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TOWN DEMS TO CONTROL REDISTRICTING

GOP PICKS ZELDIN FOR GOVERNOR

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Masks optional in North Shore schools Officials urge students to respect others’ choices

BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z School districts across the North Shore made masks optional starting Wednesday.

District officials sent out statements following Gov. Kathy Hochul’s announcement on Sunday that the mandate requiring protective face coverings to be worn inside would be lifted Wednesday. Officials from various districts discussed the extensive input they have received from the community and emphasized that students should be respectful of others’

decisions.

“While some individuals will be happy to remove their face masks, others will want to continue wearing them,” Great Neck Superintendent Teresa Prendergast said in a letter to the community. “Regardless of an individual’s choice about masks, please continue to show one another the same level of compassion and respect that our school community has demonstrated since the beginning of this pandemic two years ago.”

“We encourage families to discuss with their children their

expectations regarding mask wearing with the understanding that other students, teachers, staff members or administrators may choose differently,” Manhasset’s acting superintendent, Gaurav Passi, said. “Bullying, shaming, or questioning an individual’s decision to wear or not wear a mask will not be tolerated.”

“This spring, we look forward to celebrating with live concerts, school events, live parent teacher conferences (a separate letter on this topic Continued on Page 50

Thomaston grants Tower Ford landmark status Trustees’ unanimous vote preserves historic property PHOTO COURTESY OF THE GREAT NECK PARK DISTRICT

The Great Neck Bruins’ Mites team won the Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park Lightning Tournament last week.

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grants the Tower Ford building landmark status.

The commission recomAfter seven months of con- mended the building, located tentious meetings stemming at 124 S. Middle Neck Road, be from a five-story apartment granted landmark status durproposal, the Village of Thom- ing a Feb. 8 meeting. Commisaston Board of Trustees last sion Chairman Donald Stern Thursday approved a recom- said landmarking the structure mendation from the Landmark could potentially raise costs Preservation Commission that for the owner in maintaining,

repurposing and redeveloping it along with a potential reduction in its assessed value.

Village trustees could approve or modify the recommendation during Thursday night’s special meeting, and all five unanimously voted to approve it.

Village Mayor Steven WeinContinued on Page 51

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Diversity effort, masks Bral says G.N. tax roil ed board meeting levy won’t increase

Residents clash with trustees over safety protocols Mayor denies social media rumors

BY M A D E L I N E ARMSTRONG

BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z The Great Neck Board of Education meeting on Feb. 16 saw the behavior of some community members forcing the board to briefly adjourn the session.

During the business portion of the meeting, district resident Alina Parizianu was called to the podium to address a correspondence. Once Parizianu stepped to the podium, board President Rebecca Sassouni asked her to lift her mask over her face, resulting in some audience members laughing and verbally disagreeing with her.

Members of the community urged the board to let Parizianu speak while Sassouni attempted to address her. Some district residents said other officials in the school district had been documented not wearing masks inside.

Ultimately, Sassouni and the board called for a recess so members of the public could compose themselves and not interrupt the business portion of the meeting.

Once the board reconvened, Sassouni said that trustees are doing their best to hear everyone’s concerns on topics like mask mandates and critical race theory, which have been hot-button issues in recent months.

“We are choosing to be here, we are abiding by the rules because it’s the right thing to do and it’s the law at this time,” Sassouni said. “We are role models for a community where we love our children and our schools.”

While Superintendent Teresa Prendergast was giving her report, members of the public attempted to speak over her, with Sassouni criticizing them for their behavior.

“This lack of decorum is inappropriate and Dr. Prendergast deserves our attention, stop it now,” Sassouni told the public.

Residents echoed sentiments

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The Great Neck Board of Education’s February meeting was flooded with residents’ concerns on mandates and critical race theory. expressed at previous board meetings that the state’s mask mandate, which has since been lifted, was an unnecessary hardship for students.

“The masks are just a symbol of the government enforcing illegal measures on their citizens,” one woman said.

Residents also spoke about a tentative program that could be adopted by the district called the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion program.

The initiative was initially launched by the state’s Department of Education to promote diversity throughout New York’s school districts. Some residents said they feel initiatives like that will promote one race over others and lead to the advancement of critical race theory.

“Why the active pursuit of diversity?” one resident asked.

“Why would we value one race or one gender over any other?”

When Parizianu ultimately spoke during the open time, her comments also centered around the potential dangers that the initiative could bring to the school district, saying that the

social, emotional learning is an “extreme threat to our youth.”

In November, screenshots from a PowerPoint presentation allegedly featured in an 11thgrade English class at North High School circulated on social media.

Under a slide discussing racism in America, a quote reads, “White people benefit from this system, intentionally or unintentionally, which makes us all (technically) racist, myself included.” The slide also mentions that the word “racist” was used “as an adjective to describe certain language, beliefs, and policies as opposed to racist as a noun to label a person.”

Racism throughout the nation, according to the slide, is also “no better today than it was 200 years ago.”

Some individuals did side with incorporating the diversity initiative into the school district, saying it sheds light on past wrongdoing.

“This is not some lefty agenda indoctrinating children to call their parents and grandparents

Pedram Bral, mayor of the Village of Great Neck, on Tuesday rejected claims that the village tax levy would be raised and that the village had lost its triple-A rating.

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees, he addressed a flurry of statements that have been posted about the board on Facebook in a group titled “Moms and Dads of Great Neck.”

Posts made by the administrator of the group, Kate Goldberg, claimed that the tax levy would be raised, village hall construction will cost $10 million and the village lost its triple-A rating. All of which are unfounded, according to Bral.

“Unfortunately what you [Goldberg] do is nothing but mislead the community,” Bral said. “We don’t expect to increase our tax levy as we have not increased our tax levy in the past six years.” Additionally, he said that the village hall construction has not gone to bids, so there is no projected cost as of now. Bral also said that the village did not lose its triple-A rating. “We have not lost our rating,” he said. “We

have just not been rated yet.”

During the public hearing portion of the meeting, Goldberg voiced many concerns to the board. “Our quality of life in the village has gone down,” she said.

“Our streets are in disrepair …

You obviously don’t have enough reserves to offset unexpected cost reliefs. We don’t have trust.”

The board addressed her concerns, saying that the claims she made were not factually correct. Bral announced that the board would hold an event, “Coffee with the Mayor,” where residents can come and address concerns that they have about the community with him.

Then, one resident came forward to say his son was “racially profiled and harassed by a white couple” in his neighborhood.

“What they did was reprehensible and I want you guys to note that,” he said.

Bral responded by saying, “Even though I don’t believe that systemic racism exists, I do know that racism does exist.”

Systemic racism, also known as institutional racism, is a form of racism that appears in societal disparities in areas such as wealth, criminal justice, employContinued on Page 50

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Dems to control town redistricting Vote over Supervisor DeSena’s objections to allow themselves most picks on commission

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Over the objections of North Hempstead Town Supervisor Jennifer DeSena, Democrats on the Town Board voted to empower themselves to appoint most members of a redistricting commission.

At a meeting on Feb. 17, the board voted 4-3 along party lines to establish a seven-member nonpartisan temporary redistricting commission, with each board member appointing one person. The action represented a change from a decade ago when Jon Kaiman, then the town supervisor, had two additional picks, totaling nine for the commission.

Every 10 years, council districts are eligible to be redrawn in the town following the release of the latest census figures, which came out Aug. 12. According to the data, North Hempstead’s population increased 5 percent.

Redistricting is not mandatory but the commission can determine that it is necessary after an analysis of current district

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Town Board Democrats voted over the objections of Supervisor Jennifer DeSena to give themselves a majority of the picks on the redistricting committee. lines and the census data. Any reconfigurations would need to be approved by the Town Board, which Democrats control 4-3, and be completed within one year after the census data was released.

DeSena, a Republican, sought to strike the resolution establishing the panel, which

was submitted by Councilwoman Veronica Lurvey, from the agenda at the beginning of the meeting. But Town Attorney John Chiara said the board in the past allowed agenda items to be removed only with unanimous consent, which was not granted.

DeSena said Kaiman’s proposition a decade ago allowed

the supervisor to make appointments and give appropriate guidance to the committee. She said Lurvey’s resolution was similar to Kaiman’s but took away her two extra appointments.

Under the format introduced

by Kaiman, Republicans would have five appointees to four for the Democrats.

“Why are we drastically altering it?” DeSena asked. “As far as I can tell, the only thing that’s changed is that I am the one sitting in this chair after the residents of North Hempstead elected me as supervisor. It’s been clear over the past 45 days that I’m not your pick for supervisor and that was fine. We’re all entitled to our opinions. But that doesn’t change the fact that I am the supervisor, and I am entitled to what has been established under the previous precedent.”

Lurvey said she requested via email to meet with DeSena on Feb. 3, 7, 9 and 14 to discuss the matter, but DeSena said it was clear that the decision had already been made after Lurvey said she had already met with three other council members and the four agreed on the commission’s makeup.

“The reason why items are put on the agenda two weeks before the Town Board meeting is so that everybody on the council can see what items there are and can engage in a discussion,” Lurvey said. “Sometimes that discussion results in amendments Continued on Page 51

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Community rescues M-L firefighter Nearly $75K raised to aid Brian Levings, wife, whose home was destroyed on Dec. 30

BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Nearly $75,000 has been raised to aid a Manhasset-Lakeville firefighter who lost his home in a fire in late December.

On Dec. 30, a fire ripped through a three-story apartment building at 15 Clent Road in Great Neck. The fire, according to officials, sent three people to the hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation and minor burns, and nine individuals were treated at the scene for minor injuries.

Brian Levings and his wife, Jill, were able to escape the fire without having to be transported to the hospital, but their home, along with their two cats, was lost due to damage from the flames. Levings has served as the president of the Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Department, captain of the department’s Company 4 and currently serves as the assistant department treasurer.

In efforts to try and help Levings, a member of the Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Department for more than 50 years, current Company 4 Capt. Anthony Dilluvio and 1st Lt. Christopher Kopel started a GoFundMe page.

Dilluvio, in a phone interview with

PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRISTOPHER KOPEL

Nearly $75,000 has been raised to help Manhasset-Lakeville firefighter Brian Levings after a fire ripped through his Great Neck apartment in December.

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“We’re very tight-knit here, basically just a big family, so when we see one of

our own in need we do whatever it takes to make their situation better,” Dilluvio said.

Dilluvio said the fundraising exceeded their initial goal, touting the commu-

nity’s support and extensive reach of the internet in garnering more than $74,000 to help Levings and his wife bounce back from the fire. “[Brian] is a Marine Corps veteran so we knew that he has a lot of people in his circle plus the GoFundMe goes so far across the country,” Dilluvio said. “We’re seeing people from Massachusetts and California popping up and donating.”

Other fire departments in the area, he said, have also been donating to help Levings obtain the necessities, even offering various furnishings in some cases.

“We just wanted him to settle in and take it easy,” Dilluvio said. “We just want to make sure he can get back into his apartment and back into a regular lifestyle.”

Dilluvio also touted Levings’ dedication to the department and public service, saying he went back to work “pretty much that week” of the fire.

Those interested in helping Levings can donate to the GoFundMe: https:// www.gofundme.com/f/help-fire-fighter-brian-levings-recover-from-fire and reach out to Dilluvio or Kopel for more information or questions.

Ex-Hempstead supervisor seeks Rice’s seat

BY R OB E RT PELAEZ Former Town of Hempstead Supervisor Laura Gillen announced last Friday that she will run in the 4th Congressional District.

Gillen, who served as supervisor for the largest township in the United States from 2018 to 2019, was the first Democrat elected to the position in a century in an upset over incumbent Anthony Santino.

Now shifting her focus to a congressional campaign, Gillen said, some of her focus will be on aiding Nassau County’s middle-class families and addressing issues such as gun violence and climate change.

“Long Island needs a champion who’s going to go to Washington and roll up her sleeves to get things done for families back home,” Gillen said in a statement. “I’m ready to get to work to make Nassau more affordable, to protect our democracy that’s so sacred, and to tackle the tough issues facing the next Congress like gun violence and climate change.”

The 4th Congressional District comprises central and southern Nassau County, in-

(D-Glen Cove), who represents the 3rd Congressional District on the North Shore and is running for governor.

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Laura Gillen FORMER TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD SUPERVISOR

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Former Hempstead Supervisor Laura Gillen announced she will run in the 4th Congressional District race on Friday. cluding Floral Park, Garden City, Hempstead, Mineola, Carle Place, New Hyde Park and Westbury. Under newly drawn redistricting maps, it also takes in the villages of East Williston, Williston Park, Lake Success and some unincorporated parts of the Town of North Hempstead.

Prior to serving as supervisor, Gillen worked at the law firm of Westerman Ball Ederer Miller Zucker & Sharfstein.

Gillen’s announcement came days after Nassau County Legislator Siela Bynoe (D-Westbury) announced her candidacy for the seat currently held by U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City), who will not run for re-election this year.

Rice, who was first elected to Congress in 2014 and is in the midst of her fourth term, said in a tweet that elected officials “must give all we have and

then know when it is time to allow others to serve.”

“Though I will not be running for re-election to Congress this year, I will remain focused on protecting our democracy and serving my constituents throughout the rest of my term,” Rice continued.

Rice was the 30th Democratic member of Congress to bow out of the fall elections, including U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi

Gillen said she recognized the importance of having Democratic representation in Congress and said she looks forward to bringing a “common-sense, results-oriented approach to Washington.”

“This seat could very well decide who controls Congress next year, and I’m eager to hit the campaign trail so we can keep the Fourth District in the Democratic column and deliver for Nassau’s middle-class families,” Gillen said.

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State GOP backs Zeldin for governor L.I. congressman, Trump supporter calls for voter ID laws, law enforcement protection

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The state’s Republican Party endorsed U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (RShirley) as its candidate for governor during a convention at the Garden City Hotel Tuesday.

Zeldin, who received more than 85 percent of the party’s vote, said he was honored to be endorsed and ready to start the “rescue mission” for New Yorkers.

“We are going to win this race because we have to win this race,” Zeldin said.

Zeldin said he favored furthering efforts to support law enforcement officials, eliminate cashless bail and enact a voter ID law. His running mate, NYPD commanding officer Alison Esposito, was also endorsed by the party during the convention.

“It’s about restoring New York to glory, it’s about backing the blue unapologetically, loving our heroic, selfless, dedicated men and women and it’s about repealing cashless bail,” Zeldin said to a roar of applause from those in attendance.

Zeldin, who was endorsed by

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U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) was endorsed by the state’s Republican Party for governor on Tuesday. the Nassau GOP last month, and other officials said they recognized that Republican votes alone cannot win these statewide races.

Zeldin raised approximately $4.2 million as of January, more than

potential primary challengers Robert Astorino and Andrew Giuliani, according to campaign filings.

Zeldin, a supporter of Donald Trump, rarely mentioned the former president during the conven-

tion, saying, “I’m my own man.”

The congressman representing the state’s 1st District voted against a resolution that claimed the former president “incited an insurrection against the govern-

ment of the United States” with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. During Trump’s impeachment probe in January 2021, Zeldin said, “Let’s be honest that this president did a lot to make America greater than ever.”

Zeldin also said the Jan. 6 event was a “pre-planned attack,” citing pipe bombs that were discovered and saying the Capitol’s perimeter was breached while Trump was speaking.

After receiving the state GOP’s backing, Zeldin would potentially face Gov. Kathy Hochul, who was endorsed by the state’s Democratic party earlier this year.

Nassau County and state Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs touted Hochul’s accomplishments and efforts to cut taxes for New Yorkers since taking over for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in August.

“Governor Kathy Hochul has established that she has what it takes to govern New York effectively,” Jacobs said in a statement.

“From the moment she assumed the role, she has led this state with empathy, intelligence, and actual common sense.”

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Calls to close estate used by Russians Officials, candidates urge Biden to shutter Glen Cove compound that houses diplomats

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Many Long Island officials and political candidates pledged support for Ukraine after it was invaded by Russian military forces, while some urged President Joe Biden to close the Killenworth estate, a compound in Glen Cove used by Russian diplomats to the United Nations.

The Russians, who launched a fullscale invasion last Thursday at the direction of Russian President Vladimir Putin, have carried out missile and artillery attacks on major Ukrainian cities, including the capital, Kiev. On Tuesday, multiple reports said a 40-mile-long Russian military convoy was approaching the capital.

Long Island officials, including Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley), Assemblyman Charles Lavine (D-Glen Cove), U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) and Glen Cove Mayor Pam Panzenbeck joined Ukrainian Americans of Long Island over the weekend at separate rallies to show support for Ukraine.

In a statement Saturday, Blakeman called on Biden to close the estate and expel Russian diplomats. In 2016, President Barack Obama’s administration ordered a Russian-owned mansion in Brookville, which was described by the U.S. government as a “recreational compound,” to be

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Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman (middle) stands alongside Glen Cove Mayor Pam Panzenbeck (left) and Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) as he calls on President Joe Biden to close the Killenworth estate. closed in late December due to Russia’s interference in the presidential election.

Since then, 35 diplomats were expelled while the Killenworth estate itself was unaffected. It remains a Russian property that does not pay property taxes.

“President Biden, expel these Russians from Nassau County,” Blakeman said. “We don’t need them here and let’s get this

property back on the tax rolls so the people of Nassau County and Glen Cove don’t have to finance thugs and dictators and people who invade innocent countries.”

It is unclear if the U.S. government has legal grounds to act on Blakeman’s wishes.

Zeldin, who is running for governor and has been endorsed by the Nassau County Republican Committee, expressed

similar sentiments.

“The United States cannot let Putin’s people doing his bidding to live in taxfree compounds on Long Island,” he said.

“President Biden must immediately close Russia’s Killenworth estate and send their diplomats packing today!”

Lavine said that Americans cannot have tolerance for anyone that considers Putin a man of character at a rally on Sunday.

“We as Americans must have no tolerance whatsoever for voices here in the United States or overseas who praise Putin for being a man of strength and character,” Lavine said in a statement. “We live in a democracy. Democracies were expressly designed not to have strongmen as leaders or as presidents. We believe in freedom of speech, we believe in debate, we believe in coming to a consensus. That’s part of the American idea. Part of the American ideal.

That is also part of the Ukrainian ideal. The Ukrainian idea.”

Other officials joined in expressing their concerns over the ongoing conflict and support for the Ukrainian community.

Suozzi, who represents the 3rd Congressional District and is seeking his party’s nomination for governor, called for an embargo on all Russian products, among other things.

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DeSena to hold first town address Speaking on importance of bipartisan collaboration, streamlining town operations

BY B R A N D ON DUFFY Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Jennifer DeSena will make her first State of the Town address on March 31 at the Clubhouse at Harbor Links in Port Washington.

The address will be part of a luncheon hosted by the League of Women Voters of Port Washington-Manhasset.

Brian Devine, spokesperson for the supervisor, said DeSena will lay out her vision for North Hempstead, including bipartisan collaboration with fellow elected officials, and her agenda, which includes streamlining town operations, public participation in government and enhancing the quality of life for residents.

DeSena, a registered Democrat who ran as a Republican, campaigned on making town government streamlined and PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SUPERVISOR more efficient, citing issues with North Hempstead’s BuildDeSena was the first Republican to win a town supervisor ing Department.

“I am so excited to be able election in over 30 years.

to deliver this year’s State of the Town address and lay out my vision and goals for the Town of North Hempstead for 2022 and beyond,” DeSena said in a statement. “This year will mark the 35th anniversary of the State of the Town address, and I want to thank the League of Women Voters of Port Washington-Manhasset for all their hard work to bring back this time-honored tradition in a safe, welcoming manner. I am excited to share all the ways my administration has been hard at work putting our residents first.”

In November, DeSena was the first Republican nominee to win the town supervisor election in over 30 years, succeeding Judi Bosworth, a Democrat who did not seek re-election.

Since her administration began, DeSena and the two newly elected Republicans on the Town Board, David Adhami and Dennis Walsh, have had tense relations with Democrats, who hold the majority.

At Town Board meetings,

issues have been brought up such as the communal office space previously used by council members being separated, as well as Democrats blocking DeSena’s choices for the town Board of Ethics.

The address is set to begin at 1:15 p.m. and is free to the public. For the luncheon, which begins at 11:45 a.m., registration must be completed

by March 24. There is a $40 charge per person.

Amy Bass, chair of the luncheon, said the league is happy to be hosting the event, which was held virtually last year.

“The League of Women Voters of Port WashingtonManhasset looks forward to presenting Supervisor DeSena and to welcoming our community members to our annual Lunch with the League,” Bass said in a statement.

Registration can be found at https://lwvpw-m.bpt. me or by calling 646-3061166. The address will also be livestreamed on the town’s website and Facebook page.

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O’Connell leads Wheatley, E. Williston’s Joseph follows a family tradition Hoffman dies at 94

BY M I C H A E L J . L E W I S Growing up in Nassau County, the Wheatley School’s Jimmy O’Connell didn’t have to look far to see what athletic greatness looked like.

Everywhere he peeked inside his own family, there was sports excellence. His aunt Tara was a star softball player for St. John’s. His cousin Alexandra was a standout Division I basketball player for Lafayette College. His Dad, Jamie, hooped at Central Connecticut State, instilling the love of the hardwood in Jimmy.

And closer to his own age, Jimmy was always chasing and defending cousin Michael, who is currently the starting point guard for Stanford University as a sophomore.

Sports was in Jimmy’s blood, and it seemed all but inevitable he’d succeed somewhere.

“Alexandra was older than me so I didn’t play against her that much, but Michael and I were closer and played a lot of 1-on-1,” Jimmy said. “I knew he was really good, and I always wanted to show him I could play, too. He definitely made me better because he was so good.”

All that family competition certainly has helped the 5-foot-10 O’Connell thrive. He’s just completed a spectacular senior season at Wheatley, ranking in the top 5 in Nassau County in scoring average, pouring in 21 points per game and dishing out 6.7 assists per contest as well.

Hitting from 3-point range and on drives to the basket, O’Connell raised his game to a new level this season, helping Wheatley to the Class B semifinals, where it lost to Malverne on Feb. 21.

“He’s just a scorer in multiple ways, a kid who can beat you from anywhere,” said first-year Wildcats coach Rich Slater.

“He’s gotten stronger and smarter this year and really has helped his teammates tremendously.”

O’Connell, 17, credits Slater for the team’s strong 14-6 record and for helping him improve, “just with all the skillwork we did in the preseason, and all of us buying into what he was saying.”

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Port resident charged with wire fraud

BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Edward Mullins, the former head of the NYPD’s Sergeants Benevolent Association and Port Washington resident, was charged with defrauding the union of $1 million last Wednesday, according to federal prosecutors.

Mullins, 60, was charged with wire fraud in connection with a scheme to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Sergeants Benevolent Association by submitting falsified expense reports, officials said. On Wednesday, Mul-

lins pleaded not guilty and was released on $250,000 bail.

Around September 2017, officials said, Mullins allegedly defrauded the association by using his personal credit card to pay for various luxury items and meals at high-end restaurants before submitting the inflated expense reports for reimbursement.

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BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y Joseph Hoffman, first deputy police commissioner in New York City Mayor Ed Koch’s administration, died on Feb. 18 at 94.

The East Williston resident served in all ranks of the New York Police Department from patrolman to deputy chief during his 29-year career. Koch was mayor from 1978 through 1989.

After Hoffman’s police career, Koch asked him to serve as president of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corp., which operates the public hospitals and clinics in New York City as a public benefit corporation. Hoffman’s family said in a statement that the career change would see him rise to senior executive positions with St. Vincent’s Medical Center of New York, W.R. Grace & Co. and Bay State Health Care in Massachusetts.

In addition, Hoffman wrote two novels, “The Last Mayor” in 2005 and “Acts and Omissions” in 2002.

Hoffman earned an MPA from John Jay College and MBA from Columbia University. He was an adjunct professor at Adelphi University.

Hoffman is survived by two sons, two daughters-in-law, four grandchildren and

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Joseph Hoffman his wife, Kitty.

Visitation for Hoffman was on Monday, Feb. 21, at Weigand Brothers Funeral Home in Williston Park. Funeral services were held that Tuesday at St. Aidan’s Church and entombment followed at Washington Memorial Park.

Efforts to reach the family were unavailing.

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Backing Ukraine, taking on Trump

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any Ukraine citizens expressed surprise and even shock as the Russian military launched an unprovoked assault on their sovereign nation last week.

Russian troops had been massing at Ukraine’s border for weeks and President Joe Biden, armed with U.S. intelligence reports, had been warning that an attack was imminent.

But U.S. intelligence had been wrong before. Most notoriously, the country’s claims that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction before the U.S. attacked Iraq in 2003 were untrue.

And it was also hard to believe that neighboring Russia, with strong ties to people in Ukraine, would for no reason launch the largest military attack in Europe since Hitler invaded Poland in September 1939.

Then Russia launched its attack.

The refusal of people to recognize an imminent threat was the subject of a one-on-one Blank Slate Media interview two weeks ago with Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League and the author of “It Could Happen Here.”

But the discussion that evening and the book were not about Ukraine.

The discussion centered instead on the United States and the threat posed by the alarming rise in antisemitism, racism and other forms of intolerance in this country in recent years.

The threat, in Greenblatt’s words, of America “tipping from hate to the unthinkable.”

The title to Greenblatt’s book is a play on “It Can’t Happen

Here,” a novel written in 1935 by Upton Sinclair that imagines the improbable election of an authoritarian over President Franklin Roosevelt.

And like Sinclair, Greenblatt is informed by the rise of Adolf Hitler and in Greenblatt’s case the escape of his grandparents from Nazi Germany.

His grandfather, he said, never imagined what would happen in Germany and how his grandson would be born and grow up in the United States.

ADL’s most recent Audit of Antisemitic Incidents in the United States recorded more than 2,100 acts of assault, vandalism and harassment in a year – the highest level of antisemitic incidents since ADL’s tracking began in 1979.

The rise of hate has included the alt right “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017, where hundreds of marchers raised Nazi salutes, waved swastika flags and shouted “Seig Heil” And “Jews will not replace us!”

Greenblatt points out that other forms of hate against other groups, including Blacks and Asians, have also increased in recent years.

Not all hatred of Jews came from the right. Jews, he said, faced both physical and verbal attacks on the streets and on campuses from left-leaning groups often fueled by events in Israel.

But it is no coincidence that the rise in hatred tracks closely with the rise of Donald Trump in American politics.

Trump seeded his first presidential campaign by questioning the birthplace of Barack Obama, the country’s first Black president,

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kicked off his campaign by smearing Mexicans, instituted a Muslim ban at the start of his administration and continued for the next four years to divide the country and embolden white supremacists, neo-Nazis and other supporters of hate.

In his book and in his talk, Greenblatt presented ways to oppose hate that start with confronting it wherever it takes place and whoever is promoting it. And that it is the duty of everyone to voice opposition, especially our leaders.

The opposite of speaking out against hate is, of course, is silence.

We have already commented on this, but it bears repeating: Nassau County Republicans, like most GOP supporters across the country, have said little or nothing about Trump’s hate-inspiring comments or the assault incited by Trump on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, intended to overturn the election.

The insurrection, which

threatened the lives of members of Congress and Vice President Mike Pence, was led on by white supremacists and neo-Nazis carrying Confederate flags and wearing Tshirts that said “Camp Auschwitz” and “Six Million is Not Enough” – a reference to the number of Jews killed by Nazis during World War II. Among them were members of the Proud Boys, an openly racist and antisemitic group. You might remember them from when Trump was questioned about his support of extremist groups at a presidential debate and said Proud Boys should “stand back and stand by.”

You might also remember when the Proud Boys marched in Rockville Centre last falland Nassau County Republicans said nothing.

Two weeks ago, the Nassau County Republican Party endorsed Lee Zeldin, a congressman from Suffolk County and vocal support-

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er of the former president, as the Republican nominee for governor.

Zeldin was one of 121 House Republicans to vote against certifying the presidential election results in both Arizona and Pennsylvania – after the mob assaulted the Capitol to prevent the election from being certified.

Zeldin then became the lone dissenting vote in the Long Island congressional delegation on a bill to create a 9/11-type commission to investigate the most serious attack on our election system since the Civil War. Let’s be clear: To vote to overturn a presidential election is to reject democracy and should disqualify someone from holding any elective office let alone being governor.

We should also be clear that the United States and its allies are now locked in a battle with Putin between democracy and authoritarianism.

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KREMER’S CORNER

More, more states want voters to stay home

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ecently, I had an opportunity to spend a few days in Florida, just to get away from the miserable New York weather.

I know that Florida and New York are far away geographically, but once you go down South you realize that we New Yorkers live in a bubble and our differences with many other states are sharp and wide. This is especially so in the case of how we exercise our right to vote.

By most standards, New York’s voting procedures are quite liberal. We allow absentee voting, have legalized early voting and give the voters good candidate and polling information. Our voting is supervised by boards of election that try very hard to make sure that elections are run fairly and honestly.

When you leave New York for states such as, Arizona, Florida, Texas or Georgia, you learn that their procedures are dedicated to suppressing the vote or at the very least make it very hard to cast your ballot.

Within hours of my arrival in Florida, I watched the televi-

sion reports about a 38-yeardold woman from Miami who tried to vote absentee three times before her ballot was accepted.

On her first try, the election officials challenged her vote on the ground that her driver’s license numbers were incorrect.

The decision was totally wrong.

The second rejection was over her listing of the last four digits of her Social Security number, which they claimed, was a mistake.

Determined to vote she went personally to the local board of elections, where she demanded that her paperwork be accepted.

This is one incident that will be repeated frequently between now and November when Floridians go to the polls.

Last May, the Florida state legislature passed a comprehensive voting law whose clear aim was to take away procedures that had been put in place because of the COVID pandemic.

One of the more convenient methods available to Florida voters was putting your bal-

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lot into a curbside drop box. In 2020, the state established drop boxes and large numbers of voters took advantage of this great convenience.

The new law drastically cut the number of drop boxes and cut the hours that voters could use them. To make it tougher the state reduced the number of days such boxes could be available and added a requirement that there had to be a monitor watching the boxes.

To curb the use of absentee voting, the state imposed many

new requirements, which will not only keep Democrats from voting but will be a major burden for rural voters.

This change was no accident. In the 2016 and 2018 elections, nearly one third of the state’s voters cast ballots through the mail. In both years, more Republicans than Democrats voted by mail.

In 2020, 2.1 million Democrats voted by mail compared to 1.4 million Republicans. If a voter has previously given their proof of identity to the polling place that should not have to be required to put sensitive information in the mail.

One of the more serious changes in the law was the ban on donations to election agencies.

Many non-government agencies send donations to boards of election to encourage them to distribute pamphlets describing all of the candidates and reminding voters where their polling district is located.

Many election boards advertise voter information, which is most helpful to senior citizens

and handicapped persons. But Florida officials view these programs as unimportant and a vehicle to get voters to turn out on Election Day and that is threatening to them.

Last July, the Georgia legislature passed a comprehensive bill that created 16 new restrictions on voting including taking away the power of the Secretary of State and placing it in the hands of state legislators.

They expanded voting hours in small counties and reduced the voting time in the more populous ones. To further discourage voting they reduced the number of drop boxes from 94 statewide to 23. Many of the boxes will now be kept in buildings that have restricted hours.

It is the same story in Texas and Arizona, where similar restrictions have been put in place.

So while it may be easy to cast a ballot in New York, it is not the case elsewhere in America, where elected officials would prefer you to stay home and skip participating on Election Day.

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

An ancient idea for the libraries of today “Good news,” announced my husband to a friend taking a coffee break with us. “Have you heard?

Our library might stop charging fines on overdue books.”

“Hooray!” I said. “I hate those fines. Somehow they just make me take even longer to bring back the books.”

“Forget about fines,” said our friend, who is a student of history.

“We could follow the example of the Great Library of Alexandria.”

“Alexandria, Virginia? I didn’t know their library was so great,” I said.

“I think he means Alexandria from ancient times — in Egypt,” my husband whispered.

“Oh, right.” A dim memory returned from eighth grade geography. “Wasn’t that one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?”

“Well, technically it didn’t make the list,” said our friend. “But it totally should have.”

“It was ‘one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world,’” explained my husband, suddenly an expert thanks to that other great aggregator of knowledge, Wikipedia, with an assist from his iPhone.

“And you’ll never guess how they acquired such a magnificent collection,” continued our friend.

“With library fines?”

“No. By making everyone who came through port give them any books they had. Remember, books back then were all handmade, original, and scarce — so very, very valuable. And whenever a ship came into the harbor at Alexandria, the Library insisted on searching it for books.”

“Wow!” Here was a whole new mission for the Coast Guard to consider. “Heave to and prepare to be boarded. Never mind those drugs, we’re only interested in books.”

“And any books that the Library didn’t already have,” our friend continued, “they demanded be handed over for them to copy.

Then they gave the copies back to the owners—and kept the originals.”

“They got away with that?”

“Apparently.”

My spouse considered the logistics. “That would be tough to accomplish even with a Xerox machine in the back room, but there was no such thing, of course. Just scribes. They must have had rows

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A Look on the Lighter Side and rows of scribes, copying books all day. What a job!”

“Imagine,” I said, “if something like an early Bible came across their desks and they had to copy it while the ship was still in port. ‘You know,’ one scribe might have whispered to the next scribe over, ‘this God fellow seems quite the character — smiting people left and right, demanding huge sacrifices — Why so touchy? What’s His deal? I’d love to learn more about Him, but I can’t, not if I’m going to finish this book by Wednesday.’ ” “There was no Wednesday in

ancient Egypt,” nitpicked my husband. “It’s named for the Norse god Odin.”

“Ok, then — before Pharaohs day.”

“I’m sure every day was Pharaohs day.’”

“Whatever. You get my point.

Would you like that job?”

“Not much. But I’ll tell you what job I’d like even less: handing back a copy to the captain who’d given me the original.”

“Good point. Why would anyone go to this place anyway?”

“It was probably the entrance for sailing anywhere up the Nile,” said our friend. “Think of it as paying a toll.”

“Just imagine if libraries behaved like that today,” I said. “‘Never mind your fine on “Fifty Shades of Grey”; let’s have that early folio of Shakespeare that I see peeking out of your glove compartment.”

“It’s a copy. I swear it!”

“And a very good copy it is, too. Where did you get it?”

“Here. The last time I came in.”

“Ah. You may pass. But no running in the granary.”

“Or what about a car dealer?

You drive in with one car and leave with another.”

“That happens every day, Judy.

It’s called a trade-in.”

“Yes, except in the Alexandria system. You’d drive in with a new car and leave with an old banger.”

“Yeah, that would suck.”

“What about shopping? While I’m looking at shoes, they swap my designer purse for a knock-off?”

“Or jewelry. They might take your engagement ring and return one that’s fake.”

“Feels like a crime.”

“Yeah, there’s no way this isn’t criminal,” said my husband. “But you say it worked for the Great Library in Alexandria.”

“Until it burned down.”

“Who could have seen that coming,” commented my spouse.

“Yes, and it’s a real shame,” I said. “Because what they should have done is put all the copies in the library, not the originals. Then they could have let it burn and collect the insurance money.”

“Wherever do you get such ideas?”

“From all the murder mystery books I’ve paid for — at the library!”

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THE BACK ROAD

Heartbreak, hope, fight against gun violence

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red Guttenberg lost his 14-year-old daughter Jaime at a school shooting in Parkland, Florida on February 14, 2018. He advocates against gun violence with a rare combination of pragmatism, raw emotion and empathy.

One of his primary objectives is to connect emotionally with others in debates regarding causes and solutions to gun violence.

He believes in fighting for measures that have a realistic chance of passage.

According to a report in the Guardian, they include raising the minimum age to buy guns, adding a waiting period before gun sales, having a no-loopholes policy for a mandatory background check of the gun buyer and banning highcapacity ammunition magazines and bump stocks.

Guttenberg commemorated the 4th anniversary of his daughter’s murder at Stoneman Douglas High School with a tweet thread addressed to her. Following, with minor edits, is what he said.

“Dear Jaime, Today is 4 years since your voice was silenced. It is

now 4 years since I last heard your laugh, saw your smile, and kissed you goodbye. It is now 4 years since I last had that typical parental worry about you and how your day was going?

“In our home, you both heard me say many times that I do not discuss ‘what if’ scenarios, I will only discuss ‘what is.’ IF you wanted to talk to me about something and ask me for something, you had to come prepared with substance and facts about what was happening in real time, not engage me in ‘what if.’ Jaime, I was wrong.”

Guttenberg continues: “For the past 4 years, I find myself asking ‘what if’ every minute of every day. What if you were sick that morning and we never sent you to school? What would your day have been like then?

“Would fate have intervened some other way or would you now be the beautiful 18-year-old teenager living her best life at The University of Florida? What would your dorm room look like? Who would your roommate be? Would you have your first college boyfriend? Would you be studying to

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be a pediatric physical therapist as you had always planned?

“Would you still be dancing?

What if your murder never happened and the past four years included new photos, new videos, and new memories with you?

“What if a teenager or any other person with known risks was never able to acquire guns or ammunition to cause harm to others? What would our family be like now? What would our community be like now? What would my life be like now?

“What if the dominant thought

in my head was still dreams of walking you down the aisle at your wedding and becoming a grandparent to your children?

“What if the dominant thought in my head was not images of your final minute before you were killed? What if the last thought in my head every day was not your FINAL seconds and wondering did you suffer?

“What if I did not have to go to bed every day hoping that you died instantly, out of fear that if you did not, that means you did suffer.

“What if America understood before you were killed, or even today, that reducing gun violence is a public health issue and not a second amendment issue?

“What if we could all agree on a way to move America forward to being a society where we can again send our kids to school without active shooter drills or fears of being shot, or to a movie, or to a mall, or to a place of worship?

“What if we could all agree that we owe it to our kids to be better than this, and to change course NOW, so that our kids

and their kids can grow up in an America that genuinely and truly values life?

“It is never too late to change from “what if” to “what is” and finally do something about gun violence. Doing so now may save the life of the person you love, so that you don’t spend the rest of your life wondering what if?”

Political analyst Matthew Dowd, who was chief strategist for the Bush–Cheney 2004 presidential campaign, is a gun owner who supports Guttenberg’s approach to affecting change.

After appearing with Guttenberg on a cable TV broadcast, Dowd shared his sentiments: “It’s very easy, when you heart is broken and you live through a day of darkness, to turn it off and just become cynical and jaded and detach yourself from others.”

Fred has chosen what very few do. He has chosen honor, purpose and service. He has come through a tragedy that I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy, with a bigger heart and leadership light than any other human being I know.”

OUR TOWN

Are you lucky or unlucky in life?

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ast week as I drove down my street, a black cat crossed my path and I told myself I had better be careful that day. This same black cat had been prowling around for some time and often he would run across my driveway as I was pulling in at night. This suggested that I have been jinxed, perhaps since birth, and am preordained to have bad luck.

My family always summered in Maine where our grandparents lived and I can recall sunny days sitting on their sprawling front lawn next to my grandmother as she rocked away in her rocking chair. She would often say: “Tommy, I don’t know why, but if there is a cloud in the sky, it will find its

Are you lucky enough to cope with a black cat’s curse?

way to us and start to rain.”

As an innocent child I was not sure what to make of that statement, but it may account for why I became attracted to the profession of psychotherapy. Listening to the bad luck stories from Grandmother taught me how to remain neutral and even upbeat in the face of depression.

My grandmother led a privileged life of comfort and luxury, but nonetheless she felt she was unlucky. Perhaps she felt unlucky to be a woman.

Many have an interest in the concept of luck. There are many objects believed to contain luck or the lack thereof. Unlucky things include the number 13, black cats, walking under ladders and breaking a mirror. Thankfully, there are several lucky things to counterbalance this woe. These intrepid warriors include the number 7, the four-leaf clover, a horseshoe and the rabbit’s foot. Mickey Mantle and David Beckham both used the number 7 on their uniforms.

My brother David, the youngest in our family, leads a lucky life.

David, who we nicknamed “The Maven,” has always been the master of good fortune. First, he had

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blond hair and good looks. That’s lucky right there. I recall once when he was a wee lad of 12 and living in Florida (my parents retired early and moved south), he had just been bought an ice cream cone and as he was outside the ice cream parlor, he dropped his cone onto the sidewalk.

Now if that had happened to any other kid, they would cry and go home. But The Maven just walked back into the shop, flashed a smile, and explained to the owner he had dropped his cone. Voila, he got a new cone even bigger than the first one and the owner seemed happy that all this happened. This is what you call good

karma.

A good angel is always hanging around David. As he gets older, he gets better looking and just on a lark, he became a clothes model for a while. He then got serious and went on to become a doctor. On his first summer after his schooling, he went to Italy for a rest, met a beautiful Italian girl, got married and set up his practice in Padua, which is just outside of Venice.

His wife got pregnant, had a luminescent child named Lucia who looks like Marilyn Monroe.

They had a second girl, Chiara, who looks better than Lucia if that’s even possible, and they both grew up to be heartbreakers. His practice grew, life is abundant.

Recently, David “The Maven” flew back to the United States because he and his best friend, filmmaker John Bifar, have just produced a documentary film and they had to attend its premier. This may all sound like a fiction, but I assure you, it is not.

Yes, indeed, David “The Maven” Ferraro, our youngest sibling, has the luck of the Irish even though he’s Italian. So why is it that he is so lucky? My older broth-

er Peter explains it in the following way. David “The Maven,” had blonde hair and was the youngest in the family. He therefore had access to our father’s unconditional love and attention. Dad retired early, had time to kill and thus had the energy to heap love onto the golden-haired boy. David was the love object or one who receives unconditional love.

Peter is a writer and not a psychologist, but he may have been paying attention when he took that compulsory Psych 101 course and they reviewed Alfred Adler.

Adler was one of the founders of psychoanalysis and discussed the influence of birth order on personality. He pointed out that the youngest in the family will often have the following lucky traits.

1) They get away with murder. (Refer back to the ice cream incident with David.)

2) The youngest tend to enjoy being the center of attention. (David did modeling and now does film.)

3) They are confident.

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E A R T H M AT T E R S

New York wetlands need protection

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n her proposed state budget, Governor Hochul included provisions to expand and strengthen freshwater wetland protections.

Currently, the DEC is tasked with mapping and having jurisdiction over wetlands of more than 12.4 acres or that are of “unusual local importance”. This leaves over a million acres of wetlands unprotected because they haven’t been mapped.

The US EPA estimates that New York has already lost as much as 60% of our wetlands. On Long Island this is particularly critical because of our sole source aquifer. Even tiny wetlands serve to cleanse and recharge our drinking water. In addition to removing heavy metals, sediment, toxic contaminants, and nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus, wetlands also provide habitat for birds and animals.

Wetlands store 35% of the world’s carbon. But when wetlands are disturbed or destroyed, the carbon is released adding to climate change. Wetlands also provide protection from flooding but absorb floodwaters.

The greatest threat to Long Is-

land’s remaining small freshwater wetlands is human development, which is responsible for most of the losses over the last century.

Invasive species, mostly plants like phragmites, (giant reed) and a variety of choking vines degrade the wetland habitat. Pollution from industries, homes and businesses threatens to overwhelm wetlands capacity to cleanse.

The US Fish and Wildlife Service studied wetland loss on Long Island, comparing 1900 with 2004, and found that Nassau and Suffolk Counties may have lost almost 39,000 acres or about 48 percent of wetlands since the early 1900s: about 3,500 acres of beaches (27% loss), 11,798 acres of freshwater (nontidal) wetlands (54% loss), and nearly 24,000 acres of tidal marshland (50% loss). Nassau County lost over half (59%) of its wetlands including 62 percent of its tidal wetlands (14,033 acres).

The new law would streamline the process for recognizing and permitting freshwater wetlands. Currently, the DEC can only regulate a wetland if it is more than 12.4 acres in size and identified on regulatory maps held by

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the Department, or if it is less than 12.4 acres and of “unusual local importance.”

DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos has stated that more than 1 million acres of wetlands are not currently on the state’s jurisdictional maps and do not receive state protection. Most of the State’s freshwater wetland maps have not been updated in over 25 years.

Federal protection is limited and under threat by lawsuits. Under the new law, the requirement for mapping would be eliminated.

The requirement for certified mail notification would also be eliminated, saving over a hundred

thousand dollars per watershed.

The new law would give permitting authority for smaller wetlands that are “unusually important.” Because of our sole source aquifer many of Long Island wetlands could fall under this description, as will wetlands in a watershed that has experienced significant flooding, urban wetlands, wetlands that provide habitat for rare plant species or vulnerable wildlife, wetlands currently classified as Class I wetlands by the DEC, and wetlands important to the state’s water quality.

Other needed updates include the establishment of a rebuttable presumption, which would establish that all freshwater wetlands are presumed to be subject to regulation and permitting until proven otherwise, by presenting information to the DEC that establishes that the area is not a freshwater wetland.

The law currently requires that each wetland has a 100-foot buffer. Wetlands buffers are critically important and provide wildlife with critical habitat and corridors for migration, reduce human disturbances, prevent erosion, help maintain water quality, and

minimize the spread of invasive or aggressive plant species.

In a letter to Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Sen Todd Kaminsky, and Assemblymen Carl Heastie and Steve Englebright, the Save New York State Wetlands Coalition stated, “Updating the law this year is also important because of the Governor’s proposal to add $1 billion to the “Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act.” The Bond Act will provide increased funding for restoring and enhancing our wetlands, which is an essential component of successful climate change adaptation and resiliency strategies.

The Save NYS Wetlands Coalition strongly supports this increase but undertaking this critical work at the landscape level will be difficult to achieve unless the DEC is given more flexibility to protect wetlands as they are integrated into resiliency plans.”You can take action with Audubon by contact your legislator: https:// act.audubon.org/a/nys-pass-wetlands-reformSave New York State Wetlandshttps://save-nys-wetlands-audubon.hub.arcgis.com/@ savenywetlands

VIEW POINT

Biden puts action into Women’s History Month

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arch has been proclaimed Women’s History Month.

Is it just lip-service? Pandering? Women’s hardfought rights – to vote, pay equity, equal access to education and jobs, to health care and most importantly, the right to make their own health care and reproductive decisions – have been under the greatest attack since, well, the beginning, in 1920 when women finally won the hard-fought right to vote at all.

There is an effort to reverse course on all of these rights, trampling a woman’s equal citizenship and personhood, making her a creature of the state, a mere uterus no more significant than a broodmare.

It is so ironic (hypocritical) considering the right-wingers’ hysteria over mask and vaccine mandates that expropriate the slogan, “My body, my choice.”

President Biden, in proclaiming Women’s History Month, outlined “systemic barriers to women’s full and equal participation in society and the economy, es-

pecially for women of color and tribal women.” Of course, the most powerful systemic barrier is being denied reproductive freedom, especially in the context of inadequate prenatal and maternal health care, paid parental leave, affordable child care and elder care (the list goes on) that stack the deck against women.

President Biden gets it. “Despite the progress being made, women and girls — especially women and girls of color — still face systemic barriers to full participation and wider gaps in opportunity and equality. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated those disparities which have disproportionately impacted women’s labor force participation, multiplied the burden on paid and unpaid caregivers, and increased rates of gender-based violence. The constitutional right to abortion established in Roe v. Wade is facing an unprecedented assault as States pass increasingly onerous restrictions to critical reproductive health care and bodily autonomy. Workers contend with

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gender and racial wage gaps that can amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars denied over the course of their lifetimes. The Congress sent the Equal Rights Amendment to the States for ratification 50 years ago and it is long past time that the principle of women’s equality should be enshrined in our Constitution.”

In contrast, Republicans show their contempt for women most obviously in their failure to reauthorize the Violence Against Women’s Act. And now Senate Republicans have once again

weaponized the filibuster to defeat the Women’s Health Protection Act, which House Democrats passed.

“With the anti-choice supermajority on the Supreme Court poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, our fundamental freedom to make personal decisions about if, when, and how to start or grow a family is under threat,” NARAL Pro Choice America wrote. “Every person must have the freedom to control their own lives, bodies, and futures, free from political interference. That’s why we need to protect reproductive freedom for everybody.”

“The WHPA would guarantee people’s right to abortion nationwide; ensure everyone is able to make their own health care decisions; and keep politics out of people’s reproductive choices,” Senator Richard Blumenthal tweeted. “Today I’m proud to vote Yes on WHPA.” The bill died in a matter of moments, killed by Senate Republicans and Joe Manchin. Its demise barely made the news.

“At a time when women’s

access to reproductive health care is under increased assault in states across the country, it is extremely disappointing that Senate Republicans blocked passage of the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would strengthen health care access and codify constitutional rights affirmed half a century ago by Roe v. Wade and in subsequent Supreme Court precedent,” White House spokesperson Jen Psaki stated.

“Today, we mark six months since Texas law SB8 went into effect, brazenly violating Texans’ constitutional rights and empowering private citizens to act as bounty hunters against their neighbors. Now, a number of other states are also considering passing laws in open defiance of the U.S. Constitution, threatening the reproductive freedom of all Americans. These restrictions are particularly devastating for communities of color, rural Americans, and all those faced with fewer options and fewer resources.

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F RO M T H E D ES K O F A R N O L D W. D RU C K E R

Just say no to Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill

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ecently, a so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which would ban teachers from talking aboutsexual orientation or gender identityin primary schools, was introduced in the Florida State Legislature.

The measure would also allow parents to sue school districts if they think a violation occurred.

Laws barring trained, credentialed educational professionals from fostering the healthy and authentic development of their pupils through age-appropriate health education are bad enough.

However, a lead sponsor of the measure filed an amendment on Feb. 18 to require schools to inform parents within six weeks

of learning that a student identifies as LGBTQ+.

The amendment would have allowed for no exemption in cases where there is a reason to believe outing the student would result in abuse, neglect or abandonment. While this amendment was later withdrawn amidst a fierce public outcry, the rotten core of this proposal remains intact.

As a committed ally of the LGBTQ+ community, I am absolutely disgusted by every wrinkle of this abusive proposal — one that is nothing short of an act of state-sanctioned cruelty directed toward America’s marginalized, vulnerable youth.

I am horrified by the strong likelihood that it will pass and

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be signed into law, and I fear the consequences could be deadly.

According to The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ+

young people, at least one LGBTQ+ person between the ages of 13 and 24 attempts suicide every 45 seconds in the United States. However, because many report attempting suicide multiple times each year, The Trevor Project cautions that this already alarmingly high rate is likely an undercount.

Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill is part of a nationwide assault that has reached more than a dozen statehouses, and I am not so naïve to think that this fight could not arrive at our doorstep at some point in the future.

That is why I am continuing the fight to enshrine County-level protections focused on gender identity in our Human Rights Law and am preparing legisla-

tion to convene stakeholders and experts on an LGBTQ+ Advisory Board for the purpose of investigating specific challenges the community faces here in Nassau so that we can implement solutions and meet the needs of all residents.

At a time when the LGBTQ+ community is under attack across America, I am committed to standing with you and doing all I can for as long as I am a legislator to elevate Nassau County as a beacon of acceptance and affirmation.

Arnold W. Drucker, of Plainview, was first elected to the Nassau County Legislature in 2016.

He represents the 16th Legislative District in the Nassau County Legislature.

READERS WRITE

G.N. Plaza needs engineer to solve traffic ills

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he motorists on the Great Neck peninsula experience unjustifiable delays when they drive through the Great Neck Plaza stretch of Middle Neck Road.

The traffic there is a horror.

The traffic light sequences are deficient. The double-parked vehicles are well tolerated — despite Great Neck Plaza having its own ticket-writer(s) and its own police. Instead of taking care of the real traffic issues, the ticket writer lingers around the meters with little time left and tickets the shoppers’ vehicles seconds after the meter time is expired.

It was only five months ago when I happened to jointly work with Jason Hertz, P.E., on

a highly challenging engineering project which required a good knowledge of civil-structural and geotechnical engineering.

A new retaining wall needed to be designed and constructed to replace a twice-failed retaining wall (all occurred prior to Hertz’s involvement). The time was of the essence as the adjacent buildings were on the verge of collapsing and falling to the side in the absence of a retaining wall.

Nonetheless, after getting involved, Jason came up with a highly creative and economical solution. His solution significantly reduced the cost and duration of the project while the durability was enhanced.

More recently, after my in-

teractions with Mr. Hertz in the retaining wall project, I found that he is running for a trustee position in the Village of Great Neck Plaza.

Jason Hertz has a master’s degree in civil engineering and also an MBA degree and he is a creative thinker. The traffic engineering is an area of civil engineering which includes the sciences relevant to traffic reduction. Jason is also a licensed professional engineer (P.E.) which requires years of practice, an extensive two-day exam and continuing education classes on a regular basis.

It is obvious that the solution to the traffic situation in Great Neck Plaza needs to get

much more attention than the attention which currently is being given to it. As a trained civil engineer, Mr. Hertz has the required background to evaluate the issues of the horrific traffic of the GN Plaza and utilize/hire the correct team of people to mitigate the delays.

Recently there was news that the LIRR’s Barstow bridge located in GN Plaza has safety issues. Although the safety of that bridge is the responsibility of LIRR, its “unsafeness” also has bearings on GN Plaza’s residents.

Nonetheless, GN Plaza’s Board of Trustees need to ascertain that under no circumstances is the safety of its residents compromised (e.g., Mianus River Bridge

collapse and hundreds of other bridges that have collapsed while being maintained!). Again, while the “unsafeness” of the Barstow bridge is a subject of any controversy, the presence of a civil engineer on the Board of Trustees is a major asset.

I am confident that if Jason Hertz gets elected, he would be a major asset for the GN Plaza and the entire Great Neck Peninsula as the motorists from the other areas can benefit from the reduced traffic delays while passing through the Plaza Area.

Dr. Fred Bassali, Ph.D. Eng., P.E. Professor of Engineering Great Neck

Cuomo brothers should open a grocery store

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ormer Cuomo part of million

Gov. Andrew has begun using his leftover $16 re-election fund

to pay for commercials. The message says that he has been exonerated from charges that he sexually harassed a number

of women.

Both Andrew and his brother Chris, who was fired from CNN, might be better off by

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listening to the Kenny Rodgers song, “The Gambler,” that says: “You’ve got to know when to hold’em, know when to fold them, know when to walk away.”

It is wishful thinking on the part of Andrew Cuomo that he can resume his political career with a simple media blitz. Both Andrew and Chris should look for honest work. Why not follow in the footsteps of their grandparents, who opened a family

grocery store in Queens, and do the same? Chris could also open up a gym upstairs as he loves working out.

Andrew and Chris Cuomo have a long history in selling baloney. This makes them perfectly suited for this new occupation.

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Bellone endorses Kaiman for Congress Suffolk County executive endorses his deputy in bid for Democratic nomination in 3rd CD

BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone has endorsed Jon Kaiman, the former North Hempstead town supervisor running for the Democratic nomination in the 3rd Congressional District.

Kaiman, 59, of Great Neck, ran the town from 2004 through 2013 and is currently the deputy executive for Suffolk County, a position he has held since 2017.

Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove), who has represented the district since 2016, is running for governor.

Bellone said of Kaiman that in times of uncertainty, Congress needs leaders who can advocate.

“Jon Kaiman is one of the most effective governmental leaders in New York State,” Bellone said in a statement. “In this time of crisis, we need to send true leaders to Congress like Jon Kaiman, who will fight for our principles and deliver real results.”

Following the endorsement, the two greeted commuters and collected petition signatures at the Huntington LIRR station, where they discussed current issues.

Regarding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Kaiman said Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky is an example of what it means to stand up for his country.

Media a policy document on public safety and police reform which called on legislators to consider amendments to bail reform and changes to increase judicial discretion.

Previously speaking with Blank Slate Media about his candidacy, Kaiman touted his initiatives during his time as supervisor such as the town’s 311 call center as well as Project Independence, which provides services to seniors, started in 2005 and 2009, respectively. He also oversaw a revamped Building Department, instituting new management.

According to newly drawn lines, the 3rd Congressional District will include several areas in Westchester County and the Bronx along with Manhasset, Roslyn, Port Washington, Great Neck, Floral Park, and Whitestone, Queens, among other areas, and stretches to Kings Park in Suffolk PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CANDIDATE County.

Others running for the Democratic nomination in the district include Nassau Former North Hempstead Supervisor Jon Kaiman stands alongside Suffolk County Legislator Joshua Lafazan, state County Executive Steve Bellone (front, left) as they petition Tuesday mornSen. Alessandra Biaggi, Great Neck’s Robert ing at Huntington’s LIRR train station.

Zimmerman, Oyster Bay’s Reema Rasool and Melanie D’Arrigo of Port Washington.

“President Zelensky stepped up on beKaiman’s campaign said other issues The Democratic congressional primary half of his people and has shown real cour- commuters were concerned with included will be held on June 28. age in the face of mortal danger,” Kaiman safety and affordability in the area.

George Santos and Kevin Surdi are said.

In February, Kaiman sent Blank Slate seeking the Republican nomination.

Zimmerman endorsements continue Huntington officials, LGBTQ Victory Fund back businessman who vows to champion civil rights

BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y The campaign of longtime Democratic National Committee member Robert Zimmerman announced endorsements from the LGBTQ Victory Fund, Town of Huntington officials and Mamaroneck’s mayor as he bids for his party’s nomination in the 3rd Congressional District.

Zimmerman, of Great Neck, has gained support from the Victory Fund, Jillian Guthman, Huntington’s receiver of taxes, Frank Petrone, the former supervisor in Huntington, Joan Cergol, Huntington councilwoman, and Tom Murphy, mayor of Mamaroneck in Westchester County.

To be endorsed by the Victory Fund, candidates must be openly gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or queer and be pro-choice, support the rights of transgenders and advocate for LGBTQ civil rights, among other things.

Zimmerman said he will be dedicated to advocating for the LGBTQ community whenever possible.

“I am honored and proud that Victory Fund, a national leader in advancing LGBTQ representation in politics, has endorsed our campaign,” Zimmerman said in a statement.

“We are living in an era where bias, crimes and acts of violence against the LGBTQ community are rising yearly and anti-trans legislation is being advanced by state legislatures across our country at unprecedented speed.

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Great Neck’s Robert Zimmerman is seeking the Democratic nomination for New York’s 3rd Congressional District.

In Congress, I will be dedicated to fighting back against anti-LGBTQ bigotry whenever it occurs, and protecting our rights and dignity as the first openly LGBTQ Member of Congress from Long Island and Queens.”

Guthman said Zimmerman will put people first.

“Our communities need leadership in Washington that will put the people first,” Guthman said in a statement. “Robert is

that leader, and that is why I am endorsing his candidacy for the United States House of Representatives. Robert has been an outspoken advocate locally for our communities and nationally on issues impacting women, our seniors, the education of our children, veterans, and much more. As an attorney, I understand the critical importance of the rule of law, and defending our institutions and our voting rights. I know Robert will be the champion we need in Congress.”

Petrone, who said he has known Zimmerman for years, said he will be a stalwart advocate for the environment.

“I proudly endorse Robert Zimmerman for Congress,” Petrone said. “I have known Robert for many years and know his sincerity and work ethic. He will stand with the residents of the Town of Huntington and the Third Congressional District in Washington, DC as a stalwart advocate for preserving our environment, open spaces and the Long Island Sound ecosystem.

“Robert will prioritize upgrading our infrastructure and investing in workforce development to combat climate change and the other challenges that lay ahead. Robert will be a unifying voice and consensus builder for the Democratic Party and in our government.

Please join me in supporting my friend Robert Zimmerman.”

Zimmerman, 67, is co-president of ZE Creative Communications on Bond Street in

Great Neck, a public relations firm he began 33 years ago with Ron Edelson.

He is seeking the congressional seat being vacated by Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove), who is running for governor.

On Sunday, Zimmerman held his campaign petition launch at Jonathan L. Ielpi Firefighters Park in Great Neck.

Since his announcement, Zimmerman’s campaign said it has raised over $500,000.

Other endorsements for Zimmerman’s campaign include former Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, Assemblyman Charles Lavine and state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

According to newly drawn lines, the 3rd Congressional District will include several areas in Westchester County and the Bronx along with Manhasset, Roslyn, Port Washington, Great Neck, Floral Park and Whitestone, Queens, among other areas, and stretches to Kings Park in Suffolk County.

Others running for the Democratic nomination in the district include former North Hempstead Supervisor Jon Kaiman, Nassau County Legislator Joshua Lafazan, state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi, Oyster Bay’s Reema Rasool and Melanie D’Arrigo of Port Washington.

The Democratic congressional primary is slated for June 28.

George Santos and Kevin Surdi are seeking the Republican nomination.

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Happening in Great Neck school district Great Neck School District budget events The Great Neck School District Election and Budget Vote will take place on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, from 7 a.m.–10 p.m. Requirements for the School District Election and Budget Vote are set by New York State, and the Great Neck Public Schools will continue to follow all guidance from the Governor’s Office. Any changes to dates and/or voting procedures will be posted on the district website (www.greatneck.k12.ny.us).

Preliminary Budget The 2022–23 preliminary budget will be available as of Monday, February 28, 2022.

The preliminary budget can be found on the district website (www.greatneck.k12.ny.us), and copies will be available at the Great Neck Library, all branches.

Budget Meetings & Adoption Dates Budget meetings are scheduled during March, April, and May. Residents are encouraged to attend the budget meetings or view the meetings online and to respond to the preliminary budget. Final decisions on the budget will not be made until the Board listens to the community’s comments. Meeting dates, times, and locations are as follows: Wednesday, March 9 at 7:30 p.m., Informal Hearing at Cumberland Center* Saturday, March 19 at 9:30 a.m., Board Discussion with Staff & Public at South High School Wednesday, March 30 at 7:30 p.m., Informal Hearing at South High School*Tuesday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m., Official Hearing/Adop-

tion of Proposed Budget at North Middle School* Tuesday, May 10 at 7:30 p.m., Hearing (discussion only) at South Middle School* Budget hearings listed with an asterisk (*) will follow student recognitions, which begin approximately at 7:30 p.m.

Voter Registration Residents who have voted in any school or general election between 2018 and 2021 are automatically registered to vote in the school election on May 17. Residents can confirm their registration status using the online Registration Verification tool on the district website (www.greatneck.k12.ny.us/ voting) or by calling the District Clerk (516441-4020). If you are not registered, you may register if you are 18 years of age or older, a citizen of the United States, and have lived in the district for at least 30 days.

Voter registration is available through the Nassau County Board of Elections (www. nassaucountyny.gov/580/Voting-Info-Services or 516-571-VOTE) or by appointment at the Office of the District Clerk (Phipps Admin. Bldg., 345 Lakeville Rd.) on school days from 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Please note that registration with the District Clerk only registers an individual to vote in Great Neck School District elections. Residents must be registered

by Thursday, May 12, to vote on Tuesday, May 17.

Applications for Absentee Ballots Qualified, registered voters can obtain applications for absentee ballots by contacting the Office of the District Clerk on school

days from 9 a.m.–4 p.m. (516-441-4020).

Applications for absentee ballots cannot be accepted until April 18.

Residents who are qualified voters and whose registration records have been marked “permanently disabled” by the Board of Elections will automatically receive absentee ballots. Completed absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 17.

Polling Locations There are four polling locations for school district elections: E.M. Baker School, Lakeville School, Saddle Rock School, and South High School. Registered voters will only be allowed to cast a ballot at their assigned polling location. Residents who are unsure of their polling location can use the online Poll Place Finder tool on the district website (www.greatneck.k12.ny.us/voting) or contact the District Clerk (516-441-4020).

Voting Rights Act Section 203 of the federal Voting Rights Act requires school districts in Nassau County to provide election information in English and Spanish. In accordance with this Act, print materials produced by the Great Neck Public Schools pertaining to the School District Election and Budget Vote will be distributed in both languages.

Residents who prefer to review budget and voting information in languages other than English and Spanish are encouraged to visit the district website (www.greatneck. k12.ny.us/budget) and use the translation feature at the top of the page, which offers

more than 100 different language options.

Additional information may also be obtained by calling the District Clerk (516-441-4020).

For Further Information For additional information about the 2022–23 school budget, polling locations, voter registration, and/or absentee ballots, please call the assistant superintendent for business on school days at (516) 441-4020.

Great Neck Kindergarten & UPK registration remain open Enrollment for the Great Neck Public Schools Kindergarten and Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) programs remain open for the 2022–23 school year.

All students who will attend Kindergarten in a public or private school for the 2022– 23 school year must register with the District.

To register for kindergarten, children must be 5 years old on or before Dec. 1, 2022.

The District offers a UPK program for children who will be 4 years old on or before Dec. 1, 2022. UPK is a half-day program offered to residents at no cost; a supplemental half-day, tuition-based enrichment program called “Fun For Fours” is also available with limited enrollment.

Online registration applications for Kindergarten and UPK are available on the district website at www.greatneck.k12.ny.us/ registration. For more information about registering your child, please contact the Registration Office by e-mail at residency@ greatneck.k12.ny.us, or call (516) 441-4080 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on school days.

Little chocolate, dancing DeSena hands Celebrate the magic of spring as author Ruth Ann Warren reads her new childrens book “A Little Chocolate…A Little Dancing” Together They Make Magic!

The reading will be followed by craft activities and tap-dancing lessons. The event will take place at the Great Neck Library Main Building on Saturday, March 12 at 2:30 PM in the Main Library Community Room.

Online registration or reservation by phone is required and

all children must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

All patrons must wear a mask for the duration of this program.

So reserve your place as space is limited and get ready to dance as you experience this magical adventure. It’s the perfect event for kids 5 to 10 years of age.

The Great Neck Library is located at 159 Bayview Avenue in Great Neck. To reserve your place or for more information, call 516-466-8055.

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out COVID tests

North Hempstead Town Supervisor Jennifer DeSena recently met with volunteers of the Shelter Rock Church food pantry at the EOC Building in Great Neck to distribute free COVID tests provided by Nassau County. The Shelter Rock Church Food Pantry is an important community service

initiative that provides meals to about 150 families a week, double the number as compared to before the pandemic. Supervisor DeSena met with volunteers including Jane Lucey and Gina Kang (pictured here) and commended them for the amazing work they do to better our community.

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE OFFICE OF THE SUPERVISOR

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Northwell palliative care unit wins award The Palliative Care Unit at North Shore University Hospital, a member of Northwell Health, has received the goldlevel Beacon Award for Excellence by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, the only palliative care and advanced illness unit in the nation to be so honored.

The Beacon Award recognizes critical care units that employ evidence-based practices to improve patient and family outcomes. The award provides gold, silver and bronze levels of recognition for

three years to hospital units that exemplify excellence in professional practice patient care and outcomes.

Just 188 critical care units at 126 hospitals in the United States earned the Beacon Award – only 58 of them gold – in the last year.

There are currently 592 such units overall, including 16 at Northwell Health hospitals – seven of which exist at NSUH alone.

NSUH Beacon Award winners include: Medical intensive care unit (ICU),

cardiothoracic ICU, cardiac ICU, neurosurgical ICU, neonatal ICU, post-anesthesia care unit and now the palliative care unit.

“TheBeaconAward recognizes excellence, top-level outcomes and a collaborative and healthy work environment,” said Irene Macyk,chief nursing officer at NSUH. “What a wonderful validation of nursing and the entire interdisciplinary team. The PCU team focuses on a shared vision expertly infused by the collaborative nurse and physician leadership and embraced by all disciplines and roles in the PCU. To be named the first palliative care unit to receive this distinguished award is a true recognition of their excellence.”

Recipients of a gold-level Beacon Award demonstrate staff-driven excellence in sustained unit performance and improved patient outcomes that exceed national benchmarks. In addition, AACN evaluates leadership structures and systems; appropriate staffing and staff en-

gagement; effective communication, knowledge management and learning development; evidence-based practice and processes; and outcome measurements.

“At Northwell, we strive to provide the right care in the right place and at the right time,” said Dr. Maria Torroella Carney, chief of Division Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine and medical director of Post Acute Services at Northwell.

“Providing evidence-based care focused on quality of life and symptom control in a holistic manner requires a critical care approach. The North Shore University Hospital Palliative Care Unit leadership, clinicians, and especially nurses, provide just that and beautifully too. They are to be commended for receiving theBeaconAward by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.”

Northwell Health provides palliative care services through its Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine. For more information, go to: https://www.northwell.edu/geriatrics-pallative-care

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How to hire a contractor

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When hiring a contractor there are many things that people look for. Such as will they get the job done in a decent amount of time with few delays, will they cooperate with my wishes, and most importantly will they help build the space of my dreams.

When hiring a contractor you should factor in if this person is someone you can work with because they can be working around your home for days, weeks, or months.

While interacting with your entire family and pets for long periods of time.

When considering hiring a contractor make sure they share your visions because the project may become complicated and unenjoyable.

Consider other contractors who may be better for your specific interests if there will be a conflict. Next, when you are looking for a contractor look for someone who will be capable of the project you want to be built.

Whether it’s a modern, old-styled, or any other type of building style look for someone who specializes in those types of homes or buildings. This can help in many ways because if the contractor you are considering hiring takes an interest in specific building styles such as yours they will most likely be able to fulfill every wish you want for your home or

building.

Also, try to hire a contractor that is familiar with your area so that they know what building codes they need to follow and what restrictions there are in building your space. Then, ask your contractor if they are subcontracting and for what parts of the project.

Some contractors subcontract on certain things like plumbing, roofing, and other factors in finishing your home or building so that it gets done by someone who specializes in those kinds of tasks.

Ask to see references from previous projects so you can see the capabilities of the contractor you are considering hiring. This can help you get an idea of what the contractor is capable of doing to your home or building.

It’s also good to find a contractor through reliable sources. Such as your town hall, which will most likely have good suggestions of contractors who work on buildings specifically in the area up to the building codes.

Also getting contractors recommended by a friend, family member

or local store can be helpful in finding the right contractor for your job. Most importantly make sure your contractor writes up an estimate so you know how much the project is going to cost and if the project fits into your budget.

Another importance of your contractor writing up an estimate is that it shows you the specific job description and how long it may take. A contract that a contractor will write up is meant to protect you the homeowner as well as the contractor, so there are few disputes as to one another’s obligations.

A contractor should be a good candidate if they write up a contract because it shows they care for the specifics of your job and their obligations. Also, it is very important to get the proper permits you need before starting a project.

If you don’t have the proper permits it can pause your whole project and make it harder for you and the contractor you hire. Given today’s economy and delivery times make sure to keep in mind that your project may be delayed for months or weeks due to shortages in materials.

Try to be understanding about this because it can add complications to the project for you and the contractor. Overall, these are some simple but important factors you should consider in hiring a contractor to work on your home or building.

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t the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many homeowners suddenly found themselves in need of more usable square footage in their homes.

Required to work from home due to social distancing recommendations, millions of working professionals suddenly found themselves setting up shop at kitchen tables or islands, in alcoves, garages, or even walk-in closets. Those makeshift offices were never supposed to be permanent, but as companies loosen workplace policies and embrace full remote or hybrid working arrangements, professionals are seeking more permanent home office solutions.

Home additions are a possibility for homeowners who need more usable square footage, but add-ons may not be the right option for everyone.

If adding on won’t work, homeowners may want to look up ... at their attics.

Attics with ample space can make for ideal home offices, as they’re away from the hustle and bustle of a home’s main floor. That can make it easier to concentrate when everyone is in the house and reduce the likelihood that video calls with colleagues and clients will be interrupted by kids and pets.

Attic conversions are not always possible, and the following are three important factors homeowners may need to consider before they can go forward with such projects.

1. Dimensions: Both the

renovation experts at This Old House and the real estate experts at UpNest indicate that at least half of a finished attic must be a minimum of seven feet high and seven feet wide and 70 square feet.

Requirements may differ depending on where homeowners live, but that 7-7-70 guideline is generally the minimum requirement. An attic that fails to meet such requirements

won’t necessarily be a lost cause, but it might be costly to make adjustments that ultimately align with local codes.

2. Access: Access is another

aspect that must adhere to local safety guidelines. Many attics are accessible only through pulldown ladders, but that will have to change if homeowners repurpose their attic spaces. A staircase that complies with local laws will need to be installed, and contractors can work with homeowners to build that and estimate the cost. Homeowners who simply want to put desks in their attics without going with full-fledged conversions are urged to adhere to local access requirements anyway, as they’re intended to ensure residents can safely escape attics in the case of a fire or another emergency.

3. Climate control: Attics are

converted to provide residents with more livable space. Converted space is only livable if the climate within the attic can be controlled so it’s cool in the summer and warm in the winter. An existing HVAC unit needs to efficiently heat and cool an extra room. If it can’t, bills might spike because the rest of the home likely won’t be as comfortable, forcing homeowners to adjust thermostats to offset that discomfort. That also could affect the unit’s life expectancy. Before going forward with an attic renovation, homeowners should contact HVAC professionals to determine if attic spaces can be serviced with the existing units and ductwork, or if an alternative arrangement must be worked out to make the spaces livable.

Attic conversions can be great ways to make existing spaces more livable. Homeowners considering such projects should pay attention to three important variables as they try to determine if attic conversions will work for them.

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Homeowners working on a budget can target spots where walkways have already cracked and fix those areas first before continuing the project piecemeal until all the old walkways have been replaced.

n inviting, well-tended landscape can add significant curb appeal to a home. Such a landscape also can serve as a point of pride and welcome homeowners each evening as they arrive home from work.

Landscaping projects run the gamut from simple changes that can be accomplished on a weekend afternoon to more significant and costly undertakings that require the work of a professional.

Budget-conscious homeowners may be looking for simpler projects, and the following are some less costly ways to upgrade a landscape.

Add a pop of color with planters.

Awe-inspiring colors can make a landscape stand out from surrounding properties. Flowers, bushes and plants may be the first thing homeowners consider when trying to add color to their lawns, but planters can provide a more immediate way to give exterior grounds some color. Bold planters won’t lose their color in a matter of weeks like many flowers do, and homeowners can switch planters so the colors align with the season. For example, some pastel planters can evoke the spirit of spring, while orange planters can be filled with mums to give a landscape an autumnal feel.

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grow back each year, making them ideal for homeowners who don’t have the time or desire to map out new gardening arrangements each spring.

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How to cut costs on home renovations

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Perhaps there is only one bathroom for a family of six? Answering yes to any of these questions could serve as the catalyst for a home renovation project.

Home improvement projects come in all shapes and sizes — some with huge budgets and others that are more cost-conscious.

Regardless of what homeowners hope to achieve with their renovations, a common goal across any price point is a desire to save as much money as possible. Home renovations can be expensive, but there are ways to cut costs.

• Assess the merit of the project.

Remodeling magazine annually publishes a “Cost vs. Value Report” that lists the average cost and return on investment homeowners can expect of various types of projects. If you’re planning to sell

your home soon, it may be best to focus on repairs and renovations that will generate the most substantial ROI. • Hire a contractor. Even avid doit-yourselfers can sometimes benefit from a contractor’s expertise, particularly for complex tasks. Don’t waste money by trying tough jobs yourself; rely on an experienced contractor who can get supplies for less money and will do the job right the first time. Compare bids from several different contractors and figure out the best value.

• Refurbish existing features.

Rather than a complete gut and rebuild, figure out where you can revitalize existing fixtures and more.

For example, refinishing existing cabinets can save you up to 50 percent compared with the cost of new cabinetry, according to Angi (formerly Angie’s List), a cost comparison and business review resource.

then to save.

•Choose midgrade materials. Certain materials may be all the rage but they come with a higher price tag. Angi reports that granite counters could be $60 to $100 per square foot. However, a composite or laminate that looks like granite and wears well may be $10 to 40 per square foot. Figure out where you can choose middleof-the-road materials for maximum value.

• Avoid peak seasons. You’ll pay more to install a deck or a pool right before the outdoor entertaining season. There also may be a premium to get work done right before a major holiday. Therefore, consult the calendar to find an off time for a renovation and book it

• Do some prep work. You might be able to save by doing some of the demolition and preparatory work yourself.

For example, you can tear up old carpeting before the installation of new tile floors. Perhaps you can mend and patch up walls before a paint job.

• Buy a display item. Former showroom kitchens and baths often are sourced at a fraction of their recommended retail prices, according to Real Homes, a home remodel guide based in the United Kingdom. Retailers often update their displays and you may score existing showroom items at a discount.

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Homeowners have to consider various factors when it comes to repairing driveways. They may have the option of getting the driveway resurfaced, resealed or repaved, and each project is unique.

Resealing a driveway, also called sealcoating, is another repair strategy.

HGTV says resealing can be a do-ityourself project. Resealing helps the driveway last longer.

The driveway needs to be clean and dry, with holes and cracks filled prior to sealcoating. Start at the far edge of the driveway and seal that area by “cutting-in” by hand for a neat edge.

Afterward the rest of the driveway can be sealed using a squeegee or broom.

This project can be completed within two or three days if no precipitation is forecast.

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According to the home improvement price comparison site Kompare It, resurfacing is simpler and faster than installing a new asphalt driveway. With resurfacing, any cracks are filled in to create an even base. Then a new layer of asphalt is applied over the existing one. That new layer can range in thickness from 1.5 to 3 inches. A heavy rolling machine will then smooth and flatten the layers together. If the driveway has minor pitting or cracking, then resurfacing can be a cost-effective strategy, as it may be a $3,000 to $6,000 job as opposed to $5,000 to $10,000 with repaving.

A project best left to professionals, repaving typically involves the removal of an existing driveway and the installation of a new one. The subgrade layer is essential in the process for a smooth look. Contractors also will assess soil and grading when doing work. The construction blog Main Infrastructure says the new asphalt driveway can vary in thickness between 2 and 6 inches, depending on budget and need. The contractor also can advise if full-depth asphalt application or an aggregate base is practical.

Assessing the condition of driveway can give homeowners a better idea about which type of repair project best suits their property.

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FCA to honor L.I. women in philanthropy During Women’s History Month, FCA, one of Long Island’s largest human services agencies, is holding its inaugural Long Island Women in Philanthropy breakfast and fashion show. FCA will be honoring the vision of one of its founding mothers, Louisa Lee Schuyler, a great granddaughter of Alexander Hamilton, and two modern-day philanthropists, attorney Domenique Camacho Moran and 11-year old Mia Monzidelis.

FCA’s dedicated workforce is disproportionately female, as is the entire nonprofit sector,” said FCA President and CEO Jeffrey L. Reynolds. “We didn’t have to look any further than our own backyard to find women who are making history every day, working to help others and themselves achieve their potential, and strengthen themselves and others in our community. With this event, we are looking to inspire the next generation of women to help FCA fulfill a promise we made to Long Island 139 years ago.”

FCA’s original orphanage, the Temporary Home for Children, was spearheaded in 1884 by Louisa Lee Schuyler and a group of like-minded women committed to the welfare of vulnerable children.

Today, FCA has five divisions that provide a wide range of services to Long Islanders of all ages. These women-led divisions include: Addiction Prevention, Treatment & Recovery; Children’s Mental Health and Wellness; Prevention and Family Support; Residential Care; and Senior & Adult Services.

Honoree Domenique Camacho Moran is a partner and head of the Labor & Employment Practice at Farrell Fritz P.C. in Uniondale.

Throughout her career, Domenique has held leadership positions in missions that align with her passions. She has served on the Make-a-Wish Metro New York advisory board since 2013 and chaired its Walk for Wishes annual fundraiser. Domenique serves on Athena Long

Island’s nominee Selections Committee.

Athena International supports and recognizes women’s contributions to leadership. For years, she served on, and spoke at, the Work Life Conference Committee for Mom-mentum. Domenique is a founding member of the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women Committee in Queens and a former board member of the Girl Scouts of Nassau County. She does pro bono work for a number of not-for-profits.

Rising Star Honoree is Long Islander Mia Monzidelis, the inventor of the Power Pony, a popular motorized riding toy that combines a toy horse with a hoverboard. During the December 2021 holiday season, Monzidelis offered a matching donation of $5,000 to bolster FCA’s annual appeal.

In addition to her initial generous donation, Monzidelis plans continued support for FCA’s programs. “My dream is to help as many kids as I can on Long Is-

land and I’m asking Long Island families to join me in supporting FCA. Together we can help FCA support and strengthen our friends and neighbors now and in the future.”

The event will be held on Thursday, March 31 at The Mansion at Oyster Bay in Woodbury from 9 am-12 pm. Each of FCA’s five divisions will be represented in the fashion show by client and volunteer models whose lives have been positively impacted by FCA programs.

Fashions will be provided by FCA’s fashion show sponsor Coquette boutique (Garden City, Manhasset, Rockville Centre). Hair and makeup designs will be provided by Studio Novelle of Carle Place.

For more information and to purchase tickets, contact Events and Special Projects Manager Nicole Flannery at nflannery@FCALI.org, by phone at (516) 746-0350 ext. 4363 or visit www.fcali. org/events.

Project Independence, St. Francis to partner North Hempstead Supervisor Jennifer DeSena and the North Hempstead Town Board are proud to announce that Project Independence, the Town’s innovative aging-in-place initiative, is once again partnering with St. Francis Hospital’s Community Outreach Program to provide residents with free health screenings.

“The Town is so proud to partner with St. Francis Hospital to protect the health and wellness of our older residents through these free health screenings,” DeSena said. “Project Independence is an innovative aging-in-place initiative that helps support our senior residents who wish to continue living in their own homes and communities as they get older. Community outreach programs such as this one offered through

Project Independence and St. Francis Hospital help further the Town’s goal of affording the ability to age-in-place for any of our older residents who wish to do so.”

The screenings, which will be offered at the St. Francis Outreach Bus, will include a brief cardiac history, blood pressure screening, a simple blood test for

cholesterol and diabetes screening with appropriate patient education and referrals as needed for clients above the age of 18.

All screenings will be following New York State and CDC COVID-19 guidelines. Patients will be required to wear a mask and will be asked to clean their hands with hand sanitizer prior to each screening. Additionally, patients will be asked COVID-19 screening questions and have their temperature checked before screenings.

Screenings will be held on: Tuesday, March 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Fuschillo Park, Carle Road at Broadmoor Lane, Carle Place Thursday, April 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the North Hempstead “Yes We Can” Community Center, 141 Garden

Street, Westbury Friday, April 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Clinton G. Martin Park, 1601 Marcus Avenue, New Hyde Park Monday, May 2 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Port Washington Adult Activities Center, 80 Manorhaven Blvd., Port Washington Tuesday, May 10 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Great Neck Social Center, 80 Grace Ave, Great Neck Wednesday, May 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Magnolia Gardens, 899 Broadway, Westbury Thursday, June 2 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Manhasset Valley Residence, 155 East Shore Road, Manhasset Dates and protocols are subject to change. Please call 311 or (516) 8696311 before going to a location.

St. Francis nurses’ communication recognized Catholic Health’s St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center has been recognized for having one of the top nurse-patient com-

munication scores in New York State by the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS)

from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The HCAHPS survey is a national, standardized survey used to measure patients’ perceptions of their hospital experience, and is designed to produce data that allows for objective and meaningful comparisons of hospitals.“Our nurses take pride in providing the best possible care to our patients,” said St. Francis Hospital’s SVP-Patient Care and Chief Nursing Officer Ann Cella. “Having clear and honest communication between patients and nurses helps pave the way for treatment decisions, as well as makes our patients feel heard, eases their fears, and encourages them to disclose important, relevant information.”St. Francis Hospital main-

tains a 5-Star rating from CMS for consistently high patient satisfaction scores, and is the only hospital in Nassau County to achieve the prestigious Magnet® designation for excellence in nursing four consecutive times.“The excellence of our Magnet®-designated nurses significantly contributes to St. Francis’ recognition for the highest quality and safest patient care,” said St. Francis President Charles M. Lucore.“Our consistently high scores are a direct reflection of their professionalism and dedication.”St. Francis is also recognized as one of the safest hospitals on Long Island by the Leapfrog Group and CMS, as well as one of the best hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.

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A poem written Running for re-election for Ukraine T

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he insatiable thirst for power and control always seems to end in abuse or assault, whether on a small or large scale.

A poem for Ukraine

Dear Ukraine.

Watching you being invaded is haunting and spirit-breaking, as many know what it’s like to be an innocent person assaulted and abused.

And, now, we see this on the scale of a whole nation— the kind of invasion we hoped would be in the dustbin of history.

You didn’t ask for war, or provoke, or tempt, or court conflict.

You simply existed, free, and sovereign.

You were independent, too close to an abuser, too near a vacuum of human empathy.

And now, you’re raising arms to merely stay alive—to defend yourself, to not go quietly into the depth of fear and death.

So, while you rise-up, everyone who has shed a tear, and all of us who have bruised spirits, and hearts with scars, will raise you up in solidarity.

And for your families, your men, your women, your tiny babies, your sick, your old, for the full-of-life dream-filled people huddled on the cold, bare floors in bomb shelters, for your torn buildings and homes, for your streets that have become escape routes to the nearest border, the world wishes an outpouring of love, and sadness, and outrage, and peace, and the will to rise up now, and again and again.

Most sincerely, the rest of the free world.

he stellar reputation of the Great Neck Public Schools is what first drew my family, and many others to live here.

In 2021, our schools made headlines when Niche ranked us as the second-best district in New York State and sixth in the country. We can be proud of that! However, our excellent public schools aren’t just the pride of Great Neck, they are also the heart of our community.

Ours is a diverse community.

What unites us, and makes us special, is the very thing that brought us here in the first place: a common commitment to educate and nurture our children in order to unlock the brightest future for them. The prioritization of children’s well-being is a mission of our community.

I have dedicated my life to that mission. First, as an active parent, whose children grew up

in our schools. The education that my children received here has helped them achieve happy, successful lives. And, then as I served for 28 years as a teacher at Lakeville School encouraging and supporting hundreds of children to realize the beginnings of their own goals and dreams.

It was always my feeling that each child that I taught was one of my own. I attempted to inspire and motivate each to be the best and happiest they could be. Since my retirement, I continue to follow my mission as a member of the Board of Education.

During a devastating pandemic, I worked with my colleagues on the Board to ensure that our children continued to receive access to a quality education.

While many of New York’s top schools shuttered their doors and went fully remote, our Great Neck Public Schools continued to

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deliver world class learning, while ensuring the safest possible conditions to protect our students’ health.

Throughout my term on the board, I have been guided by the insights that come from my experiences as both a Great Neck parent and a Great Neck teacher.

These experiences have helped me to understand the special families of this community, my community, in a unique manner.

I am first and foremost an advocate for children. On their behalf, I am seeking another term on the Board of Education to continue championing public education.

All parents who live in Great Neck are entitled to a quality education for their children. In order for our students to continue to excel in school and beyond, we must preserve the creative, innovative and visionary programs we offer and continue to hire and retain the best teachers.

Whatever our diverse beliefs, our shared faith in our children overrides them all and binds us together. The job of our schools is to kindle our students’ imagination and grow their knowledge.

We must pursue alliances among all stakeholders in our District, as well as work toward a consensus model of decision making. Transparency must always be our touchstone.

Former Superintendent Dr. William Shine used to say, “Administration Under Glass”, referring to the ideal of transparency.

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Trump horrifies Are you lucky or unlucky? praising Putin

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ow horrifying is it to hear a former United States president, a former United States secretary of state and current United States politicians praise Putin for his illegal invasion of a sovereign country?

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Continued from Page 16 Being the youngest in the family is a lucky thing, but beware because if you lean on luck, it tends to disappear over time.

Good luck comes from good parenting plus hard work. Bad luck probably comes from lack of good parenting or from neglect. Karma,

luck, destiny, kismet and randomness are a part of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson said: “Shallow men believe in luck or circumstance.

Strong men believe in cause and effect.”

As I finished typing this column, that black cat walked past my window once again. The uni-

verse is sending me a message and to that I say what Tennessee Williams once said: “Luck is believing you’re lucky.” In fact, I believe that despite that evil black cat outside my window, I knock on wood and say yes, I do know that I’m a lucky man. Maybe not as lucky as David, but that’s OK, too.

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Backing Ukraine requires taking on Trump Continued from Page 14 If there was any doubt left about which side Trump stands, he eliminated it when he called Russian leader Vladimir Putin two days before the invasion a “genius” and “pretty smart” last week for “taking over a country — really a vast, vast location, a great piece of land with a lot of people — and just walking right in.”

Sen. Mitt Romney, the Republican candidate for president in 2012, rightly called Trump’s comments “almost treasonous.”

Trump’s comments should not be a shock to anyone. He supported Putin throughout his political career and Putin supported Trump using intolerance as a weapon.

Trump also condemned the Russian invasion Saturday but said at the same time that Biden was weak and Putin smart.

Remember the 2016 election when Putin supported Trump by using social media to inflame racial, religious and ethnic differences – as documented in the Mueller report and backed by U.S. intelligence agencies.

Remember also when Trump attempted to extort Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to dig up dirt on Joe Biden in exchange for releasing defensive missiles already approved by Congress. That was the reason for the second impeachment.

Trump was joined in providing aid and comfort to Putin by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who has lauded the Russian strongman over the past month as a “talented,” “savvy,” “capable statesman.”

And Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who has said on air that it is “not un-American” to support Putin, “Ukraine is not a de-

mocracy” and “Ukraine is a puppet of the west.”

Indeed, the words of all three men have since been used on Russian television to justify the invasion of Ukraine.

It is shocking but not unsurprising given the words of Trump and his acolytes that a recent poll before the Russian invasion showed that more Republicans have a negative view of Biden than of Putin.

But as missiles fall on Ukraine, the base of the party’s support of Trump and Putin is not a good enough reason for Republican officials to continue their silence about Trump.

That can start with Zeldin and County Executive Bruce Blakeman, who served as the Nassau Republican Party’s liaison to the Trump campaign during the presidential election.

Blakeman and Zeldin took a step forward over the weekend by leading a rally in support of Ukraine and called for Biden to close a Russian compound in Glen Cove.

But at a time when Zelensky and others in Ukraine are risking their lives in the streets of Kyiv, Blakeman and Zeldin were silent about what Trump had said. That is not enough.

Blakeman and Zeldin need to denounce Trump for his support of Putin for what it is — un-American. They should also uphold the democratic values that Ukraine is fighting for by denouncing Trump’s attempt to overturn the presidential election by inciting hatred and intolerance.

Otherwise, their support of Ukraine rings hollow.

And their silence explains how it can happen here.

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Biden puts action into Women’s History Month Continued from Page 17 “As dangerous new laws proliferate in states across the country, the Biden-Harris Administration will continue to explore the measures and tools at our disposal to stand up for women’s equality. This is a moment for us to recommit to strengthening access to women’s health care, defend the constitutional right affirmed by Roe, and protect the freedom of all people to build their own future.”

Biden has done what he could to promote women’s rights. He has made gender equality a top priority from the earliest days of his administration and made historic Executive actions to launch government-wide efforts to advance gender and racial equity.

“We are working to expand access to health care, including reproductive health care for all people regardless of their gender, race, ethnicity, income, or zip code,” he said. We are fighting to lower the costs of child care and provide access to free preschool for all three- and four-year-olds. We issued a call to action to eliminate racial disparities in maternal health care, which disproportionately impact Black and Indigenous women. And my Administration established a Gender Equity and Equality Action Fund to advance the rights and economic security of women and girls around the world.”

Gender and racial equity is also integral to his economic priorities, as he described

in his State of the Union address, including affordable child care and elder care, and a national comprehensive paid family and medical leave program.

Biden has been true to his word in appointing the most diverse and gender-balanced Cabinet in American history, including the first woman — and woman of color — to serve as Vice President, Kamala Harris. And in just the past week, he fulfilled a campaign promise by nominating the first Black woman, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, to the Supreme Court.

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societies thrive. (International Women’s Day is March 8.) That has been the case in this country since Roe v. Wade, Title 9 and a host of court cases (many fought by Ruth Bader Ginsburg) that challenged sex discrimination.

“This Women’s History Month, as we reflect on the achievements of women and girls across the centuries and pay tribute to the pioneers who paved the way, let us recommit to the fight and help realize the deeply American vision of a more equal society where every person has a shot at pursuing the American dream. In doing so, we will advance economic growth, our health and safety, and the security of our Nation and the world,” Biden proclaimed.

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Calls to close estate used by Russians Continued from Page 8 “Putin is a liar, manipulator, and murderer,” Suozzi said in a statement. “We must use every tool in our arsenal from sanctions, to military and humanitarian aid, to cutting off access to banks and our financial system, to embargoes of Russian products, to seizure of oligarchs properties, to expulsion of Russian spies. Our allies and friends of democracy and freedom are united – we must remain united in America to ensure that partisanship stops at the water’s edge.”

Nassau County Legislator Joshua Lafazan (D-Woodbury), who is running for Suozzi’s seat, was to hold a supply drive for Ukrainian refugees on Thursday.

“The unprovoked and unprecedented attacks on the sovereign state of Ukraine

have already begun to cause needless suffering,” Lafazan said in a statement. “The recent events have created a need for emergency assistance to surrounding areas accepting refugees. It is critical that members of the Long Island community do our part in donating what we can to aid vulnerable people in this pivotal point in history.”

Former North Hempstead Supervisor Jon Kaiman, who is also running for the Democratic nomination in the 3rd Congressional District, said in a tweet Ukraine is showing the world what heroism looks like.

“The Ukrainian people have shown immense strength during the last several days,” he said. “Their heroism is an example the entire world should follow. I stand with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people.”

Longtime Democratic National Committee member Robert Zimmerman, another candidate in the 3rd Congressional District, tweeted last week: “As we watch the tragedy and horror of war begin, the world will hold Russia accountable. Let us pray for the courageous people of Ukraine and the future of their democracy.”

A Republican candidate in the 3rd Congressional District, George Santos, whose grandfather is Ukrainian, told Fox News Digital from the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, that strict punishment needs to be imposed on Russia for its actions.

“They need to remove them from the international banking community altogether,” Santos said, according to Fox News. “Cut them at the knees, cut their

supply to oil, cut the pipeline. Sanction the pipeline, stop it. Don’t make it operational.

It’s not operational yet. Sit down with Germany and say, ‘We need to make them understand that they are going to have severe consequences for their actions,’ but instead we’re giving them a pat on the shoulder.”

Gov. Kathy Hochul, who is running for election as governor, signed an executive order directing the state, which is home to the largest Ukrainian population in the country, to divest public funds from Russia.

“Russia has chosen to attack democracy and we will stand with Ukraine as we condemn these atrocities,” Hochul said in a statement. “Our state will not permit its own investment activity, whether directly or indirectly, to aid Russia as it commits these human rights violations.”

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ow that the moratorium and forbearance programs on foreclosures, short sales, and rentals are over, what will the market look like this year? Currently there are over 14,000 foreclosures on Long Island. No one can determine how many will be able to stay in their homes, which have built up excellent equity compared with the 2008 market when most were under water on their mortgages.

Today when selling one has a greater opportunity with the huge buyer demand and still low interest rates to walk away with money and keep their credit in good standing. But will the market continue or slowdown? Many experts and professionals previously predicted a slowdown in purchasing and an increase in housing inventory. However, none of these scenarios materialized, due to the pandemic, causing many to flee the large cities.

In my opinion, you become an expert when your predictions and prognostications occur on a consistent basis. Just because you are correct once, doesn’t make you an expert. Determining future events today is a very difficult, challenging and

almost impossible task to know in advance what the end result will be, until it happens. Guestimates are great if they come true! Research also makes your predictions better, but because today no one has ever experienced so many unpredictable events, it’s a hard call to be very accurate.

Ray Dalio, founder and CEO of Bridgewater Associates, one of the most successful hedge funds, has studied 500 years of the rise and fall of economies and empires around the globe.

I consider him a master of his trade. He has provided some very insightful predictions as to where our country is headed in his new book, “Principles for Dealing with “The Changing World Order,” where he sees the United States in a very precarious position and potential decline as a world power.

The excessive printing of dollars is a phase that we are going through right now as the majority of past empires experienced and was a factor in their demise. We are in a very similar position adding another nail to our coffin. Moreover, the loss of manufacturing jobs to China and other countries has also impeded our standard of living for

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a multitude of Americans.

So many are employed in service jobs in the hospitality, recreation and food/restaurant industries and that potentially will forever keep them from achieving a path to becoming middle class and homeowners.

This is one of the reasons that slowly but surely over the last 20 or so years our middle class has been consistently declining.

The much higher cost of living for housing, food and energy has also kept more individuals and families from attaining a decent standard of living. Just look around to what is happening today with the Russian invasion and the price of gas.

The No. 1 answer, which

is very crucial, is being able to gain an above-average education, some way, somehow. My personal experience looking back 25 years ago was when my daughter attended Emory University ($47,000 per year and study abroad) and my son attended the University of Maryland School of Engineering ($27,000 per year and study abroad).

I was fortunate enough to be in a position to somewhat afford their educations (by busting my butt!), but they contributed a portion towards their expenses and both had jobs in the summer, waitressing and working in our local movie theatre. But they only received undergraduate degrees and the timing (luck) couldn’t have been more opportune for both of them as they were able to attain excellent positions after graduating.

My daughter was going to be a Spanish teacher and my son a civil engineer. After much discussion and some convincing, my daughter applied to Bloomberg Financial and with little or no business classes taken, she was hired after completing Bloomberg University to learn the requirements of her

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position. Eleven years later she was recruited by LinkedIn, where she is currently employed as a manager of a large team in charge of Fortune 500 companies.

My son has worked for Gotham, GFI Development, Shawmut and is currently at Vanguard Construction. To achieve similar positions where they are employed today, you would absolutely need at least a master’s degree and possibly a doctorate due to the competition, assuming that there were even positions available.

The problem today is that the cost of education is so prohibitive. There is currently $1.61 trillion of student debt.

So even if you take loans out, you may be in debt for the rest of your life except for those who are fortunate to have parents able to afford the costs or the minority of those students who become professionals, e.g., lawyers, doctors who specialize, architects, engineers and earn their master and doctorate Degrees.

One must consider education the No. 1 priority to attain the American Dream of becoming a homeowner; or if you are lucky receiving parental financial assistance or inheritance.

The other possibility is going out and working in a field that you are interested in and possibly have a passion for. Learn the ropes and then at some point go into business with a plan for yourself. Then determine how much you want to earn which will depend and be determined by your concerted efforts, discipline actions and the sacrifice of your valuable time to get where you need to be.

You and only you will determine what path you take to become a homeowner and if you want it bad enough, you’ll do whatever necessary to achieve and accomplish this and make it happen.

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). He can be reached by cell: (516) 647-4289 or by email: Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate.

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Recent Real Estate Sales in

Great Neck

7 Stoner Avenue, Great Neck

1 Darley Road, Great Neck

4 bd, 3 ba, 3,500 sqft, Sold On: 1/28/22, Sold Price: $1,445,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Great Neck

4 bd, 4 ba, 2,904 sqft, Sold On: 1/31/22, Sold Price: $1,500,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Great Neck

67 Allenwood Road, Great Neck

30 Old Mill Road, Great Neck

4 bd, 3 ba, 2,576 sqft, Sold On: 1/19/22, Sold Price: $1,220,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Great Neck

5 bd, 3 ba, Sold On: 1/19/22, Sold Price: $1,200,000 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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Masks optional in North Shore schools Continued from Page 1 will follow later this week), and other aspects of the school year that have been necessarily put on hold by COVID,” North Shore school district’s interim superintendent, Tom Dolan, said. “In doing so, we might have an increased appreciation for them as they had been so recently taken away.”

Sewanhaka Superintendent James Grossane said the district’s ventilation will be a top priority for its indoor facilities, especially classrooms.

“This includes, but is not limited to, increased use of ventilation systems, air purification machinery, and opening windows when weather permits,” Grossane said. “All social distancing and cleaning protocols will remain in place, and unvaccinated staff members must continue their weekly testing as they had before.”

The Port Washington school district announced a pre-emptive plan for when the mandate would be lifted that left maskwearing optional except when riding on school buses, if deemed a close contact to a person with the virus, upon returning to school after a quarantine or isolation for four days, or if the mandate is reinstated by the state.

The masking requirement for buses has also been adopted by most other districts.

Hochul cited continued decreases in new positive coronavirus cases and increased vaccination rates in lifting the mandate.

“Because New Yorkers have

get boosted, and we will work with our partners in education statewide to ensure our schools, teachers, and students have the support they need to keep our classrooms healthy and safe,” state Health Commissioner Mary Bassett said.

REGARDLESS OF AN

INDIVIDUAL’S CHOICE ABOUT MASKS, PLEASE CONTINUE TO SHOW ONE ANOTHER THE SAME LEVEL OF COMPASSION AND RESPECT THAT OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY HAS DEMONSTRATED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS PANDEMIC TWO YEARS AGO.

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Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the statewide mask mandate for school districts was lifted as of Wednesday. stepped up, we can confidently remove the statewide mask requirement in our schools,” Hochul said Sunday. “This is a huge step forward for our kids and communities and I am grateful to the students, educators and parents for their dedication to keeping us all safe – we’ve reached this milestone because of your hard work.”

Her decision to lift the mandate comes more than a month after Justice Thomas Rademaker of State Supreme Court in Nassau County said that Hochul’s mask mandate violated the state Constitution. Following Rademaker’s verdict, Hochul expressed her strong opposition to the decision and said, “We believe this will be

settled very shortly.”

The next day, Appellate Judge Robert J. Miller issued a verdict that forced the school districts that chose to make maskwearing optional to go back to following Hochul’s guidelines.

After the decision to suspend Rademaker’s decision, Hochul touted the need to prioritize the health and well-being of all New Yorkers.

Now, with the mandate officially lifted by Hochul, officials lauded her for prioritizing the health and well-being of students, staff, parents and stakeholders in districts throughout the state.

“We continue to urge all New Yorkers to get vaccinated and

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“I thank the Governor for her leadership. Working together we look forward to keeping our schools safe for students and educators,” state Education Commissioner Betty Rosa said.

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, who signed an executive order in January aimed at ending the mandate for Nassau’s school districts, said Hochul’s decision to lift the requirement is “too little, too late.”

“I am happy that parents

will soon have the power to decide what is best for their kids, and our students will finally be able to return to normal and see the smiling faces of their friends again,” he said in a statement.

Since the beginning of the school year, nearly 1,400 coronavirus cases have been reported in the Port Washington school district, the most in the area as of Sunday, the most up-to-date statistics. Following those figures are the 737 in the Mineola school district, 671 in the Great Neck school district, 652 in the North Shore school district, 577 reported in the Herricks school district, 458 in the Manhasset school district, 404 in the East Williston school district, 378 in the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park school district, 373 in the Floral-Park Bellerose school district and 315 in the Roslyn school district.

The Great Neck school district saw 27 new cases on Sunday following the mid-winter break, the most for any district on the North Shore. Ten new cases were reported at the Mineola school district, eight at the Port Washington school district, six at the North Shore school district and the Manhasset school district and one at the New Hyde ParkGarden City Park school district.

According to the state’s Department of Health, 98 Nassau residents tested positive for the virus on Sunday, with a rolling seven-day average of 2 percent.

A total of 3,922 people were tested on Sunday.

Bral says VGN tax levy won’t be raised Continued from Page 2 ment and housing.

However, Bral sympathized with the resident.

“Great Neck is a very diverse area. Despite our disagreements, we have a lot more in common than we are different,” he said. “I think for a person of color to

be picked on just because of their color is appalling.”

Bral kicked off the meeting by announcing that face masks will be optional in schools starting on Wednesday.

“My children were ecstatic,” he said, noting the long-awaited decision that many parents have been

fighting for at school board meetings.

At the conclusion of the meeting, Bral wished everyone well and emphasized the importance of correct information. “Try not to make stuff up and put it on Facebook,” he said.

O’Connell leads Wheatley Continued from Page 12 prove.

“Playing against great players who were going to Division I schools made me a lot better,” O’Connell said. “Working on my fitness, and getting PHOTO BY JORDANA SHEINMAN stronger, doing all that made

Wheatley’s Jimmy O’Connell ranks among the top 5 in scoring in Nassau County, with 21 points per game and 6.7 assists per game

me improve.”

Slater said O’Connell, who said his NBA role model is Nets star Kyrie Irving, has heard from “a bunch” of Division I coaches but hasn’t received scholarship offers yet. But there’s still time, and O’Connell seems to be still get-

ting better.

“I would love to play college basketball, and then maybe a career in finance,” O’Connell said. “This season has been so much fun, of course I want to keep playing.”

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Tower Ford site granted landmark status Continued from Page 1 berg said all of the trustees reviewed the recommendation submitted by the commission and weighed all of the impacts landmarking would have for the structure and the village.

“My personal view is that I agree with the report and its balancing of all of the factors that were discussed in the report,” Weinberg said.

Weinberg, who has received harsh criticism from the public for his handling of the previously proposed apartment complex on the property, lauded the work of the commission and the strong residential input supporting the landmarking recommendation.

Other board members echoed Weinberg’s statements, siding with the views expressed by historical experts and other peninsula residents with extensive knowledge of the area.

The village held a public hearing prior to making the decision, with continued public support being shown for the landmarking of the property.

Thomaston resident Wendy Halpern said the process has made her and others get more involved in local government to preserve the quality of life and prevent overdevelopment.

“The small town feel and village is so unique and special to all of us and that’s why we live here,” Halpern said. “And the threat to that is very hurtful to us and you see how the community rallied against this.”

“Every expert who has looked at the property and the board’s hand-picked up

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The Village of Thomaston Board of Trustees unanimously approved a recommendation to grant the Tower Ford building landmark status last Thursday. landmark committee all signaled that this is a property that should be landmark for the posterity of all village residents,” resident Aaron Egelman said.

“People do not want to turn this community into one with large apartment complexes,” resident Nancy Sherman said. “That’s not the goal in our community.”

The state’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation declared the site eligible to be considered as a historic place on Oct. 29.

The building has been a hot-button issue since July, when initial plans were

submitted, and subsequently withdrawn, to develop the apartment complex.

Stephen Limmer, the legal counsel for 124 Middle Neck Realty LLC, who put forward the plans to develop the five-story apartment, previously asked the commission to adjourn the matter for 120 days so the applicant can “adequately make a presentation to protect its interests.”

Residents urged the commission not to grant Limmer the delay, since adequate notice of a Jan. 4 meeting was given to the public.

Limmer, in a follow-up letter sent to

the village, again asked for the commission to adjourn the matter until May 1 so his client could come up with a multifamily dwelling project acceptable to the village, despite strong residential opposition. Limmer also said his client does not believe the building deserves to be granted landmark status.

“My client believes that there is no particular historic, aesthetic, or other aspects of the building for which it should be given landmark status thus unduly restricting its use and imposing unjustified added expense to its upkeep,” Limmer said in the letter.

In December, the village repealed a local zoning law that, along with the proposal, was met with strong opposition from the public. The law was passed during a July meeting and allowed the Board of Trustees to have “sole and unfettered discretion” on what conditions and incentive use permit may be granted to certain applicants. The law applied 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, the former site of Tower Ford and the previously proposed apartment complex, 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.

Mullins pleads not guilty to wire fraud charges Continued from Page 12 had no relevance to police work. Mullins also rarely included receipts when seeking reimbursements, according to officials.

Mullins was ultimately reimbursed for more than $1 million, a majority of which was fraudulently obtained, officials said.

“Mullins submitted hundreds of phony expense reports to further his scheme, stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the SBA,” Damian Williams, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a statement. “This Office is committed to rooting out corruption at all levels of government, and that includes public officials like Mullins who use their positions of power to line their own pockets to the detriment of others.”

“As SBA president, Mullins allegedly

went above and beyond to best serve his own interests,” FBI New York Assistant Director-in-Charge Michael J. Driscoll said in a statement. “Our NYPD sergeants expect and deserve more from their union leadership than they received. Today, thanks to the joint efforts of those on the FBI/NYPD Public Corruption Task Force, we’re righting that wrong.”

Mullins earned more than $220,000 from his job at the NYPD in 2020, according to public data. The Sergeants Benevolent Association manages a $264 million retirement fund and its 13,000 members make it the fifth-largest police union in the nation, according to the group’s website.

Mullins’ attorney, Marc Mukasey, declined to comment.

Mullins, who served as a member of the NYPD since 1982, assumed his role as president of the police union on July

1, 2002. FBI agents raided the union’s Manhattan office and his Port Washington home in September. Mullins filed documents to resign from the NYPD in October, but the resignation did not become official until Nov. 5.

Mullins was also docked more than $31,000 for comments he made about two government officials and for tweeting arrest information about former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s daughter.

Mullins was docked 70 vacation days after being found guilty of administrative charges the same day his resignation became official.

The Civilian Complaint Review Board, which tried the case regarding the language Mullins used about the two officials, former Health Commissioner Oxiris Barbot and Congressman Ritchie Torres, wanted him fired.

Mullins said he felt the need to speak

out against Barbot last year when she reportedly denied a request from a former Police Department chief to provide officers with protective equipment.

Mullins also said he spoke out against Torres, an openly gay person who was in the midst of a campaign for public office, because he had accused officers of engaging in a work slowdown that resulted in an uptick in murders and shootings.

Officials also said Mullins was found guilty of publicizing the information about the arrest of de Blasio’s daughter, Chiara, at a demonstration in 2020 over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Mullins argued that the information in the report he tweeted was already posted online.

Mullins is due back in federal court on March 17, according to officials.

Dems vote to control town redistricting panel Continued from Page 3 to the items, sometimes those items are struck. Sometimes those items are continued, but when there is no engagement from the other side except to say, pull the item from the agenda, then there can be no discussion.”

The commission will be made up of Mary Kay Barket, DeSena’s nominee; Dana Boylan as chair, Councilman Robert Troiano Jr.’s nominee; Jill Wasser, Councilman Peter Zuckerman’s nominee; Sumeet Datt, Councilman Dennis Walsh’s nominee; Patricia Schneider, Lurvey’s

nominee; David Yaudoon Chiang, Councilman David Adhami’s nominee; and Harrison Feuer, Councilwoman Mariann Dalimonte’s nominee.

The next North Hempstead Town Board meeting will be Thursday, March 10.

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Sassouni said the public comments gave the board “much to think about” before its next meeting, scheduled for March 9 at 7:30 p.m.

In a subsequent phone interview, Sassouni said the issues of critical race theory and state-enforced mandates are not unique to Great Neck and said she appreciated the public’s input. With the district offering the livestream and archived video options for board meetings, the Feb. 16 meeting had more than 2,000 views as of Wednesday.

While the district wants to accommodate those who cannot attend the meetings in person, Sassouni said, some board members have heard residents’ concerns about physically attending meetings due to some of the conduct by community members.

“What has been said to some of us is that, based on the conduct at the meetings, some people are actually feeling fearful of attending, which is a great concern because at the end of the day, our board is a publicly elected board and we

really are listening to our community.”

Sassouni said individuals who continue to interrupt, heckle or disrupt the board or a fellow district resident attempting to speak are making it “nearly impossible” for the board to conduct a proper meeting and tackle the agenda.

According to the state’s Committee on Open Government, there is no obligation for a governing board to hold a public comment session, yet there are no laws specifically given by the state in terms of decorum for a meeting.

“Public bodies can make rules of behavior and if people don’t abide by them, they would be within their rights to say ‘you’re not abiding by the rules’ and either sort of suspend the meeting or move someone away,” Shoshanah Bewlay, executive director of the committee, said.

Sassouni said the board has no plans to remove the public comment portion of the meeting and will continue to livestream the meetings, but is hoping that the behavior of some changes so that others will be more inclined to physically attend meetings and voice their opinions on district matters.

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