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Pledging support to Israel Community comes together in face of Hamas’ barbarous terrorist assault on residents BY C A M E RY N O A K ES

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Israel emissaries stand united during the rally in support for Israel at the Sid Jacobson JCC Monday afternoon.

Lirin Goshen woke up in her home in Israel at 6:30 a.m. Saturday morning to the sounds of alarms. With air strikes quite common, Goshen said she and her family were not unnerved and went to take shelter. “It’s scary, but we are so used to it,” Goshen said. But then, Goshen said, they turned on the television and saw a “nightmare” as the reality of the situation set in. “It’s a horror movie,” Goshen said. Early Saturday morning, the conflict between Israel and Palestine reached a new pitched level when Hamas, an Iran-funded terrorist group that controls Gaza, launched a surprise attack, storming Israeli towns across the border. The attack has resulted in the deaths of nearly 1,000 Israelis and 900 Palestinians, with about 150 civilians abducted in mass kidnappings, including a small number of Americans, according to news reports Tuesday. Goshen shared her story via

livestream at a community gathering Monday afternoon hosted by the Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center, where she formerly served as its director for the Center for Israel. The gathering was held to show support for Israel, with a diverse array of community members speaking to share their support. Hundreds filled the seats of the auditorium, with many having to stand in the aisles, against the wallsand in the hallways. Goshen said the news left her and her family in shock, seeing images of people murdered in the streets and the lack of security presence from the Israeli Defense Force, which did not anticipate the attack. Israel formally declared war on Hamas Sunday and by Tuesday had “more or less” secured the border, according to the Israel Defense Forces, amid fierce attacks by both sides. Approximately 11 Americans were reported to have been killed, President Joseph Biden said Monday. Thousands have been wounded. Goshen said that in the days after the attack, the nightmare has continued for her and her family. Continued on Page 46

Feds charge Santos with 10 more counts BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y U.S. Rep. George Santos was charged with 10 new criminal counts Tuesday evening in a superseding indictment filed in federal court alleging he stole the identities and credit card information of his campaign donors.

Santos,35, pleaded not guilty in May to a 13-count indictment that charged him with seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds and two counts of making materially false statements to Congress. If convicted of the top charges, Santos could face up to 20 years in

prison. The 10 new charges Santos is accused of included one count of conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States, two counts of wire fraud, two counts of lying to the Federal Election Commission, two counts of falsifying records, two counts of aggravated identify theft and one count of device fraud. Tuesday’s charges against Santos come days after his ex-treasurer Nancy Marks pleaded guilty to conspiring with Santos to commit wire fraud, make materially false statements, obstruct the administration of the Federal Election Commission

and commit aggravated identity theft. Santos told reporters in Washington he had not checked his phone yet and that he has no comment on the indictments, according to multiple reports. Efforts to reach Santos’ lawyer, Joseph Murray, were unavailing. Prosecutors allege Santos filed fraudulent reports with the FEC and repeatedly charged credit cards of his campaign donors without their authorization. “Santos falsely inflated the campaign’s reported receipts with nonexistent loans and contributions that were either fabricated or stolen” U.S.

Attorney Breon Peace said in a statement. “This Office will relentlessly pursue criminal charges against anyone who uses the electoral process as an opportunity to defraud the public and our government institutions.” Santos, who was first elected to represent the state’s 3rd Congressional District in 2020, was exposed by the New York Times and other media outlets earlier this year for his fraudulent resume. If Santos–who has repeatedly refused to step down–were to resign and vacate his seat, a special election to replace him would be held. Continued on Page 47


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Night on the Town Asian-American set for next Tuesday assault alleged Fundraiser to feature 35 eateries, music and raffles

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Members of Warriors For a Cause, a volunteer committee that leads Night on the Town, pictured in 2018. BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y Night on the Town in Mineola first started to honor Tony Lubrano’s father–Pasquale–who died of leukemia in 2006. The event began in 2011 with the goal of raising $1 million to support the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, which was accomplished in its eighth year. Throughout each event, Lubrano would keep his dad updated on the fund-raising efforts year after year. “Each year I would go to the cemetery and let my dad know how much we raised in his honor,” Lubrano said in an interview with Blank Slate Media. This year the fund-raising event that features food from 35 different restaurants, raffle prizes and live music will be raising money for both the Michael Magro Foundation and the James. D. Kinsey Jr. Memorial Fund.

The Michael Magro Foundation was established in 2005 and named after a 13-year-old boy from Hicksville who died of leukemia. Michael’s mother, Terrie, is a former physician liaison at NYU Langone in Mineola. Lubrano, who is the chairman of Warriors for a Cause that hosts the event, felt it was appropriate to honor a different foundation once the event returned from a brief hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic since his original promise to his father had been fulfilled. “The partnership worked out really well,” Lubrano said of partnering with the Magro foundation. “We have made a great team and we are continuing to support them.” Kinsey, of Port Washington, unexpectedly died in 2021 at 44. He was the principal and COO of U.S. Capital Markets at Avison Young and president of Kinsey Equities. Kinsey’s sister, Marisa Kinsey Weigan, will be

honored at the event. This year’s event will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 17, at Jericho Terrace at 249 Jericho Turnpike in Mineola. The event runs from 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. and showcases Long Island’s restaurants, bakeries and wineries. Motown outfit the Loco Mojo Band will be performing throughout the night and attendees will have chances to win gift baskets and raffle prizes along with a silent auction. In previous years before the pandemic, Lubrano said the event reached as many as 500 people and raised $200,000 in one night. “It does not happen by accident,” Lubrano said. “It’s a great event that we plan for many months. It requires a really talented, dedicated group of people.” Those interested in attending Night on The Town can find ticket information online at www.warriorsforacause.org.

A 14-year-old Asian-American canvasser and intern for District 10 legislature candidate Weihua Yan was punched, pushed and subjected to derogatory racially charged comments Monday by a Village of Thomaston resident on Colonial Road, Yan said. Video was taken by an adult accompanying the intern moments after the incident while the intern was on the phone with police. The woman who allegedly attacked the intern can be heard shouting “no solicitation, get off” and “I assaulted you? Are you a man or what?” The 14-year-old had dropped off political literature at the residence. Yan said at a press conference held Friday morning that the police were called to the scene, but the intern declined medical attention and to press charges. Police told the intern there was nothing they could do since the injuries were not serious enough, said Yan, a Democrat who is challenging Mazi Melesa Pilip in District 10. “The mental scar will probably leave a lot of trauma for the kid,”

Yan said. He said more than 80% of hate crimes go unreported due to fears of retaliation or a lack of belief in being taken seriously. Yan was joined at the press conference by Jon Kaiman, a Democrat and former North Hempstead town supervisor who is trying to reclaim his former post, and Veronica Lurvey, a Democrat town council member now running for receiver of taxes. Village of Thomaston Mayor Steve Weinberg expressed sorrow and outrage over the incident. “I’m ashamed,” he said, “I’m ashamed. I’m sad. I’m outraged. And I know it’s not how, as I said before, our residents are, but it only takes one. And we can’t let it spread, our democracy depends upon it. It’s the fabric that makes our democracy work that we have to be civil and respectful to each other. Period. There’s no room for yelling, screaming or violence or physical violence.” The incident has reignited the call for a dedicated hate crime unit in Nassau County, which both New York City and Suffolk County already have. Continued on Page 46

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Nassau County Legislature candidate for District 10 Weihua Yan at rally after verbal and physical attacks he said took place on one of his interns at a resident’s home.

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Teen killed in Peter Zuckerman commits car crash while to tax cuts in re-election bid fleeing police BY C A M E RY N O A K ES

BY B R A N D ON DUFFY A car fleeing from police crashed into a tree on East Jericho Turnpike and Parkside Drive in Mineola early Saturday morning, killing a juvenile passenger, Nassau County Police said in a statement. Officers were responding to a 911 call for multiple larcenies in the Carle Place and Westbury areas. After officers attempted to perform a traffic stop on two nearby vehicles, both cars fled northbound on Carle Road in

Westbury and then westbound on East Jericho. Around 1:30 a.m. Saturday, one of the vehicles—a 2019 Jeep Latitude—lost control and struck a tree on East Jericho and Parkway Drive. Both juvenile passengers were taken to a local hospital for treatment, where one was pronounced dead by hospital staff at 2:29 a.m. The driver of the vehicle was admitted to the hospital for nonlife-threatening injuries and was placed under arrest. He will be arranged when medically practical, police said.

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North Hempstead Council Member Peter Zuckerman is vying for re-election to the Town Board, running on fiscal responsibility and committed to securing a tax cut in the Town’s budget proposed this year. The East Hills resident joined the board in 2014 to fill the unfinished term of Thomas Dwyer, who resigned from the board to take a job in the private sector. He is running for a third four-year term against Republican challenger Edward Scott, a commissioner of the Albertson Water District. Zuckerman said the most important issues that he is addressing are the Town’s fiscal responsibility and upholding the quality of life in the Town through services and affordability. “Specifically in my district, during my tenure, we’ve done some amazing things,” Zuckerman told Blank Slate Media. Last year, Zuckerman, along with Democrats Veronica Lurvey and Mariann Dalimonte, co-sponsored a 5% tax cut with a budget that added $2 million to roads, $1 million for tree removals and replantings and $1 million for sidewalks. He said Republican Supervisor Jennifer DeSena initially proposed a budget last year with a 2% tax increase, which was shot down by Town Democrats. After that, DeSena sub-

Councilman Peter Zuckerman mitted a second budget which had a higher tax cut than the Dems’ proposal at 11%. “So there was some political, whatever you want to call it, jockeying on the supervisor’s part with respect to that,” Zuckerman said. On Sept. 29 DeSena submitted her second tentative budget that includes a 10% tax cut and said the Town is projecting a $2 million surplus in this year’s budget. Zuckerman said he is still reviewing the tentative budget but is concerned she may submit a second one as she did last year. “I’m committed to a tax cut, but I need

to review this budget further so that I can get into it a little bit,” Zuckerman said. Democrat supervisor candidate Jon Kaiman has been criticized for increasing taxes over his tenure as North Hempstead’s supervisor by 44%, but Zuckerman said he would still be comfortable working with him if he is elected supervisor. He said that Kaiman’s pattern of increasing taxes can be attributed to other issues. He said he would take Kaiman’s tax increase “with a grain of salt.” The Town’s budget comes amid controversy over the sudden resignation of the comptroller and the Town’s lack of two deputy comptrollers. Both DeSena and Town Democrats have blamed each other for the comptroller’s resignation. DeSena previously said it was due to Democrats and a broken chain of command. Zuckerman said he believes DeSena’s side of the story is inaccurate. “The fact that she’s indicated an opinion like that is typical of the things that we’ve been dealing with,” Zuckerman said. He said he does not appreciate the supervisor making a statement that he does not believe to be true. “I’ll let my record and the record of my Democratic council people stand on its own because we believe we’ve done everything in Continued on Page 46

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evelt, who said, “the academy serves the Merchant Marine as West Point serves the Army and Annapolis the Navy.” The Merchant Marine Academy in That same year it received full acKings Point marked a historical milecreditation as a degree-granting institustone when it celebrated its 80th annivertion, cementing its place as a maritime sary Sept. 29 as County Executive Bruce education center. Blakeman recognized the academy’s lega“When you think about the academy cy and contribution to the nation. standing up in 1943,” Nunan said,”it was He declared Sept. 29 as United States by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Merchant Marine Academy Day and gave He knew that we needed more merchant Superintendent and Vice Admiral of marine officers to help win the war; you’re not going to win a war without the refrain. So that set up then. But when you think about today, and all of the things going on in the world, the merchant marine academy has never been more relevant.” Throughout its history, the academy has adapted to both times of conflict and peace. During the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, it accelerated graduating classes and played a significant role in training officers for the first U.S. nuclear-powered merchant ship, the NS SAVANNAH. “I’m incredibly honored to be the county executive that’s home to such a fine institution that is not only an educaSCREENCAP BY KARINA KOVAC tional facility, but has a very, very important public safety and homeland security County officials helped the United States Merchant Marine Academy celvalue to the whole country,” Blakeman ebrate the institution’s 80 year anniversary. Continued on Page 47 USMMA Joanna Nunan a proclamation. Since its inception in 1943, the academy has played a role in training generations of merchant mariners, a mission initiated by President Ulysses S. Grant and officiated through the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 and the establishment of the U.S. Merchant Marine Cadet Corps in 1938. On Sept. 30, 1943, the academy was dedicated by President Franklin D. Roos-

Lafazan touts environmental bill in re-elex bid BY C A M E RY N OAKES Nassau County Legislator Joshua Lafazan (D–Woodbury) is running for re-election under what he considers fair

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campaign tactics, pushing for increased housing, carbon neutrality in the county government and addressing climate change. Lafazan represents the county’s District 18 and became the county’s youngest legislator at the age of 23 when he was elected in 2017. He is running for his fourth term. He represents the district that includes Williston Park, Manhasset Hills, Albertson, Searingtown, East Hills, Greenvale, Old Brookville, Glen Head, Upper Brookville, Matinecock, Centre Island, Bayville, Mill Neck, Oyster Bay, Cove Neck and Laurel Hollow. His district has changed, though, with the county’s latest redistricted maps. No longer does he represent communities like Syosset, his hometown, and Woodbury. Continued on Page 47

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Tom Suozzi seeks a return to Congress BY C A M E RY N OAKES Tom Suozzi announced Tuesday he is running to reclaim the 3rd Congressional District he held for six years and that is now represented by beleaguered Republican Rep. George Santos. “You know me,” Suozzi said on social media. “I’ve never sat on the sidelines. From the cost of living to immigration, crime, climate change, combatting terrorism in the Middle East and globally, and simply helping people, we need more common sense and compassion and less chaos and senseless fighting.” Suozzi, 61, a Democrat from Glen Cove, announced on multiple social media platforms his bid for Congress, calling out the current representative. “The Madness in Washington, DC, and the absurdity of George Santos remaining in Congress is obvious to everyone,” Suozzi said. Santos was charged in a 13-count indictment in May that included seven counts

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Tom Suozzi announced Tuesday his bid to reclaim New York’s Third Congressional District. of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds, and two counts of making materially false statements to the House of Representatives. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. Just hours after Suozzi’s

announcement to run for Congress, Santos was delivered with a 23-count superseding indictment from the Department of Justice. The latest indictment includes one count of conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States, two counts of wire fraud, two counts of making materially false statements to the Federal Election Commission, two counts of falsifying records submitted to obstruct the FEC, two counts of aggravated identity theft and one count of access device fraud. Suozzi beat Santos in the race for New York’s 3rd Congressional District in 2020, narrowly securing his seat with 55.9% of the votes. Santos told Talking Points Memo Suozzi won’t make it through the Democratic primary. “He pissed off every New York Democrat by running against [Gov] Kathy [Hochul] and smearing her,” Santos said to the outlet. Continued on Page 44


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Town Dems call for probe of DeSena hire Say hiring hearing officer who cleared her deputy of harassment charges was illegal BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y A N D K A R I N A KO VA C Two Democrats on the North Hempstead Town Board have accused Republican Supervisor Jennifer DeSena of illegally hiring and paying an attorney who she designated as the hearing officer in a harassment case regarding a senior staff member in her office. Council Members Mariann Dalimonte and Veronica Lurvey held a press conference on the steps of town hall in Manhasset to call on Nassau County Comptroller Elaine Philips’ office and North Hempstead Board of Ethics to investigate DeSena’s alleged misconduct. Tuesday’s press conference followed a report in Newsday on Monday that Deputy Supervisor Joseph Scalero was cleared in an internal investigation into harassment and retaliation complaints. The presiding officer in the investigation who cleared Scalero, Brian J. Davis, was hired unilaterally and unlawfully by DeSena, the Democrats said. “We are left with many unanswered questions,” said Lurvey, who is running for town receiver of taxes. “What circumstances led Supervisor DeSena to the decision to hire Brian Davis for the hearing in this harassment claim.” Lurvey said Davis, who has a solo practice in Garden City, was a Republican “megadonor” who made 72 donations to the Republican party and its candidates alongside a posterboard of the donations from 2002 to this year total-

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Council Member Veronica Lurvey points to a section of town code on the steps of North Hempstead Town Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 10. ing over $11,000. “We owe it to our employees to get to the bottom of what happened here at town hall,” Lurvey said. “Supervisor DeSena has purportedly made ethics the cornerstone of her tenure,” said Dalimonte, who is running for re-election. “Yet she has blatantly violated both ethical stan-

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DeSena pointed to the grievance procedure in town code that stipulates the supervisor or their designee conduct a formal hearing after an investigation into the original complaint. The supervisor added that hiring Davis did not need town board approval because personnel matters are confidential and it falls under her responsibility to “exercise any potential disciplinary sanctions.” “To characterize my actions as ‘unlawful’ when I followed Town Code to the letter of the law is not only disingenuous, it’s completely inappropriate, especially given the fact that the Town Attorney’s Office was aware of Brian Davis’ role as hearing officer in this case for nearly 10 months and never once brought up an objection,” DeSena said. Lurvey said the town’s procurement policy mandates board approval and a contract when paying for professional services and that Davis was hired at an hourly rate of $350, which is higher than the town’s hourly maximum of $275 when paying for professional services. Davis said to Blank Slate Media he had been a hearing officer for personnel matters in Oyster Bay before and that he’s been an attorney for over 40 years. “I gave everyone a very fair hearing, I ran it along the lines of a trial, although there were certain guidelines that weren’t strict with evidence, everybody was given an opportunity to speak,” Davis said. “I just didn’t think that the case was that compelling.” Continued on Page 44

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U.S. Rep. George Santos celebrates his victory on election night.

fraudulent reports to artificially inflate the amount of funds Santos raised to meet financial benchmarks needed to receive financial assistance from the Republican National Committee to meet the committee’s goals. The campaign needed to report raising at least $250,000, according to court records. “I did this knowing it was not true and the donors, who are real people,didn’t give me permission to use their names,” Marks told Seybert. “With today’s guilty plea, Marks has admitted that she conspired with a congressional candidate to lie to the FEC and, by extension, the public about the financial state of the candidate’s campaign for New York’s Third Congressional District, falsely inflating the campaign’s reported receipts with non-existent contributions and loans,” U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Breon Peacesaid. “My office will continue holding accountable those who perpetrate a fraud on the public and the institutions that help maintain transparency in the electoral process.” The congressional candidate, who was not named by the court, is apparently Santos. Prosecutors said to meet the committee’s benchmarks Marks and “the candidate” agreed to falsely report to the FEC that “at least 10 family members of Marks and the candidate had made contributions to the campaign, when Marks and the candidate both knew that these individuals had not made the reported contributions.” Continued on Page 44


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Herricks eyes remote resident questions BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y As Herricks High School revvs up for a homecoming game against Roslyn Friday, the Board of Education is also evaluating possible ways for residents to send in questions during board meetings if they cannot attend the meeting in person. Prior to kickoff at 5:30 p.m., there will be a community homecoming event at the high school from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. President James Gounaris said anyone regardless of whether they live in the district or not can email the board a question, which would be answered within 48 hours. The question being discussed during the Oct. 5 board meeting is whether or not questions can be submitted to the board and read aloud during public comment at board meetings. “We’ve come up with a plan for that which could mean a deadline for them submitting a question to the board up to 48 hours prior to board meetings,” Gounaris said. “We are working on that.” Each board meeting allows for questions or comments from the public–specifically district residents and employees–at two separate times. Also starting this school year, the district has made available and been emailing to families meeting notes that include highlights of each meeting. The next Herricks Board of Education meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 19, at 7:30 p.m. at the Herricks Community Center.

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The Herricks Board of Education meeting on Thursday, Oct. 5.

Raeder’s in Albertson Door Dash driver robbed by 3 men: NCPD stole packages: police BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y Raeder’s Wine & Liquors was burglarized by three men early Tuesday morning, Nassau County Police said in a statement. Three men broke through a glass door in the back of the building at 1029 Willis Ave.

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around 4:40 a.m. before removing various bottles of liquor and fleeing the scene in a black BMW, police said. The suspects were all wearing black clothing, hooded sweatshirts and gloves. Police are asking anyone with information on the incident to call 911 or 1-800-244-TIPS.

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Raeder’s Wine & Liquors at 1029 Willis Ave. in Albertson.

Juliana Saggaram, 33, who was employed as a Door Dash driver, has been arrested in connection with two incidents of packages stolen off of property in Manhasset and Sands Point.

A Queens resident working as a DoorDash driver canvassed Manhasset and surrounding areas using her job to spot unattended packages out in the open, stealing two of them in Manhasset and Sands Point on Sept. 3, police said. Juliana Saggaram, 33, was arrested by 6th Precinct detectives and was charged with two counts of petit larceny. A court appearance ticket was issued for Saggaram for Oct. 20. Police said Saggaram picked up a food order from Chipotle, drove around the local area and canvassed outside packages. While holding the food order as a cover, Saggaram “walked onto the property, removed the package and fled the scene,” a Nassau County Police Department release stated. Saggaram was taken into custody on Wednesday by Sixth Precinct officers. NCPD posted an informational flyer on Facebook alongside the arrest report, advising residents how to protect themselves from a ‘porch pirate.’ The police advised residents to request packages to be scheduled for arrival at a specific date and time. They also recommended that packages be received in person or have the packages delivered to a trusted neighbor who is at home. Police also suggested that residents consider getting a front door surveillance camera.


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Schechter alum among Hamas hostages Recent graduate of Williston Park religious school reported among those taken in Israel BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y

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The Schechter School of Long Island in Williston Park.

A recent graduate of the Solomon Schechter School of Long Island in Williston Park is among the hostages taken during the recent attacks on Israel, according to multiple reports. During a “Stand With Israel” service at the Merrick Jewish Center on Monday, Rabbi Josh Dorsch said a Long Islander was taken hostage by Hamas—an Iran-funded terrorist group that controls Gaza—according to News12. The identities of the person or their families have not been released at this time. Early Saturday morning, the conflict between Israel and Palestine reached a new level when Hamas launched a surprise attack, storming Israeli towns across the border. The attack has resulted in the deaths of nearly 1,000 Israelis and 900 Palestinians, with about 150 civilians abducted in mass kidnappings, including a small number of Americans, according to news reports Tuesday. Israel formally declared war on Hamas Sunday and by Tuesday had “more or less” secured the border, according to the Israel Defense Forces, amid fierce attacks by both sides. Approximately 11 Americans were reported to have been killed, President Joseph Biden said Monday. Thousands have been wounded.

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N.Y. House GOP face its Munich moment

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n March 1938, Nazi Germany annexed Austria in violation of postWorld War I peace treaties. But no foreign government intervened. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain followed other European leaders in a policy of appeasement, saying he wanted to focus on domestic concerns. Fellow Conservative Winston Churchill was one of the few to oppose this policy, warning in a speech in the House of Commons that the annexation of Austria was just German Chancellor Adolph Hitler’s first act of territorial expansion. Just months later in the summer of 1938, the Nazis manufactured a crisis in Sudetenland, falsely claiming that Germans in this region of Czechoslovakia were being oppressed. In late September 1938, Chamberlain took part in an international conference attended by Hitler, French Prime Minister Édouard Daladier and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini in an effort to avert war. Chamberlain and the others agreed to give Sudetenland to Germany, effective Oct. 1, with the promise of Hitler halting his advances. Back at home, Chamberlain famously proclaimed he had returned “bringing peace with honor. I believe it is peace in our time.” But less than six months later — in March 1939 — Nazi Germany dismantled Czechoslovakia and occupied the Czech lands, including Prague. Hitler would go on to capture Poland and most of Europe. Britain did not fall, but starting Sept. 7, 1940, London was systematically bombed by the Luftwaffe for 56 of the following 57 days and nights. More than 500 German planes dropped more than 700 tons of bombs across the city, killing nearly 1,500 people and destroying 11,000 homes. The House of Commons, Westminster Abbey and the British Museum were severely damaged, Hitler would only be stopped after the United States entered the war in 1941 in response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. A poll taken in March 1940 found

that 96% of Americans were against going to war with Germany. A group called the America First Committee led the opposition to the United States’ entrance into the war. The war in Europe would cost the lives of 141,000 members of what is now known as the Greatest Generation. Before the United States and its allies succeeded, more than 6 million Jews would be killed in Hitler’s campaign of genocide begun with the opening of the Dachau concentration camp in 1933. Forty-five years later, the U.S. Congress faces its own Munich moment with the decision to continue to fund Ukraine’s war with Russia. It is difficult to overstate how disastrous a decision not to continue funding Ukraine in a war with Russia would be. The United States would be abandoning a democratic ally whose own troops are fighting and dying to preserve their country and a coalition of European countries unrivaled since World War II that President Joe Biden has put together to support Ukraine This would effectively end the United State’s leadership in the free world and hand Russian President Vladamir Putin a victory at a time when his beleaguered army was losing ground. And like Hitler with Czechoslovakia, Putin would surely use this victory to move forward on NATO nations such as Poland. As a NATO member, the U.S. would have an obligation to defend a country such as Poland in all ways possible including with our own troops. Unless the GOP congressmen want to also abandon a coalition that has preserved the peace in Europe since World War II. This would take place in full view of the world and surely would not go unnoticed by countries like Iran, which has been fomenting violence in Israel, and China, which has long held designs on Taiwan. Retiring Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Mark Milley said in an interview aired Sunday evening that if Ukraine loses and Putin wins, “we would be certainly increasing, if not doubling, our defense budget in the years ahead. “And you will increase the probabil-

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ity of a great power war in the next 10 to 15 years,” he continued. “I think it would be a very dangerous situation” if the Russian leader’s invading forces were “allowed to win.” The critically needed support for Ukraine is in doubt with the decision now in the hands of House Republicans, including two representing Nassau County – Congressmen George Santos (NY-03) and Anthony D’Esposito (NY-04). Santos and D’Esposito will help decide the next speaker of the House bid after eight Republican right-wing extremists — all opponents of aid to Ukraine — ousted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The two frontrunners for the job are House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio. Scalise has appeared with former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke at a rally and described himself as David Duke without the baggage. And he is the moderate of the two candidates. He has voted for funding for Ukraine in the past. Jordan, a loyal lieutenant of Donald Trump who participated in the planning of efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, has consistently voted against aid to Ukraine. Echoing Neville Chamberlain, Jordan recently told reporters “the most pressing issue on Americans’ minds is not Ukraine. It is the border situation, and it’s crime on the streets. And everybody knows that. So let’s address those.”

Santos recently tweeted on X, formerly known as Twitter, his opposition to further Ukraine aid. “We have given over $100B to Ukraine & this war seems to have no end in sight,” Santos said. “Simply put, we can’t afford it. “Every dollar that goes to Ukraine is money taken away from protecting our southern border & investing in America’s future,” he falsely claimed. To underline his opposition, Santos ended his tweet with #Americafirst, the tagline used by Trump as well as this country’s opponents to entering World War II. D’Esposito, whose seat like Santos’ has been rated among the most vulnerable in Congress in 2024, has presented himself as a moderate, touting his membership in the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus. But he has remained silent on continued aid to Ukraine. We will learn D’Esposito’s position by his choice for House speaker – whether it is Scalise, Jordan or someone else. The same can be said for other New York Republican congressmen from districts won by Biden in 2020 or considered toss-ups in 2024. This includes congressmen Mike Lawler (NY-17), Marc Molinaro (NY-19), and Brandon Williams (NY-22). Moderate Democrats have been criticized for not voting for McCarthy to keep him as speaker. The critics have ignored that McCarthy reneged on promises made in the debt ceiling vote, excluded Ukraine

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funding from the vote to keep the government open, approved impeachment hearings for Biden without a shred of evidence of wrongdoing, trashed Democrats on Sunday talk shows after they helped him keep the government open and was unwilling to give Democrats anything in return for their support. But D’Esposito and the other endangered Republicans can prove their willingness to work across the aisle by insisting that whoever they support for speaker agrees to fund Ukraine. With the Republican caucus split 5050 on further aid to Ukraine, this may be easier said than done. It might even require D’Esposito and others to team up with Democrats on a Republican unity candidate or even Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic House Minority Leader. This was suggested by New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg, who acknowledged that “this sounds like an absurd fantasy and I certainly don’t expect it to happen.” But as Churchill said, “You can always count on Americans to do the right thing – after they’ve tried everything else.” The House is in chaos, our standing as a democracy and the leader of the free world stands in the balance, and the fate of Ukraine and, possibly Taiwan, could very well depend on this decision. In the process, we will also find out what D’Esposito and his so-called moderate New York Republican congressmen really stand for.

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Did the generals really believe that?

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ow can someone with such abundant disdain for U.S. troops who have been seriously injured or killed in action, continue to be supported by millions of Americans? Keep in mind that this is the same guy, a known draft dodger, who incites violence against anyone he thinks stands in the way of his quest to topple our democracy and install fascist rule. As U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin noted about Trump’s violent rhetoric, “American carnage is not what Trump was running against, it was what he was running for.” Most recently, Trump called for his former Joint Chief of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley to be put to death for “treason,” for being insufficiently loyal to him. Trump called for his “execution” after learning of Gen. Milley’s phone call to reassure China in the aftermath of the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Around the same time at the California Republican Party Convention in Anaheim, Calif., he exercised his sadistic impulses by ridiculing Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul, the victim of a

brutal hammer attack in his San Francisco home. His mocking drew laughter from his far-right extremist MAGA crowd. Meanwhile, in Arizona, according to The Guardian, the audience enjoyed a good laugh soon after the assault, when the gleeful Trump supertoady Kari Lake made fun of the Pelosi attack. “Apparently, her house doesn’t have a lot of protection,” joked the craven Lake to the depraved crowd. Perhaps the best illustration of Trump’s antagonism toward America’s wounded warriors and those who made the ultimate sacrifice can be found in remarks made by Trump’s former chief of staff Marine General John Kelly, captured by Jeffrey Goldberg in Atlantic Magazine: “(Trump) is a person that thinks those who defend their country in uniform, or are shot down or seriously wounded in combat, or spend years being tortured as POWs are all ‘suckers’ because ‘there is nothing in it for them.’ A person that did not want to be seen in the presence of military amputees because ‘it doesn’t look good for me.’ A person who demonstrated

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open contempt for a Gold Star family – for all Gold Star families…and rants that our most precious heroes who gave their lives in America’s defense are ‘losers.'” Kelly recalled that during a Memorial Day celebration at Arlington National Cemetery in 2017 Trump turned to him and said, “I don’t get it. What was in it for them?” Predictably, Trump responded like a toddler, with a post on social media

stating that Gen. Kelly is “the dumbest of my military people.” He added, “I fired him like a dog.” “No one loves the military like I do,” proclaimed Trump. “Now he speaks back by making up fake stories.” “He’s a lowlife with a very small brain and a very big mouth.” For Trump, this is hardly new territory. His fervor for violence — including torture, extra-judicial murder, and shooting both migrants and protesters — has been a consistent feature of his politics for years, according to founder and editor-at-large of The Bulwark Charlie Sykes. The more failed dictators feel humiliated, the more they go to the extremes, cautions historian Ruth Ben Ghiat, author of ‘Strongmen.’ “His appetite for brutality will soon become a litmus test for right-wing politicians, including any of his GOP challengers,” warned Sykes. In another exchange with Gen. Kelly, Trump insinuated that he would be uncomfortable to be seen in public with injured troops: “Look, I don’t want any wounded guys in the parade,” Trump said.

“Those are the heroes,” Kelly said. “In our society, there’s only one group of people who are more heroic than they are – and they are buried over in Arlington.” “I don’t want them,” Trump responded. “It doesn’t look good for me.” Kelly’s 29-year-old son Lieutenant Robert Kelly was killed in action in 2010 after he stepped on a land mine while leading a squad of Marines on a patrol in Afghanistan. Who can forget Trump’s assessment of former U.S. Sen. and Vietnam POW John McCain? “He’s not a war hero,” said Trump. “He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.” Kelly explained to Trump, according to NY Times Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Michael Schmidt, that all government officials took an oath “to protect the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic”—not a pledge to one leader. Did the generals really believe that? Trump questioned. Yes, Kelly replied, adding: “There is nothing more that can be said. God help us.”

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Age 77 can be just as dangerous as 80

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here are a lot of discussions these days about President Joe Biden’s age. Despite the fact that he has gotten three major bipartisan bills passed that will have a profound impact on the American economy and has enjoyed multiple successes on the international front, the media continuously harps on the fact that Biden is 80 years of age. Agree or not, former President Donald Trump is just three years younger and if you follow his daily statements, some suspicion has to arise that he is experiencing age-related issues that set off all types of alarm bells. Trump may benefit from the fact that he looks younger than President Biden, but his daily rantings on his Truth Social website and his remarks at public events have to make an objective person wonder whether age has taken a serious toll on Mr. Trump. It would take more than one column of mine to recite the continuous flow of rants that Mr. Trump utters, which raise questions as to what is

happening to the former president as he tries to convince American voters that he is fully fit to resume office if he is re-elected. It is one thing to blow off steam, having lost an election, it is another thing to utter a string of threats to harm people in and out of public office. The most current utterance is the Trump threat against retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley. Trump, days in advance of Milley’s formal retirement, called his actions in office “treasonous” and suggested that Milley be “executed.” This is the second time that Trump has accused Milley of treason. Just prior to the 2020 election, Milley called his counterpart in China to advise him that rumors of an American attack on China were “just rumors.” Trump called that “treason.” Trump had picked Milley for the top military post in America, but lost confidence in Milley when he told him it wasn’t wise to taunt the North Kore-

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an leader for fear his generals would encourage the start of a nuclear war against America. Milley has served his country for over 40 years with dignity and he is entitled to the greatest of respect for his service to America. For a reference

I refer you to an article in the latest edition of The Atlantic magazine titled “The Patriot.” It tells the story of Milley’s career in the Army and his many contributions to keeping this country safe. The Trump attack on Milley is one of dozens of threats against judges, prosecutors and potential witnesses in the pending four federal criminal cases against the former president. There is no doubt that these attacks are meant to undermine the public’s confidence in the judicial system and prejudice a potential jury in its deliberations. Special Counsel Jack Smith, who Trump calls “deranged,” has applied to the federal court for a gag order to stop the daily vitriol against all of the parties to these pending cases. In the next month, the judge presiding over the Washington case involving the Jan. 6 insurrection will rule on the application to muzzle the former president and no doubt that will cause another round of insults against everyone in the court system.

It would not be a surprise that the D.C. court may threaten jail time for Mr. Trump to stop the torrent of hate from a man who seeks to regain the White House. Many of my friends periodically mention to me that Biden occasionally stumbles over words in his speeches and that he is no longer as physically nimble as he carries out his daily duties. But is Donald J. Trump entitled to get a pass for all of his ugly diatribes against anyone who he believes has failed to treat him with respect or those who are not afraid to speak their minds about his conduct while in and out of office? I have known people in my lifetime who are of lesser stature than the former president who have had their sanity questioned based on outrageous statements at the Thanksgiving dinner table. Only a professional can make a credible determination as to whether Mr. Trump is showing the ravages of creeping old age, but his conduct should not be ignored.

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The hero’s journey is arduous, inspiring

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hat does it mean to overcome adversity? Thanks to participation in a documentary on extreme sports filmed by Crispin Kerr-Dineen, I had a chance to study an example of someone who overcame adversity and made it to the top of the heap. I am referring to Wendy Larson a professional hand cyclist who won the Boston and the NY marathon in the woman’s hand cycling division. That alone is impressive, but what makes this story so interesting, compelling and heroic is that she was once wheelchair-bound, having been born with Primary Immune Deficiency Dis-

ease and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. And to add injury to insult, she had a serious car accident a few years ago which entailed 15 surgeries in order to save her leg. The initial question posed to me by the documentarian was related to Wendy’s obsessive drive, which pushed her to achieve victories in these excruciating endurance races that required unbelievable pain tolerance. The standard psychoanalytic interpretation of this kind of behavior is to say it is a reaction formation against dependency. Many patients will react to their injury or illness by fighting against assuming the sick role, ignore doctor’s orders to

rest and carry on in a steadfast, stubborn and determined way until they collapse. Reaction formation is a midlevel neurotic defense and can lead to re-injury. As my interview with this filmmaker went along, however, it began to occur to me that the arc of Wendy Larson’s career took her far beyond a reaction formation against dependency. As she continues to win races and act as an heroic role model for the millions of handicapped people around the world, a better way to describe and to analyze DR. TOM FERRARO Wendy Larson is to think about the Our Town highest level defense mechanism called altruism. Altruism is defined as the constructive and gratifying gift-giving service to others. And isn’t that what Wendy Larson is doing? She is giving a gift to the world by setting an example to how to overcome adversity and setbacks. Wendy has what the filmmaker referred to as telos , the Aristotelian concept which means purpose, goal or intention. Having telos means that one is engaged in a goal that one is meant to do. Telos is like a calling, the term Joseph Campbell frequently used in his book “The Hero with a Thousand Faces.” When George Lucas made “Star Wars,” he used Joseph Campbell as a consultant and when Luke Skywalker got that 3-D message from Princess Leia to come and help her, that became Skywalker’s calling. Like so many heroes Luke Skywalker refused his telos, his calling, for a while until he finally mustered the courage to embrace it. PHOTO BY TOM FERRARO That could be the story of Wendy

Larson as well. Perhaps when she was younger she refused the calling to heroism and to be a role model for all of the handicapped people in the world. After all, who wants to be a pioneer out there all alone, ahead of the pack, suffering in pain and agony. But finally she had enough of the discouraging diagnosis and the limits set on her by her physical state and by her doctors. She describes the moment when she accepted the call to heroism when a doctor told her she would never run in a marathon ever again. She said “something clicked inside of me when he told me that and I said to myself ‘enough’ of this bad news.” And from then until now she has been peddling away on her hand cycle, an inspiration to anyone who is handicapped with illness or injury. It may be that initially we could say she was using reaction formation to defend against the sick role given to her by peddling away from it as fast as she could. But somewhere along the way, she found her destiny, her telos and her purpose. Her purpose appears to be that of a hero, a pioneer or one of those mystics who carry the torch for humanity and show us the way. She is one of Robert Louis Stevenson’s lantern bearers, those who dream and keep the flame alive for the rest of us to follow. Wendy Larson is a true lantern-bearer and she has come a long way from adversity and has transcended diagnosis, pain and her wheelchair into the world of the hero. Thank goodness she answered the call.

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A spark bird lights a fire for bird watching

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wo weeks ago I attended the New York State Ornithological Association annual conference. Though I whimpered out of the field trips because of pouring rain, the lectures and workshops were fascinating. A lunchtime speaker on the Spark Bird Project piqued my interest. A spark bird is the bird that, no matter how ordinary, brings attention to all sorts of birds. The speaker, Dr. Jennifer LodiSmith, a psychologist, had started the project when she discovered this was something most birders had experienced. She described the project as “a tool of psychological science to understand birders and the experience of birding. It aims to inform how organizations can connect with current and future birders as well as to help birders better understand each other. The Spark Bird Project addresses sparks, benefits, opportunities, resources, and barriers in birding. The stories from founding Spark Birders are rich with appreciation of the beauty in nature in general and birds in particular.”

Since I was also attending a nature writing workshop that afternoon, it seemed like a perfect conjunction to write about my own spark bird. When I was 12, my parents bought an old farmhouse on a former sod farm just outside of Madison, WI. The derelict barn still stood behind the house, a magnetic attraction for kids. We climbed the beams and played in the piles of hay in our own private kingdom. The road in front of the house was dusty gravel and a few minutes walk out of the back door brought us to corn fields of the next farm. We had no neighbors until the former farm was subdivided and houses began to be built. I would take our dog, Mickie, a cocker spaniel mix, and go on long rambles into the countryside, along the lightly traveled roads and across the fields. These walks didn’t have a particular purpose, I just liked being outdoors seeing how things had changed since I last walked that way. On one ramble in early winter, the road was slicked with a skin of ice and the grasses were crunchy underfoot

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and etched with frost crystals. An ice storm the night before had silvered the landscape. At the top of the hill I saw a puddle with a bubbly white crust of ice begging to be stomped. Twigs from a small shrub had bent into the puddle from the ice weight. I noticed a small blob of feathers stuck to the ice where the twigs bent

over. I looked closer and saw it was a sparrow, ice dusting its feathers. I picked it up, thinking it had frozen, but felt a small pulse of life. I stuck the soggy bundle of fluff inside my parka against my chest. As it warmed, it began to stir, not with fear, but more nestling into the comfort of the heat it was receiving. I talked to it as I walked and felt its spark returning. After a while it shook itself as if to say, OK I’m back, so I lifted it out and let it sit on my palm, almost weightless now that it was dry. It sat very calmly for a few minutes then flew off. I wished it a happy life and continued my walk, but it was a changing experience, to feel that tiny life resurrect over my heart. This spark didn’t immediately turn me into a passionate birder, as I was occupied with teen drama, moving away for college and the not terribly exciting life of a broke 20-something in NYC. I wasn’t aware of the birds packed into Central Park because that oasis in its concrete surround didn’t fit my stereotype of where you find birds.

But the embers still simmered and when we moved to Long Island, which felt like a place where I could find real nature, I put up a feeder at our new house and bought a guide book. And the birds came, each with unique qualities observed from the kitchen window. I made notes in the margins of the guide book, and felt the urge for more, to see those birds that were in the book, but not my yard. I joined the local Audubon chapter and went on walks, learning from the more experienced birders who were happy to share their passion. Eventually I became an experienced birder, though there wasn’t a moment that I could pinpoint that transition, and there is still so much more to learn and see. Now I pass it along as a trip leader, assuring new converts that everyone starts from square one, makes mistakes, and expands their knowledge. That it’s a process that can take a lifetime, but a lifetime of excitement and challenges with every season. More Spark Bird stories and information about the project can be found at http://www.spark-bird.org/home


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Get real about county, town budgets

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t’s budget season. You may think that the only thing to be concerned about is that taxes remain flat or are cut – certainly politicians seeking election seem to think so — but I would contend that should not be the sole measure. Budgets set out, line by line, dollar by dollar, what a society values, what a community prioritizes. The allocations make real the rhetoric, slogans, ideals and vision, the quality of our everyday lives and the investments in our future. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is so proud his proposed budget, which calls for $4.1 billion in spending (up $180 million from 2023, of which $3.9 billion is paid for from revenue, so that must mean $200 million is being applied from the fund balance), keeps property taxes and most county fees flat, when Democrats are chiding him for not cutting taxes as he promised. Actually, it would seem that taxes would have increased but for the oncein-a-lifetime $385 million funding from the American Rescue Plan Act the county hasn’t spent, and nearly $83 million in opioid settlement money ($30 million pledged so far, only $2.24 million actually spent). These are swelling Nassau’s various reserve funds to $1,022,899, including a new Operating Reserve Fund of $55 million. heoretically, the federal government could claw back unspent ARPA funding, but because the funding has been transferred formally into the county budget,

it’s not at risk. So it’s just sitting there to fatten the county’s finances – or cover shortfalls in anticipated revenue — rather than being invested in the future as ARPA was intended. This once-in-a-generation funding should be invested in climate resilience, as the recent (repeat) flooding and evacuation in Elmont demonstrates. Legislator Joshua Lafazan (D–Woodbury) and the Democrats are outlining their strategy for making Nassau County more storm resilient and strengthening infrastructure to better cope with the “hundred-year storms” that are becoming frighteningly more commonplace. (The capital plan is due Oct. 15, and the budget vote is on Oct. 30.) North Hempstead Supervisor Jennifer DeSena is even more invested in tax cuts because her re-election campaign, consisting of a deluge of mailers attacking her opponent, the former (accomplished) Supervisor Jon Kaiman for having raised taxes, has actually nothing else to show for her time in office. The singular achievement she boasts is cutting taxes for 2023, but that was after she had called for a 2.1% tax increase. She told the Lakeville Civic Association she “discovered” reserves she could apply to reduce taxes – actually suggesting at the time that the information was withheld, even after documents were presented at a Town Board meeting which showed she (or her staff) knew about the town’s fund balance policy. So she reversed course and proposed a whopping

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11 percent cut. “Discovered?” You would think the town supervisor would have been more clued in to the town’s finances, how a budget works and what her 11 percent cut would do to the reserves. But the reason DeSena was able to cut taxes in 2023 was because of the COVID-19 pandemic, which brought the town $10 million in ARPA funds, and the post-pandemic economic recovery, which bumped up mortgage and sales tax revenues, adding $6 million to the fund balance, Councilmember Veronica Lurvey, who is running to become receiver of taxes, said. “Because budgets represent values and priorities, the Democrats on the Town Board submitted amendments to the supervisor’s proposed 2023 budget

that still included a tax decrease (albeit a smaller one, at 5%), and instead allocated the difference to quality of life projects, such as road paving, concrete and sidewalk repair, tree work, and beautification projects throughout the Town,” Lurvey said. “All of these funding allocations benefit residents throughout the Town.” ARPA funds cannot be used for a direct tax cut, but they can be applied to replace lost revenue that otherwise would be paid from taxes, so indirectly could lower taxes. In 2022, $1 million of the ARPA funds were allocated to replace lost revenue to the Port Washington parking district. “If we had not done so, the Town would most likely have had to either raise taxes or the amount charged to the residents for parking (an indirect tax),” Lurvey said. DeSena clearly realizes that her only pitch for re-election is based on cutting taxes, so she just proposed her 2024 budget with an extraordinary tax cut that would wipe out town reserves. That means there would be no funds in reserve to address an emergency or climate disaster such as the flooding we just had, or get through an economic downturn that would cut into projected mortgage and sales tax revenue. The likely result would be a downgrade in bond rating from Aaa that previous administrations from May Newburger to Jon Kaiman through Judi Bosworth worked so hard to achieve, which would increase the cost of capital projects.

“Reliance on a one-shot use of reserves to fill budget gaps ultimately will result in multimillion-dollar holes in the budget that will devastate town programs and services for years to come,” warned Kaiman, who hopes to topple DeSena and return to the office he held for 10 years. “It is one of the most irresponsible, unprofessional and incompetent budget documents ever presented to the Town Board. It disregards basic fiscal management practices and will undermine the financial stability of the town for years to come solely for the personal political purpose of allowing her to claim she offered double-digit tax cuts in town budgets.” At the federal level, Republicans have taken delight in taking hostage the nation’s budget and economy to extort unacceptable, unpopular policy and program cuts they could not win legislatively. They constantly demonstrate they have no clue nor care about how to build a sustainable economy that benefits everyone, not just the top 1%, clinging to their discredited “trickle down economics” that added $2 trillion to the national debt. Democrats were able to forestall a government shutdown with a 45-day reprieve, but the crisis is not over. As Biden has accurately said, a budget is a statement of values, a declaration of priorities. And so I ask, what do the Republicans value and what have they actually done to make your life, your family, your community better?

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Navigating the passage through college

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passage is both a way of exit and of entrance. It denotes the passing from one place, or stage, or condition, to another. It is an apt metaphor for describing the path students take to college and the navigational tools they need to achieve success. After all, a college education is to be a period of transformation in terms of knowledge, skills, abilities, and values, not simply a series of transactions. Yet over one million students drop out of college each year. Less than onehalf graduate in four years. Only somewhat more than 60% graduate in six years. How can we improve the student success rate? Perhaps we need to focus on navigational aids. Fall is a good time for parents, school counselors, volunteers, and others to help students navigate the college search process and find the best fit. This includes finding the navigational aids that can lead to success. For all students, the passage from high school, or work, to college can be formidable. The data cited above testify to this. For the one-third of students who are the first in their families to enroll in college, the passage can be even more challenging. While first-generation students have some advantages, such as greater work

experience, strong motivation, and more responsibility out of the home, they also have distinct challenges. Most attend part-time and work. Nearly one-third have dependents while in college. A college or university campus is a community with rules and regulations as well as opportunities and challenges. Students need help in navigating the varied passages from entrance to success. First-generation students are less likely to have parental or sibling guidance on admissions, financial aid, course selection, and degree requirements. Having parents who attended college increases a student’s likelihood of graduating from 20% to 60%. Students need to learn how to navigate institutional systems such as degree requirements, course selection, changing an advisor, etc. All colleges have their local lore and language: What is an RA? What is SGA? What is Gen Ed? When it comes to college, most first-generation students don’t know what they don’t know. An important subset of students consists of those who are Black, Hispanic, and other People of Color. They often do not find role models among the faculty and staff and may be identified as participants in “Opportunity” programs. They face special challenges and will seek students in similar circumstances for mutual

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assistance. This is natural. Among the skills all students need is time management. This is particularly important skill for first-generation students as most work at least part-time in addition to their studies. Time management is critical in the first semester of college. This is when a student’s reputation can be set and when confidence can be strengthened or diminished. It also is before networks of assistance are established. To improve time management, students need to know about academic

requirements and both academic and non-academic opportunities available, then assess the time commitments they require. Guidance about which should be explored in the first year and which should be saved for a later year is essential. Colleges abandoned in loco parentis, i.e., acting as parents, long ago, and for good reason. They wanted to treat students as adults and wanted students to act as adults. In recent years, campuses have increased health services in response to the physical and emotional needs that students bring. Students need to be advised about the availability of these services. Navigating campus passages can be challenging. Academic degree regulations, distribution requirements, study abroad, and internship opportunities must be learned. As obvious as it may seem, students need to master how to learn, especially with no familial figure to ask, “What did you learn today?” If the college offers a pre-entry orientation, either on-campus or off, students should register for it, if possible. Many cannot because of work. However, these programs provide occasions to meet fellow students, professors, and staff in a relaxed setting. “Hall” meetings for those living on campus do the same. For those who commute from off-

campus, it is helpful to find a place in the cafeteria to hang out with others. In addition to academics, there is the student social scene. Is joining a fraternity or sorority a good idea? What about trying out for a sports team? In both cases, students become known by and get to know adults who can be good role models and helpful allies as well as other students. Campus jobs can provide introductions to adults who value education and who will support student success. While they take time, they can provide beneficial relationships as well as money. Some jobs also reinforce learning goals and provide extra time for reading or lab research, such as those at the library’s reserve reading desk or in Biology. These should be given preference over those without such benefits. Many campuses provide chaplain services as well as counseling. Chaplains can play an important role in helping students navigate requirements and opportunities. Many offer inter-faith services., which can be good ways to meet other students in small groups. The first-year seminar provides a venue for new students, especially firstgeneration students, to gain a good footing with professors, librarians, student services staff, and fellow students. Continued on Page 18


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Don Panetta’s opinion is offensive to Jews

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his past July, the Great Neck News published an opinion by Great Neck Library Trustee Don Panetta titled “Scheduling a street fair during Rosh Hashanah an insult to Jews.” In his letter Panetta denounced the Village of New Hyde Park for scheduling a street fair on a Jewish holiday and labeled it “antisemitism.” Panetta is not merely mistaken. It is he himself who has created the insult. Here is the background: Panetta phoned the village and learned there had been an obstacle to scheduling the fair: some vendors were unavailable on certain dates. Despite knowing the reason the fair ended up being calendared on a Jewish holiday, he decided to attack his village in a public letter by invoking the biggest, most lethal accusation in our rhetorical arsenal. Panetta summoned the specter of “antisemitism,” a word of overarching significance. It is both a rallying cry and a standard bearer, not to be used casually as a substitute for “unacceptable” or “not to my liking.” Despite the sheer heft of this word,

in his letter, it appears in all lowercase letters. Yet Semite is a proper noun referring to an ancient people and their descendants. It is also a word that denotes a family of languages. If the word Semite can be made common (“antisemitism”), why am I not seeing “anticatholicism”? How about “antiamerican,” “antifrench,” “antirussian,” antiasian? Or maybe all-lower-case is reserved for small groups of lesser importance: “antimagyar,” “antiuyghur,” “antibasque,” “antisemitic”…? The spell-check in my computer changes “antisemitism” to anti-Semitism. I used to be the owner of seven dictionaries, but now I have five. I gave two, so far, to my granddaughters. Of the ones that remain on my office shelf, three are unabridged. Drop one of them on your foot and your bones will respect its weight even before your brain does. All my dictionaries list anti-Semite, anti-Semitic, and anti-Semitism. One dictionary even has anti-Semitically. Perhaps a more relevant reason here, in our community, would be that since the founding of the first synagogue on the Great Neck peninsula in the 1920s, we are a community increasingly and

largely populated by Jews. Why here, of all places, would a word about us be lowercase in the local press. But I digress. By summoning anti-Semitism, Panetta trivializes a word that for Jews is distinctly our own. By invoking it so casually he wears away at its authority. We Jews are 2% of the United States population and two-tenths of 1% (.2%) of the world’s population. Each time a street fair occurs on a Jewish holiday it is not an act against Jews. Each time there is a street fair on a Sunday it is not antiCatholic (23% in the U.S.). I wonder if the answer to these questions would have helped: Did the scheduling of the village street fair prevent Jews from attending synagogue? Is the street fair the most recent in a series of acts to marginalize Jews in that village? No. Perhaps he should have asked these questions: In a suburb where Jews are a noticeable part of the population, is such scheduling thoughtless? Would scheduling the fair on the

Jewish New Year prevent a communitywide turnout and thereby subvert its purpose? Yes. In finger-pointing for the wrong reason, by denouncing the perpetrator of the schedule, the mayor, to be an anti-Semite, Panetta reveals that he has not experienced anti-Semitism himself. He has no idea what is wrong, why it is wrong, and when to speak up. It is interesting that he made no mention of the scheduled date for the event being both Rosh Hashanah and Shabbos. (Shabbos is the word used in my family for the Sabbath. It is a holdover from Yiddish by European Jews. Today it is being replaced by Shabbat, in Hebrew. Both refer to the Jewish Sabbath, Saturday.) To a knowledgeable Jew the concurrence of two important days in the Jewish calendar bears special attention, especially these two: Rosh Hashanah and Shabbos. The Sabbath is the holiest of days, holier than Rosh Hashanah, so Panetta’s objection is directed on behalf of the lesser of the two. By summoning the specter of “antisemitism” he degrades the word itself.

At the same time he makes Jews look intellectually small-minded, woe-is-me. With his use of that word he succeeds in writing his very own insult to Jews, portraying us as we would never portray ourselves. As if this were not troubling enough, in his letter he attacks by name an employee of the village, the person who responds to him on a phone call. Panetta’s letter belittles anti-Semitism. His letter is irresponsible, and it had the potential to separate Jews from our neighbors for a bogus reason. Meanwhile, as we look where he directs our gaze, whatever requires a principled stand elsewhere will go unnoticed. As a trustee of our Great Neck Library, Panetta has demonstrated poor thinking and poor judgment. Rebecca Rosenblatt Gilliar Great Neck Editor’s Note: The Associated Press Style Manual, which is the guide followed by most newspapers in the United States, now uses “antisemitism” and “antisemite” as the preferred spelling.

Jon Kaiman — a leader of our time in N. Hempstead

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hile working as a legislative aide to the Town Board during Jon Kaiman’s tenure as North Hempstead supervisor, I was witness to his ardent determination to continue in the tradition of his predecessor, May Newburger, to lead a town government that would always be responsive to residents’ needs. Two of his major initiatives and accomplishments were the creation of Project Independence for Seniors, now a national model, plus the updating of public housing. After meeting with seniors throughout the Town, it was clear that many wanted a program that would allow

them to “age in place,” so they could live in familiar surroundings at home. He immediately got to work to create Project Independence for them. This program quickly expanded to include discount taxi rides to medical and dental appointments plus grocery shopping for seniors. Also added were other various programs, including exercise, nutrition, health and more. The success of Project Independence is huge, its impact tremendous. Shortly after taking office, Supervisor Kaiman also met with Manhasset’s Spinney Hill residents who described their nearly unhabitable apartments. Clearly, the living situation could not con-

tinue since residents were now reduced to living in dilapidated, squalid, and dangerous conditions. Supervisor Kaiman wasted no time and immediately inspected the Spinney Hill complex. He was shocked by the poorly maintained apartments’ conditions. They were filled with mold, leaking pipes, peeling paint, dangerous exposed electrical wires, cracked windows and broken bathroom tiles. Desperate to keep apartments warm in the cold months, tenants were forced to heat their apartments with open oven doors due to the heating system constantly breaking down.

Wasting no time, Supervisor Kaiman immediately consulted with the North Hempstead Housing Authority and other construction and rehab professionals. Within three years, this rehabilitation project was completed. At Spinney Hill’s grand re-opening, a senior resident was crying. She told me that she never thought she would ever live in such a beautiful place. She always thought she would be condemned to living in a broken-down hovel. It should also be noted that former Supervisor Kaiman didn’t stop there, he expanded this rehabilitation program to include other North Hempstead public

housing units located in Westbury, Port Washington, Roslyn and on East Shore Road in Great Neck. He wasted no time bringing these apartments up to code, as well. In these dark times, clearly Jon Kaiman is the leader we desperately need. I urge you to vote wisely and to vote Row A on Tuesday, Nov. 7for Jon Kaiman for North Hempstead Town Supervisor along with his team. I know that I will do so and will do so having great confidence in Jon Kaiman’s ability to lead us. Eleanor Lange Manhasset

Students navigating the passage through college Continued from Page 17 The most logical sources of support for new students are the faculty members with whom they are studying. Most faculty became teachers be-

cause they love learning and were nurtured when they were students. Most will respond positively to students who want to learn about them as people. While many of these ideas relate

specifically to students of traditional college age (18-22), the advice applies to all. Take initiative and ask for help. It is when students remain silent, especially

when facing difficult choices, that they can fall behind and let a slow start become a stalled start. Even skilled navigators need assistance to guide their passage to the desired destination.

Robert A. Scott, president emeritus, Adelphi University and Ramapo College of New Jersey; Author, How University Boards Work, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018, Eric Hoffer Book Awardee, 2019

Why I support Jon Kaiman for town supervisor I am proudly supporting Jon Kaiman for Town Supervisor on Election Day because I know that he will be loyal to the residents of the Town of North Hempstead and will do what is best for our community. His opponent, Jen DeSena, has had the opportunity to demonstrate where her loyalties lie, and it’s not with us. We see this most dramatically in her endorsement of the serial liar George Santos. Yes, we were all fooled by Santos.

But the rest of us didn’t go out and tell the world that he was our “friend” and “a true leader.” DeSena did not do her homework before telling 200,000 people to vote for him because she wasn’t thinking about the implications of what she said or about her responsibility to those who trusted her and who assumed she knew what she was talking about. She was thinking about following the directions given to her by the county and state

party, because that’s who funds her and that’s where her loyalties lie. She’s not going to do what’s best for us—she’s going to do what’s best for her party. I don’t want my local politicians to be making decisions based on what someone who doesn’t even live here has to say. I want our Town Supervisor to be a steward of the town, which is why I’ll be voting for Jon Kaiman. He has always put the town first, as I’ve seen from my

own personal experience: My elderly parents are able to get rides to doctors’ appointments because of Project Independence, which Jon Kaiman started. He helped to restore the formerly neglected Stannards Brook Park, which I live near and is now used and appreciated. He brought 311, which I use when I have questions about local services, to our town. I encourage everyone to come out

and vote on Nov. 7. Local elections are our chance to make our voices heard and to directly influence the direction of our town. We can choose a puppet, like Jen DeSena, or we can choose a leader and advocate, like Jon Kaiman. Anita Sethi Port Washington Letters Continued on Page 33


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Long Island residents participated in this year’s Nassau Walk to End Alzheimer’s at Eisenhower Park. Participants raised more than $283,000 to support the care, support and research programs of the Alzheimer’s Association. “Thank you to everyone that came out to support Walk to End Alzheimer’s at Eisenhower Park,” said Tinamarie Hardekopf, director of development for the Alzheimer’s Association Long Island Chapter. “This helps the Alzheimer’s Association raise awareness and funds for families facing the disease.” On Walk Day, participants honored those affected by Alzheimer’s with the poignant Promise Garden ceremony — a mission-focused experience that signifies our solidarity in the fight against the disease. The colors of the Promise Garden flowers

represent people’s connection to Alzheimer’s — their personal reasons to end the disease. “It was a beautiful day to raise awareness at Eisenhower Park,” said Ed Miller, co-chair of Walk to End Alzheimer’s — Nassau. “Being part of the walk committee was such an honor as this event will help those affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia. Walk to End Alzheimer’s truly shows that you are not alone.” More than 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease – a leading cause of death in the United States. Additionally, more than 11 million family members and friends provide care to people living with Alzheimer’s and other dementias. In New York alone, there are more than 410,000 people living with the disease and 546,000 caregivers.

The surgical intensive care unit at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, a member of Northwell Health, has received the gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. The Beacon Award recognizes critical care units that employ evidence-based practices to improve patient and family outcomes. The AACN award provides gold, silver and bronze levels of recognition for three years to hospital units that exemplify excellence in professional practice patient care and outcomes. Only 191 critical care units at hospitals across the United States earned gold Beacon Awards in the last year – seven of them SICUs. There are currently 570 units overall, including 25 at Northwell Health hospitals. In addition to the SICU, LIJ’s medical intensive care unit is a silver Beacon winner. “The SICU is the first critical care unit at LIJ to receive the coveted gold Beacon Award,”said Margaret Murphy, associate executive director of Patient Care Services and chief nursing officer at LIJ. “This award exemplifies the high-quality care and extraordinary dedication continuously demonstrated by this team. Year after year they continue to raise the bar with the care they deliver and as a result achieve unprecedented patient outcomes in all hospital-acquired

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conditions.” Recipients of a gold-level Beacon Award demonstrate staff-driven excellence in sustained unit performance and improved patient outcomes that exceed national benchmarks. In addition, AACN evaluates leadership and organizational ethics; appropriate staffing and staff engagement; effective communication, knowledge management and learning development; evidence-based practice and processes; and outcome measurements. “This achievement was possible

because of the hard work and commitment of the SICU team,” said Marybeth Grieser, RN, director of Patient Care Services at LIJ. “They are a terrific and talented group of professionals that provide the highest level of care to our patients.” Long Island Jewish Medical Center is a 583-bed, tertiary care, teaching hospital that treats more than 80,000 patients each year. It is home to the R.J. Zuckerberg Cancer Hospital, the Katz Women’s Hospital and has nine clinical specialties ranked in the top 50 nationally by US News & World Report.

Town clerk to host $700K raised for pancreatic cancer mobile office hours North Hempstead Town Clerk Ragini Srivastava will be hosting the Town Clerk’s Mobile Office at libraries across the town. The Mobile Office will bring the services of the Town Clerk’s Office to our town residents. Srivastava and her office will be on hand to lend assistance, provide applications and answer any questions pertaining to licenses and permits.

Upcoming Mobile Office dates include: Thursday, Oct. 12 – Shelter Rock Public Library, 165 Shelter Rock Road, Albertson from 7:00-8:30 pm Wednesday, Dec. 13 – Manhasset Public Library, 30 Onderdonk Ave. in Manhasset, from 5:30-7:00 pm If you have any questions, please call 311 or 516-869-6311.

Concert for Mark Van Schenkhof The Women’s Club of Flower Hill at Flower Hill will be hosting a concert at Village Park with Live Music performance by County Line Band, a charity fundraiser for Port Washington resident Mark Van Schenkhof, a beloved Manhasset High School chorus teacher who is battling ALS. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own chairs or blankets and come with your loved one or with some friends! A Franky’s Souvlaki

Food Truck will be on-site to purchase food. County Line is a dance-centric, live country music band from Long Island, playing the best of modern country, crossover country and southern rock in the Long Island Metro Area since 2010 for your Line and Partner dancing or listening pleasure. The concert is open to the Public. Purchase tickets at www.womensclubflowerhill.com/events

Long Island residents touched by pancreatic cancer gathered for a morning of hope, remembrance, and action at the Walk for Pancreatic Cancer Research at Jones Beach State Park on Oct. 1. The annual Lustgarten Foundation Walk has raised more than $19 million since 2001, and 100% of all donations fund life-saving research. “We believe community is power,” said Linda Tantawi, Lustgarten CEO. “Pancreatic cancer is a devastating disease; we are committed to supporting and elevating survivors, patients, family, friends, researchers, and healthcare providers. We remember those we have lost, honor those in the fight, and walk together to further our mission of transforming pancreatic cancer into a curable

disease.” The event was co-emceed by awardwinning mother-daughter team Jennifer McLogan, CBS2 New York reporter, and Elle McLogan, digital reporter and host of “The Dig” for CBS2. This year’s Walk brought back Northwell Health Cancer Institute’s “Ask the Expert” activation. Participants spoke with Northwell Health nurse navigators, who offered important information for patients and their loved ones to navigate the often complex and overwhelming pancreatic cancer treatment and care process. Suffolk County, New York’s 67th Sheriff, and 20-year pancreatic cancer survivor, Errol Toulon Jr., inspired everyone with opening ceremony remarks on

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his experience with pancreatic cancer and the hope he wants to instill in others going through diagnosis and treatment. Madison Square Garden special guests New York Knicks Alumni, John Wallace, and New York Rangers Alumni, Tom Laidlaw also came out to show support and interact with participants as they prepared to walk. “With thousands of New Yorkers walking together at Jones Beach, we are showing that the fight against pancreatic cancer is a team effort,” said Dr. Richard Barakat, physician-in-chief, and director of the Northwell Health Cancer Institute. “Northwell’s collaboration with the Lustgarten Foundation and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is driving innovations to find the next big breakthrough in research to change the way we detect and treat this dreaded disease. Community events like this raise awareness for critical cancer research funding that provides the catalyst for new cuttingedge therapies.” Pancreatic cancer is the third-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S. This year, nearly 4,100 New Yorkers will be diagnosed with this disease— most blindsided by a late-stage diagnosis with few treatment options. There is hope. The 5-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer patients has tripled since the Lustgarten Foundation was founded in 1998. The Foundation is accelerating research progress that is giving patients the best chance for survival.


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Opus Zoo was formed in 2013 and consists of flutist Kristina Ersson, oboist Birgitte Lindum, clarinetist Søren-Filip Brix Hansen, bassoonist Lars Mathiesen and hornist Thorbjørn Gram. Named for the famous quintet by Luciano Berio, the ensemble brings each player’s virtuosity and molds it

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What are LI’s most Mike Meehan & The Lucky Ones haunted mansions? at Long Island Music hall of fame Ever Since the beginning of time, man has pondered the existence of ghosts and life after death. Are some of Long Island’s Mansions Haunted? Join historian, parapsychologist, and best-selling author, Monica Randall as she shares some true stories of spectral beings who sometimes show up on film and make their ethereal voices heard during the night. Learn about some of Long Island’s most intriguing manor houses with their labyrinths of secret passageways, hidden chambers, deserted tunnels and the mysterious events that surround them.

This program is filled with plenty of hard scientific facts, suspense, and practical lore. You will come away believing that truth can sometimes be stranger than fiction. Monica Randall is the author of:” Mansion of the Gold Coast”, “Winfield”, and “Phantoms of the Hudson Valley”. This lecture is on Oct. 17 at 2 p.m. at the Station Branch at 26 Great Neck Road, 2ND Level in Great Neck. Registration is not required. First come first seated. If you have any questions, please contact the Great Neck Library at (516) 4668055 or email adultprogramming@greatnecklibrary.org.

10/15 3-4 pm Mike Meehan & The Lucky Ones ”Songs inspired by traditional and alternative country, punk, folk, literature, and other influences.” MCL Media/Arts Mike Meehan is an accomplished songwriter and musician. He has been a recording artist for Koch Records, Paradiddle and Louisiana Red Hot. Hehas released multiple albums as a founding member of roots rock group the Last Hombres (at one time recording and touring with drummer Levon Helm) as well as his own imprint the Lucky Ones. Meehan has appeared on the main stages at the Paramount Huntington, Harry Chapin Theater in Heckscher Park and the Great South Bay Fest. The Lucky Ones latest release is Angel Midnight and was released on Paradiddle Records in 2022. Meehan grew up on Long Island at-

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READERS WRITE

Time Through Which Dreams Flow What were there long before the trees on the hillside glint the sun, or shuddered with the wind and cold. The smell of coffee and burnt toast, or cut flowers from the garden. And when I get rained on flicker in the dark. They dazzle at first light. Even all day they are in the body, like the robin on the lawn singing to the mockingbird, who winks and constructs other sweet moments. I have studied their whispers in the blue. The tomatoes have ripened and been picked, they must let loose their dreams as if they were candles too. Walking into the kitchen I feel like a warm place, and I have worked the gold. There are treasure mornings. But wait, wait… haven’t you heard? I hope you arrive to read the poems woven like silk, their silence heals the long solstice. When one door closes another opens as if on command, so many prisms blooming! Something, something. There is always treasure and I want to be sure to celebrate. Stephen Cipot Garden City Park Author’s note. I used to occasionally write letters to authors whose works I appreciated, which included famous authors. Sometimes I received a thoughtful reply. On one occasion, however, I opened an out-of-the-blue letter to marvel at a British stamped envelope and reveled in a lengthy detailed multi-page reply from my favorite British author. Mr. Frederic Michael Raphael had written the screenplays to movies I enjoyed: “Two For The Road,” staring Audry Hepburn and Albert Finney, nominated for best screenplay, and “Darling,” which starred Julie Christie, for which Mr. Raphael had won the Oscar for best screenplay. I wrote Mr. Raphael because he was a classics scholar who studied at Cambridge where the famous philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein taught, who was one of the greatest philosophers of the 20th century. Wittgenstein’s father was a leading captain of industry in Austria; young Wittgenstein had left Austria for Britain to study at Cambridge before the Nazis assumed power. When the Nazis gained control they of course nationalized Jewish property and industry. Accordingly, Wittgenstein briefly returned to Germany to forfeit wealth and property that amounted to around 5% of Austria’s GDP, to arrange safe passage for his siblings and avoid certain death. Worthy of note, decades prior the brilliant young school-age Wittgenstein had attended the same school at the same time as a somewhat dull student named Adolph Hitler. While no one can say there is definitive evidence the two ever met, it is assumed Hitler knew of the family’s great fame and fortune. If so, proving never underestimate the sheer twisted power of jealousy. That said, I wrote Mr. Raphael seeking advice on how to proceed with a work of fiction I was attempting about an ancient Greek philosopher named Callisthenes, who was Aristotle’s nephew whom Aristotle schooled in private with Alexander the Great. C and Alexander were childhood friends, one became a philosopher, and the other a megalomaniac and worse. C later became Alexander’s official historian and publicist during Alexander’s wanton campaign—really a rampage of death and destruction across Asia Minor to India to conquer the then-known world. C met his untimely end in Persia when he was skewered by a drunken Alexander over a disagreement that Alexander was not a god. All of C’s works and writings were subsequently lost, what remains are only second and third-hand fragments by later Greek and Latin writers and historians. During the Middle Ages, fabricated “Callisthenes discoveries” popularized as love fiction appeared that had no basis in reality. Anyway, I was mostly stuck with the English translations of Greek and Latin historians who summarized Aristotle’s campaigns where C received barely a footnote. Anyway, my so-called history never amounted to more than far-too-many piecemeal fabrications and inconsequential alterations to note. The advice I received was there is pretty much always something interesting hidden in experience, and to write having a philosophy. In hindsight and taking the long view, that appears to be my philosophy if not exactly rigorous. The fruitful back-and-forth letter writing with Mr. Raphael lasted a few years, for which I am always appreciative, humbled, and exceedingly grateful.

Iceberg ahead for City of Glen Cove finances

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tate Comptroller Tom DiNapoli recently released an audit that identified the City of Glen Cove as a fiscally stressed local government and warned that the situation could grow even worse. The city has an annual budget of $50 million with only $2.2 million in reserves. A new ferry service was promised to begin many years ago. Failure to implement this new transportation option could result in the City of Glen Cove having to pay back the Federal Highway Administration for $16.6 million in grant funding. These dollars were approved 20 years ago back in 2003. They were to pay for the construction of a new ferry terminal. It was to support a new ferry service from Glen Cove to the downtown Manhattan financial district. The latest project recovery schedule called for service to begin before the end of 2023. Based upon my previous experience in the management of Federal Transit Administration capital grants for similar ferry capital

projects, it should have taken several years to complete the construction of any ferry terminal. Ferry service should have been up and running many years ago. Commuters frequently make decisions based on the frequency of service options, time of trip required to reach the final destination and farebox costs. If the new Glen Cove ferry service offers far fewer trips to select from, transfers are inconvenient, travel time is too long and the price is not competitive with the Long Island Rail Road, it may be doomed to failure due to poor ridership, just like previous private operators. Larry Penner Great Neck Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously served as a former Director for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office of Operations and Program Management.

Veronica Lurvey for town receiver of taxes

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s Election Day approaches on Tuesday, Nov. 7,, I believe that Veronica Lurvey is the ideal individual to replace our superb Town of North Hempstead Receiver of Taxes Charles Berman, who just retired. There is no doubt that Veronica Lurvey has the capability and background to continue and to maintain his brilliant tax collection programs and more. For certain, she will follow in Mr. Berman’s footsteps and will be highly innovative, very responsive to residents and always transparent. Presently a North Hempstead Councilperson, Veronica Lurvey’s legislative accomplishments are amazing. She is a “go-to” person representing her district, i.e., she is no slacker, working hard to get the job done for her constituents. Always available, they know that they can count on her. Also note that her communication skills are exceptional and her professionalism is extraordinary. She has always been a powerful Town Board advocate for residents by providing them with clear financial transparency. As a former corporate attorney dealing with finances, she brings valuable expertise and a keen eye for detail to the position. With a brilliant financial acumen, it should also be noted that Veronica has played a pivotal role in preserving North Hempstead’s Aaa bond rating, while cutting

taxes and maintaining services. Not only knowledgeable about our Town’s government from its organization to responsibilities, thank goodness Veronica Lurvey has the qualities needed for the position of Receiver of Taxes. If elected, Ms. Lurvey has said that she hopes to continue easing the burden on taxpayers. She plans to provide information to residents about tax relief that will include tax exemption and tax grievance information. In addition, she plans to hold public financial education meetings and seminars to provide residents with the necessary tax information. Having strong management skills, she possesses the leadership qualities necessary to guide the Receiver’s office effectively. Veronica Lurvey is a huge supporter of innovative solutions and methods to enhance tax collection, such as online payment options and electronic tax filing. She is also very eager to protect vulnerable North Hempstead residents from undue tax burdens. Also note that she plans to be a champion in this regard. I urge residents to vote Row A on Nov. 7 for Veronica Lurvey for North Hempstead receiver of taxes. She is supremely qualified for this highly responsible position — and very honest! Eleanor Lange Manhasset

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A Trump story from the beginning until The End Born, surrounded by riches in a penthouse high above Park Avenue, with a golden spoon in his mouth, until he almost turned blue, but too young to sue. Growing up, he always got what he wanted. Spoiled! the epitome of a brat. He could get away with anything. Had more lives than a street-wise cat. When he was young, women flocked his way, like birds after bread, to play, until he tired of them, when he found gorgeous women, happy to receive pay. Young or younger. Didn’t matter, flirting with sin, always with a grin. With his growing body, he came out on top. His goal! To always win. From daddy he got into real estate. Like tall buildings, it gave him a high. He talked many into backing him. He was so adept at brandishing a lie. To make it legal, he insisted they must sign on the contracts dotted line. So what if he crossed that invisible line, everything would work out fine. Buildings! Casinos! A professional football team too. Was he really into sports? Didn’t matter, since so many of his business ventures failed and ended up in courts. Your honor this. Your honor that. Honor! A word he always used on a whim. Honor! A five-letter word. A word, over the years, that meant so little to him. But four-letter words were more in line with his professional-like manner and style. He sure could push them out, like the brown stuff, that normally results in a pile. Like a plumber or carpenter, screws were the main ingredient in most deals that he made. Involvement with him was like dealing with Marquis de Sade: evil of the highest grade. First television, then politics, to take advantage of his bright shining star. Reaching for the presidency. No one thought he could reach out that far. Your kingdom is my kingdom. From the outset, he knew what he was…aiming for. Napoleon! Putin and Chou! He wanted to be just like them. His goal: Dictator! Lies to the left of me. Lies to the right of me. You can fool many people all of the time. Wearing the crown of president made it easier to head his own family of crime. He was not a good loser. He’d love to issue the command, “off with your head”. Dictators have power. They do as they please. Can even order you dead. But when Biden became President, the fix didn’t work. Change is the way it must be. “Overthrow the election result. The presidency, as you all know, was made specifically for me. Insurrection? My patriots provided support and fought. That’s the real American way. Like Washington and Lincoln, I also should be celebrated. I too should have my day.” If he was smart, he’d be off to Russia, the land of freedom in pursuit of his personal grail, to join his friend Vladimir Putin and avoid a lengthy stay in a good-old fashioned American jail. But he’s still here and there’s no guaranty that a favorable ending is in sight He still has followers. A sign for ungodliness. Blindness in the darkness of night. Francis Scott Key: “O SAY CAN YOU SEE” a disaster that might not be so far away. Guns to the right of me. Nuclear weapons to the left of me. Oh my God. Let us pray. We must see clearly now. Good people must return us to the world of good and bright. But that man can’t let go. His fifteen rounds are over, but we’re still in a championship fight. Knockdown rules waived. Hitting below the belt allowed. ‘It ain’t over til it’s over.” That’s his final message to send. Will he cause the world to be blown away? Does he really care? God help us…The End! Alvin Goldberg Great Neck

DeSena and Collins for fiscal restraint in town

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orth Hempstead Town Supervisor Jennifer DeSena is the sensible choice for re-election. She has reduced town taxes over the last two years and returned fiscal sanity to the administration. MaryJo Collins with her financial background is needed to bring a new vision to the receiver of taxes office. Ms. Collins’ financial acumen could expand evening office hours for residents who work. Many residents work Monday thru Friday from 9-5 necessitating expanded hours. This move would be a no brainer and is long overdue. The facade of the receiver of taxes building is crumbling, which demands a new visionary to make the necessary repairs to keep the building secure. Suffolk Deputy County Executive Jon Kaiman has been serving out in Suffolk County since 2017. While he has a varied history of public service, he is needed in Suffolk to tackle several serious concerns, Last week Suffolk County delayed submitting the 2024 budget for the third time. The recent Suffolk County cyberattack still has not been fully remedied and needs further study by Mr. Bellone and Mr. Kaiman.

The failings of Suffolk County Child Protective Services stemming from the Thomas Valva death needs continual monitoring and direction. Mr. Kaiman, as former chairman of the NIFA Board negotiated a union wage deal in 2014 that was claimed to be “cost-neutral”. This was based largely on expectations for the ill-fated and infamous county speed camera program. This caused the 2015 Nassau budget deficit to jump to $189.2 million. Luckily the NIFA Board under subsequent chairmen insisted on fiscal discipline (including multiple rejections and revisions of county budgets) and a strong economy. As a registered Independent, I feel the Town of North Hempstead needs Jen DeSena re-elected due to her record of lowering our taxes. Mary Jo Collins’ election to the receiver of taxes post will help to fix a crumbling building facade and expand constituent hours which is long overdue. A recent Siena College poll stated that 83% say it’s the high cost of living as the top issue. DeSena has a proven record in remedying this and Collins can bring a new vision as receiver of taxes with her financial background. Joe Campbell Port Washington

Steve Chen’s pick for Great Neck ed board

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ear GNPS Community, I hope this letter finds you well and settling into familiar routines following the start of the new school year. I am delighted to share some exciting news with you regarding a recent appointment to the Board of Education. This past summer was unprecedented for the Board in many respects, as we welcomed newly-elected Trustee Joanne Chan while, also, facing a vacancy due to the resignation of longtime trustee Barbara Berkowitz, who officially stepped down on July 4, 2023. The board also worked to ensure uninterrupted operations and a smooth transition for Superintendent Kenneth R. Bossert, following the untimely passing of Dr. Teresa Prendergast. The board approached the vacancy with keen focus on both timing and process. The Board decided to wait until August upon Dr. Bossert’s assumption of his role as superintendent to address the vacancy. Together, we gave considerable thought, time, and consideration to select an esteemed member of our school community to appoint as trustee. We are pleased to announce that Steve Chen

has been appointed to fill the vacancy on the Board of Education until the next annual election on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. The board voted unanimously to appoint Mr. Chen during last week’s public meeting; he took the Oath of Office earlier today. We look forward to his joining the dais at the next Board meeting on Oct. 18, 2023. Mr. Chen is an active member of the Great Neck community and has two children currently enrolled in our schools. He has an exemplary record of service as a leader within the Cub Scouts, travel soccer, and the Great Neck Chinese Association, where he has served as a liaison to the Rotary, the Board of Education, and the District’s Asian American Pacific Islander curricular initiative last school year. We are pleased that Mr. Chen has agreed to accept this great responsibility. Please join us in welcoming Mr. Chen to the Great Neck Public Schools Board of Education. Rebecca Sassouni President On behalf of the Great Neck Public Schools Board of Education

We need Kaiman as N. Hempstead town supervisor

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o happy to hear that Jon Kaiman could return as town supervisor of the Town of North Hempstead! Under his previous five-term administration our nationally recognized Project Independence was created, which makes aging

in place a possibility. Still an impressive asset in North Hempstead, Project Independence provides medical, social and transportation assistance to our senior citizens. For example, a senior can get taxi transportation for doctor appointments at reduced fare during

non-peak hours. Information about Town programs is readily available via the Town 311 program. The Town of North Hempstead was the first suburban town in the U.S. to offer this program. The Town is able to quickly answer ques-

tions when a resident calls 311. When will the beach, pool or dog park open? Can I sign up for the exercise program or register for the Town social event? And, ever more important in today’s world, he implemented forwardlooking programs that reflect concern

for the environment. Jon launched a recycling program that includes schools. Concerning water quality, Town waterways were cleared of pollution. While other municipalities are just now considering wetland restoration, his Continued on Page 44


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How Nassau market has fared since 2021 Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Israeli people in this most challenging and difficult time facing the deliberate and planned attack by Hamas on their country. Need I say more as to how our market has progressed nine months into 2023? Unless your head is buried in the sand, don’t read a paper or listen to the news, then you just might not care or are just oblivious to the dramatic changes that have occurred. Mortgage rates have increased 11 times since early 2022 and we could possibly see one more increase by the end of the year. Employment numbers were up a staggering 336,000 in September when most economists and the Fed were predicting less than 200,000 jobs would be created. Unemployment was steady at 3.8%. Our economy is a lot stronger and more resilient than most would have thought. The leisure and hospitality industry added the largest increase with 96,000 jobs. But based on average salaries and wages, most still cannot afford to purchase a home and would be stuck in a rental situation for a longer period of time. Wage growth has been slowing for new hires, mainly due to lower-paying industries. I’ve been researching all the various numbers and stats about the economy and am not always convinced that they are accurate. I believe if we were provided a more accurate picture, we just might stop spending, which is 70% of our economy. Our economy is a very complicated and immense entity with so many variables.

Explanations about how it functions and the way it is remind me of this: figures don’t lie, but liars figure. The numbers have to be skewed, so we will feel better about how things are and keep shelling out our dollars to keep our markets going. If you look at our inflation in September, it was 6.3% on an annualized basis. However, the government doesn’t add food and energy due to their volatility, so if you were to add them to that number it would be considerably higher. How we feel will affect our spending habits. The more doom and gloom that is out there, the less we might consider buying. Although you would never know it by how things currently appear. In 2022, housing required the greatest outlay of consumer expenditure across all races, with the Asian population spending the most in the U.S. as well as on insurance, pensions, and education compared to any other race as per Statista.com. As many keep spending using their credit cards, debt is piling up at an alarming rate and being able to pay it back has and will become more challenging every month. Being gainfully employed is part of the challenge and solution. But if you are purchasing more and more and not saving, this becomes detrimental to building your future wealth and you are becoming a slave to the credit card institutions. Moreover, for those who have to begin paying their student loans this month ($1.7 trillion owed), this has and will become a burden for so many and it just might take

PHILIP A. RAICES Real Estate Watch

them a lifetime to repay. Sadly for those, this will surely eliminate the opportunity to be in a position to own a home. Currently in Nassau County when comparing the sales of single-family homes year over year, Sept.-Oct 1, the median (1/2 sold for more and ½ sold for less) sold price was $700,000. September/ October 2022 saw the median sale price of $692,000. So the increase was 1.2% which was the smallest over the last few years. Going back to October 2022, the median sale price vacillated from$699,000 to $700,000. The higher interest rates over that time period most likely attributed to the much smaller appreciation.

However, when compared to the median sale price of $649,995 going back to Oct 2021 through September 2023, the increase has been over 7%. But comparing the average sale price of $880,346 in September 2023 to the prior year of $858,898, the increase was 2.5%. But when you go back to Sept 2021 and compare the average sale price of $794,615 and the $880,346 in September 2023, this provided an increase of 10.8%. This has been an excellent appreciation for those who purchased over the last few years. Appreciation has slowed and the number of sales has decreased, again, due to the higher interest rates keeping many out of the market. Median sale prices for condos in September 2023 were $670,000 compared to $650,000 year over year, an increase of 3.1%. However, comparing it to Sept 2021, the median sale price was $621,000, which over the last two years provided an appreciation of 7.3%. Comparing the average price of $820,601 to the prior year of $802,321 showed an increase of 2.3%. But going back to 2021 when the average sale price was $730,271 compared to the $820,601, the increase was 12.4%. The median sale price for coops in Sept. 2023 was $300,000 compared to a $289,000 sale price year over year, which equated to an increase of 3.8%. However, again going back to Sept. 2021 when the average sale price was $279,000 and comparing it to the $289,000 price the increase was 7.5%. These statistics are derived directly

from the reports generated by our local Multiple Listing service. It is obvious that with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, people began leaving the cities for more safety and to work at home and interest rates were at their lowest point, making homes affordable to purchase. The demand went wild with sales, bidding wars ensued and prices took off like a rocket, as inventory stayed at historic lows. As interest rates and prices increased, sales have markedly decreased by 28% compared to 2022, due to those who could no longer afford to purchase. However, the greatest demand was in those towns that had the lowest asking prices enabling those prices to continue to increase. We are at a crossroads at this point in time as demand continues to cool. The majority of homeowners aren’t giving up their very low rates to move. Currently, there are scant choices in inventory. Inflation is still with us and whether or not the Fed will increase rates one more time or leave them the same is the $64,000 question. I believe those who can still afford to purchase are being much more diligent in their decision-making. As I said last week, we are in a checkmate situation. Philip A. Raices is the owner/Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 in Great Neck. For a free 15-minute consultation, value analysis of your home, or to answer any of your questions or concerns he can be reached by cell: (516) 6474289 or by email: Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate. Com or via https://WWW.Li-RealEstate. Com

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Doreen Spagnuolo named Board of REALTORS CEO Long Island Board of REALTORS has announced the appointment of Doreen Spagnuolo as the permanent chief executive officer of the 30,000-member trade Association. In this role, Spagnuolo will spearhead LIBOR’s mission to be the trusted ally uniting our REALTOR members in promoting the benefits and ensuring the future of real property for all. Spagnuolo brings an impressive portfolio of experience to her role as CEO. Having served as General Counsel at LIBOR for 15 years, she has recently achieved the esteemed REALTOR Association Certified Executive designation, an accolade explicitly designed for dedicated association executives who possess ambition, extensive experience, and a strong commitment to professional excellence.

Spagnuolo has also held various attorney positions, including a nineyear tenure at Feldman, Rudy, Kirby & Farquharson, P.C., where she served as Partner, and at the Queens County District Attorney’s office as Assistant District Attorney. Spagnuolo holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Hofstra University and a Juris Doctor from St. John’s University School of Law. “We are thrilled that Doreen Spagnuolo has accepted the permanent CEO position at LIBOR,” stated LIBOR President Gina Marie Bettenhauser. “Doreen’s qualifications make her an ideal fit for this role, and we have every confidence that our members will benefit greatly from her leadership.” The Board of Directors at LIBOR

appointed Spagnuolo as Interim CEO in June, after the departure of Tessa Hultz, who had led the association as CEO since 2019. As interim CEO, Spagnuolo rapidly implemented beneficial changes within the association to enhance the business success of LIBOR members. Among these were the launch of a new benefits brochure, broker outreach programs, a revitalized Broker newsletter complete with a presentation slide deck, and strategic collaborations with fair housing and local business organizations. She also continues to augment the Association’s website, lirealtor.com, with invaluable resources designed to empower LIBOR members to excel in their businesses. As CEO, Spagnuolo remains stead-

fast in her commitment to provide LIBOR members with the crucial tools they need for business growth and safeguard the future of real property rights for all. “I am both honored and excited to take on the role of CEO at Long Island Board of REALTORS. This organization has a rich history and a bright future, representing a diverse and dynamic community of real estate professionals,” said Spagnuolo. “My primary focus will be to continue the excellent work that LIBOR is known for while embracing innovative strategies to serve our members better. Together, we will navigate the evolving landscape of real estate, ensuring that LIBOR remains a leading voice of homeownership for all and a valuable resource for all its members.”

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Port’s McNamara named to Super Lawyers List Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP is pleased to announce that Thomas J. McNamara (Port Washington) was named to the 2023 New York Metro Super Lawyers list. The honor recognizes top lawyers in their respective areas of practice. The review and selection process includes a statewide nomination process, peer review by practice area and independent candidate research. Due to the highly rigorous nature of the nomination and review process, only five percent of lawyers in the New York metro area are named to the list. Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a research-

driven peer-influenced rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made based upon peer nominations, independent research by Super Lawyers, and evaluations from a highly credentialed panel of attorneys. McNamara is the co-chair of the Litigation Practice Group. His broad commercial litigation and arbitration experience includes issues related to banking, creditors’ rights, contracts, business divorce, real estate, employment, trade secrets, trust and estates, and insurance, as well as corporate, securities, shareholder,

partnership, and antitrust matters. Recognized as an exceptional banking and creditors’ rights litigator, Mr. McNamara has defended banks in forged check, Uniform Commercial Code, and lender liability cases. He has represented banks and other lenders as plaintiffs in actions to enforce their rights under notes, guarantees, security agreements, and related loan documentation. Equally at home in state and federal court, McNamara litigates many of his cases in New York City, as well as on Long Island. Frequently published in legal journals and trades, he chaired the Committee on Creditors’ Rights of

the New York State Bar Association’s Commercial and Federal Litigation Section,as well as the Commercial Litigation Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association. He has also chaired, and lectured before,professional continuing education programs in the areas of bank litigation and creditors’ rights. McNamara taught as an adjunct at New York Law School and Molloy College. Named to the New York Metro Super Lawyers List, consecutively from 2014 through 2023, he was also honored closer to home with a “Top 10” Legal Eagle Award from Long Island Pulse Magazine.

McNamara graduated from New York University School of Law after earning his undergraduate degree, with honors, in economics from the University of Chicago. He is admitted to practice in the state of New York; the U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York; the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. He achieved the highest professional rating by Martindale Hubbell. McNamara served as a courtappointed Special Master/Discovery Referee in In Re Opioid Litigation from 2018 to 2022.

Alan Hyman named a 2023 NY Super Lawyer Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP has announced that Allan Hyman (Sands Point ) was named to the 2023 New York Metro Super Lawyers list. The honor recognizes top lawyers in their respective areas of practice. The review and selection process includes a statewide nomination process, peer review by practice area and independent candidate research. Due to the highly rigorous nature of the nomination and review process, only five percent of lawyers in the New York metro area are named to the list. Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a research-driven peer-influenced rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made based upon peer nominations, independent research by Super Lawyers, and evaluations from a highly credentialed panel of attorneys. Hyman serves as Co-Chair of the

Real Estate Tax Certiorari and Condemnation Law Practice Group, and he also practices in the Litigation Group. Hyman has successfully obtained millions of dollars of tax refunds and savings for clients during his distinguished career. He represents both claimants and condemnors in Eminent Domain proceedings throughout the State of New York and other jurisdictions. At Hofstra University School of Law, Hyman has taught courses in “The Law of Eminent Domain and Tax Review and “Pre-trial Skills.” He currently teaches a course in “Real Estate Transactions.”In addition to his role as an adjunct professor of law, he has lectured at the Nassau Academy of Law, the Institute of Property Taxation and the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. He has also authored articles on tax certiorari and condemnation issues in both legal periodicals and the business

press. Active in civic affairs, Hyman serves as a member of the Board of Overseers of Northwell Health. He is a former chairman of the board and currently a member of the Board of the Education

and Assistance Corporation, a social service organization, which among other things, offers counseling to non-violent offenders as an alternative to incarceration. Hyman serves on Gov. Cuomo’s Judicial Screening Committee for the Second Department. As one of its thirteen members, he is responsible for screening applicants for judicial appointments to all courts including the Appellate Division in the Second Judicial Department. Previously, Mr. Hyman served on the governor-appointed State Judicial Screening Committee that reviews candidates for the New York State Court of Claims. He is the attorney coach for the Mock Trial Team at W. Tresper Clarke High School in East Meadow, and under his guidance, the school has won two state championships in the New York State Bar Association-sponsored competition.

He is a graduate of St. John’s University School of Law and earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Syracuse University. He is admitted to practice in New York State and before the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, the Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the Nassau County Bar Association, and serves on the Tax Certiorari and Condemnation law, Supreme Court, and Commercial Litigation Committees of the Nassau County Bar Association. Mr. Hyman has been AV rated by Martindale Hubbell for over 30 years,and he was named to the New York Metro Super Lawyers list consecutively from 2014 until 2023 For further information, contact Debra Scala Giokas. Director of Marketing, at 516.296.7087.


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Carrie Adduci named a Rising Star lawyer Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP has announced that Carrie Adduci (New Hyde Park) was named to the 2023 New York Metro Super Lawyers Rising Stars list. The selection process for the Rising Stars list is the same as the Super Lawyers selection process, with one exception: to be eligible for inclusion in Rising Stars, a candidate must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less. All attorneys first go through the Super Lawyers selection process. Those who are not selected to the Super Lawyers list, but who meet either one of the Rising Stars eligibility requirements, go through the Rising Stars selection process. While up to five percent of the lawyers in the state are named to Super Lawyers, no more than 2.5% are named to the Rising Stars list. Carrie C. Adduci, a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group, concentrates on acquisitions, sales and refinances of commercial and residential properties. She also represents developers with regard to the sale of their newly constructed residential homes. Adduci also co-taught a course in applied legal analysis at her alma mater,

St. John’s University School of Law. She earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude in 2012 and her Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, with a major in Legal Studies and a minor in Theology. She served as Managing Editor of St. John’s Law Review and Vice Co-Chair of the Public Interest Committee. As a student, she helped her peers to strengthen their writing skills, as a consultant in the Writing Center. St. John’s Law School awarded Adduci with a Merit Based Scholarship, the ALIABA Scholarship and Leadership Award, and the St. John’s Gold Pro Bono Service Award. She was also on the Dean’s List. During the summer of 2011, Adduci served as a law clerk at the Cook County Office of the Public Guardian in Chicago, Ill. She was designated a guardian ad litem and attorney for children involved in protective proceedings in Cook County Juvenile Court. Adduci was named to the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, as well as to the Rising Stars list of Metro New York Super Lawyers consecutively since 2021, and its 2023 Women’s Edition. She was also recognized with a Leadership in Law Award and as one of the “Who’s Who in Professional Women” by Long Island Business News,as well as one of the “Rising Stars” by Real Estate Weekly. She is admitted to practice in the state of New York and is a member of the Nassau County Bar Association and New York State Bar Association. For further information, please contact Debra Scala Giokas. Director of Marketing, at 516.296.7087.

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Suozzi seeks to reclaim seat he held for 6 years Continued from Page 6 In 2022, Suozzi announced that he was not running for re-election in Congress and ran for New York’s governor, which he lost to Gov. Kathy Hochul in the Democratic gubernatorial primary. Before being elected to Congress in 2016,

Suozzi was Nassau County executive from 2002 to 2009. He also served as Glen Cove’s mayor for four terms, beginning in 1994. In 2006, Suozzi lost the Democratic nomination for governor to former state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. In the House, Suozzi was a member of the

Ways and Means Committee, the chief taxwriting committee and the vice-chair of the Problems Solvers Caucus. Suozzi has also been an advocate of increasing the cap on state and local taxes, known also as the SALT cap. Suozzi joins a crowded race of about 20 candidates vying to replace Santos, including

eight other Democrats and 10 Republicans. He said that his official campaign kickoff will be held following local elections in November “I need your support,” Suozzi said. “Together we can bring some sanity and reason back to Washington.”

Dems call for probe of DeSena’s hearing officer hiring Continued from Page 8 Davis laughed at the idea of being called a megadonor, saying “I wish I had a billion dollars and I was a megadonor for something.” Town Attorney John Chiara filed an equal employment opportunity complaint against Scalero on

behalf of Moira LaBarbera–the town’s ex-director of purchasing–in July 2022, according to Newsday. The town then hired law firm Lamb & Barnosky LLP to investigate the matter and create a report, where they recommended a formal hearing, according to town officials.

Davis was then hired in December 2022 as the probe’s hearing officer, according to town records. LaBarbera disagreed with Davis’ findings in the probe clearing Scalero, and said in her resignation later to DeSena that she can no longer work for the town due to the environment.

“I can no longer work in this hostile and retaliatory environment perpetuated by both you and the Town,” LaBarbera wrote to DeSena in July when she resigned, according to Newsday. Efforts to reach Scalero for comment were unavailing.

Santos’ ex-treasurer pleads guilty, admits conspiracy Continued from Page 8 Marks and “the candidate,” prosecutors said, also agreed to falsely report to the FEC that the congressional candidate had “loaned the campaign significant sums of money, including in one instance a $500,000 loan when, in fact, the congressional candidate had not made the reported loans and, at the time the loans were reported, did not have the funds necessary to make such loans.” Marks resigned as Santos’ campaign treasurer in January. The congressman blamed her for mounting questions about his fund-raising and

spending before his federal indictment in May. Efforts to contact Santos for comment were unavailing. Santos was charged with 10 new criminal counts Tuesday evening in a superseding indictment, bringing his total indictment count to 23. His original 13-count indictment from May included seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds, and two counts of making materially false statements to the House of Representatives. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. If convicted of the top charges, Santos could face up to 20 years

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in prison. The 10 new charges Santos is accused of included one count of conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States, two counts of wire fraud, two counts of lying to the Federal Election Commission, two counts of falsifying records, two counts of aggravated identify theft and one count of device fraud. Marks’ guilty plea raised questions about her work on behalf of other Republican campaigns across Long Island. Among those candidates, Marks also served as treasurer for the Santos D’Esposito Nassau Victory Fund, a joint fund-raising committee between Santos and Rep. Anthony Esposito (NY-04). The two Republican Long Island representatives made filings to the FEC with Marks serving as treasurer of the fund. Laura Gillen, a Democratic candidate running against D’Esposito, said the fund showed a closer relationship between D’Esposito and Santos than previously known. “As much as Anthony D’Esposito would now like to pretend he never met George Santos or Nancy Marks, official documents suggest that he worked with them closely and raised money directly with them,” Gillen said. “As we learn more about the illegal elements of the Santos-Marks fund-raising work, the public has the right to

know more about Congressman D’Esposito’s relationship with Nancy Marks and his role in creating the ‘Santos D’Esposito Nassau Victory Fund.’” She said D’Esposito’s ties to Marks are too close and exemplify the “disgusting shady behavior that Long Islanders are sick of.” D’Esposito’s campaign spokesperson Matthew Capp denied the accusation and told Blank Slate Media that D’Esposito did not have a working relationship with Marks. “The D’Esposito campaign never received any funds from the now defunct joint account in question, and Congressman D’Esposito maintains his long-held position that George Santos should be expelled from Congress,” Capp said. Marks also served as a bookkeeper for former Congressman Lee Zeldin during his 2022 bid for governor of New York and handled the finances of John Flanagan, a former Republican state senator and majority leader. Marks was the treasurer for George Santos’ principal congressional campaign committee during his 2022 bid for New York’s Third Congressional District. The Nassau County District Attorney’s Office assisted in the investigation. It is being handled by their Public Integrity Section, the Long Island Criminal Division and the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section.

We need Jon Kaiman as N. Hempstead supervisor Continued from Page 34 prescient awareness of the threat of flooding from the rising sea and surges from more severe storms led to wetland restoration in North Hempstead. Other municipalities are just now considering wetland restoration. After serving as town supervisor, Jon was in charge of the cleanup and recovery efforts after Superstorm Sandy. As town supervisor, he obtained federal grants for environmental infrastructure, housing and community improvements. The nitrogen flow into Manhasset Bay was reduced. Manhasset Bay and Hempstead Harbor were reseeded with oysters to create natural filter that improves water quality. The Yes We Can Community Center was built in New Cassel. To save taxpayer money and improve the working relationship between town, county and village

administrations, Jon created the Office of Intermunicipal Coordination. His merging of two local sewer districts also cut taxpayer costs. Due to his efforts, the Town was recognized as one of 100 best places to live in America and one of the top 10 to live in the U.S. for senior citizens. Jon received his law degree from Hofstra University and a MPA from Harvard University. Currently serving as Deputy Suffolk County Executive, he lives with his family in Great Neck. Jon Kaiman is endorsed for town supervisor by the LI Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO and the nonpartisan New York League of Conservation Voters. Please remember to vote on Tues., Nov. 7, and return him as supervisor of the Town of North Hempstead. Carol Kharivala New Hyde Park


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Community reacts to assault on Israel Continued from Page 1 Goshen lives in what she called a “mixed city” with both Israelis and Arabs living in her neighborhood. In the aftermath of the attack, Goshen and her kids are staying with her sister and her husband has been called up for the military’s reserve duty to fight in the war. “Every call with my husband feels, I don’t want to say that it feels like the last call because, for God’s sake, it’s not and I hope that everyone will come back safe and healthy,” Goshen said. “But the situation is that we’re still trying to get control ofIsraeli territories.” Nassau County District 10 Legislator Mazi Melesa Pilip, who immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia as a child and has family living in Israel, held back tears as she shared the story of learning the news Saturday morning. As the attacks occurred on the Shabbat, or sabbath, Pilip said she was unable to talk on the phone due to Jewish religious practices and alert her neighbors. Instead, she said she ran from synagogue to synagogue to deliver the news. On Sunday, she said she was finally able to speak to her sisters in Israel. Pilip said they were fortunately safe, but one of her sisters was hiding with her family in a bomb shelter. Conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians

predates the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, which divided Palestine into two separate Jewish and Arab states, and has been followed by seven decades of uprisings and wars. Amnesty International, a non-partisan human rights watch group, released a report in 2022 saying Israel was maintaining “a system of oppression and domination over Palestinians” through territorial fragmentation, segregation and control, dispossession of land and property and denial of economic and social rights. The report called the Israeli system an apartheid against Palestinians. The attacks over the weekend followed earlier clashes this summer when Israel launched surprise airstrikes along the Gaza Strip in May that killed military officials and civilians. In June, Israel raided Jenin, a city in Palestine, and deployed helicopter gunships in the West Bank. This was the first time this was done since the second intifada, a four-year Palestinian uprising that began in September 2000. In July, Israel conducted air and ground attacks with drone strikes on a refugee camp in Jenin, killing 12 people in the attacks. Israel called it part of its counterterrorism effort. JCC Board of Directors President Nancy Waldbaum recounted the lyrics of a song she was taugh when she went to yeshiva four decades ago: “I

promise you my little girl that this will be the last war.” “Unfortunately as we sit here today, sharing our devastation and our horror, those words unfortunately did not come true,” she said. Waldbaum denounced the attacks “Our hope for Israel is that peace will be restored to the land,” Waldbaum said. “We hope that those that have been taken hostage will be returned unharmed. We hope fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers will be returned to their families. We hope that Israel will know that there are communities around the globe praying for a swift end to this war. We hope that the day will come when we will all live in a world where there is truly no place for hate.” The gathering began with a 30-second moment of silence, followed by the center’s Israeli emissaries who lit a candle and led a prayer for those killed. The gathering finished with kaddish, followed by “Hatikvah” – Israel’s National Anthem – which rang throughout the auditorium. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman lambasted the attacks “cowardly and murderous,” calling for the community to stay strong with Israel. He said this is not a moment for de-escalation, but a moment for Israel to fight back. “This is not about revenge,” Blakeman said. “It’s about survival… There can be no restraint until

Hamas is destroyed.” In response to the war, Blakeman said he has increased security throughout the county. He reported that no acts of terrorism has happened in the county. “But we will remain vigilant,” Blakeman said. Security measures implemented this past weekend include an additional 20 police cars patroling throughout the county, as well as the mobilization of the Bureau of Special Operations, otherwise known as the SWAT team, the Emergency Services Unit, K9 Unit, Mounted Unit and Aviation Unit. Blakeman said the county’s Intelligence Center is fully staffed and the Homeland Security Department is fully operational. In tandem with his efforts in the county, Blakeman said he also co-wrote a letter with Rep. Anthony D’Esposito calling for Biden to use military aircraft to bring Americans home from Israel. Todd Richman, a member of the Long Island Executive Committee of the UJA, told attendees how they can continue to support Israel: attend rallies, donate and urge elected officials to express their support as well. Israel Nitzan, former acting consul general of Israel in New York, said these days have been difficult for Israelis. “Nevertheless, Israel shall prevail,” Nitzan said. “Israel will win this battle, Israel will win this war.”

Asian-American canvasser, 14, said to be assaulted Continued from Page 2 “This is clearly a political stunt,” said Mary Studdert, spokesperson for the Legislative Majority. “The Nassau County Police Department and District Attorney already have the organizational infrastructure to aggressively investigate and prosecute acts of hate. Both are resourced, trained and ready to address any hate crime that occurs in Nassau County.” Yan said that having the unit would give officers better training and resources to support victims following incidents. Such units, he said, would encourage more individuals to come forward with their experiences. “The police responded, and investigated the incident,” said Nassau County Police Department Public Information Officer Tracey Cabey, “There was no crime the officers were able to determine that occurred at the time of the incident, and there was no further police action required by the ‘victim’ at the time of the incident.” Clifford Robinson, chair of the Asian American

Pacific Islander Caucus, highlighted the need for solidarity and unity among communities of color, decrying attempts by institutions to divide them. He said the fight for civil rights has been going on for decades through the generations. “There’s a lot of rhetoric, where communities of color are being pitted against each other by institutions who want to gatekeep those levels of representation,” Robinson said. “To gatekeep civil rights, to gatekeep socio-economic mobility, to gatekeep political power. But truth be told, these values need to shift, and this is our value shifting. And we will speak truth to power and our stories will be illuminated.” Yan condemned the attack as a “despicable act of hate and violence.” He said that he has also experienced prejudice but as a father was shocked to see that type of attack on a young person. “This incident is not just about one person’s hate, it’s about a broader issue that our society must address,” he said, “We must stand together against hate and violence by providing our police depart-

ment, more tools to protect against hate and discrimination. The Nassau County Legislator earlier this year had the opportunity to enact a Hate Crimes Unit. But they refused to do so. Hate against one of us is hate against all of us. We must demand actions.” Desiree Woodson, chairwoman of ManhassetGreat Neck Economic Opportunity Council and vice president of the North Shore chapter of the NAACP, said that there’s been “pockets of nonsense going on” and that “it must be stopped.” She said this week she was racially profiled in Port Washington. “We condemn this kind of foolishness in the Town of North Hempstead, this is not acceptable behavior,” she said, “Children are here and we encourage our children to be a part of their civic duty and to get out and learn the process and we encourage them A simple ‘no thank you, I’m not interested,’ would have sufficed.” Jane Shim, director of the South Asian Hate Project at the Asian American Legal Defense and

Education Fund, highlighted the longstanding issue of anti-Asian violence in the United States. “Asian Americans are part of the fabric of our society,” Shim said, “and we deserve to participate in our shared democracy without fear of violence. I’m so impressed with this boy, who at 14 years old is more engaged in the political process than the average American.” She said that the police telling the intern there was nothing they could do “sends a message that racial violence is not a serious problem.” Education is the key to undoing the idea that some people are less than others, Shim said. “Our analysis has shown that hate crimes are often hard to prove and prosecute,” she noted, “Ultimately, the strengthening of hate crimes laws doesn’t necessarily result in a decrease of hate violence. We need to target the root causes of violence with education about bias and discrimination.” Lurvey pledged to “never remain silent in the face of injustice, bias, intolerance, or hatred.”

Zuckerman touts fiscal responsibility in re-elex bid Continued from Page 3 accordance to make the Town of North Hempstead government function appropriately despite roadblocks,” Zuckerman said. He said the town needs to push ahead to continue serving residents. “We must go on and move forward,” Zuckerman said. “We have a government to run and we can’t sit here and delve into what we have and what we don’t have. It’s all hands on deck and we need to move forward.” Despite the fighting between the Town’s Republicans and Democrats, Zuckerman said that he would be able to work alongside DeSena if they both are re-elected. “I have a job to do. You know me, and I’m going to do that job regardless of who I’m working with,” Zuckerman said. “I’m going to treat them professionally and act in an appropriate way and move forward for the good of the Town of North Hempstead.” Zuckerman also said the building department needs to be improved in order to speed up opera-

tions to get permits approved. He said while it has improved as of late, the department can still be better. “We need our local businesses, we need our storefronts, we need to have local businesses,” Zuckerman said. “We want people to shop local, we want to entice local businesses to open in our town and we need to do better.” Zuckerman said that in response to calls for increased housing, he along with the rest of the Town Board opposed Gov. Kathy Hochul’s state plan to expand housing on the island. He said the decision should be up to the local government municipalities. “The local municipalities and authorities know the communities best and I think it’s more suited for these local entities,” Zuckerman said. He said local control with incentives is the best approach to increase housing while still catering to the desires and abilities of a community. Zuckerman said he opposes the idea of rezoning areas to allow mixed-use buildings, instead rather favoring the case-by-case approach to review

plans. “I’m concerned that in the mass sweep, so to speak, that things will get lost,” Zuckerman said. Zuckerman recently presented a Town resolution to authorize funding for a flight plan analysis, the first step in presenting potential litigation against the FAA to address air traffic issues that have plagued the town. “It’s not just Roslyn or Great Neck or Mineola or Albertson or Port Washington,” Zuckerman said. “It’s everywhere.” The analysis, which was passed by the Town board, will allow the Town to submit documentation to the federal government to show the degree to which planes fly over the town. “There needs to be equitable distribution,” Zuckerman said. “That’s what we need. We’re only asking for equitable distribution.” He said the town is still awaiting the results of the flight plan analysis. Zuckerman said voters should re-elect him because he is fiscally responsible and is committed to maintaining the quality of life for residents.

In his most recent term, Zuckerman has sponsored improvements at Clark Botanic Garden in Roslyn Heights, which he called a jewel of his district. Specifically, the garden had installed a new greenhouse, all trails were made ADA-compliant and the Clark House’s roof was replaced, Zuckerman said. The council member said he plans to put out to bid a contract for new windows, siding and plumbing at the Clark House early next year with construction beginning in the spring. At John D. Caemmerer Park in Albertson, Zuckerman said a new playground and fencing were put in, trails were made ADA-compliant and that he is working with state Assemblywoman Gina Sillitti (DPort Washington) to renovate the fields. At Donald Street Park in Roslyn Heights, Zuckerman said new basketball hoops and pavement were installed alongside outdoor exercise equipment with playground renovations. “I am in this community and I am part of this community and I look forward to representing this community to the best of my knowledge and to the best that I can do going forward,” Zuckerman said.


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Santos charged with 10 new counts on inflating numbers, identity theft Continued from Page 1 Prosecutors allege that Santos and Marks inflated campaign filings to qualify for a national Republican Party program that would provide support to his campaign if it raised at least $250,000 from third-party contributors in a single quarter. The campaign eventually received a financial report from the program. Santos and Marks allegedly agreed to report that their family members made significant contributions to the campaign and Santos himself reported a $500,000 loan when he had less than $8,000 in his personal and business bank accounts, prosecutors said.

Between approximately DecemSantos charged their credit cards ber 2021 and August 2022, Santos al- and transferred funds to his and legedly stole the identities and finan- other candidates’ campaigns and his cial information of contributors to his personal bank account, prosecutors campaign, according to prosecutors. Santos allegedly charged

“The defendant — a Congressman — allegedly stole the identities of family members and used the credit card information of political contributors to fraudulently inflate his campaign coffers.” — Anne Donnelly, Nassau County District Attorney

$12,000 to one contributor’s credit card and transferred the majority of it to his personal bank account. “The defendant — a Congressman — allegedly stole the identities of family members and used the credit card information of political contributors to fraudulently inflate his campaign coffers,” Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly said in a statement. “We thank our partners in the US Attorney’s Office and the FBI as we work together to root out public corruption on Long Island.” The Nassau County DA’s Office was part of the Santos investigation.

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USMMA marks 80 years training mariners Continued from Page 4 said, “And I’m very proud that my father was a combat merchant mariner in World War II. And he served on a gasoline tanker. And it’s important to point out that the Merchant Marines had the highest percentage of fatalities in World War II.” Blakeman said it’s important to remember those who gave their lives as merchant mariners, especially since the ships at the time carried so much gasoline and if one was hit, it was likely to blow up. Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Jenni-

fer DeSena praised the academy’s preparation of cadets, who spend a year at sea before entering service and are “very prepared to take care of our country, to take care of our national security as well as our commerce,” she said. “Many of the members are also members of our volunteer fire department,” DeSena said, “So, they’re serving our community in many ways. We’re so grateful, we’re so protected. We’re glad for their service. But really we love having them be part of the community.” State Sen. Jack Martins, reflecting on the academy’s historical significance, noted its resil-

ience during challenging times. “If you think about it, 1943, middle of World War II and what did they decide to do but to double down and make sure that we had the competence in our Merchant Marines to sustain the war effort,” he said, “And then from there forward, and here we are in 2023, with ranking generation after generation of graduates from the Merchant Marine Academy that are leaders not only in our local community, but nationally as well.” Martins also mentioned how a couple of years ago there was talk about closing the insti-

tution, but “not on our watch,” he said. Nassau County Comptroller Elaine Phillips said that “it’s wonderful to see a woman as admiral…congratulations.” She also said the academy’s cadets volunteer and participate in many local activites. “These young men and women become part of our fabric here in Nassau County, and in particular, on the North Shore,” she said. Legislator Mazi Pilip and Mayor of Kings Point Kouros Torkan could not be there because of the Jewish holiday Sukkot, but sent their best wishes.

Lafazan advocates for housing, climate legislation Continued from Page 4 “The Republicans drew a map that’s an egregious gerrymander,” Lafazan said. He said this was done through the county’s new maps that put him and Legislator Arnold Drucker (D–Plainview) into the same district, like other Democrats drawn out of their district. “Yet, ironically, not one Republican was drawn out of their district,” Lafazan said. “This was an attempt to put two Democrats into the same district to chip away at the Democratic caucus.” He said he supports the lawsuit that is challenging the new district maps and believes it will be overturned next year. Lafazan is also running for New York’s Third Congressional District, which is currently represented by the embattled Rep. George Santos. Santos was charged in a 13-count indictment in May that included seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds, and two counts of making materially false statements to the House of Representatives. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. If convicted of the top charges, Santos could face up to 20 years in prison. Scrutiny of Santos began in December when a New York Times article revealed the web of lies he had spun during his campaign. Lafazan said he began campaign fund-raising in January to oust Santos after he became the target of major backlash, but paused in April when it was apparent that Santos was not planning to leave his seat. He is still in the race for the 2024 election.

He said Santos is “delusional and defiant” and won’t take a plea deal to get out of the indictment and will likely finish his current term. Vying for two seats, one in Congress and another in the county legislature, Lafazan said many constituents have expressed enthusiasm over his two campaigns. “There’s a lot of excitement because people want Santos gone and they want somebody who can beat him,” Lafazan said. “And I believe I’m the guy.” Lafazan has previously been endorsed by the Conservative Party, but said he did not seek the endorsement in this election cycle as he is running for federal office. He said at the federal level, his politics do not align with the Conservative Party. He said he previously accepted the endorsement as he tries to be a nonpartisan local legislator and the party’s national issues did not affect his decisions as a county legislator. Lafazan said when he met with the local party, its two biggest issues were taxes and substance abuse, which Lafazan said he stood “united” with them in addressing. The legislator has been the subject of many political mailers sent out by the New York Republican State Committee, making a slew of claims that he denied. He said that he is looking into a lawsuit against the state’s Republican Party and the North Shore Leader, a local newspaper that he said is “intentionally defaming” him and “misleading voters.” “We can’t run campaigns like this,” Lafazan

said. “We have to be better than this.” With New York State pushing for an increase in housing, Lafazan said that while he disagrees with the former plan from Gov. Kathy Hochul to override local zoning laws to boost the housing stock, it is an issue that needs to be addressed. He advocated for “cool downtowns,” an idea former County Executive Tom Suozzi pushed in the early 2000s to bolster the building of homes within what is reasonable for a community. But with decades of restrictive zoning and lack of housing initiatives, Lafazan said what can help is electing a newer generation of individuals to replace elected officials who are “stale and not forward thinking.” As for the county’s frozen reassessment process, Lafazan said a more pragmatic solution would be to shift the responsibilities to the towns. He said this has been a bipartisan idea. “My belief is that the county has proved over the past couple of decades that we cannot accurately assess at scale and, like other municipalities, I think the only way forward to accurate reassessment is if we move assessment to the towns on a more local level,” Lafazan said. Lafazan said he has also advocated for Nassau County government to be carbon neutral. He said this is directed toward the county’s municipal operations, not individuals. “Which, by the way, won’t just protect the environment but it’s going to save us a fortune,” Lafazan said. Lafazan has presented a bill, which he said

has been stalled, to create a task force to push the county toward carbon neutrality by 2035. As for the county’s preparedness for climate change, Lafazan said Nassau “is far behind and it’s scary,” Lafazan said there are infrastructure needs to address increased heavy rainstorms, electrical grid resiliency, emergency response protocols and sewer leakages. “There is significant work to be done here in terms of preparedness for extreme weather where we have hundred-year storms happening every single year,” Lafazan said. “We’re far behind.” He said the county has federal money for COVID-19 relief, approximately $239 million, that can go toward some of these projects that the county has no plan to use yet, with just until the end of the year remaining to distribute it. “We have to be far more pragmatic and far more urgent in terms of our infrastructure and our residents in disaster-prone communities,” Lafazan said. Lafazan said voters should re-elect him because he delivers to the constituents on the issues that they care about, whether it is veterans, people with disabilities, underserved communities or public safety. “I say this with confidence and with respect for my colleagues, but we’ve got more done in my legislative office, and I challenge any other legislator to put their record up to me to show that they’ve delivered more for their constituents,” Lafazan said.


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Kiwanis fundraiser for Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation’s Long Island Chapter will host its annual Take Steps event at North Hempstead Beach Park on Sunday, Oct. 22 at 11 a.m. to raise funds to find cures for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Advocate, Team Captain and Mineola resident, Joel Harris, who is the Kiwanis New York State District Governor for Kiwanis International, has led the charge for both Take Steps Walks in Long Island raising more than $25,000! With over 260 clubs statewide Joel travels throughout New York visiting these clubs and being part of their fundraising and service projects.

“This is and continues to be an amazing experience traveling the state and meeting with the clubs from Buffalo to Montauk Point.” Joel does an incredible job helping to energize, motivate and open doors to Kiwanis Clubs across the country to help spread awareness. Kiwanis Clubs across the country have committed to finding cures by helping to raise awareness of inflammatory bowel diseases and advance the Foundation’s research, education, support, and advocacy initiatives. Joel states: “I am walking to raise awareness for everyone who has Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.”

Executive Director of the Long Island Chapter Lisa Schwerdt shares “Joel is an extraordinary partner and advocate for the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation’s Long Island Chapter. His priority is spreading awareness and ensuring that people with IBD know about the resources and support that the Foundation and the Chapter provide while securing donations to continue to fund these programs as well as critical research to get us closer to cures. We truly value and appreciate his diligent efforts and are pleased to be honoring him as the 2023 Champion Advocate at Gold Coast Take Steps

Walk.” Joel will be joined on stage by Adult Honored Hero & IBD patient, Jeanine Bradley of Levittown and Pediatric Honored Hero & IBD patient, Emily Oak of Babylon. Take Steps is the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation’s largest nationwide event dedicated to finding cures and raising awareness for digestive diseases. Our events offer an incredible day for family, friends, and the community to celebrate all the efforts that have been put forth in raising funds for our mission. It is a day that combines high energy and fun with access to valuable information and education.

Upcoming at the Williston Park Library From the Director During the month of October, the library will be participating in the Great Give Back. We will be collecting pet food and supplies to be donated to Baxter’s Pet Pantry, a division of LI Cares. A donation box will be located inside the library by the front window. We are once again asking everyone to NOT put donations in the book bins outside the library. They are for library materials only. Donations will be accepted inside the library during regular business hours. New titles added to the collection: None of this is True—Lisa Jewell Bookbinder—Pip Williams Tom Lake—Ann Patchett Council of Dolls—Mona Susan Power Same Time Next Summer—Annabel Monaghan Divine Doughnut Shop—Carolyn Brown Summer Reading—Jenn McKinlay Princess—Wendy Holden Murder before Evensong—Richard Coles

or call the library (742-1820) to register. Author Event with Mary Calvi—Wednesday—October 18—6 p.m. in the Assembly Room of Village Hall. The CBS news anchor will discuss her new novel, If a Poem Could Live & Breathe. Copies will be available for purchase. Call the library (742-1820) or email willistonparkprograms@gmail.com to register. Book Discussion—Wednesday—October 25—7pm in the Assembly Room of Village & via Zoom. https://adelphiuniversity.zoom.us/j/96885670102?pwd=VGtSYnkyUW9acV JyV0tyNUtUZnMyZz09 Meeting ID: 968 8567 0102 Passcode: WPBookClub Or just call 1-929-205-6099 on your phone and it will ask for the meeting id and password above. Copies of Hidden Valley Road are available at the Circulation Desk.

Children’s Programs Story Time with Miss Beth—Tuesdays—October 10 & 17—11 am-11:45 am in the Children’s Room. Limited to 15 participants. No Walk-Ins! Email willistonparkprograms@gmail.com or call the library (742-1820) to register. Zombie House Painting with Lisa Colon—Saturday—October 21—10-11 am Adult Programs in the Children’s Room for ages 7+. $5 p/person. Per Vendor: Limited to 20 parReiki—October 19; November 2 & 16—6 p.m. in the Assembly Room of Village ticipants. Email willistonparkprograms@gmail.com or call the library (742-1820) Hall. $10 p/person; p/session. Call the library (742-1820) or email willistonpark- to register. programs@gmail.com to register. PEN PAL PROGRAM Nassau County Property Tax Exemptions Workshop—Wednesday—October The library is proud to work with Kayla, of Girl Scout Troop 1825 on her Gold 11—1-3 p.m. in the Assembly Room of Village Hall. Assistance will be provided for the following exemptions: Veterans, Senior Citizen, Cold War Veterans, and Volun- Award. She has established a Pen Pal Program for children in grades 1-8. If any teer Firefighter/Ambulance Workers. Call 516-457-2036 for specific information. children are interested, parents are welcome to stop by the Reference Desk to comAutumn Leaf Lantern Craft with Rosemarie Attard—Wednesday—October plete a small registration form. This is not a sponsored library activity; Kayla will 11—6 p.m. in the Library. $15 p/person. Email willistonparkprograms@gmail.com be in charge of the project. All information is confidential.

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Town named bronze-certified Climate Smart Community The Town of North Hempstead is proud to announce that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has officially designated North Hempstead as a bronze-certified Climate Smart Community. This new certification comes after many years of tireless work throughout the community to ensure that North Hempstead is doing all that it can to build a more resilient, sustainable local environment. “The Town’s designation as a Bronze certified Climate Smart Community is the culmination of significant hard work and dedication by both our Climate Smart Communities Task Force, as well as the Town Board,” Town Supervisor Jennifer DeSena said. “I want to thank the members of the Task Force for their invaluable contributions toward this significant milestone, and I look forward to continuing to advance the Town’s sustainability efforts through numerous environmental initiatives as we look to protect our environment for generations to come.” “A significant priority for me as an elected official has been the protection and preservation of our local environment,” said Council Member Veronica Lurvey. “Since the Town Board created the Climate Smart Communities Task Force in 2021, the Town has been heading toward bronze certification through a variety of important environmental projects. I am so proud of all of the work we have done to become a bronze-certified Climate Smart Community, and I can promise that the Town will continue to work diligently to preserve and promote a resilient local environment for future generations to enjoy.” “For years, North Hempstead has exemplified its dedication to environmental stewardship, and today’s bronze certification as a Climate Smart Community by the NYSDEC is a testament to our col-

lective efforts,” said Council Member Mariann Dalimonte. “We’ve embraced sustainable practices, reduced our carbon footprint, and fostered a resilient local environment. As we move forward, we remain steadfast in our commitment to safeguarding this beautiful community for generations to come.” To become a bronze-certified Climate Smart Community, local governments must meet certain requirements set by the NYSDEC. The program provides guidance to local governments on best practices for mitigating and adapting to climate change. Per the NYSDEC, “Certified communities are the foremost leaders in the state; they have gone beyond the CSC pledge by completing and documenting a suite of actions that mitigate and adapt to climate change at the local level.” The Town of North Hempstead has been at the forefront of environmental conservation on Long Island. Some of North Hempstead’s recent environmental initiatives include: Using multiple alternative fuel vehicles, such as plug-in hybrid and battery electric cars, for municipal business. Participating in a Solarize North Hempstead campaign to reduce solar project costs through joint purchasing. Completing energy code enforcement training on best practices for code compliance officers and other municipal officers. Adopting a benchmarking policy to track and report the energy

use of the Town’s municipal buildings. Using goats to help remove invasive species from Town property without the use of pesticides. Raising and releasing quail to combat the increasing tick population. Adopting a local law that prohibits landscapers and Town employees from to operating gas-powered leaf blowers between June 15 and September 15 to reduce noise and air pollution and gasoline usage during times when the public spends peak time outdoors. Adopting a new Townwide tree policy that safeguards our tree canopy throughout the Town. Installing native plantings and pollinator gardens each year in our park system to provide habitat for pollinators, absorb stormwater and greenhouse gases, reduce irrigation and inputs like fertilizers, and beautify our properties. Hosting home sustainability educational workshops each year on sustainable yard care, gardening with native plants, and creating rain gardens. Selling discounted rain barrels and composters to residents to help reduce waste, decrease stormwater pollution and conserve water. Replacing lights throughout the Town — including in Town Buildings, exterior lights, and street lights – with LED lights. Hosting a recycling program designed to properly dispose of Number 5 plastics. Adopting an Organics Management Plan to reduce food waste and lessen the impact of greenhouse gas emissions. Repopulating Manhasset Bay with oysters to enhance water quality

Stephen Silverberg named to Super Lawyers again For the 17th consecutive year, Stephen J. Silverberg has been named to the New York Metro Super Lawyers list as one of the top New York metro area lawyers in Elder Law for 2023. Each year, the research team at Super Lawyers selects only five percent of the lawyers in the state to receive this honor. Super Lawyers has named Silverberg to its select list of attorneys for seventeen consecutive years, from 2007 to 2023. Silverberg is recognized nationally as a leader in estate planning, estate administration, asset preservation planning, and Elder Law. He is a past president of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, an organization of almost 5,00 elder law attorneys throughout the country. He was named a NAELA Fellow, the highest honor bestowed by NAELA to “attorneys… whose careers concentrate on elder law, and who have distinguished themselves both by making

exceptional contributions to meeting the needs of older Americans and by demonstrating a commitment to the Academy.” Silverberg was a founding member of the New York State chapter of NAELA and served as President of the chapter. He is a Certified Elder Law Attorney, designated by the National Elder Law Foundation under the auspices of the American Bar Association. To obtain this designation, an applicant must pass a full-day written examination and is subject to rigorous blind peer review. Since 1993, fewer than 525 elder law attorneys in the United States have earned the designation. Martindale-Hubbell has rated Silverberg AV Preeminent (5.0 out of 5.0), the highest possible designation. For the fourth consecutive year, Scott B. Silverberg was named to the 2023 New York Metro Rising Stars list. To qualify, New York Metro Ris-

ing Stars must be younger than 40 or have been practicing for less than ten years. Each year, the research team at Super Lawyers designates no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state to receive this honor. Scott is president of the New York State Chapter of NAELA and a member of the National Board of Directors of NAELA. He also serves as Co-Chair of the Technology Committee of the Elder Law and Special Needs Section Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Association. In 2022, he became a member of the Estate Planning Council of Nassau County, a member chapter of the National Association of Estate Planners and Councils (NAEPC). He is also a member of the Nassau County Bar Association. Scott has attained the LL.M. (Master of Laws) in elder law from Stetson University School of Law. This rigorous program is offered only to elder

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law practitioners who have provided legal services in elder law matters in complex areas of the law. Stetson’s L.L.M. Elder Law program faculty comprises many leading attorneys in elder law.

Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a credible, comprehensive, and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys. The Super Lawyers lists are published nationwide in Super Lawyers magazines and in leading city and regional magazines and newspapers across the country. Super Lawyers magazines also feature editorial profiles of attorneys who embody excellence in the practice of law. For more information about Super Lawyers, visit SuperLawyers.com.

UUCCN in Garden City bring pumpkin patch back A great place to visit this fall is the Pumpkin Avenue. Admission is free! available as well as a variety of baked goods and Patch at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation The patch will be open from Sept. 30 Our pumpkins are grown in New Mexico selected Amish products. of Central Nassau in Garden City, at the north- through Oct 31. Hours on weekdays are from 11 and are planted and harvested by the Navajo Pumpkin Patch, 223 Stewart Avenue, Garwest corner of Nassau Boulevard and Stewart AM to 6 PM, on weekends from 10 AM to 6 PM. people. In addition to pumpkins, fall flowers are den Cuuccn@aol.com

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Senior running back/safety Eddie Farkouh has been one of the big reasons Manhasset got off to a 5-0 start this season.

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ter what sport he plays, be it football in the autumn or as a member of the two-time state The options are as numerous as numbers on championship winning lacrosse team in the a roulette wheel when the Manhasset football spring. In 2022, Farkouh rushed for 400 yards in team snaps the ball on offense. Eddie Farkouh has to be aware of all of them. QB Drew Schwartz could drop back to pass, which is usually unlikely. Or he could pitch it to one the team’s three starters in the back“He’s just an explosive field, of which Farkouh is one. The ball could go player, with great speed to Jack Mulholland or Atif Heathington, which means Farkouh has to look for a defender to and great football block, something he enjoys very much. instincts. He’s a great Or Schwartz could keep the ball himself, which means Farkouh looks to block but also has athlete and an excellent to be aware for a possible pitch back if Schwartz tackler. And he’s a great changes his mind. Or finally, Farkouh could get the ball himkid with a great attitude.” self, and the 6-foot-3 fleet senior could get to — Jay Laquinta show his skills. MANHASSET HEAD COACH This is what happens when you run a tripleoption offense, as Manhasset does: Anybody can get the ball on any play. Which makes things confusing for the opponent, but also means the offensive guys have to have a lot running the triple-option attack Manhasset employs, and also started on defense at safety. through their mind at the snap. This year he’s been the “A” back in the back“There’s a lot of things I’m looking for,” Farkouh said. “I have to see if Drew sees the gap field, running and being a receiver. He’s scored and makes the pitch, I have to see all the mo- two touchdowns so far in 2023, including one tion factors from our guys, and how the defense on a punt return. Farkouh’s elusiveness and speed, combined reacts to what we look like we’re going to do.“I honestly love blocking,” Farkouh said. “Grab- with his hard-hitting ability on defense, is one of bing someone and running them into the bench? the major reasons Manhasset opened the season with five straight wins, as it eyes a major showThat’s so much fun.” Fun is what Farkouh seems to have no mat- down with undefeated and Long Island power-

house Garden City on Oct. 13. “He’s just an explosive player, with great speed and great football instincts,” said Manhasset head coach Jay Laquinta. “He’s a great athlete and an excellent tackler. And he’s a great kid with a great attitude.” Farkouh’s teammate, senior running back Mulholland, said Farkouh’s work ethic and unselfishness rubs off on others. “He’s always there early before (practice) and stays late, and younger guys see that,” Mulholland said. “What also stands out is his willingness to block for anybody, anywhere on the field.” Farkouh’s journey to being a top player in two sports at Manhasset isn’t a surprise, but genetics would indicate his choice of those two sports and not another is a bit of a stunner. Gordie Farkouh, Eddie’s Dad, was an outstanding goalkeeper in soccer at Manhasset and then at Boston College, and was inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame in 2009 after breaking all records for netminders in his career, which concluded after the 1982 season. But Eddie said his father never pressured him to put on soccer cleats, and in seventh grade the younger Farkouh tried football. “I hated it,” he laughed. “I was tiny, I didn’t like the contact, I didn’t feel like I belonged. Definitely didn’t think I’d end up being a football player.” But as he continued to grow, and his lacrosse career” blossomed (he’s a defender in that sport), Farkouh found his way back to football. In 10th grade he tried out for junior varsity

and said he loved it; the fun of hitting and tackling, combined with the speed that allowed him to gallop past opposing tacklers, contributed to the 180-degree turnaround in his feelings. “I just got really into it, being on a team like we had and learning so much every day,” Farkouh said. “And then getting to play varsity last year, that’s a huge leap, but I was able to do it and also had a lot of fun.” Iaquinta envisioned Farkouh playing linebacker again this season, but after some injuries early in the year, Farkouh was moved to linebacker, and he’s thrived, making a key interception in the win over Mepham on Sept. 30. “He’s just a kid who no matter where you stick him, he’s going to give you his best effort and he’ll play well,” Iaquinta said. “I love being a linebacker, getting to play the run and dropping back in coverage, and still getting to hit people,” Farkouh said. “When I made my first pick, man, that was more exciting than scoring a touchdown!” Undecided on college as of now, Farkouh said he’d like to go into business and if possible, play lacrosse or football in school. But as of now he’s focused on the challenge of beating Garden City and helping Manhasset go on another county title run like it did in 2021. “Feels like every week we’re getting better and better,” Farkouh said. “Who knows how far we can go?”


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