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Strauss bids farewell to Mineola

GET’CHA HEAD IN THE GAME

Conducts final meeting, offers thanks after serving 11 years as mayor

BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y At a packed house last Wednesday evening at the Mineola Community Center, Mineola Mayor Scott Strauss conducted his last public meeting.

On Tuesday, March 15, Deputy Mayor Paul Pereira became the mayor-elect of the village, giving Mineola its first new mayor in 11 years, since Strauss was elected.

Strauss said he will hold most of his comments for April 4, when Pereira and Trustees Janine Sartori and Jeffrey Clark are sworn into their new positions on the board.

“The accomplishments that we’ve done here, and over the last 11 years are many, the list is quite long. There’s no one person that could do that job, or could take credit for that job,” Strauss said during his remarks. “That credit goes to everybody in this room and everybody in the community whether you’re a volunteer firefighter, animal school person, and then a coach, helping out a food pantry in a church, whatever the case is, it’s all of us collectively who made Mineola great.”

Throughout Strauss’s time, he has overseen part of the implementation of Mineola’s master plan, which began in 2004.

Park renovations, downtown streetscapes, paving, recently opened

parking and four transit-oriented mixed-use buildings are among the improvements made to the village’s business district.

Strauss also oversaw the village during the COVID-19 pandemic and other infrastructure achievements while minimally raising taxes on residents.

Strauss thanked each trustee as well as the Mineola Fire Department, whose members filled almost all the seats, wearing their blue and white formal uniforms.

“Thank you, guys. for putting up with me, supporting me, fighting for me, defending me or whatever, whatever it took … I can’t believe it’s been 11 years. I don’t want to go but I have to go and we’ll see what the next step is.

Thank you all very much for everything that you’ve done, I appreciate it.”

It is unclear what plans Strauss has, if any, for future elected positions, but Pereira said he believes if he did choose to run for a higher office, there is no better candidate.

In February, Strauss was one of Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Jennifer DeSena’s six recommendations for the town’s Board of Ethics. Neither Stauss nor any of the other five nominees were approved by the Democratic majority on a basis of lack of diversity, among other things.

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The Wheatley School Wildcats began practices for their spring sports on Monday.

Mineola man pleads guilty to abusing, killing puppies

BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z A Mineola man admitted he fatally beat two puppies and seriously injured another, agreeing to a plea deal on Monday that will have

him spend a year in jail, according to Newsday.

Ellie Knoller, 31, pleaded guilty to three felony charges of aggravated animal cruelty that occurred in 2019, according to Newsday. Knol-

ler will also be banned from owning a pet for as long as 50 years as part of his plea deal, according to Newsday.

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Rice endorses Gillen District highlights for her Congress seat writing program Backs ex-Hempstead supervisor in crowded primary field Director details steps to enhance skills

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U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City) endorsed former Hempstead Supervisor Laura Gillen to fill her seat in Congress.

Rice, who announced earlier this year that she would not run for reelection this year, said Gillen “is the best choice” to represent the 4th Congressional District.

“Laura Gillen is a lifelong Long Islander who has already proven her political tenacity with a strong record of getting things done,” Rice said in her endorsement, announced by Gillen on Monday.

The 4th Congressional District takes in central and southern Nassau County, including Floral Park, Garden City, Hempstead, Mineola, Carle Place, New Hyde Park and Westbury.

Under newly drawn redistricting maps, it also takes in the villages of East Williston, Williston Park, Lake Success and some unincorporated parts of the Town of North Hempstead.

Gillen, who served as supervisor for the largest township in the United States from 2018 to 2019, was the first Democrat elected to the position in a century in an upset over incumbent Anthony Santino. Now shifting her focus to a congressional campaign, Gillen said, some of her focus will be on aiding Nassau County’s middle-class families and addressing issues such as gun violence and climate change.

“As the first Democrat to serve as Hempstead town supervisor in a century, she has been a vocal advocate for women’s rights, common-sense gun safety measures and lowering taxes in Nassau County,” Rice said about Gillen.

Gillen lauded Rice’s work for the district, saying she hopes to “follow her model as a public servant” and prioritize bipartisan work “to achieve results for Nassau County and for our nation.”

“Kathleen has been a tireless advocate for New York’s Fourth Congressional District and Long Island families her whole career,” Gillen continued. “She has delivered for our

At the Mineola Board of Education meeting last week, Nicole Moriarity, director of the English New Language program, led a presentation by several teachers about the development of writing skills by children from pre-K to seventh grade.

“Every learner is an author. By creating a sense of belonging, purpose and meaning, the district is cultivating accomplished writers,” Moriarity said. “The vision is for all learners to see themselves as writers, communicators and storytellers.”

Moriarity outlined the steps taken in developing writing skills, beginning with letter formation in pre-K to forming simple and complex sentences in grades 1 to 4 followed by writing essays in grades 5 and 6.

She described writing as a dynamic process in explaining the evolution of developing an idea, writing and editing a draft, and finally publishing it.

At the pre-K level, the importance of progression from pictures to learning letters to writing words was presented by teachers Alexandra Bauer and Nancy Ekloff.

Third- and fourth-grade teachers Olivia Sais and Erika Pena spoke of their learners focusing on a global

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Former Hempstead Supervisor Laura Gillen announced she will run in the 4th Congressional District race in February. communities every year she’s served in Congress – bringing federal dollars back home, defending women’s reproductive rights, and safeguarding our democracy. I’m deeply honored that she believes I’m the best candidate to carry on in this seat.”

Rice, who was first elected to Congress in 2014 and is in the midst of her fourth term, said in a tweet that elected officials “must give all we have and then know when it is time to allow others to serve.”

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

She became the 30th Democratic

member of Congress to bow out of the fall elections, including U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove), who represents the 3rd Congressional District on the North Shore and is running for governor.

Gillen is one of four Democrats who have officially announced their candidacy in the 4th District race, along with Nassau County Legislators Carrié Solages (D-Lawrence) and Seila Bynoe (D-Westbury), and Village of Malverne Mayor Keith Corbett.

State and Nassau Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs told Newsday he believes either Corbett or Bynoe will win the election and take Rice’s place in Congress.

Efforts to reach Jacobs for further comment were unavailing.

perspective in writing about history, geography and cultural subjects.

An explanation of reflective writing, introduced in middle school, was presented by seventh-grade teacher Nicole DeStefano. The goal at that level is to prepare the learners for the transition into high school, she said.

At the end of the writing presentation, district Superintendent Michael Nagler emphasized the importance of “growth” in assessing writing skills throughout the early school years.

Highlights of the proposed 202223 district budget were presented by Andrew Casale, assistant superintendent for business and operations.

The budget of $110 million calls for a decrease of $1.8 million from the current year, a decline of 1.62%.

The tax levy remains unchanged at $84,660,000, Casale said.

State aid is expected to increase to $11 million from $9 million while notable expense items include increases of $2.5 million in salaries and benefits, Casale added. Part of this increase reflects the rehiring of 12 full-time employees who were not on the payroll in the current year due to staff reductions because of COVID-19.

The public vote on the budget will be held on May 17.

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District officials said the $110 million budget proposal for the Mineola school district calls for a 1.62 percent decrease in spending from the current fiscal year.

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Chain of command broken: DeSena N. Hempstead supervisor says commissioners told to report to Bosworth’s ex-chief of staff

BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y During a virtual town hall with Blank Slate Media, North Hempstead Supervisor Jennifer DeSena said that commissioners and department heads are being asked to report to Jeanine Dillon, the current chief research assistant to the Town Board and previous chief of staff for ex-Supervisor Judi Bosworth.

DeSena’s comments came when she was asked about the Town Board and whether it is asserting authority not previously used.

Since DeSena took office in January, conflicts have erupted at the board’s monthly meetings over moving office space, budget and personnel resolutions and DeSena’s picks for the Board of Ethics, which were blocked on the grounds of lack of diversity, among other things.

In November, DeSena was the first Republican nominee to win the town supervisor election in over 30 years, succeeding Bosworth, a Democrat who did not seek re-election. The seven-member Town Board retains a Democratic majority, as it long has, with three Republicans to four Democrats.

“For too long, North Hempstead Town Hall has been riddled with politics, discord and staff in-fighting,” DeSena said during her inauguration in January. “Politics have been placed ahead of our taxpayers and town services have suffered as a result, there’s no denying it. As of today, partisan power party politics will no longer have a place in Town

Hall.”

DeSena said at the Blank Slate Media event last Thursday that the Town Board has a legislative function and its members work part-time and that she is the chief executive, responsible for what happens daily in Town Hall.

“When it comes to accountability for day-to-day operations that’s the role of the supervisor, that’s the chief administrative officer and that’s what I am,” DeSena said.

“The question is where does legislative function stop.”

The Manhasset resident said that commissioners and department heads were used to a certain chain of command under previous administrations, but that has been changed since she took office.

“Me and the deputy supervisor [Joe Scalero] are here every day but now they’re still being asked to report to the former chief of staff to Judi Bosworth who somehow reports to the Town Board,” DeSena said.

She was referring to Jeanine Dillon, who in January was transferred under a personnel resolution to become chief research assistant to the Town Board. Republicans opposed the resolution.

Dillon, like most North Hempstead town employees, serves at the pleasure of the board. DeSena said operations should still be reported to the supervisor and town employees are free to speak with council members, but Dillon should not be “calling for opera-

tions updates from commissioners.”

Councilwoman Veronica Lurvey defended the Town Board and Dillon when reached for comment while rejecting DeSena’s view of the board’s and supervisor’s powers.

“My residents would be very surprised if I was only coming in for and around Town Board meetings because there is so much more that goes into being a council member,” Lurvey said to Blank Slate Media. “The town supervisor is part of the legislative branch and acts as a member of the Town Board, so she is one of seven members. Virtually all of the town’s discretionary authority rests with the Town Board, and the board exercises both legislative and executive functions.”

Lurvey defended Dillon, saying she “is an integral, knowledgeable and hard-working member of the team here at the Town of North Hempstead and possesses both institutional knowledge and governmental experience.”

According to town law, the supervisor serves as the chief executive and is the head of the administrative branch. The Town Board is the legislative body, according to town law.

DeSena, a registered Democrat who ran as a Republican, campaigned on making town government streamlined and more efficient, citing issues with the Building Department. DeSena also said that she voted for Joe Biden in the last presidential election.

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DeSena was the first Republican nominee to win the town supervisor election in over 30 years.

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Manfredi goes undefeated in Vinyl records a winning state championship family passion

BY M I C H A E L J . L E W I S For Herricks High School sophomore wrestler Joe Manfredi, the final seconds of his last wrestling match of the season brought a new emotion: relief.

All season the standout athlete was trying to achieve his goals and go undefeated, and win a state crown for his school, only the fifth ever.

So when it finally happened, when he scored a 5-1 decision over Hauppauge’s Mikey Manta at the 110-pound division at the state championships at the MVP Arena in Albany on Feb. 26, the teenager said he was mostly just happy it was over.

“It was exciting, definitely, but I was really relieved that the season was over and I had accomplished what I wanted to do,” Manfredi said. “I knew this was possible if I did what I was supposed to do, and stayed on offense and practiced hard.

After the final match, I was just happy it was done.”

Herricks head coach Eric Goldberg, who said Manfredi is the school’s first wrestling state champ since 2007, said he knew he had a special talent in Manfredi.

“Since 7th grade when he first came onto varsity, he’s just exuded confidence and has so much natural ability,” Goldberg said. “It’s a rare occurrence when someone takes him down or gets ahead of him on

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Herricks sophomore Joe Manfredi just completed a 53-0 undefeated season, and won a state title in the 110-pound division. the scoreboard, but I’m never worried he won’t be able to come back. He’s just such a gifted wrestler.”

Manfredi, whose older brother Michael is a junior and also a wrestler at Herricks, said his passion for the sport was instilled when he was 6.

“My parents took us to a club in Syosset to watch them practice and I liked it right away,” Manfredi said. “I just thought it looked like a lot of fun, so we started doing it and I’ve been doing it ever since.”

Manfredi was a state finalist as a freshman at the 99-pound level, and last year

wasn’t able to win a crown since the COVID-19 pandemic canceled the official state championships.

So heading into this season, Manfredi’s goal was clear: get his first state title.

As the season went along and the victories piled up, Goldberg had a feeling his sophomore was en route to a historic season. The challenge was keeping him motivated.

“It’s tough because he’s so good, but we try to motivate him in other ways,” Goldberg said. “Like, not how much can I dominate, but how perfect can I be in my match.

He’s one of those kids, even when he has a bad match, he wins. He can win 15-0 and know he’s not doing everything perfectly, and that keeps him working hard.

“He knows SO much about wrestling,” Goldberg said with a laugh “that sometimes I’ll ask him things. He might know more than me.”

With a move up in weight class next year, Manfredi figures to face stiffer competition. His goals include winning more state championships and eventually wrestle for Division I college powerhouses Virginia Tech or North Carolina.

“I just want to keep getting mentally tougher, and stay sharp always,” Manfredi said. “I know the challenges are going to keep getting harder, but I’m motivated to keep getting better.”

BY M E AG H A N DOHERTY Video may have killed the radio star, but even COVID-19 can’t kill the spirits of record store owners.

Especially the spirits of Josh Goldberg, who, after navigating uncharted terrain last year, celebrated major milestones this year.

He is the co-owner of the

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Long Island vinyl franchise Mr. Cheapo, with stores in Mineola and Commack. The business was established in 1981 when his father, Stu Goldberg, expanded his record collecting hobby into a store for buying and selling vintage records.

In April 2021, Mr. Cheapo celebrated a milestone of 40 years. Josh Goldberg also celebrated in August 2021, turning 40 alongside the business.

In celebration of their 40th anniversary, the stores held promotional sales and sold novelty T-shirts. “This was the first year we celebrated an anniversary,” Goldberg said. “We hadn’t done anything like that before.”

He grew up with Mr. Cheapo.

He can remember as a child coming into the Mineola location and the store in Commack looking at all of the heavy metal and classic rock posters covering the walls.

When Goldberg was around 10 years old, he said, he started working in the store, during the holiday season when business would get crazy.

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Suspend gas tax: Nassau Democrats Legislators call for holiday on 4.25% charge on sales as average price rises to $4.30 a gallon at the pump as we possibly can,” Bynoe said. “While some of the necessary steps that we have taken will Nassau County Democratic legrequire sacrifice from the American islators proposed suspending the people, this initiative will reduce county’s gasoline tax as the averthe pain at the pump for consumers age price per gallon on Long Island at a critical time.” exceeded $4.30 as of Tuesday, more “Soaring fuel prices are making than a $1.50 increase from last year. the average Nassau resident’s daiDemocratic legislators, in a ly commute more expensive than press release earlier this month, ever,” Lafazan said. “To confront said suspending the 4.25 percent this emergency, it is essential for sales tax on gasoline purchases local government to act swiftly to would save around 18 cents per protect our residents and support gallon. If gas prices were to exceed long-term economic growth.” $5 a gallon, officials said, it would The state Senate has also prosave people more than 21 cents per posed a suspension of the gas tax in gallon. its budget resolution, which would Legislative Minority Leader Kesuspend the fee from May 1 until van Abrahams (D-Freeport) said the end of the year. Gov. Kathy Hosuspending the county’s portion of chul expressed initial support for the gasoline sales tax “would have a the proposal but has recognized minimal impact” upon the county’s PHOTO BY NOAH MANSKAR other factors that complicate the estimated tax surplus for the 2022 and said the matter was unfiscal year and its projected revDemocratic legislators have proposed the county’s sales tax on gaso- matter der review. enue.

According to the state Tax De“No Nassau County resident line purchases be lifted. partment, state and local taxes are should be forced to choose between filling their gas tank and filling their a long way toward protecting local Bynoe (D-Westbury) and Josh Lafa- just two of the six taxes applied to prescriptions, but as fuel prices con- families as our nation takes difficult zan (D-Woodbury) also expressed a gasoline purchases. Others include state and federal excise taxes, a tinue to climb, that is what far too but necessary steps in the pursuit of desire to see the tax suspended. many are confronted with,” Abraha- peace.”

“Government has a responsibil- petroleum business tax and an enms said. “Temporarily suspending Fellow Democratic legislators ity to closely analyze every oppor- vironmental tax. New York’s state Nassau’s gasoline sales taxes will go and congressional candidates Seila tunity for minimizing as much pain sales tax rate has been fixed at eight

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cents per gallon since June 2006.

Abrahams and other Democratic legislators have criticized Republican legislators and County Executive Bruce Blakeman for not supporting the measure on the county level.

“County Executive Blakeman and the Republican Majority are offering no solutions – just the usual assortment of finger-pointing, deflection, and political propaganda,” Abrahams said in a press release.

“While parroting oil company talking points won’t do a thing to help Nassau residents make ends meet, suspending Nassau’s share of the sales tax on gasoline will.”

“The increase in energy prices is directly attributable to federal and state policies that have decreased domestic production and relied on foreign energy sources which have increased energy costs and made us vulnerable to foreign powers,” Blakeman said in a statement. “I would hope that those minority legislators lobby their colleagues in Albany and Washington to reopen the Keystone XL pipeline and take other measures which would lower energy costs and make America more secure.”

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Four electrician unions back Suozzi Endorse District 3 congressman in bid for Dem nominination against Gov. Kathy Hochul

BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) has been endorsed for governor by four major electricians unions as he competes against Gov. Kathy Hochul in a Democratic primary.

IBEW Locals 3, 25, 1049 and UWUA Local 1-2 have pledged their support for the representative from the 3rd Congressional District on the North Shore. The unions have over 40,000 members and are based in New York City, Long Island and Westchester.

Suozzi accepted the endorsements over the weekend at the IBEW Local 3 headquarters in Flushing, Queens. William Holmes, Suozzi’s grandfather, was an IBEW Local 3 electrician who installed lights on the Empire State Building, according to the campaign.

The Glen Cove native said that he is going to fight for his constituents and not the establishment.

“Electricity is about power. This race is about power to the people,” said Suozzi. “I’m fighting for the people, I’m fighting for you, I’m not fighting for the insiders or the establishment, I’m fighting for the real-life issues that affect your life. New York State has been an insider game for the past four decades.

I’m running to change that, and to finally address rising crime, lower taxes,

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U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) is joined by his supporters over the weekend at the IBEW Local 3 headquarters in Flushing, Queens. our sky-high utility rates, and to fix our troubled schools.”

Suozzi’s running mate for lieutenant governor, Brooklyn Deputy Borough President Diana Reyna, said the working class is the reason for future generations to prosper.

“You are the working class that make this country breathe, you are the

people that built the country we have today,” Reyna said. Your forefathers left open this door so that further generations can learn how great it is to be an electrician. We are here because we are committed to your families, and Tom Suozzi and I are committed to turning things around for the people of this state.”

During his time in Washington, Suozzi has been co-founder and cochair of the Congressional Labor Caucus and pushed for pro-labor policies such as the Protecting the Right to Organize Act. Chris Erikson, business manager of Local 3, said the union has supported Suozzi throughout his career and be-

lieves in his experience and agenda.

“There is a candidate that will ensure that the voices of those who feel abandoned will be heard,” Erikson said in a statement. “Tom Suozzi, we believe, will bring New Yorkers together.

He’s a progressive, common sense Democrat, who understands how important unions are to a thriving middle class.

“Equally important, Tom Suozzi is our best hope to beat Lee Zeldin. We’ve supported Tom throughout his career.

We believe his experience and agenda best serves the interests of IBEW throughout the state. Tom brings common sense leadership at a time when it is needed most to lead New York forward.”

In his remarks, Suozzi said the American Dream doesn’t exist right now, but he will work toward it when elected.

“The American Dream is not complicated. It’s a simple idea that if you work hard, you make enough money so you can afford a house, you can educate your kids, you can get health care and you can retire without being scared,” Suozzi said. “That’s it. Work hard for a good life. That’s America. But that doesn’t exist for too many New Yorkers these days. As governor, I’ll work to fix that and make it a top priority.”

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Mamaroneck Democrats back Zimmerman Westchester town committee endorses businessman in primary run in newly drawn CD3

BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y The campaign for longtime Democratic National Committee member Robert Zimmerman announced an endorsement from the Mamaroneck Town Democratic Committee as he bids for his party’s nomination in the 3rd Congressional District.

Mamaroneck officials said Zimmerman will be effective in Washington and stands as a pragmatic, progressive candidate.

“Robert Zimmerman’s progressive values shined through during the endorsement process for the Mamaroneck Democrats and made it clear he will be an effective Congressman who will fight for us and with us every day,” Supervisor Jaine Elkind Eney said in a statement. “We particularly applauded his inclusive approach to learning about us and our local issues as we look to protect our environment, prioritize affordable housing, improve our water and sewer infrastructure, and keep our downtown business districts thriving. We look forward to campaigning with him in the coming months.”

“I am happy to support Robert Zimmerman, he represents a pragmatic progressivism that we need to move this nation and our district forward,” said Village of Mamaroneck Mayor Tom Murphy. “I believe he has the intelligence and skill to get things done in Washington and also tend to the needs of the Sound Shore.”

Zimmerman said he will fight for issues important to Mamaroneck such as affordability and safety.

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

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

If elected, Zimmerman would become the first gay member of Congress from Long Island and Queens.

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

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

Following the approval of new congressioGreat Neck’s Robert Zimmerman announced his run for New York’s 3rd Congressional nal maps by state legislators, a Republican-led District. group filed a lawsuit claiming the Democrats gerrymandered the districts to retain control of “I have truly enjoyed the time spent getting the Long Island Sound and advocate for a full the House.

Others running for the Democratic nominato know Mamaroneck’s diverse neighborhoods restoration of the SALT tax deduction. I am and wonderful people, including the members eager to hit the ground running and look for- tion in the district include former North Hempof the Mamaroneck Democratic Committee,” ward to taking the advice of the Mamaroneck stead Supervisor Jon Kaiman, Nassau County Zimmerman said in a statement. “As Mama- Democratic Committee on tackling these criti- Legislator Joshua Lafazan, state Sen. Alessanroneck’s next Member of Congress, I pledge cal issues. I am truly humbled by their endorse- dra Biaggi, Oyster Bay’s Reema Rasool and Melanie D’Arrigo of Port Washington. that I will fight every day to keep it affordable ment.”

The Democratic congressional primary is Zimmerman, 67, is co-president of ZE Creand safe in the spirit of its progressive values and leadership. We know that we have to tackle ative Communications on Bond Street in Great slated for June 28.

George Santos and Kevin Surdi are seeking climate change and flood mitigation and deliver Neck, a public relations firm he began 33 years the Republican nomination. infrastructure improvements that will protect ago with Ron Edelson.

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Family of acid attack victim W.P. Little League criticizes police investigation parade on tap

BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z The family of a 22-year-old Elmont woman who was the victim of an acid attack criticized police for their handling of the investigation, which officials said remains ongoing one year later.

Nafiah Ikram, a Hofstra University premed student and Sewanhaka High School graduate, and her mother parked their car outside their Arlington Avenue home on the night of March 17, 2021.

The two were about to walk inside when an unknown man ran up to her and threw acid on her face. Footage of the incident was caught on a neighboring house camera.

The acid caused Ikram to scream, which resulted in the liquid spreading to her mouth, according to a GoFundMe page to help fund the various medical procedures needed.

Her tongue and throat were burned as a result of the attack, along with burns and scars on her face, according to the page.

Ikram ran into the house, where her

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The family of a 22-year-old Elmont woman who was the victim of an acid attack last year criticized the police’s handling of the investigation.

parents attempted to help her, but the acid burned her parents’ arms and hands as well, the page said.

The acid caused “severe burning” on Ikram’s eyes, chest and arms, according to the post. She was also wearing contact lenses, which were melted to her eyes as a result of the acid.

Officials from the Nassau County Police Department said the male attacker was approximately 6-foot-2 and wore a black hooded sweatshirt and gloves.

He fled in a red 2013-2015 Nissan Altima, according to police. Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said in April that there was not enough evidence to determine if the attack was a hate crime.

One year after the incident, Ikram was joined by her parents and Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D-Lawrence) last Thursday in her backyard to hold a news conference calling on law enforcement to increase their efforts to find the attacker.

“They didn’t take it seriously and even up until now,” Ikram told Newsday regarding the police’s efforts.

Ikram’s mother, Sherina Mohamed, said she felt “like maybe the detectives ... didn’t take [the case] seriously.” Ikram’s father, Sheikh Ikram, shared a similar sentiment.

“They really took this case very slow and did not really make us feel they were really doing anything,” he said.

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BY B R A N D ON DUFFY The Williston Park Little League will host its opening day parade on Saturday, April 2, at 10 a.m. This will be the first Little League parade since the COVID-19 pandemic began and

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The Williston Park Little League is hosting its first opening day parade since COVID-19 on Saturday, April 2.

East Williston ed board salutes student-athletes

BY J OH N N U G E N T The East Williston Board of Education recognized the accomplishments of several teams and athletes from the winter sports program at its meeting on Monday.

Director of Athletics Michael Scaturro introduced players who won honors in bowling, indoor track, basketball, wrestling and gymnastics.

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it will be followed by a softball tripleheader.

This will be the first opening day ceremony with new lights at Kelleher Field. The village and Williston Park Little League are splitting the cost of adding the lights, which was about $6,000.

The parade will start on Broad Street in front of Frantoni’s, turn right onto Hillside Avenue, then right onto Willis Avenue before turning right onto Dartmouth Street and then left onto Broad Street. The parade will finish following a right onto Yale Street, where it will go to Kelleher Field.

After the parade, the opening day ceremony will begin and attendees will be provided food before the games begin at 1 p.m.

“I would encourage everybody to come out to the parade.

We haven’t had it in a couple of years now because of the virus,” Mayor Paul Ehrbar said at the village board meeting Monday night. “It will be exciting to come out and cheer on the kids.”

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Left, wrestler Yan Jun Lin, right, basketball player James O’Connell.

tournament.

The girls indoor track team featured 11 athletes who earned All-County and All-Conference honors, said Scaturro. The team finished first in the conference championships and second in the county Class C championships, which earned coaches D.J. Paulson, Kevin Murphy and Robert Capobianco recognition as conference coaches of the year.

Scaturro introduced varsity basketball player James O’Connell, who led his team to the No. 3 seed in the Class B playoffs with an average of 21.5 points per game, fourth highest in Nassau County and 10th highest on Long Island. For his outstanding play, O’Connell was voted conference player of the year by a committee of coaches.

Also cited was varsity wrestler Yan Jun Lin, who was ranked 17th in New York state.

He won the Uniondale wrestling tournament and participated in the state wrestling championships in Albany.

In girls gymnastics, Emma Bergsohn finished second in the balance beam and uneven bars events in Nassau County, which earned her a spot in the New York state championships in Buffalo, said Scaturro.

Turning to business matters, the board approved a proposal to submit to the voters the expenditure of $5.2 million from the capital reserve fund for various capital improvement projects.

The budget vote will be held on May 17.

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Woman arraigned in death of G.N. lawyer

BY R OB E RT PELAEZ The 25-year-old woman who is charged with murdering an immigration lawyer from Great Neck was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court last Tuesday and ordered held without bail, according to court documents.

Police said they responded to a 911 call of “an assault in progress” at 136-56 39th Ave. in Flushing around 11:44 a.m. on March 14. When officers from the 109th Precinct arrived at the building, they found immigration attorney Jim Li, 66, with stab wounds “to his body and neck,” officials said.

Xiaoning Zhang was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, along with murder. Queens County District Attorney Melinda Katz said Zhang, a Flushing resident, faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted.

“As alleged, the defendant showed up in her lawyer’s office armed with two knives and, in

an outburst of rage, stabbed the victim repeatedly throughout his body,” Katz said in a statement last Wednesday. “Violence is never the solution to any dispute. Now a man is dead and a community grieving this tragic loss. The defendant is in custody and faces very serious charges for this senseless slaying.”

Efforts to reach Zhang’s lawyer for comment were unavailing.

Chris Li, who is said to have worked with Jim Li, told The New York Times that the firm had been working on a pro bono case with Zhang.

On Friday, March 11, according to The Times, Zhang asked Jim Li to remove a picture of her protesting outside the United Nations building from the internet. Chris Li told the Times that Jim Li told Zhang he could not do that and Zhang threatened him and attempted to choke him, when Jim Li called the police.

Police allegedly arrived at the office before 5 p.m. that

day, but no arrests were made.

Chris Li told the Times Zhang came back to the office the following Monday with a cake and expressed her gratitude for the employees.

Zhang then followed Jim Li into his office, when other employees began to hear screaming shortly after, according to The Times. Chris Li said he entered the office and saw Jim Li bleeding from his neck and abdomen with Zhang standing behind him.

Efforts to reach Li’s office for comment were unavailing.

Li was born Sept. 7, 1955, in Wuhan. Li reportedly served in the Chinese Army at 15 years old before majoring in constitutional law at Beijing University.

As a doctoral student in 1989, Li served as a legal adviser to the Beijing Workers Autonomous Federation, an organization promoting students seeking democratic freedom.

Li also spent nearly two years in prison for his role in the Tiananmen Square protest movement.

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BY M I C H A E L J .

LEWIS The noise on the white North Fork Express bus as it rolled down the New York State Thruway Sunday evening was boisterous, as could be expected when filled with a group of teenage boys.

But this vehicle wasn’t carrying just any teens. This was a group of fresh-faced Manhasset High School athletes who had just made history. History that was four decades in the making.

A few hours after winning the Class A state championship at Cool Insuring Arena in Glens Falls on Sunday, 62-51 over New Hartford, the Indians were on their way back after accomplishing what only they thought possible six months ago.

They were champions. The first basketball titleholders at their school since before the internet was a thing, before anyone had ever heard of LeBron James or Tom Brady, and during Ronald Reagan’s second term.

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Liam Connor, the Indians’ leading scorer, drives for a basket during the state semifinal win over Poughkeepsie.

Not since 1986 has Manhasset had state basketball champs. And now on the bus, 75-year-old head coach George Bruns and his assistant, Stu Goldman, looked at each other in disbelief.

“We were just sitting here saying to each other ‘did that really just happen this weekend?'” Bruns said by phone, as his team chatted away in the background. “This was my

20th year coaching here, and this could be the most talented team I’ve had. But still, you never can expect this to happen.”

Nearby, senior Mike Notias, whose defense on New Hartford star Zach Philipkoski was a major key to Sunday’s win, couldn’t decide if he was more elated or sad.

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BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y Two North Shore bridges have been listed as being in “poor” condition by the Department of Transportation.

Released in late February, the Key to New York State Highway Bridge Data shows which bridges should be considered for review, maintenance, repair, rehabilitation or replacement.

The Webster Avenue bridge in Manhasset, built in 1897, spans the LIRR’s Port Washington Branch tracks and is the oldest bridge of nine across Long Island to be labeled as in “poor” condition.

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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s capital program from 2020-2024 includes $269 million for bridge rehab and replacement, which will include the bridge. The LIRR is in charge of the structure and frame of the bridge and a spokesperson said interim work has been done to ensure the bridge’s safety and the railroad will continue to monitor its condition.

“We welcome their maintenance efforts,” said North Hempstead Councilwoman Veronica Lurvey, who represents Manhasset in District 4.

“I know that they have come out over the years several times to do repairs on the bridge and to address resident complaints about excessive noise when vehicles cross the bridge. While we’re grateful that they are paying attention and doing maintenance on the bridge, ultimately what needs to be done is to use the funding in their capital plan to replace the bridge in its entirety.”

Bridges with “poor” ratings are not considered unsafe and require posting for weight limits and significant maintenance to remain in service. When bridges are deemed unsafe, they are closed to traffic, according to the DOT. Great Neck Plaza’s Barstow Road bridge, built in 1935, was also labeled as in “poor” condition.

Earlier in the year, the bridge was deemed “structurally deficient,” according to a report from the American Road and Transportation Builder Association.

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And with Abby’s bat mitzvah approaching, she and her friend, both students at Great Neck Abby Podwall and Tori Sobiecki of Great Neck North Middle School, have teamed up to do what they can to help those suffering in Ukraine. love basketball, playing it as much as they can.

On April 7, in conjunction with Temple BethThey also have watched, like people around the world, some of the devastation in Ukraine over the El and St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church in last several weeks caused by the Russian invasion. Great Neck, the pair are hosting a Hoops for Humanity fundraiser for Ukraine.

That night, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., contestants who have donated will play an “around the world” style basketball game, trying to sink shots from various parts of the court.

Money raised will go to the Northwell Health Ukrainian Relief Fund, which has been supporting Doctors Without Borders on missions in Ukraine.

“We have been seeing on the news all the tragic things happening there, with houses being blown up, and many people needing food and medical support,” Abby, 12, said. “And it was a thing where we wanted to do what we could to help, because it’s so sad.”

“I try not to watch too much of it, because it’s upsetting, but of course we know what’s going on,” Tori, 13, added. “This is just something we think people will have fun doing, since we play basketball all the time.”

The event will feature pizza from Rosa’s Pizza and Pizza Roxx, and will take place at the St. Aloysius Church gym at 5 Breuer Ave.

Abby Podwall, left, and Tori Sobiecki

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Unity needed in defending Ukraine

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ou might think the sight of Ukrainian parents carrying children in blood-stained blankets, hospitals, schools and apartment buildings destroyed by bombs, mothers, grandparents and children fleeing with the clothes on their back and a suitcase would be enough to at least lead to a temporary halt to the petty politics in Nassau County.

But you would be wrong.

The latest example of county officials seeking partisan advantage amid the catastrophe unfolding in Ukraine came last week in a press release announcing a humanitarian relief drive.

The drive would collect much-needed medical and physical hygiene items ranging from first-aid kits to coats, blankets and sheets. A commendable effort, no doubt.

But instead of announcing the drive on behalf of the entire Legislature, the release said the relief drive was being hosted by the “Nassau County Legislative Majority.” In other words, Republican legislators.

Why? Are Democratic county legislators siding with Russian President Vladimir Putin in his barbaric assault on Ukraine? Are Democrats opposed to relief efforts for Ukraine? Were they even asked to support the collection of these needed items?

We are certain that Democratic legislators and virtually any other American would have gladly joined the relief effort if asked. So why didn’t the Republicans ask Democratic county legislators, who have not undertaken a similar effort on their own.

Why would Republican legislators choose not to present a united American front in support of Ukraine’s heroic battle against a much larger and betterequipped Russian army acting routinely outside the bounds of international rules for warfare?

Led by a president, Volodymyr Zelensky, who risks his life every day in support of democracy in his country.

Adding insult to injury is that the

press release was written and emailed

by Nassau County, meaning that you, the taxpayer, paid for a message that sought to give political advantage in providing assistance to Ukraine.

Yes, both Democratic and Republican legislators routinely issue press releases that are at least in part partisan in presenting their side of a particular issue.

But are there really two sides to the issue of aiding Ukraine in its moment of need?

This behavior might be excused as an oversight by Republicans if it wasn’t part of a disturbing pattern of hypocrisy on Ukraine illustrated by the county and state Republican parties’ embrace of Lee Zeldin for governor.

Zeldin, a Republican congressman from Suffolk County, rose to national prominence by opposing the first impeachment of President Donald Trump.

That was the impeachment in which Trump was charged with delaying the delivery of military equipment already authorized by Congress to Ukraine as he tried to force Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter for corruption that never existed.

“I would like you to do us a favor,” Trump told Zelensky when asked for the necessary arms.

The military equipment was much the same weaponry being requested and delivered now to Ukraine, which had been fighting a low-scale war with Russia since 2014 when Putin annexed Crimea and was supporting separatists in two provinces to the east.

Zeldin called the impeachment probe into Trump a “charade,” a “clown show,” and “a cocktail” that is House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff ’s “favorite drink to get America drunk,” according to an NBC report.

In seven impeachment deposition transcripts released early in the probe, no Republican spoke more than Zeldin, who is referenced more than 550 times, according to an NBC News tally.

Zeldin repeatedly tried to steer the

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depositions away from Trump’s conduct and toward a host of tangential matters – including a conspiracy theory about the Biden family’s role in a Ukraine energy company.

Zeldin was rewarded for his efforts by becoming one of Trump’s point men in battling impeachment, teaming up with then-House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-North Carolina) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio).

As we have already pointed out, Zeldin was one of 121 House Republicans to vote against certifying the presidential election results in both Arizona and Pennsylvania – after a mob incited

by Trump assaulted the Capitol on Jan. 6 to overturn the election.

Zeldin then became the lone dissenting vote in the Long Island congressional delegation on a bill to create a 9/11-type commission to investigate the most serious attack on our election system since the Civil War. At a time when people are dying every day to defend democracy in Ukraine, do New Yorkers really want to be led by a Trump loyalist who supported overturning the 2020 presidential election?

Would anyone take his calls to support democracy in Ukraine seriously when he didn’t even support democracy in the United States?

Could we take anything Zeldin had to say about fighting crime or bail reform seriously when he didn’t want to investigate a threat to the country’s democracy that injured 150 Capitol Police officers and threatened the lives of members of Congress and the vice president?

One would even have to wonder if Zeldin would accept the results of a gubernatorial election in New York or would he incite the kind of mob that besieged the Capitol on Jan. 6 to assault the state Capitol.

Before calling that too outlandish, recall that the same right-wing extremists who attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 plotted to attack the Michigan Capitol and capture the state’s governor before the insurrection in Washington, D.C. The Nassau County Republican Party had already embraced the Trump wing of the GOP by nominating Bruce Blakeman as its candidate for county executive before throwing its support behind Zeldin for governor.

A former Hempstead Town Board member, Blakeman had served as the Nassau County Republican Party’s liaison to the Trump presidential campaign – a role he filled with great gusto.

Blakeman defeated Laura Curran in a race in which the Democratic can-

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didate never mentioned the GOP candidate’s support of Trump. This can only be described as gross political malpractice.

Since then Blakeman has appeared with Zeldin at several events in Nassau, which is considered one of the candidate’s focuses in the upcoming gubernatorial contest, including a rally in Great Neck honoring police.

Blakeman recently announced a drive to collect rifles, shotguns and AR15 type weapons for Ukrainian citizens that also included an unnecessary partisan slight.

“We are doing our job here in Nassau County,” Blakeman said. “I am asking President Biden to do his job and help get these weapons to Ukraine immediately to those who desperately need them.”

So the Nassau County and state Republican parties have spoken in favor of Zeldin and his Trump brand of politics, but not GOP voters.

They will get their opportunity in the Republican primary in June to define their preference.

We hope Republican voters demonstrate their independence when given that opportunity and express their support for Ukraine and the values Ukrainians are giving their lives to defend.

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ON THE RIGHT

Time for centrist Democrats to wake up

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ew York state’s Democratic Party, its representatives in the state Legislature, and its governor, have moved further and further to the left because they fear the wrath of the Democratic Socialists of America.

When the DSA’s poster child, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, handily beat 10-term Congressman Joseph Crowley in the 2018 Democratic Primary, the Democratic establishment went into a state of shock.

Since AOC’s victory, the DSA has been on the ascendency. Its candidates have defeated other mainstream Democratic officeholders, including Brooklyn Assemblyman Joe Lentol, a 47-year incumbent.

DSA has been using its clout to push for passage of radical legislation in Albany. This included the “No Bail,” law which is a major contributor to the crime spree in New York’s inner cities.

This month the DSA poked its nose into foreign affairs. In a statement released on March 8, the DSA, while condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine, called on the United States “to withdraw from NATO and to end the imperialist expansion that set the stage for that

conflict.”

Calling the North Atlantic Treaty Organization “imperialist,” an alliance that not only contained the Soviet Union but permitted democracies to flourish in Western Europe in the post-World War II era—was a bit much for me.

Apparently, I was not alone.

The New York Times reported on March 9 that DSA’s statement “drew rebukes from a White House spokesman and from a number of Democratic candidates and elected officials, from Long Island congressional contenders to officials in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.”

DSA’s absurd response to the war in Ukraine induced me to take a look at the organization, whose largest chapter is in New York City.

Learning about DSA was easy.

Its website describes its history, programs, policies, etc.

DSA was founded in the early 1970s when two radical organizations—the New American Movement and the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee—joined hands. (Many of its charter members were formerly affiliated with the 1960s SDS—Students for Democratic Action).

GEORGE J. MARLIN On The Right DSA was initially dedicated to opposing “corporate domination of America” and later developed an “ideological and organizational socialist presence among trade unions, community, feminist and people of color and other activists.”

Opposing the “neo liberal Democratic Clinton Agenda” and disappointed with the Obama administration’s “moderate program,” DSA embraced the Occupy Wall Street movement and later Bernie Sander’s presidential campaign.

As for DSA ideology, the organization embraces the brand of Marxism developed by Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937).

Gramsci rejected Karl Marx’s view that man’s history is the story of economic class conflict. “The real class conflicts,” Gramsci argued, “are cultural … and only after the existing culture has been thoroughly destroyed can the new culture— and the new economics—be established.”

Hence, to bring down our way of life, DSC promotes “identity politics,” which Manhattan Institute scholar Heather MacDonald has pointed out “holds that human beings are defined by their skin color, sex, and sexual preference; that discrimination based on those characteristics has been the driving force in Western civilization; and that America remains a profoundly bigoted place, where heterosexual white males continue to deny opportunity to everyone else.”

DSA also “unapologetically stands in solidarity with the Palestinian people in their ongoing struggle for liberation.”

And last September, they condemned as “barbaric” the “vote by

the congressional house to fund Israel an additional $1 billion for their ‘Iron Dome’ Missile Defense System.”

DSA opposes the “Iron Dome” that protects the only truly democratic country in the Middle Ease from terrorist attacks. How ludicrous is that?

Yet, despite its positions, the DSA is hijacking New York’s Democratic Party.

Why? Because most mainstream Democrats have not been voting in primaries. Turnout on any given primary day for state and local races is only about 10 percent. And low participation permits the well-organized DSA to win many races. For instance, last year, Buffalo’s incumbent mayor, Byron Brown, lost to Democratic Socialist India Walton.

Out of 289,000 Buffalo Democrats, only 21,000 came out to vote.

Walton won with 51 percent.

If centrist Democrats don’t wake up, organize and get out to vote, they will cede control of their party to illiberal extremists. And New York will continue down the road to becoming the East Coast version of California.

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

It’s all about facing up to the truth

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was watching TV the other night when I saw briefly part of a promo for something called “The Thing About Pam.” Here’s the thing about that: I caught one glimpse of that actress’ face — and I didn’t buy for even a second that this was a genuinely fat person.

I grew puzzled when I learned it was Renée Zellweger — an actress who was happy enough to bulk up for her starring role in “Bridget Jones’ Diary” and once again for a sequel. But not for this project as a real-life murderer who escaped detection for many years.

What makes it all so much worse is that Zellweger has an absolutely bonkers explanation for her choice.

According to an AP article, “The two-time Oscar winner chose prosthetics this time rather than to gain weight because her character is a real person whose looks, Zellweger believes, factored into why she was initially not a suspect … Zellweger says to match (the murderer’s) appearance this way left nothing to chance. ‘I know the results of a “Bridget Jones” experience and this is not a fictional character who’s up to my interpretation and just seeing what happens.’ ” Zellweger’s got it exactly backwards, given that I spotted in a literal split second that the face in that promo had been made to look

fat in a way you’d never find in nature.

And it’s infuriating when you know that there must be hundreds — thousands! — of genuinely notskinny actresses literally lining up to be cast in something like this.

Women who are probably just as good if not better at the acting, without having to overcome the handicap of completely artificial, unbelievable looks.

“Why does this bother you so much?” my husband asked me. “You didn’t agree when critics wanted darker-skinned people in the movie “In The Heights.” Is it just because this hits closer to home?”

“What do you mean? Are you saying I’m fat? Do I look fat in this column?”

Silence. He had left the room, the coward.

But he might have a point.

It is making me reconsider my skepticism of Sarah Silverman, who made a big point recently of protesting what she calls “Jewface.”

“There’s this long tradition of nonJews playing Jews,” Silverman says.

Silverman’s complaint, first voiced on her podcast, centered on Kathryn Hahn being chosen to play Joan Rivers; Felicity Jones playing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; and Rachel Brosnahan playing “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” — shiksas

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A Look on the Lighter Side playing Jewish women, all.

Mind you, Midge Maisel is one of my guilty pleasures. My only problem with her is that I’m jealous of how funny she is. But maybe Silverman has a point.

Certainly, I understand that “black face” is not OK. It never re-

ally was. It is both politically unwise and morally wrong to cast whites as members of other ethnic groups — especially when there are so many gifted African-American, Asian, Native American and other minority men and women who could be wonderful in those roles.

Authenticity in casting extends to handicaps as well partly because handicapped people need the work, but also — the larger point — because it makes for a better work of art.

“CODA,” one of this year’s 10 Oscar nominees for Best Picture, is a shining example of how this can be.

CODA, which stands for Child Of Deaf Adults, is the story of Ruby, the only non-deaf member of a fishing family in Gloucester, Mass. Ruby’s choir teacher helps Ruby discover a gift for singing and suggests she compete for a scholarship to Berklee College of Music, but her family hasn’t the slightest understanding, either of her gift or

of where it might take her. All they know is they need her as their gobetween with the hearing world, even as she protests “I can’t stay here and be your free translator for the rest of my life.”

This film rings true on many levels. It is full of truth, and heart, with a message about the uplifting importance of love for us all. The brilliant non-hearing cast are integral to that success.

When Eddie Murphy puts on a fat suit to play one of his own seven different characters in “The Nutty Professor,” I can understand that that’s his gimmick — his “schtick,” to use a phrase Silverman would understand.

But Renée Zellweger deciding that wearing a fat suit and prosthetics is more truthful in portraying a fat woman than it would be to just give the job to somebody fat?

Nope. Taking a leaf from Sarah Silverman, I’m going to call it a case of “Fat-Face.” And I’m not OK with it at all.

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THE BACK ROAD

‘When the kids leave it will be easier’

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hesitated writing about Ukraine.

What is there for me to add? I’m not a foreign policy expert or combat strategist, and I understand that Ukraine is not the only place on Earth living under the horror of war.

What I see from afar is a genocidal terrorist dictator carrying out the ritual slaughter of innocent men, women and children for vengeance and territory, including directed attacks on civilians that cannot be justified in any way whatsoever. It is a case of mass murder and not a “special military operation,” as Putin put it.

Especially jarring were the strikes against the Mariupol Maternity Hospital which, we now know, took the lives of at least one pregnant woman and newborn baby.

On the day of the blast, the woman was photographed being carried away on a stretcher by five men, directly across the façade of the bombed-out maternity hospital, as she held her swollen belly in her hands.

According to a surgeon on the scene, the woman’s pelvis was crushed and hip detached.

The baby was delivered via caesarean section but, according to medics, showed no signs of life. They focused on the mother and after more than a half hour of resuscitation she died.

Almost 40 years ago I was present for the birth of my first child in a benevolent hospital setting with an abundance of caring medical support. The hospital staff, as was ritual for new parents, provided my wife and me with a “candlelight dinner” in room outside the hospital’s maternity ward before we took our baby home.

When I first learned of the Mariupol Maternity Hospital blast, I recalled the tranquility of that candlelight dinner – the beginning of a normal, if challenging, life transition for our family.

I could not help but transpose that peaceful scene in our lives to one of sudden malevolence, the result of an intentional act of evil against innocents. I have only the tyranny imagination to work with, to try and understand evil injected into such a moment.

Joshua Yaffa, writing from Ukraine

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for the New Yorker, brings reality to such moments. He recounted the story of seven-year-old Semyon who arrived at Ohmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv on day two of the invasion.

Yaffa reported: “Seymon had been riding in a car with his parents and two sisters when they came under fire.

Shells exploded around them, sending shrapnel ripping through glass and

metal, then flesh. His parents and one sister died on the spot; his other sister was taken to a different hospital.

An ambulance brought the boy, unconscious and losing blood, to where doctors performed emergency surgery and put him on a ventilator.”

Pediatric surgeon Roman Zheshera told Yaffa that shrapnel had passed through the side of Semyon’s neck and that he was on life support, with little sign of brain activity.

“As a doctor, I understand what happened to this child,” Zhezhera told Yaffa. “But I don’t understand what is going on around us, here and across the country—something absurd and terrible is happening.”

Little Seymon later died.

Yaffa reported about hundreds more children suffering from severe conditions that required urgent care with supplies of expensive and rare medicines running low.

“Given the ongoing risk of missile strikes and air raids, most of the children had been moved to a series of basements in the hospital complex,” he said. “Inside one, dozens of mattresses

were arrayed on a concrete floor. The space was dank and drafty. The ceiling leaked. Mothers rocked their crying children or lay silently with them.”

Nearby, Yaffa described a father seeing off his young son, who had leukemia. “When the kids leave, it will be easier for everyone,” the father said.

“After all, someone needs to stay behind. If no one is here, the Russians will just enter and that will be it.”

I would not want to be the individual making the decision that the U.S. take military action that could spur World War III should Putin, in all his futility, decide to target civilians with chemical weapons, for example. He has done it before. One can argue he has done enough already to warrant more aggressive military action from outside Ukraine.

Nevertheless, I must wonder, where do the U.S. and NATO allies stand as we are exposed daily to images that hearken back to the horrors of WWII? Will choking the economic life out of Russia be enough to stop further slaughter of innocent civilians?

I don’t think so.

VIEW POINT

Yes, it can happen here in the United States

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gainst the backdrop of the horrific invasion of Ukraine and continuing antisemitic attacks across the United States, state Sen. Anna Kaplan, a leading advocate for increased Holocaust education in New York’s schools, is bringing the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s “Courage to Remember” exhibition on the Holocaust to the state capitol.

The exhibition (on view March 2225) opens in Albany days after the NYPD reported a 400 percent spike in antisemitic hate crimes in New York City over the month of February.

This exhibition has additional relevance amid the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.

Indeed, Russian President Vladimir Putin has fabricated, as a pretext for Russia’s invasion and unleashing one of the worst humanitarian crises since World War II, that he must “de-Nazify” the Ukraine (despite the fact that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is a Jew and his family are Holocaust survivors). Russian attacks have been directed against the Babi Yar Holocaust memorial honoring some 34,000 Jews massacred at the site and houses of worship, along with hospitals, kindergartens, schools and shelters, even the food warehouses. Some 10 million Ukrainians have been forced from their homes, whole cities and villages decimated.

The “Courage to Remember” exhibition not only serves as a memorial to the past and all those victims, Kaplan notes, but also re-enforces what could transpire if the evils wrought by tyrants are left unchecked.

But you have to wonder why “remembering” takes “courage.”

America, caught up in the Critical

Race Theory controversy (should we teach the facts of American Indian genocide and the enslavement of millions of human beings as foundational to the development our nation?), has seen antisemitism, a perennial facet of American society, brought out of the fringes into the mainstream of American society and politics. This was largely the work of former President Donald Trump, who delighted in support from the KKK, Oath Keepers, Proud Boys.

“There are good people on both sides,” he said of the rightwing demonstration in Charlottesville. “Stand back and stand by” he told the Proud Boys during the 2020 presidential debate. “We love you,” he said, emboldening and legitimizing the Confederate flag-carrying, Auschwitz T-shirt-wearing Jan. 6 insurrectionists seeking to re-install him to office.

The Anti Defamation League finds 100 extremists under the Trump banner running for office in 32 states, a dozen of them outright members of extremist groups and some who are already in Congress, like Marjorie “Jewish Lasers” Taylor Greene (who hails Putin).

The Jewish publication, The Forward, found 1,455 monuments, streets and schools around the world that glorify Nazis and their collaborators – including 26 in the United States (Alabama, Florida, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin). (See: https:// forward.com/news/481224/the-manymonuments-that-still-honor-fascists-nazis-and-murderers-of-jews/) Antisemitism, a useful tool of both the extreme right and extreme left (anti-Israel), has fueled a horrifying surge in hate crimes against American Jews.

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Some 63 percent of American Jews say they have experienced or know someone who has experienced an antisemitic attack, while 59 percent of American Jews have said they don’t feel safe, according to the ADL. FBI statistics show that nearly 60 percent of all religiously motivated hate crimes in the United States are directed at Jews, though they are a mere 2 percent of the population.

“There’s always been a lunatic fringe, but now it is in the forefront, the mainstream,” said Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League and author of “It Can Happen Here,” who participated in a Blank Slate Media town hall on Feb. 17.

It’s not just the right wing. It’s also the progressive left, who have embraced the Palestinian cause to instigate animus to the Jewish state and from that incite attacks on American Jews on the street and on college campuses – Tufts, Duke, USC, Michigan — often violently. A leftleaning, climate-activist group withdrew

from a rally for DC statehood because the National Council of Jewish Women was participating.

Antisemitism isn’t just a Jewish problem in America – it is a sign of decay of our society.

By the time of the Holocaust, Jews had lived in Germany for 1,700 years, but it took only 10 years between Hitler’s democratic election as chancellor and the Final Solution.

Greenblatt related how he opens his book by describing the town where his paternal grandfather was born and raised. “When he was a young man – before the rise of the Third Reich and the Nazi death machine – he never could have imagined that. He never could have imagined that the only country he ever knew would turn on him, regard him as an enemy of the state, slaughter his entire family, his network of friends and force him to come to this country.”

Indeed, who could imagine 6 million massacred, including 1.5 million children, whole villages emptied of Jews?

Who could have imagined the entire governmental structure, law enforcement being organized and complicit in genocide?

“I don’t think it unthinkable as a Jew that my grandchildren may not be born here, that my country, the only country I have known, loved, would change so that my family might have to flee,” Greenblatt says. “My history as a Jew – not theory, ancient text, my grandfather’s story, my wife’s story – shows it could happen here.

The only way to stop it is to roll up our sleeves and get engaged.”

David Harris, chief executive officer of American Jewish Committee and son of Holocaust survivors, writes about why,

77 years after the end of World War II, the Holocaust holds such important lessons today: The Holocaust did not emerge from thin air. Rather it came after centuries of antisemitism — from blood libels to expulsions, from ghettos to inquisitions, from pogroms to forced conversions — on European soil.

Prior to Hitler’s seizure of power in 1933, Germany had experienced 14 years of democracy in a country widely viewed as among the most educated, cultured, and developed. But Harris points out that democracy proved fragile, culture did not stop savagery and education proved no deterrent to brutality. Those sobering lessons mustn’t be forgotten, he cautions.

Appeasement of Nazi Germany, tried by Britain and France in the 1930s, proved a failure. “Not only did it not stop the German juggernaut, but instead encouraged it to become even more predatory towards Jews and, more generally, other European nations,” he says.

“In our pluralistic world, where hate is too often a prominent feature, the Holocaust’s slippery slope serves as a permanent reminder and warning of humankind’s capacity for evil,” Harris writes.

That is why it is all the more chilling to see the same themes, the same patterns repeat.

Now we have 3.5 million Ukrainians – plus millions more internally displaced – who never could have imagined on Feb. 23 what would befall them at the hands of a solitary maniacal despot on Feb. 24. And we have a Putin-wannabe, who stokes hate-mongering extremists, chipping away at American democracy, inclusion and rule of law.

Yes, “it can happen here.”

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OUR TOWN

Such were the joys of lost time S

uch were the joys. There is something lovely about the past. But this loveliness is only available to those who are older and grayer. The young do not have a past to look back upon.

The young do have a variety of entertainments, which largely consist of electronic simulations with Snapchat, YouTube, WeChat, WhatApp, Kakao Talk and Instagram. The old do not engage in such things, so we are left with our memories and our Social Security checks for solace.

Memories of a lost childhood would include things like stickball on the streets of Queens, playing stoop ball using a pink Spalding that cost you 25 cents and if you were a girl, you will recall using that thick chalk to draw those hopscotch boxes to jump on. All these memories fade slowly away, but sometimes you hear that artifacts from the past still exist in some faraway place.

Thank goodness the past tends to hang on for dear life. As an example, we will once again see bell bottoms this spring as the fashion industry runs out of innovative ideas and returns to the Late Sixties.

Last week, as I listened to one of my patients free associate, she talked about a store in New Hyde Park called Bobb Howard’s, which sold retro candy and toys, and my interest was piqued. What could be

more fun than to get my teeth around some Bonomo’s “smack it and crack it” Turkish Taffy. I preferred vanilla flavor, but my brother favored chocolate. I asked my patient for the address, and I probably would have forgotten about the whole thing except for the following.

I had just received a call from a beer company which asked me if I would be interested in participating in a commercial during March Madness. This company was marketing a beer flavored non-alcoholic lollipop and wondered if I might like to participate as a sport psychologist endorsing this type of candy, which could sooth the agitated sports fans.

The theory was that the lollipop would conjure up comforting feelings from the past, which would inhibit the fan’s rage. I thought I was above that kind of commercial sellout, but when they mentioned what they were willing to pay me, my moral stance seemed to evaporate quickly.

At any rate, this incident prompted me to think more carefully about the power of candy and so armed with the address of Bobb Howard’s General Store in New Hyde Park, off I went to visit my past. And I was not disappointed.

I was lucky to drive there on a Sunday, the day they were taking inventory, so we got to chat at length with the owners about all the goodies

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before me. And there they all were, like little characters from my toothdecaying past. A great lineup of sacred relics, including Necco Wafers, Pez, Bazooka Bubble Gum, Turkish Taffy, Tootsie Rolls, Baby Ruths, Hershey’s Nestles Crunch and Chuckles.

When I spied the Chuckles, I flashed back to those long summer trips to Maine where we visited my mother’s parents who had a big farm.

All five kids were crammed inside my father’s big Cadillac and were each were given one package of Chuckles, which had to last the entire 10 hours. My older brother devised the excellent strategy of sucking on one Chuckle per state. You do the math, five states, five Chuckles. Such were the joys.

In the back of Bobb Howard’s were all those toys and NON-electric board games like Candyland, Slinky’s, Gumby, Pokey, stickball bats, Spaldings, Nok Hockey, jacks, and “I Love Lucy” lunch boxes. The only thing missing were the overpriced. very expensive packages of Duracell batteries. Hallelujah!

The back story is of interest here.

Bobb Howard’s is owned by Eileen Caplin-Wysel and Ronnie Wysel, who have been married for 49 years. The store was originally the office for the adjacent gas station and when Eileen’s dad died of lung cancer, she removed all the cigarette cartons and replaced them with candy. She started out just selling bubble gum, but as they kept selling out, she began to expand to other items and now they are the proud owners of this awardwinning specialty store with all of its

All aboard with the Wysels for your next trip to Never Never Land

treasured finds from a distant past.

Now let us return to the lollipop beer commercial for a moment because I think that the company is onto something. To be soothed by a lollipop or a Chuckle or a piece of Bazooka Bubble Gum or a Tootsie Roll is a truism. I think the taste of this penny candy does transport one back to carefree times where the only thing one had to worry about was…… nothing at all. To be taken back to a time where there is no worry and there is no thought of death or taxes or law suits or illness. This is a very good thing indeed.

The noted psychoanalyst Christopher Bollas coined the term “Transformational Object,” which describes how adults seek out things that remind them of the mother’s loving care. I think his concept may be expanded to include favored memories that lie outside of the mother but still within a cherished childhood. This reminds me of the famous Marcel Proust passage about his childhood memories of tasting Madeline cookies and having aromatic tea on a Sunday morning when he was 7 years old. That passage was responsible for a new research area in psychology called Selective Memory.

Penny candy, Chuckles, long summer days spent in Maine and stickball on the streets of Bayside. How sweet it all was and how sweet it is still.

E A R T H M AT T E R S

Albany must get it right on plastics law

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ov. Kathy Hochul has attempted to address the monumental issue of how to deal with plastic pollution, plastic recycling and plastic end-of-life decisions in the state budget, but unfortunately her plan falls short of getting it right. And we need to get it right.

Why? There are over 350 million tons of plastic produced each year, of which 91 percent is not recycled. The United States generates the most plastic waste per capita of any country on the planet.

Researchers estimate that between 1.13 million to 2.24 million metric tons of the United States’ plastic waste enter the environment.

Our best answer yet to address this problem is in Extended Producer Responsibility programs, based on a polluters pay principle, which are gaining traction among both state and federal lawmakers. EPR programs seek to shift the financial burden and physical responsibility for the environmental impacts of products away from taxpayers and onto producers and packaging manufacturers.

In many places EPR programs are mostly implemented for electronic waste, but some include products such as carpets, mattresses and pharmaceuticals. However, with rising concerns about ocean plastics, microplastics per-

meating every corner of our planet and with China and other countries now refusing to take our plastic waste, it is critical that we adopt really good legislation to deal with plastic packaging waste. A recent Pew Research Center report estimates that without decreases in plastic production and increases in recycling, by 2040 plastic pollution entering the ocean will almost triple from 11 to 29 million metric tons each year.

As of now, only two states have successfully passed EPR legislation for plastic packaging, but many more are moving forward this year. The federal government is considering the “Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2021,” introduced by U.S. Sen. Jeffrey Merkley (D-Ore.) and U.S. Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.). Merkley says, “Many of us were taught the three Rs—reduce, reuse, and recycle—and figured that as long as we got our plastic items into those blue bins, we could keep our plastic use in check and protect our planet.

But the reality has become much more like the three Bs—buried, burned, or borne out to sea. The impacts on Americans’ health, particularly in communities of color and low-income communities, are serious. Plastic pollution is a full-blown environmental and health crisis, and it’s time that we pass this legislation to get it under control. As with most legislation, though, there are

ond scenario, industry self-regulation.

And state Sen. Todd Kaminsky has also introduced an EPR bill that lacks real teeth and could set us back years.

Let’s look at what’s wrong with their EPR bills. First, as mentioned above, they have industry fingerprints all over them, but according to the non-profit Beyond Plastics, both bills need to: • Set requirements and standards for reduction, reuse, recyclability and recycled content• Eliminate toxic plasticizing chemicals from plastic packaging• Ensure that recycling must truly mean recycling, and not a corrupted definition to include waste-to-fuel, waste-to-energy, incineration, pyrolyEarth Matters sis, gasification or chemical recycling, all of which cause additional pollution many stakeholders that are pushing for in the environment• Fund municipaliamendments that will weaken the bill. ties to fix broken recycling systems, and And this is also true of state EPR bills. support projects that reduce packaging What’s at stake right now is New waste and create reuse and refill sysYork either becoming a national lead- tems er in dealing with plastic packaging Over 160 environmental organizathrough the passage of a truly effective tions are calling on Assembly Speaker EPR bill or letting the American Chemis- Carl Heastie to remove the governor’s try Council and the Plastic’s Industry As- EPR proposal from the budget and insociation decide how it should be done stead wait to consider better EPR legisby essentially making up their own lation that will be introduced by Assemrules, defining who is accountable and blyman Steven Englebright, chair of the not having to provide any mandatory Assembly Committee on Environmental reduction goals.

Conservation. The groups expect to see The governor’s EPR proposal gets a a strong bill from Englebright that will failing grade because it relies on the sec- substantially reduce the financial bur-

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den on taxpayers and municipalities for recycling programs, decrease pollution caused by packaging, and extend the life of municipal landfills.

Assemblyman Englebright will also call on the state Legislature to expand the highly successful Bottle Bill to include more types of bottles and move the deposit from 5 cents to 10 cents. We certainly have not been keeping up with the cost of living for all of those “redeemers” who provide a real service by picking up empty bottles and cans and taking them to recycling centers.

Extended Producer Responsibility bills’ time has come. Put simply, consumers are beginning to wonder why they have to foot the bill for giant recycling centers or landfills or massive cleanup operations while manufacturers rake in tremendous profits and walk away.

Voters can demand that politicians enact tough Extended Producer Responsibility laws and we will have one soon. But please, if you care, tell Gov. Hochul you want the EPR proposal out of her budget (518-474-8390) and tell Sen. Kaminsky that his EPR bill will set us back years in getting a truly fair and effective bill (518-455-3401). You can also thank Assemblyman Englebright (518-455-4804) for his more comprehensive EPR bill that will truly have an impact.

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READERS WRITE

Is this the end?

Good night.

Vladimir Putin, loves all the shootin and killing of innocent people left and right.

Putin genius?

Remind us who said what?

Another plot?

That’s what we got.

Warnings not heeded.

Weapons needed.

Explosions make the world seem bright.

Causes dying. so much lying.

Crying when you see such a sight.

Buildings collapsing.

Citizens displaying the courage to fight for what’s right.

Thousands dying.

Planes overhead flying, bombing, killing and destroying everyone and everything in sight.

Other nations squealing.

Doesn’t stop the bleeding and when called upon, to help.

Not yet! Words, they cite.

What’s really needed, country has pleaded, but responses say; go fly a kite.

America’s cheering.

Words are searing but afraid to use their might.

Tanks, guns and nuclear weapons makes much of the world full of fright.

How long will it last?

Reminder of the past.

The message, to send: Is this the end?

Good night.

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Hysteria on rising gas prices

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s this is being written, gasoline futures have already retraced 75% of their post Ukraine invasion price hike, begun just three weeks ago. The incident shows that this might as well have been an entire Presidential term. There are so many lessons to be drawn from this.

First, the manufactured hysteria.

Let’s get a grip, shall we? In terms of “wallet share,” gasoline has rarely been cheaper. Irony of ironies, if we adjust the price of a gallon of gas for inflation, it is lower today than it has been at many times in the past few decades. But the mere crossing of that $4.00 a gallon threshold sends off alarm bells, even though in real terms, it’s not a high price to pay. But people are conditioned to certain levels.

Even at an extra dollar a gallon, taking the actual cost per month in miles driven and price paid, the increase is not enough to knock someone’s life into a state of penury, unless they were already there. People also have optionality: they can change their driving habits, or choose not to own a three bedroom house on wheels, which is too common in this country.

The political angle was really tortured. No

Administration can be seen telling the electorate that these higher prices aren’t all that onerous or, as so often proven, transitory, as high prices help to create their own demand destruction, and commodity traders cash out of their long positions. So the Administration used a lot of political capital trying to bulk up supply, even though supply isn’t the real source of the price action. In case anyone has forgotten, we are net exporters of petroleum products, and the only thing more production will create is more exported product out of Port Arthur, Texas and the Louisiana refineries. If anyone wants to put a cork in that, supply would pool so fast that gasoline would probably drop below $2.00 a gallon in short order, even if oil IS priced globally.

Port Arthur brings us to another canard of the energy discussion. I imagine, thanks to the Murdoch Press, half the country believes that the northern part of the Keystone Pipeline, which the Administration didn’t allow to get built, is responsible for higher energy costs. False. Nearly every drop of the product was to be refined for export out of the Texas Gulf. But the lie is as common as air, and is repeated blindly like a mantra.

The Republican Congress makes a big deal of this, and it’s hard to believe any of them are stupid enough to believe this falsehood. Then again, some of them definitely are.

And of course, the media can’t stop talking about gasoline, with their “The Price You Pay” pieces, and reporters standing guard at gas pumps, catching sound bites of predictably resentful consumers. Would that they would do the same for insulin prices or housing costs, but hey, that extra $60 a month is just killing you, right?

One pundit, even before hostilities broke out, wrote a piece called “Joe Biden’s $3.60 a Gallon Problem.” You would think nothing else in the world mattered to people’s well-being.

The average financing cost for a new car in this country is $575 a month. Are we really sure gasoline prices are a big issue?

In any case, the crisis du jour will soon be replaced by another one, and the press and the Administration will surely chase after it like a kitten after a laser pointer. It’s no way to run policy.

Donald Davret Roslyn

The problem with gas holidays

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here is more to both the federal and state governments temporarily suspending collection of taxes on gasoline “Obvious gas tax fix may not be best” (Editorial — March 18).

Democratic Sens. Mark Kelly of Arizona and Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire introduced a bill that would temporarily suspend the federal gas tax until the end of 2022.

They remind me of cartoon character J. Wellington Wimpy, who famously said: “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.”

In this case, it would be a discount for the cost of filling up your gas tank.

Tuesday may never come for motorists who have to pay for these proposed goodies.

What neither senator addressed is the result, which would be billions less going into the Highway Trust Fund. This is a critical source of funding for highway and transit projects. A federal gas tax holiday would result in Uncle Sam not collecting 18 cents for every gallon of gas purchased.

The Highway Trust Fund already faced financial difficulties. The loss of billions would have to be made up at a later date. This kicks the can down the road for members of Congress. They will have to decide how to make

up the lost billions. They will either raise taxes, transfer revenue from another source or reduce the scope or number of transportation funded projects. Motorists and transit riders will be the losers.

Gov. Kathy Hochul and some members of the state Senate and Assembly are considering supporting legislation that would temporarily suspend the state’s 16 cents-a-gallon tax. This would go into effect from May 1 through the end of the year. In this case, it would be a discount for the cost of filling up your gas tank.

What they all miss is that these taxes raise $2.8 billion per year. They pay for 50 percent of the state’s dedicated Highway and Bridge Trust fund.

The MTA counts on these funds for 25 percent of their annual operating budget.

MTA Chairman Janno Lieber is correct to express his concern about this proposal as it could result in a loss of $400 million in revenue to his agency.

Other non-MTA transit agencies on Long Island such as Nassau Inter County Express (NICE) Bus, City of Long Beach Bus, Suffolk County Transit Bus and Huntington Area Rapid Transit (HART) Bus would also lose

some financial assistance from Albany. This is a critical source of funding for maintaining bridges, highways and transit.

How would the loss of these funds be made up? Hochul, state Sen. Majority Leader Andrew Stewart Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie would have to agree on how to make up the lost revenue.

They will either raise other taxes, transfer revenue from other sources or reduce the scope or number of bridge, highway and transportation funded projects.

At the end of the day, both motorists and transit riders would be the losers if either the federal or state gasoline taxes are temporarily suspended.

Larry Penner Great Neck (Larry Penner — transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office. This included the development, review, approval and oversight for billions in capital projects and programs for NY MTA, NYC Transit, Long Island Rail Road, Metro North Rail Road MTA Bus, NYC DOT Staten Island Ferry along with 30 other transit agencies in NY & NJ)

Zoning, sewers woven together

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he recent attempt to end local control of zoning regulations by Governor Hochul and members of both the State Senate and Assembly have raised a red warning flag about efforts to bring sewers to Manhasset.

While a low-pressure sewer option might be acceptable on Plandome Road to grant relief to existing businesses, the recent attempt to usurp local control of zoning demonstrates how tenuous the future for Manhasset could be.

Potential funding from the state and federal governments to pay for sewers is look-

ing like a Trojan horse, intended to pave the way for higher density housing and an end to Manhasset as it now exists.

I previously expressed concerns about the technical problems involved in hooking up older homes with cesspools in the backyard to sewers in front of the street.

The response I received was not to worry about the technical issues because they could be solved by money likely to be available for infrastructure projects. Unfortunately, money will not solve the peril posed by political agendas and developers being greedy.

That is a dangerous combination, which

has the potential to transform our community in ways that would be unacceptable to most residents. I think we all must think long and hard about the risks involved in moving forward with residential sewers.

Those risks have been highlighted by the governor and other politicians in Albany that demonstrated they place a low priority on preserving the current lifestyle enjoyed by most people presently living in Manhasset.

Michael Zino Manhasset

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t a recent event of the Temple Judea Lifelong Learning Committee, members were treated to an inside look at the lives of two of America’s most accomplished Hollywood writers and producers.

Introduced by Rabbi Todd Chizner, author Nick Davis discussed his new book, “Competing with Idiots”. It’s a fascinating biography of two famous Hollywood giants, Herman Mankiewicz and Herman’s brother, Joseph Mankiewicz.

What made it even more interesting and significant was the author is a blood relative of the Mankiewicz family. Herman Mankiewicz was the author’s grandfather, and Joe Mankiewicz was his great-uncle.

Much of the family lore came straight to the author from reminiscences of living family members, as well as old photos, newspaper clippings and other memorabilia that brought the history and fabulous accomplishments of the famous brothers to life.

The brothers were born into a family of intellectuals and scholars. Their father, Franz, a refugee from Germany, was very demanding of his sons, hardly ever acknowledging their intellectual gifts. indeed Franz once ridiculed Herman for “only “ getting 97 on an exam.” Where are the other three points?” he asked his son. And even when Herman and Joseph did meet the high standards his father set for them, Franz rarely praised them.

Despite the difficulties the brothers suffered growing up under their father’s harshness and lack of enthusiasm or praise, both brothers became

highly successful in their Hollywood endeavors. Herman wrote or produced dozens of films, starting in 1926 until his death in1955.

Among his many films were Marx Brothers’ comedies, “Duck Soup,” “Monkey Business” and “Horse Feathers,” which showcased his enormous wit and sense of humor. He wrote more serious films including “The Wizard of Oz,” “The Pride of the Yankees” and “Citizen Kane,” which was nominated for an Academy Award, Joseph, younger than Herman by eleven years, also found success in Hollywood. In all, he was the producer of over 20 films. Other films he wrote and directed.

In his career, he garnered four Oscars, winning two Oscars for “Letter to Three Wives” and earned the second pair of Oscars for writing and directing “All About Eve,” which also won Best Picture., Regarding the unusual and humorous title of the book, “Competing With Idiots”, it was a quote by Herman Mankiewicz in a telegram to Ben Hecht in 1926. Herman was encouraging Hecht to come out to Hollywood to work for Paramount Pictures; his words to Hecht were,” Millions are to be grabbed out here, and your only competition is idiots. Don’t let this get around.”

The book is highly entertaining. The author, Nick Davis was up to the task of describing the biography of his grandfather and great uncle, Herman and Joe Mankiewicz with humor and empathy. His admiration and pride for these two giants of the motion picture industry was evident.

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L.I. Music Hall of Fame elects Posner to the board The Long Island Music Hall of Fame has announced that it has voted Robert S. Posner, from Northport, to join its board of trustees.

“I am very excited to join the Long Island Music Hall of Fame’s board of trustees,” Posner said. “I have followed this wonderful organization for many years

and have enjoyed attending their worldclass Induction Ceremonies. I am looking forward to contributing to its continued growth, promoting music education and Long Island’s diverse musical history.”

Posner is a music fan of the Dave Matthews Band and Billy Joel and has taken up trying to learn to play the guitar. His

son Andrew was a clarinet player for the Northport Marching band until he graduated last year and he’s a big supporter of the Northport marching band.

Posner is a partner at Grassi Advisors and Accountants. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from C.W. Post University.

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24 HEALTH, WELLNESS & BEAUTY • Blank Slate Media Newspapers, Friday, March 25, 2022

Stopping your snoring could be lifesaving

BY H A R V E Y PA S S E S , D D S She kisses him goodnight and turns over on her side. He turns in the opposite direction and begins to fall into the arms of Morpheus.

Two hours go by, and she is rudely awakened by the disturbing sound of “sawing wood.”

It’s his loud irritating snoring. She kicks him and he awakens suddenly, gasping for air and asking, “Why’d you kick me?” Sounds familiar?

Sleep disorders have become an important issue.

Fifty to seventy million adults in the United States have a sleep disorder with obstructive sleep apnea being one of the most prevalent. This means having some form of blockage in your airway during sleep.

It shows itself with snoring or your sudden waking while gasping for air. Sometimes your sleep partner might shake you to stop snoring because of its disturbing sound, which prevents them from sleeping.

It is a very common condition in those over 40 and others who are overweight. Sleep apnea is dangerous because if left untreated it can lead to high blood pressure, and an increased chance of heart attack, abnormal heart rhythms, and heart failure.

Studies show that sleep apnea can decrease life expectancy by several years. Here are some signs of obstructive sleep apnea, which you should be aware of: • Excessive daytime sleepiness • Loud snoring • Abrupt awakenings accompanied by

gasping or choking • Awakening with a dry mouth or throat • Morning headache • Difficulty concentrating during the day If you or a loved one experiences any of these conditions you should contact your physician or dentist. Your physician can diagnose it while your dentist can treat it.

Ask if they are experienced in treating this condition. Inquire of your dentist if he/she is a member of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine and if they are certified by the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine. These doctors usually have greater experience and do not just dabble in this field.

In the past, one would have to wear a CPAP device mask delivering high flow air into your throat. Recently, it’s been discovered that these devices are being recalled due to cancer-causing issues with the air hose.

The solution is with a dental appliance, which dentists have been fabricating for years helping these patients. It resembles a dental bite retainer, which repositions your lower jaw into a more favorable relationship with your upper jaw.

This allows more air to enter your lungs without your suffering from obstruction. Simple and easy. Most major medical insurance companies make benefits available for this, while many dentists do not even take copays.

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The spring is also when many of us start thinking about making changes in our lives. For example, we may want to get more exercise, eat healthier foods, or spend more time outside. In this article, I will explore some simple steps that you can take to improve your health and beauty during the springtime!

One of the best things you can do for your health and beauty during the spring is to get more exercise. Exercise helps to improve your energy level, circulation, and overall mood. It also helps increase your strength and flexibility, which can help prevent injuries.

In addition, exercise, combined with mindfulness, can help you release endorphins and serotonin, which are hormones that make you feel happy and relaxed. So, if you’re looking to feel more energetic and comfortable, less stressed, to find balance during the springtime, make sure to get plenty of exercise (walking, stretching, gardening, weights, etc.) and practice mindful attention to the present moment!

Another great way to improve your health and beauty in the spring is by eating healthy foods. Eating healthy foods helps boost your immune system, increase your energy level, and improve your mood.

In addition, healthy foods are often low in calories and high in nutrients, which can help you to lose weight or maintain your current weight. Some of the best healthy foods to eat during the springtime include fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds.

A third way to improve your health and beauty during the spring is to spend more time outside. Spending time outside helps you get vitamin D, essential for healthy bones and teeth.

In addition, exposure to sunlight can help to improve your mood and energy level. So, make sure to spend some time outdoors every day, especially during the springtime! Go for a walk, and let’s meet up!

By following these simple steps, you can wake up to the change of seasons and improve your health and beauty during the springtime.

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10 steps for a better retirement

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Whether you are nearing retirement age, already retired, or planning for your future, there’s a lot that goes into a successful retirement. Being prepared ensures that you and your loved ones are protected.

To help you plan for a better retirement, there are 10 major steps you can take: Gather your team Planning for retirement is complex, and it’s important to assemble a team of professionals to address all its aspects. Your team should include an elder law attorney, an accountant, a financial advisor, and if needed, a geriatric care manager.

Create a Power of Attorney A power of attorney is probably one of the most important documents you will ever sign. It allows another person (an “agent”) to act on your behalf in important business, legal, and financial decisions in case of incapacity. This document must be done while you still have the capacity, so don’t put it off. And of course, only designate someone you absolutely trust.

Create a Health Care Proxy A health care proxy appoints someone you trust to make medical decisions for you in the event that you cannot make them yourself and to advocate for you with physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers.

Create a Living Will A living will states your end-oflife decisions. It guides your health care agent regarding the type of care you’d want or not want to receive in different scenarios, like artificial respirations, hydration and nutrition means.

Execute a Last Will and Testament Your Will details where your assets go when you pass away. It should be tailored to your individual wants and needs, and it’s important to have it properly drafted and executed so that it meets the statutory requirements and is valid.

Create Trusts There are many different types of Trusts, and they can be created for specific purposes or with certain provisions. A common Trust for Medicaid planning is an Irrevocable Income-Only Trust, designed to your protect assets and to help you qualify for Medicaid and other benefits.

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Plan Your Long-Term Care If you don’t properly plan for long-term care, you may face financial catastrophe. Many people believe that having Medicare is enough, but Medicare is health insurance—it does not pay for long term care. For example, it will only cover up to 100 calendar days of a rehab facility or nursing home stay.

To be prepared, the first option is to purchase a long-term care policy.

These are typically very expensive, and existing health conditions may prevent you from qualifying.

The second option is paying privately out of pocket for long-term care, though this can be very expensive as well.

The third option is Medicaid. It’s not easy to qualify for, but an elder law attorney can help you qualify.

Note that for nursing home care there’s a five-year lookback, meaning that Medicaid reviews things like money transferred during that time, so it’s important to plan ahead.

Create an Estate Tax Plan Currently, in New York State, if you have more than $6,110,000 in your name, your estate is taxable.

This includes ALL your assets, even life insurance. Your team will help you avoid or minimize any estate tax you and your heirs might have.

Review Your Estate Plan Every Few Years Taking all the necessary steps to prepare for retirement is crucial, but it’s also important to review your plan periodically to make sure it still meets your needs. As your family, financial situation, and goals change, so should your plan. You can change it as many times as you’d like, as long as you have capacity.

The object of retirement is to live well in the next phase of life.

Proper planning will help ensure that all your goals are met and that unforeseen circumstances can be met without unnecessary expense or unintended outcomes. Take these 10 steps, so you can enjoy your retirement protected and with peace of mind.

Lauren Block is an associate in Vishnick McGovern Milizio LLP’s Wills, Trusts, and Estates Practice.

Her work focuses on Trust and Estate Planning, Trust and Estate Administration, and Elder Law. She can be reached at lblock@vmmlegal.com and 516.437.4385 x145.

Did you know?

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ccording to Gallup’s 2021 Economy and Personal Finance survey, the average individual in the United States is retiring earlier than many people might expect. Gallup found that the average retirement age was 62, which is two years earlier than the working respondents indicated they planned to retire. Canadians are retiring a little bit later than their American counterparts, as Statistics Canada reports the average retirement age in Canada is just over 63 and a half. The average retirement age is worth noting, as studies routinely find that many working professionals greatest concern about retiring is that they won’t have enough money saved to meet their needs. By recognizing that they may end up retiring earlier than they initially planned, professionals can make a concerted effort to save more money in the years ahead.

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Inside active senior living Housing needs may change as adults grow older and their children move out. Adults nearing retirement may want to reduce their cost of living and could find a big house is more than they need at this stage in life.

According to the financial management resource The Motley Fool, in 2019 48 percent of seniors planned to downsize, while 52 percent wanted to remain in their existing homes.

A lower cost of living could be the primary motivator to sell, but less house to maintain and the extra free time that comes with fewer chores can be powerful motivators as well.

Many adults age 50 and older consider adult communities when seeking to downsize their homes.

Senior home options are categorized based on the level of care they provide. “Active adult living” is a relatively new option that reflects a growing desire for residences that afford aging adults a chance to downsize their homes and engage in their favorite activities.

Active adult living, leisure living or active adult communities include single-family homes, townhouses, condominiums, and other housing options within a community that offers an array of amenities and services. According to Retirement Living, residents in active adult communities enjoy country club settings with amenities like swimming pools, clubhouses, golf courses, exercise centers, walking trails, computer labs, hobby centers, and even on-site restaurants.

Active adult living communities may provide transportation options and have their own travel clubs.

Though active adult residences do not typically provide medical services, many communities are conveniently located close to local shopping centers and complexes, ensuring that the doctor’s office is not that far away.

Other features of active living covered by homeowner’s association fees include outdoor maintenance like landscaping, snow removal and sanitation services.

Security, internet service and cable also may be included in the

monthly fees. Active communities emulate the benefits afforded by all-inclusive vacations, where dayto-day details are handled by management so residents can focus on fun and leisure.

Unlike general neighborhoods, seniors may appreciate active living communities because they have access to an array of services within the community. Some pro-

mote a resort vacation feeling, while others may focus on sports or cultural life. What’s more, since age is restricted, residents know that many people in these communities have shared experiences.

Active adult communities also are amenable to adults who like to travel. Residents get the peace of mind to lock up their homes and leave knowing lawns will still be

mowed and shrubs trimmed — removing signs that the residence is unoccupied. This is an ideal situation for a snowbird who spends time in a different location for part of the year.

Active adult living is the relatively new kid on the block for senior communities, filling an important niche for independent retirees and near-retirees.

How active seniors can lower their injury risk Physical activity is one of the key components of a healthy lifestyle. Though physical activity benefits people of all ages, it can be especially helpful for seniors by making it easier for them to overcome some of the obstacles associated with aging.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, physical activity supports dail living activities and independence. That’s a significant benefit for seniors who are worried that age-related physical and mental decline might one day compromise their ability to live independently. The CDC also notes that physical activity lowers the risk for early death, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and certain cancers.

The CDC reports that physical activity is generally safe for fit individuals who are 65 and older and have no existing conditions. Despite that, it’s best for any senior to consult his or her physician prior to beginning a new exercise regimen.

Once doctors give seniors the goahead to begin a new workout routine, seniors can take the following steps to reduce their risk for injury.

Warm up before working out.

Seniors may think they don’t need to warm up before exercising because their workouts are not as high-intensity as they might have been when they were younger. But

Harvard Medical School notes that warming up pumps nutrient-rich, oxygenated blood to the muscles and helps increase heart rate. The American Council on Exercise reports that warming up helps reduce workout-related injury risk by improving tissue elasticity. So prior to beginning a workout, re-

gardless of how moderate- or lowintensity that regimen will be, seniors should warm up for five to 10 minutes.

Start with a routine that’s commensurate with your abilities. Seniors excited by the prospect of working out must temper that excitement if they’re not accustomed

to physical activity. Such individuals should consider working with a personal trainer. Personal trainers design exercise regimens based on each individual client’s fitness levels and goals. As clients make progress and their bodies become acclimated to routine physical activity, personal trainers can then tweak

regimens to make them more challenging. Seniors can take on these responsibilities themselves, but are urged to begin slowly and gradually build up their exercise tolerance.

Don’t skip strength training.

Seniors may think lifting weights is for young people who want to look buff, but the AARP® notes that muscle-strengthening activities protect the joints, reducing seniors’ risk for injury as a result.

The Department of Health & Human Services recommends seniors who have been cleared to exercise engage in strength training at least twice per week.

Stretch after your workout. Harvard Medical School reports that efforts to cool down after a workout, including stretching, can prevent muscle cramps and dizziness a nd lengthen muscles throughout the body, which improves range of motion. Harvard Medical School recommends holding each stretch for 10 to 30 seconds, as the longer a stretch can be held the more flexible individuals’ muscles will be.

Physical activity is an essential component of a healthy lifestyle for seniors. Active seniors can take various steps to reduce their injury risk so they can continue to reap the rewards of exercising for years to come.

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Simple strategies to stretch retirement savings

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unning out of money is a common concern among retirees. And that anxiety is not necessarily unfounded, as a recent study from the Society of Actuaries found that people routinely underestimate just how much money they will need in retirement. Similarly, a 2019

model created by the employee benefit experts at EBRI found that nearly 41 percent of households in which the head of household is between the ages of 35 and 64 are projected to run short of money in retirement.

Such figures underscore how important it is for younger professionals to save for retirement, but what about current retirees or those on the cusp of retiring? Individuals who fit those descriptions may need to embrace these strategies designed to stretch their retirement savings.

Downsize your home. Homes are many individuals’ greatest expense, and that does not necessarily change in retirement. Downsizing

to a smaller residence allows homeowners to pad their savings with money earned in the sale of their homes and also reduce their monthly overhead, as utilities, property taxes and maintenance expenditures are typically much lower in smaller homes than larger homes.

Look for other ways to downsize.

Individuals also can stretch their retirement savings by downsizing in other areas. Lower monthly expenses by shopping around for less expensive auto insurance policies, downgrading cable television packages or cutting the cord entirely. And though individual streaming services may not be too costly, these expenses can add up for individuals who have five or more subscriptions. Downsizing streaming services to one or two packages at a time can help individuals keep more money in their retirement savings accounts each month.

Be flexible with your withdrawals. The “set it and forget it” model of retirement investing helps professionals avoid the tricky process of trying to predict the markets. Retirees may take the

same approach when it comes to withdrawing their money, following the industry standard and automatically withdrawing 4 percent from their accounts each year. But individuals who want to stretch their savings should remain flexible with their annual withdrawals and routinely examine their spending habits. An individualized approach to retirement withdrawals can help retirees avoid taking more than they need out of their accounts each year. The 4 percent rule has its merits, but retirees should recognize that they may not need to take that much out every year.

Work with a financial advisor.

Ensuring you don’t outlive your retirement savings can be complicated, as it often involves navigating fluid concepts such as inflation. A certified financial professional can help retirees plan for changes that are beyond their control and even recommend when certain risks might be worth taking.

Many individuals will need to stretch their retirement savings in the years ahead, and various strategies can help individuals do so.

Qualities to look for in a postretirement job T he notion of relaxing on a beach all day in one’s golden years is still a retirement dream for millions of adults across the globe. But many individuals also harbor a desire to keep working after retiring. Whether it’s a volunteering gig or a part-time job retirees are looking for, certain qualities can make an opportunity uniquely suited to a post-retirement job.

Flexibility: Retirees may be looking to contribute to their communities or simply earn a little spending money, but they will likely still want the freedom to travel or spend time with their families whenever they choose.

So flexibility is something to look for in a post-retirement job.

This is what makes consultant work so attractive to retirees.

In-person hours may not be required of consultants, who can then offer their input while visiting their grandchildren or traveling the world.

Socialization: Though the ability to work from home can make it easier for retirees to earn some extra money, some seniors aren’t concerned about their finances but want to work so they can get out of the house. In that case, look for a job that offers the opportunity to socialize and meet new people. Socializing as an older adult is a great way to fend off loneliness. In addition, one study published in 2007 in the journal of the American Public Health Association found that social support networks have a positive effect on cognition among older adults. So a post-retirement job that enables retirees to socialize could delay or reduce

the severity of age-related cognitive decline.

Engagement: A job seniors find engaging also is more likely to provide the types of benefits seniors are looking for in postretirement work. For example, researchers at Boston College’s Sloan Center on Aging and Work found that seniors who find a job or volunteering opportunity truly engaging are more likely to benefit psychologically from those experiences than those whose post-retirement work is not engaging. If seniors find themselves simply going through the motions with their postretirement work, they can look for opportunities that they can be more enthusiastic about.

Pressure-free: Regardless of what retirees did for a living prior to calling it a career, chances are they dealt with work-related stress. In fact, the American Stress Institute reports that 83 percent of workers in the United States suffer from workrelated stress, while Statistics Canada reports that 62 percent of Canadian workers say work is their main source of stress.

After a lifetime of confronting work-related stress, individuals who want to work in retirement should look for pressurefree opportunities. This is an important quality, as the ASI indicates that stress has been linked to increased rates of heart attack, hypertension and other disorders.

The right post-retirement job may differ from what individuals looked for during their careers.

Various qualities can combine to make for a post-retirement gig that benefits seniors in myriad ways.

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What seniors should know about social media safety S

eniors might not be the demographic individuals initially associate with social media. However, Pew Research notes that seniors’ social media usage has been steadily rising for a number of years, proving that individuals 65 and over are not techaverse.

Pew data from 2019 indicates that 46 percent of individuals 65 and older use Facebook. Social media

platforms like Facebook and Instagram can be a great way to stay connected with family and friends and stay up-to-date on community events. But social media usage is not without risks, especially in regard to users’ safety. Seniors without much social media experience can heed these safety tips as they navigate popular platforms and discover all they have to offer.

Examine your account settings. Social media users can control their privacy settings so they can decide who can (and can’t) view their online activity. Each platform is different, but profiles set to public generally allow anyone to view individuals’ activity, so seniors should set their profiles to private to limit access to their information.

Be mindful of your social media social circle. It’s easy to make virtual friends via social media, but seniors should be mindful of who they accept as online friends. Carefully consider each friend request and decide just how big or small you want your social media community to be. Many individuals prefer to limit their online social circles to individuals they know well and want to stay in touch with,

and that can serve as a good measuring stick when deciding whether or not to accept a friend request.

Avoid sharing personal information.

Seniors are no doubt aware that they should never share especially personal information, such as their Social Security number.

However, seniors also should hesitate to share personal information like vacation plans. Seniors who post about upcoming trips could return home to find they’ve been victimized by criminals who scoured their social media accounts and learned when they were going to be away. A good rule of thumb is to keep personal information private and limit posts to information that is not overly specific or sensitive.

Recognize the threat posed by scammers.

Social media platforms have had varying degrees of success in regard to keeping their sites scam-free. But scammers find a way, and users must take steps to avoid being victimized. Never click on a link within a post from someone you don’t know and avoid anyone soliciting donations through social media platforms.

Seniors are engaging with social media more than ever. Such engagement requires seniors to be mindful of the many ways to protect their privacy when spending time online.

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Outdoor activities that are perfect for seniors spending time outside in green spaces has been linked to a lower risk of depression.

Seniors who are retired or even aging empty nesters who are still in the workforce can make great use of their free time by venturing into the great outdoors. The following are a handful of senior-friendly outdoor activities that provide a great reason to get off the couch and take in all that Mother Nature has to offer.

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he great outdoors beckons people of all ages. Fresh air can be hard to resist and the benefits of spending time outdoors are so numerous that it behooves anyone, including seniors, to answer the call of nature.

According to researchers with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service, human beings benefit both physically and psychologically from spending time in nature.

Such experiences can reduce stress and help lower heart rates, potentially decreasing individuals’ risk for cardiovascular disease.

In addition, the Forest Service notes that

Hiking: Hiking provides a great workout and an ideal opportunity to spend time in an idyllic setting. The U.S. National Park Service notes that hiking helps individuals build stronger muscles and bones, improves their sense of balance, has a positive effect on heart health, and can decrease the risk of certain respiratory problems. Hiking is an especially attractive outdoor activity for seniors, as many parks feature trails with varying degrees of difficulty, ensuring there’s a trail for seniors whether they’re seasoned or novice hikers.

Water aerobics: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that waterbased exercises can be especially helpful individuals with chronic diseases, a category many seniors fall into. The CDC notes that one study published in the journal Arthritis & Rheumatology found that improves the use of joints affected by arthritis without worsening symptoms. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services also notes

that swimming can lead to improved health for people with diabetes and heart disease.

Seniors can reap these benefits by going for a dip in their own backyard pools or a local body of water, such as a lake or ocean.

Many swim clubs also offer discounted memberships to seniors, making these another great and affordable way to reap the benefits of swimming.

Fishing: Of course not all outdoor activities need to make seniors huff and puff. Fishing provides a great reason to get outdoors, and many individuals devoted to fishing report feeling less stressed after a day spent casting for their favorite fish. Individuals who consume what they catch also can benefit by improving their diets, as the American Heart Association notes that consuming certain types of fish has been linked to a lower risk for heart disease and obesity.

Volunteering: Local environmental groups often sponsor cleanups at parks and waterfront attractions like beaches and lakes.

Volunteering with such organizations is a great way to get outside and give back, and working with like-minded individuals can be a great way for seniors to meet new people.

In addition, a national study sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service in 2019 found that 88 percent of Senior Corps volunteers who initially reported a lack of companionship reported a decrease in feelings of isolation after volunteering.

The opportunities for seniors to enjoy the great outdoors are endless. Taking advantage of such chances can benefit seniors in myriad ways.

How to create structure after retirement

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rofessionals typically look forward to retirement and the freedom that comes with it. The notion that commuting and deadlines will one day be a distant memory is enough to make anyone excited for retirement. But when the day to leave the daily grind behind arrives, many retirees admit to feeling a little anxiety about how they’re going to find structure.

Retirement is a big transition, and Robert Delamontagne, PhD, author of the 2011 book “The Retiring Mind: How to Make the Psychological Transition to Retirement,” notes that some retirees experience anxiety, depression and even a sense of loss upon calling it a career. Some of those feelings can undoubtedly be traced to the perceived lack of purpose some individuals feel after retiring. Without a job to do each day, people can begin to feel useless. Overcoming such feelings can be difficult, but finding ways to build daily structure can make the transition to retirement go smoothly.

Find something to truly engage in.

Professionals who truly enjoy their work tend to be fully engaged, so it’s no surprise if such individuals have a hard time adjusting to retirement. Some may suggest volunteering can help fill the void created by retirement, but researchers with the Sloan Center on Aging and Work at Boston College have found that only those individuals who are truly engaged in their post-retirement

volunteering enjoy the psychological benefits of such pursuits. So before retirees dive right in to volunteering as a means to creating structure, they should first exercise due diligence and find an opportunity they’ll find genuinely engaging.

Embrace the idea of “bridge employment.” “Bridge employment” is the name given to the trend that has seen retired individuals take on part-time or temporary employment after they have retired from full-time working. COVID-19 has no doubt

skewed post-retirement working statistics since the World Health Organization first declared a pandemic in March 2020, but a 2019 survey from the LIMRA Secure Retirement Institute found that 27 percent of pre-retirees with at least $100,000 in assets planned to work part-time in retirement. Even part-time work can provide enough daily structure to help retirees feel as though each day is not just a free-for-all.

Make a concerted effort to be more social. Volunteering and working are not the only ways to create structure in retirement.

A concerted effort to be more social can help retirees fill their days with interactions with like-minded individuals who may be experiencing the same feelings. Join a book club, a local nature group that goes on daily or semi-daily morning hikes or another local community organization. These are great ways to build structure and meet new people. Retirees can create social media accounts to find local community groups that cater to their interests. Even if it seems hard to believe, plenty of retirees are seeking to create structure in retirement life, and social media can make it easier to find such individuals in your community.

Structure and retirement may seem like strange bedfellows. But many retirees seek structure after calling it a career, and there are many fun ways for seniors to create more organization in their lives.

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Higher living costs affecting housing market There are many senior citizens on Long Island who are living from month to month only on their Social Security check. Real inflation of over 15 percent has caused much financial harm and mental stress to those who are struggling and barely making it. I have visited many and have firsthand experience with people going through such challenging and difficult times.

They never thought that they would have such tough times during their golden retirement years. Some never planned properly, however, and others just didn’t squirrel away, save and invest enough to enable them to enjoy themselves after they stopped working. Speaking with a multitude of homeowners, I have been told about people who have left New York state and San Francisco, Calif., for locations Down South, such as North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Tennessee and other lower cost-of-living states.

The No. 1 reason that was conveyed to me was the combination of excessive real estate and state income taxes, as well as the general cost of living (food and energy that is not included in the inflation percentages). One man said his five close friends all left NYS and he was now contemplating moving to

one of those locations to be near some of them or possibly near their children.

The exodus out of New York state has been occurring for years, but the pandemic really put another nail in the coffin on the affordability issue. The $1.6 trillion of student debt was another major issue for those millennials and Gen Zs, who could no longer bear the expense of staying and living on Long Island. Those fortunate enough to be able to reside in their parent’s home, or with a relative, or team up with a roommate in a rental enabled some of them at least to save enough money to at least purchase a co-op.

However, even a small home today is beyond the reach of so many, now that Jerome Powell, our Fed chairman, increased rates March 16 and is predicting another five hikes throughout 2022. The quarter-point increase caused a mortgage on a $400,000 purchase to increase approximately $200 per month and by about $20,000 over the life of the mortgage, unless prepaid earlier.

All types of construction, investment and short-term and line of credit loans have now increased as well as interest on all credit cards. This might be the beginning of a tipping point for buyers who have been desperately

(with low supply and high demand, prices increase). According to The National Association of Home Builders, the following information from 2018 provides a somewhat accurate and consistent analysis of second home ownership: There are approximately 7.5 million second homes, where a majority of those owners split their time between their primary and secondary homes.

The state with the largest number of second home ownership was Florida with 1.1 million accounting for 14.5 percent of all second homes. South Dakota had the lowest number of second homes at about 20,000, among all 50 states.

Half the second homes can be found in nine states: Florida, California, New York, Texas, Michigan, North Carolina, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. These situations have created much less than normal inventory, while the demand has been increasing for the last 11 years since the bottom of the market in 2011. This will be changing as the Fed continues to raise interest rates throughout the year.

When the Covid-19 pandemic came ashore from China and Europe, unfortunately we didn’t close our borders fast enough and we all know

PHILIP A. RAICES Real Estate Watch

searching over the last 6-12 months (and losing deal after deal due to the insane competition) for their first home or move-up purchases or downsizing home. There is inventory of about 1.7 months (meaning it would take 1.7 months to sell all the available houses on the market).

Part of the problem is that many people are just staying in place, which has caused sales to decrease while prices to continue to increase in the old supply and demand economics scenario

what happened. Some 500,000 residents left New York City alone and I am quite sure, California, Chicago and other large cities lost a percentage of their populations due to the pandemic as well. I hope and pray that the next pandemic, which is bound to happen as the human race always seems to forget their past mistakes and are creatures of constantly repeating what they should know never again!

Please make your contribution to The Ukraine Crisis; International Organization for Migration a 501(c) 3 corporation: http://donate.iom.int Philip A. Raices is the owner/Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 in Great Neck. He has 40 years of experience in the Real Estate industry and has earned designations as a Graduate of the Realtor Institute (G.R.I.) and also as a Certified International Property Specialist (C.I.P.S). For a “FREE” 15 minute consultation, a value analysis of your home, or to answer any of your questions or concerns he can be reached by cell: (516)647-4289 or by email: Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate.Com Just email or snail mail (regular mail) him with your ideas or suggestions on future columns with your name, email and cell number and he will call or email you back.

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Recent Real Estate Sales in the

Willistons

24 Sunset Road W, Alberston

123 Schley Avenue, Albertson

4 bd, 3 ba, Sold On: 1/10/22, Sold Price: $1,040,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Herricks

5 bd, 2 ba, Sold On: 1/28/22, Sold Price: $960,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Herricks

166 Park Avenue, Williston Park

26 Fordham Street, Williston Park

3 bd, 1 ba, Sold On: 12/17/21, Sold Price: $625,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Herricks

3 bd, 1 ba, 1,450 sqft, Sold On: 1/26/22, Sold Price: $600,000 Type: Single Family, Schools: Mineola

Editor’s note: Homes shown here were recently sold in New Hyde Park, the Willistons, Mineola and surrounding areas 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 New Hyde Park, the Willistons, Mineola and are believed by Blank Slate Media to be of interest to our readers.

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Strauss bids farewell at his final meeting Continued from Page 1 “I don’t have to tell the audience about Mayor Strauss’s character or leadership, we have certainly seen that here and it’s what we need at the county, state and federal level,” Pereira said. “He’s way too young to pack it in.”

Trustee Paul Cusato recalled how he watched Strauss rise through the ranks of the Fire Department all the way to chief. Cusato said the two men have been together for over four decades, when Strauss first became a volunteer and he is one of two men in Mineola’s history to share the distinction of serving as mayor and fire chief of Mineola, alongside former Mayor Joseph Nohowec, who was first elected in the 1930s.

“Thank you for your commitment to our village for being the captain sitting at the helm, leading us in the right direction,” Cusato said.

Dennis Walsh, who resigned from his position as trustee in November when he was elected to the North Hempstead Town Board, said how much of a joy it was to work with Strauss.

“I said before how I learned more in this room than anywhere else in the world, and I learned so much from working alongside the mayor,” Walsh said. “God bless you, we cannot thank you enough.”

Mineola’s newest elected officials will be sworn in at the village’s organizational meeting on Monday, April 4, at the Mineola Community Center starting at 7 p.m.

PHOTO BY SARAH IBRAHIM

Mineola Mayor Scott Strauss did not seek re-election this month.

Family of acid attack victim criticizes police Continued from Page 10 Ryder released a statement on Thursday saying the department will “continue an intense and comprehensive investigation” into the attack against Ikram.

“Numerous interagency resources have been assigned and continue to collaborate to bring the person responsible to justice,” Ryder

continued. “Nassau County Crime Stoppers and the FBI have both equally increased their reward to a total of $40,000 for tips that could lead to an arrest of the person(s) responsible.”

Nearly $550,000 has been raised for Ikram through the GoFundMe page as of Friday. Ikram said she has been asked what her message would be to anyone hearing her story

and she provided it to the public last Thursday.

“Believe in yourself, don’t ever give up and most importantly, learn to find beauty within yourself and love yourself no matter what because that was the … hardest thing I’ve ever had to do,” Ikram said.

“I am asking for the perpetrator who com-

mitted this heinous act to turn yourself in,” Solages said. “I truly believe that what is done in the darkness will come to light. You have put a tremendous amount of pain in the lives of this family, and I am asking anybody who knows anything about this to do the right thing and help us achieve justice for Nafiah and her family.”

Mr. Cheapo Jr. carries on family vinyl tradition Continued from Page 4 He continued to work part-time for Mr. Cheapo throughout high school.

After finishing college in 2005, Goldberg said he thought about other paths before deciding to settle down and work at the store. One he considered was pursuing a music career.

“I wasn’t 100% sure if I was going to go into the business,” he recalled, “but it just worked out that way.”

Josh Goldberg has brought a fresh approach to the business, especially since becoming an official co-owner this year. He said he has a passion for music spanning different genres and artists. He credits much of his music knowledge to his early exposure and easy access to different types of music. “I’m way more into music than my father is,” he said.

“I like to be a little more open-minded and carry newer, fresher, younger artists,” he said.

When it comes to stocking new records Goldberg said he tries to consider the younger em-

ployees’ ideas. Recently he ordered widely popular 18-year-old artist Olivia Rodrigo’s album “Sour” after a teenage employee suggested it.

Stu Goldberg credits their recent success to Josh. “He has a young outlook and tends to look at things a little differently with a new perspective,” he said.

Amid the chaos of COVID-19, Stu Goldberg was ready to pack up and walk away. However, Josh was hopeful during the craziness of the pandemic. He said he remained optimistic, thinking everything would turn out OK in the end.

Throughout the four decades, business was slow other times. In the early to mid-noughties when digital music took rise, Josh Goldberg said, it was particularly scary. It was what he calls “the Dark Ages.”

“We almost considered closing one of the stores at one point during that time,” he recalled.

Even though they survived lows in the past,

nothing prepared them for the pandemic, he said.

At the start of the pandemic, they grew their online inventory and sold on eBay and Discogs.

They continued to make sales, but business was slow and costly. “When you sell stuff online you have to pay a lot of fees,” Goldberg said, “so we were selling a lot, but we were also paying a lot.”

When the stores reopened in June 2020, they enforced a mask policy, continually cleaned all of the surfaces with disinfectant spray, set up plexiglass in front of the register, and constantly reminded people to follow social distancing.

Josh Goldberg’s responsibilities have grown since becoming an owner in January 2021, making his job more stressful than before. Even with all he has to manage, he said the job is rewarding. He said he enjoys seeing customers come back time and time again.

“It’s a great feeling especially knowing I’m part of it,” Goldberg said, “It feels like there is a

little piece of history here, and it’s kind of epic knowing we’re one of the last surviving record stores on Long Island.”

With a couple of hundred reviews on Google Reviews and Yelp, Mr. Cheapo has impacted many people. One customer wrote on Google Reviews, “Best CD & Record store in the Tri-state area! Most organized record store by far with the most impressive stock . . . The staff is a+ and very knowledgeable! It’s no wonder they’ve been around for almost 40 years!” Many other customers have also commented about their longstanding or newly budding close relationship with the shop.

Mr. Cheapo has stood the test of time, and Goldberg said he believes vinyl records will do the same.

“There is something about playing a record that can’t be replicated by anything else. It is a warmer and overall more enjoyable listening experience,” he said, “I don’t think records will ever die.”

Chain of command broken by Democrats: DeSena Continued from Page 3 “We are evaluating things and some ideas,” DeSena said regarding the Building Department.

“We didn’t get into this problem overnight and we won’t get out of it overnight. When I propose some reform, it’s going to be substantial.

We don’t want to just put a Band-Aid on this.”

“We are developing ideas and will be proposing the first of many reforms shortly,” DeSena said.

DeSena said she has spoken with Town of Oyster Bay officials but doesn’t want to copy and paste their solutions. She mentioned Mineola, where Deputy Supervisor Joe Scalero previously served as clerk for over a decade, as a good example of what may work in the town but said a “culture change” is most important for moving forward.

When asked whether there is a need for more housing, specifically affordable housing in

Nassau County, DeSena said there is some need and that it’s good to have a mix. She said it’s a priority when considering housing to look at where it is both environmentally and economically sound to build more units, if necessary.

Moving forward, DeSena said that she “wants to look out for the employees” of Town Hall. She said a number of acting department heads do not have the autonomy required to run things in the town. DeSena said she wants to

keep listening to employees and make sure their strengths are recognized.

“I want to make sure we are managing our departments and our staff well. That’s how we serve people the best,” she said.

On Thursday, March 31, DeSena will hold her first State of the Town address at the Clubhouse at Harbor Links in Port Washington. The address is set to begin at 1:15 p.m. and is free to the public.

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Mineola man pleads guilty to killing puppies

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NASSAU COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE

Ellie Knoller, of Mineola, pleaded guilty to fatally beating two puppies and injuring another on Monday, according to Newsday.

Continued from Page 1 10-12-week-old shepherd mix named Tucker in February 2019 from a local pet adoption agency.

Nine days later the puppy died from kidney rupture, likely of blunt force trauma that led to extensive internal bleeding, prosecutors said.

A day later, prosecutors alleged that Knoller and his wife, Jessica Kuncman, purchased a brown Goldendoodle puppy named Cooper from a Pennsylvania breeder. Two days later, prosecutors said the dog was brought into Garden City Veterinary Care in cardiac and respiratory arrest.

Cooper’s death was determined to be from a lacerated liver, which prosecutors alleged stemmed from

blunt force trauma that led to extensive, fatal internal bleeding.

Prosecutors said the incidents followed an investigation after the defendants allegedly brought in a lethargic and lifeless 11-weekold female Goldendoodle puppy named Bella to Veterinary Referral & Emergency Center of Westbury in late February 2019.

Kuncman did not take Bella to a veterinarian for about 15 hours after she appeared to be in pain, prosecutors alleged.

Prosecutors said that veterinarians found multiple fractured ribs, bruises on her lungs, bleeding behind her eyes and a broken leg. Doctors performed surgery on Bella and had to insert a metal rod to repair her leg and a steel plate

to hold her bones in place.

Aside from Knoller’s plea, which, according to Newsday, would include five years of probation, the 2019 indictment also charged Kuncman with one count of animal torture. At the time of Knoller’s sentencing, according to Newsday, “the case against Kuncman can end with an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal.”

Jeffrey Groder, Kuncman’s attorney, told Newsday his client’s case would be dismissed “if she doesn’t get into any more legal trouble for a certain period of time.”

If convicted, according to Newsday, Kuncman would face up to a year in jail.

Efforts to reach law enforce-

ment officials, Groder or Knoller’s attorney, Greg Madey, for comment were unavailing.

Gary Rogers, the president of the Nassau County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, previously said that in his experience with animal crimes investigations, he has “never seen a case like this.”

“Practically beaten to death, it’s difficult to imagine someone could harm such a sweet little dog, but this is what happened to Bella, beaten and choked, leaving her with several broken ribs, her forearm broken in two places and a pulmonary contusion,” Rogers said in 2019. “It’s a miracle this little girl is alive and recovering – two other dogs were not so lucky.”

Manhasset boys win state basketball title

PHOTO BY KRISTIN PERFETTO

Manhasset boys celebrate winning state basketball title.

Continued from Page 11 “It’s an amazing feeling, to win like this, but I’m a little sad we have no more games with this group,” he said. “We had such a special year, nobody got hurt, everybody liked each other, I kind of hate to see it end.”

But if it had to end, it certainly ended with a bang. After winning the Long Island championship by beating Kings Park on March 12, Manhasset (25-1) headed to Glens Falls knowing it wanted to finish the job started by the 2019 team, which lost in the state semis.

Saturday it was Liam Connor, the team’s leading scorer, powering the way to victory over Poughkeepsie, pumping in 29 points and making 11 rebounds in the 69-55 win. But as always with this team, Connor had help, from Mike and his brother James Notias, from Liam Buckley, and everyone else who played.

“One of the biggest keys this season was our kids were focused, and they were good learners,” Bruns said. “When you have a team that wants to learn, and get better every day, it makes it much easier as a coach. And this group, all of them, let the coaches mold them and become even better.”

Sunday against New Hartford, Manhasset

struggled a little in the opening half but still had a six-point lead at the break.

Then Liam Buckley took over, scoring six of his 19 points in the third quarter, while Connor and the Notias brothers added to the offense, and a 13-point lead at the end of the third quarter meant the celebration was near.

When it was over, and the Manhasset fans who went by bus the 3.5 hours to the Adirondacks to see their team compete were still screaming, and the photos of deliriously happy players were taken, it was time to celebrate.

“Once that buzzer sounded, I jumped as high as I could in the air,” Buckley said.

“When we had a big lead one of the refs asked me ‘are you happy yet?’ And I told him “No, I’ll be happy when it’s over and we’ve won. So now I’m happy.”

“From the start we knew we had something special, just trust the process and put the work in,” Connor added. “And to sit there the last few minutes, knowing we were about to win the state championship we’ve been dreaming about, and be here now going home to our community ... it’s the greatest feeling in the world.”

2 North Shore bridges in poor condition: DOT Continued from Page 12 The bridge, which is owned by the village and was last inspected in September 2020, runs over the Great Neck train station on the Long Island Rail Road’s Port Washington line.

In 2018, Great Neck Plaza Clerk-Treasurer Patricia O’Byrne said a New York state bridge

program grant could provide 95 percent of the funds to repair the bridge.

O’Byrne previously told Blank Slate Media that Mayor Ted Rosen, along with other village officials, met with engineers from the Long Island Rail Road in January to discuss the bridge’s condition.

O’Byrne said the engineers informed the village there were no structural issues with the bridge and that the village is considering repairing or replacing the sidewalks on both sides of the bridge. O’Byrne said a tentative project could take place this fall or sometime next year.

Due to deterioration of the deck, de-icing salts and water have infiltrated the underlying structure of the bridge, the LIRR said. Workers have been removing loose concrete from the bridge’s underside. The village repaved the roadway, which has effectively eliminated most of the intrusion issues, according to the LIRR.

2 G.N. girls use basketball to help Ukraine relief Continued from Page 12 Interested people can donate at this link: https://tbegn.wufoo.com/forms/q1397nj91p8fvox/.

“This is something all the kids are aware

of, and people have a visceral reaction to what Abby and Tori both said they are happy to be they’re seeing,” David Podwall, Abby’s father, doing their small part for the relief effort, knowsaid. “Doctors Without Borders and Northwell ing children just like them in Ukraine are sufhave done a great job so far raising money, and fering and in need of as much help as possible. this is just another small way to help.”

And Abby said she hopes other people will

raise funds for this cause. “Hopefully it inspires other kids to do similar things to stand up for what they believe in, and make change in the world,” she said. “We just feel like we really want to help.”

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BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y Town Supervisor Jennifer DeSena on Wednesday proposed the first of what she called many reforms for the North Hempstead Building Department.

DeSena plans to seek to amend a chapter of town code that since 2007 has allowed members of the Town Board to override the building commissioner’s decision on expedited permits.

According to a press release from the supervisor’s office, over the past five years council members have rejected the commissioner’s rulings 50 times.

“This Town Code provision grants an unheard-of level of power and sway

over the future of an application to Town Councilmembers and is done in no other Town on Long Island,” said the press release.

Any change in the code would have to be approved by the Town Board, where Democrats hold a 4-3 majority. DeSena was elected on the Republican line in November and is part of the board’s minority.

Last Thursday, Blank Slate Media held a virtual town hall with DeSena where she said she would offer one of her many reforms “soon” to help streamline town operations and make the Building Department more efficient.

“We are evaluating things and some ideas,” DeSena said regarding the depart-

ment. “We didn’t get into this problem overnight and we won’t get out of it overnight. When I propose some reform, it’s going to be substantial. We don’t want to just put a Band-Aid on this.”

“We are developing ideas and will be proposing the first of many reforms shortly,” DeSena said.

DeSena said she has spoken with Town of Oyster Bay officials but doesn’t want to copy and paste their solutions.

She mentioned Mineola, where Deputy Supervisor Joe Scalero previously served as a clerk for over a decade, as a good example of what may work in the town but said a “culture change” is most important for moving forward.

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Cellini Lodge #2206 Celebrating 311 Call Center officers installation Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America Cellini Lodge #2206 of New Hyde Park held their Installation of new officers at Jonathan’s Restaurant.

Approximately 100 guests attended, including Lodge members, officers from other Lodges as well as state and

North Hempstead Town Supervisor Jennifer DeSena visited the Town’s 311 Call Center on 3/11 to thank all 311 call center staff who respond to numerous town inquiries per day from residents. national officers.

The 311 Call Center is the first line Cellini Lodge is looking forward to holding many events this year includ- of interaction many residents have with ing The Feast at Tully Park in August town services, and DeSena commended which is eagerly anticipated by the and thanked them for working so hard community as it hasn’t been held for to make sure our residents’ questions are answered! the last 2 years.

Under the direction of Commissioner Vincent Malizia, amazingly, 80% of residents’ questions are immediately addressed by our knowledgeable staff and the remainder is forwarded to the proper town department and tracked for service.

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Home hemodialysis program Queens-Long Island Renal Institute, located at The Parker Jewish Institute,has announced the launch of its Home Hemodialysis Program.QLIRI’s Home Hemodialysis Program allows patients to transition from an in-center setting to receiving hemodialysis from the comfort of their home, using the Tablo Hemodialysis System.

Patients who enroll in the program are first trained by a registered nurse.

The nurse provides step-by-step guidance four days a week over the course of four weeks, or longer if necessary.

During the training, patients learn how to use the system before they transiArrow of Light Award, marking the tion to home hemodialysis. transition from Cub Scout to Boy Hemodialysis is a treatment that filScout. ters wastes, toxins and excess fluid from Lurvey celebrated their achieve- the blood for people with failing kidneys. ments and presented them with citaThose needing dialysis can spend tions of recognition to mark the mile- three-to-five hours a week, several times stone occasion. a week to receive treatment. QLIRI’s athome program provides patients the flexibility to access needed care without ever

Lurvey honors Cub Scout Pack 178 Council Member Veronica Lurvey visited Cub Scout Pack 178 for their Bridging Ceremony on March 6 at the VFW Post 5253 in Albertson.

The ceremony recognized the Scouts who completed all of their Webelos requirements and have earned the

leaving their homes, while also freeing up time to engage in their daily activities.

“We are so pleased to offer our Home Hemodialysis Program at Queens-Long Island Renal Institute. Thanks to this vital program, patients can receive hemodialysis at home within a schedule that fits their lives. It also removes the time, stress and costs of traveling to and from

a clinic. And it affords patients the flexibility and opportunity to take part in activities and commitments that are important to them,” said Michael N. Rosenblut, president and CEO of Queens-Long Island Renal Institute.

To learn more about QLIRI’s Home Hemodialysis Program, visit https://qliri. org.

Manhasset Bay cleanup Aiding Mental Health Association Nassau County Legislator Siela A. Bynoe (D — Westbury) is partnering with the Mental Health Association of Nassau County to host a virtual “Sip & Talk” community conversation at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 29 to raise awareness about mental health matters.

During the forum, presenters will discuss the signs and symptoms of men-

tal health disorders, how to best assist someone who is experiencing these challenges, and where to find services and service providers in Nassau County.

Register online at https://www. nassaucountyny.gov/LD2. For additional information, contact Legislator Bynoe’s office at 516-571-6202 or sbynoe@nassaucountyny.gov.

The Manhasset Bay Protection Committee is hosting two Spring Volunteer Beach Clean-up Days: Sunday, April 3 at Manorhaven Beach Town Park, and Saturday, May 7 at Bay Walk Park, both in Port Washington.

Both events start at 9:30 am.

This is the first time the Committee is hosting spring beach clean-up days, as they previously only host one clean-up in the fall to coincide with the annual International Coastal Clean-up, sponsored by the Ocean Conservancy.

The single-day event generally draws between 90 and 100 volunteers, including Scout Troops, and collects over 200 pounds of trash.

The events are sponsored by the Northeast Chapter of the American Littoral Society, the Manhasset Bay Protection Committee, the Town of North Hempstead, and the Village of Port Washington North.

Participants will tally the trash collected and that data is sent to the Northeast Chapter of the American Littoral Society which tracks and monitors changes in the trash collected each year. Information about the amounts and types of trash collected has been used to create legislation around the world.

If interested in participating, registration is encouraged, but not required. You can email the Committee’s Executive Director, Sarah Deonarine, at mbpcExec@gmail.com or leave a message at 516-869-7983 with your contact information and how many will be joining you. Participants should also be sure to check their email and/or the Committee website the evening

before a clean-up in case of cancellation.

The Manhasset Bay Protection Committee is an intermunicipal organization aimed at addressing water quality and coastal issues in Manhasset Bay with a coordinated, watershedlevel approach.

The committee has 15 member municipalities: Nassau County, the Town of North Hempstead, and 13 Villages who all voluntarily entered into an inter-municipal agreement. The Committee’s goals are to protect, restore, and enhance Manhasset Bay so as to ensure a healthy and diverse marine ecosystem while balancing and maintaining recreational and commercial uses. Tasks that help toward these goals include the annual volunteer beach clean-up.

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will be assigned to different public areas and the village is only asking for an hour or two of volunteers’ time. Volunteers will meet at 9 a.m. in the Village Hall parking lot.

Over 6,000 eggs will be up for grabs as Williston Park Recreation hosts its annual Easter egg hunt. Families

are asked to meet at Kelleher Field at noon on Sunday, April 10, and to bring a basket.

During public comments at the board meeting, former Mayor Doreen Ehrbar congratulated her husband, Mayor Paul Ehrbar, Trustees Kevin Rynne and Bill

O’Brien, and Village Justice Kevin Kiley on their re-election on March 15.

The village’s reorganization night will take place Monday, April 4. The next meeting for the Williston Park Board of Trustees will take place on Monday, April 18.

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Town spotlights Dr. Scott J. Kaminker

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North Hempstead Supervisor Jennifer DeSena, Council Member Dennis Walsh, and the Town Board are proud to feature Dr. Scott J. Kaminker, DDS in the Town’s Small Business Spotlight initiative, which is designed to profile our local businesses and promote the goods and services they provide.

Dr. Scott J. Kaminker, DDS, with an office located at 1 Birchwood Court in Mineola, is a wonderful local dental firm with a professional staff that offers a wide range of dental services including dental

makeover, porcelain veneers, dental bonding, and composite fillings.

For more information about Dr. Scott J. Kaminker, DDS call 516-248-8078 or visitwww.drkaminker.com.

As part of the Town’s Small Business Spotlight program, highlighted businesses will have their photo and business listing included as part of a directory on the Town’s website. For a complete listing of highlighted businesses visit: www.northh e m p s t e a d n y. g o v / smallbusinessspotlight.

Happening at the W.P. Library The library is collaborating with Joseph Benincasa from State Farm Insurance in Farmingdale in collecting medical supplies for people in Ukraine. The following are needed: Tylenol, Aspirin, Benadryl, band-aids (all sizes), saline eye drops, adhesive tape rolls (2-3”), tweezers, safety pins, triple antiobitic ointment (full size), caffeine pills, gauze, antiseptic wipes, gloves, CPR masks, big cinch abdominal bandages. There is a donation box in the library by the front window. Collection is only until March 31. Wearing a mask in the library is now optional. This will remain in effect as long as Nassau County is considered a low transmission area. The Library Board reserves the right to amend the policy in accordance with Governor Hochul and CDC guidelines. The library is distributing Covid-19 self-test kits while supplies last.

New titles added to the collection: Cage—Bonnie Kistler Paris Apartment—Lucy Foley Death of a Green-Eyed Monster—MC Beaton Mrs. March—Virginia Feito Life without Children—Roddy Doyle Dark Horse—Gregg Hurwitz Nothing to Lose—JA Jance Adult Programs

Reiki—Thursdays—March 31—6 pm in the Assembly Room of Village Hall. $10 p/person.

Knitting Circle—Thursday—March 31 —11:30 am-1:30 pm in the Assembly Room of Village Hall.

Better Home Health Care—Wednesday—April 6—6:30-7:30 pm in the Assembly Room of Village Hall. This is an information session for an overall understanding of how home care assistance can be arranged and how it’s funded.

Call the library (742-1820) or email willistonparkprograms@gmail.com to register.

Stopping Identity Theft—Monday— April 11—10:45-11:45 am in the Assembly Room of Village Hall. Learn the signs and reduce the risk of various identity thefts: SS number, medical, financial, etc. Call the library (742-1820) or email willistonparkprograms@gmail.com to register.

Book Club—Wednesday—April 13—7 pm in the Assembly Room of Village Hall. Copies of Lions of Fifth Avenue are available at the Circulation Desk.

Shredding Service—Saturday—June 4—1:30-4:30 pm in the parking lot of Solomon Schecter School.

St. Francis Hospital Health Screenings—Monday—June 20—10 am-2 pm

in front of the Library. Open to everyone over 18 years of age. Included: brief cardiac history, blood pressure and simple blood test for cholesterol and diabetes.

Children’s Programs Storytime with Miss Beth—Tuesdays—March 22, & 29; April 5, 12, 20 & 26—11-11:45 am in the Assembly Room of Village Hall for children ages 1-4.

Limited to 15 children plus caregiver.

Masks optional. Please call the library to register. No walk-ins.

Textured Mosaic Letter—Saturday— April 9—10:15-11:15 am in the Assembly Room of Village Hall for children 3 years and up. Call the Library (7421820) or email willistonparkprograms@ gmail.com to register.

Tie Dye T-shirt workshop—Tuesday—April 19—11:30 am-12:30 pm in the Assembly Room of Village Hall for children ages 4+. Limited to 15 participants. $15 material fee (includes t-shirt) Register at willistonparkprograms@ gmail.com or call the library at 7421820. Please specify shirt size. Masks are optional.

Come into the Library for a free children’s craft every Monday for Take and Make Mondays.

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SCHOOL NEWS

9 Herricks Merit finalists honored at board meeting At the March 10 Herricks Board of Education meeting, the board recognized nine seniors who were named National Merit Semifinalists in the fall and have advanced to Finalist standing in the 67th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These students are academically accomplished students and achieved the

Semifinalist distinction based on their Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test scores. They attained Finalist recognition by meeting high academic standards along with other requirements.

Finalists are eligible to earn scholarship awards that will be announced and presented later this spring.

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(L-R) Herricks Superintendent of Schools Dr. Fino Celano, Board of Education President Henry Zanetti, seven of the nine National Merit Finalists Kyla Ye, Keneil Soni, Lamiya Rangwala, Pranati Patnam, Roshni Patel, Chloe Chang, Wafiq Khondkar, Board of Education Vice President Nancy Feinstein and Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Elizabeth Guercin. National Merit Finalists not in photo include Amber Joneleit and Olivia Teng.

Junior wins young Herricks honors, celebrates artist competition Black History Month Black History Month was celebrated several ways throughout the Herricks Public Schools during the month of February. Students engaged in lessons, reading assignments, discussions, art projects and other activities that focused on Black heroes and their historical contributions.

Among the many activities taking place districtwide, Mrs. Kennedy’s second grade class at Center Street School researched Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his contributions to the PHOTO COURTESY OF HERRICKS PUBLIC SCHOOLS Civil Rights movement. Students then created signs and artwork celebrating his legacy. Mrs. Brillon’s fourth-grade On March 5, Herricks High will be performing the Nielsen Flute class researched historical African School junior Carolyn Lau com- Concerto as a soloist with the NSSO Americans and their achievements peted in and won the North Shore Orchestra at their May 21st concert throughout history. After the students’ Symphony Orchestra Young Artist at the Adelphi Performing Arts Cen- research was complete, they created Competition. As the winner, she ter. a torn paper portrait honoring these men and women for their contributions that have shaped our nation.

Students at Searingtown School celebrated through various art projects. Kindergartners learned about African American artists Alma Thomas Attention to Herricks residents, be obtained from our website www. and Lois Mailou Jones, and created All requests for transportation herricks.org Or at the Transportation artwork inspired by each of their sigto a NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL Must be Office Room 202 in the Herricks Com- nature motifs. First graders created filed no later than APRIL 1, accord- munity Center At 999 Herricks Rd, Alma Thomas Heart collages, while ing to State Law. Applications may New Hyde Park Phone 305-8948. second graders explored Kente cloth

weaving and giraffe collages. Fifth graders honored Black History Month by creating African Savannah silhouettes.

At Herricks High School, students in the Black Student Union Club created a bulletin board thanking Black

staff members. Staff members were asked to share the best part about working at Herricks and their photos were displayed on the board. Students were also encouraged to write simple thank you notes to the staff members, as well.

Herricks request deadline

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Searingtown School kindergarteners honored African American artist Alma Thomas and Lois Mailou Jones with their original signature motif creations during Black History Month.

2 Herricks High musicians to perform abroad Herricks High School senior Keneil Soni and junior Carolyn Lau have been invited to participate in the 2022 National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA), a prestigious national program by Carnegie Hall.

Chosen through a rigorous audition process from among top musicians ages 16-19 nationwide, Soni is one of only seven horn players and Lau is one of only four flautists accepted. They are the first students from Nassau County ever to be selected into NYO-USA for

their respective instruments.

Both students are accomplished musicians who currently attend Juilliard Pre-College. Soni studies horn under Professor Javier Gandara and is the co-principal horn of the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra. He was a member of the National Youth Orchestra 2 (a feeder program of NYO-USA for musicians ages 14-17) during the summers of 2019 and 2020 and was also the principal horn in the NAfME All-National Symphony Orchestra this winter.

Lau studies flute under Professor Carol Wincenc and has served as principal/co-principal flute with several orchestras, including the Juilliard PreCollege Symphony and Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York Principal Orchestra with which she soloed as their concerto competition winner. She is a two-time National YoungArts Classical Music award winner and has also won top prizes in other music competitions.

NYO-USA is a fully-endowed orchestral program for highly dedicated

young musicians where members have the opportunity to serve as cultural ambassadors for the United States while traveling and performing abroad. Participants first take part in a two-week training residency at Purchase College, SUNY, led by world-renowned faculty and guest artists. This summer, the Herricks students will join the orchestra’s tour of Europe under the direction of Maestro Daniel Harding. The tour will include concerts in Amsterdam, Berlin, and Lucerne following a Carnegie Hall performance.

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