultimately handle Butera’s situation, questions that have been met with little to no insight from the Board of Education.

Board President Pat Aitken told members of the public at a board meeting two

weeks ago that the district is not in a position to provide specifics about the situation.

“While we’re not able to respond specifically to questions or comments, I do want to reiterate that we can listen to everyone’s concerns and opinions,” Aitken

said. “We understand that in the absence of anything being publicly disclosed, to some people, it may appear that we’re not doing anything, but I can state that our respective attorneys have been in discussion to seek a resolution.”

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Bosworth reflects on time as supervisor Continued from Page 3 said the town has hired 16 more people to work there since she became supervisor in 2014. Noting that every department can always seek to improve its service to residents and look for ways to be proactive, Bosworth said she did not have any concerns about the department’s effectiveness.

The coronavirus pandemic, she said, also put some restrictions on building inspectors going out to conduct in-person inspections and work that simply could not be done remotely.

“You can’t do a home inspection virtually; someone has to physically be there,” she said. “A lot of people will say ‘well, we don’t want to hear about COVID,’ when the fact of the matter is COVID is a reality that puts things back quite a bit.”

Bosworth also thanked every member of the town’s workforce she had the opportunity to work with during her eight years. She also lauded the residents for expressing all of the questions, comments and concerns they have over the past eight years that helped find ways to better North Hempstead and

leave it in a place for the next supervisor to further improve.

“Whenever I was complimented on something, I will always say it is a team effort,” she said. “Everything we do in the town is a team effort. Whether it be my team or staff, the commissioners for all our areas, the department heads, the town council members, or the residents, all of the work done in the past eight years has truly been a team effort. I am just so grateful to have the opportunity to serve in a town where people want to work together.”

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial

WILLIAM J ALLSBROOK Jr.

“William “William, liam you were always my hero hero. I wanted to be just like you, but I didn't play football or basketball like 'The Will', just didn't have your touch. I enjoyed watching you and was always proud to be your brother. Never does a day go by that I do not think of you. What would it be like to be able to call you. I have told my daughters about you letting me drive Mom and Dad’s new car around Tarboro although I was only 14 years old. October 2, 1970, Daddy’s birthday and the day that changed my life. You were my hero before Nam and you are still and one day I hope to walk with you again. I Love you. Mike”

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Help us find photos for the Wall of Faces to ensure that those who sacrificed all in Vietnam are never forgotten.

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GARY AQUILONE FOR PARK DISTRICT COMMISSIONER DECEMBER 14TH Focus on lighting parks at night Establish a community center for children and young adults Gary tsouts the skills gained as a park district employee for 20 years Stand for transparency and inclusion in the park district-so all voices are heard Improve the dog parks Resident of Great Neck for 30 years Gary has a tax and financial background trained by the IRS

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