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Vol. 10, No. 30

HEALTH, WELLNESS AND BEAUTY

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N. Shore ranked as one of N.Y.’s top hospitals

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Long Island Jewish, St. Francis also recognized by U.S. News

BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Several hospitals throughout the North Shore of Nassau County were listed as some of the state’s best in a U.S. News & World Report announced on Tuesday.

The list used 20 benchmark procedures to grade 4,500 health care facilities and individual hospitals for their lists. The company also ranked hospitals in 15 areas of complex specialty care, taking into account the quality of patients’ experiences, how well they have fared after their treatments and adequate staffing.

The Manhattan-based NYU Langone Health, which has a Long Island hospital in Mineola, was ranked as the third-best health care system throughout the nation and as New York’s best.

For the second consecutive year, the system reported joint data for all of its facilities.

“This recognition is reflective of one standard of care (one hospital provider number) that is consistently supported by our faculty and staff across each of our hospitals,” NYU Langone CEO Robert Grossman said in a statement. “It is only when one looks at the constellation of the most respected rating systems collectively that you can really assess how each institution performs.”

Northwell Health’s North Shore

University Hospital in Manhasset was ranked the fifth-best in the state, Catholic Health’s St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center in Roslyn was ranked as the state’s sixth-best facility, while New Hyde Park’s Long Island Jewish Medical Center came in seventh in New York, according to the list.

St. Francis was ranked as “high performing” in 17 common adult procedures and conditions, including hip fracture, hip replacement, kidney failure, lung cancer surgery, knee replacement, back surgery, heart bypass surgery and others.

“Catholic Health’s patient care teams again demonstrated their commitment to serving our patients and delivering quality care in a safe environment,” Catholic Health President & CEO Patrick M. O’Shaughnessy said in a statement. “St. Francis’s standing as a national leader in cardiology is a huge asset to Long Island, which is why we’ve expanded access to its services to multiple locations in Nassau and Suffolk. St. Francis Hospital has also earned national recognition in areas such as gastroenterology, neurology and orthopedics.”

North Shore University Hospital was nationally ranked in the top 30 for pulmonology and lung surgery, cardiology/heart surgery, geriatrics, urology and orthopedics, according to the Continued on Page 45

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The annual Port Washington-Manhasset Bay Kayak Run was held on Saturday.

Lurvey critical of DeSena over building dept. review

BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y Democratic Councilwoman Veronica Lurvey criticized Republican Supervisor Jennifer DeSena last week for not sharing a six-month review with the town board DeSEna said she conducted since taking office.

“Last Monday, Council Member Dalimonte and I joined with Supervisor DeSena in welcoming a financial audit for the Town’s building department,” Lurvey posted on Facebook.

“Unfortunately, she has yet to provide any of that information — or even acknowledge my request.”

On July 11, DeSena said at a press conference in front of the town’s building department that she has sent a letter to Nassau Comptroller Elaine Philips, requested a county audit of the building department after a review that DeSena said reContinued on Page 39

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2022 Roll of Honor reunites 2 inductees Manhasset’s Woodson among women recognized

BY J ES S I C A R E N

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North Hempstead Town Hall.

Town board set for abortion law hearing Code allows only hospitals as pregnancy termination facilities

BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y The Town of North Hempstead Town Board is set to hold a public hearing regarding the repeal of a 50-year-old section of town code that allows only hospitals, facilities administered by a hospital or facilities affiliated with a hospital as pregnancy termination facilities.

Town Councilwoman Veronica Lurvey submitted the resolution, which was unanimously approved, at the July 7 meeting, that aims to remove the law in its entirety.

“We are going to be dealing with some antiquated and confusing language from a 50-year-old Town law that really needs to be addressed,” Lurvey said in a statement. “The Town should not be putting up barriers on a woman’s right to choose.”

The local law was adopted on Aug. 10, 1971, one year after the state Senate legalized abortion up to the 24th week of pregnancy in the state and two years before the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Roe v. Wade, which permitted abortions during the first two trimesters of pregnancy in the United States.

In 1971, more than half of the 16,593 women that had abortions on Long Island used nonhospital clinics in Nassau County, according to The New York Times.

At the time, North Hempstead had limited abortion access to only hospitals along with the Cities of Glen Cove and Long Beach, the Town of Hempstead and Oyster Bay and the Suffolk Counties Towns of Babylon and Suffolk, according to The New York Times.

In June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that the Constitution does not grant a right to abortion, reversing nearly 50 years of Roe’s ruling.

The decision was bashed by Long Island Democrats and supported by local Republicans, including U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley), the Republican candidate in New York’s gubernatorial race in November.

Anyone convicted of violating the North Hempstead law would be punished by a maximum fine of $1,000, a maximum imprisonment of 15 days, or both, according to town code.

The next meeting for the North Hempstead Town Board will be Thursday, Aug. 4.

Since 1994 The May W. Newburger Women’s Roll of Honor, named after the late activist and elected official who served as the first female North Hempstead supervisor from 1994 to 2003, celebrates women who have contributed to their community or have accomplished significant achievements through public or private efforts.

Desiree Woodson of Manhasset, 48, one of the 2022 honorees, was grateful to be awarded alongside Nazarie Williams, who had a profound impact in Woodson’s formative years when she was growing up in New Cassel, Westbury.

Woodson could not attend the 29th annual breakfast ceremony on June 24 but sent her brother to accept her award.

“I remember as a young girl when my mom was a single mom with three kids, we used to go to the after-school programs where Mrs. Williams used to prepare dinner for us,” Woodson said in an interview.

“She was very instrumental and a part of the reason why I grew up and became a service worker in youth programs. So when I saw she was being honored, I would have loved to have attended to see if she remembers me and tell her what I remembered of her.”

Williams was born and raised in Northern Florida near Tallahassee alongside her three younger siblings by her mother and maternal grandmother. She and most of her immediate and extended family members worked as sharecroppers, picking fruit, vegetables and cotton.

“I’m thankful for my grandmother because she taught me a lot of things that I didn’t know how to do or what to do,” said Williams. “That caused me now to do what I’m doing to try to help other people to have a better life and help people who are having problems I’ve gone through a lot of things with people in this community.”

She learned how to cook at an early age from her mother and as a teenager became the cook for the landowner, meaning she no longer

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Nazarie Williams of Westbury, 80, one of the 2022 honorees of the Newburger Women’s Roll of Honor. had to work in the fields.

Williams was able to graduate high school but became a single mother at the age of 21. She decided to move to Westbury with her two daughters in 1969 because she wanted better prospects for herself and her children.

In 1970, Williams gave birth to a third daughter, and she instilled in her girls the value of education and work ethics. All three of her daughters earned college degrees: one with an AA in Occupational Studies, one with a Master of Arts in Child Psychology, and one with a BS in mechanical engineering. Williams herself graduated from Adelphi University and received an AA degree in social work with a focus in educational studies.

Williams has volunteered for numerous organizations over the years, including the Hicksville/Levittown Head Start program as a teacher’s aide in 1972, the New Cassel Health Center Social Service Coordinator from 1998 to 1999, and the Seventh Day Adventist Food Pantry as a food distributor from 2001 to 2002, and the Westbury United Methodist Church Food Pantry Chairperson from 2014 to the present. She has been an active member of the church for over 52 years.

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Schechter staffer charged with theft School employee allegedly stole $8M to purchase homes, pay daughter’s college tuition

BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z An employee of the Schechter School of Long Island in Williston Park allegedly stole more than $8.4 million from the school to purchase homes on Fire Island and pay for his daughter’s college tuition, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said Monday.

West Islip resident David Ostrove, 51, used the school’s PayPal and Stripe accounts to transfer funds into a personal PayPal account between March 2014 and April 2022, officials said. Ostrove then transferred the stolen funds into various other bank accounts that had him listed as the sole account holder, according to the DA. Ostrove is accused of using the stolen funds to purchase five homes on Fire Island between 2018 and 2021 by utilizing five different shell corporations, the authorities said.

More than $1.4 million in stolen funds were allegedly used to renovate the Fire Island properties, resulting in Ostrove receiving roughly $600,000 in rental income, officials said.

He also purchased two Mercedes Benz vehicles, a 1965 Mustang, a 2021 Lincoln Navigator and collectible coins with the stolen funds, the

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An employee from West Islip stole more than $8 million from the Schechter School of Long Island, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.

DA’s office said. Ostrove also allegedly used the stolen funds to finance his daughter’s college tuition and make home equity payments on his West

Islip home.

Because some of the alleged activity was related to his West Islip home, the Suffolk County District

Attorney’s Office is prosecuting the case, despite the private school being located in Nassau County, officials said.

Ostrove, who spent 11 years at the school and served as its chief financial and technology officer and director of operations, is charged with first-degree grand larceny and first-degree money laundering, officials said. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of up to 25 years in prison, according to the release.

“As alleged in the indictment, this defendant was trusted to oversee and safeguard the funds of this institution. However, he violated that trust and instead stole money earmarked to educate children to fund his own lavish lifestyle,” Suffolk District Attorney Raymond Tierney said in a statement. “These alleged violations are clearly not only a breach of the trust between an employee, employer, and students, they are against the law.”

John LoTurco, Ostrove’s attorney, said in a statement that his client “adamantly denies” the charges handed down by the district attorney’s office.

“In the meantime, we will closely scrutinize the district attorney’s evidence and financial records by retaining an independent forensic auditor to assess the accuracy of the prosecutor’s claims,” LoTurco said. “It

should be noted that Mr. Ostrove is presumed innocent, has no prior arrests, and has the love and support of his family who is endeavoring to post the disappointing exorbitant bail set by the court today.”

Ostrove was held on $500,000 cash or $2 million bond or $2 million partially secured bond during his Monday arraignment, officials said. He is next scheduled to appear in court on Aug. 1, according to the release.

A spokesman for the Schechter School of Long Island, a Jewish Day School for K-12 students, told Newsday that Ostrove was fired following his surrender to law enforcement.

“This individual is accused of a systematic, sophisticated, and carefully contrived fraud on a chilling scale,” the spokesman said. “If convicted, this individual would also be guilty of something beyond the theft of cash: the destruction of trust. Not just with the school administration but with our parents, the faculty, and most important – our students. While dollars have allegedly been embezzled, what can’t be stolen is the future of the Schechter School.”

Efforts to reach a school representative for further comment were unavailing.

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Hearings planned on LIRR schedule MTA to hold meetings for commuters to discuss proposed changes to express service on Port line

BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials announced dates for two virtual public hearings for residents to discuss the proposed changes to the Port Washington branch, which has raised the ire of North Shore commuters and elected officials in recent weeks.

The proposed changes, residents and officials said, would short change commuters throughout Port Washington, Plandome, Manhasset and Great Neck by decreasing express service.

The changes are part of the MTA’s $11.2 billion East Side Access Project.

While Long Island Rail Road officials maintained a majority of Port Washington line commuters would benefit from the updated schedule, saying that there will be a 70% increase in service during the morning and 43% increase during the evening, local officials and town residents said the agency should prioritize the travel time of its daily commuters.

The two public hearings for residents to comment on the proposed schedule, which is not expected to go into effect until December, will be held on Aug. 4 from 6-8 p.m. and Aug. 11 during the same time frame.

LIRR officials said each meeting will feature a maximum of 250 registered speakers. Those interested in speaking during the Aug. 4 meeting can register on the MTA website beginning July 28.

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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority scheduled two public hearings to discuss proposed changes to the Long Island Rail Road’s Port Washington branch.

State Sen. Anna Kaplan (D-North Hills) and state Assemblywoman Gina Sillitti (D-Port Washington),

who have spearheaded efforts to make residents’ voices heard, lauded those who have spoken up to ensure

Nassau commuters have their express service maintained.

It’s vital that “impacted residents

have the opportunity to make their voices heard with the MTA before any service changes are decided upon,” Kaplan said in a statement.

“I would like to thank all of the commuters, residents, and community leaders who attended the first public hearing and voiced their concerns to the Long Island Rail Road about the proposed schedule changes,” Sillitti said. “It is because of your activism that we reached capacity at the first hearing and will now be having two additional meetings in the near future.”

Kaplan and Sillitti said more than 2,200 responses were submitted in a survey conducted over the past month, with an “overwhelming majority” being in opposition to the draft schedule.

Nassau officials have been united in their opposition to the proposed changes. A press conference held last week in Great Neck featured bipartisan calls for the MTA to maintain the quality level of service LIRR commuters have seen for years.

“Every day, thousands of Nassau County residents depend on the Long Island Rail Road to commute to work and come home,” Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said. “Their new schedule plan makes it much harder for people to plan their schedule. In effect, they’re cutting service.”

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Man pleads not guilty to Herricks senior gets to fatal NHP crash charges be U.S. Senate page

BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z A Freeport driver Monday pleaded not guilty to charges of manslaughter and DWI in a New Hyde Park car crash earlier this year that killed three women who were leaving a family member’s Sweet 16 party, according to officials.

Dante Lennon, 22, showed up in a wheelchair at his Monday arraignment after he sustained injuries in the May 21 car crash on Jericho Turnpike, according to Newsday. Lennon faces charges of first and second-degree vehicular manslaughter, aggravated vehicular homicide, driving while intoxicated, reckless driving as well as second and third-degree assault, according to officials.

Robert Gottlieb, Lennon’s attorney, told Acting State Supreme Court Judge Tammy S. Robbins that his client might ask for a bail adjustment down the line after his family had trouble posting the previously set $425,000 bond, Newsday reported.

Efforts to reach Gottlieb for further comment were unavailing.

Lennon was behind the wheel of a speeding 2012 Mercedes-Benz sedan that struck a 2010 Lincoln Town Car carrying six people outside of The Inn at New Hyde Park on the eastbound lane of Jericho Turnpike May 21, police said.

The three backseat passengers—Marlene Lu and Ho Hua, both of Queens, and Tu Nguyen from North Carolina—were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver and two other passengers in the Lincoln were taken to local hospitals and were in stable condition after the accident, officials said.

Officials said the women were leaving a Sweet 16 celebration at the venue prior to the crash.

Police said Lu was the mother of the host of the Sweet 16 party, while Hua was the host’s aunt and Nguyen the host’s cousin.

The other individuals in the Lincoln were a 73-year-old man, a 67-year-old man and a 42-year-old man, officials said. The 67-year-old man’s clavicle was fractured, while the 42-yearold man suffered from broken ribs and both were hospitalized after the accident, police said.

The 73-year-old man was discharged from the hospital two days after the incident, suffering from neck and back pain, according to officials.

According to court documents, Lennon acknowledged he had consumed alcoholic beverages before driving. His preliminary blood alcohol content of .88% was higher than the legal limit of .08%, according to the documents.

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BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y It was a regular school day for Namit Kapoor, who walked out of English class when he got an acceptance email.

No, it was not for college, as Namit was a junior and is heading into his senior year at Herricks High School this fall. It was his acceptance to be a U.S. Senate page, the illustrious program that allowed Namit and 25 other students from across the country to see firsthand the inner workings of Congress, live in Washington, D.C.. and meet people he never could imagine.

“It was actually very scary because the email read the same as previous decisions when I was denied for past semesters,” Kapoor said. “When I opened it up, it was an ‘Oh my gosh’ moment and I immediately told all my teachers who knew I was in the application process.”

From Jan. 30 to June 10, Kapoor helped prepare the chamber for daily business, distributing bills and amendments and assisting senators during speeches, votes and quorum, among other things.

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Pictured (left to right) Herricks senior Namit Kapoor and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-New York)

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D’Esposito, Gillen lead in CD4 fundraising GOP nominee leads all candidates with more than $545K in second quarter fundraising

BY ST E V E N K E E H N E R Less than a month before the 4th Congressional District primaries on Aug. 23, Republican Anthony D’Esposito led all the candidates in second-quarter fund-raising with $545,320.33.

Former Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen was in first place for funds raised on the Democratic side.

According to the Federal Election Commission, over a million dollars were raised during the second quarter, which ran from April 1 to June 30. Contributions, spending and cash on hand are tracked in the financial disclosures for this period, which were turned in by July 15.

Democratic incumbent Kathleen Rice announced on Feb. 15 that she would not seek reelection in 2022. In November, the Democrats will run with a new candidate for the first time since 2014.

D’Esposito will be unopposed in the August primary for the Republicans. On the other side, there will be five Democrats vying to replace Rice.

D’Esposito, a Hempstead town councilman, retired NYPD detective and former Island Park Fire Department chief, had $29,504.02 in campaign funds at the start of the second quarter. He raised $545,320.33 more, giving him $549,615.27 at the end of the reporting period.

In the Democratic field, Gillen led all the contenders with $216,902.39 raised.

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Blakeman names new health commish Dr. Irina Gelman appointed to replace Lawrence Eisenstein, will have $230K salary: officials

BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman announced that Dr. Irina Gelman, Orange County’s health commissioner, will serve as Nassau’s commissioner of health during a Thursday press conference.

Gelman, who led Orange County’s health department since 2018, is replacing Dr. Lawrence Eisenstein as Nassau’s health commissioner after 11 years in that role. Her salary will be $230,000, according to officials.

A graduate of PACE University and New York College of Podiatric Medicine, Gelman also earned her master’s in public health from Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Before her time in Orange County, she served as the director of public health in Fulton County and vice president of the state Association of County Health Officials’ board of directors.

Gelman expressed her gratitude for Blakeman and the county offering her this new role during the press conference.

“It is truly an honor and a privilege to stand before you today,” Gelman said. “I definitely relish the

opportunity and look forward to hitting the ground running.”

Following months of advertising and going through a number of qualified candidates to replace Eisenstein, Blakeman said, county officials ultimately felt Gelman’s experience stood above the others.

“I consulted with the chair of the [county’s] board of health…and it was clear that Dr. Gelman was the right candidate.”

Blakeman said the county’s board of health unanimously approved Gelman. Their approval and Gelman’s credentials will now be reviewed by the state’s board of health. Blakeman said he is “absolutely confident” that they will approve the county’s recommendation of Gelman to serve as Nassau’s next health commissioner.

Serving Nassau’s community, Gelman said, was one of the main reasons she decided to accept the job as Eisenstein’s predecessor. Gelman said there is “still quite a bit of work to be done post-pandemic,” citing the need for all municipalities to focus on communication and preparedness for any other health crisis that may come along.

Eisenstein, who has served as the county’s health commissioner

since 2011, told officials of his plans to resign in June. Eisenstein will become Catholic Health’s vice president of community and public health and told Newsday that the new position will allow him to spend more time with his family.

Efforts to reach Eisenstein for further comment were unavailing.

Catholic Health is a Rockville Centre-based healthcare system comprised of 16,000 employees, six acute care hospitals (including St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn), three nursing homes, a home health service, hospice and a network of physician practices.

Eisenstein helped guide Nassau County through the coronavirus pandemic under former County Executive Laura Curran. Blakeman, on Thursday, lauded Eisenstein for his work prior to and throughout the pandemic.

“Obviously, I was sorry to see him go because we had a great chemistry working together,” Blakeman said. “I found him, not only to be a scientist, a physician but also someone who’s extremely practical and had good common sense.”

Eisenstein’s last day as Nassau’s health commissioner is July 29, according to officials.

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Dr. Irina Gelman (center) was named Nassau’s new health commissioner on Thursday by County Executive Bruce Blakeman (right).

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Boat explodes on L.I. Sound, injures family

BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z A boat explosion in the Long Island Sound in Kings Point Friday injured four family members, according to officials from the Nassau County Police Department.

A 42-year-old man started a 2006 Four Winns Power Boat just after 4 p.m. off the coast of Steppingstone Park, officials said. The boat, which also contained the man’s 41-year-old wife, 11-year-old daughter and 5-year-old son, then caught fire and exploded shortly after, officials said.

A 13-year-old son was on a Jet Ski and went to aid the rest of his family. The man, his wife and 5-year-old son were ejected from the boat, officials said, and were transported on the Jet Ski back to shore. The daughter was removed from the bow of the boat by Steppingstone Marina employees, according to police.

The four family members on the boat were taken to nearby hospitals to treat their injuries. The 5-year-

old suffered injuries to an arm and leg while the daughter sustained various cuts and bruises, police said.

The wife burned her hand and suffered back and leg injuries and her husband suffered abrasions to his leg, according to police.

Kings Point Police officials said the boat fire was extinguished by a New York City Fire Department boat. The explosion was being investigated by Nassau County bomb and arson detectives.

Officials did not disclose the identities of the family members or where they were from and efforts to reach police for further comment were unavailing.

The Great Neck Alert Fire Company, in a statement on Facebook, lauded the efforts of Great Neck Park District Launch Operator Paul Slawinski for rushing out into the water to help the family. Alert officials said they were aided by the Great Neck Vigilant Fire Department, the Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Department and the Port Washington Fire Department.

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N. Hills mayor calls LIRR proposals ‘unfair’

BY ST E V E N K E E H N E R On Wednesday night, North Hills officials swapped the hottest talking point in the village for the hottest in Nassau County.

The public hearing on proposed zoning amendments for the Ritz-Carlton was adjourned.

Instead, it will continue in August’s meeting.

Mayor Marvin Natiss addressed the continuing LIRR debate during the meeting, which was otherwise brief.

“Now the reason they’re doing this is with the hope of picking up additional riders in the Queens area,” he said. “We think that’s unfair to the Nassau County residents on the North Shore.”

The MTA has proposed schedule modifications as part of the $11.2 billion East Side Access Project. Some claim they would cause slower service for the LIRR’s Port Washington line.

According to the schedule, stops on the Port Washington Line would rise by over 20% during morning peak hours. This includes the stations

at Great Neck, Manhasset and Plandome.

“It’s also a quality of life issue,” Natiss said.

“If you have to go into the city and you have to spend an extra half an hour on a train or an extra 20 minutes on the train each way, it’s less time that you have to spend with your family.”

He said several local leaders, including himself, were at the press conference on July 19 to urge the MTA to reconsider its plans. Natiss said Catherine Rinaldi, the interim president of the Long Island Rail Road, and the local leaders will meet soon.

Natiss said the schedule changes would impact the village’s shuttle service.

“We run the shuttle for the residents at no cost to the residents,” he said. “And we’ve always geared it to the express trains.”

Natiss said it would be inefficient to continue paying $12,000 per month on their shuttle service if they did not reinstate the express trains.

The next Board of Trustees meeting for North Hills will be held on Aug. 17 at 7:30 p.m.

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Santos, D’Arrigo get union backing

BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y Two candidates for New York’s 3rd Congressional District have secured union endorsements ahead of the August primaries.

The Transport Workers Union Local 252 endorsed Republican George Santos, while the United Auto Workers threw its support behind Democrat Melanie D’Arrigo.

The TWU represents workers in mass transportation, airline, railroad, utility, municipalities, service and allied industries with over 4,300 members.

“We value your support of the labor industry, particularly those of us belonging to unions. Your acknowledgment of the need to support legislation to improve our local infrastructure is of great importance to us,” the union said in a statement. “We are confident that you will make every effort for improvement while you serve your constituents.”

Santos vowed to improve local infrastructure when elected.

“I am proud to have the endorsement of the Transport Workers Union Local 252. When I am elected to Congress, I will fight to improve that quality of the life of workers across New York’s 3rd Congressional District,” Santos said in a statement.

“I look forward to working alongside the Transport Workers Union Local 252 to better serve my constituents when elected.”

The UAW represents workers in auto, aircraft and agricultural implement manufacturing and other industries in the United States, Canada and Puerto.

“UAW is proud to endorse Melanie D’Arrigo for Congress,” said Beverly Brakeman, regional director.

“She is a fearless champion for workers and an unbought leader who will fight for fair working condi-

tions, a just economy, and the right to organize.”

D’Arrigo pledged to help rebuild the middle class if elected.

“I grew up in a union household, am a former union member, and I am honored to receive the UAW endorsement and continue fighting for our unions,” said D’Arrigo in a statement. “Working people across the country are rising up to demand fair wages, the right to collective bargaining, and the workplace they deserve—and I am proud to stand with them in our fight to rebuild the middle class.”

Santos and D’Arrigo are running for the seat currently held by Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove), who is coming off a failed run in the gubernatorial primary, losing to Gov. Kathy Hochul in late June, and will not be running to retain his seat in Congress.

Santos is the lone Republican primary candidate.

Others running on the Democratic line for the seat include former North Hempstead Supervisor Jon Kaiman, Nassau County Legislator Joshua Lafazan, Oyster Bay’s Reema Rasool and former Democratic National Committee member Robert Zimmerman.

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While the 3rd Congressional District under the new proposal does not extend as far west as the Bronx or Westchester, it does stretch to more southern parts of Nassau County such as Hicksville and Massapequa. The new lines do exclude the parts of the district that now stretch into Suffolk County, mainly Huntington and Smithtown.

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Nassau’s inadequate response to crime There were several troubling parts to County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s response to the 75% rise in crime in Nassau in the first three months of the year.

But perhaps the most concerning was Blakesman’s latest argument on how New York’s reformed bail laws have contributed to the increase in crime in Nassau and throughout the state.

“These criminals are allowed out without having to post bail, without any accountability for their actions and the number of crimes they have committed,” Blakeman said in an interview with Blank Slate Media last week. “It’s dangerous and its made us all less safe.”

Let’s set aside the discussion of whether bail should be required for nonviolent crimes and how much discretion should be given to judges — and how much discretion the current bail law allows.

But what about the concept of innocent until proven guilty, the underlying legal right in this country for the past 250 years?

Based on his comments, Blakeman appears to believe that anyone arrested is guilty and everyone accused of a crime must post bail regardless of whether they can afford to.

No doubt, doing away with innocent until proven guilty would have certain advantages. We could do away with the time and expense of lawyers, juries and judges and just let the police decide the guilt or innocence of people.

Then again we wouldn’t be living in a country guided by the rule of law.

Blakeman is also wrong about accountability. It is called a trial where prosecutors present evidence, defense lawyers respond, judges preside and juries of their peers decide on innocence or guilt.

This seems to be a truth rarely if ever mentioned in the debate on bail laws. If you are convicted of a crime, there are consequences. You go to prison.

This also raises the question of whether state courts are providing a speedy trial, a right protected under the 6th Amendment.

The fair way to get criminals off the

streets is for the courts to uphold that right.

Also troubling is Blakeman’s almost exclusive focus on bail reform as the reason for Nassau County’s surge in crime without any facts to back his argument.

Blakeman signed an executive order in January that cites a need to “increase transparency by disclosing in daily reports the pending criminal case data and bail status of those rearrested” by the Police Department.

But six months later he has yet to release their results. Why not?

We would think we would have those numbers if they supported his oftrepeated claim that bail law reforms were the cause of the increase in crime in New York.

Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for governor and a close ally of Blakeman, is calling for an end of cashless bail for all crimes — including violent offenses.

New York’s Democratic-led Legislature approved sweeping changes to the state’s bail system in 2019, limiting pretrial incarceration for people accused of most nonviolent offenses.

At the time, tens of thousands of people mostly black and brown were in jail because they could not afford bail.

Lawmakers have twice amended the law to tighten rules for repeat offenders, give judges greater discretion in setting bail and direct judges to consider whether a defendant is accused of seriously harming another person or has a history of gun use.

The Albany Times Union said an analysis of bail laws in January — before bail laws were tightened in April — showed that 2% of the 100,000 people released without bail had been rearrested for violent felonies.

That means 98,000 people did not commit a crime after their release. Statistics are not available for people released on bail who then committed violent felonies.

If Nassau County has information showing different results, then that information should immediately be publicly

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released and presented to the state Legislature.

By focusing almost exclusively on bail reform, Blakeman also appears to be removing responsibility for rising crime from himself and Nassau police.

This hardly inspires confidence that they will bring the crime rate down.

Nassau County has lacked transparency during Blakeman’s time in office.

The county had not updated 2021 Nassau crime statistics since October, when Laura Curran was county executive, until a few weeks ago and only then in response to a Freedom of Information Law request by Blank Slate Media.

The county has also not released monthly crime statistics for 2022. Instead, it released the numbers for January through March 2022 compared to the similar period in 2021 and that only came several weeks ago.

By contrast, New York City releases its crime statistics monthly and by the first week of July had the city’s total for June.

This would seem like an important tool for legislators and county police to combat crime in Nassau County.

New York City’s June report showed a continued decline in shooting inci-

dents. City officials attributed the decline to a program to get guns off the streets of the city.

The city’s report also offers some comparisons going all the way back to 2019.

These would seem like important numbers for Nassau to determine the impact of bail laws. The 2019 and 2020 numbers tell us what happened immediately after the bail laws were reformed in January 2020 and then revised in April of 2020. The 2021 numbers would allow a comparison with 2020.

Likewise, the 2022 numbers would show a comparison with 2021 — two years in which Nassau County was named the safest county in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has cited New York’s bail reform as contributing to the city’s rise in crime and helped lobby the state Legislature to further tighten bail laws this year, only falling short of allowing “dangerousness” to be considered in setting bail.

But Adams has been equally vocal about what he terms other “rivers of violence” such as the lack of national gun laws.

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Ryder and Blakeman did warn criminals from out of state to stay out of Nassau after reporting that 75% of the 300 cars stolen in Nassau in the first three months of the year were done by Newark, N.J., residents.

Ryder said the county’s police department is working with Newark to catch the offenders and said the Nassau County Crimestoppers are offering rewards of up to $5,000 for information that leads to arrests of car theft criminals.

But then Ryder and Blakeman again returned to New York’s bail reform and Raise the Age laws to explain the 255% increase in car thefts.

“Because of laws like cashless bail and Raise the Age, people in the whole state have been less safe,” Blakeman said. “We have people who commit crime after crime in New York. They steal a car, they’re out the same day. The next day they steal a car, they’re out the next day.”

These are hardly the kind of words that would scare away criminals from New Jersey.

The Raise the Age legislation is also another excuse for the county’s rise in crime with little or no apparent basis in fact.

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ON THE RIGHT

Gov. Hochul’s pork barrel spending R

ecent disclosures indicate that Gov. Kathy Hochul is expending billions in our tax dollars to pave the road to a gubernatorial victory in November.

In a last minute “message of necessity” before the state Legislature closed down for the summer, according to The New York Times, Hochul pushed through legislation approving “billions of dollars in corporate subsidiaries to lure semiconductor plants to New York.”

The $10 billion was authorized without a debate or a public hearing.

One Democrat state senator, James Skoufis, said, “Sunlight did not exist in the room where this program was cooked up.”

Another Democrat senator, Liz Krueger, who voted against the chip proposal, complained that it is “the biggest economic development tax give away the state has ever seen—maybe any state has ever seen.”

She continued, “We did try to negotiate some structure and transparency into the language and some limits. I lost on that.”

This is not the first financial boondoggle the governor persuaded the Legislature to approve in the darkness of night.

Let’s not forget the $600 million of state funds she secured to build in her hometown of Buffalo, a new Bills football stadium.

There’s more—— On July 14, the New York Post reported that “a company headed by a big donor to Gov. Hochul is in line for up to $1.2 billion in tax breaks under an opaque plan to overhaul Penn Station.”

A “Reinvent Albany” report prepared by the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis at the New School, reveals that this tax break would be given despite the fact that “the state has not made public the necessary information to determine if the [financing plan] can be successful, including projections of costs and revenues.”

The Penn Station project, which is expected to cost between $7.5 billion and $10 billion could have a shortfall of $3 billion. “In that case,” The Times re-

GEORGE J. MARLIN On The Right ports, “New York taxpayers might have to fill the gap….”

Sounds like a great deal for Hochul’s campaign contributors but not for taxpayers.

There’s still more—— To get her dubious spending programs through the Legislature, Hochul greased the way by handing out more

than $68 million in pork barrel projects between November 2021 and March 2022 to finance 276 projects.

Those dollars were expended from proceeds of bonded debt issued by the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York. As an independent agency, DASNY is able to issue debt and award grants without voter approval.

Thanks to a FOIL request by the Empire Center for Public Policy, the grants are listed on its web site.

Here’s a few of the awards handpicked by the governor and her allies in the state Legislature: • $1 million for renovations to the Cazenovia pool in the City of Buffalo;• $500,000 for improvements to the year-round farmer’s market in the Town of Brighton in the Finger Lakes region;• $275,000 for the construction of a splash pad at Veterans’ Memorial Park in the Town of Orangetown in the Mid-Hudson region;• $100,000 for the purchase of an electrofishing boat for Cazenovia College in Central New York;• $50,000 for the installation of structural bike racks in the City of

Newburgh in the Mid-Hudson region;• $50,000 for the construction of a dog park in the Town of Parma in the Finger Lakes region.

Pork grants in Nassau include: • $150,000 for renovations to the Library’s Children’s Room in the Village of Garden City;• $100,000 for Creation of a Free Play learning area in Nassau County;• $500,000 for improvements to the Ice Arena bathrooms and locker rooms in the City of Long Beach;• $325,000 for park improvements to Williston Park in the Village of Mineola.

And there’s more to come.

The state budget department expects another $260 million in pork barrel grants to be distributed in the present fiscal year.

My guess is most of the money will be distributed between now and Election Day to entice voters to re-elect Democrats.

It is my hope that voters will reject attempts to buy them off and will punish incumbent pols at the ballot box for squandering their hard-earned tax dollars.

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

When you want to say you were wrong

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ecently The New York Times filled an opinion section with confessions from various pundits on how they’ve each been wrong about something.

It inspired me to do the same, as I told my family on last week’s Zoom.

“What?” responded my husband, shock on his face. “I don’t believe it.”

“You’re surprised I was ever wrong?” I said to him. “That’s sweet.”

“No, I’m just amazed that you’re ready to admit it,” he replied.

“Here’s the thing,” I told my husband and two sons. “I need your help remembering examples of when I was wrong. They’re so few and far-between…”

My eldest jumped right in.

“Remember how you were so sure I’d be drowned, going to that rock concert on Governors Island?”

“I never said ‘drowned,’” I protested.

“You were thinking it,” he retorted.

“Can you blame me? You went off to join a crowd on an island in New York Harbor, in the teeth of Hurricane Irene, which actually hit

New York the very next day —“ “—two days later,” he corrected.

“Whatever,” I snapped. “Allow me to worry about your safety.”

“Well, anyway, I’m still here,” he said, his smug smile showing quite clearly on the screen.

“And what about me?” said the younger brother. “Remember, when you were so sure, you pinkypromised me that my tech teacher in middle school would give me an extra day to finish that assignment, drafting 20 different kinds of bridges?”

“You had been out sick!So sick that your doctor said we should meet him at the hospital. Thank goodness you got better quickly, but still — it’s right there in the handbook that students would get extra time to make up assignments that were given while they were sick.”

“Yeah, well, my teacher said too bad, and graded me down anyway.”“That’s true, but I feel that one’s on him, not on me.”

“OK then…. What about that time you were so sure that Hebrew was from an Indo-European language root?”

“It wasn’t such a crazy thing to

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A Look on the Lighter Side think; every other language we had looked at, all over Europe and Asia, was in that family, from English to Romansch to Hindi. How could Hebrew be an exception?”

“And yet it was; I mean, it is, along with Arabic. And you got so mad. It was actually pretty funny,” my younger son said, grinning.

“Yes, you are the child I kept losing arguments to. It’s all coming back to me, now — I admit, I was a

little bit happy when you went off to college. I figured, let the professors have fun arguing with you.”

“So what are you going to write about?” both boys wanted to know.

“Technology,” I answered.

“Oh ho!” they both crowed.

“There’s so much you’ve been wrong about there.”

“Remember when Mom hid the Garmin thing under her seat, still talking, because she didn’t know how to turn it off?”

“And she didn’t know how to close apps on her phone and had hundreds still running at the same time?”

“That isn’t funny,” I said. “They should teach you things like that when they sell you the phone. But as it happens, you’re on completely the wrong track, because where I was going is this: I was wrong to hate technology.”

“What?” My sons stared at me through the Zoom screen, fallen speechless. My husband was staring now, too.

“Yes, it’s time I made this confession: Without all the tech we have nowadays — Zoom and Facetime and the internet in general —

I think I would have lost my mind during the pandemic. It was torture that you couldn’t visit us here before we’d had vaccines, but at least we could see your faces and know you were OK.”“The same for us checking on you and Dad,” said both boys.

“Plus, I owe a huge debt of gratitude to our rabbi,” I continued, “and all our synagogue discussion groups. On the days I had those, I didn’t feel quite so imprisoned.”

“Don’t forget groceries,” said my husband. “If I hadn’t been able to order those remotely, we wouldn’t have eaten much. I’m even grateful to Amazon, for delivering clothing, and distilled water, and things like coffee beans and soap.”

“So I might have to embrace new technology,” I wrapped up.

“Who knows? Maybe I’ll even start one of those Hickory Dock things.”

“Do you mean TikTok, Mom?” “I think the world is safe for a while,” chuckled my spouse.

Trying and failing to sign off the family Zoom, I proved that I’m still no tech wizard. Perhaps it is hard to teach an old Mom new tricks. But at least this Mom is now willing to learn.

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THE BACK ROAD

The greatest gift of all for a parent A

s my wife Dale and I approached and entered into senior citizen territory, our grown sons have become more and more sensitive and giving.

The two of us retired from fulltime work at the same time, one year ago. By today’s standards, our longevity in one workplace each, 38 and 45 years respectively, is an anomaly.

We were pleasantly surprised when our sons made reservations at one of our favorite Italian restaurants, to celebrate our dual retirements.

Throughout their childhood and teen years, special occasions seemed to belong exclusively to them. Although I didn’t think it was unusual, I did wonder if and when that might change.

It did. It snuck up on us.

As younger children, the boys helped us to blow out the candles on our birthday cakes. They paid little attention to our wedding anniversaries.

In their teenage years, they couldn’t be bothered with our celebra-

tory milestones. Spending time with their friends was the priority, understandably.

Along with young adulthood came a more welcome attitude to going out to dinner with us. I don’t think it was so much to honor our special occasions as it was for the food, as their palates were becoming more refined. In fact, my older son became a cook by trade and both of them have become quite proficient in the kitchen.

The shift still to come happened imperceptibly.

As we aged they seemed to realize that we were actually people for whom they could bring some comfort and joy; not by simply being our children, but by taking the initiative to celebrate us.

More frequent phone calls, visits and birthday gifts were forthcoming.

Delicious meals were prepared, including cleanup. Celebrating special occasions together was conflict-free and with no urgency to exit early.

It felt to me as if we had arrived.

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In more recent years, a still more subtle shift occurred. Perhaps it was their awakening to our mortality and physical vulnerability in the face of more serious health issues.

For my 71st birthday in May, my younger son and his fiancé bought me a pair of slippers and comfortable

“street shoes.”

Although I thought this was an “old man gift” I appreciated it very much, especially since I had been experiencing neuropathy in my feet for years – one of the consequences of chemotherapy. The new footwear makes me feel like I am walking on air.

He softened the aging implication by telling me that he bought a pair of the same slippers for himself.

My older son favors gifting me books, as he knows how much I love to read. Like the slippers, I wondered if there was any hidden meaning behind the book he gave me for my birthday this year — The Price of Immortality: The Race to Live Forever.

He told me that he chose the book after listening to a podcast in which the author Peter Ward was the invited guest. Knowing my taste, he said that he thought I’d like the book which includes an odd cast of characters that were “pioneers” in the field of cryonics.

Just so that we are on the same

page, reader, Ward described cryonics as “the practice of freezing people after they die with the hope of bringing them back to life at a later date.”

The book is, indeed, inhabited by some very eccentric people. One is Bob Nelson, a TV repairman with “no medical training, no scientific knowledge, no degree or even high school diploma;” yet, he became president of the Cryonics Society of California.

But, I digress.

“It’s the thought that counts” is too trite an expression to describe my feelings about gifts like these and other expressions that demonstrate our boys’ regard for us. I know it was always there; however, years ago it was too easily obscured by the rigors of early parenthood and juggling work and family life.

What I am most grateful for, though, is not the slippers and books per se; it is knowing that they have become thoughtful and empathetic men – the greatest gift of all, which we need more of in today’s world.

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LIRR must compromise on Port line cuts

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t won’t please the Port Washington branch riders to know that the MTA is very proud it is taking a holistic, systemwide view in the most significant overhaul of its service schedule in 30 years, so the agency seems less than sympathetic to the outpouring of complaints over cuts to express service and rush hour commutes lengthened by 8 minutes.

In a nutshell, the MTA seems to be prioritizing boosting Queens ridership at the expense of improving service for North Hempstead. So what if “express” trains take 8 minutes longer? But outraged electeds from Port Washington, Plandome, Manhasset and Great Neck are making it sound like those extra minutes (never mind the added curb appeal of the new East Side access to Grand Central) will cause home values to plummet along the North Shore.

State Sen. Anna Kaplan and state Assemblymember Gina Sillitti were right to inform and engage riders who had largely been ignored by the LIRR when it produced its 2023 schedules, and their efforts – literally standing at the train stations and handing out brochures — have resulted in the MTA scheduling a virtual public hearing on July 13 and two additional virtual public hearings on Aug. 4 and Aug. 11.

Frankly, I have a quarrel with both sides – the hysteria from the North Shore (which seems largely political opportunism), Nassau County Bruce Blakeman irate over the LIRR using 1980s cars until new ones arrive and the MTA’s “nothing to see here, move on” attitude. The MTA seems, frankly, surprised by the rancor over its new schedules – after all, 45 percent of LIRR riders said they wanted East Side Ac-

cess – and is taking pride in basically remaking the entire system virtually from scratch. But at least the MTA added two public hearings.

“We urged MTA CEO Janno Lieber to come back to the table and work with the Town of North Hempstead on potential long-term infrastructure investments that will bring more service to stations on the Port Washington branch down the road, and he agreed to do so,” Kaplan and Sillitti write. “It’s important that we all realize this isn’t a done deal, and our work isn’t over. We’re fighting hard to get the MTA to restore these proposed cuts, but it’s critical that every impacted resident speak out and make their voices heard directly to the MTA before these service changes are decided upon.”

As I see it, the core of the problem is MTA’s focus on increasing Queens ridership. This likely emerges out of a business model — Long Island commuters are a captive audience but Queens riders represent a growth opportunity. Indeed, MTA is so often bashed for losing money, you might forgive the agency for looking for new riders to boost revenues.

But the flaw in this strategy is whether adding Queens stops on the express service (which adds the 8 extra minutes) will really generate more Queens riders. Queens commuters already have ample opportunity to ride LIRR, with 11 peak a.m. trains from Bayside, 10 from Little Neck and Douglaston vs. 11 express trains from Port Washington. But they also have a host of mass transit alternatives (subway, bus, express bus) at a fraction of the cost ($5.50 roundtrip) compared to $27 roundtrip to ride the LIRR and the difference isn’t much better for a com-

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muter monthly, or what they charitably call a “city ticket,” which is an off-peak fare (so not relevant to the commuter service).

In addition, many Queens commuters still have to take a subway up or downtown, so they would be paying double fares. Unless the MTA is also figuring out some different pricing for city-goers, they are unlikely to get many more riders. (I asked if the MTA did a Queens ridership survey and received no answer.)

But there is evidence: There are LIRR trains from Jamaica to Penn Station every three minutes in rush hour but it is the subway trains that are standing room only, noted Ian Rasmussen, a zoning attorney, urban planner and commuter activist who once worked for the LIRR. Another concern raised by Thomaston Mayor and GNVOA President Steve Weinberg is that the express trains that pick up at Great Neck before flying

straight into Penn Station (in 24 or 25 minutes!) are already crowded. It’s not like they can accommodate three more stations worth of passengers.

The bigger problem is not the commute into Manhattan – for many, it isn’t a big deal to wind up at Grand Central rather than Penn Central – but the return. Let’s say you rush to Penn Station but miss the 5:55 p.m. train by two minutes, you would have to wait until 6:25 p.m. for the next train from Penn to Great Neck. But aha! Clever commuters might realize that they could take the 6:02 to Babylon and switch at Woodside. (There’s a Train Time app for that, where you would put in your destination rather than the line to see the best route).

Interestingly, the MTA points to the improved reverse commute service, which supports the North Shore’s economic development with skilled workers – perhaps at Northwell Health and the like – commuting from Manhattan and Queens. (Blakeman made no remark about that opportunity in his presser decrying the service cuts.)

The MTA is proud and excited about this landmark opportunity to remake the system “from scratch” with new infrastructure, trains, and a new terminal to bring a “fresh holistic view of how to optimally create a balanced schedule that will benefit customers across the entire LIRR system – balancing the complexity, infrastructure” and shifts in commuting patterns, involving 11 branches, 124 stations, and 700 miles of track.

But in this day and age, with the kind of computerized switching systems and control systems that are available, coupled with actual passenger use data,

I would think that more efficient scheduling would be possible. And the MTA should not actually be starting from scratch because they have actual passenger use data and should also have had surveys gauging potential ridership from Queens.

But especially if MTA is in fact starting from scratch, getting away from setin-stone concepts, here’s my suggestion to resolve the Port Washington line issue: Add only Bayside (or Douglaston) and Woodside to the express trains from Port Washington, have all of them go into Penn Station, but all stop at Woodside where a “scoot” (shuttle-style) train would be waiting across the platform to go to Grand Central. Service would be dramatically improved for all users, including Queens riders.

When I posed this as a possibility, I was told that Woodside was not set up to be a transfer station. My response?

If you’ve rebuilt the infrastructure over the past 15 years at a cost of $11 billion, why not?

They keep bringing up this decision 10 years ago to prevent LIRR from staging trains at Port Washington (because of Councilwoman Dina M. De Giorgio’s objection), but with my scheme, they could stage trains at the Long Island City yards.

You can review the proposed schedule changes here: https://new.mta. info/agency/long-island-rail-road/lirrto-grand-central/schedules At the MTA’s site (https://new.mta. info/grandcentralmadison) you can get information on the new Grand Central access, register for the virtual public meetings August 4 and 11 (6-8 pm), and submit comments.

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OUR TOWN

Curiosity killed the cat. Or did it?

‘Curiosity killed the cat’ is a well-known idiom which is actually only half correct. The full idiom is “curiosity killed the cat but satisfaction brought it back.” Some say the original phrase was coined by Ben Johnson back in 1598 and went like this “Care will kill the cat,” which implies that excessive worry will kill you and we can all agree on that. But I’ve been curious about curiosity for some time now.

Curiosity is defined as “a strong desire to know or learn things.”I was listening to a YouTube vide on putting by Brad Faxon, the world’s best putter, and I learned that what makes Faxon a great putter is his curiosity.

The owner of the Scotty Cameron putting lab was interviewing Faxon and he remarked that there were only two golfers who would contact him almost weekly on ways to improve their strokes.

The two guys were Tiger Woods and Brad Faxon. Both Woods and Faxon have become extremely knowledgeable about golf and that is thanks to an endless curiosity about how to improve their putting stroke.

So it occurs to me that curiosity is one of the essential characteristics of successful athletes.

Curiosity is such a simple trait, but it’s probably one that can’t be learned. You either have curiosity or

you don’t. My guess is that curiosity must have something to do with one’s need to compensate for feeling stupid or generally inadequate.

Growing up, I was lucky enough to have an older brother who was a genius. This is a positive thing in many ways. As a kid I was exposed to great artists like Warhol and Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, great writers like Dostoevsky and Henry Miller and great music. My brother knew about Bob Dylan before the rest of the world, which meant that he dragged me along to those Dylan concerts when I was a kid.

I got to see the famous Forest Hills concert where Dylan changed from acoustic to electric and I watched in amazement as fans stormed the stage in protest. Pretty cool.

But being the younger sib to a genius also meant that I perpetually felt dumb and uninformed. This was a negative for sure and thus I had no choice but to compensate for this problem by developing an insatiable thirst for knowledge.

And this turns out to have been a positive thing since my quest to compensate for my apparent stupidity urged me not only to gain a Ph.D. in psychology but better yet, to embark upon a quest to read the top 100 books ever written. I am on No. 60 and so far I have gotten through

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am only passionately curious.”

But it looks like in order to be “passionately curious,” you will have to have experienced some serious deprivation or pain early on. We all know how Tiger Woods was racially marginalized as a child and thanks to perseverance, persistence, endless curiosity in a quest to find the perfect swing, he rose to the heights of fame and fortune. Come to think of it, Ben Hogan , the guy who had an impoverished childhood and witnessed his

father shooting himself in the head, went on to prove to the world that he was the best there was. Probably Brad Faxon has a similar back story, which accounts for his “passionate curiosity.”

It is comforting to think that no matter how painful our beginnings may have been, within that feeling of inadequacy are the curious seeds of growth, exploration and discovery.

Apathy is the real killer — not curiosity.

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many of the big name classics like “The Odyssey”, “A Thousand and One Nights“ (the long version ), “The Divine Comedy”, “Faust”, “Don Quixote”, “The Search for the Holy Grail”, “In Search of Lost Times”(1,235 pages) “Les Miserables”, “Tale of Two Cities”, ”Far from the Madding Crowd” and “Look Homeward Angel.”

And by the way, there are no short cuts here. The film versions of these masterpieces are essentially failed efforts to capture magic in a bottle. To discover the knowledge contained in these classics, you have got to put aside the required 50 hours or so to read them. So as the saying goes, “no pain , no gain.” Or as Einstein said, “I have no special talent. I

The magic of the world awaits you but you must be curious enough to seek it out.

E A R T H M AT T E R S

Summer is season of baby bird watching

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ummer is the season of baby birds. The spring migrants have successfully arrived, found a mate, built or found a nesting site, laid the eggs, incubated and now are fetching an endless stream of food.

The year-round residents may have started earlier and are raising their second or even third brood of chicks. Robins, Starlings, House Sparrows, Cardinals, and Wrens all can produce several broods during the spring and summer. Some residents nest late, like American Goldfinch, which time their breeding to the bloom of thistles in July and August, offering both seed for food and thistle down to line their nests.

Birds have two different strategies for raising young, producing either Altricial or Precocial young.

Songbirds and raptors (hawks, eagles and owls) incubate for a relatively short time and hatch blind, helpless babies that have to be protected and fed a steady diet of protein from insects and invertebrates for the small birds to small mammals and fish for the raptors.

These altricial chicks will remain in their nest area until they are ready to fly. Even after they have left the nest, the parents will continue to feed the young until they get the hang of

finding food. Many young birds will change their diet at this time, no longer needing the protein for growth, and move on to their adult diet of seed or fruit. The transition to self-feeding is especially difficult for young raptors and owls. Their parents teach them to hunt, but ineptitude quickly leads to starvation. Many do not make it through their first year.

Some of the altricial chicks will jump nest before they are fully able to fly, but the parents will remain in the area and continue feeding them.

Generally, this is only for two or three days, but this presents serious danger to the grounded babies from cats, dogs, raccoons and even other birds.

Grounded babies that have eyes open and are feathered, not just downy, are not in need of rescue other than keeping pets away from that area for a couple of days.

The second strategy, practiced mostly by ground nesters, is to hatch precocial young that are mobile and active, though still flightless. Some of these birds feed their young, while others lead them to a food source. As with any broad category, there are varied adaptations.

By local ponds, Mallards and Canada Geese hatch precocial young who are ready to swim and feed within hours, though will not be able to

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fly for some weeks. They coordinate their broods by delayed incubation.

A female can only lay an egg every 24 to 36 hours, but trying to still incubate the last laid eggs while managing a flock of older active chicks would be a mother’s nightmare. So while the mother is laying eggs, she isn’t actively incubating until she is done, so all the young will hatch within a short period of time and remain together as they grow.

A trip to Nassau County’s Nickerson Beach on the south shore shows the variety of strategies. The large colonies of Common Terns, American

Oystercatchers and Black Skimmer and smaller numbers of Piping Plovers provide good examples of varied tactics.

Oystercatchers are the first to hatch young in June. The chicks are able to follow their parents to the surf line, but the parents will also catch and crush small crabs for them to eat. Piping Plover chicks hatch shortly after and these tiny fluff balls must make the perilous trek to the surf to feed or forage in the less productive but safer puddles on the upper beach.

The huge colonies of Common Terns, on both east and west ends of the beach, hatch their chicks in early to mid July. Terns forage by diving for small fish, so the parents must feed their young until they are fledged. A constant stream of arriving parents

with small silver fish firmly grasped in beak and departing to find more food keep the colony a hive of activity.

Black Skimmers are the last to nest, hatching their young in August.

They feed by dramatically skimming the surface of the water with their huge lower mandible dipped in the water to snag any unlucky fish. Until flighted, the young must be fed.

If you go to Nickerson Beach to enjoy the spectacle of these active colonies, the beach officially opens at 9:30, parking $15 for residents, $35 for non residents, but the gates are not closed so earlier entry is possible. Many birds will bathe and drink fresh water from the small pond on the west side of the parking lot and dry off on the tarmac, allowing close viewing.

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MY TURN

Public schools can succeed if we support them

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he break between the end of one school year and the start of another is a good time to reflect on the purpose and promise of public schools.

The first publicly supported school was opened in 1635 with the purpose of preparing an informed citizenry, developing a productive workforce, and providing for upward social mobility. These are still the purposes of public schools, some 387 years later. Our national vision is for all students to be given the opportunities and preparation necessary to become engaged and productive citizens.

Public schools and teachers are often maligned for their students’ lack of achievement, especially when compared to international norms. Yet the standards by which we “measure” what young people know differ among nations.

In addition, international comparisons do not consider childhood poverty and housing discrimination, two serious problems in the U.S. There is too little discussion of these and other contributors to student achievement or lack thereof; there is too little discussion of the circumstances and public policies that are necessary for student learning We have problems with schooling, to be sure. But the problems to be solved are neither simple nor easy to address.

These problems include not only racial discrimination in housing. They also include issues such as parental support, adequate nutrition, a good night’

sleep, broadband access, and a quiet place to study. These factors all affect students’ readiness to learn.

Public schools must take all students without screening, even if neither they nor the schools are “ready.”

Unlike hospitals which must go on divert when they lack adequately prepared staff and facilities, schools never go on divert. This is true even if they must use three levels of metal detection to screen those entering the building or if the textbooks are decades old.

We not only need teachers who are prepared, but also, we must be able to screen those applying for school posts and to remove those who are not performing. The current system often moves them aside and continues them on the payroll, thus limiting the use of resources for those better prepared to help students learn.

Those preparing to become teachers should serve in an apprenticeship or internship. Such preparation is common in other professions. Instead, teachers can enter the profession with limited practice and mentoring.

In addition, many schools have inadequate facilities and supplies. On several occasions, I served as “Principal for a Day” in New York City and Newark, New Jersey, schools. In one high school in the Bronx, the nearly 100- year-old school building had nine doors, but the City provided only seven guards.

The fire department did not allow any door to be locked, and the union contract required that every guard have a break. Consequently, the principal had

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to turn three teacher lines into guard positions. In addition, the textbooks were a decade old and the principal had to use her own money for paper supplies and Metro cards so that parents could meet with her about their children.

In many places, it seems that the principal is known as and thinks of himself or herself as the building principal, instead of the principal teacher. Think of the difference those words communicate when the goal of school is to enhance teaching and learning. School boards should encourage the latter title instead of the former.

We know that it takes money to have excellence in schools because we have examples.

Think of Garden City where the high school spends over $26,000.00 per student compared to about $20,000.00

in nearby Hempstead, a nearly 30% difference.

In Garden City, nearly 65% of the money is spent on instruction while in Hempstead the proportion is 56%., further exacerbating the difference in learning opportunities. In Garden City, 90% of students participate in AP classes while in Hempstead the participation rate is 25%.

In Garden City, few students are eligible for free lunch while the rate in Hempstead is 44.5%. These statistics from the New York State School District Transparency Reports reflect not only the degree of opportunity available in each community but also the level of public support available to the schools.

When critics discuss the cost of schools, they often do not compare funds dedicated to instruction at the different sites. Instead, they compare the total spent in one place with the total spent in another, without regard to whether the money is spent on instruction or guards. Shouldn’t students have equal opportunities wherever they go to school?

Unfortunately, we hear more often about reducing taxes than about supporting public schools like those in Hempstead. Instead, we hear about philanthropic contributions from individuals and corporations to support charter schools and vouchers instead of support for neighborhood schools.

These examples indicate that, although funding is needed, the public is either unwilling or unable to pay for schooling through taxation.

We have lost sight of the central purpose of public schools: to prepare students for citizenship and careers through instruction and experiences. Instead, we load many other functions on our schools, such as social work, meals, physical and psychological health assistance, transportation, and policing.

Solutions such as charter schools, a favorite of some advocates for reform who oppose teacher unions, are interesting models, but valuable as public policy only if the lessons learned can be applied more generally.

Charter schools can select their students and limit their enrollment; they are freed from many of the rules and regulations which limit flexibility in neighborhood schools, and they can decide who is principal and who can teach. When will these apparent ingredients for success be available at all schools and students?

We need systemic change by considering lessons learned. We know what works. We can see it in Garden City, Great Neck, Rockville Centre, and at other suburban as well as some urban schools.

It takes money, it takes local leadership with authority, it takes well-prepared and committed teachers, and it takes a strong mission with local governance and accountability. All students deserve such schools.

Robert A. Scott, President Emeritus, Adelphi University and author, How University Boards Work, Johns Hopkins Press, 2018; Eric Hoffer Awardee, 2019

READERS WRITE

LIRR to Grand Central needs fine-tuning

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e: your editorial “LIRR goes off the rail once more” and news story “G.N. officials bash LIRR for service change” There is more to the ongoing issues related to service changes for the Port Washington LIRR branch upon initiation of East Side Access service to Grand Central Madison. .

Port Washington branch riders to Penn Station face reductions in peak hour service. They are also losers when it comes to current direct off-peak and weekend 30-minute service. Those boarding a Grand Central Madison-bound train wanting to reach Penn Station will either wait another 30 minutes or change at Woodside.

(This involves going up the stairs and across the mezzanine and back down the stairs to the center platform. Now wait for the next Penn Station bound train from Jamaica.)

The service dead zone between Great Neck and Port Washington is due to a single track that still remains during portions of rush hour service. There is no AM peak

reverse service from Great Neck to Port Washington between 6:38 AM to 7:42 AM and 8:07 AM and 9:04 AM. There is a similar PM reverse service gap from Port Washington to Great Neck in the PM reverse peak.

This conflicts with MTA Chairman Janno Lieber’s and LIRR President Catherine Renaldi’s promise of significant service increases for reverse rush hour commuters. This is not the case for reverse peak riders traveling to Manhasset, Plandome and Port Washington. Adding stops in Queens to rush hour trains that previously ran express from Great Neck to Penn Station contradicts the MTA ans LIRR corporate party line of saving up to 40 minutes when traveling to midtown Manhattan East via East Side Access to Grand Central Madison.

Commuters face longer trips when future former rush hour express trains from Great Neck disappear or add additional Queens stops. Trains have to decelerate, stop, open and close the doors for passenger boarding, and then pro-

ceed to accelerate. This can average one to two minutes per station vs. traveling full speed past Queens stations..

What happened to the planning study promised by former LIRR President Phil Eng several years ago? It was going to look at the feasibility of double tracking between Great Neck and Port Washington.

Adding passing sidings or double tracking is the only solution for improved bi-directional service between Port Washington and Great Neck. This is actually more important than expansion of the Port Washington LIRR Yard.

Even with adding more capacity to the Port Washington Yard, at some point there are no trains left to run westbound in the AM peak.

Any yard expansion would also not solve the problem of bi directional service gaps. As a long time Great Neck commuter going back to the 1970’s, this has been ignored for decades. Building a second trestle over East Shore Road would afford the LIRR an opportunity to

double track up to just west of the Manhasset Station.

Construction of the $40 million pocket track just east of the Great Neck station was designed to both support access to Grand Central Madison and increase overall service. There are always rush hour trains returning from Penn Station in the AM back to Great Neck for a second trip to Manhattan. This has been necessary as the Port Washington Yard eventually runs out of overnight trains in storage used for AM rush hour service. Why not continue the rush hour service model of express trains from Great Neck supplemented by local trains originating in Great Neck making local stops in Queens? No one objects to all off-peak trains making all stops in Nassau and Queens County on the Port Washington branch.

Riding the LIRR is not the only option for Great Neck residents to access midtown Manhattan. Nassau Inter County Express Bus route N21 runs frequent rush hour service to Flushing Main Street. You can transfer there to the Flushing

#7 Express subway. It will arrive at Grand Central Madison in 25 minutes or Hudson Yards (adjacent to Penn Station) in 30 minutes. Total travel time averages under one hour, but the cost is only $2.75, which includes a free transfer between bus and subway.

There are hundreds of health care workers, maids, restaurant and store employees, gardeners and many other blue collar workers who can’t afford the LIRR and utilize this connection.

Larry Penner Great Neck (Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Office.

This included the review, approval and oversight for billions of dollars in grants to the MTA which funded LIRR, Metro North, NYC Transit, MTA Bus capital projects and programs along with 30 other transit agencies in NY & NJ).

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Coalition of unions endorse Kaplan

BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y State Sen. Anna Kaplan (D-North Hills) has been endorsed by 11 different unions ahead of the Aug. 23 primary for New York’s 7th Senate District.

The Long Island Federation of Labor, New York State AFL-CIO, 1199 Service Employees International Union, American Postal Workers Union, North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters, Communications Workers of America District 1, New York State Nurses Association, New York State United Teachers, Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union Local 338, SMART Local 28 Sheet Metal Workers and the Council of School Administrators have backed Kaplan in her re-election bid.

The coalition of unions represents over 1.4 million union members across the state, according to Kaplan’s campaign.

Kaplan is running against former state Sen. Jack Martins.

“We are confident that Sen. Anna Kaplan shares the Long Island union movement’s vision for the future of Long Island,” John Durso, president of the Long Island Federation of Labor, said in a statement. “Good jobs, with decent pay and benefits, are the basis of a stable, middle-class lifestyle. We look forward to working with Sen. Kaplan to continue building opportunities for the next generation of Long Islanders who will live in safe, prosperous communities.”

Kaplan said she will continue fighting for organized labor as long as she is in office.

“As state senator, I’ve fought hard for unions and working families, and as long as I have the privilege of representing this community in the Senate, I will continue fighting for organized la-

PHOTO BY JANELLE CLAUSEN

State Sen. Anna Kaplan raised more than $205,000 in the most recent campaign finance filing period. bor and the millions of union families across the state,” Kaplan said in a statement. “I’m honored to have the support of this important coalition of labor unions representing over a million New Yorkers, and I look forward to our continued partnership on behalf of working families.”

Kaplan was elected to serve the Town of North Hempstead’s 4th District as a councilwoman in 2011. In 2016, she sought election to the House of Representatives but lost to current

Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) in the Democratic primary. Kaplan defeated former Flower Hill Mayor Elaine Phillips in 2018 to represent the 7th Senate District.

Martins, an Old Westbury resident who represented the 7th District from 2011 to 2016, announced his campaign in late March.

Kaplan announced last week she has more than $504,000 cash on hand during the most recent campaign filing period.

Kaplan said she has raised more than $205,000 during the filing period from Jan. 15 – July 11.

Martins had $41,000 cash in his war chest, according to filing reports.

A former Mineola mayor from 2003-2010, Martins restructured the village’s finances, debt and property tax assessment system, and improved government transparency by broadcasting meetings on TV and publishing information online. In 2008, Martins ran an unsuccessful congressional campaign against former U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy before defeating incumbent 7th District Senator and Democrat Craig Johnson in 2010.

The race against Johnson was one that did not get resolved until early December due to Johnson demanding a recount of the votes, ultimately having his appeal denied by the state’s Court of Appeals.

After another failed attempt to get into Congress in 2016 when he lost to Suozzi, Martins shifted his focus to becoming Nassau County’s new county executive after former County Executive Edward Mangano was indicted on federal corruption charges.

Martins ultimately lost that race to Democrat Laura Curran, who served as county executive before being defeated by Republican Bruce Blakeman this past fall.

The 7th Senate district includes Floral Park, New Hyde Park, Williston Park, Mineola, Garden City Park, North Hills, Albertson, Old Westbury, East Hills, Roslyn, Roslyn Harbor, Roslyn Estates, Albertson, Searingtown, Lake Success, Manhasset, Munsey Park, Plandome, Plandome Heights, Plandome Manor, and the Great Neck and Port Washington peninsulas.

Arrest made in Glen Officials condemn Cove party shooting antisemitic fliers

BY ST E V E N KEEHNER

Following the incident, currence was a deal-breaker Glen Cove Mayor Pamela Pan- for her. She promised to limit zenbeck criticized the party future permits at the location.

The state recently revoked Police arrested a Brooklyn organizers. She said those inman on Thursday in connec- volved were from out of town. the mansion’s alcohol license.

While comparable private The venue’s attorneys are retion with a shooting at a Mansion at Glen Cove party on July gatherings had previously re- viewing the filing.

Marshall will be arraigned sulted in noise complaints, she 10.

Remy Marshall, 26, of said that the most recent oc- today.

Brooklyn, turned himself in at the Glen Cove Police station this morning at 10:30 a.m., according to the police. He faces charges of attempted murder, criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment.

Marshall performs as Fetty Luciano, a hip-hop musician on the Def Jam Recordings label.

Marshall allegedly shot two partygoers and a security officer at the “Big Fendi Celebrity Pool Party.” Between 150 and 200 attendees were in attendance. The victims did not susPHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS tain life-threatening injuries.

Helen Whitehead, the man- The Mansion at Glen Cove. Police said Remy Marshall, sion’s director, said on July 12 26, of Brooklyn, turned himself in at the Glen Cove Police that the gunman attempted to station on Thursday morning. He is accused of reckless attend the party. They turned him away at the door. It is un- endangerment, criminal possession of a weapon and attempted murder. known how he got in.

BY ST E V E N K E E H N E R The distribution of a hate-filled flier targeting Jews across Rockville Centre and Oceanside has drawn outrage from Nassau County leaders.

At a press conference on Monday, County Executive Bruce Blakeman said the poster is believed to have been distributed by the Goyim Defense League. The group is a network of anti-

semitic internet trolls and conspiracy theorists.

Police said many Oceanside and Rockville Centre homes reported finding a clear plastic bag containing the antisemitic flier on their lawns.

Several anti-Jewish prejudices are listed on the poster. It also links the transgender community and Judaism to President Joe Biden’s administration.

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YOUR GUIDE TO THE ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND DINING

ART LEAGUE OF L.I. HOLDS GRAND REOPENING In its grand re-opening event on Aug. 20, the Art League of Long Island celebrates its triumph over adversity and invites the public to join them.

The pandemic almost closed the Art League for good, but through the support of the commu-

nity and government programs, the Art League has managed to weather the storm. The open house, which takes place from 11 am to 2 pm that day, kicks off the opening reception of the Art League’s Annual Instructor’s Exhibition.

The Art League’s Annual Instructor’s Exhibition features works by its many talented instructors in the Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery from Aug. 20 through Sept. 22.

The open house offers visitors a first-hand

look at the inner-workings in the Art League’s specialized art studios through live demonstrations by the instructors. Demonstrations include painting, drawing, pottery, jewelry making, and more.

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Summer orchestra concert returns to Manhasset The Orchestra at Shelter Rock, under the direction of Music Director Stephen Michael Smith, will perform its Annual Summer Concert on Sunday, July 31, at 1:00 pm after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19.

The program will feature works by three significant women composers of classical music, two of whom were African American.

Opening the program will be Overture No 1, op 23 written by French composer Louise Farrenc in 1834. In addition to writing three symphonies and two overtures for orchestra, Farrenc composed a considerable number of chamber music and piano pieces. She has the distinction of being the only female professor at the Paris Conservatory (piano) in the 19th Century.

Acclaimed tenor Anthony P McGlaun will sing four spirituals set by the 20th century African

American composer Margaret Bonds.

Bonds graduated from Northwestern University in 1934 where she earned Bachelors and a Masters degrees, and become a prolific and respected composer. In the 1960s, the famed African American soprano Leontyne Price commissioned and recorded a number of spirituals arranged by Bonds.

Symphony No 1 by Florence Price will complete the program. Born in 1887 in Little Rock, Arkansas, Price went on to study at the New England Conservatory. She is credited with composing over 300 works and was the first African American woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer.

Price’s Symphony No 1 won First Prize in the prestigious Rodman Wanamaker Competition in 1932 and was premiered by the Chicago Sym-

phony Orchestra. Only recently has this important work started to receive the contemporary recognition and performances it deserves after it was finally published in 2008.

The concert will be held indoors at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock, 48 Shelter Rock Road, in Manhasset. A suggested donation of $10 will be requested at the door (no advanced sales). Simultaneously, the audio portion of the concert will be broadcast outdoors, where those wishing to do so are encouraged to take in the beautifully landscaped lawns and gardens of the 100-acre campus while listening to the music.

The facility is accessible, air-conditioned, and there is ample free parking. The concert will last approximately 75 minutes, and a reception will follow on the Art Gallery Terrace.

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Coping with the relentless news cycle

BY K E I T H W. F I V ES ON In the current age of technology, we can find ourselves flooded by shock, awe, tragedy, and violence.

Trauma online is present in our every click and upends the comforts and joys we have taken for granted, including our hopes for the future.

As we open our phones or laptops, we do not have to search far to see videos of mass shootings, war, Images of plane crashes, stories of sexual exploitation, headlines about terrorist attacks, or pictures of the destruction.

Instead, we can easily find our daily lives overwhelmed by graphic depictions of trauma and violent events.

This deluge of disturbing content can have a numbing effect on our minds, desensitizing us to the genuine pain and suffering these events cause. Studies have shown that excessive exposure to violence in the media can lead to a decrease in empathy and an increase in aggression. In other words, the more we see violence, the more likely we are to become violent ourselves. So what can we do to protect ourselves from the mind-numbing effects of all this violence?

First, taking breaks from social

media and the 24-hour news cycle is essential. When you are overwhelmed with all of your feeds, it can be difficult for us not to want to throw our hands up in frustration at how much information there already is out on these platforms; but if we step away for just 30 minutes or so every day then chances are good that when we return refreshed—we’ll notice less clutter than before!

In addition, with limits such as only checking emails during specific hours (or none), limiting screen time after 7 p.m., and blocking specific sites, we can regain our balance.

Second, there are always good people in the world doing amazing things, and when we hear about something bad happening to someone else, it can be hard not to feel negative. To combat this feeling of negativity, focusing on stories where hope prevails, can help tremendously! Also, there are so many examples of how animals have helped humans happier by just being around them.

Third, you can take care of your mental health by ensuring you’re not exposing yourself to too much violence. If this is the case, then it is important to seek professional help be-

cause there may be something wrong with how exposed we’ve been becoming or our desensitization towards them which could lead us down an unhealthy path.

The media has enormous power.

We must be mindful of how much violence we see on TV, in movies, or in video games (especially true for kids), as it can damage our minds and our ability to feel and connect.

The more negative imagery there is in the world, the more we suffer from depression and are harmed by

thoughts, or even worse, act out and hurt someone else. Remember, hurt people hurt people, and the dark truth about it breeds negative ideas and perpetuates violence and harm.

The technology tracks our every click and feeds us constant reminders. We must be mindful and careful about “click-bait” and get “hooked” on the ongoing onslaught of stories.

We must take responsibility for what happens in our hearts, minds, and bodies and feed our eyes and ears with nutritious, compassionate information.

Finally, practice the STOP method for mindful awareness when we are tired and weary.

S is for STOP, move away from the vehicles that drive the insanity.

T is for TAKE a few deep breaths to self-regulate at the moment.

O is for OBSERVE what is happening inside of you and put words to it.

P is for PRACTICE loving-kindness, remembering a person, place, or possession that gives us hope.

The STOP method is a simple breathing technique that can help reduce anxiety levels for those with post-traumatic stress disorder

(PTSD), depression, and trauma.

Learning how to take deep breaths is an excellent way of practicing mindfulness. Mindful practices can help improve our mental health by developing compassion towards ourselves when we struggle with challenging emotions or thoughts.

Resisting the trauma of online media begins from the inside out. When we are calm and focused, the mind-body connection can heal the trauma and work its magic.

If you are experiencing trauma, stress, anxiety, burnout, or other mental challenges, please look for assistance. There are specific resources and mindfulness techniques that can help you notice what’s happening right now, reframing and detaching, so you can reduce the “mental chatter” and the negative thinking and get help. Please look here: https://workmindfulness.com/resources/ About the Author: Keith W Fiveson is a Mindfulness-based coach, counselor, and consultant, who works with individuals and organizations to improve resilience and performance. He lives in Port Washington and can be reached at 917-952-9662

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Remedies for common skin issues The skin is one of the most visible parts of the human body. Skin is the body’s largest organ and helps to retain water and protect internal organs. The average adult has about 22 square feet of skin, which weighs around 8 pounds, according to National Geographic.

The skin can be affected by any number of conditions. While many are not overly harmful, certain conditions can affect appearance. This, in turn, may impact a person’s self-confidence.

Therefore, many people prefer to address skin issues promptly and effectively. Here are some common conditions and how to address them.

Acne Acne can occur on the shoulders, face, neck, and upper back. Breakouts may include whiteheads, red pimples, blackheads, and deep cysts. If left untreated, acne can cause scarring.

Clogged pores cause acne, according to Healthline. This may occur from bacteria, hormones, dead skin cells, and excessive oil production.

Non-inflammatory acne can be addressed by using salicylic acid, which naturally exfoliates the skin. It is found in cleansers and toners. Inflammatory acne can cause infection deep beneath the skin’s surface. Products containing benzoylperoxide may help reduce bacteria and swelling.

Large pores Large pores tend to go hand-in-hand with oily skin. They are extremely common. The American Academy of Dermatology recommends being gentle with the skin to help minimize the appearance of pores. In addition, cleansing and exfoliating the skin can help. The AAD says retinol, which is a derivative of vitamin A, can unclog pores and restore the skin’s natural appearance.

Redness Skin redness may occur for a variety of reasons. These include sunburns, allergic reactions, dry skin, acne, and irritations. Identifying the root of redness can help individuals make a plan for avoiding it going forward. Long-term redness often is linked to seborrheic dermatitis or rosacea. Certain medications and skincare products may be recommended by a dermatologist to address these issues. In addition, color-correcting makeup can help camouflage redness, according to L’Oreal.

Eczema Eczema, also known as atopic dermatitis, is a common skin condition that produces red, itchy, dry, and irritated skin. It tends to start in early childhood, and doctors believe an overactive immune system may trigger symptoms. A dermatologist usually treats eczema with overthe-counter antihistamines and OTC or prescription steroid creams.

Psoriasis Psoriasis is an autoimmune condition that results in the excessive shedding of skin cells.

Psoriasis causes scaly, silvery defined patches on the skin and usually occurs on the scalp, elbows, knees, and lower back. Healthline says plaque psoriasis is the most common form of the condition. Light therapy, moisturizers, topical retinoids, and biologics may be prescribed to manage psoriasis.

Scars Scars are a natural result of the healing process from an injury to the skin. Many scars fade over time, but deep scars can may be permanent and visible. Dermatologists may recommend application of vitamin E, silicone gel or other creams or oils to help minimize scarring after a surgery or injury. A prescription retinoid can be helpful when it comes to acne scarring.

Steroid injections and laser treatments also can be used to reduce the appearance of scars, according to the experts at Medical Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery.

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Production peaked in the 1960s at 8 million barrels a day (MBPD) and began to decline, the U.S. began importing oil.

Older easily tapped reservoirs were depleting faster than new sources were developed. Until then the U.S. was the largest producer and set the world price based on West Texas oil priced by the Texas Railroad Commission (around $6 barrel).

Because of abundant domestic sources of energy, the U.S. became the #1 nation economically, industrially, and militarily—it’s not easy being No. 1.

Imports steadily rose from zero to 8 MBPD in the 1970s.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries formed in 1960 to aggressively pick up the slack being left by the U.S. By the 1970s OPEC provided 85% of U.S. imports. OPEC’s oil embargo of 1977 occurred at critical time to cripple the U.S. economy and destroy its oil industry.

OPEC’s manipulations to the detriment of the U.S. are well documented. Another major attempt occurred in the 1990s when OPEC led by a Saudi prince opened taps to create an oversupply that drove oil below $10 barrel, below breakeven for U.S. and European producers.

Let’s be clear, oil is a dog eats dog competition.

OPEC started with Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company as ARAMCO – the Arab American Company. Standard Oil was ARAMCO, as were successors, Chevron, Amoco, Exxon, Mobile, BP, among others, until Saudi Arabia took control.

By 2008 the U.S. was importing 13.7MBPD, mostly not from OPEC. The big U.S. domestic production increase after 2008 is due to developing petroleum from deeper more problematic reservoirs.

It coincides with advances in technology: horizontal and directional drilling, fracking with 1 – 3 million gallons of fluid, using one platform to drill multiple holes. Drilling costs increased.

On shore single wells that cost $1 million –$3 million went the way of the dinosaur as costs reached $10 million — $20 million per multiplehole platform.

The economics worked because the price of oil increased. Some form of fracking was al-

ways utilized prior, if to a lesser extent. When I worked in oil and gas, we fracked single-hole wells with 100-150K gallons of fluids.

Beginning about 2005 despite the shortfall in U.S. production petroleum products were exported at an increasing rate. Today the U.S. uses 19.5 million barrels per day, and produces about the same.

Importantly, the U.S. exports 8 – 9 million barrels per day and imports 8 – 9 million barrels per day. Despite the fact that the U.S. uses 19.5 million barrels per day, it imports about what it exports.

Hold the phone. Why not utilize all domestically produced oil to depress domestic prices?

Because oil is a commodity bought and sold on the world market subject to supply and demand.

Companies are free to conduct business as they see fit, and try to get the most for their product by competing across the globe.

Petroleum has always been a widely manipulated economic and geo-political tool.

Now the Kremlin is jockeying, European economies are threatened because of their dependence on Russian oil and gas, supporting Ukraine conflicts with Kremlin policy.

So far it appears Russia cut off gas supplies to Ukraine, Poland, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland. North European countries have lost about 2/3 of the oil once received. At the same time Russia steeply discounts oil and gas to other countries.

If Russia cuts off gas to Hungary, Slovakia and Czech Republic, GDPs would fall up to 6%, with Italy, Germany and Austria hit hard. Russia has been playing ping pong with Germany, which relies on 65% of its gas from Russia. Germany’s gas varies from zero to 25% less than usual.

Adding to the pain, OPEC has not agreed to substantially open taps to increase supply, which it could do.

A friend who is the CEO of an oil company says $200 barrel oil is not out of the question, meaning $7-8 gallon gasoline. Or under $100 if there’s a recession. Oil is now $100 barrel.

The number of U.S. refineries have greatly decreased. In 1977 the last major refinery came online. More than half the US refineries have since closed.

While upgrades increased capacity ½ of refined petroleum is shipped overseas, mostly to

Europe as compressed liquefied natural gas, a lucrative market, more so now with Europe’s back against a wall.

Most oil once slated for the Keystone Pipeline was to go to Gulf Coast refiners and be exported, not domestic use and would not have reduced prices. The only thing that would decrease prices is if supply were to exceed demand depressing prices to make a sale.

As noted, production and costs are manipulated by competing actors of a global market.

This graph shows that total global production is manipulated to approximate consumption, so as to avoid large surpluses which depress prices.

A large oversupply occurred when the pandemic hit (Spring 2020), oil plunged to a $40 barrel, the large dip on the graph. This was quickly remedied as producers brought production in line with demand to avoid oversupply.

Blaming political leaders for the short-term price of oil and gas is going after a false flag. U.S. production since 2020 is actually up and about equals consumption, however, half is exported.

Of course, future production will decline if new sources are not brought online. Proven reserves are declining. From securing leases, conducting geophysics, permitting, applying to drill, drilling, getting petroleum into a pipeline, refining, distribution and marketing, there’s a 3-plus year lag for on-shore sources, 5 years and more for off-shore. Federal leases have been pretty steady.

Drilling and production are the wild cards.

If the world were using less oil and gas, OPEC’s and the Russia’s moves would be irrelevant. If the U.S. had reliable major alternate domestic sources of energy, the same. It is not a theoretical question.

The oil industry is the most entrenched and lucrative industry the world has known, manipulation occurs at every turn, there’s phenomenal waste, fraud, pollution, it’s very heavily subsidized and other issues, topics for another time.

Stephen Cipot Garden City Park The author worked 7 years as a geologist in oil, gas, and mining, at multiple locations in the U.S., including for the Fortune 500 multi-national company infamous for the Karen Silkwood incident, before completing a satisfying career with the U.S.E.P.A., having successfully switched from wearing a black hat to a white one.

Cancel culture on campus is for real

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r. Robert A. Scott is correct that no one has a right to be free of criticism for the views that they choose to express.

What they do have a right to be free from is violence. In recent years, there have been far too many cases where individuals on campus have attempted to use physical force to shut down speaking engagements that they find objectionable.

There was an explosion of these incidents in 2017 following the election of Donald Trump. At the University of California Berkeley, there were violent protests against a talk

by Milo Yiannopoulos that entailed throwing fireworks and rocks at the police and smashing the windows of the student union, causing over $100,000 of damage (1). At Middlebury College in Vermont, students physically attacked the author Charles Murray and the professor who invited him to campus, causing the latter to suffer a concussion (2).

One of the worst instances of mayhem on campus took place at Evergreen State College, where it was customary to hold an annual event called the Day of Absence in which minority students would voluntarily leave campus to demonstrate their importance to the community. In 2017, the organizers of the event decided to flip the script and ask white students to leave the campus. A professor of evolutionary biology by the name of Bret Weinstein responded with an email to the faculty explaining why he believed that this change was ill-advised.

In reaction, student activists descended on his lecture hall, disrupted his class, and falsely accused him of racism. When Dr. Weinstein attempted to engage the protesters in dialogue, they simply yelled back and refused to let him speak. The entire exchange was caught on video and is available for viewing on the Internet (3).

I encourage anyone who believes that cancel culture isn’t a problem on campuses to watch the video and judge for yourself who the mature adult in the room was. The activists then occupied the college president’s office and called in threats of violence to the police, forcing a campus lockdown (4).

Even when physical violence is not present, the threat of punishment from those in positions of authority can have a chilling effect on free speech. Professor Dorian Abbot was recently disinvited from giving a lecture at MIT on his field of geophysics because he had expressed opposition to affirmative action (5).

At Georgetown, Ilya Shapiro was placed on administrative leave and investigated for a tweet in which he argued that President Biden should have chosen his Supreme Court nominee solely on the basis of merit without regard to race (6). A recent survey from Heterodox Academy found that 63% of students agree “that the

climate on their campus prevents people from saying things that they believe” (7).

It used to be a standard tenet of liberalism that “I may disagree with what you’re saying, but I’ll defend to death your right to say it.”

We seem to have lost sight of this key principle in recent years. What has been happening on campus over the last decade is as much a threat to our democracy as what happened on Jan. 6.

If we want a college campus to actually be a forum for open debate, then let’s commit ourselves to respect the right of all who speak to do so without the threat of violence or punishment and the right of those who wish to peacefully protest what is being said to do so as well, whether we agree or disagree with what they are saying.

David Golub Mineola

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READERS WRITE

Bullying I just said “hello” and got sneered down.

Surrounding me physically, will they push me to the ground?

“Hey, let go of my backpack! Don’t throw it there. Come on give it back” It just isn’t fair.

Just walk away and leave me alone.

“STOP! Give it back, that’s my new cell phone.”

Does being tough really make them feel glad?

Why can’t they be friendly, is it powerful to be bad?

Were they bullied too? That would explain a lot.

Is revenge their goal, is this their plan or plot?

How sad and disturbing, for this is how they live.

Each one of them could have, so very much to give.

I’m afraid! Could they be hiding a gun?

Is my school safer, perhaps I should run!

Am I in a nightmare, a terrible dream?

Do I hear gun shots, did someone just scream?

Are guns so easily accessible and bought?

Are the buyers vetted, do merchants give it a thought?

Is bullying how this tragedy begins?

With anger and hopelessness, their future so grim?

They’ll see no tears swelling up in my eyes.

As I walk home safely, I try to realize That with hope and faith, new laws will be bound And a safer tomorrow will ultimately be found.

Angela M. Parisi Seaford

D’Arrigo will fight for us

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t is no exaggeration to say that we are facing multiple crises – from growing political fascism to environmental catastrophe – impacting nearly every aspect of our lives.

There still is time to avoid the worst possible outcomes, but we cannot depend on those individuals who got us into this mess to get us out.

Common sense says that desperate times do not call for business as usual politicians who can only offer more of the same. Instead, they demand brave leaders who have the fortitude, creativity and ability to bring people together in pursuit of worthy goals. That is why I am enthusiastically supporting Melanie D’Arrigo for Congress in the Democratic primary in August.

As an insurgent candidate who has refused corporate donations, Melanie has had to work extra hard to make up for the lack of deep pockets.

But by traveling all over the district, knocking on thousands of doors and truly getting to know our concerns, hopes and dreams, Melanie has built a local movement unlike any we have seen in this district in years – if ever.

This effort to truly get to know her community has confirmed that people are desperate for a candidate who believes in health care as a human right, protecting reproductive rights, environmental sustainability and a livable planet, higher taxes for those who can afford it, common sense gun control, strong public education and more.

For years, Melanie has been saying that it’s not enough to just elect any Democrat, we must elect better ones. She was the only candidate willing to challenge a sitting member of Congress in a primary because she knew she could do better. She is bold, principled and policy-oriented.

She is not a lifetime party insider.

Instead, she is a community activist and mom who co-founded a local LGBTQ+ group, understands the injustice of our health care system from having worked in it, and actively supports anyone fighting for progressive values. She knows that people are desperate for new leadership and decided to run for Congress because that is where she can do the most good.

A late August primary is likely to see low turnout, even in a hotly con-

tested election like this one with no incumbent. While every vote always matters, that is especially true now. If you believe that good health, justice and prosperity should not be reserved for a tiny fraction of the powerful elite but instead should be available to each and every one of us, then I urge you to vote for Melanie in the Democratic primary for Congress.

Melanie’s election alone will not end the corruption and disfunction in Washington, DC — the problems are way too large for any one person to solve. At the same time, Melanie alone cannot codify Roe, unrig the Supreme Court, end the filibuster or make Medicare for All a reality. But I am certain that she will always fight with us and for us – showing what is possible when we come together and doing all she can to create a better world for all.

Election Day is Aug. 23, and early in-person voting runs from Aug. 1321. Please join me in sending Melanie D’Arrigo to Congress.

Michael Mandel Port Washington

Pols, docs and overturning of Roe v. Wade

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he overturning of Roe v. Wade has taken medical decisions out of the hands of doctors. Therefore, since politicians apparently know what’s medically best for the population, let the politicians

take over functions of the medical community and allow doctors and other medical professionals to immediately take off a few days or weeks.

Since the politicians have placed great

pressure on those in the medical community, on strike until medical decisions are allowed it’s only right that such pressures become re- to be put back into their hands. ciprocal and be placed on politicians.

In other words, doctors and others in the Alvin Goldberg medical profession should immediately go Great Neck

Rep. Lee Zeldin is unfit for public office

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ee Zeldin is a demonstrable fraud. Photocopied petition signatures just scratch the surface of his contempt for the rule of law.

This active participant in the violent Trumputin fascist coup attempted on January 6 2021 is unfit for public office. On that day, Zeldin

violated both his Congressional oath of office and his military officer’s oath.

He continues to wallow in the Trumputin ‘Big Lie’ refusing to publicly and unequivocally acknowledge the fact that Trumputin lost a fair and fraud-free election. He is part of the fascist

Perhaps Zeldin will enlist the ‘Proud Boy’ Trumputin personality cult that poses as the “Rethugs for his enhanced security. What a truly foolpublican Party” today.

He is a climate denier who will not support ish man, blinded by his lust for power! Lee Zeldin women’s rights or the rights of any minority as he is unfit for public office. courts the support of the white nationalist antiEric Cashdan semites who populate the Trumputin base.

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Nassau’s inadequate response to crime surge Continued from Page 14 In 2017, New York raised the age of criminal responsibility to individuals who are at least 18 years old — the standard for virtually every state in the union.

Any juvenile case for an individual 13 years or older can be transferred to an adult court in New York. In New Jersey, a discretionary and presumptive waiver can be used for youth 15 years or older

that meet certain criteria.

In other words, there is little difference between New York and New Jersey in their treatment of people under 18.

County police have pointed out other factors for the rise of car thefts — people leaving keys in unlocked cars. Unbelievable but true.

We’ll add a couple of reasons — expensive cars in affluent neighborhoods, easy access to highways

and the illusory protection of living in another state.

Blakeman and the other GOP candidates for countywide office were elected in November with campaigns focused on a statewide increase in crime that they blamed on reforms to bail passed by a Democratic-controlled state Legislature.

So we can expect the complaints to continue.

Politically, the use of bail reform appears to have

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worked.

We have yet to hear one word from county Democrats on the rise in crime. They appear cowed by the Republicans’ previous success in using bail reform against them, Or perhaps, they now agree with the Republicans.

In either case, the result is a lack of transparency, accountability and results amid a surge in crime.

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Be more realistic about listing price After all these years in the real estate business, I have come to many conclusions, one being that “buyers are sometimes liars, sellers are sometimes yellers and lawyers are also sometimes destroyers.”

Buyers, sellers and lawyers, please don’t be offended by this real estate slogan (I heard it more than 35 years ago and had my doubts about its truth) as it isn’t meant to insult anyone. It is to bring up a very valid and pertinent point in this column, that people change their minds and say one thing and then do another.

When I am starting to converse with a client on the phone and listen to their specific needs and wants, I have them paint me a picture of their realistic plans and goals. I begin asking probing questions to fine-tune as best as possible what they are trying to accomplish whether, selling, investing, purchasing, or even renting or leasing any type of residential and commercial property.

There are obviously major differences between a seller, investor, a first-time purchaser, move up buyer, downsizer, a renter, someone undergoing a divorce (I have a free book I just put out for those contemplating divorce) whether considering a home, HOA, condo or co-op. Designing a specific search for each client only materializes once enough information is ascertained during the dialogue and conversation phase so I can become more effi-

cient with the least amount of wasted time for both parties. But people constantly change their minds due to personal reasons, shifts in finances, or eventually what they finally purchase. What they don’t want initially sometimes is what they end up buying.

A homeowner needs to become more realistic in pricing their home for sale today as the long lines at open houses are far and few between and multiple offers and bidding wars have slowed. Double digit price increases have decelerated as demand and sales have decreased, although inventory is still historically low.

However, prices have increased 60% for a median-priced home on Long Island from $350,000 in 2012 to $560,000 in 2021. Interest rates have now doubled in the last eight months, while inflation is still running rampant. All the monumental and excessive printing of money during the pandemic, have disrupted the normal real estate cycles leading to increased prices, while also fueling the stock market, supply chain disruptions and the exiting of people and families from the large populated cities out to the suburbs for more space and safety.

The excessive demand in the purchasing of homes has raised prices to unfathomable levels and has been the No. 1 factor in fueling our untenable inflation. So far, the previous rate increases have not yet controlled our inflation, so another in-

PHILIP A. RAICES Real Estate Watch

crease of 3/4% by our Fed Chair Jerome Powell will be forthcoming by the end of July and more will occur throughout 2022. I firmly believe that no one really knows or has the answers or concrete solutions in curbing our incessant inflation.

But raising rates seems to be the typical path, as history has shown us, that Fed chairs use to slow things down.

Too many increases, however, could put us in a worse recession than we are already in as the last two quarters have shown that GDP was slightly negative.

Whether we have a more serious reces-

sion or a softer landing will be determined going forward.A depression, simply stated is a much more severe recession and contraction in GDP. During the Great Depression of 1929-1933, real output declined 30% and unemployment rose from 3% to 25%. We are currently not even close to those figures.

When Paul A. Volcker, was the Fed chair in 1979, he was instrumental in making interest rates rise to 18.45% in 1981 to curtail higher than normal inflation of nearly 12%. This was caused by rising oil prices, government overspending and rising wages. (Sounds very familiar, eh?). As history has shown us, the end result was it caused housing price increases to soften at that time, and in the long run created a stronger and more stable economy.

Back then, Paul Volcker created a “tough love” scenario for our economy and it was a success. At that time, for some it was a great time to buy if you had cash; even if you were qualified to finance with those high rates (prices were 5-10 times less than today), many sat on the fence.

But some still took the plunge and bought homes when prices weren’t escalating as fast and then refinanced years later as rates came down to more normal levels.

But what will these increased rates do to our housing and the cost of government debt today? The end result doesn’t look very positive for those locations that are currently overvalued where inventory

has increased two to three times year over year. The insane prices also were caused by those who went through FOMO (fear of missing out), wild bidding wars, historic low rates and housing inventory that pushed prices way beyond the current inflation. Due to the still severe lack of inventory, decreases in prices will be more moderate in those locations where prices haven’t increase by excessive amounts.

Most have equity in their homes and foreclosures are not like they were in 2008 due to stricter lending rules via the DoddFrank Law and eliminating no doc loans.!

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Feinstein summer concert raises $3.6M Grammy Award-winning and multiplatinum-selling artist Enrique Iglesias recently took center stage at the 17th annual Feinstein Summer Concert, which raised $3.6 million to support medical innovations.

For more than two decades, researchers at Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research have made important discoveries in oncology, autoimmunity, neuroscience and genetics that translate into clinical advances and transform the treatment of conditions such as lupus, arthritis, sepsis, cancer, psychiatric illness and Alzheimer’s disease.

More than 5,000 researchers and staff collaborate across five institutes in behavioral science, bioelectronic medicine, cancer research, health system science and molecular medicine.

“The extraordinary work being done at the Feinstein Institutes continues to strengthen its reputation as a global leader in medical research,” said Northwell President and CEO Michael J. Dowling. “We are driving the breakthroughs that lead to better, longer, healthier lives.”

Since its inception, the Feinstein Summer Concert series has raised more than $33 million to accelerate lifesaving innovations that can treat

illness and cure disease. The event, new discoveries that are impacting held on July 14th at Old Westbury the trajectory of medicine around Gardens, helps Northwell continue the world. to pioneer solutions and unearth “We are grateful for the tremen-

dous support of our benefactors whose generosity fuels the innovations that can improve health for everyone in our communities,” said

Kevin J. Tracey, MD, president and CEO of the Feinstein Institutes and the Karches Family Distinguished Chair in Medical Research.

In his remarks at the concert, Dr. Tracey highlighted the impact that inflammation has on people’s health, noting that the condition surpasses infection as the underlying cause of disease and illness. “What if we cured inflammation? At the Feinstein Institutes, my colleagues and I work every day on that question. Science and research change everything,” he said.

Chris Wragge, co-anchor of CBS New York’s News This Morning and News at Noon, served as the event’s emcee for the sixth year. Catering and event design were coordinated

by Larry Scott of Lawrence Scott Events.

The Feinstein Institutes thanks its generous donors and its leadership sponsors of this year’s event: Susan and Leonard Feinstein, Donald Zucker and Barbara Hrbek Zucker, and Waterfall Asset Management.

PHOTO COURTESY OF NORTHWELL HEALTH For more information about supporting the Feinstein Institutes and Grammy Award-winning and multiplatinum-selling artist Enrique Iglesias headlined Northwell Health’s Northwell Health, visit: give.north17th annual Feinstein Summer Concert on July 14 at Old Westbury Gardens, which raised $3.6 million for well.edu/feinstein-institutes-medical-research. medical research.

King Kullen promotes St. Thomas expands courses Brian Hattermann King Kullen Grocery Co. Inc. has promoted Brian Hattermann to District Manager. Hattermann joined King Kullen in 2001 and will be responsible for King Kullen stores in western Nassau County. In his new role, Hattermann will report directly to King Kullen Vice President of Store Operations Frank Vassallo.

“It gives me great pleasure to announce Brian’s promotion to

District Manager,” stated Vassallo. “He is a hard worker and accomplished manager with strong leadership skills who is ready to expand his managerial expertise.

In his new position as District Manager, Brian will help ensure that each store meets company standards while overseeing recruitment, training, and people management.”

Hattermann was made a Co-Assistant

Manager in 2005 before his promotion to Assistant Manager in 2006.

In 2017, he was named Manager of the St. James King Kullen and most recently served as store manager of the Bay Shore King Kullen.

“Everyone at King Kullen joins me in congratulating Brian on his well-deserved promotion,” concluded King Kullen President & Chief Operating Officer Joseph W. Brown. “He is a true asset to our organization and I look forward to his continued accomplishments.”

Headquartered in Hauppauge, King Kullen is recognized by the Smithsonian Institution as American’s first supermarket.

Founded in 1930 by Michael J. Cullen, King Kullen operates 28 supermarkets and five Wild by Nature stores in Nassau and Suffolk Counties.

St. Thomas Aquinas College continues to expand their leading-edge, transformative, career-focused academic offerings with the launch of the new master of business administration in healthcare management and informatics.

Offered within STAC’s highly regarded School of Business, the MBA in healthcare management and informatics will prepare students to address the growing need for qualified healthcare industry leaders.

According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, employment of medical and health service managers is projected to grow 32 percent from 2020 to 2030, much faster than the average for all occupations.

This new concentration offers a blend of healthcare management, informatics, finance, health information management, and law and ethics coursework.

The health informatics field aims to develop methods and technologies for the acquisition, processing, and study of patient data, which comes from different sources and modalities, including electronic health records, diagnostic test results, and medical scans.

Graduates will be able to analyze, interpret, and present healthcare data to healthcare organizations, so that it can be used to develop strategic plans and support organizational compliance.

Designed with the working professional in mind, the program offers evening, weekend and online course options.

STAC will also offer a standalone postbaccalaureate 15-credit certificate in Healthcare Management and Informatics.

Program Director Joseph Charleman said: “We are thrilled to offer this new concentration that will train leaders in this fast-growing healthcare industry.

St. Thomas Aquinas College is the only graduate program in the New York and New Jersey area that prepares graduates of this concentration.

The program curriculum was developed based on the CAHIIM educational standards and guidelines for the Digital Health Leadership certificate. The DHL Certificate is recognized by healthcare organization executives and by The College of Healthcare Information Executives.”

The new Healthcare and Informat-

ics concentration is an additional offering to the College’s robust MBA options.

STAC offers a general MBA, which can be completed in-person or exclusively online. Other areas of MBA concentrations offered include Management, Finance, Marketing, and Sport Administration.

The MBA program is accredited by the International Accreditation Council for Business Education.

The College is accepting applications for the Fall 2022 program start. For more information, please visit www.stac.edu/ MBAHealthcare to learn more and to register for our Healthcare Management Information Session. Or contact Lorraine Derwin, Associate Director of Admission Recruitment at (845) 398-4149 or email LDerwin@stac.edu.

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Town’s National Night Out event North Hempstead Town Supervisor Jennifer DeSena, Council Member Robert Troiano, Jr., Council Member Veronica Lurvey, Council Member Mariann Dalimonte and the Town Board invite members of the community to celebrate “National Night Out,” an opportunity to build neighborhood, police and government partnerships. Celebrations will be held throughout the Town on Tuesday, August 2.

The Westbury event will feature a parade and festivities.

Assembly for the parade will begin at the Salvation Army Westbury Corps Community Center at 5 p.m., and marching will start at 5:30 p.m. The celebration will continue afterwards at Martin “Bunky” Reid Park.

Whitney Pond Park in Manhasset will be hosting its second annual National Night Out event from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

New this year, Alvan Petrus Park in Port Washington will host its very first National Night Out from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

“National Night Out is an annual community-building initiative that helps make our neighborhoods safer and works to foster a true sense of community,” Supervisor Jennifer DeSena said. “I’m so proud that the Town will be hosting three of these celebrations at locations throughout Town. All are welcome to come and enjoy a night out with plenty fun and activities for kids and adults alike.”

“National Night Out is an important community tradition,” said Council Member Troiano. “This event builds positive relationships between residents and law enforcement who serve the community. The partnerships forged at National Night Out are longstanding and help the community engage together.”

“We are so excited to have expanded our National Night Out events throughout North Hempstead, and equally thrilled to bring this fun and important event to the Manhasset community for the second year in a row,” said Council Member Lurvey. “I hope that residents will stop by Whitney Pond Park for a fun evening out with their neighbors, community groups and officers of the 6th Precinct.”

“National Night Out has served to bridge relationships between our residents, law enforcement, local government, and local businesses for decades, and I am so excited that we are finally getting our very own National Night Out celebration in Port Washington,” said Council Member Dalimonte. “It provides

an opportunity for families, friends, and neighbors to learn about organizations and services in our Town, while also serving as an important forum to cultivate relationships between our residents, our police force, and elected officials. I hope that many residents throughout Port Washington will join us for our inaugural National Night Out at Petrus Park.”

These events were made possible through partnerships with many community organizations. Westbury sponsors include: the Nassau County Police Department 3rd Precinct, the Westbury Fire Department, NAACP, AKA Sorority- Pi Pi Omega Chapter of Westbury, the Islamic Center of LI (ICLI), North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center, North Hempstead Housing Authority, Westbury School District, National Circus Project, Target of Westbury, the UBS Arena, and Western Beef.

Manhasset sponsors include: the Nassau County Police Department 6th Precinct, Nassau PBA, Nassau PAL, Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Department, North Hempstead Housing Authority, Manhasset Great Neck EOC, Manhasset Chamber of Commerce and Macy’s of Manhasset.

Port Washington sponsors include: the Port Washington Police Department, Sands Point Police Department, Port Washington Fire Department, Nassau PBA, the Community Police Relations Foundation, North Hempstead Housing Authority, the Littig House Community Center, and the Port Washington Tennis Academy.

National Night Out is an annual community-building event that promotes policecommunity partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make neighborhoods safer, caring places to live. The event will feature music, singing, dancing, health care service providers, crime prevention information, educational resources, cultural entertainment, refreshments, arts & crafts, raffles, games, health screenings, giveaways, and more.

For more information, please call 311.

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Editor’s note: Homes shown here were recently sold in Manhasset 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 Manhasset and are believed by Blank Slate Media to be of interest to our readers.

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The event, which was held in June of 2022, at the Pine Hollow Club in East Norwich honored Jodi Rosenthal, and featured guest speaker Jenna Bush Hager.

Continuing the tradition, this year Sid Jacobson JCC’s Adult Day staff Mike Alestra, Lonnie Fox, Taylor Graf, Lindsay Ingenito,Lynn Losquadro, Derrick Parsons, Christine Pizzo,Jillian Simon, Christine Staats, and Erika Stieflein received the Tikkun Olam Award for their work with those with dementia and other neurodegenerative disorders, and their caregivers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

The last two years saw many members of SJJCC’s Adult Day program homebound. This team embodied the phrase Tikkun Olam, repair the world, as they strengthened their roles as caregivers, program curators, health advisors, friends, and family. They often made trips to members’ homes to bring isolated families connection and respite.

Honoree Jodi Rosenthal has resided on Sid Jacobson JCC’s Board of Directors for more than 20 years. Along with many other roles, Jodi has been the Co-Chair of the Cultural Arts Committee since its inception.

One of her most rewarding roles at SJJCC was that of President from July 2017-June 2020. Jodi’s

heartfelt speech heard hurrahs from around the room as some of her colleagues and closest friends listened on.

Professor and speaker Lynn Kennedy’s speech about her personal experience with her father’s battle with Alzheimer’s, and how she maneuvers and learns with her husband’s recent diagnosis with Alzheimer’s as well brought tears to what was otherwise a day filled with love and laughter.

Guest speakerJenna Bush Hager, former first daughter and co-host ofNBC’s TODAY with Hoda & Jenna is no stranger to those living with dementia and other neurodegenerative disorders. As the author of The New York Times Bestseller “Everything Beautiful in its Time,” Hager wrote intimate personal essays paying homage to her grandparents and sharing the impact her maternal grandparents’ experience with Alzheimer’s disease had on her. During Jenna’s Q&A with SJJCC Board member Debi Buslik, Jenna shared anecdotes about her time growing up in the White House and the importance of teenagers making mistakes.

More than 500 of Long Island’s most influential and impactful community members attended Sid Jacobson JCC’s annual Friendship Circle Luncheon, A Yellow Rose Event.

This year’s record-breaking event raised more than $400,000 to provide financial sustainability for SJJCC’s Adult Day programs to continue improving the lives of those with dementia, other neurodegenerative disorders, and their caregivers.

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SUNY Old Westbury is the first campus on Long Island and the first in the SUNY system to partner with AMNH for this program, where graduate credit from SUNY Old Westbury can be earned through the museum’s online offerings.

“This partnership adds to the variety of courses we are making available to professional educators and graduate students as they seek to continue to enhance their skills,” said Dr. Diana Sukhram, dean of the School of Education.

Developed under the leadership of Dr. Fernando Espinoza, science education coordinator for the School of Education’s graduate programs, the partnership makes courses available to students in the College’s Master of Arts in Teaching programs in Biology and Chemistry, to non-matriculated students who may be enrolled in other programs or who may be seeking this content for professional development or certification needs.

Credit from SUNY Old Westbury will be available for the following graduate courses: Topics in Biology, Topics in Chemistry I, and Topics in Chemistry II. The courses offered via AMNH Seminars on Science to earn that credit include Diversity of Fishes: Course for

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Since 2000, AMNH’s Seminars on Science has engaged over 10,000 educators around the world in cutting-edge research and provided them with valuable classroom resources. The program offers six-week online graduate courses that are asynchronous, providing students with the flexibility to complete weekly activities at their own pace.

The course format includes case studies, textbook readings, videos, interactive simulations, image galleries, and discussions that connect students to the Museum’s scientists, laboratories, expeditions, and specimens.

Each course is co-taught by an experienced educator and research scientist in a manner consistent with the Next Generation Science Standards.

More information on the courses available and registration processes is available from Dr. Espinoza at espinozaf@oldwestbury. edu, and at https://www.amnh.org/learnteach/seminars-on-science/grad-credit/suny-college-at-old-westbury.

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Roll of Honor reunites two women Continued from Page 2 Williams’ awards and recognitions include the Kiwanas Club of New Cassel Outstanding Community Work Award, Baha’i Center of Nassau County Community Service Award, Westbury United Methodist Men Community Service Award, New York State Assembly Citation, Nassau County Office of the Executive Citation, Office of the Nassau County Comptroller Certificate of Recognition, New York State Senate Proclamation, Town of North Hempstead Proclamation, and the May W, Newburger Women’s Roll of Honor Award.

The award brought Williams back into contact with Woodson, who had a profound impact on the direction of her life.

“I was very glad to be there with the people that were there to support me, my family and the community members from my church,” Williams said about the breakfast. “It made me feel good. I’m also glad that she [Woodson] now says things about what I did for her; what we did for each other and helped me to grow and help her to grow. I’m very proud of that.”

Woodson began volunteering from the age

of 12 with the Westbury Youth Services Project before moving to Manhasset as a junior in high school. She has been a resident for the past 30 years.

“It was a big cultural change, but one of the best changes ever,” said Woodson. “I came from an underprivileged neighborhood and the school there. The idea was just to get the kids to graduate high school. There was really no planning for most of the kids beyond that, so coming to Manhasset I had never heard of the word SAT or ACT for that matter.”

Despite also being a single mother to a sixmonth-old son at the time, Woodson continued volunteering in her new environment and became one of the founding members of her high school’s minority student organization, Voices of Youth. At VOY, Woodson organized fund-raisers for local charities that sent groups of students to college campuses in New York and other states.

After graduating high school, Woodson went to school for nursing but did not finish, but that did not stop her from pursuing greatness.

Desiree Woodson (left) and her daughter Jahnaee (right). Photo credit: Desiree Woodson

Woodson had retired from the Manhasset library back in 2008 due to health issues stemming from consequences of bladder cancer. She was diagnosed with bladder cancer when she was 31.

“I am blessed with the fact that it was found early and that they were able to remove half of my bladder,” said Woodson. “I just deal with the consequences of that now, but I’m here to talk about it.”

By 2019, Woodson had had 13 spinal surgeries and had a spinal cord stimulator implanted in her back, which monitors and controls pain.

However, through the process of changing the battery and multiple tests, doctors discovered a tumor in her colon.

“I had to have emergency surgery to take care of that,” said Woodson, “but had it not been for doing things on my back, it might not have been discovered when it was discovered, which is what saved my life.”

Desiree Woodson, 48, one of the 2022 honorees of the May W. Newburger Women’s Roll of Honor. Photo credit: Desiree Woodson Despite all of these challenges, as well as

Hearings planned on LIRR schedule Continued from Page 4 line” for many of the peninsula’s residents and local officials who work throughout New York City.

The proposed schedule changes, he said, are going to negatively affect the property values of homes along the Port Washington Line, which include parts of Plandome and North Hills. The extra few minutes each way on the train, he said, add up to hours per month when adults are away from their families.

“These are minutes that are going to pile up and become hours we are not spending with our loved ones,” Bral said. “We urge, collectively for everyone… to fight and ask the MTA… to bring us higher quality transit because we’re paying premium prices to live here.”

Under the current schedule he said, there are currently six trains that run from the Great Neck station between 7-8:30 a.m. Under the changes, that will go down to just two trains during the same rush hour weekday period, Thomaston Mayor Steven Weinberg said.

Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Jennifer DeSena called the proposed changes “unac-

ceptable” and has been involved in preliminary talks with agency representatives to remedy the issues.

“Discussions will continue between the Long Island Rail Road and the town regarding the desire to see certain infrastructure improvements, and the town is open to these discussions,” DeSena said. “But in the meantime, the Long Island Rail Road must show some good faith and restore these express service cuts.”

MTA spokeswoman Joanna Flores said in a statement the agency is “prepared to work with the town” to “provide even more service” on the Port Washington branch, noting that improvements would rely on the town supporting efforts to expand train storage along the line.

Pocket tracks, typically located at or near stations, are a place for trains to pull over and park without using the main tracks.

Flores, in another statement to Blank Slate Media, said the agency’s investment allows for an overall increase in service by 40% and will provide hundreds of Long Island residents with enhanced travel opportunities.

“A key to this huge service increase is the

completion of the historic third track project — and that project is on time, under budget and already providing benefits after decades of NIMBY opposition from some elected officials,” Flores said.

Port Washington resident Ian Rasmussen said a plan to add three additional stations to the line is “adding insult to injury.”

Rasmussen also said the commutes, which could add up to eight minutes on some trains could impact the Port Washington area property values. Town Councilman Peter Zuckerman said many individuals move to the area because of the accessibility individuals have to New York City while maintaining a suburban lifestyle.

“As someone who commuted into the city for many years, I understand how upsetting it can be that the previous schedule has been changed,” Zuckerman said. “Many of my constituents have relied on this schedule for a number of years and have moved to our community because of the convenience of the LIRR to New York City.”

Lurvey criticizes building dept. review Continued from Page 1 vealed deep flaws.

“Over the past six months, my staff and I have reviewed the operations of the building department and have found a deeply flawed, scandal-plagued department that continually fails our residents and business,” DeSena said during a news conference.

DeSena said Lurvey’s request last week was “politically charged” and “ironic,” saying that “prior to my arrival, nearly a decade’s worth of records and files from the previous administration were mysteriously removed from the Supervisor’s Office and have not been returned since.”

“My office requested this audit to protect taxpayers and will provide all such materials to the County Comptroller to assist her review.

Rather than send politically charged letters and attempt to circumvent the Comptroller, I suggest Councilwoman Lurvey fully cooperate with the

audit process,” DeSena said in a statement to Blank Slate Media. “We must cut to the core of the problems that have been plaguing the Building Department for years, something to which the Councilwoman seems to have only just now woken up to.”

The town’s Building Department has been a constant source of criticism and was one of the major issues DeSena campaigned on last year.

In 2007, five Building Department officials were indicted after a 16-month investigation by then Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice for receiving favors and payments in exchange for granting permits without inspections.

All five were later convicted, including former Commissioner David Wasserman, who was sentenced to one year in jail in 2008 after pleading guilty to grand larceny and falsifying business records.

Businesses and residents have repeatedly

criticized long delays in getting building department approvals.

DeSena said whether the audit is financial or operational, its scope, if conducted, is determined by the comptroller’s Office, which has not made a decision whether they will conduct the audit or not.

“The Comptroller’s Office has a process in place for the independent review of requests for audits and has commenced this process,” the office said two weeks ago.

In 2017, Nassau Supreme Court Justice Roy Mahon ruled that then Comptroller George Maragos exceeded his authority when seeking to conduct a performance audit in the Hempstead Town Animal Shelter, Newsday reported.

Maragos issued subpoenas that went beyond the shelter’s budget and financials and were quashed, Newsday reported.

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being a single mother to her son Todd, 31, and daughter Jahnaee, 23, Woodson continues to volunteer to help her community.

Woodson is currently the chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Manhasset/Great Neck EOC Hagedorn Community Center and a board member of the Manhasset School District’s Teacher Resource Center. She is also a tenant commissioner for the Town of North Hempstead Housing Authority.

Woodson’s awards and recognitions include the National Association for Advancement of Colored People Game Changer Award in 2018, New York State Senate Commendation Award in 2019, the Town of Hempstead Black History Month Honoree in 2020, and the nomination to the Town of North Hempstead Cannabis Task Force and the Nassau County Citizen Police.

“The advice I would give to young women, no matter how young or old you are, we all have something to offer,” said Woodson. “Even when people count you out, just be the change you can be and try to make a positive change in any way you can, whether it be small, big. Whatever it is, we all have something to offer, even when you think you don’t.”

May Newberger, for whom the award is named, would have agreed. She was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1978 to 1986 and a powerful advocate for women’s rights and other issues. She died in Great Neck in 2012 at the age of 92.

This year’s honorees include Moriah Adamo of Roslyn Heights, Janice Chew of Great Neck, Dr. Judith B. Esterquest of Manhasset, Prabha Golia of Manhasset, Marylou Grady of Albertson, Denise Heckelman of Mineola, Arezou Hariri Tolou of Kings Point, Diane Venezia Livingston of Port Washington, Carmen Lloyd of Westbury, Dr. Tess Ma of Roslyn Heights, Maryann McDermott of Williston Park, Dr. Subhadra Nori of Old Westbury, Dr. Cynthia Orellana of Westbury, Maria ‘Cina’ Agostiho Palumbo of Mineola, Moji Pourmoradi of Great Neck, Lily Soo of New Hyde Park, Nazarie Williams of Westbury, and Desiree Woodson of Manhasset

Driver pleads not guilty in NHP crash Continued from Page 4 very good and decent young man who is distraught by what happened” to Newsday.

Michael McCutchen, a security guard at The Inn at New Hyde Park who opened the door for the guests and saw them leave the spot, told Newsday the crash “sounded like a bomb went off.”

Efforts to reach a representative from The Inn at New Hyde Park or officials from the Nassau County Police Department for further comment were unavailing.

New Hyde Park Mayor Christopher Devane said he is proposing a “no left turn” sign where Lennon’s car was turning eastbound onto Jericho Turnpike from S. 3rd Street along with a speed camera on Jericho Turnpike, installing a traffic light and potentially making the S. 3rd Street a one-way road. Devane said he has spoken with officials from the state Transportation Department and plans to discuss the proposals further.

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D’Esposito, Gillen lead in Officials condemn congressional fundraising antisemitic fliers Continued from Page 9 She had $216,902.39 at the start of the reporting period and $385,241.03 at its conclusion. With operational expenses of $128,879.36, she exceeded all other candidates. Rice is also one of her noteworthy supporters.

The mayor of Malverne, Keith Corbett, was the only other Democrat within reach of Gillen.

His campaign raised $241,893.52 from a starting point of $156,399.92.

At the end of the reporting period, he had $310,838.45 after paying $86,804.99 in expenditures.

After Gillen and Corbett, County Legislator Carrié Solages raised $48,414. He ended the period with $82,564.73.

Kevin Bryan Shakil and Muzibul Huq, the other two Democrats, reported $996.24 and $371.36 by their closing periods, respectively.

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Continued from Page 19 This is the third notable case of antisemitism to occur in Rockville Centre in recent months. At a public board meeting in April, a resident voiced alarm over the area’s expanding Jewish population. The Proud Boys, a male-only, neo-fascist group, marched through the village in May. State Sen. Anna Kaplan (D-Carle Place), who was born to an Iranian Jewish family, said that silence on the subject is inexcusable.

“The antisemitic trash being spread around Rockville Centre and Oceanside this week is just the latest in a long string of recent incidents impacting our community that is driven by antisemitism and hate,” she said.

“We all need to stand together and send a strong message that we will never accept these groups or their shameful, un-American beliefs in our community.”

The flier features the headline “LET’S GO BRANDON,” which stands in for a vulgar phrase aimed at President Biden. It also has the subheads “EVERY SINGLE ASPECT OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS JEWISH” and “FACTS DON’T CARE ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS.” It features an Israeli flag, a row of images of Jewish officials in the Biden administration and their names and job descriptions. The poster lists two individuals as “TRANSGENDER” in bold red text.

The second side of the flier features the title “THE PROTOCOLS OF THE LEARNED ELDERS OF ZION” and the subhead “THE JEW’S PLAN FOR WORLD DOMINATION.” It includes several antisemitic myths that suggest Jews want to take over the world.

Kaplan said hatefultactics like this discourage people from marginalized communities from pursuing public service.

“As Americans, we need to reject these tactics with every ounce of courage we have,” she said. “This is not who we are.”

Other state officials, such as Gov. Kathy Hochul, also condemned the fliers.

I am disgusted by the antisemitic flyers that were found in Rockville

Centre. These offensive tropes and despicable conspiracy theories have no place in our state,” Hochul said in a tweet.

“We stand with our Jewish neighbors & continue our fight to root out antisemitism wherever it rears its ugly head.

“These offensive tropes and despicable conspiracy theories have no place in our state,” she tweeted. “We stand with our Jewish neighbors and continue our fight to root out antisemitism wherever it rears its ugly head.”

A recent Anti-Defamation League report said New York continues to lead American cities in recorded antisemitic incidents.

The 416 occurrences reported made up a 24% increase over the 336 instances the organization recorded in 2020. It accounted for 15% of all reported antisemitic events nationwide.

Nassau County leaders formed a special legislative task force in January to confront antisemitism. Along with the causes and prevalence of county antisemitism, they advocated preventative measures like community collaboration and education.

County Executive Bruce Blakeman led the group’s initial meeting in May. On Monday, he said there was no place for hate in Nassau County.

“Let me tell you something, this is coming from the first Jewish county executive in Nassau County,” said Blakeman. “We will not tolerate that kind of hate speech.”

According to police commissioner Patrick Ryder, county police are collaborating with local authorities to find out who disseminated the fliers.

He said that the ADL has contacted them and promised to help.

“It’s not accepted here in this county. We have zero tolerance for it,” he said. “And we’re going to do everything we can to make sure that there is an arrest.”

Police believe that a white 200910 Toyota Prius is involved as the car was seen close to the location where the fliers were distributed. They are asking anyone with information to call Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS or dial 911.

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The Brotherhood of Temple Judea recently hosted Martin Shenkman, a lawyer, accountant and author, who was introduced to the group by Brotherhood president, Dr. Stanley Goldklang, Shenkman, a member of Temple Judea, is both an attorney as well as a Certified Public Accountant. He is highly qualified to present sensible and valuable ideas. His credentials include a PFS, which is a specialty credential for CPAs who are expert Personal Financial Specialists, helping individuals with all aspects of wealth management. He is also a member of AEP, Attorney Emeritus Program.

AEP attorneys volunteer with approved pro bono legal service programs to help serve the growing numbers of New Yorkers with legal needs who cannot afford counsel.

He gave a fascinating, sensible and practical presentation regarding estate planning and tax planning. His talk included a Powerpoint presentation to further explain the important steps people can take who may need legal or accounting help. Shenkman is a prolific author, having published 42 books and more than 1,000 articles. He has appeared as a widely quoted expert on tax matters.

Shenkman is a regular source for numerous financial and business publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Money, The New York Times, and others.

He has appeared as a tax expert on numerous public and cable television shows including The Today Show, CNN, NBC Evening News, CNBC, MSNBC, CNN-FN, and others.

He is a frequent guest on radio talk shows throughout the country and has a regular weekly radio show on Money Matters Financial Network.

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Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation this week sponsored by Senator Anna M. Kaplan (D-North Hills) and Assemblymember Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) to combat human trafficking and help give victims an opportunity to escape their captors by prominently displaying the human trafficking hotline and other resources in bus terminal and airport restrooms.

Kaplan said, “No community is immune to the scourge of human trafficking, and it’s critical that we do everything we can to give victims the opportunity to escape their captors and survive the trauma they’ve been forced to endure.

Prominently displaying the national human trafficking hotline in places where victims will see it is a common-sense way to help a person in need, and it will help raise awareness of the problem among members of the public who might be able to step in and help. I’m proud to partner with Assemblymember Amy Paulin on legislation that will require the posting of victims’ resources in airports and bus terminals, and I’m grateful for Governor Hochul’s leadership in signing the bills into law.”

Airports and bus terminals are known hubs used to traffic victims, and as a result, they are an ideal location to provide

information about victim services. Many victims are heavily supervised and controlled while in transit, preventing them from safely seeking help or finding resources for fear of retaliation.

Restrooms are often the only place a human trafficking victim finds themselves separated from their captor, and by having victim services informational signs or cards posted in all restrooms, victims will have easy access to information that can help them escape their situations.

The new laws will take effect in 60 days.

Northwell announces $1.25M endowed kidney fellowship Recognizing the growing demand for specialized expertise in kidney disease management, Northwell Health today announced that it will begin accepting applications for a novel nephrology fellowship program after receiving a generous $1.25 million endowment gift from Linda and Greg Galdi, of Roslyn.

The newly created Galdi Fellowship in Onco-Nephrology and Glomerular Kidney Diseases, run through Northwell’s Division of Kidney Diseases and Hypertension, will start in July 2023 and focuses on onco-nephrology and glomerular kidney diseases, two rapidly advancing and highly related subspecialties that have seen a surge in need as the treatment of kidney disease grows more complex.

“Northwell Health is grateful to Linda and Greg Galdi for their generous commitment to establish the first combined fellowship in onco-nephrology and glomerular kidney diseases,” said Dr. Kenar D. Jhaveri, associate chief of Northwell’s Division of Nephrology and professor at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. “The creation of the Galdi Fellowship represents the next milestone along the merging path of these two closely related fields of kidney disease. The Galdi Fellowship furthers Northwell’s opportunity to recruit bright, rising stars in nephrology who hold the promise to shape the evolution of medicine for our community and beyond.”

As New York State’s largest health system, Northwell educates more than 1,800 residents and fellows each year, making it one of the largest academic-focused health systems in the nation. That education and research bent means its nephrologists see and treat the full scope of kidney diseases as part of its coordination of care with the latest technologies and therapies. As a result, community-based nephrologists increasingly refer patients to Northwell specialists for support and specialized care. The Galdi Fellowship further enhances the training to develop much-needed expertise.

“Northwell nephrology places great value in innovation, which shapes the advancement of medical care,” said Dr. Steven Fishbane, MD, Northwell’s chief of nephrology. “In support of the large number of patients affected by these closely related conditions, we look forward to training exceptionally skilled nephrologists to rapidly expand knowledge and further research towards more effective treatments.”

Onco-nephrology treats intricate complications and kidney ailments patients experience while undergoing novel treatments for cancer, a space that’s seen rapid development of new therapies. Progress in cancer care, however, can impact the kidney in multiple ways that are now being increasingly recognized. Glomerular kidney disease represents a group of illnesses that affect the glomerulus, or the kidney’s

filters. Glomerular diseases include diabetes and lupus, as well as many lesser-known diseases such as membranous nephropathy and focal/segmental glomerulosclerosis. The Glomerular Disease Center at Northwell supports physicians and patients in this progressive and highly advanced academic field of nephrology.

These subspecialties are related; cancer can cause glomerular kidney diseases while treatments for glomerular diseases often involve the same therapies used in cancer treatment.

“Northwell’s Department of Medicine/Medicine Service Line is enormously grateful for the gift,” said Dr. Said Ibrahim, senior vice president of medicine at Northwell. “Beyond the enormous impact it will have on patients, this gift will go a long way toward advancing our commitment to elevate our academic reputation regionally and nationally.”

Within the span of a year, fellows training in this program will develop expertise in both subspecialties of nephrology.

“My wife, Linda, and I are proud to support the creation of the first combined fellowship in onco-nephrology and glomerular kidney diseases,” said Mr. Galdi, an entrepreneur, philanthropist and a founding member of Northwell’s Department of Medicine Leadership Circle. “Under the leadership of Northwell’s Division of Nephrology, we are confident that our investment will yield tremendous dividends for patients suffering with cancer and resulting diseases affecting their kidneys.”

To learn about Northwell’s nephrology program or to make an appointment, go to: https://professionals.northwell. edu/departments/medicine/divisions/nephrology

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Pictured from left: Northwell Health Doctors Steven Fishbane and Kenar D. Jhaveri examine a patient.

They will oversee the newly-created Galdi Fellowship in Onco-Nephrology and Glomerular Kidney Diseases.

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Herricks senior gets to be U.S. Senate page Continued from Page 4 Kapoor was able to witness firsthand the confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court of the United States and the State of the Union address by President Joe Biden.

He was appointed by Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and underwent the same experiences as previous pages, such as former Vice President Spiro Agnew, writer Gore Vidal and Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, among others.

“The fact that the Senate entrusts young

people such as myself with the responsibility of carrying out different tasks related to the inner workings of the chamber was a really interesting opportunity,” Kapoor said. “It was very appealing to me as someone who’s interested in government and politics.”

Kapoor’s political interests grew from different organizations at Herricks and political internships along the way, including two with Nassau County Legislator Josh Lafazan (D-Woodbury) and being on the youth advisory board of state Sen. Anna Kaplan (D-North Hills) which he said furthered his interests in the program.

“All my experiences demonstrated that young people are able to bring about change and advocate for issues that affect us,” Kapoor said.

Kapoor has previously shown the willingness and dedication to not only get accepted but thrive in a rigorous program that comes with being a page.

In 2020, Kapoor and three other friends founded a virtual summer camp, Herricks Camp Connected.

Some 131 of their peers signed up to be volunteer “counselors” at the camp and 142

Local hospitals named best in state Continued from Page 1 list. Last month, Northwell’s Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park was ranked by U.S. News & World as Long Island’s topranked children’s hospital.

“I know just how tremendous our workforce is because I see it every day, so it’s wonderful to recognize that care, effort and expertise reflected in the latest US News Best Hospital rankings,” Northwell Health President & CEO Michael Dowling said in a statement. “Northwell Health has faced herculean challenges over these last two pandemic years – and we’ve become stronger for it.

We’ve taken those lessons to heart and are moving ahead to create an even better patient experience with an ever more connected continuum of care with the communities that we serve.”

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Northwell Health obstetrics and gynecology programs at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Lenox Hill Hospital and North Shore University Hospital have been nationally ranked by US News; World Report’s 2022-23 Best Hospitals list.

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younger children grades K-5 attended the virtual events in groups broken down by age.

Counselors and students met through Zoom each day from 11 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. and broke the sessions down into sections, such as academics, athletics, games, music and art.

In 2021 and this summer, Kapoor said he singlehandedly continued the program after the three others went to college while expanding it to in-person activities.

“It was just a really incredible experience to be able to lead all those people as volunteers,” Kapoor said. “How far it’s grown shows the scope of the program and how I was able to bring such a profound change in my community just from an idea that I had stuck at home during the pandemic.”

In Washington, Kapoor lived in the Daniel Webster Senate Page Residence while attending early-morning classes at the United States Senate Page School, a program fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.

Kapoor had four classes each day which would be between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. so the pages would have enough time to arrive at the Capitol ahead of the 10 a.m. start for the Senate.

While at the Capitol, Kapoor witnessed a deeper side to senators not often seen outside the TV screen.

“What I took away from this is even though we might have political differences with one another, they were all like very congenial and had mutual respect for one another and I feel that that’s often lost sometimes with our current political climate,” Kapoor said. “It was just encouraging to see senators with varying beliefs interact with one another and debate one another on the floor because it shows that they are still willing to compromise with one another and to find common ground on issues to help our nation.”

With the semester “abroad” fully behind him, Kapoor is glad to be going into his senior year at Herricks with relationships cultivated during his time as a page.

“It was very gratifying to have the opportunity to develop such strong relationships with my fellow pages that have definitely outlived the program,” Kapoor said. “That was honestly the best part of my experience, being able to explore D.C. with them, form those relationships and attend school with them every morning.”

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Strickland bringing competitiveness to LIU

BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Rod Strickland, the longtime NBA point guard and new LIU Post men’s basketball coach, said his goal for the Sharks going forward is to create a culture and competitive environment during an interview with Blank Slate Media.

Strickland, who was named LIU Post’s new head coach last month, was a first-round pick by the New York Knicks in 1988 and spent 17 years in the NBA. Despite it being a “dream” for Strickland to return home to New York, coaching was not always on his radar when he was playing in the league.

“I wasn’t really thinking past playing in the NBA,” Strictland said. “But once my career was over with, I realize I wanted to start coaching.”

Following his retirement in 2005, he became the director of basketball operations at the University of Memphis. He then served in an administrative role at the University of Kentucky under legendary head coach John Calipari before becoming an assistant coach at the University of South Florida.

“Over the years I’ve gained a lot of experience and learned about relationships, about people and basically how to lead,” Strickland said.

In 2018, after his variety of collegiate roles, Strickland was hired by the G-League, the NBA’s developmental league, to serve as director for its’ professional path program.

Developing players on and off the court, he said, is one of the aspects he is most looking forward to continuing as LIU Post’s new head coach.

“I think that experience in the G-League helped me grow so much,” Strickland said. “Getting those high school players that had these dreams of becoming NBA players and watching them grow in a year was great. For us to be a part of that development on and off the court, it was a great feeling.”

G-League President and former NBA All-Star Shareef Abdur-Rahim lauded Strickand’s work in recruiting and obtaining the necessary assets to put the league’s players in the best position to succeed, wishing him the best in his next steps.

“Rod has done a tremendous job as program director for NBA G League Ignite, from leading our

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Former NBA player Rod Strickland was named as Long Island University’s new men’s basketball head coach last month. recruiting efforts to aiding in the development of our young players, including six NBA Draft picks in the last two seasons,” Abdur-Rahim said in a statement. “We wish him the best with Long Island University. LIU is getting an amazing person and great basketball man.”

Strickland replaces former LIU

head coach Derek Kellogg, who spent five years at the helm, leading the team to a 74-74 record and an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2018 after winning the Northeast Conference Tournament. The Sharks are coming off a 16-14 regular season, going 12-6 in conference play.

LIU Post’s newest head coach said that fans and opponents can expect a competitive, fast-paced team willing to work hard and play together every time they touch the court.

“I think from there we’ll win some games, but this is really all about relationships with the guys we have,” Strickland said. “It’s all about getting these young guys to understand the work it takes and the dedication to study up the game.”

Strickland attended DePaul University in Chicago from 1985887, averaging 16.6 points and 6.4 assists per game. A three-time AllAmerican, Strickland helped lead the Blue Demons to three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances at Depaul.

During his NBA career, Strickland played for nine franchises tallying more than 14,000 points and nearly 8,000 assists. Strickland was named to the NBA’s All-Rookie team during the 1988-89 season, but his best year came as a member of the Washington Wizards where he averaged nearly 18 points and more than 10 assists per game and was named to the All-NBA Second Team.

Raad works his way up broadcasting ladder

BY M I C H A E L J . L E W I S There are times where Keith Raad has to laugh at those who think he has a “glamorous” broadcasting job in professional sports.

One of those times is when the Chaminade graduate is sitting in the press box of the Hudson Valley Renegades, a Minor League baseball team in the South Atlantic League which often face the Brooklyn Cyclones, Raad’s employer.

The broadcast booth at Dutchess Stadium is slightly smaller than Hearst Castle.“You can touch both walls if you put your hands out to the side,” Raad said with a chuckle.Dead bugs are omnipresent, and the “booth” is mere inches behind the last row of fans, making seeing the action pretty difficult. When Raad calls a game there, he’s often asking spectators to sit down or move a little so he can describe what’s happening.

“It’s still a great job,” Raad said, “but sometimes it’s a little more difficult!”

Raad, 29, certainly makes it look and sound easy. The Valley Stream native and 2011 Chaminade grad has been moving up the ladder of sportscasting since graduating from the Uni-

versity of Dayton in 2015. He spent time with the Dayton Dragons and the Long Island Ducks, and did a stint with a club in Frisco, Texas, as well (“whenever people here complain about the heat, I tell them to try Texas in August,” Raad said.)

Four years ago Raad was hired as a radio assistant with the Cyclones, based in Coney Island, then was promoted to

the head broadcasting job when Port Washington native Jake Eisenberg left to take another gig.

Suddenly Raad was the main guy, and he was thrilled.

“To get an opportunity, being a New York kid, to call games in New York City is really special,” Raad said.

The job has gotten a lot harder since Raad started; the Cyclones, which

Keith Raad, a Chaminade graduate from Valley Stream, has been the broadcaster for the minor-league Brooklyn Cyclones since 2018.

have the famous Coney Island boardwalk just beyond the outfield wall, used to be a short-season Class A team with a 76-game season, but in 2021 they moved up to high-A, which is a full 132 games.

In 2020 Raad also became a fulltime Cyclones employee as he now handles communications for the team and sells tickets as well.

“When we’re at home I’m working 12-14 hour days with all my other duties, and we work six days a week,” Raad said. “On the road it’s a little easier, but there are a lot of long bus rides.”

But Raad cherishes the longer season for the opportunity to build relationships with players.

“You’re with these guys for so long, so much of the time, that you become friends with them,” Raad said. “And then they leave and you follow their career and get a chance to see them succeed, and that’s great.”

Raad’s love of sports was cultivated at Chaminade, where he said he learned to become a great storyteller and writer while working at the school newspaper.

“I tried out for freshman baseball at Chaminade along with 120 other kids for 25 spots,” he said. “That was the end of my athletic dreams.”

But he continued to want to be a writer until reaching the University of Dayton, where he joined the campus radio station.

One day he was given the chance to call a Dayton-Richmond men’s soccer game, and well, it wasn’t exactly a smashing debut.

“I have no idea what I’m doing, but still, I didn’t think it was that bad,” Raad recalled. “But even my parents, who are always so supportive, said to me after the game ‘well, you might want to try something else!'”

“But I’m a guy who always wants to succeed when it looks like I can’t.”

Eventually Raad’s parents came around as their kid got better at the profession, and listening to broadcasters like Michael Kay and Gary Cohen his whole life helped him as well.

When not doing Cyclones games, Raad is the voice of Wagner College football and women’s basketball. His dream, like so many other broadcasters, is to one day call Major League baseball on the radio.

“There aren’t that many of those jobs. but it would be the ultimate for me, so I’m chasing it,” Raad said. “I believe in myself and feel like I’m still getting better, so why not?”

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Second-half of general town taxes due Aug. 10 Town of North Hempstead Receiver of Taxes Charles Berman reminds residents that the last day to pay the 2022 General Taxes – second-half bill without a penalty is Wednesday, August 10, 2022. Second-half of the 2022 General Tax payments must be postmarked by the U.S. Postal Service on or before August 10, 2022 to avoid penalty.

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The online credit card payment processing fee is 2.30% of the tax amount per transaction. Payments made with debit cards will have a processing fee of $3.95 per transaction. New York General Municipal Law requires people paying their property taxes by credit card to also pay the fees associated with the payment transaction. The Town receives no portion of the service fee – that fee is retained by the payment processing vendors. Accepted credit cards are American Express, Mastercard, Discover, or Visa.

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10, 2022. You may also pay at the following sites with check or money order only on the dates and times specified. Please bring your entire bill with you when paying in person.

Second-Half of 2022 General Tax – Local Collection Sites · Monday, July 25 at 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

– Port Washington Parking District, 15 Vanderventer Avenue, Port Washington · Monday, July 25 at 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. – Hector Gayle Roslyn Community Center, 53 Orchard Street (Parking lot on Lincoln Avenue), Roslyn Heights · Tuesday, July 26 at 10 a.m. — 12 p.m.

– Fuschillo Park, Carle Road & Broadmoor Lane, Carle Place · Tuesday, July 26 at 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. – “Yes We Can” Community Center, 141 Garden Street, New Cassel · Wednesday, July 27 at 10 a.m. — 12 p.m. – Clinton G. Martin Park, Marcus Avenue & New Hyde Park Road., New Hyde Park · Wednesday, July 27 at 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. – Broadway Park, Broadway & County Courthouse Road., Garden City Park · Thursday, July 28 at 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.

– Great Neck Social Center, 80 Grace Avenue, Great Neck · Thursday, July 28 – 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

– Michael J. Tully Park, Evergreen Avenue, New Hyde Park · Friday, July 29 – 12 p.m. –2 p.m. – John D. Caemmerer Park, Wentworth Avenue, Albertson Please bring your entire bill with you when paying in person. For more information or if you have additional questions, please call 311 or 516-869-6311.

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