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Sands Pt. eyes opt out of cannabis sales Village lacks commercial district but seeks to use time given to discuss BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z The Village of Sands Point Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing next month on whether to allow retail marijuana sales within its borders. The board voted unanimously on Tuesday to set the Aug. 24 hearing. Newly elected Mayor Peter Forman said village oﬃcials made the decision “out of an abundance of caution.” “Sands Point, per se, does not have any commercial districts,” Forman said. “We are availing ourselves of the limited time that the state has given us to do so.” Under the state’s new marijuana law, consumption and smoking of cannabis is now legal throughout New York wherever smoking tobacco is legal. Municipalities have until Dec. 31 to refuse to allow retailers to sell the substance, though they will not get to share in any generated tax revenue if they do so.

On Monday, the Village of Williston Park became the latest North Shore municipality to opt out of the retail sale of marijuana. Members of the Williston Park board said that even if they were to allow retail cannabis sales, the village would have limited space for such businesses to establish themselves and little control over how they would operate. Also during Tuesday’s Sands Point meeting, Forman appointed Trustee Jeﬀrey Moslow to serve as the village’s deputy mayor. Moslow, who grew up in Port Washington, has been a Sands Point resident since 2002. He was appointed a trustee in August 2019 to fill the seat of Marc Silbert, who had died months before. Prior to serving as a trustee, Moslow was a member of the village’s Board of Zoning Appeals. He also attended Tufts University and Harvard Law School and served as a senior partner at Goldman Sachs.

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Manhasset resident James Farrell was one of five people, including his brother Michael, to die in a car crash in Quogue on Saturday evening.

3 Manhasset men killed in Quogue car crash BY S A M U E L E PETRUCCELLI

ing in the hired vehicle, local police said. Approaching midnight on A man driving along a a winding strip of the Montauk narrow highway in Quogue Highway last Saturday, the crashed head-on into an on- driver veered on the two-lane coming Uber, killing three road and collided with a Toyyoung Manhasset residents rid- ota Prius carrying the Manhas-

set passengers, according to Quogue police. The drivers of both cars were also killed, raising the death toll to five. Among the fatalities were Ryan Kiess, 25, and brothers Michael Farrell, 20, and Continued on Page 26

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Kyra’s death inspires A warrior on rally for legislation and off the field Manhasset 2-year-old sparks push for protection

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Jacqueline Franchetti speaks to a crowd on lawn of the Parent Resource Center during Kyra’s Rally for Change. BY B R A N D ON DUFFY Tuesday was “a very hard day” for Jacqueline Franchetti, she said — it marked five years since her daughter Kyra’s murder. On July 27, 2016, 2-year-old Kyra’s father shot her twice in the back while she was sleeping at his Fairfax, Va., home on an unsupervised, court-sanctioned visit. He then set the house on fire and shot himself to death.

In the years since the killing, Franchetti, a lifelong Manhasset resident, has led a fight to reform the New York justice system that let her daughter slip through the cracks. Hundreds of people showed up in Port Washington to support her cause on Tuesday night at Kyra’s Rally for Change — the anniversary of the tragedy that changed her life. “To see so many people from our community, from New York State, from even around the

country who came to this event for Kyra because they want to see change become a reality was just a beautiful, beautiful moment for me,” Franchetti said. “I’m eternally grateful for everyone’s support.” The event marked the latest chapter in Franchetti’s mission to advocate for considerations of child safety in family court proceedings. After Kyra was killed, Franchetti founded both Kyra’s Champions and the Kyra Franchetti Foundation, whose mission is to protect children in custody cases from being court-ordered into the home of an abusive parent. Earlier this year, for Kyra’s birthday during National Child Abuse Prevention Month, more than 700 pinwheels were placed in the Mary Jane Davies Green in Manhasset and Blumenfeld Family Park in Port Washington, each one signifying a child lost because of lapses in family court proceedings. Tuesday’s rally filled the lawn of the Parent Resource Center lawn on Main Street with a limbo competition, a motorcycle display and a platform for local and state oﬃcials to voice their concerns and demand change to the state’s family court system. Local and state lawmakers shared the stage to gin up support for legislation inspired by Kyra with the hopes that it will get passed when the state Legislature’s session starts in January. “Impactful movements come from a grassroots level,” said North Hempstead Councilwoman Veronica Lurvey (D-Great Neck), who appeared alongside Councilwoman Mariann Dalimonte (D-Port Washington). Franchetti’s eﬀorts have led to progress, such as when state Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi Continued on Page 27

Sports inspire Manhasset author BY R OB E RT PELAEZ Manhasset resident Susie Petruccelli’s journey to become an award-winning author is one she hopes that will educate others about the world of women’s sports. Petruccelli’s family is one with deep roots in the sports world, with both her father and grandfather playing football at the high school and collegiate level. Growing up in Los Angeles, her idols ranged from Magic Johnson and the Showtime Lakers to Dodger greats Fernando Valenzuela and Steve Garvey. “At a really young age I very naively assumed that I would be able to follow their footsteps into American footballand baseball but, of course, those opportunities never came,” Petruccelli said in an interview with Blank Slate Media. Thanks to the establishment of Title IX in 1972, Petruccelli was able to start her own journey to become a sports icon for the millions of other girls who did not participate in sports at the time and the millions who would eventually do so. By the age of 5, Petruccelli and her twin sister laced up their cleats and began to play soccer. Petruccelli said the love for the sport and the competitive atmosphere while being on the same field as the boys was incredible. “From that very first day of playing soccer, I was just completely in love and obsessed with it,” she said. “I basically rode that soccer wave through the Olympic Development Program and U.S. Club Soccer.” Their passion for the game provided both Petruccellis with an opportunity to continue to play it at Harvard University. Her decision to play soccer at an Ivy League school followed in the

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Manhasset resident Susie Petruccelli advocates for equality in women’s sports in her recently published memoir. footsteps of her first female icon, Julie Foudy, who was finishing up a storied career at Stanford. Foudy is a two-time FIFA World Cup champion with the United States and a National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee. Unfortunately, Petruccelli suﬀered a serious injury at the beginning of her sophomore campaign which never healed properly. Despite the injury, she continued to play through the highs and lows and ended up being a senior captain the same year the Harvard Crimson captured the Ivy League title. Though her road to captain was filled with adversity, Petruccelli’s mind began flooding with ideas on how to tell her story later on. “I knew at the time it was a very cool sports story and I knew my teammates were these incredibly inspiring people, so there was an important story in there,” she said. “I was seeing it visually, like a movie.” Continued on Page 36

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W. Park opts out of cannabis sales Board joins other local villages, citing lack of authority to oversee stores’ operations BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y

The Williston Park Board of Trustees unanimously voted to opt out of allowing the sale of marijuana in the village. The move follows decisions by the neighboring villages of Floral Park and New Hyde Park to opt out of the adultuse cannabis industry that New York state projects to reach $350 million annually in tax collections. With Mayor Paul Ehrbar, Trustee William Carr and Trustee William O’Brien in attendance, the board voted for a law prohibiting the licensing and set up of retail marijuana dispensaries as well as consumption sites within its borders. Deputy Mayor Kevin Rynne and Trustee Michael Uttaro were not present at the meeting. Under the new state law, consumption and smoking of cannabis is now legal throughout New York wherever smoking tobacco is legal. Municipalities, however, have until Dec. 31 to refuse to allow the retail sale of the substance, though they will not get to share in any generated tax revenue. Ehrbar cited the 4 percent local tax, access to minors, and lack of industrial zones as reasons for not approving the retail marijuana facilities. “I believe that this is not the appro-

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The Williston Park Board of Trustees unanimously voted to opt out of recreational marijuana sales in the village. priate place to have a marijuana dispensary. This only impacts recreational marijuana, not medicinal” Ehrbar said. “There’s a revenue aspect to it which is 4 percent that comes into North Hemp-

stead, we get 2 percent of sales of marijuana sold in the village.” He continued, “If you equate that to a store and they were to sell $100,000 worth of marijuana, 10 percent of that

would be $10,000 so there’s not a lot of revenue I believe we will be missing by doing this. I believe it’s in the best interest of the residents of Williston Park to Continued on Page 26

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Towns, county take aim at Ben & Jerry’s Will boycott ice cream maker for pull-out of territories occupied since 1967 war BY S A M U E L E PETRUCCELLI Local elected oﬃcials expressed strong opposition against Ben & Jerry’s recent decision to stop selling its ice cream in the occupied territories as of 2023, calling the move dangerous and anti-Israel. An independent Palestinian organization criticized the oﬃcials’ reaction, saying their stance infringed on the company’s First Amendment rights. Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth, along with Town of Hempstead Supervisor Don Clavin and Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, voiced harsh condemnations of the Vermont-based ice cream company’s decision. “North Hempstead’s Anti-BDS legislation ensures that taxpayer money is never used to do business with or support any company that engages in a boycott of Israel,” Bosworth said. “North Hempstead is a community of unity and inclusion. We remain committed in the fight against intolerance and we are unwavering in our condemnation of this BDS movement.” The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement calls for countries, businesses and universities to sever ties with Israel unless it ends its occupation of all land captured in 1967, grants “full equality” to Palestinian

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The Vermont-based ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s announced it will not sell its product in the West Bank, a move received with strong condemnation by local politicians. refugees and assures the right of return of Palestinian refugees and their descendants who have been displaced in wars that led to the establishment of Israel. North Hempstead Council members

had unanimously passed legislation prohibiting the town from working with companies participating in the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement in 2017, calling it a damaging and discriminatory policy

against the state of Israel being perpetrated by a mounting number of entities. Now, according to Bosworth, those entities include Ben & Jerry’s. Curran also released a statement on the ice cream maker’s move, pointing to her voting record in the county Legislature against the “discriminatory” eﬀorts. “I am disappointed by Ben & Jerry’s decision to align itself with the anti-Israel BDS movement, which unfairly and dangerously singles out the world’s only Jewish state,” Curran said. “I strongly oppose the BDS movement and have worked hard to strengthen the relationship between Israel and Nassau during my time as county executive.” Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin said he had directed every department and commissioner to make sure that not only was the town not selling Ben & Jerry’s ice cream but any other product of the company that owns Ben & Jerry’s, Unilever Corp. Clavin cited the move as evidence of the company’s anti-Israeli stance supported by the BDS movement, which he called antisemitic. He said his boycott of Unilever, the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s, was in hopes of sending a message for other states to do the same. “A message that we are tired of compaContinued on Page 27

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BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Great Neck resident and plastic surgeon Matthew Bonanno pleaded guilty to a felony in the Nassau County District Court Wednesday after two county police departments seized a cache of guns, ammo, and other weapons from him in 2019, oﬃcials said. The 49-year-old Bonanno pleaded guilty to possessing a 9mm pistol while Nassau County prosecutors dropped additional charges, including 11 counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second and third degrees and two charges of criminal possession of a firearm, court records showed. Bonanno faces five years of probation, handed down by Acting State Supreme Court Justice Terence Murphy of the county’s 10th Judicial District, according to Newsday. Oﬃcials also said he will lose his medical license due to the convictions. Paul Gentile, Bonanno’s lawyer, contended that his client is “an esteemed plastic surgeon and an avid gun collector.” Gentile Wednesday told Murphy that Bonanno legally purchased the gun but failed to register it. Gentile also reportedly told the judge that Bonanno never fired the gun. Bonanno was first indicted in Westchester, where he pleaded not guilty to 53

weapons charges - separate from the ones in Nassau County - in September 2019. Earlier this month, according to multiple reports, Bonanno pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree criminal possession of a weapon in Westchester. He faces an additional five years of probation in that case as well, according to reports. Tuckahoe village police searched his vehicle after they were notified of threats being made by Bonanno against his estranged wife, according to the Westchester County District Attorney’s oﬃce. Bonanno’s arrest on the night of Aug. 12 led Tuckahoe village police to find five assault rifles, three handguns, over 1,600 rounds of ammunition, handcuﬀs, a stun gun, military-style knives, binoculars, and other paraphernalia. The search of Bonanno’s vehicle led to police discovering assault rifles, body armor, ammunition, magazines, smoke grenades, and handguns at his East Shore Road residence in Great Neck. Gentile criticized the ways that police in Westchester and Nassau searched Bonanno’s property. “They learned of the weapons being in his home by asking him. He was already in custody,” Gentile said in a 2019 interview. “He had invoked his right to counsel. That means that the search warrant is based Continued on Page 27

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GOP demands review of reassessments BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Nassau County Republican Legislators called on County Executive Laura Curran to conduct an “exhaustive review” of the reassessment process last week after claiming a handful of mansion owners throughout Nassau did not pay any property taxes in the 2020-21 tax year. Republican officials cited several properties throughout Nassau County that were subject to paying thousands in property taxes in the 2019-20 tax year, but said records indicated that their owners did not pay or saw significant decreases in property taxes in the following year. The assessed valuations of the homes ranged from more than $3 million to a whopping $25 million. A waterfront Kings Point property valued at more than $3.7 million, officials said, was subject to $21,000 in property taxes a year before the reassessment was introduced, but paid no property taxes in the 2020-21 tax roll. A Point Lookout property, they said, was subject to more than $31,000 in the 2019-20 tax year, but also went without paying a cent in property taxes the following year. “Other properties of the very wealthy have seen tax savings in the tens of thousands of dollars. We have also identified identical homes sitting side by side with vastly different tax bills,” Presiding Officer Rich Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park) said. “We are demanding that the county executive perform a comprehensive review to identify all the inequities and to fix the problem. Nassau residents deserve better.” Officials said the homeowners of a Kings Point mansion valued at $25 million paid $145,512 in property taxes prior to the reassessment before paying $24,830 the following year. A mansion in Hewlett Harbor, officials said, was subject to nearly $93,000 in property taxes in 2019-20, but saw almost an 80 percent reduction the following year as a result of the reassessment. “The Nassau County executive’s reas-

sessment is patently unfair and is a backdoor tax increase for the hardworking homeowners,” Legislator Bill Gaylor (RLynbrook) said. “Now, middle-class property owners are picking up the tab for super wealthy homeowners who are paying no property taxes on their mansions because of Laura Curran’s reassessment.” Curran spokeswoman Justine DiGiglio touted the county executive’s work on reassessing homes throughout Nassau and said some of the properties that were identified by the legislators exploited the results of a broken valuation system from the prior administration under former County Executive Ed Mangano. “Once again Republican legislators are arguing to protect their broken assessment system and misleading the public,” DiGiglio said in a statement to Blank Slate Media. “County Executive Curran successfully completed the challenge of the first countywide property reassessment in nearly a decade to fix a corrupt system that had homeowners paying inaccurate amounts — while the GOP did nothing.” DiGiglio also claimed county records indicate that a Centre Island home the majority said paid no property taxes in 202021 pays upwards of $65,000 a year. Curran called for the reassessment of approximately 400,000 homes in 2018 after the county’s assessment roll had been frozen since 2008. DiGiglio said the intent of the Taxpayer Protection Program “was never meant to eliminate property taxes” and the administration would correct the law if required. DiGiglio said the program was unanimously approved by the Legislature, but Republican oﬃcials claimed Legislators John Ferretti (R-Levittown) and Steve Rhoads (R-Bellmore) abstained from the vote. “The Majority has identified examples of gross inequities in which mansions are vastly undertaxed, some of which pay zero in property taxes,” Nicolello said. “Nassau residents deserve better.”

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Should coronavirus infection rates continue to rise, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said school districts should “strongly consider taking more aggressive action.” BY S A M U E L E PETRUCCELLI AND ROBERT PELAEZ Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday urged school districts grappling with waves of coronavirus infections to introduce tougher public-health measures for the upcoming academic year. The Democratic governor’s call came a day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidance recommending that all teachers, staﬀ, students and visitors wear masks in schools regardless of whether they have received a COVID-19 vaccine. North Shore school districts have not yet detailed all the steps they will take to control the virus once in-person learning begins this fall. But Cuomo warned that schools could “become super-spreaders in September” without the right precautions. “If the numbers continue to go up, the way they’re going up, I think school districts in those aﬀected areas should strongly consider taking more aggressive action,” Cuomo said in a Wednesday press conference. “Trepidation and politics that stops aggressive action feeds the virus,” Cuomo added. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said the county will be reviewing the updated federal guidance, which the CDC issued just about two months after saying fully vaccinated Americans could go maskless in most public spaces. “I’m proud that Nassau County has one of the highest vaccination rates in the United States, and I’m confident we are ready to meet the challenges ahead,” Curran said in a statement Tuesday. “The health and safety of residents will continue to be our main priority.” Local public school districts have not yet announced detailed plans for

the upcoming school year amid shifting guidance from state and federal authorities. In a statement to Blank Slate Media, Herricks Public Schools Superintendent Fino Celano said, “We are waiting on further guidance for the 2021-22 school year from the governor’s oﬃce and the State Education Department.” The Great Neck School District, Manhasset School District, Port Washington School District, Roslyn School District, East Williston School District, Mineola School District, Sewanhaka Central High School District, New Hyde Park-Garden City Park School District and Floral Park-Bellerose School District all did not respond to requests for comment. Some local colleges, however, have announced plans for vaccine mandates. In Hempstead, Hofstra University will require all students learning on campus to be vaccinated before returning to school for the fall semester. The policy does not apply to those studying in entirely online programs or who are taking all classes remotely. In an announcement last week, Adelphi University said it will follow suit, requiring all students living in Adelphi residence halls to be fully vaccinated. The rule also applies to Nassau Community College students living in the Adelphi residences. Some 82 percent of adults 18 years or older have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, Curran said Wednesday. The county has the highest percentage of vaccinated adults among all “large counties” throughout the state, trailing Schenectady County by 0.1 percent, she said. Throughout the North Shore, the 11042 ZIP code of New Hyde Park continued to have the lowest rate at 20.8 percent of people vaccinated for the second week in a row, according to state Health Department figures. That ZIP

code, however, consists primarily of businesses south of the Northern State Parkway and along Marcus Avenue. The next lowest vaccination rate throughout the North Shore areas is the 62.9 percent featured in the 11024 ZIP code of the Great Neck Peninsula, made up by the village of Kings Point. Another one of the North Shore’s lowest vaccination figures comes from the

11023 ZIP code of Great Neck with 62.9 percent of the population receiving inoculations. This ZIP code incorporates parts of the Villages of Great Neck and Saddle Rock, along with Great Neck Gardens and Harbor Hills. The highest vaccination rate, of 84.3 percent, is in the Great Neck peninsula’s 11020 ZIP code, which consists primarily of the Village of Lake Success and University Gardens. Some of this ZIP code is also made up of Great Neck South Middle and High School, North Shore Hebrew Academy and the Fresh Meadow Country Club. The statistics also show vaccination rates of 81.9 percent in Roslyn, 80.8 percent in Albertson, 79.8 percent in New Hyde Park’s 11040 zip code, 77.8 percent in Williston Park, 77.3 percent in Port Washington, 76.7 percent in Mineola, 76.2 percent in Great Neck’s 11021 zip code, 76.1 percent in Roslyn Heights, 72.9 percent in Manhasset, and 69.9 percent in Floral Park. Cuomo also announced on Wednesday that all state employees must either receive full COVID-19 vaccinations or get regularly tested, saying the state needs dramatic action. There will be no testing option for patient-facing healthcare workers — all must get vaccinated. “That is a point of contact that could be a serious spreading event,” Cuomo said. “We want to make sure that those health-care workers are vaccinated. Period.”

Noted Viscardi chief Kemp leaves for new post BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y John D. Kemp, president and CEO of The Viscardi Center, which provides a lifespan of services for the disabled, will resign those positions eﬀective Oct. 31 to become president and CEO of The Lakeshore Foundation in Birmingham, Ala. Kemp, who was born disabled, joined The Viscardi Center, located in Albertson, in 2011 as the fourth top executive in the nonprofit organization’s 69-year history. He steps down after a decade of leading the center, which educates, trains and prepares people with disabilities to enter the workforce. The Viscardi Center has been a pioneer in disability leadership not only in Albertson but the entire world. During its infancy, the original site was one of the first U.S. businesses to be staﬀed by people with disabilities when it was operating out of a garage in West Hempstead, helping disabled veterans become assembly and factory workers for several large industries including Grumman, GE, IBM and the Depart-

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John D. Kemp, President and C.E.O. of The Viscardi Center, the Henry Viscardi School and Abilities, Inc., will resign later this year.

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Opioid settlement could soon aid Nassau BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z

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Attorney General Letitia James said funds from a historic opioid settlement could be entering New York in the coming months.

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced last week that funds from settlements with a variety of opioid manufacturers could begin to come into the state in the coming months. Officials announced that the funds are part of a historic $1.1 billion settlement between the state of New York and McKesson Corporation, Cardinal Health Inc., and AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation, three of the nation’s largest drug distributors. Globally, McKesson, Cardinal Health, and AmerisourceBergen will pay up to $21 billion over the next 18 years and Johnson & Johnson will pay up to $5 billion over nine years, more than half coming in the first three years, according to James’ office. “The numerous companies that manufactured and distributed opioids across the nation did so without regard to life or even the national crisis they were helping to fuel,” James said in a statement. Officials said Nassau County will re-

ceive close to $87 million from the settlement to go along with an additional $26 million in settlements with pharmacy chains CVS Pharmacy, Walgreens, Rite-Aid, and Walmart. Officials said an additional $15.3 million is expected to come to Nassau from pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson as part of a $230 million settlement throughout the state of New York also secured by James in late June. “While no amount of money will replace the countless lives that have been affected, we can save future lives by expanding our support network and increasing funding for mental health and addiction programs, along with prevention efforts,” Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said in a statement last week. Countywide non-fatal opioid-related overdoses subsequently dropped 21 percent from 2017’s levels to 217 cases in 2019, while fatal overdoses fell 15 percent to 44, according to Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder.

But fatal drug overdoses jumped 34 percent in Nassau in 2020, according to new statistics reported by Newsday. There were 287 fatal drug overdoses in the county last year, with 60 suspected overdose deaths that have not yet been confirmed by the medical examiner’s office, the paper reported. Drug enforcement also dropped because of the restraints of the coronavirus, but the pandemic clearly did not stop drugs from being pushed into communities, Ryder said. County cops made just 294 heroin arrests in 2020, down from 766 in 2017, according to the commissioner. Nassau County legislators said the settlement funds will be put into a special revenue fund to provide education and treatment to Nassau residents suﬀering from the opioid epidemic. “By creating this special revenue fund, we will ensure that every dollar coming from these settlements goes to the people that need it most,” Nassau Legislator Bill Gaylor (R-Lynbrook) said.

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St. Francis ranked high Hospital golf event Catholic Health’s St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center has again been ranked one of the top hospitals in the country in the latest U.S. News & World Report results. The hospital is nationally ranked in five adult specialties — Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Gastroenterology & GI Surgery, Geriatrics, Neurology & Neurosurgery and Orthopedics. St. Francis was also rated among the top 10 hospitals in the region, ranking No. 6 in New York and No. 6 in the New York Metropolitan Area. Catholic Health’s Good Samaritan Hospital was ranked #28 (tie) in New York and tied for No. 27 in the New York Metro Area. The West Islip hospital earned recognition as high performing for aortic valve surgery, COPD, colon cancer surgery, diabetes, heart attack, heart failure, kidney failure and stroke. “The patient care teams at Catholic Health again demonstrated their commitment to serving our patients and delivering quality care in a safe environment,” said Catholic Health President and CEO Patrick M. O’Shaughnessy. “St. Francis continues to strengthen its position as a leader in cardiology while also earning national recognition

in areas such as neurology and orthopedics. We are also moving forward with strategic plans to expand services at Good Samaritan Hospital to make it the hospital of choice along the South Shore.” St. Francis was also recognized by U.S. News as high performing nationally in three adult specialties: cancer, pulmonology & lung surgery and urology. The Roslyn hospital was ranked as high performing in 15 common adult procedures and conditions: abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, aortic valve surgery, back surgery (spinal fusion), heart attack, heart bypass surgery, heart failure, colon cancer surgery, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), hip fracture, hip replacement, kidney failure, knee replacement, pneumonia, stroke and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). “We have always taken pride in earning high marks for the care we oﬀer our community, but this year’s accolades from U.S. News are particularly gratifying,” said St. Franci Hospital President Charles Lucore,. “In the face of the most challenging health care crisis in decades, the team at St. Francis continued to provide our

patients with the quality care they expect and deserve.” St. Catherine of Siena Hospital in Smithtown earned highperformance ratings for COPD, heart failure and kidney failure. St. Joseph Hospital in Bethpage was ranked as high performing for heart failure, COPD and kidney failure. Mercy Hospital in Rockville Centre earned high-performance ratings for COPD and kidney failure. St. Catherine of Siena Nursing & Rehabilitation in Smithtown and Our Lady of Consolation Nursing & Rehabilitation in West Islip were rated by U.S. News in its 2020-2021 survey as high performing for short-term rehabilitation. Now in its 32nd year, the annual Best Hospitals report from U.S. News evaluated more than 4,750 medical centers nationwide in 15 specialties and 17 procedures and conditions. According to U.S. News, the rankings are designed to help patients make more informed health care decisions. The methodologies are based largely on objective measures such as patient survival, volume and quality of nursing among other care-related indicators.

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raises $375K

The all-volunteer Auxiliary of North Shore University Hospital helped raise $375,000 at its 42nd annual Auxiliary Golf Classic, the proceeds of which will go toward the Newborn Intensive Care Unit at North Shore University Hospital. After a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic, more than 270 golfers and guests took part in the charity golf event and dinner at the Glen Oaks Club in Old Westbury on July 12. The Auxiliary made a 10-year pledge to raise $2 million toward the NICU at the end of 2016 and are close to achieving it by year’s end. “The Auxiliary of North Shore University Hospital is a volunteer organization that does so much to make this a vibrant, communityfriendly and service-focused hospital,” said Jon Sendach, executive director of NSUH. “I was delighted to see so many people come out to play golf and support the renovation of our NICU. Northwell Health delivers 1 percent of all babies born in the United States and North Shore University Hospital is a premier destination for expectant moms.” This year’s Auxiliary Golf Classic honored Dr. Michael Nimaroﬀ, senior vice president and executive director of obstetrics and gynecology for Northwell Health as well as Louis C. Ciliberti,founder and CEO of Louis C. Ciliberti & Associates,

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The Auxiliary of North Shore University Hospital has supported the Manhasset hospital for more than 68 years through a variety of programs, including nursing scholarships and awards, the Chaplain Residency program, memorial services for patients and staff, Child Life, Team Lavender, Stroke Support Club as well as gifts to patients on Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and on Christmas Day. “On behalf of the Auxiliary, we are so proud of what we have accomplished not only at this year’s golf outing, which was an outstanding success, but even during the pandemic,” said Lori Ballen, golf chair and president of the Auxiliary. “While we were not able to hold our usual fundraisers, we were still able to support our heroic staff with donated meals and gifts, as well as present the hospital with $150,000 in 2020 towards our pledge. The Auxiliary’s commitment ensures that the babies and families in our NICU will continue to benefit from superior care in our Silver Beacon Award unit, with enhanced equipment, furniture and finishes that will make all the difference.” For more information about the Auxiliary of North Shore University Hospital, contact the Volunteer Experience Department at 516-562-4947.

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Business&RealEstate

The challenges of buying a co-op

new law was passed a few years ago in Nassau County that coop managements and boards have 40 days to review their applicant’s board packages once received to speed things up and to provide a scheduled interview and either pass or fail that individual or couple. If not done within that time constraint, the first time a warning would be issued by the county, the second time there would be a $2,000 fine and thereafter a similar fine. Suffolk County has had a law on its books for a multitude of years, whereby if an applicant is turned down and denied by the co-op board for the purchase, then the board has a legal requirement to respond to the buyer within 45 days as to why the offer was not accepted. Since the law has been in effect, I am quite sure more have gotten to the closing table celebrating their successful purchase; but without the law I believe it would be business as usual and fewer individuals and families would end up being happy campers. In Queens there are some co-op boards that actually disclose what verified and documented incomes are required to purchase a one-, two- and three-bedroom unit. Also, in their resolution they are allowed to set prices on a monthly basis. If a co-op has no resolution, then setting prices or denying an applicant is what I believe is anti-trust under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 against setting prices. If a buyer believes that they were turned down either due to discrimination or price fixing, then a buyer’s attorney should be sending out a letter to the management and co-op board president. Also, when the price is lower than what the board would accept, maybe they should visit the specific unit to understand why it is selling for less to be more informed. The buyer would most likely be renovating, so then the market value would be comparable to others who are selling their units in similar condition. Another idea is to have a seller’s concession so the price that is shown after it closes is more related to the standard selling price in that particular development, but my profes-

sional opinion is that my first idea is much better. To me it’s called transparency and making it easier for purchasers to know what is expected of them. But some co-op boards have debt/income ratios less than 30 percent as added protection to make sure buyers are not overleveraged with debt, especially today with what and how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected incomes. More co-ops should adopt a similar system so Realtors would be that much more educated as to what is necessary for a buyer to qualify. Making it more challenging and difficult for the agent in a way discriminates against us in earning a living. Being open and transparent by allowing us to do a better job in searching out qualified individuals in a team cooperation mindset will save a lot of time, effort and aggravation for all involved parties. Unfortunately, discrimination today still occurs in our world, but at least there is much more legal protection and avenues for recourse if this were to happen. An individual’s and family’s financial situation, including income

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via tax returns, debt/income ratios and business and/or job status as well as a background checks should be the only variables used to judge whether or not those being reviewed are a sound and viable fit for the specific co-op. But I would venture to say there have been marked improvements and more positive outcomes in the purchasing process due to the passing of the co-op board process and review law. I am not making a generalization about all co-op boards, but those discriminating for any reason outside of financial reasons are breaking the law.

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I am quite sure the majorities of boards use their due diligence in carefully reviewing prospective buyers and tenants and act accordingly by doing the right thing. But in the very near future I truly believe that the Nassau County Legislature should and will do the right thing, too, and pass a similar law to Suﬀolk County’s so within 45 days purchasers who are turned down will be provided a reason. Some co-op board members might disagree with that potential law, but if you are treating people fairly and basing their approval on financials, then you have nothing to be concerned about unless you discriminate arbitrarily due to race, religion, national origin, gender, family status. If real estate Brokers and their salespersons were being scrutinized as Newsday’s threeyear investigation disclosed and over 68 Brokers and agents were caught steering buyers to other communities had their licenses suspended or revoked, so should some type of punishment or fines be levied against co-op boards that don’t stay within the laws.

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I recently had one of my clients who wasn’t even given the opportunity to get a review and I was told that they shredded up the 1,000-plus pages of his application without returning it to him. He wasn’t provided any reason and was extremely perplexed and frustrated as the coop board wasn’t obligated to let him know why. It is now in the hands of his attorney. I believe the state and local legislatures should standardize the requirements that co-ops should have in place so all are treated equally and fairly. The necessary documentation for all buyers would still be required, but at least we as Realtors would know in advance what we needed to do searching for qualified purchasers, reducing wasted time and money. Philip A. Raices is the owner/Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 in Great Neck. For a “FREE” 15 minute consultation, a value analysis of your home, or to answer any of your questions or concerns he can be reached by cell: (516) 647-4289 or by email: Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate. Com

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Nassau goes to war with Ben & Jerry’s

own and county officials in Nassau reacted swiftly to the news that Ben & Jerry’s would no longer be sold in the Israeli-occupied West Bank or East Jerusalem as of 2023. Republican Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin said he had directed every department and commissioner to make sure that not only was the town not selling Ben & Jerry’s ice cream but any other product of the company that owns Ben & Jerry’s, Unilever Corp. This covers 400 brands, including Dove soap, Lipton tea, Breyers ice cream, Klondike Bars and Hellman’s mayonnaise. Hempstead officials said their actions followed legislation approved in 2016 prohibiting the town from doing business with any company boycotting Israel in what is known as the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, or BDS movement. The BDS movement calls for countries, businesses and universities to sever ties with Israel unless it ends its occupation of all land captured in 1967, grants “full equality” to Palestinian refugees and assures the right of return of Palestinian refugees and their descendants who have been displaced in wars that led to the establishment of Israel. Many Israelis and the nation’s supporters say that the movement is based on antisemitism and its real goal is the elimination of Israel as a Jewish state. “Ben & Jerry’s’ decision to stop the sale of their ice cream in parts of Israel is disappointing and unacceptable,” said Deputy Presiding Officer Howard Kopel, a Republican county legislator. The county like many other states and municipalities passed law prohibit-

ing them from doing business with supporters of BDS. “The move made by Ben & Jerry’s, along with its parent company Unilever, is meant to further divide people,” Kopel later added. Democrat Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said she was “disappointed by Ben & Jerry’s decision to align itself with the anti-Israel BDS movement, which unfairly and dangerously singles out the world’s only Jewish state.” Democrat North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth sounded a similar note. “It is incumbent upon all of us to join together in solidarity and resilience against intolerance and bigotry,” Bosworth said. “North Hempstead’s anti-BDS legislation ensures that taxpayer money is never used to do business with or support any company that engages in a boycott of Israel. The full-throated support of Israel by town and county oﬃcials of both parties is welcomed. Jews have endured centuries of hate and violence and many in Nassau County have endured the horrors of the Holocaust or heard firsthand accounts from friends and family members. So their words and intent to avoid the terrors of the past are important. But their words, no matter their intention, do raise several questions. For one, the oﬃcials appear to be claiming that the occupied territories are part of Israel. They are not. The occupied territories are just that — occupied territories subject to the jurisdiction of Israel and the Palestinian Authority with the division of responsibilities overlapping in much of the terri-

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tory. Peace eﬀorts supported by the United Nations and the United States, at least until the Trump administration, have called for the occupied territories to be the basis of a Palestinian state. Israel would need to annex the territories to make them part of Israel – a violation of international law. The founders of Ben & Jerry’s, Merrick natives Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, decided to pull out of the occupied territories – not Israel. Ben and Jerry’s made it clear that it intended to continue to sell ice cream in Israel. Does that actually constitute a boycott of Israel as claimed by Clavin? Requiring that a municipality not do business with Ben & Jerry’s as well as 400 other brands? Does that actually align Ben & Jerry’s with the “anti-Israel BDS movement,” as Curran said, or constitute “intolerance and bigotry” as claimed by Bosworth? We’re not so sure. REPORTERS Rose Weldon, Robert Pelaez

The focus of Ben & Jerry’s pullout is Israel’s actions in the occupied territories. Israel, which began its occupation in 1967, has frequently been criticized for its handling of the territories, especially the construction of settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Presidents from George H. Bush to Barack Obama criticized the settlements as an obstacle for a two-state solution seen as necessary to maintain a democratic Jewish state. Discussion for a two-state solution under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a close ally of President Trump, virtually came to a standstill and the number of settlements grew quickly. In some cases, Palestinians were forced from their homes to make way for settlements. The heated response of Nassau oﬃcials to the decision by ice cream makers to stop selling in the occupied territories begs the question: Do they support a two-state solution in Israel?

If so, is it so wrong for a business to promote a two-state solution with a boycott? Just as the municipalities have expressed their opposition to Ben & Jerry’s action with a boycott of their own? The founders of Ben & Jerry’s are known for their political activism on behalf of social justice in this country, including Black Lives Matter. And the company’s stated reason is that the sale of ice cream in the occupied territory was “inconsistent with our values.” If the oﬃcials oppose Ben & Jerry’s protest of the status quo, they should explain how they would broker peace between the two sides 54 years after the occupation began. Or, if the oﬃcials believe that the best answer for Israel and the Palestinians is a one-state solution, then they should be prepared to spell out just how that would work. Would they be OK if Israel ceased to be a Jewish state or a democratic one? Continued on Page 31

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Summer 2021 reading for political junkies

ere are books I recommend political junkies read while vacationing: “Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis” by Serhii Plokhy – In January 1992, JFK’s Defense secretary, Robert McNamara, and Kennedy aide and historian, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., were shocked to learn at a conference held in Havana, Cuba, that during the 1963 Cuban Missile Crisis there were actually Soviet nuclear warheads in Cuba. In eﬀect, the world came much closer to a nuclear war than anyone in the Kennedy administration ever contemplated. In “Nuclear Folly,” Dr. Plokhy of Harvard University retraces that crisis, reveals the latest information available and gives a harrowing account of how the “U.S. and U.S.S.R. came to the brink of nuclear apocalypse.” “The Prince: Andrew Cuomo, Coronavirus and the Fall of New York” by Ross Barkan. In this work, the left-leaning journalist exposes Gov. Andrew Cuomo as the emperor with no

clothes. Barkan argues Cuomo shut down New York too late and reveals how he mismanaged the nursing homes and hid the real death count. He “debunks Cuomo’s false narrative of triumph” and proves his “heroism was built on lies.” “The Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man’s Guide to Chivalry” by Brad Miner. In this age of culture wars when gentlemen are becoming an endangered species, journalist Brad Miner’s book is a much-needed antidote. Miner gives a history of the best models of gentlemen and instructs how one forms the character of the compleat gentleman. His gentleman “cultivates a martial spirit in defense of the true and the beautiful. He treats the opposite sex with respect. And he values learning in pursuit of the truth.” The “Compleat Gentleman” is a delightful read. “The Last Days of New York: A Reporter’s True Tale” by Seth Barron. The author, who has written extensively on the Big Apple for the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal, describes Mayor Bill de

GEORGE J. MARLIN On The Right Blasio’s disastrous eight years in oﬃce. Baron, has a keen detective’s eye for uncovering what de Blasio’s progressive formulas have wrought: debt, decay, and government bloat. Throughout the book, Barron gives untold examples of how de Blasio’s rigid ideology clashes with reality. He particularly focuses on the rise in crime during de Blasio’s watch. Because de Blasio cast his lot with “anti-broken window advocates, opponents of incarceration, and police abolitionists,” crime in all categories sparked

for the first time in a quarter of a century. “The Last Days of New York” is a sobering read that ably describes why “under de Blasio and the Progressive ascendency, New York has seen a turn towards seediness and decay.” “Stalin’s War: A New History of World War II” by Sean McMeekin. While most histories of the Second World War focus on Nazi Germany’s conquering of Eastern European nations, McMeekin, a professor of history at Bard College and a noted Soviet historian, focuses his attention on Stalin’s moves to conquer most of Eurasia. Armed with newly released material from Russian archives, McMeekin “reevaluates Stalin’s role in the conflict through the years in which it tilted ever more favorably to Soviet interests in Europe and Asia to its grim conclusion for millions of people.” “The Last Brahmin: Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. and the Making of the Cold War” by Luke A. Nichter. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (1902-1985) was the last of New England Eastern Establish-

ment Republicans.Following in the footsteps of his grandfather, U.S. Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge, who led the Senate that defeated President Wilson’s League of Nations legislation, represented the Bay state in non-consecutive terms. During World War II, he resigned his seat to serve in Europe. In 1946, he returned to the Senate, but was defeated by John F. Kennedy in 1952. Admired by President Eisenhower, Lodge was appointed ambassador to the U.N. with Cabinet status. In 1960, he was Nixon’s vice presidential nominee. Noted for his expertise in foreign policy, he served in various posts for Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Ford. These jobs included ambassador to South Vietnam, ambassador to West Germany, and personal representative of the president to the Holy See. Biographer Luke A. Nichter has produced a fine narrative of Lodge’s extraordinary and consequential life. Happy summer reading!

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

The perfectly named little book of comfort

have been reading something called “The Comfort Book” by Matt Haig. Well, reading might be too formal a term. I’ve been devouring it. It’s a small book, digestible in one sitting if you’re so inclined, but also designed with very small chapters, so you can dip in and out of it at will. It fits easily by your bedside or in a backpack and has lots of lovely white space. It is a compilation of thoughts, poems, music, quotations, stories and even a few recipes — all things that Haig calls his “life rafts” for getting through diﬃcult times. Haig knows his way around hard times. He is a noted author of many works for both adults and children. His most recent novel was “The Midnight Library,” a New York Times bestseller and Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction. Despite these and other accomplishments, however, Haig has wrestled all his life with depression, panic disorder and sometimes suicidal thoughts.

He writes about some of it here: “When I was 24 I was convinced I would never see my 25th birthday. I knew for certain that I wouldn’t be able to survive for weeks or months with the mental pain I was suddenly encountering. And yet here I am, aged 45, writing this paragraph. Depression lies. And while the feelings themselves were real, the things they led me to believe were resolutely not.” The pandemic was Haig’s impetus for creating the book he most needed to read — with the added hope that it might be useful to others as well. That’s why he kept it simple: “When I’m in a bad place, I often can’t read the most dense sort of academic book. I need something which is very clear, very easy to read, short chapters, short little lines. Sometimes I read it like a book of quotations.” Some of these chapters are very short indeed. For example, “Short” on page 79 consists of just this: “Life is short. Be kind.” Most items are almost as brief, interspersed with a few fascinating biographies of such folks as

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A Look on the Lighter Side muckraking journalist Nellie Bly and Juliane Koepcke, a teenager who survived a plane crash in the Amazon. He includes one recipe for making hummus and another for mindfully spreading peanut butter on a piece of warm toast. Perhaps you’ll relate to his observation that “It’s OK to be the teacup with a chip in it. That’s the one with a story.” Or “Forgiving other people is great practice for forgiving yourself when the time comes.”

Or “We are messy because the universe began with an explosion and the debris has drifted ever since.” I enjoyed his rant about the current craze for self-improvement: “The Western idea of self-empowerment requires you to become better, discover your inner billionaire, get beach-bodied, work, upgrade. It says the present is not enough. It’s selfloathing masquerading as salvation. We need self-acceptance. Self-compassion.” Over and over Haig’s message is: You are enough Just as you are. You are enough. My favorites were his lists: “Films that comfort” (“Toy Story 2” makes the cut!);“Ten books that helped my mind,” and“Ten things that won’t make you happier: 1. Wanting to be someone you aren’t. 7. Imagining happiness is the place you reach when you geteverything done. 10. The belief that you have to be happy.” Not everything in this book will be for you or indeed perhaps for anyone but Matt Haig. But I can still recommend this

book, because it makes a wonderful starting place for compiling a Comfort Book all your own. For example, I went through his list of “Songs that comfort me,” playing each one on YouTube to judge for myself, putting check marks by some (“O-o-h Child,” by the Five Stairsteps works for me, too) and an X by others (“The Boys of Summer” by Don Henley just makes me sad). It started me on a journey of discovery and of rediscovery. Songs that I loved but had forgotten then led me to others, which led to remembering times, places and people I had also forgotten until I needed another blank book to make lists of my own. The best thing about “The Comfort Book” is how it liberates you to consider your own fears and comforts, your own loves and hates, your own mantras and your own life lessons. I came away with the exhilarating feeling of getting reacquainted with an old friend I hadn’t seen in far too long — myself!

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THE BACK ROAD

Informal online comfort can cushion grieving

ersonal losses and oneoﬀ cataclysmic events aside, I cannot think of any stretch of time in my life when death has been more pervasive and pronounced. The first book I read on the matter was the classic “On Death and Dying” by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, in which she elucidates five stages — denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance — that seriously ill people as well as the bereaved commonly experience. I didn’t read another book on the subject until after I saw my father take his final breath in the hospital room where I slept next to him in May 1994. That book, “How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter” by Sherwin Nuland, is an unsentimental collection of case studies on how people meet their end. The book opens with the quote: “ death hath ten thousand several doors for men and women to take their exits.” My father’s

exit door was cancer. Apropos of today, one of Nuland’s chapters is entitled, “The Life of a Virus and the Death of a Man.” When reading “How We Die,” little did I know that 16 years later I would be diagnosed with an incurable but treatable blood cancer, which led me to the last of the three books I read on death and dying: “When Breath Becomes Air” by Paul Kalanithi. Whereas the first two texts are more academic, Kalanithi’s book is deeply personal. It addresses the question, “What makes life worth living in the face of death?” Kalanithi, a neurosurgeon who was battling lung cancer, died one year before the publication of his book. He wrote, “I began to realize that coming face to face with my own mortality, in a sense, had changed nothing and everything.” These seminal books were all written by physicians, now

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deceased. Although they had impressive credentials, it does not necessarily take someone with letters after their name to provide support for those left behind in the face of death. Despite social media being much maligned, especially of late, I found the support strangers provide one another in even loosely organized online communities to be as rich as any conventionally published literature.

For example, on July 23 @DKeizer28 tweeted, “Today is the first wedding anniversary without my husband. We would’ve been married 36 years. It’s such a sad day being alone. Does it ever stop hurting?” Almost 1,500 people responded. One of them echoed something that they heard President Biden say to another grieving person, “One day when you think of him, it will bring a smile to your face before it brings a tear to your eye.” “For me one of the worst parts of becoming a widow was the heartbreak of waking up each morning to the realization that he was gone, tweeted @BarbaraAnneLew2. “It takes time, lots of time, but that level of acute and unimaginable pain lessens. The heart is designed to break then heal itself again.” “My partner died of AIDS years ago,” wrote @BruceLHart. “There were no marriage

equality laws back then so he died alone in the hospital because they wouldn’t let me in. I think about him every day. My best advice to you is it gets better. It does stop hurting, but you will always miss him. Hugs.” @BooBooMcKeown reflected on the loss of his wife, “It is my wedding anniversary on the 30th of this month. We would have been married 38 years. Her glasses are still where she left them as is her jacket at the bottom of the stairs. She died on the 10th of August last year of cancer that went undiagnosed because of Covid.” Finally, @@G_RaeRae stated that “sharing your story will help others know they too are not alone. I tell people to not let others dictate the length of their grief or how they grieve. It’s their journey but you can be supportive w/out trying to fix anyone. The grief ebbs & flows & 1 day it won’t drown you anymore.”

ALL THINGS POLITICAL

Boycott all products owned by Unilever

n July 19, Ben & Jerry’s website issued the following statement: “We believe it is inconsistent with our values for Ben & Jerry’s ice cream to be sold in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.” In response, I am issuing this statement: All consumers should boycott Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream and all other Unilever products. Here’s why. If you don’t already know this, Unilever has a well-established history of consumer violations. In 2011, Unilever was fined 104 million euros by the European Commission after admitting to running a price-fixing scheme on laundry detergents. Just a few years later, in 2017 (after more than a decade of legal wrangling), Unilever settled a lawsuit with almost 600

workers in India for allowing mercury exposure at a now closed thermometer plant. And as recent as January of this year, Unilever was fined 30 billion rupiah in Indonesia for trademark infringement. Price fixing, unsafe working environments and trademark infringement demonstrate a pattern of shameful corporate values. In fact, the website https://www.goodjobsfirst.org/ lists 35 offenses for the Unilever corporation. Among them are offenses related to the environment, employment, workplace safety and consumer protections. Sadly, the only corporate values Ben & Jerry’s and their parent company Unilever are showing by stopping the sale of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream in the occupied territories is antisemitism.

ADAM HABER All Things Political Just last month NBC News reported these human rights violations in China: “More than one million Uighur and other minorities from Xinjiang are believed to be held in internment camps, where they are forced to study Marxism, renounce their religion, work in factories and face abuse, according to human rights groups and first-

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hand accounts.” Meanwhile, Unilever will not condemn China for these horrific human rights abuses because too much money is at stake. There are roughly 1.4 billion citizens in China and a mere 9.3 million in Israel. Israeli practices in the occupied territories are easy to attack with little financial repercussions because their contribution from such a small population to Unilever’s bottom line is barely noticed. If Unilever had real “values,” they would issue a statement condemning China’s human rights abuses and withdraw all its operations there. Unilever also sells products in Russia, Iran and Syria, all countries rife with human rights abuses, where the rule of law is ignored. Truth be told, there is a long and complicated history with Israel and the occupied territories. I do know if the Arab world recognized Israel’s right to exist and stopped trying to destroy it, a solution in the occupied territories would be easier to negotiate. Israel has been under attack with attempts to wipe it off the face of the Earth since

its birth in 1948. The 1948 Arab-Israeli war, the 1967 Six-Day War, the 1973 Yom Kippur War, close to 15 years of conflict with Lebanon from 1985-2000, the first and second Intifadas from 1987-1993 and 2000-2005, and more recently several armed conflicts around Gaza. Israel is doing what it believes it must, albeit imperfectly, to survive. That survival includes moving into the occupied territories. Unilever’s condemnation of Israel’s expansion into the occupied territory, while ignoring what goes on in China, Russia, Iran and Syria, demonstrates a lack of consistent values. I am switching my ice cream consumption from Ben & Jerry’s Phish Food to Häagen-Dazs Chocolate Peanut Butter. Furthermore, I will no longer patronize Unilever brands such as Dove, Lipton, Tazo, Hellmann’s or Breyers. Thoughtful consumers should do the same, until Ben & Jerry’s and Unilever issue an apology for their antisemitic statement and disingenuous corporate values against Israel.

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VIEW POINT

Cuomo seeks end of manufacturers’ immunity

fter 51 people were shot just over the July 4th weekend in New York City – over 200 people were killed in 400 incidents around the country — Gov. Andrew Cuomo had enough. He declared the first-in-thenation gun violence emergency, treating gun violence as the public health crisis, the deadly epidemic, it is. The disaster emergency allows the state to expedite money and resources to communities so they can begin targeting gun violence immediately. This includes a $138.7 million investment in intervention and prevention programs, including programs that engage at-risk youth in summer job opportunities and community activity programs to get young people off the streets, and supports ongoing gun violence prevention programs. He is also creating a new State Police Gun Trafficking Interdiction Unit to stop the flood of illegal guns that come into New York from states with weak gun safety laws. To coordinate this nationleading gun violence prevention effort, the Governor announced the creation of the Office of Gun Violence Prevention. And for the first time in America, New York State will prosecute gun manufacturers, effectively nullifying federal law that inexplicably and extraordinarily gives liability immunity to this industry and this industry alone. Under the legislation that

Cuomo signed, gun manufacturers will be held liable for the harm their products cause. Also, a loophole that allowed people with outstanding warrants for their arrest to purchase guns was closed. “The only industry in the United States of America immune from lawsuits are the gun manufacturers, but we will not stand for that any longer,” Cuomo declared. “I am not only signing a new law that does away with this immunity, giving New York the ability to hold them accountable, but also closing the destructive Trump loophole which has allowed people with active warrants to purchase guns for far too long. Now, if you have an active warrant, you cannot buy a gun in the State of New York, period.” Under this new legislation, gun manufacturers cannot endanger the safety and health of the public through the sale, manufacturing, importing or marketing of the products they sell. The products can be considered a public nuisance even if the gun manufacturer did not purposely cause harm to the public. The Attorney General and any city corporation counsel can take action on behalf of any locality, as can members of the public, corporations and associations. Since 2005, a federal law called the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act has shielded bad actor gun manufacturers and dealers from most lawsuits (it went into eﬀect just as the 1996 assault weapons ban was expir-

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ing). No other industry has such protection from liability for their products and practices, which has created a perfect storm of lax controls and the inability to hold bad actors to account. New York’s legislation will allow for a lawsuit to be brought in cases where reasonable controls and procedures are not in place, ensuring that responsible manufacturers and dealers will not be held accountable for the actions of criminal actors. The second bill prohibits the sale, purchase or transfer of firearms to anyone known to have an outstanding warrant for a felony or serious oﬀense. It prohibits the buying, selling and gifting of guns if the buyer is known to have a warrant for a felony or serious offense. In early 2017, Trump’s Department of Justice reinterpreted a gun purchase prohibitor of the National Instant Background Check System to include only those individu-

als who have fled from one state to another for the purpose of evading prosecution for a crime while subject to an active or imminent arrest warrant versus those subject to any arrest warrant. New York State addressed this issue by prohibiting any person who is subject to an outstanding arrest warrant for a felony or serious misdemeanor from being issued or maintaining a firearms license, which is necessary to purchase a pistol or revolver. This new legislation builds on that action, allowing these types of arrest warrants to once again be entered into the NICS database as a state-specific prohibitor, whether the individual has fled New York State or not, ensuring that those individuals wanted in New York for a serious crime cannot acquire new guns in another state. “For far too long, most guns recovered from violent crimes and shootings in New York are trafficked in from out-of-state, yet the gun industry in the United States enjoys special protection from civil liability under a 2005 federal law known as PLCAA,” Assembly Member Patricia Fahy said. “Passing this landmark legislation will allow gun manufacturers and distributors, who knowingly use bad actors to market their products, to be held civilly liable for the damage they cause on our streets. We have led the nation on gun legislation — and we aren’t letting up now to help keep New Yorkers safe from the scourge of gun violence.” New York City had 1,500

shootings in 2020, almost twice as many as 2019 and violence so far this year is at the highest level since the early 2000s. Some 886 people have been shot in 765 incidents this year, through July 4, the New York Times reported. So far this year, 23,000 have already died by guns (12,000 by suicide). Gun violence is up across the country, in cities big and small, no matter how strict gun laws are. “It is a scourge that is both predictable and preventable,” said Fred Guttenberg, father of Jamie who would have turned 18 this year had she not been shot dead as she attended school in Parkland, Fla. Predictable and preventable, he says, based on a record 23 million guns purchased in 2020, a 64 percent increase over 2019, with some 400 million in civilian hands. Nine out of 10 guns used in crimes are in possession of a shooter who was not legally allowed to own a gun. I’m betting the National Rifle Association will be in court faster than a New York minute and fully well expect the gun-violence friendly radical rightwing majority on the Supreme Court to put the perfidious reading of the 2nd Amendment (“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State”) above the government’s obligation to “establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare” of citizens.

OUT OF LEFT FIELD

The continuing lessons from July 4, 1776

s the 245th anniversary of the founding of our nation approached this summer, a lively discourse also emerged. It focused on our nation’s values over the years and their relevance to our troubled times in 2021. Having taught college courses about the American Revolution for 60 years, I was most impressed by the dimensions and range of this discourse. No one did better than President Biden. First, he said and wrote that all nations have complexities in their history, including negatives and positives. Biden emphasized that it was important to build on the positives as well as to recognize why negatives developed, their eﬀects and whether they have continu-

ing significance. Biden’s thoughtful, measured approach contrasted with conservatives, and with writers like New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, who called for more “patriotic history,” and avoiding race-based analyses. Farther down we will examine how Biden applied his lessons of July 4 to new conduct for all Americans. Most commentators recognized the early complexity and diversity during our nation’s founding (that continued in various forms for many years). Those perspicacious views reminded me of a course I took at Columbia in the 1950s with historian Henry Steele Commager. As he focused on the theme of nation-building, he highlighted major challenges that are too of-

MICHAEL D’INNOCENZO Out of Left Field ten ignored: 1) very hard to foster a nation when it is physically so large; in 1776 England would have fit inside Pennsylvania (today France would fit inside of Oregon; Italy inside of California).

2) the U.S. has always had a large population, now more than 330 million, the size of the 25-nation EU. 3) the diversity in the U.S. is unprecedented (Queens County, New York, is the most diverse place in the world!) The prospects of building national unity are extremely diﬃcult with huge, diverse numbers, spread over a 3,000-mile terrain. We will soon see Biden’s post-July 4 approaches. Note that this holiday also spurred many books looking at the “American experiment” in numerous ways. Scott Borchert wrote ”Republic of Detours: How the New Deal Paid Broke Writers to Rediscover America.” Scholars oﬀered longerrange perspectives: Charles Postel, “Equality: An American Di-

lemma, 1866-1896.” Eric Foner examined eﬀects of the Civil War and Reconstruction in “The Second Founding.” But at their core, all these studies confirmed the key judgment of historian R.R. Palmer that the major aspect of the American Revolution was “the people as the constituent power” In 1776, the “people” was more narrowly defined, excluding women, sometimes requiring land ownership or tax-paying (sort of like having stock in a company). But once the principle was established that government came from the many, not the few, voting citizenship for people expanded in the U.S. more than any place in the world. Continued on Page 28

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OUR TOWN

The sexy olympian: the ultimate oxymoron

t is a joy to see that all those intrepid Olympians have survived Covid and its deadly impact on the world. The opening ceremony for the Games of the XXII Olympiad held in Tokyo was poignant and heartfelt, demonstrating how these young warriors marshalled on despite having to train in isolation. The Olympic motto “Citius, Altius, Fortius” means “Faster, Higher, Stronger” and we watched this motto in the flesh in water polo, fencing, cycling, beach volleyball and gymnastics. The speed of Lee Kiefer in fencing was breathtaking. The strength of those water polo guys was impressive. And the height that Simone Biles can leap is awe-inspiring and mindboggling. But alas, it never takes long before controversy emerges at the Olympics. In past Olympics we learned of the American ice hockey team trashing their hotel room, the story of performance enhancement drugs taken by track stars, the lackluster attitude of a Bode Miller and the Zika virus during the last summer games in Rio. But this year the most provocative controversy is about sexual allure. They have added a word to the Olympic motto to make it “Citius, Altius, Fortius-Communiter.” Communiter means together in Latin. If they were being honest that would

have added Loremus” which means sexier. All of which brings us to this Olympiad’s controversy. Freud was right when he said the world is run on sexual energy. And if you have been watching this year’s summer games, you would no doubt agree with him. There are two immediate questions one is faced with while watching the women’s beach volleyball event. The first is how they manage to endure the exhausting eﬀorts to jump up out of soft sand. This does not look at all like a pleasurable or a fun thing to do. And the second, more pressing question is who makes the decisions to put these athletes in bikinis? If this is not sexualizing the female, then I don’t know what is.

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It is hard to develop a rationale for this other than it will bring in more male viewers to gaze upon the splendor of the female body. Indeed, the female body is a thing of great beauty, but does it really have to be shown oﬀ in sports? TV revenues increase along with

What does sports have to do with sexiness?

potential increase in sales for the advertisers if males tune in more, but that seems like a truly crass rationale. The downside to sexualizing the female athlete’s body is that it demeans the female athlete and suggests that she is admired for her looks and not for her skill sets. This controversy has been developing over time. We all heard about the sexual abuse endured by the young gymnasts at the hands of Dr. Larry Nassar. And more recently there was the fining of the European Handball Federation when the team from Norway refused to wear the bikini bottoms. During this Olympiad the Norwegian Beach Volley Ball Team also rejected the bottoms. This makes sense to me because the displays of bare bottoms combined with sweat and sand all conjures up an odd mixture of pain, endurance and sexual display. Is the female athlete a sexual object one should gaze upon or is she a subject of empowerment, grace and talent that can be admired and respected? We may turn to Simone de Beauvoir’s “The Second Sex” to improve our understanding of feminism. She singlehandedly and permanently eviscerated the popular notion of the feminine as a passive, weak and smiling princess. Her text outlined the trap that has been laid, which encourages all

women to see themselves as secondary, ancillary, submissive and as pretty objects. And so when these female warriors are asked to don tiny bikini bottoms, it must put them in conflict. Are they in a beauty contest or in a sporting event? The tight outfits and makeup that gymnasts wear is the same. Are they objects or are they athletes? We live in a time of the Me Too generation whereby sexual abuse has been shown as rampant and problematic. But the objectification of the female body still reigns supreme and this is clearly on display in Tokyo. Freud was quite right when he said that culture is ruled by the unconscious and the most powerful force within the unconscious is our sexual instincts. He told us that society’s task is to provide sublimations for this sexual energy and sports is one such way to do so. However there seems to be a fine line between sublimation sex into graceful movement and crossing the line into something a bit too carnal, a bit too fleshy. Thus we are treated to the newest Olympic controversy, ‘the sexy Olympian.’ The Olympics and its television producers have made a Faustian deal with the devil. So far so good but if you know your literature you will know that the devil has a way of winning these deals.

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Ensuring opioid settlement money spent right

assau County recently settled lawsuits against a number of opioid manufacturers and pharmacies during the trial of a class-action lawsuit in federal court in Central Islip. While there remain four defendants and the trial is continuing, the settlements will result in payments of approximately $87 million to Nassau County. Nassau County joined with New York State and Suﬀolk County during the prior administration to bring the actions against manufacturers, distributors and pharmacies seeking

to recover for the untold damage resulting from the opioid pandemic. Significantly, I along with the Legislative Majority have introduced legislation to create a special revenue fund to make sure every dollar received from these settlements will go towards prevention, treatment and education programs specifically targeting the opioid epidemic. Without the special fund, the settlement proceeds would be placed into the county’s general fund, where they could be spent for purposes wholly unre-

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lated to the opioid crisis. We can all recall when New York State

promised that lottery proceeds would go towards education, only to have the state engage in a shell game where education received little to no benefit. The Legislature’s Finance & Rules Committees have given preliminary approval of the initial settlements totaling $28.3 million. A full vote to formally accept these settlements is expected to pass unanimously by the legislature at its next meeting on August 2. We will move forward on the new settlements as soon as the administration is able to get the settlements to us.

In recent years we have made significant progress in the battle against opioid abuse. This progress was due to the dedicated eﬀorts of community leaders, law enforcement agencies, our health department, healthcare professionals and others. Unfortunately, during the pandemic opioid abuse has increased, including, tragically, overdose deaths. Obtaining these settlements and ensuring that these monies are fully dedicated towards fighting the opioid epidemic will go a long way toward winning this battle.

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READERS WRITE

No sense in banning Chick-fil-A from Thruway

ew York State Assembly members Harry Bronson of Rochester along with Deborah Glick and Danny O’Donnell of Manhattan recently sent a letter to the New York State Thruway Authority Executive Director Matthew Driscoll opposing the opening of Chick-fil-A outlets at the Thruway rest stops. They claim to represent the interests of the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender and Queer communities,

but calling for the denial of this free enterprise business to open new locations is intolerant in itself. For years, Chick-fil-A has had dozens of stores in NYC, Long Island, Buﬀalo, Rochester, Albany Airport and New Jersey Turnpike. They are in the process of opening 200 stores in NYC. Chick-fil-A provides gainful employment to construction contractors and their employees to build each operation as well as cooks, cashiers and food sup-

ply deliverers. This benefits many who reside in high unemployment communities in upstate NY. Some who have benefited are part of the LGBTQ community. Many more open-minded members of the LGBTQ community work or dine there. Chick-fil-A provides a quality product at reasonable prices. Revenues generated by Chick-filA at Thruway stops will help the NYS Thruway Authority pay oﬀ the $3.9 billion tab for the Mario

Cuomo Tappan Zee Bridge. How disappointing to see “politically correct” progressive liberal members of the LGBTQ community throwing their lot in with political extremists on the right who use the threat of boycotts to impose their moral values on others. If you don’t like the politics of Chick-fil-A, don’t eat there. Don’t deny the civil liberties of others who might prefer Chick-fil-A. In America, under the free enterprise system, this is

called freedom of choice. Chick-fil-A owners and employees are our neighbors. They work long hours and pay taxes. True tolerance means accepting those with diﬀerent values than your own. There are plenty of other dining options available at New York State Thruway stops if you don’t want to patronize Chickfil-A. Larry Penner Great Neck

Antisemitism definition stifles free speech

n my last letter to your publication, I pointed out that the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism was being used to chill criticism of the Israeli government. In his response to that letter, Arnie Herz, the Long Island president of the American Jewish Committee, made it clear he disagreed with me. Conveniently, Herz neglected to share the thoughts of Kenneth

S. Stern, the AJC’s former antisemitism expert and the IHRA definition’s lead drafter. Allow me to fill in that blank. For over a decade, Stern has consistently recommended against treating the IHRA definition as a flag to rally around and warned that it was being misused to censor speech and settle internecine disputes about what it means to be Jewish. In fact, in a Feb. 21, 2021 Times of Israel blog post, Stern described the contro-

versy surrounding the IHRA definition as “a black hole…sucking away the ability to look at other, more comprehensive ways to combat antisemitism.” So, why is the AJC continuing its crusade to ensure universal adoption of the IHRA definition in the United States and portray said definition as a silver bullet against antisemitism (or, as they refer to it, the “gold standard”)? The answer is that the call is coming from inside the house.

The AJC, in furtherance of its stated goal of “strengthening Israel’s place in the world,” is actively attempting to use the IHRA definition to brand all criticism of the Israeli government and military antisemitic. It is also actively attempting to erase the identities of any members of the Jewish community who don’t hold a similar worldview and falsely portraying said community as a political, cultural and religious monolith. These eﬀorts cause immense

harm and only make antisemitism in the United States worse by spreading antisemitic stereotypes and casting the Israeli/Palestinian conflict as a Jewish/Palestinian or Jewish/Muslim one. This is why it’s so important for Jews of conscience to stand up and shout, “Not in my name,” when organizations like the AJC claim to speak for them. Matthew Zeidman New Hyde Park

Columnist presents false picture of U.S.A.

or two weeks in a row, I have read two twisted columns in your Viewpoint column that need addressing. The first is entitled “Assault on Teaching the truth of U.S. history.” Really? Let’s see, I have been around for decadesand learned about slavery, the KKK, Jim Crow, lynching, segregation, all supported and practiced by the Democratic party in the South. You heard me, the Democratic Party. Then I learned about the Civil War and how hundreds of thousands of white men died fighting to end slavery and save the country from splitting apart. Despite the ridiculous claims of the 1619 project, that has been debunked by actual historians, the Revolutionary War was not fought to retain slavery. At no time in my education was I ever denied the truth about the horror of slavery and the fact that most slave owners were white. After the war when Jim Crow flourished in the South, it was the Democrats who fought against civil rights laws until they eventually were passed. Sane Americans are not try-

ing to prevent history from being taught, but to quote American lawyer Mark Levin, “Critical Race Theory is out-of-the-closet racism in schools and is Louis Farrakhan dressed up as scholarship”. It is anti-white racist propaganda and is the new racism. I ordered the children’s book entitled “Not My Idea” by Anastasia Higginbotham that is being circulated around the country in elementary schools. It begins with a policeman shooting a Black man and the mother in the story covers hereyes and says “Oh, not again.” Her child witnesses this and says “What, not again?.” There is no story about the shooting or circumstances that led up to the shooting. As the child watches this police actionon television, she asks “Who is that with their hands up?” and then the words bang, bang, bang are written intimating that the policeman shot someone with their hands up. The lie about the Michael Brown case comes to mind, with the chant “Hands up don’t shoot” that turned out to be a false narrative. These are some of the quotes in the book. “Racism is a white person’s

problem and we are all caught up in it;” “In the USA, white people have committed outrageous crimes against Black people for 400 years; “Whiteness is a bad deal, it always was” and it goes on to denigrate whiteness in general. You cannot condemn a whole race because of their color, that is racism. We are all individuals and laying this on children in our schools is a travesty. It is really the teachers assaulting the children. Your writer denies it is in the K-12 schools. She is misinformed. Her bigotry is there, again, on display with her Christo-Fascist remark as she ironically, decries antisemitism. “Biden Deserves High Praise for Economy” is the title given to the second article. Let’s get something straight. The recovery that we are in is possible because of the strong economy created by the previous administration. Anyone with any understanding of economics knows that. Biden is in the process of destroying this economy. His first act was canceling the Keystone Pipe line, throwing thousands out of work and erasing our energy independence. The writer discusses the

American Rescue Plan and states that not one Republican voted for it. Why do you suppose that happened? It happened because the vast majority of the monies that were in it had nothing to do with Covid-19and as usual, the Dems loaded it with pork. The former chief economist at the U.S. Dept. of Labor,Robert P. O’Quinn, states “The American Rescue Plan was loaded with more than $700 billion in payoﬀs to the pet projects and constituencies that were completely unrelated to the pandemic. Claiming that any of this wasteful spending is stimulative is laughable. The CBO forecasts that the GDP will reach its pre pandemic levelby the third quarter of this yearand Biden has nothing to do with that. Inflation is here and will get worse if all of these trillion dollar plans of the loony left get passed. Gas prices are through the roof. Under Trump I paid $20 to fill my tank, now it is $29. It is so astounding that all of the dire news that is out there because of Biden and his blundering administration is completely ignored by the journalists of this paper. Illegal immigration with no

controls in sight, no one vetted, no health controls, no notices of when to return to court, crime rampant in mostly Democratic cities, tax hikes expected and not just for those making $400,000, another big lie, we all have topay the higher prices, criminal justice system broken, people with no bail let out to run amok again the same day. I never see any news about Biden and the corruption in his family. He lied about knowing anything about his son’s business dealings. Where are the investigative journalists? News is news. There was actually some humor in one of these articles when the writer accuses the Republicans of sowing fear, insecurity and chaos. Look around you writer. Your president has instituted chaos at the border, your party has instituted chaos in the streets and in the cities they run so thousands are moving to red states. Fear on the streets as incompetent mayors do nothing about multiple murders every day as they defund the police. Talk about the big lie, that is a whopper. Gayle Palmer Williston Park

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Ask North Shore Guidance Center experts In this monthly column, therapists from North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center answer your questions on issues related to parenting, mental health and children’s well-being. To submit a question, email communications@northshorechildguidance.org. Question: Our grandson’s pediatrician recently suggested his parents get him screened for autism. We’re so worried and not sure where to turn. Help! Panicked Grandparents Dear Panicked Grandparents: There are a wide range of autism spectrum disorders, also known as ASD, and many people with the condition live very happy lives. Your first step: Get educated. Most babies start to show an interest in the world and the people around them at a very young age. By their first birthday, typical toddlers look people in the eye, copy words, play games like peek-a-boo and engage in clapping, waving hello and goodbye and other simple behaviors. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, people with ASD— which is a complex developmental disability that manifests in many diﬀerent ways and to many diﬀerent degrees—may struggle

with social, emotional and communication skills. Children or adults with ASD might… show no interest in objects (for example, not point at an airplane flying over) avoid eye contactprefer not to be held or cuddledappear to be unaware when people talk to them, but respond to other soundsrepeat or echo words or phrases said to themhave trouble expressing their needs using typical words or motionshave trouble adapting to changes in routine. Other signs include a child not responding to his or her name when called; repeating actions over and over; and having highly restricted interests. Early intervention is important, but even with older children, treatment can result in real improvements. At North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, we provide thorough testing and, depending on the results, will create a customized therapeutic treatment plan, which often includes social skills groups and play therapy. Support groups for caregivers are also very helpful. In addition to parent support groups, we have a program called GASAK, which stands for Grandparent Advocates Supporting Autistic Kids.

Also, our staﬀ includes family advocates who often get involved in the cases, helping clients get appropriate services from their schools and other providers. The bottom line: It’s important to determine the child’s needs and come up with a good educational and therapeutic plan. Although people with ASD may face challenges, a diagnosis doesn’t mean your grandchild won’t experience feelings of love, bonding and joy. The child is still the same loving child they were before the diagnosis. It’s a condition they have, but it doesn’t have to define their life. Question: Now that it’s safe to be with their friends, how can I convince my kids to put their phones and tech devices down? Sick on the Screens Dear Sick of the Screens: During the height of the pandemic, many families made allowances for extra time on screens and now face resistance to reestablishing more strict limits. No parent wants technology to rule the roost, especially if it’s making your children isolated. Remember, you have the power! Set aside specific times at home when no one (parents included) uses technology. Cell phones, computers, iPads—all must be

oﬀ. Tech-free time can be spent reading, talking, playing games, cooking, making art anything creative or social will do.Establish a clear schedule. When it comes to gaming, many parents may allow 30 minutes a day during the school week and two hours a day on the weekends.When possible, keep all technology in a common space like the living room — not in a child’s bedroom. Avoid allowing your kid to disappear for hours behind a closed door.Utilize online services that filter out inappropriate or violent material. These services can also limit Internet access by scheduling times that the Internet is available and times when it is not. The way you use tech devices influences your ability to eﬀectively guide your children. Although your example is not the sole factor, keep in mind that as distant as some kids become from adults as they are moving through their teen years, they continue to observe you—more closely than you know. During the pandemic, North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center is seeing clients remotely via telehealth platforms or, when deemed necessary, in person. To make an appointment, call (516) 626-1971 or emailintake@northshorechildguidance.org.

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person’s habits can have a strong impact on his or her overall health. Unhealthy habits like smoking and living a sedentary lifestyle can increase a person’s risk for various conditions and diseases. On the flip side, healthy habits like eating a nutritious diet and getting enough sleep can bolster a person’s immune system and reduce his or her risk for various ailments.

Some healthy habits, like daily exercise, can be time-consuming. Busy adults may not have time to exercise vigorously each day, though the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services urges men and women to find time for at least 150 minutes of moderateintensity aerobic activity each week. But not all healthy habits take up time. In fact, adults can incorporate various healthy practices into their daily routines without skipping a beat.

• Take the stairs. Taking the stairs instead of the elevator can have a profound effect on overall health. According to Duke University, climbing just two flights of stairs combined per day can contribute to six pounds of weight loss over the course of a single year. In addition, a study from the North American Menopause Society found that stair climbing can help postmenopausal women reduce their risk for osteoporosis and help them lower their blood pressure.

• Drink more water. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that water helps the body maintain a normal temperature, lubricates and cushions joints, protects the spinal cord and other sensitive tissues, and helps to rid the body of waste through urination, perspiration and bowel movements.

Adults who are thirsty can choose water over soda or other sugary beverages. The CDC notes that sugary beverages like soda and sports drinks contain calories but little nutritional value, making water a healthier way for individuals to quench their thirst.

• Go for daily walks. Walking benefits the body in myriad ways. For example, the Harvard School of Public Health notes that women who walk 30 minutes per day can reduce their risk of stroke by 20 percent and potentially by 40 percent if they walk briskly. In addition, researchers at the University of Virginia Health System found that men between the ages of 71 and 93 who walked more than a quarter mile per day had half the incidence of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease as men who walked less. A 15-minute walk around the neighborhood each morning coupled with a 15-minute walk after dinner can help adults dramatically improve their overall health.

• Eat more greens. Eating more greens is another healthy habit that doesn’t require a major overhaul of an individual’s lifestyle. The U.S. Department of Agriculture notes that dark green leafy vegetables, such as spinach, are rich in vitamins A,C, E, and K. The Mayo Clinic notes that vitamin E alone can help people maintain their vision and promote a healthy reproductive system while also improving the health of the blood, brain and skin. The USDA also notes that green vegetables contain very little carbohydrates, sodium and cholesterol. Adults won’t have to reinvent the dietary wheel to incorporate more greens into their diets, and the results of doing so can have a significant, positive effect on their overall health. The right habits can help people live healthier lives, and such habits need not require any major life changes.

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The risks of an overly sedentary lifestyle

ealth experts call it “sitting disease.” It refers to when people spend more of their time behind a desk or steering wheel of a car or planted in front of a television than they do engaging in physical activity. According to the American Heart Association, sedentary jobs have increased by 83 percent since 1950, and technology has reduced many people’s need to get up and move. Inactivity is taking a considerable toll on public health. A study from the University of Cambridge equated inactivity with being obese. The Mayo Clinic advises that research has linked sedentary behavior to a host of health concerns, and found those who sat for more than eight hours a day with no physical activity had a risk of dying similar to the risks of fatality linked to obesity and smoking. Increased blood pressure, high blood sugar, abnormal cholesterol levels, and excess body fat all can be attributed to inactivity. Mental health can be adversely affected by a sedentary lifestyle as well. Australian researchers surveyed more than 3,300 government employees and found men who sat for more than six hours a day at work were 90 percent more likely to feel moderate psychological distress, such as restlessness, nervousness or hopelessness, than those who sat for less than three hours a day. In addition, a sedentary lifestyle can significantly increase a person’s risk for various types of cancer. A German meta-analysis of 43 studies involving four million people indicated those who sit the most have higher propensities to develop colon cancer, endometrial cancer and lung cancer.

Moving every 30 minutes is one way to reduce the harmful effects of a sedentary lifestyle. Johns Hopkins Medical Center says research shows that high levels of exercise at some point in the day can lessen some risk, but it’s not entirely effective if most of the rest of the day a person is inactive. Risk for cardiovascular disease increases significantly for people who spend 10 hours or more sitting each day. Various medical organizations recommend individuals get up and move at any opportunity to help reduce risks of inactivity. Erin Michos, M.D., M.H.S., associate director of preventive cardiology at the Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, advises people who are very sedentary to aim for 4,000 steps per day. Such individuals can then build up to a target of 10,000 steps daily. The Mayo Clinic recommends these strategies to reduce the amount of time you spend sitting. • Stand while talking on the phone or watching television • Invest in a standing desk • Get up from sitting every 30 minutes • Walk at lunch or during meetings Sedentary lifestyles can affect health in many negative ways. But there are various ways to get up and go over the course of a typical day.

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Bob Nissen, prominent activist, dies at 93 Bob Nissen, a television engineering pioneer and prominent member of the Port performing arts community for 50 years, died July 14 of pulmonary fibrosis. Bob led a creative life that rode the technological and political waves of the 20th century. Blacklisted in the McCarthy era, he had an illustrious career spanning both coasts, from the golden age of broadcast television to the high-tech boardrooms of Madison Avenue. Born in Kansas in 1928, “Bobby Joe” spent countless hours tinkering with automobiles, and learning electricity and carpentry. He once won a bet that he could run a Model-T on butter. The family moved to Oregon, and Bob got his FCC Radio license at 14 and worked at KWIL announcing Big Band songs and war news. At Oregon State, he studied physics and philosophy, did theater, and became class president of 5,000 students. Moving to New York, Bob emceed at nightclubs and met an actress from Louisville, Henrietta Schlossberg. After one week of romance, he proposed and she accepted. One week later, Bob sailed to India. He emceed at nightclubs and wrote

newspaper articles as a stringer. He interviewed Prime Minister Nehru, who said India was willing to help negotiate peace in Korea. After a severe bout of malaria, Bob shipped home. Nine days after arriving, he and Henrietta married. She changed her name to Cinde, short for “Cinderella.” They settled in San Francisco, where Bob worked at KRON-TV and KQED-TV, achieving television “firsts” including the first coast-to-coast broadcast via microwave. At home, Bob and Cinde recorded albums by the Limeliters and Pete Seeger. They joined the peace movement and hosted singer/activist Paul Robeson. The House Un-American Activities Committee called him to testify. Referencing his Nehru interview, the Committee called him a traitor, who “oﬀered his services to a foreign government” while a Marine. Asked to identify Communist friends, Bob pled the Fifth. In 1962, Bob and Cinde moved with their children to Saint Louis. When he became General Manager of KETC public television, the Globe-Democrat ran articles co-written by conservative politician Pat Buchanan, calling him “a communist

running our educational station.” Bob received threatening phone calls, and every morning checked his car for explosives. Silence from colleagues made it clear he was on a blacklist. After a brief move to Schenectady, the family settled in Port Washington in 1967. At the Hubert Wilke Organization, Bob designed over 200 TV studios and telecommunications facilities

in 50 countries. Port Washington provided ample performance opportunities for Bob’s family of actor/musicians. Port residents may remember them from the many Play Troupe cast parties at their Ridge Drive home. In 1990, Bob turned all his eﬀorts to caring for Cinde, who had Alzheimer’s disease. She died in 2002, a year after their 50th anniversary. Bob then met and fell in love with Lilli Dzierzawski, a longtime theater friend of Cinde, and they registered as domestic partners. He spent his last years gardening, traveling, writing, and enjoying visits from his children Naomi, Gregory, Tim and Peter, and grandchildren Callum, Lucy, Henry, Irina, and Alison. He is remembered for his passionate sense of purpose as an iconoclast, activist, atheist, technologist, handyman, gardener, and devoted husband and father. His life will be commemorated through readings and performances at the Landmark on Main Street on Saturday, Aug. 28 at 1 p.m. The venue requires proof of vaccination for entrance. Please RSVP at tinyurl.com/bobnissencelebration.

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Port Washington

2 Washington Place, Port Washington

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4 bd, 3 ba, 2,657 sqft, Sold On: 5/11/21, Sold Price: $1,300,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Port Washington

4 bd, 3 ba, 3,000 sqft, Sold On: 6/28/21, Sold Price: $1,199,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Port Washington

51 Cornwells Beach Road, Port Washington 2 South Street, Port Washington 4 bd, 6 ba, Sold on: 6/30/21, Sold Price: $2,950,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Port Washington

4 bd, 3 ba, 1,896 sqft, Sold Price: $550,000, Sold On: 6/24/21 Type: Single Family, Schools: Port Washington

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

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Noted Viscardi head leaves for new post Continued from Page 9 ment of Defense. Today, the school located in the center enrolls more than 180 severely disabled students K-12 with nearly an 86 percent graduation and college acceptance rate. For adults and adolescents, transitioning planning services are available for testing and job placement. The programs place over 100 people yearly in integrated employment while also providing advocacy and support beyond participants leaving the center. Chairs of the boards for the center, Henry Viscardi School and Abilities Inc.— Russ Cusick, Beth Daly and Candida Cucharo — said they will hire an outside firm to work with them on a nationwide search for a replacement. If the process is not completed by Nov. 1, then Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Oﬃcer

Sheryl Buchel will replace Kemp on an interim basis. “John Kemp’s leadership and advocacy in the disabilities community is unparalleled and we are eternally grateful for his 10 years with our organizations,” Cusik said in a statement. “John established an experienced and talented senior leadership team and created a sound fiscal structure to place us in the best possible position to move forward through this transition.” Kemp, who uses four prostheses, has established himself as a premier leader in the disability movement. He is a recipient of the Henry B. Betts award, widely regarded as the highest honor for someone in disability leadership and service, and the Dole Leadership Prize from the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. Previous recipients

of the Dole Leadership Prize include Nelson Mandela, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. His eﬀorts also involve co-founding the American Association of People with Disabilities and developing federal legislative and lobbying practices in Washington. Kemp said the opportunity in Alabama will enable him to be closer to family. “My love and respect for the mission of all Viscardi operations, our engaged and dedicated board members, and our extraordinary staﬀ has grown each and everyday and working together we have brought Viscardi to new heights locally, nationally and internationally,” Kemp said. “To move to the city, which is my wife’s hometown and where our two grown children and five grandchildren

live, is a serendipitous opportunity at this stage in our lives — one too great to pass up.” Established in 1991, the Lakeshore Foundation will see Kemp step in as its second president and CEO, succeeding Jeﬀ Underwood who served in both roles for 30 years. The Alabama nonprofit has been a U.S. Olympic and Paralympic training site and works with USA Wheelchair Rugby. Its mission is to encourage and provide opportunities for people with disability to live a healthy lifestyle through activity, research, advocacy and health promotion. During his time at Viscardi, Kemp worked to incorporate statewide, national and international outreach while broadening its mission and building the endowment alongside enhancing fund development.

3 Manhasset men in Quogue crash Continued from Page 1 James Farrell, 25 — all of whom lived in Manhasset and graduated from Manhasset High School. The crash also killed Uber driver Farhan Zahid, 32, of Bay Shore; and Justin Mendez, 22, of Brookhaven, who slammed into Zahid’s car, police said. Mendez, the sole occupant and driver of a red Nissan Maxima, crossed into oncoming traﬃc and struck Zahid’s Prius that was carrying the Farrells, Kiess and 22-year-old Brianna Maglio of Garden City, according to police. Maglio remains in critical condition at South Shore University Hospital. Quogue police said Mendez’s excessive speed may have played a role in the crash. At a news conference midday on Tuesday, Quogue Police Chief Christopher Isola said a radar reading from oﬃcer who saw Mendez heading west before the crash recorded his car traveling at 55 mph. The speed limit at the site of the crash is 40 mph. Isola also said some marijuana was

found in the passenger compartment of Mendez’s vehicle, but he did not say how much or whether the drug played any role in the crash. “Our hearts go out to all those who lost loved ones and to the dozens of first responders who responded to this tragic incident,” Isola said. The crash is still under investigation by the Quogue Police, New York State Police, the National Transportation Safety Board and the state Attorney General’s Oﬃce. No criminal charges have been announced. Uber confirmed Zahid was driving on-app for the ride-hailing company at the time of the crash and had been with Uber for nearly two years. “Our thoughts are with the families of Mr. Zahid and the four others who lost their lives in this heartbreaking crash,” an Uber spokesperson said. “We hope the survivor makes a full recovery.” James Farrell was captain of the University of Pennsylvania’s men’s lacrosse team for the 2018 season.

“Our hearts are broken following the news out of Long Island this weekend,” read a tweet from the university’s men’s lacrosse team. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Farrell family.” Ryan Kiess was a member of the Church of Our Saviour, Lutheran, in Manhasset. Rev. Marc Herbst told Blank Slate Media the young man had a great reputation for being caring and energetic. “We cherish the memory of these three gentlemen and look for all the good that they’ve done and let that continue to inspire us in our lives,” Herbst said. “It’s a time when people will question their faith,” Herbst added. “The most consoling thing that we can say is that God is present through all the love that’s surrounding the community now as we hold each other up.” Michael and James Farrell were members of the Archangel Michael Church in Port Washington, where their funeral will be held this week. A wake for the Farrells will take

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Among the three Manhasset High School graduates who died in a headon crash late Saturday night was Ryan Kiess, pictured left. Brianna Maglio remains in critical condition at South Shore University Hospital. place from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 29. The funeral will be the following day at 11 a.m. Both are open to the public and will be held at the Archangel Michael Church.

W. Park opts out of cannabis sales Continued from Page 3 opt out of this law.” Michelle Fields, cannabis attorney and member of the New York Cannabis Association for New York City, said residents would still be able to consume and grow marijuana in their homes. “People are still going to have a right to cannabis delivery within your borders,” Fields said. “Please understand that you have a right to control your businesses. Homegrown is legal, anyone that lives in a private home or private apartment will be allowed to grow their own cannabis. I

think that’s where you’re making sure you have those added protections to protect those minors from not only consumption lounges but dispensaries.” Fields said “this is a $40 billion industry and New York state is going to have the largest marketplace in the nation, and talking about multiple weed consumption lounges with a license and dispensaries, that’s significant revenue especially when you have such a high demand.” The board said if village were to opt in, they would have little authority to regulate the business.

“We have very limited commercial space and we have no industrial space” Ehrbar said. “Having someone get a license and sell in Williston Park doesn’t really give us much control not having it here gives us total control. Ehrbar later said that similar to the way alcohol is monitored and regulated, it is out of their jurisdiction. “How the Liquor Authority controls both bars and alcohol, I believe there will be a group from the state handling this, and it’s really out of our domain. The only way we could handle it is if it’s be-

ing done illegally in the streets, in which case then it’d be law enforcement. So we would have very little control, other than zoning regulations and the building itself, but from my interpretation the way it’s set up is that the state will have an authority to control the facilities.”Williston Park and surrounding villages have acted similarly to Nassau County Legislature, which unanimously voted to ban cannabis smoking and vaping on all countyowned property. The village’s opt out may not be permanent, however. Residents can petition the outcome of the recent vote, which if successful triggers a process that places the law on the ballot at the next state or local election.

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G.N. surgeon pleads guilty

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Great Neck plastic surgeon Matthew Bonanno pleaded guilty to felony charges in Nassau and Westchester County courts this month. Continued from Page 4 upon a violation of his Fifth Amendment right, which then leads to a violation of his Sixth Amendment right.” In October 2019, Gentile requested the Westchester trial be moved to the Bronx, where he served as district attorney in 1988. “Dr. Matthew Bonanno cannot get

a fair trial here in Westchester County,” Gentile said in an interview. “The jury pool has been tainted by the Westchester district attorney, with unlawful accusations of Mr. Bonanno being a domestic terrorist and a danger to himself, and others.” Gentile also said Bonanno’s exwife, Marianna Soropulos, never asked

for an order of protection from the plastic surgeon. Courtroom footage from News 12 Westchester showed Soropulos asking Westchester Judge George E. Fufidio in September 2019 to lift the order of protection.

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Towns, county blast Ben & Jerry’s Continued from Page 4 nies like Ben & Jerry’s taking actions that are clearly anti-Israel,” Clavin said. On their website, Ben & Jerry’s released a statement explaining their rational for ending sales in the occupied territories, which includes the West Bank and East Jerusalem. “We believe it is inconsistent with our values for Ben & Jerry’s ice cream to be sold in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,” it said. “We also hear and recognize the concerns shared with us by our fans and trusted partners.” Ben & Jerry’s will not renew its contract with its distributor for the region which expires at the end of next year, according to the statement. The company says it plans to stay in Israel through a diﬀerent arrangement though not in the West Bank. Though its decision received international attention, the intended message of the progressive company may have been lost, said Kristian Bailey, communications manager at Palestine Legal. His non-profit

organization supports Palestinian activists with legal advice. “Palestine is a human rights issue,” said Bailey, who grew up in North Hempstead. “These boycotts that the Town of North Hempstead is attacking are about human rights for Palestinians.” “Palestine is being singled out as somehow undeserving of human rights or undeserving of the ability to protest for those human rights,” Bailey said. Participating in boycotts or aligning with the BDS movement is what helps “putting pressure on a big world power that refuses to acknowledge human rights of an oppressed population.” Excluding Ben & Jerry’s from doing business with North Hempstead may be based on a hazy definition of a boycott against Israel, according to Bailey. The company decided against selling its product in the West Bank but said it will continue to sell its product in Israel. Israeli settlements in the West Bank are recognized as violating the Fourth Geneva Convention by the

United Nations General Assembly, the United Nations Security Council, and the International Court of Justice. “Is the Town of North Hempstead now saying that aﬃrming international law is something it stands against?” Bailey said. “That’s what the message we’re getting from its statements are.” A proper response from localities would acknowledge how boycotts for civil and human rights are one of the most cherished acts of protest in the United States, Bailey said. “We still have a right to speak out and boycott for justice for that population,” Bailey said. “It’s OK to have diﬀerent opinions on the issue, but what’s not OK is infringing on our free speech and political rights.” “These boycotts are also protected speech and political activity under the First Amendment,” Bailey said. “So, it seems that the Town of North Hempstead is both standing in opposition to human rights and to our First Amendment rights.”

Rally inspired by Kyra Continued from Page 2 (D-Forest Hills) introduced a bill titled “Kyra’s Law” and when Gov. Andrew Cuomo created a Blue Ribbon Commission exploring the role of forensic evaluators in child custody cases. State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Long Beach Democrat who is running for Nassau County District Attorney, said it’s hard to imagine fighting for a common sense law. “I wish Albany operated through logic and common sense on its own, but it doesn’t work that way,” Kaminsky said. “Can you imagine that we have to fight for a law saying that the health and safety of a child have to be prioritized and considered? But that’s where our law is right now. To make change in Albany it comes from the ground up, from not taking it anymore. Today we need to let it ring forth that change is necessary and change should come, and if we can’t do that for our children then what other cause is worthwhile to fight for.” The rally saw students from Bach to Rock Port Washington — a music school that Kyra attended — perform “Fight Song” by Rachel Platten and “The Climb” by Miley Cyrus. Also speaking at the event were Keith Scott of The Safe Center LI, and the Long Island chapter of Bikers Against Child Abuse (BACA). Also present at the rally were Sandrine Gold of Language Anywhere providing pinwheels, the Nassau County District Attorney’s Oﬃce for Operation Safe Child ID Cards, Moms Demand Action and Mel’s Ice Cream. Kids entertainment was led by Lynda Quinn. Religious remarks were made by Rabbi Jodie Siﬀ of the Reconstructionist Synagogue of North Shore and Reverend Jimmy Only of Manhasset Congregational Church. Franchetti said that there are no plans for more events at the end of the year, but that could change depending on guidance related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Regardless, Franchetti said she was thankful for the support she saw and received Tuesday evening. “I really wanted something that was inspirational and showed the change that Kyra is creating in New York and around the country,” Franchetti said in an interview Wednesday. “There’s a lot going on in Albany right now and we need to make sure that these bills are on the radar so they see how much support it has and get them ready to be passed.”

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Continuing lessons from July 4, 1776 Continued from Page 15 The right to vote became the fundamental test of any democracy as Biden continues to emphasize. But the machinery of politics through which the vote is organized or manipulated can aﬀect, even undermine, the fundamental right to vote, as we have been seeing in Republican legislatures seeking restrictions to make voting diﬃcult or impossible. Sparked by Trump’s “Big Lie” that the 2020 election was stolen, Republicans are trying to keep voter participation to a minimum (huge concern for Biden and Democrats). My award-winning master’s essay, “Voting in Early America,” supervised by historian Richard Hofstadter illustrates the complex process by which we arrived at secret ballots in the world’s fairest elections. It shows fascinating processes of inclusions of people, unprecedented anywhere else in the world. American leaders spoke of acting “for all posterity.” Trump lost the popular vote both in 2016 and 2020 by huge margins (and all of his challenges were repeatedly rejected by courts and historians). In addition to the fake voting “audits,” he and his allies hope to win enough states to succeed in the Electoral College (recognizing that Republicans have lost the popular vote in six of the past eight presidential elections, and given the trend in demographics, they are likely to keep losing the popular vote by millions). With such narrow margins in Congress, getting approval for HR 1 (the John Lewis voting reform act) does not look promising. But to Biden’s credit, he is developing alternative appeals to all American voters (these grew out of July 4 inspirations). Consulting with former President Obama, the two men agreed on an approach that was used even before the Revolution: fostering community conversations in town meetings (one of the American developments celebrated by French political thinker Alexis de Tocqueville). Both Biden and Obama recognized that there needed to be some civil, constructive way to include citizens who voted for Trump (he received 10 million more votes in 2020 than in 2016). The town meetings would need to take place in as many places as possible around the nation. For Biden, a key beginning point, given our recent extreme partisanship, would be nonjudgmental “concerns gathering” meetings, finding out what troubled citizens, what their aspirations were that are not being met. Compiling these concerns could then lead to plans for actions, particularly as folks met more frequently, and built better bonds of trust, even friendship. None of this would be easy. Biden made a commitment to form a “community corps,” folks dedicated to building connections with others. In addition, he said he would designate “Months of Action,” where citizens from the community conversations worked to implement constructive changes. If Biden considered naming his community corps “committees of correspondence,” he would have highlighted a major force for citizen reform from the Revolutionary era (approaches developed by Banjamin Franklin and Sam Adams). Those sustained endeavors of the 18th century were central in fostering independence and the most inclusive society on the globe. With his sense of decency, respect for others, can Biden succeed in building new and better bonds among divided Americans?

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A warrior on and off the field Continued from Page 2 With films ranging from “The Bad News Bears” to “Animal House” rattling around in her brain, Petruccelli decided to look at acclaimed short stories and anthologies on various sports. What she quickly discovered was that the diﬀerence between her story and the ones she examined would force her to write her own version. “I realized that none of what I was reading was about women’s teams,” she said. “At that moment, I really woke up to the idea that women’s sports history is diﬀerent than men’s sports history. It really took me into my early 20s to realize that the two are seen as completely separate.” The realization led Petruccelli to take a deeper dive into the inequities in women’s sports throughout the world. A 2019 statistic from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural ral Organization showed that women’s omen’s sports receive just 4 percent of the global media coverage of professional ofessional athletics, despite women making up 40 percent of the total participants in global sports. There are re also significant disparities in recruiting cruiting funds between the two genders, ders, she said.. Petruccelli said she becam became me

more concerned about the growth of women’s sports outside of the United States and called on her former Crimson teammates to answer a call on social media to aid the impoverished Haitian Women’s Soccer Team. Around 2009-10, Petruccelli said, she and her teammates pulled some money together to send the team a box of cleats and sports bras after hearing roughly 90 girls were sharing nine pairs of cleats. The eﬀort prompted her to learn more about how to help teams throughout the globe with fewer resources than others and led her to meet Kelly Nascimento, the daughter of another one of her idols, soccer legend Pelé. The two met once Petruccelli made the move to Manhasset around 2011-12 and talked about their shared passions for helping to promote women’s sports tthroughhrou hr ough ghout the world. Their The heir ir meeting led to Petruccelli Petrucceell llii bbeing eing named a producer on a documentary Nascimento was d in n the process of creating. Petruccelli published her memoir, “Raised a Warrior,” in England last year, but the coronavirus pandemic caused some delays in having the book reach the shelves. On Once ce

it did, however, the country took notice and resulted in Petruccelli receiving the Vikki Orvice Prize, named after the first female soccer reporter for a British newspaper, The Sun. The book, which captures the mentality Petruccelli’s father instilled in her at a young age, was published throughout the United States two weeks ago. In one of the chapters she initially sent to her publisher, Petruccelli described the time her daughter posed a pertinent question to members of the 2015 World Cup Champion U.S. Women’s Soccer Team. Her daughter, she said, asked the team if they believe they should be paid as much as men do. Petruccelli’s reaction to her daughter’s question brought back the words her dad had instilled in her at a young age. “After “A Aft fter er all all the the injuries iinj njur urie iess I sustained su playing soccer, I wanted to contin contini ue raising myself to be a warrior, but for things that I was passionate about like gender equality and equal pay and opportunities for girls in sports,” she said. “Hearing my daughter ask that question was a really allly cool coo cooll moment mome mo ment n for me.”

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Island Harvest gets $24K Manhasset event Island Harvest Food Bank recently received $24,000 from the National Association of Letter Carriers, which included $12,000 from NALC Branch 6000, which represents letter carriers in Nassau and Suﬀolk counties. Funding will be used to support Island Harvest Food Bank’s food collection and distribution eﬀorts on Long Island. The NALC has a longstanding commitment to supporting Island Harvest Food Bank and food banks across the country through its annual Stamp Out Hunger campaign. Established in 1992, Stamp Out Hunger encourages postal customers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Island, and Guam, to leave nonperishable food items by their mailbox for pickup by their local letter carriers. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NALC has suspended the Stamp Out Hunger collection

event for the last two years, typically held on the second Saturday in May. “We are thankful for the generosity of the NALC, its leadership, and members for their continued support of hunger-relief eﬀorts on Long

Island and across the country,” said Randi Shubin Dresner, president & CEO, Island Harvest Food Bank. “Thanks to their eﬀorts, we can provide much-needed food support for your neighbors struggling to put food on their tables.”

Left to right: Charlie Smith, Treasurer, NALC Branch 6000: Marc Suntup, Chief Development Officer, Island Harvest Food Bank; David Sank, Chief Operations & Logistics Officer, Island Harvest Food Bank; and Walter Barton, President, NALC Branch 6000, at a check presentation to support food collection and distribution efforts on Long Island.

Town gets FEMA grant The Town of North Hempstead has announced that the town has recently been awarded $20,991 in grant funding from FEMA’s Port Security Grant Program. The funding will be used by North Hempstead’s Harbor Patrol to purchase new radios, infrared cameras and radiation detection equipment for the Town’s existing patrol boat. “It is wonderful that FEMA is once again supporting the Town of North Hempstead’s Harbor Patrol unit in our eﬀorts to modernize our equipment and further secure the waters within the Town’s jurisdiction,” said North Hempstead Town

Supervisor Judi Bosworth. “This will go a long way toward ensuring the safety and protection of our residents, as well as those who use our waterways.” This is the second Port Security Grant awarded to the town in the past two years. Last year, the town was awarded $294,531 to purchase a new patrol boat with modern communications systems and search and rescue equipment. Together, the town’s new and existing patrol boats will now be outfitted with updated equipment that will enhance their operational and communication capabilities. FEMA’s Port Security Grant

Program provides funding to state, local and private-sector partners to help protect maritime security. Funding from the Port Security Grant Program in Fiscal Year 2021 totals $100,000,000 nationwide. North Hempstead’s Division of Harbor Patrol is overseen by the town’s Department of Public Safety. North Hempstead’s Harbor Patrol currently monitors the waters of Little Neck Bay, Manhasset Bay, Hempstead Harbor, and parts of the Long Island Sound, and it partners with the United States Coast Guard New York Sector in protecting the Port of New York and New Jersey.

rain date on Sunday

Manhasset Al Fresco was canceled on its original date July 25 due to potential afternoon thunderstorms and high winds. The event has been postponed to its rain date of Sunday, Aug. 1 still is scheduled to take place on South Plandome Road, road closure between Park Ave and Dennis Street, creating a pedestrian-only zone from 3:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. It will be a fullevent schedule of entertainment and activities for families, kids and adults to enjoy. With a few changes to the event schedule, the Manhasset Chamber of Commerce will still be providing photo opportunities, giveaways and raﬄes by Shop Manhasset. Reusable shopping totes will be available for purchase, proceeds will benefit the Chamber to fund for more of the Al Fresco events. Bring the kids to “Chalk the Town.” In order to bring awareness and promote Manhasset Beautification to the community, children will be given chalk to draw pictures and inspirational quotes to decorate the sidewalks of Manhasset!

The event line-up includes a Dunk Tank provided by the Chamber, Modern Car Show presented by Elite Automotive Repair, $5 Psychic Readings from Mind, Body & Soul, and walkin Covid vaccines at Manhasset Park Drug. Shopping includes local shops Lacrosse Unlimited of Manhasset, Olive & Duntley Florists, and more. Eat local and grab dinner, coﬀee or dessert while dining outdoors at For Five, Herb & Olive, Villa Milano and Buttercooky. Enjoy an acoustic performance on the guitar by Liam Morrisey, returning for a second performance. Music at Mary Jean Davies Green Park by DJ Italo with party giveaways for the kids. Manhasset Chamber encourages all to come out to support this great community event and support our local businesses. It is recommended to bring your own blanket or chair, hang out for a while and enjoy the entertainment! For more information and full Manhasset Al Fresco event schedule visit https://sites.google.com/ view/shopmanhasset.

It will be a full event schedule of entertainment and activities for families, kids and adults to enjoy.

Scott Silverberg elected to NAELA board The Law Oﬃce of Stephen J. Silverberg, located in Roslyn Heights, is proud to announce attorney Scott B. Silverberg has attained two significant milestones in his career. Scott received a Master of Laws degree in Elder Law, an internationally recognized postgraduate law degree, from the prestigious Stetson Univer-

sity School of Law. Silverberg is one of very few (and possibly the only) Elder Law attorney on Long Island to receive this degree. Also, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys has recognized his professional commitment by electing him to serve on the organization’s national board of directors. He

is a member of the Board of Directors of NAELA’s New York Chapter for the past five years. Last month he was elected as the Chapter’s Treasurer for 2021. “The firm and the family are proud to congratulate Scott on accomplishing this additional part of his legal education, which will further the

firm’s ability to provide clients with excellence in Elder Law matters,” said founding partner Stephen J. Silverberg. “We are also pleased with his dedication to the profession and his commitment to NAELA, which I know from long experience provides a valuable network of exceptional Elder Law practitioners.”

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‘Little Free Library’ opens in Manorhaven The Port Washington Public Library recently renovated and relocated one of their “Little Free Library” boxes to the front entrance of the Manorhaven Village Hall. In an effort to distribute and share reading materials that “teach, intrigue, and entertain” to residents of Manorhaven, PWPL is hoping this small outpost will encourage readers of all ages to, “Take a book!” Village of Manorhaven ClerkTreasurer Joanie Corbo Hanna was instrumental in making this collaboration a reality. “It’s wonderful to have a small part of the Port Library on our property,” she says, “It’s also great to see so many of the books are in so many different languages.” Village of Manorhaven Mayor Jim Avena attended the installation of the LFL and recorded a video welcoming residents to utilize the new attraction in front of the Village Hall. “It’s a special day in our village,” said Avena, “thanks to the Port Washington Public Library and their staff.” Director of Children’s Services and Little Free Library Coordinator Rachel Fox stated, “The Little

Free Library belongs to everyone in our community. Anyone can use it! If you see a book you would like to read, please take it. When you are finished with the book, keep it, return it, or pass it on to a friend.” According to their website, Little Free Library is a 501 nonprofit organization that promotes neighborhood book exchanges, usually in the form of a public bookcase. More than 90,000 public book exchanges are registered with the organization and branded as Little Free Libraries. PWPL would like to extend a special thank you to Alper’s Hardware for providing the materials and expertise to build the Little Free Library and the Friends of the Library for their support. The second PWPL Little Free Library is located at 6 Irma Place (oﬀ of Main Street) in front of Alper’s Hardware store. Contact:Andrea Niederman, Community Relations | The Port Washington Public Library(516) 883-4400 x1104 | Niederma@ PWPL.org One Library Drive, Port Washington, NY 11050 • 516.883.4400 • www.PWPL.org

Left to Right: Director of Children’s Services and Little Free Library Coordinator Rachel Fox, Village of Manorhaven Clerk Joanie Corbo Hanna, Village of Manorhaven Mayor Jim Avena with the Little Free Library

4 Northwell hospitals rated among nation’s best Four Northwell Health hospitals received top-50 national ratings in 22 adult medical specialties – including three among the top 20 – in US News & World Report’s 2021-22 Best Hospital rankings. Three of those hospitals – Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset and Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park – rate among the top 7 hospitals in the New York metropolitan area and the entire state, according to US News’ analysis of more than 4,500 medical centers nationwide. Northwell Health, New York State’s largest health system and private employer, played a leading role throughout the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, from providing diagnostic testing to delivering vaccines and nursing the sick.

The health system treated more COVID-19 patients than any other, collaborated with local, state and federal agencies to tramp down the virus and extended its outreach to underserved populations throughout its geographic footprint across Long Island, New York City and Westchester. “Northwell Health’s patientcentric culture, along with the collaboration our staﬀ displays each day, is not only reflected in these impressive rankings, but in the fact that we helped New Yorkers get through the worst health care crisis in a century,” said Michael J. Dowling, president and chief executive oﬃcer of Northwell Health. “I am extremely proud of our hospital leadership, physicians, nurses and all of our caregivers for their dedication, compassion and expertise.” Lenox Hill Hospital, the

fourth-ranked medical center in the state and New York Metro region, achieved top-50 national ratings in seven medical specialties: neurology and neurosurgery (23rd best in the nation), orthopedics (25th), ear, nose and throat (27th), cardiology and heart surgery (28th), gynecology (31st), diabetes and endocrinology (38th) and geriatrics (39th). North Shore University Hospital (NSUH) ranked fifth in the metro area and state and is Long Island’s top hospital, according to US News. The hospital was nationally recognized in eight specialties: pulmonology (17th), cardiology and heart surgery (21st), orthopedics (24th), urology (25th), geriatrics (29th), diabetes and endocrinology (31st), gastroenterology (GI) and GI surgery (39th) and neurology and neurosurgery

(46th). Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Center ranked seventh (tied) in the metro area and state and was nationally recognized in five specialties: gynecology (15th), neurology and neurosurgery (20th), urology (22nd), ear, nose and throat (40th), and geriatrics (47th). Huntington Hospital was ranked 10th-best in the state and 12th in the region, and its orthopedics (44th) program achieved national status once again with pulmonology and lung surgery jumping to 47th. US News conducts a separate analysis of the nation’s best children’s hospitals. In the latest survey results released on June 15, Northwell’s Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park was ranked No. 1

in New York State and earned top 50 national rankings for exceptional care in nine pediatric specialties. The largest provider of pediatric health services in New York State, Cohen Children’s has been ranked among the nation’s top children’s hospitals byUS Newsfor 15 consecutive years. This marks the 32nd edition of US News’ Best Hospitals rankings. Its methodologies in most areas of care are based largely on objective measures such as risk-adjusted survival and discharge-to-home rates, volume, and quality of nursing, among other care-related indicators. US News evaluated nearly 5,000 medical centers nationwide in 15 specialties, procedures and conditions to compile its 2021-22 rankings. Only 175 U.S. hospitals were ranked in at least one specialty.

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