The Garden City News (9/3/21)

BACK TO SCHOOL

Patrick Burns, a first grader at Hemlock School is greeted by Garden City Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kusum Sinha on the first day of school.

GC Board of Education approves personnel changes as school begins

BY RIKKI MASSAND

BY RIKKI MASSAND

At its August 19 meeting, the Garden City Board of Trustees authorized a $32,500 a traffic calming study for Garden City’s Central section numbered streets. Village Administrator Ralph V. Suozzi reported on the proposal and other traffic mitigation planning initiatives, which are related to the recent contractual agreement with consultants Creighton Manning Engineering, LLP.

Prior to the start of summer, Creighton Manning performed its ‘Road Diet’ traffic study for Cathedral Avenue, but unlike the numbered streets in the village’s Central section, Cathedral Avenue is a Nassau County-owned road. The numbered streets are all owned and maintained by the Village of Garden City. The Board of Trustees approved a budgetary transfer of $32,500 to the village’s “Engineering - Contractual Services” account from the village Contingent account, “to fund a Neighborhood Traffic Calming Study.”

Creighton Manning, branch manager Frank A. Filiciotto presented results of the initial Cathedral Avenue Road Diet study at the Village Board’s July 15 meeting. This study was authorized in January, as the January 22, 2021 Mayor’s Column in the The Garden City News noted “the board of trustees has engaged the professional services of Creighton Manning Engineering, LLP to prepare a $47,800 traffic calming study of Cathedral Avenue, as requested by the Traffic Commission.”

In August, Suozzi explained the genesis of doing safety studies on Garden City traffic.

School Board President William C. Holub asked Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kusum Sinha for details on the personnel moves the board was set to vote on Monday evening.

On Monday August 20 the Garden City Board of Education held a special meeting in which several personnel decisions were confirmed just before the start of the school year. A few budget transfers for the district related to additional class sections at Stratford and Stewart School that have been added for the school year were also approved, noted to be funding “for teachers and teaching materials.”

“With several of the teacher and teacher aide appointments, and a few resignations, they are related to our classrooms and we must have these items approved as staff start the school year this week,” she said.

The Garden City school board trustees unanimously approved the following staff moves: Dayna Defliese is the new head soccer coach for Garden City Middle School girls in grades 7 and 8.

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“The Numbered Streets’ traffic calming study was voted on (moved for board consideration) by the Village’s Traffic Commission November 19, 2020. But when that initial proposal for the study was presented, it was only to take place for the streets between Hilton Avenue and Cathedral Avenue. I have worked to expand that range to be from Franklin Avenue to Rockaway Avenue and asked Creighton Manning to include those areas in the study proposal. Dealing with the full width of the area also includes the 7th Street business district -- the price was $32,500. After our July Board meeting GCPD Commissioner Kenneth Jackson reviewed the Cathedral Avenue study in great detail and put together some responses, comments and observations that he wanted consultants at Creighton Manning to read and consider -- those updates have

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Open meetings law fail

On Wednesday night, with no prior warning, the state legislature passed a bill which effectively guts the New York State Open Meetings Law. The legislation, which was introduced by our new governor, Kathy Hochul, could ban the public from attending governmental meetings at all levels of the state.

Prior to the special legislative session Hochul had said that she wanted to allow more access to public meetings, and the gist of the law says that governments can continue to hold remote meetings as long as those meetings are livestreamed and a transcript is made of them. (During most of the pandemic this was allowed by executive order of former Governor Cuomo.)

However, the new legislation goes on

to say that if a government body livestreams a meeting, then it doesn’t have to allow the public or press to attend or to ask questions.

The language of the bill was not made public until 2 p.m. Wednesday, two hours after the legislative session began, and just before it was voted upon. In addition, it was packaged with a bill on extending the ban on evictions, a completely unrelated subject, so it got virtually no discussion.

We think meetings should continue to be broadcast on the internet to allow maximum public access, but that the rights of the people to attend in person, to ask questions, and even to protest at a public meeting should not be abridged.

Our state legislature needs to fix this.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Email: Editor@GCNews.com

More debates needed

To the Editor:

I read your [A Word From the Publisher editorial] “Welcome Back to School” and was a little dismayed. Stating that the “lengthy debates over masks in schools” was for nothing is totally wrong. I wish the Board meetings would have more and more debates about decisions being made for children. Parents’ first responsibility is their children. Allowing a Board to make decisions without debates is gross negligence. Too often people give up the responsibility because they don’t want to take the time. I give credit to these parents for attending and doing their homework. It’s too late when they’ve grown to correct issues. This happens in voting where people allow a newspaper or TV to inform them and not doing proper research on the politician running. Hopefully, responsibility will be in vogue once again and more debates will take place.

Geri Moratti

Let’s

unite to protect

To the Editor:

I write as a physician-bioethicist concerned about the clash of opinions among Garden City parents about mandatory mask wearing in the schools during the Covid pandemic.  I fear that the intensity of conflict may not end

with the decision by the Superintendent and the Board of Education to require masks in the schools, nor after the same directive to all schools by the New York State Department of Health.

Those who oppose masks argue that the mandate inappropriately infringes (1) on individual freedom and (2) on parents’ rights to decide what is best for their children; some assert (3) that mask-wearing itself is risky.  Advocates of the mandate appeal to the strong recommendations of national scientists in pediatrics, infectious disease, and epidemiology, who agree based on current data (1) that there is sufficient risk of Covid contagion among children (especially by the delta variant, and among those who are unvaccinated) to seriously threaten their health and that of family members, and (2) that mask-wearing substantially reduces the transmission of this respiratory disease.

One can understand that parents who wish masks to be optional may be concerned about the anxiety a child may feel when wearing the mask.  Independent of the masking issue, anxiety has been reported among students going to school during the pandemic. – with all its accompanying restrictions and uncertainties.  About 10% of a sample of 1 million students studied in

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Volunteer firefighters to hold 9-11 Remembrance Ceremony

Chief Devyn Moody and the officers and members of the Garden City Volunteer Fire Department would like to invite all village residents to join the department for our annual 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at the Village 9/11 Memorial located at the Village Green & Gazebo at the corner of Hilton Ave and Stewart Ave.

The remembrance service will be held Saturday, September 11, 2021 at

8:30 a.m. All are welcome to attend.

Please note this year’s ceremony will be a morning service beginning at 8:30 a.m.

The service pays tribute to the 23 Garden City residents that perished during the attack on the World Trade Center, the 343 members of the FDNY, 23 members of the NYPD and 37 members of the PAPD killed, as well as those who have died of 9/11-related illnesses.

Swimmer from Garden City receives gold medal at Paralympics

BY GARY SIMEONE

Garden City teenager Anastasia Pagonis has taken home two medals from the Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. The determined 17-year-old won a gold medal in the 400 meter freestyle and a bronze medal in the 200 individual medley. She also broke a world record in the freestyle event with a time of four minutes and fifty-four seconds.

Her father, Peter Pagonis, said his daughter, who is legally blind, had been training for the summer competition at the LIAC (Long Island Aquatic Club.)

“Tas, which is the name she goes by, is an absolute rockstar and an amazing young lady,” said Pagonis. “She is a gifted athlete who started swimming when she was eleven years old.”

He said that his daughter focused her swimming routine on the long distance freestyle and the butterfly swimming stroke.

Tas, or Anastasia, has a rare genetic condition called autoimmune retinopathy (AIR), which caused her own

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“She was a good athlete who played soccer and lacrosse when she was younger,” said Pagonis. “She started to lose her central vision before she was a teenager and could no longer see the ball.”

He said by the time she was fourteen, she could no longer see anything and was considered legally blind.

Tas headed off to Tokyo in the beginning of August with her 24-hour aide. She was not allowed to bring her beloved guide dog because of regulations, but her mother, Stacy, flew out to see her in the middle of the month.

Pagonis said that when his daughter returns home, she will rest up for a month before she begins training for the Paris Games in 2024.

Besides being an accomplished swimmer, Tas has a strong social media following on Instagram and TikTok, where she has over two million views.

“I tell her every time I see her that she’s an amazing young lady and to always love who you are,” said Pagonis.

students hold 9/11 fundraiser

Garden City High School’s Students Helping Students group will be holding a fundraiser to honor those lost on 9/11 by selling memorial pins during Garden City’s first football game, on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. It will also sell the pins during the Girls Varsity Soccer game on September 9 and the Boys Varsity Soccer game on September 10.

Tables will be located at both entrances to the Warren King Field starting an hour before all games and throughout each game, staffed by volunteers.

Pins are $5 and proceeds will go to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.

For more information, please contact Caterina Kephart at GardenCitySHS@ gmail.com or Mrs. Higgins at HigginsK@ gcufsd.net

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School district staff members convene before school begins

The Garden City Public Schools brought staff members from all buildings and departments together for Superintendent’s Conference Day on Aug. 30. The high school field and bleachers were filled with excitement in anticipation of a successful opening, and attendees heard announcements and inspiring remarks from the morning’s presenters.

Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kusum Sinha welcomed the audience and thanked the Board of Education, parent groups, collective bargaining units and all administrators, faculty and staff members. She introduced new administrators and teachers and acknowledged the building and grounds, technology and transportation teams for their efforts in preparing for a smooth start to the school year.

Board of Education President Bill Holub addressed participants and provided warm welcomes and encouragement for the year ahead. Assistant Superintendent for Business & Finance Dana DiCapua and Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources and Leadership Development Nanine McLoughlin

shared updates and reviewed recent hires.

The event also included the presentation of two Service Awards to recipients who have gone above and beyond in their roles. The Administrator Service Award was bestowed upon Director of Educational Technology Dr. Rita Melikian and the Teacher Service Award was awarded to Information Technology Specialist Lauren Maguire. Dr. Sinha described their contributions to the district’s programs and commended their rapid and innovative leadership in transitioning to remote and hybrid instruction.

Dr. Sinha concluded the gathering by reflecting on the past two school years and discussing the significance that comes from challenging times.

“If we want students to prepare to flourish for an unpredictable future, we shouldn’t be focusing on the future at all. We should be focused on ensuring that they flourish now. While we aim for enabling students to do well in school, an equal aim is to help them do well in the lives they lead outside of school.”

Photos courtesy of Garden City Public Schools

Information Technology Specialist Lauren Maguire and Director of Educational Technology Dr. Rita Melikian were recognized for their exemplary work and presented with Service Awards.

Superintendent of Schools Dr.

shared updates and reflections with the district’s staff.

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DAR ladies participate in veterans birthday parades

Over the summer, members of the Colonel Aaron Ogden Chapter were pleased to  respond to an invitation from Honor Flights of Long Island to participate in several  “Drive By Birthday Parades” honoring  and celebrating five local  WWII veterans who were celebrating birthdays ranging  from 95 to 100 years.

Chapter National Defense Chair Louise Rider, and Arlene Kister, DAR Service for Veterans chair, with Regent Carla Hall D’Ambra, were thrilled to celebrate these special veterans. Several different parades organized by Honor Flights of Long Island took place across the Long Island communities of Kings Park, Farmingdale, Garden City South and New Hyde Park/Floral Park.

Louise Rider, Chapter National Defense

chair, is a long-standing volunteer at St. Albans Medical Center in Queens. Arlene Kister, Service for Veterans chair, has, for more than a decade, been the chapter representative to Northport VA Medical Center, discerning veterans’ needs and gathering support from Chapter members to fill in the gaps with donations where needed. These ladies spend a great deal of personal time in bringing support and comfort to our veterans. When the invitation came to participate in the parades, these women were enthused to attend and found support in their Chapter Regent, Carla Hall D’Ambra.

For more information about the Honor Flights for veterans, or to donate to support their cause, go to HonorFlightLongIsland. org or email at  rfdny@yahoo.com.

Regent Carla Hall D’Ambra, Chapter Historian

and Vice Regent Louise Rider ride together for a summer birthday parade honoring a beloved veteran

Chapter Historian Arlene Kister (pictured left) and Vice-Regent Louise

participated in several summer Drive-By Sunday

honoring a

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GCCC to commemorate 20th anniversary of attacks

BY MELVA VICTORINO

On September 11, 2001 at 8:46 a.m., we were attacked!

Where were you when the towers fell?

Where were you when they crashed into the field?

Where you when they crashed into the symbol of outr strength?

Where you there?

It was on a clear Tuesday morning at 8:46 a.m. when our history was changed by the terror of hate!  It is a time to remember the courage of so many who sacrificed their lives to save others, and a time to honor the memory of all those who perished in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, at the Pentagon and the Twin Towers.  It is a time to show reverence for all the lives lost in just 102 minutes of the clock. As Americans, we still remember and we must never forget.

We cried, we grieved, we feared,  we hoped, and we asked why?   As a community we acted together. Together in spirit. Together in love. Together in hope.  Together we responded to the unexpected that showed who we are as a church.  They failed!

Twenty years ago we prayed together, and this is what the Garden City Community Church (GCCC) is still doing.  We are inviting and reaching out to everyone and ALL to be part of our community to pray and worship with us.  At GCCC, everyone is welcome. It is the place where all are welcome no matter who you are, and where you are in your life’s journey.  We bring the church to the people, and the people to the church.  We are “Faithfully reaching out, and inclusively drawing in.”

On Saturday, September 11,  the GCCC will commemorate the 20th anniversary of that  horrific day in prayer and a candlelight service in the evening.  We will open up our sanctuary for people to come and quietly pray.  There will be a guided prayer sheet but nothing formal.  Bells will chime indicating when the towers were hit and fell, when the Pentagon was hit, and the failed crash in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

In solidarity, the Rev. Lynn Sullivan, Senior Pastor of GCCC, invited the members of Garden City Clergy Fellowship in planning the 8:00 p.m. Candlelight Service.  Those who initially participated  were,  Rabbi Linda Henry Goodman of the Garden City Jewish Center and Chair of the Garden City Clergy Fellowship, the Rev. Earl Y. Thorpe, Jr., Pastor of Church-in-theGardens, Rabbi Stephen Wise Goodman of The Garden City Jewish Center, and Rev. Wanda Lawry Hughes, Pastor of The Presbyterian Church in Garden City.  Mr. Frank Crosio, GCCC Minister of Music, will provide music.

The following times will mark the

minutes of that tragic day.

8:00 – 11:00 a.m.: The Sanctuary will open for prayers and meditation.  Entrances will be the Whitehall Blvd. We will pray in silence. The bells will chime at:

8:46 a.m.: The North Tower of the World Trade was hit.

9:03 a.m.: The South Tower of the World Trade Tower was hit.

9:37 a.m.: The West side of the Pentagon was hit.

9:59 a.m.: The South Tower World Trade collapsed, 10:03 a.m.: Flight 93 crashed in the fields of Shanksville, Pennsylvania. (missing its original target) 10:28 a.m.: The North Tower collapsed,

Candlelight Service will be held at 8:00 p.m. If it rains the service will be in the sanctuary.

We request that people bring their own lawn chairs and candles, but we will have some chairs and candles available if needed.  We will have a station for people to come and light a votive candle for persons or groups on their own.

It is a time to show reverence for all the lives lost in just 102 minutes of the clock. As Americans, we still remember and we must never forget.  As a country, we lost so much and shed tears for so many. As a community, we will pause, pray, and remember that day as  celebrations of life and death of those who perished and their loved ones.

We invite you to experience and see what God is doing in our church.  Join us and share the good news that GCCC restrictions will no longer limit attendance during the summer.  The GCCC Council of Trustees (COT), together with the members of the ministry team and church office are monitoring the Center for Disease Control (CDC), and school guidelines as they evolve for the Fall school year, and depending upon the circulation of the Corona virus variants and other factors, GCCC will implement safety protocols accordingly.  Visit our website at www.thegccc.org to follow our weekly policies and for the in-depth guidelines in the congregational letter from Robin Laisure, COT chair. Our website will give information on how to participate in our church life, virtually or in-person. The Garden City Community Church is part of the United Church of Christ and is an Open and Affirming congregation that welcomes people of all ages, races, gender identities, and sexual orientations to participate in the life of our community.  Garden City Community Church is located at 245 Stewart Avenue between Whitehall Blvd. and Kensington Road. For more information, email  churchoffice@thegccc.org or call (516) 746-1700.

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Mineola-Garden City Rotarians attending Summer’s End Social (from left) were past Club Presidents Gary Fishberg and Ray Sikorski, Irene Fishberg, Althea Robinson, past President Peter Marshall, current President Diane Marmann and past President Jennifer Ferarra Poupis. Attending, but not pictured were past President Jim Brady and Diane Brady along with Laurette Marshall.

Summer’s End Social A Rousing Success!

Last week, on Tuesday evening, August 24, Mineola-Garden City Rotary held a joint social/fellowship event with the Williston Park Rotary Club.  A rousing success, members and guests gathered at the Morgan Parc apartment’s magnificent rooftop lounge located on 2nd Street in Mineola – just over the Franklin Ave./Mineola Blvd. LIRR bridge.

scheduled, and continues to schedule notable lunch meeting speakers representing various companies, charitable organizations, schools, political organizations and many other areas of general interest.  In addition to our roster of meeting speakers, our special events include our annual Holiday Luncheon Party, and Community Service Award event along with various other award presentations.

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The Mineola-Garden City Club thanks Williston Park Rotary for laying out a huge and enticing spread of gourmet sandwiches, wraps and salads – not to mention the gourmet cookie platters for dessert along with a full bar providing a generous selection of beverages including wines and beers.

It has been the tradition of the Club to hold fellowship evening events at various local venues during the Rotary year.  Always open to the public, our fellowship socials provide the opportunity to network and to include members’ spouses and guests along with prospective members who wish to learn more about Rotary’s services and activities.

Throughout the years, Rotary has

Our Club looks forward to continuing our lunch meetings on 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at Calogero’s restaurant until such time as the Garden City Hotel, our traditional meeting venue, resumes lunch service.

Should you wish to reserve for a lunch meeting open to the public, (fee: $30) as listed below, Please email Club President Diane Marmann at diane. marmann@gmail.com.

Upcoming Speakers

September 14 – John Feyrer, digital expert: How technology has changed the World.

September 28 -  Nassau County Executive Laura Curran: Nassau County issues and concerns

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GC Board of Education approves personnel changes as school begins

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Rebecca Cassara was approved to be a Step I, Class III ENL teacher for both Hemlock and Stewart School with a three-year probationary contract. The board approved the recission of her prior appointment as a .71 ENL teacher at Hemlock and Stewart, effective August 26. Dr. Sinha explained the moves as the position was increased from the .71 appointment into a fulltime position.

For Stewart School, probationary teacher appointments were approved for Tonia Perdue, Kathryn Kelly, Taylor MacDowell, and Special Education Teacher Kate Polacco, as well as for teaching assistant Kelly Mulholland. Michelle Lupoli was approved as a leave replacement teacher at Locust School, and Giovanni D’Ambrosio was approved to serve as a leave replacement Italian Language teacher at Garden City High School.

Garden City’s board of education approved resignations of Mariano Delisi, a social worker at Garden City High School, effective August 24, and Homestead School teaching assistant Nicole Hock, effective August 25.

The resignation of Samentha Samuel as the GCHS Varsity Kickline coach was formally accepted by the board on August 30, though the resignation’s effective date is technically August 16.

The board also formally accepted the resignation of a teacher aide at Stewart School, Elizabeth McAndrews, effective August 24.

Also at Monday’s special meeting the board of education approved three substitute nurse appointments: Liz Colantonio, Susan Donnelly and Angela Guzzo.

Bridget Wing was approved as a per-diem substitute teacher for 20212022.

The board also unanimously approved changes to the school meal prices for adults in the district for the 2021-2022 school year. The prices are $2.60 plus tax for an adult’s morning meal and $5.00 plus tax for an adult’s afternoon meal. The prices, as stated on the August 30 meeting agenda, are “due to recent guidance by the New York State Department of Education.”

“We received a letter from NYSED and the adult meal prices have been raised. In order for us (the district) to get reimbursement the setting of the rates must be formalized,” Dr. Sinha said.

School Hours for the 2021-2022 academic year were noted as 7:40 a.m. to 2:40 p.m. for Garden City High School; 8:29 a.m. to 3:17 p.m. for Garden City Middle School; 8:10 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. for the two elementary buildings of Stewart and Stratford and 8:30 a.m. to 3:05 p.m. at the three primary schools of Hemlock, Locust and Homestead.

The Board of Education will meet next for a public work session on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, with its next regular board meeting the following week on Tuesday, September 21. Board of Education meetings are scheduled to begin in open session at 8:15 p.m.

Lowering Village flags to half staff

The Village follows protocol for lowering and raising Village flags, taking direction from the New York Governor’s Office. On August 26, 2021 Governor Kathy Hochul directed flags on all State buildings be lowered to half-staff on Friday, August 27, 2021 to honor the United States service members and innocent civilians killed in Afghanistan during a terrorist attack on Hamid Karzai International Airport. The memorial act was concurrent with the half-staff order already in place August 25, 2021 through August 31, 2021 to honor New York State Police Trooper James J. Monda, who died in the line of duty while on marine detail on the Great Sacandaga Lake. The Village complied with the Governor’s orders.

Labor Day police patrols

This Labor Day weekend, the Garden City Police Department, along with various other Police Departments throughout Nassau County, will be participating in the Statewide STOP DWI and National Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement initiatives targeting Intoxicated and Drugged Drivers. This initiative will

be enhanced by funds provided by the Nassau County Traffic Safety STOP DWI Program and the New York State Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee. As per the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 38 percent of all traffic crash fatalities nationwide during the 2019 Labor Day weekend involved a drunk driver. “During this initiative, the Department will be deploying additional enforcement patrols on Village roadways, strictly enforcing all DWI laws,” Police Commissioner Kenneth Jackson said. “These patrols play an important part in preventing holiday tragedies that seem far too common.” The Garden City Police Department wishes everyone a safe and happy holiday.

New Assistant Library Director

The Board of Trustees of the Garden City Public Library are pleased to announce that Ralph Guiteau has

accepted the position of Assistant Library Director of the Garden City Public Library effective September 13, 2021. Mr. Guiteau brings 14 years of experience in public libraries, working at the Syosset Library where he has headed the Media Department while also providing Adult Reference and Readers’ Services and hands-on computer and ebook training. Due to budgetary reasons, the position is a hybrid position. Mr. Guiteau will function as both an Assistant Library Director and Senior Librarian, working with Library Director Marianne Malagon, as well as the various Department Heads. During his tenure in Syosset, Mr. Guiteau created and implemented the “Library of Things” lending program, co-created a pop culture convention and successful spin offs, led book and film discussions, organized retro game nights and many other successful programs and events. Mr. Guiteau is also a for-

mer President of the Nassau County Library Association’s Media Services Division. He and Ms. Malagon worked together at the Syosset Public Library for more than a decade.

September 11, 2001 Remembrance Ceremony

Chief Devyn Moody and the Officers and Members of the Garden City Volunteer Fire Department would like to invite all Village residents to join the Department for its annual 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at the Village 9/11 Memorial located at the Village Green and Gazebo at the corner of Hilton and Stewart Avenues. The remembrance service will be held Saturday, September 11, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. The service pays tribute to the 23 Garden City residents that perished during the attack on the World Trade Center, the 343 members of the FDNY, 23 members of the NYPD and 37 members of the PAPD killed, as well as those who have died of 9/11-related illnesses.

Non-Resident Parking Permits

The Non-Resident Parking Permit application process will be done via a

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The Estates POA is back Sept. 8th

With summer unfortunately creeping to an end and children already back at school, the Garden City Estates Property Owners’ Association, led by its President, Michele Harrington, has been hard at work preparing to bring you an informative and interactive program for its first meeting of the 2021–2022 season. Mark your calendars because it takes place on Wednesday, September 8 at 7:30 p.m. at the GC Senior Recreation Center at 6 Golf Club Lane.

If you cannot make it in person, join the conversation virtually here: https:// nyu.zoom.us/j/93360805749

This meeting is open to ALL GC residents, old and new residents alike, who are encouraged to attend and to become an integral part in shaping the issues that affect our great Village. Where else will you be able find monthly, in-person updates on everything affecting our Village? At the last meeting in June, the Estates POA was fortunate to have numerous residents participate in an open and interactive brainstorming forum on how your POA could become more open, accessible and informative so that it could continue being an asset to our community. Your ideas and suggestions were welcomed and the POA is excited for the changes to come!

Are you interested in running for Village or School Board Trustee? Or maybe you know someone who is? The Estates POA has two very important, high-profile positions for the Estates Section that will be part of the Villagewide elections in 2022 — a Board of Trustees candidate (2-year term), and

a Board of Education representative (3-year term). Representatives of the Estates Nominating Committee will discuss the application process for any Estates residents that are interested in applying for the Village Trustee or School Board Trustee positions, including the dates and deadlines, the simple paperwork that is required to apply, etc.

Additionally, the POA expects to present updates from our Estates Representatives, including from:

• Village Board of Trustees: Colleen Foley and Bruce Chester

• Library Trustee: Randy Colahan

• Board of Education representative: Stephanie Granville

• Third Track Committee: Bruce Chester & Rich Catalano

• Governance Committee: Michele Harrington

• The Student Ambassador Program: Tina Rio

• COVID-19 Protocols for the Village of Garden City: Courtney Rosenblatt

The Estates POA thanks all of the residents who have volunteered their time to improve the Village, whether it be through service as a Village Trustee, participation in the Estates POA, or through your attendance and active participation in monthly meetings. We are excited for this upcoming season, and look forward to seeing you on Wednesday, September 8 at 7:30 p.m. at the GC Senior Recreation Center at 6 Golf Club Lane.

Increased DWI patrols for Labor Day weekend

This Labor Day weekend, the Garden City Police Department, along with various other Police Departments throughout Nassau County, will be participating in the Statewide STOP DWI and National Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Enforcement Initiatives targeting intoxicated and drugged drivers. This initiative will be enhanced by funds provided by the Nassau County Traffic Safety STOP DWI Program and the New York State Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee.

As per the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 38 percent of all traffic crash fatalities nationwide during the 2019 Labor Day Weekend involved a drunk driver. Police Commissioner Kenneth Jackson states, “During this initiative, the Department will be deploying additional enforcement patrols on Village roadways, strictly enforcing all DWI laws. These patrols play an important part in preventing holiday tragedies that seem far too common.”

DISCOVER THE FINEST IN SENIOR LIVING

The Bristal Assisted Living has been serving seniors and their families in the tri-state area since 2000, offering independent and assisted living, as well as state-of-the-art memory care programs. We are committed to helping residents remain independent, while providing peace of mind that expert care is available, if needed. Designed with seniors in mind, each of our communities feature exquisitely appointed apartments and beautiful common areas that are perfect for entertaining. On-site services and amenities include daily housekeeping, gourmet meals, a cinema, salon, plus so much more. Discover a vibrant community, countless social events with new friends, and a luxurious lifestyle that you will only find at The Bristal.

The Welcoming Club of Garden City

What's New

Back to school time is here and fall is in the air! Join us for a Couples Oktoberfest event on Friday, 10/1 at 7:30 at Plattduetsche Beer Garden for great drinks, food, and fun! Mark your calendars - tickets go on sale this coming Wed. 9/8 at 10 a.m. and will sell out fast!

Join us for a lively discussion about “The Alice Network” by Kate Quinn at our next book club meeting this coming Thursday, 9/9! If you’re interested in being part of the conversation, please reach out to WelcomingClubBookClub@ gmail.com. It’s open to new members!

The Welcoming Club is actively seeking local businesses and merchants to sponsor the 2021–2022 season! Sponsorship gives you the opportunity to support this year’s chosen charity, Bethany House of Nassau County. It's also a great way to promote your business to members of our community, new and old. For more information about becoming a sponsor, or other efforts to support The Welcoming Club and Bethany House, please email

Philanthropic Chair Libby McGowan at GCPhilanthropic@gmail.com. Special thanks to last year’s Premier sponsors: Adelphi University, Susan MacDonald, and La Bottega!

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Join A Group

Book Club: Enjoy a good book amongst friends. The Book Club meets every 6 weeks to discuss the page-turner of choice. For upcoming book club events, please email WelcomingClubBookClub@ gmail.com.

Craft Club: The Craft Club is a great way to meet with friends and get crafty. No experience necessary. We meet every few months to create a seasonal craft. If you are interested in joining, please email GCCraftClub@gmail.com.

Supper Club: Bring your significant others out for this one! This is a great way to make new friends as a couple. You will be paired up with 3-4 other

couples to set up a rotation of dinner events. Host your new friends at home or head out to try local restaurants. Please email GCSupper@gmail.com for more information.

Bowling Club: No experience necessary! We are looking for new faces to join our Wednesday league. Occasional pacers are welcome. Anyone interested, please contact Ellen (Diller05@aol. com) Carol (santa060@yahoo.com) or Liz (mcdea@aol.com).

Bunko: This simple dice game is usually played in a group of 12. It is a great way to meet people and make new friends. The game is easy to learn and fun to play. If you are interested, please contact WelcomingClubBunco@gmail. com.

Toddler Activities: A great way for you and your little ones to make new friends. Activities include stroller walks each week around our beautiful village and a visit to the park. We also set up playgroups with kids of similar age. Please email welcomingclubtoddleractivities@gmail.com for more information.

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Golf: Golf lessons at Cherry Valley Club are always a big hit! Golf pro Ed Kelly helps us GCWC ladies improve our golf game. If you are interested in reserving your spot for the fall 2020 session, email WelcomingClubGolf@gmail. com.

Tennis: Tennis lessons and group play begin soon! We play at the Garden City Community Park courts behind the pool. All levels welcome, groups will be formed based on experience. Spots are limited so please contact WelcomingClubTennis@gmail. com to reserve a spot for the 2020/2021 season!

Come join the fun and make a difference! We invite you to join the club! For just $37 a year, you will have access to lots of great events and many fun members-only clubs and events. Complete the easy online membership form today at www.thegardencitywelcomingclub. org in the “Join” section of the website. While you are there, browse the site for lots of great information about the club.

Place an ad in our Classifieds for reasonable rates and prompt results. Call our Garden City office at 516-294-8900 for more information.

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A veteran in the pizza biz

BY GARY SIMEONE

Joe Iannone, the owner of Avellino’s Pizzeria, has been involved in the pizza business for almost forty years. The 54-year-old Malverne resident has been at the location since 2014, serving up some of the best pizza in town.

“We took over from the Centurion Pizza Plaza, which had been a longtime staple in the community,” said Iannone. “I had been working at various other pizzerias before we moved to this location in 2014. It seemed like the right move at the time because this is a good neighborhood spot and Nassau Boulevard is a busy strip.”

Iannone, who is originally from Valley Stream, started working at a pizzeria as a dishwasher when he was just fourteen years old.

“I was working at J&S Pizza in the Rosedale section of Queens when I was just a kid. I learned the various ins and outs of the business, which have helped me to this day.”

After working at that location for six years, Iannone attended the New York Restaurant School in Manhattan. He ended up earning his culinary degree in 1985.

After graduation, he stayed in the city for a couple of years, cooking at various restaurants before making the move back to Long Island.

In 1987, Iannone took over ownership of Primavera Pizza in Elmont, which won a “Best Pizza” award. He worked there until 1999, before taking over as owner of the Brooklyn Boys Pizza in Massapequa. The Brooklyn Boys location closed up shop in 2009.

Iannone said that Avellino’s has been a successful venture so far, even though the early stages of the pandemic last year.

“Even though 2020 was not the best year business wise, it turned out decent because we were still able to do a lot of our pickups and deliveries. We never closed our store, thank god, and were still able to do a lot of non-contact deliveries.”

He said that non-contact deliveries are when people pay online and the food is left at the door through various delivery services such as Uber, DoorDash Grubhub and through Avellino’s own service.

Avellino’s is located at 279 Nassau Blvd.

Estates POA seeks Student Ambassadors

The Property Owners’ Association of Garden City Estates is offering the position of Student Ambassador to a current high school student in 11th or 12th grade. This program is intended to encourage high school students’ participation in the Village’s government through attendance at POA meetings.  The Estates POA is now accepting applications for Student Ambassador for the school year 2021–2022 from students who are either in their junior and senior year of any public or private high school and who currently reside in the Estates section of Garden City.  This is an excellent opportunity for students to become involved in Garden City’s unique form of local government.  The applicant must have a parent who has paid membership dues to the Estates POA for the 2021–2022 year.

The Student Ambassador will be expected to

• Attend the monthly Estates POA meetings,

• Give a report, at this meeting, about one issue that is of concern to high school students,

• Work on a project under the direction of the Chairperson of the Ambassador Program

• Attend at least one meeting of the School Board per year and

• Attend at least one meeting of the Board of Trustees per year.

The application is available on the Estates POA website www.gcestates. org.

Please mail the completed application, an unofficial copy of your transcript, a list of any extracurricular activities and a short essay explaining why you are interested in participating in the Student Ambassador Program to the Estates POA, P. O. Box 282, Garden City, New York 11530 or email to Tina Rio at ctrio4596@gmail.com.  The application must be received by September 30, 2021.

Welcome Back for a Great

School Year, Garden City

The Garden City PTA is thrilled to welcome ALL students back to our school buildings for the 2021–22 school year! We’ve been working all summer to help celebrate the start to school, support our students, teachers and administration, and ensure Garden City’s children are ready to learn in person. Over the summer, the PTA has:

• Ordered 1980 sit-upons for all Garden City primary and elementary students

• Supported a Welcome Back event at the Middle School to share positive messages with all incoming students and teachers

• Hosted a ‘Meet & Greet’ with new Middle School principal Mr. Samuelson

• Hosted Welcome Back bagel breakfasts for teachers and staff at all seven school buildings

• Welcomed students on the first day with festive banners and balloons

Families from across Garden City also helped “Chalk the Walk” at all three primary schools this week, welcoming students with cheery messages for the first day of school!

Say Cheese!

School Picture Days Start Next Week

School photo days have been scheduled throughout the district. Mark your calendars with the dates below! Please note that these dates do NOT match what was printed in the District Calendar.  Below are the correct, scheduled dates for all schools K–8:

• Elementary Schools

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(Stewart, Stratford) - Thursday, Sept 9

• Primary Schools (Homestead, Hemlock, Locust)Friday, September 10

• Middle School - Thursday & Friday (Sept 9 & 10)

• Makeup day for all schoolsFriday, Nov 5

Back to School Nights are Scheduled

Back to School Night is back for the 2021–22 school year! Mark your calendars with the dates below -- and look for the PTA tables on-site for registration and volunteer opportunities. Plus cashand-carry sportswear sales!

• Middle School: Thursday, September 9 at 6:15 p.m.

• High School: Monday, September 13 at 7:00 p.m.

• Homestead: Monday, September 20 at 6:30 p.m.

• Locust: Wednesday, September 22 at 6:30 p.m.

• Hemlock: Thursday, September 23 at 6:30 p.m.

• Stratford: Monday, September 27 at 6:30 p.m.

• Stewart: Tuesday, September 28 at 6:30 p.m.

Sportswear Sales are Live Online and at St. Paul’s!

Dress your family in Maroon and Gray and show your Garden City pride!  Our fall sportswear fundraiser is back with a new online store.  Check out the new merchandise and place your order today at www.gardencitypta. org/sportswear. The last day for online orders is Saturday, September 25.

The PTA also invites you to visit us at St. Paul’s on Saturday, September 18 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to view samples

FOR SENIORS

Special Events for September at the Senior Center

Tuesday, September 21 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Property Tax Exemption Workshop Learn how you can save on your home taxes.  Reservations are a must by calling the Dept. of Assessment starting September 7 at 516-571-1500 for an appointment.

Tuesday, September 28 at 11 a.m.

Managing your Medications Assemblyman Ed Ra is working with Northwell Health to offer this

video workshop that will take place at the Senior Center.  As we get older, our medication regimen may become increasingly complicated.  This workshop will help you learn how to manage your medications for the best results.

Wednesday, September 29 at 11:15 a.m.

Workshop on Elder Law and Estate Planning  with Aaron Futterman Mr. Futterman will give an overview as well as changes in the new laws that could affect you.  A light breakfast will be available.

of merchandise available for ordering online, and on Saturday, October 2nd from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to purchase samples. Limited Cash & Carry items will be available on both days.

It's Time to Renew

Your Annual PTA Membership

The PTA is proud to support all students and provide a connection between home and school.  We are pleased to offer quality programming to students and parents throughout the school year.  None of our endeavors would be possible without your continued support.  To renew your annual membership for the 2021-2022 school year, please visit www.gardencitypta.org and click on the

“Membership” tab.

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Every child. One voice.

Friends of Music Membership Drive

BY REGINA MORAN

As the new school year begins this week, The Garden City Friends of Music is beginning its membership drive and encourages all residents to join! The Friends’ mission is to support music education and encourage the development of music skills in our children. The GCFM welcome new and existing

Let your voice be heard!

Is there an issue in your community you want to discuss? Want to respond to something you saw in our paper? Then

members to renew their membership with a donation of $20. This annual membership campaign is their major fundraiser. As an incentive to early birds, there will be gift certificates to local area small businesses. For more information, please contact the GC Friends of Music at: info@gcfriendsofmusic.org

The A.T. Stewart Consignment Shop

Serve your summer fruit salad in this ceramic watermelon bowl.

BY MELISSA JAEGER

Yep!  It’s almost Labor Day.  For many, that means summer rentals are ending, vacations (and stay-cations) are over and we need to start getting the kids ready for school.  It signifies the unofficial end of summer. There are a number of stories about the origins of Labor Day, but consensus is that one

of the first celebrations started in 1887.  As trade unions and labor movements grew, different trade unions felt that there should be a day to celebrate labor.

In 1894, Congress passed a bill recognizing the first Monday in September as Labor Day and making it an official federal holiday.  President Cleveland signed the bill into law on June 28th.

Sanitation collectionsLabor Day week

There will be no garbage pickup on Monday, September 6 (Labor Day). The holiday week collection schedule will be as follows:

Western half of the village (west of Rockaway Avenue): Garbage - Tuesday and Friday; Rubbish  - Thursday, September 9

Eastern half of the village (east of Rockaway Avenue): GarbageWednesday and Saturday; Rubbish  - Thursday, September 9

Residents scheduled for recycling on Monday, September 6 are asked to put their recyclables out on Labor Day.

Don’t wait for Labor Day… why not throw some burgers and hotdogs on the barbecue tomorrow?  Or make the day extra special and serve up some delicious lobster with drawn butter.  End the meal with some ice cream, watermelon and/or smores!  Check out our selection of fun (and beautiful) placemats to set the table.  Serve up the fruit salad in this cool ceramic watermelon.  Why not fill it with ice cream instead?  If you’re more traditional, use these darling ice cream bowls.  If it sounds like I have dessert on-the-brain, it’s because Sept. 4th is Eat an Extra Dessert Day!  Woo hoo!

As a reminder, this Saturday we are open again (noon – 4 p.m.)!  And our Wednesday extended shopping hours (until 6:00 p.m.) resume on Sept. 8.

All are welcome to come in and browse the Exchange.  However, if you are not vaccinated, please wear a mask.  Even though all the volunteers have been vaccinated, you will see that many of us continue to wear our masks, out of an abundance of caution.  We offer hand-sanitizer when you enter the shop, and, to keep you feeling safe, we are running the air purifier which cleans the air in the Shop every hour.

We get newly consigned merchandise almost every day!   And, we purchase and sell new merchandise—especially gift items—through the NY Gift Show.  Therefore, I prefer to think of our shop as a Gift and Resale Shop.  If you can’t make it in right away, please shop online at www.atstewartexchange.org and come to the Exchange to pick up.  We also post photos on the AT Stewart Exchange Facebook and Instagram pages, as well as the TGCHS website (www.tgchs.org).

Unfamiliar with the Exchange Consignment Shop?  We are housed in The Garden City Historical Society (TGCHS) Museum on 109 Eleventh Street (in the basement of the building). All the proceeds from the Shop sales directly benefit TGCHS.  In addition to our best sellers—jewelry (costume and fine), lamps, mirrors, and crystal (Waterford, Baccarat, Tiffany) -- we take/accept silver, pocketbooks, china, furniture, artwork, and collectibles.  All items are in new or nearly new condition.

With the virus, we have had to take measures to safeguard our customers, consignors, and volunteers.  We now do consignments by appointment only which helps to keep down the numbers of people in the Shop at any point in time and reduces wait-times to consign.  Consignments are now done Wednesday through Friday 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. by appointment ONLY, so please call (516) 746-8900.  Unsure if your items are appropriate to consign?  Email photos to store@atstewartexchange.org and be sure to include sizing info.  Please be sure items are cleaned and polished, ready for sale.

All the profits from the Consignment Shop support the maintenance and upkeep of TGCHS Museum.  Thanks to your generous support, work on the outside of the Museum continues.

The Shop is located at 109 Eleventh Street.

Summer Shop Hours: Tues–Fri: 10:00–4:00 p.m., Sat: Noon–4:00 p.m. Closed Sundays during August.

For more information, please call (516) 746-8900

Remembering Labor Day

BY BOB MORGAN, JR.

Some weeks the topic of this column is crystal clear, but I really don’t feel like writing another piece about the totally depressing situation in Afghanistan or even about the Covid outbreak, where I still believe there is definitely light at the end of the tunnel.

So I decided to devote this week’s column to Labor Day. Although I have been writing in this space for 26 years, and have personally celebrated Labor Day in each of the years since 1995, I have never really thought much about the holiday other than as a pleasant end of a three day weekend that is the de facto end of summer.  I certainly have never written about Labor Day itself, other than to mention that the pace of business and personal activity picks up markedly after the holiday, particularly as kids go back to school.

Labor Day apparently was the idea of Peter J. McGuire, a carpenter and labor union leader in New York City, who thought that workers should have their own day of celebration. Mr. McGuire proposed the idea to the city’s Central Labor Council and it was duly celebrated on September 5, 1882, a Tuesday, and a number of states soon decided to adopt it as a holiday.  By 1894, after a series of violent confrontations between labor and management, President Grover Cleveland attempted to calm things down by proclaiming Labor Day, the first Monday in September, as a federal holiday.

In the years following 1894, the holiday has been marked by numerous parades and other gatherings, often organized by unions, with pro-labor politicians frequently present.  But for most people, the holiday is mainly a time for gatherings of family and friends, barbecues and maybe a season final trip to the beach.

Still, the idea of remembering people who work is a sound one, and it calls to mind the many changes in the United States workforce since Labor Day first became a holiday.

While perhaps half of all Americans lived on farms at the end

of the nineteenth century (not that farm work was anything but backbreaking), conditions were particularly difficult for industrial workers.  Wages were low, workweeks were typically 12 hours a day, 6 days a week and working conditions at, say, steel mills or coal mines were grimy and difficult.  Even worse, child labor was common.

Slowly, however, things did improve, perhaps due to increasing overall prosperity.  Henry Ford (for all his other faults) established a 9 hour and then 8 hour day at his automobile factory , and paid his workers better.  Child labor was abolished, laws regulating wages and working conditions were enacted and by the 1930’s labor unions were free to organize.

In some ways the post-World War II days were an ideal time for blue collar workers, who could make a living wage with benefits in many unionized industries.  Still, many of these jobs were either dangerous or in many cases, extremely tedious, like performing a single function on an assembly line.  By the 1970’s many of these jobs had left due to global competition, but the workforce was transformed into a far more white collar and less unionized group, with an emphasis on the production of services rather than goods.  One very important change was the inclusion of a large number of women in the workforce.  A very recent change, driven by technology as well as the Covid virus, is the growing importance of working

The bottom line is that the nature of work has changed, and mostly for the better, in the United States.  Basically labor conditions are better than they have ever been, but many workers still have to confront issues like child care.  Still, most of us work hard, and perform important and meaningful functions.  Whether you celebrate Labor Day by attending parades or formal celebrations, or just by hanging out with those close to you, the day is a well earned respite from going to your job.

Back to School Safety

SUBMITTED BY THE GARDEN CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT

It’s that time of year again. Summer vacation is almost over and schools are reopening. With that in mind the Garden City Police Department has put together a four-part Series of Articles to address Back-to-School Safety Issues. Part One will address “Safe Driving Practices,” Part Two “School Bus Safety,” Part Three “Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety” and Part Four “Stranger Danger.”

When schools are opening in the morning and closing in the afternoon, the areas around schools are very busy and crowded. Parents and other adults can do much to improve traffic safety around our schools by driving cautiously, teaching their children safe practices and limiting vehicle trips. In some cases, parents and other adults may be the cause of safety concerns. Drivers should obey all traffic laws and apply the following safety practices.

• When dropping off or picking up children at school, avoid parking on the opposite side of the street from the school. If you have to park on the opposite side of the street, NEVER call your children to your car. Always meet them on the school side of the road and walk them to your car. Also talk with them about what to do if you are not there on time.

• Make sure children are careful opening car doors. Children should always get in and out of your vehicle through the rear curbside door.

• Drivers should not double park or block traffic. Parking or waiting in red zones such as disabled parking areas and no stopping zones is prohibited.

• Do not block school buses or use areas designated for buses only.

• Never stop or park in a crosswalk or within the posted crosswalk “No Parking” area. Students and other pedestrians rely on the crosswalk and need the visibility that the posted no parking buffer provides to cross the street safely.

• Do not violate the law by using the excuse “I’ll just be here for a minute,” when picking up or dropping off students.

• Do not make U-turns within school zones and avoid turning around in neighboring driveways. It’s hard enough to see children and even hard-

er when you’re backing up or making U-turns.

• When backing up from a driveway or garage, be aware that children may be walking or bicycling to or from a school or school bus.

• Never leave a child of any age in a vehicle without adult supervision. A small child may rapidly suffer dehydration, heat exhaustion and consequent organ failure. Older children could play games that may lead to tragedy.

• Learn the traffic patterns at the schools to avoid being a disruption. SLOW DOWN! You’re free to drive even slower than the posted school zone speed limit and should always be considered when conditions warrant it such as: heavy rain, snow, fog, icy roads, darkness, or heavy traffic conditions.

• NEVER pass a stopped school bus when its red flashing lights are on. Whether you are behind the bus or approaching from the opposite direction, you must come to a full stop and remain stopped until warning lights are off. According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Association (NHTSA), from 2010 to 2019, 1,199 people were killed nationally in school transportation related crashes.

Motorists should keep in mind that young children usually see and hear differently than adults. Children only have two-thirds the peripheral vision adults have and they have difficulty determining the source of a sound. They are still learning to judge distance and speed. When a car is coming toward them, they cannot accurately judge how fast it is traveling or how long it will take to cover the distance. Children focus on one thing at a time. If they are playing with friends or riding bikes it is unlikely they are aware of your car. Children are spontaneous and have trouble stopping an action once started. Children also tend to overestimate their abilities, thinking they can run across a street before the light changes or a car approaches.

If parents and other motorists make it a habit to incorporate these safe practices into their routines, the risk of injury or death to anyone in the school zone will be greatly reduced. The Garden City Police Department encourages everyone to read Part Two, “School Bus Safety,” next week.

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Garden City’s Educational Heritage

BY JOHN ELLIS KORDES

Garden City was founded in 1869 by Alexander Turney Stewart, a famous New York City merchant. He and his wife, Cornelia, lived in a magnificent mansion on the NW corner of 34th Street and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. They had no children and never lived in Garden City. In fact, Stewart died in 1876 just seven years after his famous purchase of the Hempstead Plains where Garden City was laid out. In the initial design, which included a hotel, his own railroad (and station), stores, houses and a waterworks, there was no mention of a church or a school. Not surprising since very few people lived here in those early days.

It was Stewart's wife, Cornelia, who announced plans, just after his funeral, to build a beautiful Cathedral and schools for

boys and girls in memory of her husband. This forever changed Garden City's destiny. This was no longer a multi-millionaire's project. Garden City now had a reason to exist. With the completion of the Cathedral of the Incarnation (1885), St. Paul's School for boys (1883) and St. Mary's School for girls (1892) , Garden City became renowned as the Seat of the Episcopal Church on Long Island with two of the finest prep schools in the country. Newspapers in those days predicted Garden City would become a religious and educational center on Long Island.

Over the years that prophecy became a reality with ten houses of worship, excellent private and public schools and a nationally known university. Here is a look at the educational evolution of Garden City following the death of its founder in 1876.

The St. Paul’s School building was completed in 1883 on Stewart Avenue at Rockaway Avenue and served as a military school for its first ten years. It went on to become one of the finest prep schools in the country. This photo was taken just after completion. In 1990, St. Mary’s School merged with St. Paul’s in this building. The school was closed altogether in the spring of 1991. The builiding and the surrounding property were sold to the Village of Garden City in 1993. Since then, the historic 1883 building has been used for... ??? Nothing.

The St. Mary’s School building wasn’t built until after Cornelia Stewart’s death in 1886. It opened on Cathedral Avenue across from the Cathedral property in 1892 and was much smaller than St. Paul’s. In 1902, the tower section (on the left) was constructed after an “Apostle” house was moved across Fifth Street. Several other additions were built over the years and in 1990 the school left here and merged with St. Paul’s before closing altogether in 1991. In 2001, this building was torn down and replaced with houses. This photo dates to around 1915.

is Garden City’s first public school building built in 1902 on Cathedral Avenue at the west end of Seventh Street. Initially, it was a one

In 1925, Garden City’s first high school was completed. Before this, students would go to Hempstead High School. This photo was taken just after completion of the school. Note the original flagpole was a mast from a ship (thus “Mast” became the name of the high school yearbook). This building was expanded several times over the years. In 1955, when Garden City’s second high school opened it became the junior high school and later the middle school. The cupola on top (still there today) was inspired by the one on the old Garden City Hotel (1901-1973).

In 1929, Adelphi College left Brooklyn (where it was founded in 1896) and came to Garden City. Its original three buildings were designed by the famous firm of McKim, Mead and White. This photo was taken just after their completion (St. Paul’s School can be seen in the distance). Initially, it was an all women’s college in Garden City until after WWII when it became co-ed. From those original three buildings the campus has grown tremendously and the school became a university in 1962 and today it is a nationally known school.

In 1930, Garden City’s first elementary school was completed on Stratford Avenue complete with a cupola. Named for the street it faces, as are all public schools in Garden City (yes, even Hemlock School where there was once a Hemlock Street running north-south right where the park and school are today). For decades, Stratford School handled grades 4-6 and today it’s 2-5.

This building was built by the Cathedral on Cathedral Avenue next to the railroad tracks around 1930. It was known as “Cathedral House.” It had offices, an auditorium and eventually a popular nursery school that lasted over 50 years, the last few in a different location over on the St. Paul’s campus on Rockaway Avenue. There are also several other well respected nursery schools in Garden City. Also, on the SW corner of the Cathedral property along Fourth Street is the Mercer School of Theology. The above building was torn down by the Cathedral this summer. Another landmark gone.

This is the imposing front entrance of Stewart Elementary School. Built in 1937 in a “collegiate Tudor” style, with stone carvings on the outside of the building, leaded glass windows and interior woodwork, it remains the architectural gem in Garden City’s School District. Located on the corner of Stewart Avenue and Clinton Road in the east, it provided Garden City with a second elementary school (then grades 4-6, now grades 2-5) to handle Garden City’s growing population back then.

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Garden City’s Educational Heritage

In the fall of 1955, Garden City’s second high school opened. It was built in a sprawling ranch design (so popular in the 1950s). This can be seen clearly in this aerial photo taken just after it opened. At the time it was considered very modern and a departure from the past. A north wing was added in 1966 and a music wing in 2012. The school has gone through major renovations in recent years preparing it for the 21st century.

In 1958, Garden City’s renowned public school system was completed when three identical K-3 schools were built: Homestead School in the west, and Locust and Hemlock Schools in the east. Like the high school built a few years earlier, they have a ranch design. They were one story buildings which were considered safer. The above photo is of Homestead School taken in the early 1960s just a few years after completion.

is St. Joseph’s parochial school on Franklin Avenue and Fourth Street next to St.

Catholic Church. It has provided education for grades K-8 for decades. In the west, St.

Catholic Church on New Hyde Park Road and Dartmouth Street also has a parochial school.

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one China province during March 2020 reported psychological distress.  (The study was published by a major American medical journal.)  Older students tended to have more distress, especially high school seniors worried about testing and assessment for college admission. With respect to masks, the authors noted that in their sample, “Compared with students who wore a face mask frequently, students who never wore a face mask had increased risk of psychological distress.” Other factors that protected against distress were “knowledge about COVID-19 … and time spent exercising.”

Parents who want masks to be mandatory are concerned that their children may be among those who will require intubation in a traumatic ICU stay, or develop “long-haul” Covid disability, or even die.  Vaccinated individuals have substantial protection against serious disease or death; but those with “breakthrough” Covid infections may transmit the virus as readily as infected unvaccinated persons.  From a public health perspective, I agree that the risk of Covid-related ICU trauma, disability and death (even if less than for adults) carries more weight than the emotional turmoil a mask may provoke.  At the same time, asthma or anxiety triggered by masks are issues that can’t be casually dismissed: a school must work with child and parents to craft a plan to mitigate such side-effects and support continued learning.

I practiced general internal medicine for most of my 35 years as an active physician; but I spent the final years of my career as a medical ethics consultant, helping to resolve values-related treatment dilemmas and conflicts in Northwell hospitals and NUMC, as well as teaching bioethics to medical students and Long Island clinicians at the Zucker/Hofstra medical school. (My wife and I have lived in Garden City for 28 years.  Our two adult children grew up here.  For 7 years I taught Sunday School to elementary and high school kids at Christ Episcopal Church.)

Medical ethicists generally agree on four principles that help in analyzing and resolving bioethical dilemmas. Sometimes all four principles agree.  However, there are situations where two principles conflict with each other in their practical implications, and one must justify why one principle takes precedence over another.

The first principle is Autonomy, the right of a competent adult to consent to or refuse a given medical treatment after adequate disclosure about the condition and about the recommended treatment plan, its benefits and risks, and alternatives approaches.  Parents exercise this right on behalf of their minor children (and are duty-bound

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to obtain the assent of a child who can understand the issues).

Second is Beneficence, the physician’s duty to save patients’ lives, and to help them attain the best possible well-being and freedom from suffering.  Coupled with this is a third principle, Non-maleficence: first, do no harm.  Medical experts must demonstrate through scientific study that a health intervention actually achieves its goals, and that its benefits outweigh any risks.

The fourth principle is Social Justice, the imperative to protect and nurture the health of all people in a society, not just the health of a subset of people.  This is the principle that motivates public health measures.

The debate over mask mandates represents a conflict between Autonomy and Justice.  I’ll give an example of a court case related to legally required vaccination, which is just as applicable to the current controversy over a school mask mandate.  In the first years of the 20th century there was a smallpox epidemic in the Boston area, resulting in the deaths of nearly 20% of infected people. In 1902 the city of Cambridge required all adults to receive the smallpox vaccine or pay a fine. A resident named Jacobson refused the vaccine, and was fined.  He claimed that the law deprived him of the “personal liberty secured by the 14th Amendment” of the U.S. Constitution.” He sued and took his case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

In 1905, in Jacobson v Massachusetts, the Supreme Court declared that the state had the right to require “vaccination [which] is commonly believed to be a safe and valuable means of preventing the spread of smallpox, [a] belief… supported by high medical authority”; and that such action did not violate the 14th Amendment.  The Court prioritized the lives of the many over the choice of an individual in this crisis, especially since widespread vaccination had already slowed an epidemic that was taking many people’s lives. (Since then, the smallpox vaccine has actually abolished transmission of this once-dreaded disease from the planet.)  Exemption was allowed only if an individual showed that vaccination would “seriously impair his health, or possibly cause his death.”

contacts.  Protecting the health of the larger society is the goal of all public health laws and regulations.

The risk of Covid-related for serious illness or death is not zero among children.  A recent JAMA article reviewed the experiences, through January 2021, of 43,465 children aged 18 or younger diagnosed with Covid, who had ED or hospital encounters in 800 American hospitals.  Of the kids who came to a hospital with Covid, 30 out of 1,000 kids spent time in an ICU; 6 out of 1,000 were intubated; nearly 1 in 1,000 died.

For children under 12 years old, the risk of severe Covid-related illness (requiring ICU-type care) or death was highest among those with epilepsy, cardiac and vascular abnormalities, and sleep-wake disorders. (Toddlers under 2 who had been born prematurely were at significant risk of severe Covid disease – a hazard if a school-age sibling brings the virus home.)  Among adolescents 12 to 18, conditions besides epilepsy that predispose to serious Covid illness are Type 1 diabetes mellitus, obesity, essential hypertension and asthma.  I’ve cared for local adults with all these problems; I suspect these diagnoses exist among the approximately 6,000 children in our village as well.

This week the South Florida SunSentinel reported that in Florida’s current delta variant surge, “teens 12-19 have the highest [Covid] test positivity of any age group”  (23%), even though 49% of this group have had at least one vaccine injection.   5,725 children were admitted to Florida hospitals during the first 4 weeks of August.  The newspaper reported that “eleven children younger than 16 in Florida have died from Covid” since the pandemic began.  If we affirm life as a supreme value, can we say that 11 is too small a number to care about?

The New York State Injury Prevention Plan states that 11 children in our state died from fire-related deaths annually from 2010-2012 – a number large enough to warrant state laws requiring child-resistant mechanisms in cigarette lighters, and flame-resistant sleepwear for children 14 and under.

Unfortunately, many beliefs that circulate about mask-wearing dangers for school children are not grounded in evidence.  If we don’t respect scientists’ conclusions about the value of masks –from data which they laboriously and carefully collect and analyze – how can we rely on our physicians and hospitals for sound advice when they recommend other treatment, for different conditions, as effective and reasonably safe?

articles that showed a mask-suicide association.

In conclusion, I applaud Dr. Sinha and the Board of Education for their decision – without awaiting a state DOH ruling – to require masks in the schools, at least initially, while making accommodations for specific student problems when appropriate.

At the same time, I recognize that some parents understandably worry that wearing a mask will trigger anxiety or provoke an asthma attack. Others may base their opposition on stories of bad mask consequences they have heard from others, or have read online.

PLEASE:  Before you make up your mind or tell others about an adverse effect not reported by the Centers for Disease Control or the American Academy of Pediatrics, I BEG you to do a search of peer-reviewed medical literature to see if there is reliable evidence to support this belief.  Google Scholar and PubMed are available to everyone, not just to academics.

As I drive around Garden City, I often take note of its many houses of worship and the numerous American flags flown outside its homes.  It seems that most residents – regardless of their specific views on religion or politics – derive meaning and security from acknowledging ends that are larger than their individual goals. That’s why – in addition to sharing certain holidays and celebrations and charities – we have traffic laws, and public education laws, and public health laws.

The U.S. Constitution begins with “WE the people.”  The goals affirmed in the preamble include Union, Justice, and general Welfare, in addition to domestic Tranquility, the common defense and “the Blessings of Liberty.”  The Founders saw no conflict between nourishing freedom and meeting the proper needs of a united people in an orderly and just society.

Most religions honor some version of the exhortation in the Torah, “Love your neighbor as yourself.”  In the Christian tradition I grew up in, there is a Scripture by St. Paul, addressing intra-community conflicts, that says, “None of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone.”  If you’ve seen the movie Schindler’s List, you may recall the ancient saying from the Jewish Talmud inscribed on the ring given to Schindler by those he’d protected (a maxim also affirmed in the Quran): “Whoever saves one life saves an entire world.”  The 17th-century poet John Donne put it this way: “No man is an island / Entire of itself.…  Any man’s death diminishes me.” Surely we are diminished even more by the death or sudden profound disability of a child, in whom parents and grandparents invest so much present love and future hope. From page 2

Modern bioethicists generally agree that this legal and constitutional judgment by the Supreme Court was – and remains – the correct ethical conclusion: The principle of Social Justice requires that a reasonably safe public health intervention – on behalf of the health of all individuals in the larger society, and supported by consensus of scientific experts– must prevail over an individual’s autonomous objection or refusal, when failure to observe the directive may seriously affect the health and survival of neighbors and other

Last week a letter in the Garden City News suggested that “Children under 13 years of age are attempting suicide” because of mask-wearing.  I’m sure the writer is sincere in this belief.  I took the claim seriously by performing medical literature searches using both Google Scholar and PubMed, but I found no

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351 Stewart Avenue Garden City, New York 11530 between the hours of 8:30 A.M. and 4:30 P.M.,

UNTIL 11:00 AM EDT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud, for furnishing the following:

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Specifications, Form of Bid, and other information may be obtained from the office of the Purchasing Division at the above address or you may download the bid specifications from the New York State Contract Reporter website at the following web address: https://www.nyscr.ny.gov/ contracts.cfm

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING BY THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

Pursuant to the provisions of the General Municipal Law and Chapter 200 of the Code of the Incorporated Village of Garden City, New York notice is hereby given that the Board of Appeals of said Village will meet in the Village Hall at 351 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, New York on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at 6:30 p.m., to take action on the following matters:

1. APPLICATION & APPEAL OF ANTONIO & PATRICIA TRILLO as per the provisions of Sections 200-45 and 200-70, and a variance of the provisions of Sections 20015 and 200-52, of the Village Code, to grant authorization for the issue of a building permit, to construct and maintain a 10’ x 29’ in-ground Gunite swimming pool, with 50 sq. ft. outdoor kitchen, 4 sq. ft. firepit and

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400 sq. ft. trellis, enclosed by a 6’ high Estate fence and gates, with side and rear chain link fence; the relocation of an existing A/C condenser, and the placement of pool equipment in the side yard; at the premises known as 134 CHESTNUT STREET (Map of Garden City Lawns, Block 8, Lot 19), the granting of which would:

A. cause the allowable building area of (25% or 1,875 sq. ft.), to be exceeded by (344) sq. ft. (2,219 sq. ft. or 29.59%) ~

B. reduce the required freestanding equipment setback of (10.0’), to no less than (6.8’) ~ Building Department Application # 2021-10236, Landscape Associates Inc.

2. APPLICATION & APPEAL OF EDDIE GOLEBIEWSK as per the provisions of Sections 200-45 & 200-70 and, a variance of 200-15, 200-52(I) & 200-61(C) of the Village Code; to permit the installation of a 16’ x 34’ in-ground pool with a 52 sq. ft. outdoor kitchen in the rear yard, and the construction of a 1888 sq. ft. circular driveway with (4) light piers in the front yard; at the premises known as 7 JOHN STREET (Map of Garden City East, Block 132, Lot S2, R-20 district) the approval of which would:

A. cause the allowable building area of (3,000 sq. ft. or 20%) to be exceeded by (97) sq. ft. (3,097 sq. ft. or 20.6%) ~

B. exceed the maximum allowable driveway area of (1,500) sq. ft. by (388) sq. ft. (25.8%) ~

C. allow for (4) driveway piers, where (2) are permitted. Building Department application # 2021-10159, John M. Riffle, R.A.

3. APPLICATION & APPEAL OF ANTONIO ORDAS as per the provisions of Sections 200-45 and 200-70, and a variance of the provisions of Sections 200-46 and 200-52, of the Village Code, to grant authorization for the issue of a building permit, to construct and maintain a 20 x 40 in-ground Gunite swimming pool, with a 350 sq. ft. pavilion, enclosed by a 6’ high Estate fence and gate at the fronts, and black chain link fence at the sides and rear, with landscaping plan; while constructing a 163 sq. ft. raised patio

and stairs, at the side (demolish existing 294 sq. ft. raised deck) of the premises, known as 52 FIRST STREET (Map of Garden City Central, Block 28A, Lot N1), the granting of which would;

A. reduce the Rockaway Avenue required accessory setback of (83.3’), to no less than (79.83’) for the proposed estate fence and gate ~

B. reduce the (25.0’) required side yard setback to no less than (17.0’) (where 7.35’ currently exists), with respect to the proposed raised patio.

Building Department Application # 2021-10236, Landscape Associates Inc.

4. APPEAL OF FREDERICK & LISA BROWN for a variance of the provisions of Section 200-46 of the Village Code, to allow the issue of a building permit to erect a 320 sq. ft. first floor rear addition w/1,047 sq. ft. second floor above, and 164 sq. ft. front porch; at the corner dwelling known as 99 MEADBROOK ROAD (Map of Country Club Estates, Block 8, Lots 1, R-8 istrict) the granting of which would:

A. cause a horizontal and vertical extension of the existing (10.2’) side yard, and a reduction (stoop & landing) of that side yard to no less than (6.2’), where ( 15.0’ ) minimum is required.

Building Department application # 2021-10269, Kenneth C. Long, R.A.

5. APPEAL OF YAN

LI for variances of the provisions of Section 200-52 of the Village Code, so as to allow for the maintenance of a previously constructed pond and waterfall in the Fifth Street front; and a raised garden planter, in the Hilton Avenue front; at the premises known as 41 HILTON AVENUE (Map of Garden City Central, Block 5, Lots 1, R-20 district) the granting of which would –

A. reduce the required (50.0’) minimum yard setback for accessory structures from Fifth Street, to not less than (15.75’) for the waterfall and (23.75’) to the pond ~

B. reduce the required (80.0’) minimum front yard setback for accessory structures, from Hilton Avenue, to no less than (5.50’) for the planter.

In accordance with a plan filed with the Building Department.

6. APPEAL OF 112 BRIXTON LLC. for a variance of the provisions of Sections 200-15 and 200-31 of the Village Code, so as to permit the construction of a (219) sq. ft. one story rear addition, with a (765) sq. ft. second floor above and at the side, and a (63) sq. ft. front portico; at the existing dwelling known as 112 BRIXTON ROAD (Map of Garden City Estates, Block 44, Lot 55 , R-12 district), the granting of which would:

A. cause the allowable building area of (2,200 sq. ft. or 20.0%), to be exceeded by (312) sq. ft. (2,512 sq. ft. or 22.83%) ~

B. reduce the required (25.0’) front yard setback to not less than (21.16’).

Building Department application # 2021-10376, John J. Viscardi, R.A.

7. APPEAL OF RICHARD FIORENZE for a variance of the provisions of Section 200-15 & 200-46 of the Village Code, to allow for the issue of a building permit for the erection of a 554 sq. ft. rear, a 14 sq. ft. front first floor additions and, a 244 sq. ft. attached garage with a full 1,526 sq. ft. second floor above (while demolishing a 225 sq. ft. one story rear, a 174 sq. ft. attached garage and, 651 sq. ft. second floor); at the dwelling known as 35 KENWOOD ROAD (Map of Country life Development, Block J, Lots 156, R-6 district) the granting of which would:

A. cause the allowable building area of (1,526 sq. ft. or 25.0%), to be exceeded by (100) sq. ft. (1,626 sq. ft. or 26.62%) ~

B. cause a reduction of the current (6.90’) minimum side yard, where (8.0’) is required, to no less than (5.50’) at the side wall of the garage expansion, and cause the aggregate of side yards to be no less than (17.20’), where (18.0’) is required ~

Building Department application # 2021-10467, John J. Viscardi, R.A.

8. APPEAL OF MICHAEL WYSTRACH for a variance of the provisions of Section 200-31 of the Village Code, to allow for the issue of a permit to erect a 798 sq. ft.

three car attached garage; at the corner premises known as 115 HILTON AVENUE (Map of Garden City Central, Block 9, Lot 2) the granting of which would:

A. reduce the required front yard setback of (70.0’) from Tenth Street, to no less than (64.66’).

Building Department application # 2021-10300, plans of H. Bradford Gustavson R.A.

9. APPEAL OF MATTHEW & PATRICIA QUINN for a variance from provisions of Section 200-52 of the Village Code, so as to allow for the issue of permits for ( 2 ) previously installed A/C compressors and, 26.6’ of 4.0’ high white picket fence and gate (obscured by shrubbery); with the maintenance of a previously permitted and installed generator, in the side yard of the dwelling known as 50 HARVARD STREET (Map of Richlands, Block 3, lot 5, R-6 district) the granting of which would:

A. reduce the (50.0’) required setback for accessory structures, to no less than (42.0’) for the generator; (48.3’) to the fence; and (49.3’) to one A/C compressor

Building Department application # 2021-10335

10. APPEAL OF 1051 FRANKLIN AVENUE LLC. for a variance of the provisions of Section 200-15 of the Village Code, so as to permit the erection of two 400 sq. ft. first floor additions at the rear and an 81 sq. ft. first floor addition at the front of the existing building known as 1051 FRANKLIN AVENUE (Map of Garden City East, Block 152, Lot 11, C-B District).

A. increase the allowable Floor Area of (13,125 sq. ft. or 2.1) FAR to be exceeded by (1,785) sq. ft. (14,910 sq. ft. total or 2.39 FAR)

B. require the use of (4) four additional parking spaces in the adjacent municipal parking fieldBuilding Department application # 2021-10308, Salvatore Ferrara, R.A.

*Extension granted at the August 20, 2019 meeting.

11. APPEAL OF MATTHEW & LINDSAY LOOS for a variance from provisions of Section 200-15 &

200-52.H of the Village Code, allowing for the issue of a building permit to construct a 24 sq. ft. outdoor BBQ and 20 sq. ft. gas fire-pit, and the installation of 4.0’ high Estate style fence, Arbor and gates; at the dwelling known as 122 KILBURN ROAD (Map of Garden City Estates, Block 43, Lot 41, R-12 district) the granting of which would:

A. cause the allowable building area of (1,600 sq. ft. or 20.0%), to be exceeded by (77) sq. ft. (1,677 sq. ft. or 20.96%) ~

B. allow on the South side, (51.9’) of fencing and Arbor, to be as close as (31.0’), and on the North side, (37.4’) of fencing and gates as close as (37.5’) to the front property line, where (60.0’) is required.

Building Department application # 2021-10357, plans of John P. Cunha, R.A.

12. APPEAL OF JOHN & KATHERINE KANNENGIESER for a modification of a previously granted variance (September 25, 2007) of the provisions of Section 200-15, of the Village Code, which permitted the erection of a 332 sq. ft. one-story addition to the side and rear, and a 286 sq. ft. one-car attached garage; to be altered with a 435 sq. ft. second floor addition, which would maintain the previously granted allowable building area of (1,767 sq. ft. or 27.2%); and a variance of the provisions of 200-52.H, so as to permit the maintenance of (3) previously installed A/C compressors, in the side yard of the existing dwelling known as 63 KENWOOD ROAD (Map

of Country Life Development Block W, Lot 395), the granting and construction of, and~

A. allow a freestanding cooling unit to be as close as (4.4’) where (10.0’) is required.

Building Department application # 2021-10301, Nathan Laubach, R.A.

13. APPEAL OF CALOGERO’S for a variance of the provisions of Section 200-52 of the Village Code, so as to permit the maintenance of a previously erected 1,200 sq. ft. structural tent, in the rear of the existing business premises known as 919 FRANKLIN AVENUE (Map of Garden City East, Block 153, Lot 5, C-4 District), the granting of which would:

A. maintain the existing (0.0’) side and rear plotline setbacks, where (3.0’) is required~

B. cause the wall of an accessory structure to be as close as ( 5.83’ ), where ( 10.0’ ) is required.

C. cause an accessory structure to occupy more than (30.0%) of the required rear yard (603 sq. ft. or 33.0%).

Building Department application # 2021-10450, Daniel Fabrizi, R.A.

14. APPLICATION & APPEAL OF JAMES RORER as per the provisions of Sections 200-45 and 200-70, and a variance from Section 200-52 of the Village Code, to allow for the issue of a building permit to construct and maintain a 20’ x 40’ in-ground swimming pool with 6’ fence; and to maintain the location of (3) three previously permitted and installed A/C compres-

sors, in the rear yard of the corner premises known as 34 HILTON AVENUE (Map of Garden City Central, Block 25, Lot E8, R-20 district), the granting of which would~

A. cause (172.5’) of (6.0’) high fencing on the Easterly side, to be as close as (7.0’) to Hilton Avenue; and (3) three A/C compressors to be as close as (42.0’) the Hilton Avenue Front, where (50.0’) is required.

Building Department application # 2021-10358, Michael Angelone, P.E.

END OF CASES

The Board may transact any other business that may properly come before the meeting.

DATED: August 31, 2021

Karen Altman Village Clerk Garden City, New York 11530

The Incorporated Village of Garden City does not discriminate on the basis of disability for admission to, access to, or participation in its programs, activities or public meetings, and has designated Karen M. Altman, Village Clerk, as Disability Compliance Coordinator. Persons with a disability who wish to attend a meeting should contact Karen M. Altman at least 24 hours in advance of meeting at:

351 Stewart Avenue Garden City, New York 11530 (516) 465-4051

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

NEXT MEETING: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2021

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GC native completes PhD studies

GCHS alumna Emily Bengels (valedictorian, Garden City High School Class of 1992) just completed her PhD in Holocaust and genocide studies at Gratz College and received the Graduate Studies Award for her dissertation on child rescue efforts in Vichy, France. She focused on the efforts of the United States Committee for the Care of European Children (a group chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt and run by multifaith leaders and philanthropists) and how the organization’s successes and failures can support efforts to rescue unaccompanied children from the Northern Triangle nations (Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador) today.  Along with her formal academic research, Emily wrote a middle grades novel along with a student website and teachers’ guide.

“History can’t be studied in a vacuum,” Dr. Bengels says. “Issues of prejudice, pride, and miscommunication delayed the rescue of many children and led to lost lives. We can help children today by combatting our prejudices and striving to connect across our differences to support situations where there is real need.”

Just over three hundred children were brought to the United States from children’s colonies and internment camps

in southern France before the borders closed in 1942. Among them were Bill Graham (legendary music impresario) and Henri Parens (leading psychologist and researcher of children of war.) “There are children today who are in lifeor-death situations due to gang violence and environmental trauma; if nurtured and protected, they can add value and hope to our society just as so many immigrants have done in the past. Though the situations around the trauma and asylum-seeking are different, the need for child protection is the same across decades and continents.”

Emily currently teaches elementary school Reading Intervention and college Spanish in Central Jersey, while volunteering as a translator for the Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition, organizing social action events within her community, directing the music at the First Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hunterdon County, and giving presentations in person and on zoom about human rights. She recently presented for the UU Congregation of Central Nassau and is available to speak on a wide range of topics involving immigration and the media. Her website is lifeisanarrowbridge.com.

Coffee & Tea by the Book is back

The Coffee and Tea by the Book group will discuss “The Personal Librarian” by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray.

Coffee & Tea by the Book (minus the coffee & tea) with Librarian Laura Flanagan will be held on Tuesday, September 21 at 10:30 a.m. It will take place in the Periodical Room on the first floor. The group will discuss “The Personal Librarian” by Marie Benedict

and Victoria Christopher Murray. Registration begins in person at the reference desk on Monday, August 30 at 9:30 a.m. and is limited to Garden City Public Library cardholders. You may pick up a copy of the book at registration.

This is the remarkable, little-known story of J.P. Morgan’s personal librarian, Belle da Costa Greene. In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J.P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture in New York City society and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world, known for her impeccable taste and shrewd negotiating for critical works as she helps create a worldclass collection. But Belle has a secret, one she must protect at all costs. The Personal Librarian tells the story of an extraordinary woman, famous for her intellect, style, and wit, and shares the lengths she must go to—for the protection of her family and her legacy.

Friends of the Library Book Donations Day

The Friends of the Garden City Library is pleased to schedule a new Book Donations Day.  Donations may be made on Sunday, September 12 between the hours of 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m.  This will also be the first day that the library will resume its Sunday afternoon openings. Only two bags or cartons of books will be accepted per family.

The Friends ask that just new or gently used books be donated.  They are not able to accept textbooks, encyclopedias, CDs, DVDs or magazines.  Please refrain from bringing books that are ripped, have been written in, have traces of mold on them or in any way are water damaged.

Also, we hope that you are aware that there is a Book Sale Area toward

the rear of the library where, on a weekly basis, new fiction, non-fiction, soft covered books and children’s books are added to the shelves.  Presently featured, in the non-fiction section for the month of September, there is a good selection of books on the arts and on the entertainment field.  The children’s section now features wonderful picture books ideal for helping your children grow up to be happy, respectful and considerate young adults.

The money raised by the Friends provide the library with the ability to offer its patrons Museum Passes, and greatly expands and enhances the Library’s adult, young adult and children’s programs.

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news shouldn’t mean breaking the bank.

Library Board to meet Sept. 13

There will be a Regular Meeting of the Board of Library Trustees on Monday, September 13, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. at the Garden City Public Library in the small meeting room on the lower level.

Further details about the meeting will be posted when available on the Library’s website at www.gardencitypl.org.

Fall book displays at the Garden City Public Library

Back to school book displays at the Garden City Public Library.

Come in and visit the Garden City Public Library’s new displays for fall. The Librarians have created new displays with fiction and nonfiction books to help you enjoy the last days of summer and get off to the right start this fall.

Parents can find books to take the anxiety out of the first day of school as well as books about adjusting to high school and planning for college on the Back to School display. Looking to learn more about how to integrate

social media into your personal life or your business? Borrow a book on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. Check out the Social Media display. Other new displays include Fall into Reading, and Are You Ready for Some Football? The Library’s display area is located on the first floor as you walk into the building near the Circulation Desk. Stop in and check out a book from one of the new fall displays or speak to a Reference Librarian for your next reading recommendation.

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Books to encourage good behavior in children

Children’s books are available at the Book Sale Area.

The children’s section of the Book Sale Area at the rear of the Garden City Library, for the month of September, will feature books chosen to encourage confidence, good behavior and graciousness in your children and grandchildren.

The Friends of the Library hope that you will take a look!  While you are there, please, check out all the very pop-

ular hard and soft covered books that are stocked on the adjoining shelves two or three times a week.  Many of them are new releases, often by authors popular with Garden City Library patrons.  Commercial book buyers may leave their name at the Circulation Desk if they wish to be contacted to purchase large quantity of books at a scheduled appointment.

Speaking of Books

September is not only back-to-school month, it is also Library Card Sign-Up Month. A library card is the most important school supply of all for both students and their parents. This September, be sure your library card is in your wallet. If you don’t have one, sign up for a new one for you and for your children.

The Garden City Public Library has an extensive collection of books, periodicals, music CDs, audiobooks, Playaways, and DVDs for all ages. The Library also provides online access through its website to authoritative electronic databases as well as to downloadable ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and music. With a valid Library card, you can register

for programs, borrow materials and museum passes, and access electronic resources.

This September, open the door to a world of lifelong learning by using your Library card. There is nothing more empowering than getting your own library card. And if you already have a card, we challenge you to go out and tell your friends! Make sure they know the endless benefits of having their own card! The Garden City Public Library has resources to offer for every age and interest. Visit the Library for more information about all of the programs and services available with a Library card at www.gardencitypl.org.

News From the Children’s Room

Labor Day

Labor Day 2021 is Monday, September 6. Labor Day is the day to pay tribute to the contributions and achievements of American workers and is traditionally observed on the first Monday in September. It was created by the labor movement in the late 19th century and became a federal holiday in 1894. Labor Day weekend also symbolizes the end of summer for many Americans, and is celebrated with parties, street parades and athletic events.

https://www.history.com/topics/ holidays/labor-day-1

Library Card Sign-Up Month

This month is Library Card SignUp Month!  This is a good time to get your  own library card, and a card for your children as well.  There is no age limit, so anyone can get their own card!   Just bring in proof of residence to the Circulation department and the staff will be happy to help you.

Once you have a card, be sure to check out the Children’s Room and take out a book about libraries.  Books include:  “Where is Our Library? A Story of Patience and Fortitude” by Josh Funk, “Heidi Heckelbeck and the Lost Library Book” by Wanda Coven, “Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Library” by Julie Gassman, “We Love the Library” by Mike Berenstain, “A Library Book for Bear ” by Bonny Becker and “ Rappy Goes to the Library” by Dan Gutman.

Rosh Hashanah

The Jewish Holiday Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset on Monday, September 6 and ends at sunset on the evening of Wednesday, September 8, 2021. Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year and is considered a time of inner renewal and atonement. This holiday has many customs and traditions – starting with the the sounding of the Shofar  representing a call to repentance—to wake up and re-examine our commitment to God and to correct our ways. Thus begins the “Ten Days of Repentance” which ends with Yom Kippur, the “Day of Atonement.  There are many traditions associated with Rosh Hashanah, including the following:

• Attending synagogue and spending time with family and friends.

• Reflecting on the year before and repenting for any wrongdoings.

• Wear white and new clothes, symbolizing purity.

• As mentioned above, there is the sounding of the ram’s horn (shofar) on both mornings.

• Every evening, candles are lit.

Candles are often a symbol of remembrance.

• Food plays a large role in Rosh Hashanah tradition. Some of the symbolic foods include: Spicy, sharp, or sour foods are avoided in favor of sweet delicacies, representing wishes for a sweet and pleasant year (not a bitter year). Nuts are also avoided.

Apples dipped in honey (eaten on the first night).

Round challah (egg bread) dipped in honey and sprinkled with raisins.

A new seasonal fruit (on the second night).

Pomegranates (as its many seeds symbolize the hope that the year will be rich with many blessings).

Be the head of a fish (or ram) asking God that in the coming year we be “a head and not a tail”

https://www.almanac.com/content/when-is-rosh-hashanah

The Children’s Room has books about Rosh Hashanah on display, including:  “Is It Rosh Hashanah Yet?” By Chris Barash, “Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur” by Lynn Peppas, and “Little Red Rosie: A Rosh Hashanah Story” by Eric Kimmel.  Happy New Year!

Back to School

It seems like just yesterday summer vacation was just around the corner.   Now we are heading towards the start of a new school year.   The Children’s room has a selection of books to encourage the students heading back to school.  These books include:  “PoutPout Fish: Back to School” by Deborah Diesen, “Butterflies on the First Day of School” by Annie Silvestro, “Lena’s Shoes are Nervous: A First Day Back to School Dilemma” by Keith Calabrese and Juana Medina, “On the First Day of First Grade” by Tish Rabe, “Fall is For School” by Robert Neubecker, “Second Grade Holdout” by Audrey Vernick, and “Back-to-School Projects for a Lazy Afternoon” by Stella Fields.  These books and many more books about school can be found in the Children’s Room!

Play Hooray for Babies (Birth–23 Months)

To be held outside on Library property

Monday, September 20 @ 10:30–11 a.m.

-  Movement and Music Registration begins Tuesday, September 14 @ 10 a.m.

Monday, September 27th @ 10:30–11 a.m. -  Movement and Music Registration begins Tuesday, September 21 @ 10 a.m.

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Teen Advisory Board Meeting

The next meeting of the Teen Advisory Board is Tuesday, September 14, 5 p.m.–6 p.m. The meeting is for Tweens and Teens in Grades 6–12. Registration begins Tuesday, September 7 at 10 a.m. online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org).

If you are interested in helping to come up with programming ideas, volunteer ideas,  or social media outreach ideas for Tweens and Teens in Grades 6–12, consider joining the Teen Advisory Board Online applications are available at https://www.gardencitypl. org/teen-advisory-board-application/  Applicants should be entering Grades 6–12 in fall 2021.

Tree Ornaments for Community Service: Pumpkin Ornaments

Earn community service by painting ornaments for the Garden City Public Library’s Tweens and Teens Department’s Ornament Tree! Each volunteer will receive three ornaments and a set of paint pens to decorate their ornaments at home. Paint pens must be returned to the Library. These ornaments will be used to decorate our new ornament tree each month!

For the month of October, the ornaments will be Pumpkins. Registration begins Tuesday, September 21 at 10 a.m. online via Eventkeeper (www. gardencitypl.org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. Completed ornaments must be returned by September 30 to the Library.  Registrants will be asked to pick up their ornaments at the Library in order to participate in this community service program. Volunteers must return three decorated ornaments and their set of paint pens in order to receive community service. Volunteers will receive two hours for every three ornaments they submit, at the discretion of the Tweens and Teens Department. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Tweens and Teens

Dungeons and Dragons

Join us for Tweens and Teens Dungeons and Dragons on Thursday, September 23, 4 p.m.–5:30 p.m. Learn how to play the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons by participating in one of our monthly Dungeons and Dragons Meet-Ups! Beginners are welcome! Each meet-up will feature a new self-contained, one-shot adventure and players will be assigned premade characters to play. Please register via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org) to participate in this program. Registration begins on Tuesday, September 14 at 10 a.m.

Teen Paint Night: Free Paint

Join us for the program Teen Paint Night: Free Paint on Wednesday, September 22, 6 p.m.–7 p.m. Participants

will receive a rectangular canvas and can paint using acrylic or watercolor. This program is for Tweens and Teens entering Grades 6-12 in fall 2021. Registration begins Tuesday, September 14 at 10 a.m. online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library. Teens who complete an online survey after the program can receive community service for participating in this program.

Teen Crafternoon: DIY Canvas Notebooks and Pencil Cases

Join us for the program Teen Crafternoon: DIY Canvas Notebooks and Pencil Cases on Monday, September 27, 5 p.m.–6 p.m. Design your own notebook cover and pencil case using acrylic, watercolor, fabric markers, or sharpies! This program is for Tweens and Teens entering Grades 6–12 in fall 2021. Registration begins Tuesday, September 21 at 10 a.m. online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library. Teens who complete an online survey after the program can receive community service for participating in this program.

Teen Game Night

Join us for the program Teen Game Night on Wednesday, September 29, 6 p.m.–7 p.m. This program is for Tweens and Teens entering Grades 6-12 in fall 2021. Registration begins Tuesday, September 21 at 10 a.m. online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl. org). This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library. Teens who complete an online survey after the program can receive community service for participating in this program.

Message Cards for Community Service

Earn community service by creating positive messages for Garden City Public Library patrons! Each volunteer will receive 10 message cards to color, decorate, and write positive or library/ book themed messages. These message cards will be placed in books throughout the Library in order to brighten the day of the patrons who check them out. Messages will be placed in books in all three departments, including Children’s, Tweens and Teens, and Adult Reference. To participate, please register online via Eventkeeper (www. gardencitypl.org). Volunteers can register once each week for five weeks as follows:

• Registration Week One: Monday, October 4 at 10 a.m. to Friday, October 8 at 4 p.m.

• Registration Week Two: Monday, October 11 at 10 a.m. to Friday, October 15 at p.m.

• Registration Week Three: Monday, October 18 at 10 a.m. to Friday, October 22 at 4 p.m.

• Registration Week Four:

Monday, October 25 at 10 a.m. to Friday, October 29 at 4 p.m.

• Registration Week Five: Monday, November 1 at 10 a.m. to Friday, November 5 at 4 p.m.

• Registration Week Six: Monday, November 8 at 10 a.m. to Friday, November 12 at 4 p.m.

• Registration Week Seven: Monday, November 15 at 10 a.m. to Friday, November 19 at 4 p.m.

Message cards should be returned no later than Tuesday, November 30 at 8 p.m.

Registrants will be asked to pick up their message cards at the Library in order to participate in this community service program. Volunteers must return 10 completed message cards in order to receive community service. Volunteers will receive two hours for every 10 message cards they submit, at the discretion of the Tweens and Teens Department. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Volunteers Needed: Reading Pals

Volunteer to read to and then do a craft with children ages PreK–Grade 2 during the program Reading Pals! The Reading Pals program runs from 4 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Volunteers are asked to arrive at 3:30 p.m. to review the material before the start of the program and stay until 5 p.m.to help clean up. Volunteers must be in Grades 6–12 only. Volunteer registration should be done online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org) at the following dates and times:

• Session One: October 5Register beginning Tuesday, September 28 at 10 a.m.

• Session Two: October 12Register beginning Tuesday, October 5 at 10 a.m.

• Session Three: October 19Register beginning Tuesday, October 12 at 10 a.m.

• Session Four: October 26Register beginning Tuesday, October 19 at 10 a.m.

These programs have been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Volunteer Program Reviewers Needed: Programs to Review in September

Become a Volunteer Program Reviewer and earn community service by participating in Garden City Public Library Tweens and Teens programs! In order to receive community service, volunteers must participate in the program and then fill out an online survey reviewing the program within two weeks of attending the program. Each volunteer will receive community service credit for every completed survey they submit, at the discretion of the Tweens and Teens Department. Surveys will be emailed to program registrants only after the program is completed and they have attended the program.

To participate, volunteers must register online via Eventkeeper (www. gardencitypl.org) for each program they wish to attend separately. Below is a list of programs Tweens and Teens in Grades 6-12 can volunteer at as a Volunteer Program Reviewer in September: Register online beginning September 14 at 10 a.m.:

• 9/22 at 6 p.m.: Teen Paint Night: Free Paint

• 9/23 at 4 p.m.: Teen Dungeons and Dragons Register online beginning 9/21 at 10 a.m.:

• 9/27 at 5 p.m.: Teen Crafternoon: DIY Canvas Notebooks and Pencil Cases

• 9/29 at 6 p.m.: Teen Game Night These programs have been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Six Word Scary Story Contest

In the month of October, participate in our Six Word Scary Story Contest! Tweens and Teens in Grades 6–12 can submit their scary stories between October 1 and October 30, 2021 in person at the Library. Scary stories must be exactly six words. Multiple submissions are allowed. Submissions must include a submission form, which can be found at the Library during the month of October. The winner of the Six Word Scary Story Contest will be announced in November and will receive a $25 gift card to Amazon. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Social Media Challenges for September

For the month of September, participate in our social media challenges to earn community service! September’s challenges are as follows:

• Art: Create fall-inspired art

• Writing: Write a story, poem, or essay with a school-theme

• Food: Make a dish using apples as an ingredient

• Question of the Month: What are you most looking forward to this school year?

• Reading: Read a book with a school setting

If you participate in the challenges, earn community service credit by submitting so we can share it on our Facebook and Instagram pages!

Submit for the Art, Writing, Food, and Question of the Month Challenges here: https://www.gardencitypl.org/ social-media-submission/

Submit a 300-word book review for what you read for the Reading Challenge here:  https://www.gardencitypl.org/ submit-a-teen-review/

Volunteer Teen Reviewers Needed Would you like to be a reviewer for

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the Library? Need community service hours? Then become a Volunteer Teen Reviewer. This program is for Tweens and Teens in Grades 6–12. The Library is looking for teen reviewers to review books and media in the YA collection as well as digital content, such as ebooks and audiobooks, available on Nassau Digital Doorway. There might be a book you've already read in our physical or digital collection that you can write a review on!

• Browse the physical collection here: http://encore.alisweb.org/

• Browse the digital collection here: https://nassau.overdrive.com

• Submit a review here: https:// www.gardencitypl.org/submit-a-teenreview/

Reviews will be used to update the Tweens and Teens Library Review Page (https://www.gardencitypl.org/category/teen-reviews/) as well as update our social media pages. Reviews are subject to approval by the Young Adult Librarian. Please make sure to follow the guidelines for reviews in order for the review to count toward community service.

Teen-Created Social Media Content

Earn community service by submitting a photo, video, or other content for us to add to the Library's Tweens and Teens Facebook and Instagram pages! Ideas for submissions include book reviews, artwork, poetry, short stories, personal essays, photos of food you’ve cooked or baked, or any other creative idea you have for content. Not all submissions will be used on our social media and submissions including photos of people are not allowed. Submit social media content here https://www. gardencitypl.org/social-media-submission/.

Follow Tweens and Teens on Facebook and Instagram

Follow Garden City Library’s Tweens and Teens on Facebook and Instagram! The Young Adult Department has been using both social media platforms as a tool to post updates, announcements, digital resources, ebook recommendations, and more during this time of social distancing.

Here are the Facebook and Instagram pages for the Garden City Public Library Tweens and Teens Department:

Facebook:  www.facebook.com/ GCPLTweensTeens

Instagram:  www.instagram.com/ GCPLTweensTeens

If you’re interested in participating and want to learn when new virtual events will be happening for tweens and teens (Grades 6–12), or if you have any questions, email Young Adult Librarian Laura Giunta at https://www.gardencitypl.org/young-adult-department/contact-the-young-adult-tweens-teens-department/ .

Teen Advisory Board Applications Now Available Online

If you are interested in helping to come up with some programming ideas or social media outreach ideas for tweens and teens in Grades 6–12, consider joining the Teen Advisory Board Online applications are available at https://www.gardencitypl. org/teen-advisory-board-application/  Applicants should be entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2021. Email Young Adult Librarian Laura Giunta at https:// www.gardencitypl.org/young-adult-department/contact-the-young-adulttweens-teens-department/   if you have any questions.

Kordes K orner

This looks like the mast from a ship. Well, it is and the ship’s name was the “Shamrock IV.” Why is this important? Well, when Garden City’s first high school was completed in 1925 (today’s Middle School) this mast was placed in front of the building as a flag pole. Thus, the high school yearbook became forever known as “Mast.”

In the 1950s, a hurricane blew the mast flagpole down and it was replaced with the current flagpole.

The

I’m pretty sure we’d all agree that every child’s life is infinitely valuable.   I ask the good, compassionate people of Garden City who question the necessity of a school mask mandate to imagine that universal school mask-wearing will save just one Garden City child from a traumatic ICU experience, longhaul disability or heart-breaking death.  If this is the sole benefit of masks for all, isn’t it worth some discomfort for all who enter our school buildings to wear masks as the CDC advises, based on the best scientific evidence available now; and to engage in good-faith, cooperative problem-solving if mask-wearing provokes side-effects?

Let’s join together to heed the best-practice guidelines of national infectious disease specialists and epidemiologists.  Let’s unite to protect – as best we can – all Garden City children and families and neighbors.

Frederick A. Smith MD FACP

[The writer is a clinical assistant professor of medicine, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell]

Abolish the filibuster

To the Editor:

In 2006, 192 House Republicans voted to renew the Voting Rights Act. Now, over a decade later, we can’t get a single Republican senator to come out and unequivocally support protecting the freedom to vote for the American people.

That tells you everything you need to know about our hopes for passing voting rights legislation or any urgent bill without abolishing the filibuster.

It’s time for President Biden to recognize this reality and use the power of his office to demand the Senate abolish the filibuster. Supporting voting rights legislation alone is simply not enough.

One of the biggest threats that we face is the climate crisis and we cannot wait another decade for effective climate legislation.

With the anti-science partisanship we have seen not only over the pandem-

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ic but long before—with influence from petroleum producers—the Senate will almost certainly not act with enough time to curtail the most damaging effects of rising sea levels, superstorms, global warming, and our continued degradation of LI aquifers.

There are plenty of actions to take within Nassau County and the state but the scale of the climate crisis needs immediate national action. The filibuster, particularly in how it has been hampering voter freedoms, will make us pay dearly for our inaction—financially and in quality of life for our kids, grandkids, and beyond.

Even if there is public voter consensus that we need to protect our water, our air, our land, and our energy infrastructure, a vocal and oil-lobbied minority may still have the final say until we are facing the worst of it. Let us protect our freedom to vote and the freedoms afforded us by conserving our environment and protecting our future.

Daniel McElroy

Disappointed at veto

The following letter was addressed to Nassau County Legislator Laura Schaefer and was shared with our readers.

Dear Ms. Schaefer:

My husband and I were distraught, and deeply disappointed, that Laura Curran vetoed this thoughtful and reasonable legislation.

We couldn’t agree more with the arguments presented by Leslie Dimmling recently published in the Garden City News (below).

Why would violence be tolerated (and in fact encouraged) to courageous persons in a helping role who are frequently at great personal risk?

We would like to understand where you stand on this issue and whether there is anything we can do as Nassau County residents to make our voices heard.

As a country we need to do everything we can to discourage violence of all kinds wherever it occurs.  This

legislation would be a step in the right direction.

Alison Parks

President Biden’s last straw

To the Editor:

It is true that the former president was considering an exit strategy for May 2021, but with strings attached.  Instead, President Biden throws in the towel and the Taliban dictates to him when to leave.

President Trump called the Taliban’s commander and the President of Afghanistan to work out a peace deal with strict consequences if either party didn’t abide by the rules.  Since this deal was not finalized, the May exit remained up in the air.

It does not need a military wizard to figure out an exit strategy:

1) Remove all American personnel and Afghans who helped us.

2) Move surplus inventory of weaponry back to the States or to other countries.

3) After all that clearance, demolish any American leftovers and withdraw the military personnel as the last step.

Biden, however, did everything in reverse.

There was no need for a hasty exit, leaving behind $84 billion of state-ofthe-art weaponry which will end up in our enemy’s hands.

We could have left with great dignity, but now, with our self-inflicted wounds, we look like a bunch of fools, with our allies shocked and the rest of the world laughing at us.

With 13 Americans already dead, most likely more will face the same fate.  President Biden will have blood on his hands forever!

H. Mayer

We all miss John McCain

To the Editor:

The late Republican Arizona Senator and Presidential candidate John McCain born on August 29, 1936 was always a breath of fresh air.  What you see is what you got with the “Straight Talk Express.”  He could work across

the aisle with Democratic Senate colleagues, including Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman and others on a regular bipartisan basis.  This also included Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy on comprehensive immigration reform and Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold on campaign finance reform.  His history in the Senate harkens back to an age of collegiality no longer seen today.  McCain, like New York’s late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, was an intellectual giant standing head and shoulders above today’s newer generation of Senators.

In our era of highly partisan politics, let’s hope that Congress members from different parties on the third anniversary of his passing on August 26, 2018 can honor McCain’s memory. Will we ever move beyond rigid ideological commitments and come together on behalf of all Americans?  McCain a role models others should be emulating.  With his death, Diogenes is still searching for an honest politician.

Larry Penner

Kathleen Rice voting update

To the Editor:

Last week our representative voted with the Nancy Pelosi led Radical Democrats again. She voted Yea on HR 4 which looks to limit what States can do in future elections and of course she voted to bankrupt our children and grand children’s future by saying yea to an additional $3.5 Trillion of debt which isn’t needed and we can’t pay for.

I beg all of you to pay attention to what Rice is doing. She is clearly not looking out for her constituents. Elections have consequences and we are paying the price for the last cycle. My hope is more citizens will pay attention to the actions in Congress. It is bad enough that we have a crooked and clearly demented Commander-in-Chief who is responsible for the loss of our brave military men and women who he sent on an impossible mission.

God Bless our Troops Richard Hay

September 3, 2021

Getting Places to Go to Get the Most Out of Indian Summer Outdoors

BY KAREN RUBIN TRAVEL FEATURES SYNDICATE GOINGPLACESFARANDNEAR.COM

After being fairly blissful about travel as we went into summer with incredibly low COVID-19 rates that saw a veritable boom in travel after a year and a half of isolation, I have gone back to being more cautious about choosing travel destinations and experiences for fall. I am still looking for outdoor experiences in uncrowded, open spaces amid nature, in places which encourage wearing masks when social distancing isn’t feasible, even after being vaccinated, and I will double-check that any travel company, hotel, airline, car rental is adhering to strict COVID-19 protocols. I will also take into consideration that like-minded people will be choosing the same sort of trip.

Here are some suggestions to take advantage of Indian summer into fall: Autumn Fun in Moab: River Rafting, Zip Lining and Hummer Tours

Moab Adventure Center, a division of Western River Expeditions, has a short list of ways to enjoy autumn in the world’s red rock playground of Moab, Utah. This region becomes an artist’s dream world when fringed by the Colorado River’s yellow cottonwoods along the Colorado River and the golden aspens of the LaSal Mountains.

Daytime temperatures in September and October cool down to around the mid-70s to mid-80s. Fewer people around after a record summer means more elbow room

Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia. Canada has reopened to vaccinated American travelers just in time to enjoy Indian summer and fall. © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

on every adventure in not just one but two National Parks – Arches and Canyonlands.

Also, fall rafting with lower flows reveals a rare clarity of water on the Colorado River, delighting you with surreal reflections of canyon walls punctuated with the brilliant pop of yellow from cottonwood trees.

Here are seven suggested adventures that continue through the end of November, with the exception of rafting which concludes the end of October:

Fall River Rafting Adventures  are full or half days, some served up with a BBQ lunch on a world-renowned stretch of the Colorado River, winding through scenes made famous by dozens of popular

movies. https://www.moabadventurecenter.com/moab-river-rafting Horseback Adventures come with cowboy-trained quarter horses. A professional wrangler leads the way on trails made famous by John Wayne himself.  Rides are three hours in the mornings and 90 minutes in the afternoons. https:// www.moabadventurecenter. com/moab-horseback-riding Hummer Tours are conducted in style and comfort aboard the world’s most serious 4x4. Spectacular backcountry opens up in the hands of professional guides who help visitors explore seldom-seen, awe-inspiring Moab overlooks. Tours are two, three and four hours including a sunset safari. https://www.moabadventurecenter.com/moab-hummer-tours

GOING PLACES NEAR AND FAR

Zipline Tours are always a thrill, but how about skimming over sheer sandstone cliffs and canyons on Moab’s only zip line? The Raven’s Rim Moab zip line tour begins with a spine-tingling ride to the top of the cliff faces overlooking Moab, swooping like a bird of prey landing on each of six gaps.  https://www. moabadventurecenter.com/moabzip-line

Hot Air Ballooning can be likened to riding a magical carpet for 3.5 hours over the astounding red rock landscape of Moab. It’s an unbelievable way to experience the sights of Moab in the quiet of the early morning. https://www. moabadventurecenter.com/ hot-air-balloon-rides-moab-utah Arches National Park Tours are stunning, morning or evening. Arches National Park Tours showcase the more accessible of more than 2,000 arches, the highest concentration on the planet, after which the park is named. https:// www.moabadventurecenter. com/arches-national-park-tours Mountain Bike Tours requests a commitment of 4.5 hours to experience why Moab has become the undisputed mecca for mountain bike enthusiasts from all over the world. Whether beginner or advanced the Moab Adventure Center offers professionally guided mountain biking tours on all of Moab’s classic rides.     https://www.moabadventurecenter.com/moab-mountain-biking  The extraordinary popularity of Moab means that visitors should “nail down your accommodations

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and your preferred guided excursions as soon as possible and certainly before you arrive in Moab,” said Cort Wright, manager of the Moab Adventure Center, the go-to outfitter for securing pre-set backcountry and national park access and tours. Moab Adventure Center specializes in all there is to do in Moab and bundles assorted activities and lodging to maximize enjoyment of  Arches National Park  and  Canyonlands National Park and the surrounding  Colorado River country

“Making reservations well in advance of arrival helps assure that we can gear up to accommodate your specific adventure requests,” Wright said. “Now is the perfect time to plan for a fall escape to Moab. Everyone loves autumn in Moab. Just about every trip operates right through the end of October and all landbased tours through mid-November.”

In fact, for early bird planners, Moab

Adventure Center is offering 2022 trips at 2021 rates when booked this season. (www.moabadventurecenter.com/ moab-lodging)

Moab Adventure Center is a division of Western River Expeditions (www.westernriver.com) an adventure travel company headquartered in Salt Lake City, with operations and offices in Moab and Fredonia, AZ. (Moab Adventure Center, 225 South Main St., Moab, UT 84532, 435-259-7019 or 866-9041163, www.moabadventurecenter.com).

Exploring the Pacific Northwest by Sea

Lindblad Expeditions has a new 7-night small-ship journey, Exploring The Pacific Northwest: The Jewels of The Salish Sea, that explores the wild side of the Pacific Northwest.

The week-long wide-ranging exploration of Puget Sound, the San Juan Islands in northern Washington State is aboard the small ship,  National Geographic Venture

Spend two days visiting the remote

shores of the San Juan Islands, perfect for kayaking, Zodiac rides, hiking, and spotting resident orca pods; enjoy hikes and breathtaking views in Olympic National Park, a World Heritage Site; zoom in on the fascinating world of photogenic fungi on a one-of-a-kind expertled foraging experience; visit Point Roberts, WA, a unique area which has been cut off from the rest of the world as a result of politics and the pandemic; gain a new perspective on the sea life thriving in these cool, rocky waters through the camera lens of our undersea specialist.

Lindblad adheres to rigorous COVID19 protocols, including requiring vaccination and a negative PCR test within 3-5 days of departure (staff and crew subject to same requirements).

From $5,290 per person; airfare credit of $500 to Seattle available for the Oct. 2, 9, and 16 departures and the surcharge for solo traveler is being waived for Oct. 16.

Lindblad Expeditions, 800-397-3348, www.expeditions.com.

Atlantic Canada Now Open to Vaccinated Americans

The four provinces of Atlantic Canada have opened to fully vaccinated American travelers.

Conveniently located just north of the U.S. border of Maine, Atlantic Canada is a crowd-free, coastal region made up of the four Canadian provinces  New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland & Labrador, and Prince Edward Island.

Easily accessible from the Northeast, the region offers breathtaking coastlines, fresh seafood, wide-open outdoors

spaces, land and water experiences.

The border opening allows U.S. travelers to enjoy the late summer season in Atlantic Canada, which offers temperate weather, warm coastal waters, and outdoor adventure. The fall boasts colorful foliage and several world-class food and cultural festivals.

All travelers must use ArriveCAN (app or web portal) to submit their travel information. In addition to adhering to Canada’s federal travel guidelines, each province within Canada has their own set of travel restrictions and requirements to protect residents from COVID19. (https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/arrivecan.html)

For more information, visit: New Brunswick,  www.tourismnewbrunswick.ca

Nova Scotia, www.novascotia.com

Newfoundland and Labrador, www. newfoundlandlabrador.com

Prince Edward Island, www.tourismpei.com

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BY LOU THEODORE

Six years ago, I wrote the GREAT EATS article. The fifth article in this series appeared a year ago and was concerned with steakhouses. Here’s what I had to say then:

“Steakhouses? A recommendation? I can close out this article right now with my answer: stay away from steakhouses. Period! They are a group of restaurants not to be frequented…but…if not a steak, is there another option? I have come to really enjoy hamburgers. What could be better than a hamburger with fried onions on a crusty roll? Add some ketchup, French fries and a sour Jewish pickle and you’re in business”.

A check of the literature provides a host of restaurants that could rightly be

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described as “hamburger joints.” Here is an abbreviated list of 10 along with, in some cases, their locations.

1. The Wild Goose, Port Washington

2. Prohibition Kitchen, Port Jefferson

3. Burger King, (chain)

4. McDonalds, (chain)

5. Memories, Williston Park

6. Bareburger, (chain)

7. Beginnings, Atlantic Beach

8. J.R.’s Great American (under construction), Williston Park

9. Majors, (chain)

10. Swing the Teapot, Floral Park. Last but not least, a solid burger with the trimmings, including some really tasty fries. Ask for Mary to be your server. Great entertainment on the weekends; try to catch Hell or High

Water.

You might also consider just simply putting some chopped chuck on the grill. The price is definitely right. I don’t know if burgers at some delis and supermarkets qualify for this article but one can occasionally get a delicious burger there…a bargain for which there is no 9-% sales tax and 20+% tip.

You want more? Just check the Yellow Pages. But as for me, I offer the following suggestions for burger joints.

1. Any diner. I’ve yet to have a bad burger at a diner. Honestly, the price is always right and the French fries almost always hit the spot.

2. Shake Shack. My favorite. My family’s favorite. The burgers are tasty and reasonably priced. The French fries are fair but the shakes are excellent.

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3. Wendy’s. Dave’s single; a meal in itself. A $5 bargain and the fries are excellent. They occasionally have a 2 for $5 deal…what a bargain! The shakes are fair.

4. The Cornerstone Pub and Restaurant, Mineola. A lot to choose from here but the burgers stand out. A bit pricey but the ambiance is excellent.

5. Any of the steakhouses. Hamburgers are your best bet at these spots but the prices are way out of whack.

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BY DENNIS MAMMANA

Week of Aug. 29 - Sept. 4, 2021

Stare at the stars long enough and you’re bound to find some that trace familiar patterns. That’s certainly what the ancients must have done so they could use the sky as a picture book for their stories.

I always enjoy searching for geometric figures, probably because they’re so plentiful. A point, of course, is too easy -- each star forms one of these! Lines and triangles are easy too, as any two stars form a line and any three form a triangle. The brightest triangle in our evening sky right now, of course, is the Summer Triangle, high overhead after dark in late August. Spend enough time gazing skyward and you’ll even find a square, tonight midway up in the east-northeastern sky.

Letters of the alphabet are fairly common too, as long as you have a good enough imagination. Now, while these aren’t abundant, there is one that’s easily visible on late summer evenings. It appears in a region of the northeastern sky known as Cassiopeia.

Cassiopeia is the constellation named by the ancient Greeks after an Ethiopian queen. She was said to have been so obsessed with her own beauty that, when the gods placed her in the heavens, they put her in the northern sky so that she’d revolve daily about the north celestial pole (where the North Star currently resides) and spend half of her celestial life upside down. Pretty vindictive, if you ask me!

The Persians, however, saw the prominnt “W” shape of the constellation as a kneeling camel, while some in the Inuit culture of Canada and Greenland knew it as Pituaq, a lampstand. Some can even outline the stars of this region as the throne on which the queen sits, though I’ve never had much luck with that.

Maybe I just don’t have much imagination; to me, it simply appears as a “W”.

Not always, however. Cassiopeia is on of those constellations that, as it revolves about the North Star during the night -- and throughout the year -- appears as four different figures. Right now, of course, it appears as a “W”. When it’s on its side, it can look like an “E” or even a “3”. And when it’s high above the North Star, it looks like an “M”.

Just above and to its east lies another “W”. It appears almost like a miniature

version of Cassiopeia, but it’s actually the northern side of the constellation Lacerta, the lizard. You’ll need a dark moonless sky to see it, since it contains no bright stars.

Lacerta is one of seven relatively obscure Northern Hemisphere star groupings created and introduced by the Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius. Hevelius created Lacerta to enclose the stars of such a tiny area of the sky that no other constellation would fit it. Some think that he may have been inspired by the ancient

Chinese, who saw this celestial region as a flying serpent.

If you’ve got a good dark sky, you should be able to trace the outline of a lizard, but to me, the five stars on its lefthand side seem to form a figure not unlike that of Cassiopeia. I just call it Cassiopeia-Lite!

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People have searched the stars for shapes since ancient times. The constellations Cassiopeia and Lacerta form the shapes of the letters W or M in the late summer sky.

What To Do When SSA Steers You Wrong

BY TOM MARGENAU

These are the columns I hate to write. Columns that are critical of some of my former colleagues at the Social Security Administration. But doggone it. Almost every day, I hear from readers who have been misled by an SSA representative.

I know we are all human, and we all can make mistakes. And giving out bum advice is one thing. But giving out misinformation that leads to someone losing out on benefits that they’re due is an entirely different matter.

I’ve speculated before what might be going on. My best guess is that SSA just doesn’t train its employees the way it did when I worked for the agency many years ago. I explained how I went through an intensive three-month training class with real experienced senior SSA officials as mentors before I could even think about answering people’s Social Security questions. And after that initial class, we almost always had some kind of refresher training before each work day began. Sadly, today’s SSA training is much less structured. And so much of the training is done by computers, not by human beings.

Anyway, there’s really nothing that you, as a consumer of SSA services, can do about that. But what you can do is follow the mantra I’ve preached over and over again in this column: ALWAYS INSIST ON FILING A CLAIM FOR BENEFITS. If you think you are due benefits, but an SSA rep says no, you have every right to still file a claim. That way you will get a formal and legal decision about your eligibility, and not just some SSA rep’s opinion on the matter. Here are some examples of what I’m talking about.

Q: My 78-year-old husband recently died. He waited until 70 to file for benefits. He was getting $3,555 per month. I took benefits at 66. I am getting $2,810 per month. I called SSA to ask about widow’s benefits. The agent told me I am only due his age 66 rate, which he said was $2,740. And because my own retirement check is more, he said I was due no widow’s benefits. I would like your take on this.

A: Well, this isn’t my “take.” This is the law. And the law says you are due his age 70 benefit rate in the form of widow’s benefits. In other words, you will keep getting your $2,810 retirement benefit. And then you will get an additional $745 in widow’s benefits to take you up to your husband’s $3,555 level.

The SSA rep you talked to might have been confused because the spousal rate payable to a wife (whose husband is still alive) is based on his full retirement age rate. But the rate payable to a widow is based on the deceased husband’s actual benefit, including any “delayed retirement credits” earned for waiting until age 70 to file (as your husband did). So call SSA back immediately and in-

sist on filing a claim for widow’s benefits.

Q: I was a stay-at-home mom most of my life. I haven’t worked enough to earn my own Social Security. I was married for 35 years to a highly paid lawyer in our town. We’ve been divorced for about three years. Neither of us has remarried. We are both 62 years old. Based on something you wrote in a past column, I figured I could start getting spousal benefits now on his record even though my ex-husband plans to wait until he is 70 to file for his Social Security. I called my local Social Security office and talked to a really kind person. She explained to me as politely as possible that the law said I cannot get benefits on his record until he is claiming benefits himself. Was this good information?

A: No, it was bad information. The agent you talked to might have been really kind. But she wasn’t really welltrained. While it is true that a woman who is still married to her husband can’t get benefits on his account until he signs up for Social Security himself, it is conversely true that a divorced woman can claim spousal benefits even if her ex hasn’t yet applied for Social Security. He has to be old enough to get benefits, meaning he has to be at least 62 years old. But he doesn’t need to be getting checks himself. So you need to reconnect with SSA and insist on filing a claim.

A bit of a follow-up. In this case, the woman did just that. But she was still given a little grief. I think the “kind person” used these words: “Who are you going to trust? A trained SSA representative? Or some old guy who writes a newspaper column?”

Anyway, I told her to go back to the agent and tell her to look in SSA’s instruction manual using the term: “independently-entitled divorce spouse.”

That’s what the rulebook calls a divorced woman who can collect benefits from her ex’s Social Security record independent of his entitlement to benefits.

Q: I just reached my full retirement age of 66 and two months. I’m still working full time. I called SSA to file for widow’s benefits. (My husband died several years ago.) I wanted to take those benefits now, and then at 70, switch to my own Social Security with the bonus for delayed retirement. But the agent I talked to, a really nice young man, said this special loophole in the law was no longer available to me. Is this true?

A: Well, just like the last questioner, you got a “nice young man,” but sadly, not a fully trained young man. He is mixing an apple and an orange.

The loophole he referred to affected people getting Social Security retirement benefits. If they turned 66 before Jan. 2, 2020, they could claim dependent benefits on a spouse’s record and save

their own retirement benefits until age 70. So unless you were born before Jan. 2, 1954, that loophole is indeed closed.

But a similar loophole has always been available to widows, and it remains available to them still today. So call Social Security back and tell them you want to file for widow’s benefits now, and at 70, you plan to switch to your own augmented retirement benefits.

Let me repeat my mantra: ALWAYS INSIST ON FILING A CLAIM FOR

BENEFITS -- if you think you possibly might be due something.

If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has a book with all the answers. It’s called “Social Security -- Simple and Smart.” You can find the book at www.creators.com/books. Or look for it on Amazon or other book outlets.

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CROSSWORD PUZZLE

It’s time to sell, but why has there been a slowdown?

BY PHILIP A. RAICES

Why are homeowners who are thinking about selling as well as purchasers who were contemplating buying have over the last 2 months been pulling back and slowing down their decision-making by holding off? My professional and personal opinion is that they are going through a phase I call F.E.A.R.©, which means=Fanaticized, Expectations, Appearing, Real!

However, what really affects changes and slows markets are the psychological aspect from the statistics and information that the U.S. government and other gurus come out with that although might be somewhat accurate as well as inaccurate affects the mindset of the selling and buying public. Especially those that should be selling at the most opportune moment in time as the demand is still @ historically high, but either decide to wait, or worse procrastinate and put off in making a more advantageous and positive decision for themselves to preserve the majority of their greatest most valuable asset that their home represents.

As I discussed in last week’s column waiting will not be to one’s advantage whether selling or purchasing when you factor in the current interest rates at the time of either event. I have done an excel spreadsheet that proves this fact of waiting will be detrimental to your pocketbook and future wealth retention. We are currently in a “perfect storm” for sellers and buyers. However, there are always exceptions to everything, but will always be based on a case-by-case and individual basis. But for the majority who are thinking about selling and/or purchasing, waiting will not be in your best financial and wealth-building future.

I have seen the graphs and analysis over the last several months and realize one thing, as mentioned earlier in the column, there is the beginning of the

“fear factor” which for the most part unfounded due to the reasons that I have conveyed in the last week’s column and in this column. Those that are waiting to sell as well as those that were considering buying, you need to ask yourself, why? Is it because that you feel that prices will continue to accelerate by double digits and why not wait longer to capture just a little more or that if you are a purchaser, we might be at the top but don’t understand the cost of your monthly “nut” if you were to wait until prices come down? The answer to that scenario is a bit of greed and not understanding the market! What do you think will happen when eventually interest rates go up; do you think it just might have an effect on your listing and selling price? If you do not think this will occur, “I have a cheap bridge to sell you” LOL (laughing out loud). Is it because that you haven’t created a plan where to move to after you sell as Phil’s 6 P’s c breaks it down in a nutshell? (Proper, Planning, Prevents, Piss Poor Performance©).

trust to handle not only your home but all your assets and investments? You as a potential future seller have a lot to think about to prepare for whatever path you might take.

Buyers who have either left the market or are now deciding to pull back, also have a lot to ponder and contemplate as to why they have come to that decision?

Then there is the group of individuals and families who have moved and relocated out of New York City as well as permanently from New York State and other costly states to other more reasonably priced states. Yes, we all know that the Covid-19 Pandemic had been and still has a major culprit and impact on those who have decided to move to less populated areas with more space, privacy, and home offices to be able to work.

and more important conclusion leading to a more accurate answer and solution.

BY CHARLYN FARGO

Do the words “healthy” and “takeout” even belong together? They can. Like everything else concerning your diet, it all depends on your choices.

For most of us, food from restaurants is a part of life -- busy schedules, athletic practices and late nights at work all contribute to a pace that results in little time left for a home-cooked meal. More than 65% of Americans regularly order food to go, according to the National Restaurant Association.

Here’s the key -- think about what

Possibly you just aren’t very concerned or care about the price or value of your home and how much you can gain financially if you were to sell because you just feel extremely comfortable were you at the present time and you also have a winter domicile and are either a snowbird or a snowflake. You will be at your primary home until the end and then your children will deal with it, right? Well if that is the case, when is the last time you updated your will? Recently, 5-30 years ago? No one considers that we have 3 guarantees in life, “birth, taxes, (if you make any amount of money), and death, the rest is negotiable! Do you have a living

Now the new and current Delta Variant has been added to the mix and also has added insult to injury in contributing to the future decision-making process to stay put or to move out of the densely populated cities. The other factor that goes hand in hand with all the other negative issues, making things much worse for those considering putting off purchasing; as well as those who have already completely abandoned the thought of buying for the time being is the consistent and persistent escalation of prices in a historically low inventory market way too fast and way too far to make many buyers feel comfortable.

But in the end, if one were to analyze what I have already completed “FEAR”© should not enter into the equation. But solid, pragmatic and logical information as “critical thinking” (critical thinking is no longer critical©) is necessary to ascertain the proper

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you’re going to order before you get to the drive-thru window or pickup line. Start with more vegetables and fruits. You can swap sliced apples for the fries in a kids’ meal from McDonald’s and a fresh fruit cup at Chick-fil-A. Many restaurants will double the vegetables (such as broccoli or a side salad) in your takeout meal upon request. If your favorite pizza place offers a cauliflower crust, give it a try. Even simple things like adding lettuce, tomato, onions or pickles to a burger can help boost your veggie intake. Try a veggie burger or portobello mushroom burger if it’s offered.

Another key is to phase out fried foods. Ask for items steamed, baked, broiled, grilled and roasted instead of fried. Even fast-food restaurants that specialize in fried chicken often offer grilled chicken. For Chinese takeout, try swapping in a steamed summer roll or dumpling for the deep-fried version. Many times, we simply don’t ask. Does your favorite Mexican restaurant offer baked tortilla chips and soft-shell tacos instead of deep fried? Choose fajitas with onions and peppers over a cheese-laden burrito. The same goes for dipping those chips -- salsa is a better option than the queso.

Philip A. Raices is the owner/Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 in Great Neck. He has 39 years experience in the Real Estate industry and has earned designations as a Graduate of the Realtor Institute (G.R.I.) and also as a Certified International Property Specialist (C.I.P.S.). He will provide you with “free” regular updates of sold and new homes in your town via the Multiple Listing Service of Long Island (MLSLI) or go to http://WWW. Li-RealEstate.Com and you can “do it yourself (DYI) and search on your own. For a “FREE” `15 minute consultation, as well as well as a “FREE printout or digital value analysis of what your home might sell for in today’s market without any obligation or “strings” attached. He can also provide a copy of “Unlocking the Secrets of Real Estate’s New Market Reality, and our Seller’s and Buyer’s Guides for “Things to Consider when Selling, investing or Purchasing your Home.

You can email or snail mail (regular mail) him with your request or ideas, suggestions or interview you for a specific topic and a Q & A for a future column with your name, email and cell number. He will email or call you back and respond to your request ASAP as long as he has your complete name, cell, email and/or full home or business address. Again, for a “FREE” 15 minute consultation, he can also be reached by cell: (516) 647-4289 or by email: Phil@ TurnKeyRealEstate.Com to answer any of your questions and concerns in selling, investing, purchasing, or leasing residential or commercial property or with your ideas or suggestions on future columns with your name, email and cell number and he will call or email you back.

Speaking of cheese, the sauces, dressings, butter and similar extras can make an otherwise healthy meal much less so. If you don’t want to skip them completely, ask for less -- ask for half the cheese on your next pizza and the dressing for your salad on the side so you control the amount you’re eating. Instead of sour cream on your burrito, try sliced avocado or salsa. Choose a marinara sauce over the creamy Alfredo on your pasta. When you can, ask for brown rice over

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white and whole-wheat bread over white. Load your next sub sandwich with plenty of veggies on whole-wheat bread to boost the fiber.

The bottom line is fast food can be healthier with a few tweaks. It’s all about thinking ahead and perhaps trying your

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favorite foods prepared in a different way.

Q and A

Q: Why are fried foods so bad for you?

A: Fried food has been linked with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke and heart failure. A meta-analysis study (17 studies with over 560,000 people

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and six studies with over 750,000 people over 10 years) found the highest intake of fried food was linked to a 28% higher risk of cardiovascular disease events, 22% higher risk of coronary heart disease and 37% higher risk of heart failure. The meta-analysis study was published in the journal BMJ in January 2021. Bake, grill, broil or roast for better outcomes.

Charlyn Fargo is a registered dietitian with SIU Med School in Springfield, Illinois. For comments or questions, contact her at charfarg@aol.com or follow her on Twitter @NutritionRD.

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Money and Relationships: How Financial Literacy Can Help

BY CARRIE SCHWAB-POMERANTZ

Dear Readers: If I were to ask couples to name the top three things that keep them together, I don’t imagine that shared knowledge and interest in their finances would make the list. Yet money is often cited as one of the main causes of divorce. A recent survey by Policygenius found that 1 in 5 people say their partner is financially irresponsible. And these people are over 10 times more likely to break up over money issues than people who say their partner is good with money.

I always recommend that couples get to know each other financially at the beginning of their relationship, but that really is just the start. A relationship can be a lifelong journey, and your financial togetherness is an important part of it. There are bound to be gaps in each partner’s financial attitudes and know-how, so, to me, it’s essential for every couple to not only discuss their priorities but also increase their financial knowledge along the way. Because financial literacy is also a lifelong journey.

I’ve had the opportunity to talk to a few couples lately whose own experiences demonstrate how being financially aware and informed can bring people closer together. I thought you might be interested in their stories. (Of course, I’ve changed their names.)

30-somethings Consider a Prenup

Jessica and Aiden, both in their late 30s, were recently engaged. Both had growing careers, and each had already accumulated some assets. One of them had a considerable number of employee stock options. While they had been together for a couple of years and already had a reasonable knowledge of each other’s financial attitudes, marriage made them look more seriously at both their individual and joint financial futures. The big question was: Did they need a prenuptial agreement?

They met with a financial advisor to talk about the pros and cons. Their advisor helped them understand that a prenup isn’t only about what could go wrong but also about helping them figure out positive ways to work together. Because, big picture, creating a prenup-

tial agreement takes a willingness to be completely open and honest about everything -- what you own, what you owe and how you want to live your financial lives together. That takes absolute trust.

They talked about what assets they’d share and what they’d keep separate; how they’d handle current and future debts; if one or the other would take the financial lead; and, finally, what they’d do if they were to ever split up.

Talking about a prenup not only helped them answer some important questions; it pointed out some holes in their financial knowledge. While Jessica and Aiden ultimately decided they didn’t need a formal prenuptial agreement, talking through it brought any concerns out in the open and made them feel they were on the right financial track -- together.

Second Marriage Presents Financial Challenges

When marrying for the second time, John, age 60, and Cynthia, age 55, knew they had to deal upfront with how much they were willing to marry their finances. Each had a home and investments, and Cynthia had two kids to consider. Plus, one of them had considerably more assets than the other. As you can imagine, these circumstances brought up not just financial issues but also emotional issues, which can be especially complex when marrying again later in life. They really had to put everything

on the table, share their feelings and reveal any uncertainties about the financial particulars involved. For instance, would they consider all assets acquired before the marriage separate and those acquired after marriage joint? Would they sell their current homes and move into a new one? The kids and estate planning were a particular concern. Cynthia said it was hard at that time in life to let go of some patterns and attitudes, but having a mutual understanding of how they wanted to handle their finances was absolutely essential. And they agreed to not only listen to each other but also learn from each other’s experiences. That takes a tremendous amount of openness -- and togetherness.

Longtime Partners Need to Break Old Patterns

According to an article on Phys.org, the financial literacy gap often widens in long-term relationships. That’s what happened to Laura and Alex. Alex, an accountant, just naturally handled all their finances. They’d been together since they were quite young, and Laura at first didn’t seem to care. In fact, she wasn’t really interested. But as the years went on, Laura began to feel too dependent on Alex as well as resentful. There were really two problems: Alex had to relax some of his control, and Laura needed to be willing to learn. It was difficult at first, but once Alex agreed to include Laura in more financial decisions and Laura began to

understand more about their income, savings and investments, the air was cleared, and each felt more confident in the other.

A Financial Plan Helps at Every Stage of a Relationship

Every couple has unique financial challenges, but one common way for all couples to get on the same page, learn together and solve their financial problems together is to have a financial plan. When it comes to financial literacy, a financial plan can be an outline for understanding some basic concepts. That’s because it deals with your complete financial picture: goal planning, cash flow, budgeting, debt management, saving, investing, insurance, taxes and estate planning. Ideally, you will work with a financial planner, although an informal plan that you and your partner create yourselves can also increase your financial knowledge and give you financial direction. And it’s something couples can revisit over time to make sure they’re still in agreement.

Make a Year-End Date to Renew Your Financial Commitment

The end of the year is a traditional time to look back at what we’ve accomplished and look forward to achieving new goals in the future. Why not make understanding more about your finances a mutual goal for you and your partner? You can think of it as increasing your financial literacy or as a way to fulfill your dreams. Either way, you’ll be doing it together -- and that’s the most important thing.

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Lighter fare is in season every summer. Salads may dominate menus, while vegetable-rich side dishes can dress up barbecues, brunches or outdoor buffet meals.

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1 teaspoon roasted sesame seeds, crushed

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1 teaspoon brown sugar

1 garlic clove, grated or finely chopped Black pepper, freshly ground

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Blanch the spinach in two separate batches. In the boiling salt water, blanch the spinach stems with leaves until just wilted, about 1 minute, remove the spinach from the water and plunge in the ice bath. Repeat with the spinach stems with roots, but cook for 1 to 2 minutes before plunging into the ice bath. Remove from the ice bath, drain well and gently squeeze out any excess water.

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been incorporated into a document I forwarded to the board of trustees this morning, and I believe the board will need time to digest that and at the September 16 meeting or at any special meeting between now and that time the village trustees can address how we move forward with that (Cathedral Avenue Road Diet),” Suozzi said during the Village Board of Trustees meeting held Thursday, August 19 at the Garden City Senior Center on Golf Club Lane and over Zoom.

Keith Hochheiser, who along with his neighbors in the Central section of Garden City have advocated for increased safety measures and traffic calming plans along Cathedral Avenue and in the many other “cut through” routes in the village, addressed the Board at the meeting.

“First I want to really confirm that there is a significant public safety problem within the numbered streets’ neighborhood, definitely starting with the excessive speeding. The good news is that a lot of younger people with children have moved into the neighborhood,

but the bad news is that this heightens the concerns with children playing outside on their lawns and families with strollers walking in the area, or the kids riding their bikes near their homes. The speeding in town is something we would definitely like to see taken care of, and at the same time we support having an engineering study performed to add something that is scientific, holistic, and designed to calm the traffic. We believe this is an initiative that would be able to be utilized in other sections of the village just like the Cathedral Avenue Road Diet. Again, we support that initiative,” Keith Hochheiser said as other residents at the meeting applauded.

His neighbor Jillienne Jordan represents one of the younger families that moved into the Central section neighborhood a short time ago. Jordan also presented a public comment to ballast Hochheiser’s statements, as she tuned in to the trustees’ meeting via Zoom:

“I hear from all my neighbors and we’re all worried about the speeding so I think it is very important for the village to do the traffic study on the east/ west numbered streets. I support this proposal and if there’s anything more I

can do to encourage it, I will and I hope the trustees will too,” Jordan told the Village Board.

Peter Clarke, a 4th Street resident said he was in favor of the Road Diet as it “falls under the category of ‘No-Brainer’ and it should be considered a prototype to apply for evaluating other major roads in the village. He cautioned the board about potential for really bad vehicular accidents to occur the longer that implementation of traffic calming measures would have to wait.

Kelly Hochheiser, the new president of the CPOA, spoke about the multi-year endeavor of proposing studies for the Numbered Streets as well as Cathedral Avenue.

“The Cathedral Avenue Road Diet received tremendous support and was unanimously approved by the CPOA directors. The Numbered Streets’ evaluation picked up momentum as in the past one year to 18 months we have seen a lot of drivers just speed far down on these streets, and many children live and play in the area from 1st Street up to 10th Street. The kids are playing outside and riding bicycles, but as we see at the corner of Cathedral Avenue and

4th Street there’s an accident occurring almost weekly. One of these days it could be a horrific site with a child or someone else being killed -- like Peter Clarke said it appears to be a ‘No-Brainer’ and I think it would be transformative for our village. I think it would add a tremendous quality of life and people would be very appreciative,” she said.

Another Central resident, Rosario Parlante, went to the podium during the public comment period of the Board’s August 19 meeting and said his neighborhood is becoming more concerned. In the three years he’s lived in the Central section, Parlante believes he has witnessed around 20 car crashes at Cathedral Avenue and 4th Street.

“I do commend our Police Commissioner Jackson and the GCPD but parking a police car or installing a radar would be just temporary fixes. The proper way forward is to use the data and the science compiled and exclude any outside influence on the decision-making. Just going with the data, the data is telling us to engineer the roadway environments to prevent car accidents in the first place. We must

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Nancy Nagle Kelley

Nancy Nagle Kelley, 65, of Springs, passed away on August 28th due to complications from Multiple System Atrophy. A lifelong advocate for land preservation and stewardship on the East End, Nancy shared an uncommon bond with the lands and waters that she called home.

Nancy was born to George A. Nagle, Jr. and Helen Pierce Nagle on October 8th, 1955. A lover of the outdoors and the waterways surrounding the South Fork, she moved part time to Sammy’s Beach in East Hampton with her family in 1956. With her year-round home then in Garden City, Nancy spent summers here, swimming, water skiing, clamming, and teaching swimming lessons.

After earning her BA from Cornell University in 1977 and her Masters of City and Regional Planning from Harvard University’s Kennedy School in 1981, Nancy married Amagansett resident Christopher Kelley and started as a staff planner at what was then called Group for the South Fork. In her planner role, she regularly advocated for restrictions on development to avoid unnecessary suburbanization, and for the preservation of open space. Soon thereafter, Nancy succeeded Audrey and Charles Raebeck as the Group’s director, fighting development proposals in East Hampton and Southampton and lobbying for land preservation, comprehensive planning, and up-zonings. She was a leader in the fights to preserve Hither Woods, the Grace Estate, and Barcelona Neck, among other battles.

After giving birth to two sons, Nancy worked briefly as Director of the Suffolk Community College Foundation & College Development (1992-1994) and as Director of Development and Governmental Relations at Guild Hall (1994-1999).

Since 1999, and up until this year, Nancy served as Director of the Long Island Chapter of The Nature Conservancy. This spring, her over 22 years of service was recognized by the Conservancy’s Board of Trustees in dedicating the Sagg Swamp Preserve Trail in her name and honor.

Under her leadership, the

Conservancy’s Long Island Chapter helped raise billions of dollars for land preservation throughout the world. She lobbied and partnered with state and local governments to preserve thousands of acres of unique Long Island habitats and open spaces, including underwater lands. In recent years, her focus was on protecting water quality and restoring marine habitats in our bays and harbors, fisheries, coastal ponds such as Georgica and Wainscott, and the Long Island Sound. Nancy worked tirelessly to tackle climate change and raised funding that enabled a generation of bold new ideas to come to fruition.

As a dedicated, life-long not-forprofit executive, in recent years Nancy became trained as a management teacher, mentor, and strategic facilitator, educating and training managers throughout the Conservancy’s U.S. branches.

Nancy’s loves included sunbathing and swimming at Asparagus Beach, water skiing and cross-country skiing, hiking, scuba diving, and spending time with her beloved family and friends. She is survived by her husband Chris, her sons Pierce of Los Angeles and Peyton of Brooklyn, her brother Bill Nagle of East Hampton, and her sister Sally Nagle Spencer of San Clemente, California.

There will be a celebration of Nancy’s life later in the fall. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to The Nature Conservancy’s Long Island Stewardship Fund.

IN MEMORIAM

Mark V. Sheridan, MD

Navy Captain Mark Vincent Sheridan, MD, age 67, of Mission Viejo, California, passed away August 25, 2021 of pancreatic cancer. Mark grew up in Garden City, and graduated from Garden City High in 1972. He earned his medical degree at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY.

and went on to become a Navy flight surgeon.

Mark was an accomplished flute and piano player.  He was a lifelong jazz enthusiast. Among his hobbies were gardening and wine making. Mark was well known for his in-depth knowledge on a wide variety of topics, dry wit and enigmatic smile. He will be dearly missed by his wife, Marcia Sheridan and their son, Eric Sheridan, both of California, and siblings Rosemary, Abby, Dana, and Marianne, all formerly of Garden City. Mark was predeceased by his brother, Marine LCpl Philip F. Sheridan, who was killed in action in Vietnam in 1968, and his mother and father, Philip and Ruth Sheridan.

No formal memorial is planned at this time. If you would like to make a charitable contribution in Mark’s name, Doctors Without Borders would be a good choice. If you would like to contact the family, you can email Marianne. sheridan.202@gmail.com

IN MEMORIAM

Joan M. Bumstead

Joan M. Bumstead, age 89, of Garden City, passed away on August 28, 2021. She was predeceased by her husband, H. Albert Bumstead, Jr., She was the dear sister of Katherine Baumgartner. Survived by 5 nieces and nephews and 7 cousins. Joan worked

for Doubleday, Garden City, NY for 40+ years.

Joan was reposed on Tuesday, August 31st at Fairchild Sons Funeral Home, Inc., Garden City. Mass of Christian Burial was held at Church of St. Joseph, Garden City,  on Wednesday, September 1st. Interment followed at Holy Rood Cemetery.

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Getting ready to learn in the Garden City Public Schools

The Garden City Public Schools helped students become familiar with their new buildings and administrators prior to opening day.

The Middle School and Stewart and Stratford schools held visiting days in August, during which students and parents toured the school buildings and got to know their principals and assistant principals. The High School welcomed freshman

with an orientation program and Locust School held a meet and greet with Principal Eileen Vota. All three primary buildings hosted “Chalk the Walk” events on Aug. 31 and invited families to decorate the sidewalks with principals and staff members just in time for the first day of school on Sept. 1.

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Stewart School families gathered for visiting day in anticipation of the new school year.

Garden City Middle School students were excited for new beginnings as they entered the building on visiting day.

Getting ready to learn in the Garden City Public Schools

GC Schools increase mental health supports

The Garden City Public Schools has partnered with Northwell Health to expedite and expand mental health supports for students and families. This collaboration provides access to the Behavioral Health Clinic in Mineola, mental health evaluations and referrals, coordination of staff professional development and parent/community workshops and resources.

A major benefit of the Behavioral Health Center is the fast turnaround in providing mental health services for urgent student cases. The center serves as an alternative treatment setting for those who need immediate or same-day intervention, but do not necessarily require the services of the emergency room. The center’s professionals are available to conduct evaluations, provide referrals for treatment, coordinate care and assist with transitional care.

The district’s Pupil Personnel Services department and Mental

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“We are very excited to enter into this partnership with Northwell Health,” Director of Pupil Personnel Services Janine Villez said. “PPS is invested in continuing to assist our students and their families within Garden City. This is an important step in increasing awareness surrounding mental health issues and will afford us greater resources to ensure successful outcomes for all of our students.”

“Mental health is essential for all ages, and this partnership opens up access to many great resources that will help our students and families,” Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kusum Sinha said. “Our mental health team has done a great job in addressing students’ needs and we are pleased to expand the availability of supports thanks to Northwell Health.”

Trustees support traffic study for numbered streets

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engineer the roads’ environment to slow everyone down, and if it works we can see it applied to the rest of the village,” he said.

A 3rd Street resident, Irene Davis, suggested a radar for Rockaway Avenue -- another Nassau County-owned road -- to help with the Garden City Police’s speed enforcement.

“Rockaway Avenue is totally out-ofcontrol and people are trying to cross the street, from Third Street, and someday we’re going to get the big one with an accident at that corner...we really just need a little more traffic enforcement and maintenance to make drivers know they can’t buzz through the town,” she said.

Various

phases for traffic calming?

Administrator Suozzi also offered details on some new considerations about traffic calming. Several residents felt that such measures could be implemented to help stop the excessive speeding, a chief concern, and the overall number of vehicular accidents they have seen.

“I have asked Creighton Manning to propose what I can refer to as a ‘Villagewide Satellite Study’ and the conditions of this would be similar to the study for the village’s Numbered Streets. I submitted to the board last week the information about six key areas of Garden City that would be highlighted. It could not be put on the August meeting agenda as the timing did not make the cutoff for tonight’s agenda,” Administrator Suozzi said.

The Village-wide Satellite Study would cost approximately $44,000 if all six areas are incorporated into it, Suozzi noted, but if done separately the proposal could be for $9,000 per area in the village if they are done separately, plus a $70 printing charge for documents and aerial plans.

In addition, Administrator Suozzi says a fourth phase of traffic calming and speeding mitigation measures for Garden City could arise from Police Commissioner Jackson’s comments to Creighton Manning Engineering’s team.

“He (Jackson) pointed out that New Hyde Park Road, Washington Avenue and Rockaway Avenue are three Nassau County roads within the village that transition from two to four lanes at different stretches. Commissioner Jackson relayed that those three roads would be good candidates for further Road Diet consideration,” Suozzi said.

Hours ahead of the Board of Trustees’ August 19 meeting, the village administrator and Creighton Manning consultants tried to connect with Nassau County officials via conference call “to discuss the County’s interest in pursuing that and there are other dynamics that support making that decision including the traffic dynamics and vol-

ume.” But the call had to be rescheduled.

“If Nassau County is not interested in looking at road diets for those (county-owned) roads, it would be foolish to pay for a study they are not going to implement. But I plan to have information regarding the fourth phase which is not officially proposed at this point, ahead of the board meeting in September or at a special board meeting,” Suozzi said.

Garden City Mayor Cosmo Veneziale thanked the residents who commented about the Central section numbered streets’ study. He said there is a sense of urgency with the village to have the traffic study for Cathedral Avenue “done as fast as possible.”

“The process with Nassau County slowed Creighton Manning down quite a bit and we have now just received their final summary of findings and recommendations. The board of trustees will need to review this report as soon as possible. I also stress that Police Commissioner Jackson must weigh in on the consultant’s reports because he knows Garden City roads better than anybody else. I need you, Commissioner, to weigh in with your recommendations on this in conjunction with Creighton Manning’s,” Mayor Veneziale commented.

He then asked Suozzi to speak about the Numbered Streets’ study which is directly centered on only the Garden City-owned roads.

“The Cathedral Avenue Road Diet Study presented plans for a Nassau County-owned road and the consultants had to spend a lot of time with the county to design an algorithm that reflects the normal traffic volumes, not for the COVID pandemic times. That slowed things down a bit. The Numbered Streets study and a Villagewide Satellite Study (potentially referenced as Phases II and III) are all on the village-controlled streets and they can be expedited in terms of not having outside governments (the county, Town or state) to deal with. But to set the expectations for the board and the public, I also believe that traffic calming measures for the neighborhoods would not be just implemented on the fly -- the community input is received first, as traffic calming is great for some and not so for others. People need to see and know what will be done, and 7th Street is included in the (Numbered Streets) proposal,” Suozzi said.

After a question from Deputy Mayor Tom O’Brien, Administrator Suozzi explained that Nassau County roads include (among others) Clinton Road, Washington Avenue, Franklin Avenue, New Hyde Park Road, Cathedral Avenue, Rockaway Avenue, and portions of Stewart Avenue although the Village of Garden City owns and maintains the part of Stewart between Hilton

Avenue and Clinton Road.

Deputy Mayor O’Brien then asked GCPD Commissioner Jackson to discuss the process of working with Nassau County officials to help implement changes on the county-owned roads.

“We are working with Nassau County though it’s a lengthy process. For example with the Cathedral Avenue and 4th Street traffic light, that one was approved but there was no timeline provided on that and like we had for Golf Club Lane and 11th Street (in front of the senior center) that was a Village Traffic Commission request to the county four years ago and all of a sudden, the light was being put in earlier in the year. I do know the County is shorthanded, and I serve as the 2nd vice chair of the Nassau County Traffic Safety Division. There has always been a problem lately as Nassau County experiences a shortage of engineers and shortages on their work schedule. COVID has not helped speed up anything but normally with Nassau County there is a timely process,” Commissioner Jackson explained.

O’Brien asked if there are ways to help expedite certain projects once the County is consulted, and Commissioner Jackson noted that hindrances appear to be both getting on the County’s schedule, and then the costs of getting work done on the county roads. “It’s a lot of areas in the whole county so it’s about getting to it,” Jackson said.

Village Trustee John Delany, who has served on the Traffic Commission for a majority of his six years as a village trustee, said there are Nassau County-related traffic and safety items that have remained on the agenda for County updates over the past four years.

“Dealing with the County DPW is why I have lost some of my hair,” Delany said.

Village Administrator Suozzi said that Nassau County Public Works is also working within a five-year capital project planning budget the way municipalities like the Village of Garden City does. He said the legislative process and funding issues can be hurdles to clear, but sometimes, “it’s case-specific depending on the project that they will work with the village and speak with us along the terms of what we can provide; essentially the village could spend money and the county can pay that back. Sometimes the normal processes can be sidetracked but it is case-specific,” he explained.

Keith Hochheiser returned to the microphone to give consultants Creighton Manning credit for working with Nassau County and the Village of Garden City on the Cathedral Avenue Road Diet. He noted the joint venture situation at hand there.

“Before the Road Diet study was moved forward with the village’s authorization, Nassau County agreed that they’d do a joint venture with the village. In essence the county let Garden City’s consultants do the study while giving Creighton Manning the scope, so we are providing Nassau County they scope they’d want to see, and it would be the village that would pay for roadway (Road Diet) painting which is not expensive. This could be a prototype and smaller steps are involved with the county -- this is a new initiative and a joint venture, one that’s different from putting in a traffic light which is only involving the county’s funding. I believe once the Cathedral Avenue Road Diet is implemented and it proves itself scientifically then you’ll have a model to move to work on mitigation of the other north/south main roads and streets in the village,” Hochheiser noted.

Recreation Softball Champs

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lottery this year. If you are interested in purchasing a permit, please mail or bring the following items to Garden City Village Hall, 351 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, New York 11530 no later than 4:00 pm, Friday, September 17, 2021:

• Completed, signed Non-Resident Railroad Parking Application. (The requested Railroad Station - Stewart Manor or Nassau Boulevard - must be selected.)

• Check in the amount of $500 made payable to the Incorporated Village of Garden City.

• Copy of valid vehicle registration for the car to be used in the parking lot.

Please note that as in past years, there is a limit of two applications per household. All winners of non-resident parking permits will be notified on September 20, 2021. Parking permits are effective for the period October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. If you have any questions, please call (516) 465-4166.

Road Paving

Road Work Ahead (RWA) began preforming sewer and drain casting replacements and adjustments this week in preparation for road paving on Mulberry Avenue, from Washington Street to Russell Road. Temporary road closures may occur to allow work to be done. The road is accessible for emergency vehicles.

Water Update

Water Tower: The contractor completed approximately 80 percent of the sampling line heat trace installation. The painter expects to remobilize next week to complete the exterior coatings.

Discolored Water: H2M continues its investigation into discolored “rusty” water. H2M and the Village have also received “blue” water complaints from two buildings. H2M has submitted a letter report to the Village.

Well 7 (Waterworks site): Contractor on site last week to fix caustic leak and perform more punch list work. Three minor items remain on the punch list. The contractor provided change orders that were requested during construction. H2M will review.

Wells 8 and 12 (Rockaway Avenue site): H2M completed performance testing of the Well 12 AOP system and sent samples to Pace Analytical. Sample results are expected within two and a half weeks. The NC Department of Health will conduct its own sampling and walkthrough of the site.

Well No 9 (Wilson Street site): The Board approved H2M’s proposal

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for design and permitting of Well 9’s AOP treatment. The survey has also been completed and soil borings and the soil investigation are being coordinated.

Wells 10 and 11 (Clinton Road site): The site has been cleaned and paving completed. Electrical work will continue next week.

Wells 13 and 14 (Garden City Country Club site): Received approval from the New York State Department of Health to operate wells with treatment to system. Wells 13 and 14 are able to run to system through treatment. Well 13 is currently running to system without treatment. Design has started on the GAC Building and associated site work. The Village will introduce Well 14 through the treatment system. Once Well 14 is stable, Well 13 will be sent through treatment to system.

Wells 15 and 16 Hilton Park site): Crews will continue small and large interior pricing, iron media change out and electrical work.

Sanitation Collection - Labor Day

Residents are reminded that there will be no garbage collection on Monday, September 6, 2021. The Holiday Week Collection Schedule is as follows:

Garbage:

Western Half of Village (West of Rockaway Avenue): Tuesday/Friday

Eastern Half of Village (East of Rockaway Avenue): Wednesday/ Saturday

Rubbish:

Entire Village: Thursday, September 9, 2021

Recycling: Normal Weekly Collection – No Changes

St. Paul’s Stained Glass

Window Removal

The Board of Trustees rescinded the bid that was awarded to LoDuca Associates, Inc. for removal of the stained glass windows at St. Paul’s as they were unable to meet the insurance requirements. The Board will rebid the project.

Traffic Control & Enforcement

The Police Department would like to remind all motorists that Garden City Schools opened on September 1 and all other schools in the Village will be opening the following week. The Department asks all drivers to be aware of children walking and riding bicycles to school and to be very careful when driving in the vicinity of schools, student walk routes and bus stops. With the start of the school year the Department will be deploying additional traffic enforcement officers at various locations in the Village, par-

ticularly at school-related locations. In addition, the Department will be placing its mobile speed indicator sign and a marked police vehicle at various locations to deter speeding and other aggressive driver offenses. The Department is also publishing various “Back to School” safety articles for the next four weeks.

Back to School Safe Driving Practices

It’s that time of year again. Summer vacation is almost over and schools are reopening. With that in mind the Garden City Police Department has put together a four-part Series of Articles to address Back-to-School Safety Issues. Part One will address “Safe Driving Practices,” Part Two “School Bus Safety,” Part Three “Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety” and Part Four “Stranger Danger.”

When schools are opening in the morning and closing in the afternoon, the areas around schools are very busy and crowded. Parents and other adults can do much to improve traffic safety around our schools by driving cautiously, teaching their children safe practices and limiting vehicle trips. In some cases, parents and other adults may be the cause of safety concerns. Drivers should obey all traffic laws and apply the following safety practices.

• When dropping off or picking up children at school, avoid parking on the opposite side of the street from the school. If you have to park on the opposite side of the street, NEVER call your children to your car. Always meet them on the school side of the road and walk them to your car. Also talk with them about what to do if you are not there on time.

• Make sure children are careful opening car doors. Children should always get in and out of your vehicle through the rear curbside door.

• Drivers should not double park or block traffic. Parking or waiting in red zones such as disabled parking areas and no stopping zones is prohibited.

• Do not block school buses or use areas designated for buses only.

• Never stop or park in a crosswalk or within the posted crosswalk “No Parking” area. Students and other pedestrians rely on the crosswalk and need the visibility that the posted no parking buffer provides to cross the street safely.

• Do not violate the law by using the excuse “I’ll just be here for a minute,” when picking up or dropping off students.

• Do not make U-turns within school zones and avoid turning around in neighboring driveways. It’s hard enough to see children and even harder when you’re backing up or making

U-turns.

• When backing up from a driveway or garage, be aware that children may be walking or bicycling to or from a school or school bus.

• Never leave a child of any age in a vehicle without adult supervision. A small child may rapidly suffer dehydration, heat exhaustion and consequent organ failure. Older children could play games that may lead to tragedy.

• Learn the traffic patterns at the schools to avoid being a disruption.

• SLOW DOWN! You’re free to drive even slower than the posted school zone speed limit and should always be considered when conditions warrant it such as: heavy rain, snow, fog, icy roads, darkness, or heavy traffic conditions.

• NEVER pass a stopped school bus when its red flashing lights are on. Whether you are behind the bus or approaching from the opposite direction, you must come to a full stop and remain stopped until warning lights are off. According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Association (NHTSA), from 2010 to 2019, 1,199 people were killed nationally in school transportation related crashes.

Motorists should keep in mind that young children usually see and hear differently than adults. Children only have two-thirds the peripheral vision adults have and they have difficulty determining the source of a sound. They are still learning to judge distance and speed. When a car is coming toward them, they cannot accurately judge how fast it is traveling or how long it will take to cover the distance. Children focus on one thing at a time. If they are playing with friends or riding bikes it is unlikely they are aware of your car. Children are spontaneous and have trouble stopping an action once started. Children also tend to overestimate their abilities, thinking they can run across a street before the light changes or a car approaches. If parents and other motorists make it a habit to incorporate these safe practices into their routines, the risk of injury or death to anyone in the school zone will be greatly reduced.

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Garden City Community Park News

The Garden City Community Park tennis courts.

Registration for Women’s Tennis Leagues

Registration for the 2021–22 Community Park Tennis Center weekday women’s tennis leagues are underway.  All players wishing to join can pick up and fill out an application at the Community Park Clubhouse, or download an application at www.gardencityrecreation.org.

If you do not come in 1st or 2nd in your current group and you wish to move up, you may try out for the group.  If our pro ranks you at that level and there are openings, you can move to the next level.  So get your application in as soon as possible.   All new players must attend a tryout (to be rated) with one of our pros before they can play in the league.  You do not have to try out for learn and play league.  If you do not get into the league of your choice, you may sign up as a sub player. We will do our best to accommodate players. However, there is limited court time and a limited number of openings in the women’s tennis leagues. The league is a great way to meet new people and get some exercise during the winter months.

For more information on the league, call Tom McGerty at the Community Park Clubhouse, 483-2525.

The fee to play is $550. per person.

Monday - 3.0 Doubles - 11:30 to 1:00

Monday - 3.5 Doubles - 1:00 to 2:30

Tuesday - 2.5 Doubles - 11:30 to 1:00

Wednesday - 1.5 to 2.5 (Coached Play) - 11:30 to 12:30

Wednesday - 3.5 to 4.0 Doubles - 12:30 to 2:00

Thursday - 3.0 Singles - 11:30 to 12:30

Friday - 3.0 Singles - 11:30 to 12:30

Youth Tennis Lessons

Registration for our Fall Indoor Tennis Lessons for Children at the Community Park Tennis Center are underway. Tennis is fun for kids of all ages and levels; with minimal risk of injury and provides many social and health benefits that will last a lifetime.

To learn more about available classes, please call 465-4075, visit our Recreation Administrative Office (108 Rockaway Avenue) or visit www.gardencityrecreation.org to register.

Tennis Contract Court Time Available

Prime tennis contract court times are still available for this indoor season at the Community Park Tennis Center!  For more information and pricing, or if you are interested in joining a contract group, please call Steve Espey at (516) 465-4075.

Tennis Center Etiquette Reminder

We kindly remind all of our tennis players to please refrain from entering the tennis courts until your scheduled time begins. If you are early, please wait in the Tennis Clubhouse until one minute before your court time and then proceed to your court. In order to create a courteous environment, we ask players to please end at the specified time. Do not finish a set or play one more point so that the next scheduled group has the opportunity to start on time.

Stay Connected with Garden City Recreation

To stay better connected with Community Park and other Recreation news, we invite everyone to “Like Us” on our Facebook page, facebook.com/ gardencityrecreation.

Field hockey clinics

The Garden City Varsity Field Hockey team will be hosting instructional clinics for girls grades 1 through 8, 4:30–6:00 p.m. at Garden City High School turf field:

Sunday, September 12

Sunday, September 19

Sunday, September 26

Sunday, October 3

Sunday October 17

Cost is $60 for 5 sessions. Girls will need to bring a field hockey stick, mouth guard, protective eyewear, and shin guards. Register: https://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?url-gcaa

GCAA announces tryouts for Travel Basketball

GCAA will be hosting tryouts for Travel Basketball during the weeks of September 13 and September 20. The teams will play in the highly competitive Island Garden Super League. In order to be eligible for tryouts, all players must pre-register for the tryout via email to natecoelen@hotmail.com and gliberopoulos@ yahoo.com. For the tryout, parents should also bring a check for $430 payable to “GCAA”, and they must also complete the travel basketball application and COVID-19 waiver form which can be downloaded from the gc-aa.com website on the basketball home page.

The Island Garden Super League season includes an 18 game schedule (plus playoffs) starting in late November 2021 and running thru March 2022. Travel Teams will also practice 1–2 times per week. Please note that the travel program is not an introductory program as our teams will play against the best basketball teams in our region. GCAA Travel does its best to work around Middle School/CYO conflicts during the basketball season and ensures that there are no scheduling conflicts between travel/intramural games. GCAA aims to create two or three teams per grade subject to adequate demand and available coaching. For girls in 4th–8th grades, we will consider starting the travel season in January 2022 in order to avoid CYO conflicts if there is an interest in doing so.

The $430 Travel Fee due at the time of tryouts includes participation in the GCAA intramural program. Boys 6th grade and under and Girls 5th grade and under are required to play intramurals if they make a travel team. Boys 7th grade and older and

girls 6th grade and older are strongly encouraged to participate in the intramural program although there is no requirement to do so, even if they make a travel team.

Please pre-register for travel tryouts by sending an email to natecoelen@hotmail.com and gliberopoulos@ yahoo.com and include age/grade/ birth date of the player.

The dates and times of the tryouts are as follows (but you must pre-register via email beforehand):

3rd Grade Boys - Tuesday, September 21 from 6:00–7:30 p.m. at St Paul’s

4th Grade Boys - Monday, September 13 from 6:00–7:30 p.m. at St Paul’s

5th Grade Boys - Monday, September 13 from 7:30–9:00 p.m. at St Paul’s

6th Grade Boys - Monday, September 20 from 6:00–7:30 p.m. at St Paul’s

7th Grade Boys - Monday, September 20 from 7:30–9:00 p.m. at St Paul’s

8th Grade Boys - Tuesday, September 21 from 7:30–9:00 p.m. at St Paul’s

4th Grade Girls - Tuesday, September 14 from 6:00–7:30 p.m. at St Paul’s

5th Grade Girls - Tuesday, September 14 from 6:00–7:30 p.m. at St Paul’s

6th Grade Girls - Tuesday, September 14 from 6:00–7:30 p.m. at St Paul’s

7th Grade Girls - Tuesday, September 14 from 7:30–9:00 p.m. at St Paul’s

8th Grade Girls - Tuesday, September 14 from 7:30–9:00 p.m. at St Paul’s

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2021 Long Island Championship sign installed at Kiernan Field

The Garden City High School Trojans Varsity Baseball team closed out the summer with the installation of a Long Island Championship 2021 sign commemorating its winning season, including the names of all players and coaches. With donations from parents, that sign along with signs from previous years, were reinstalled along the tennis court fence in right field. The prior signs had been temporarily removed before the tennis court renovation. The year 2021 was also added to the existing sign displaying the Conference, County, Long Island, and State Championships. This year, there were no State Championship games held due to the timing of the season.

Many observers were shocked at the team’s 2021 success, figuring that the Varsity baseball was a long shot not only to win Nassau County, let alone go on and defeat the Suffolk County Champion Huntington, too.  In fact, no one should have been surprised.  Two years ago, with more or less the same players, Junior Varsity came within one pitch of being the first Trojans baseball team to go undefeated in more than three decades.   People did not realize how good they were, in part because the entire 2020 baseball season was canceled because of the pandemic.  Another mitigating factor was Coach Izzo breaking convention by bringing three outstanding underclassmen up for the entire season, filling in the holes.

Garden City’s previous Nassau County Baseball Championship winners were the teams from 1945, 2000, 2004, and 2006.    All of those teams are also immortalized with their rosters kept on the right-field wall, except the 1945 team; if any historians happen to have the roster from that 1945 team, please contact Coach Izzo at the High School.

The only other Garden City team to win the Long Island Championship played in 2000 when future New York Yankee Matt Daley was the ace.  Long Island teams tend to do well in the state tournament, and our 2021 team would have had a reasonable shot of winning

Championship ring received by 2021 Trojans.

New York, but Long Island could not participate because the pandemic forced our delayed baseball season to run too late into June.

The mighty 2021 Varsity Trojans who brought the Long Island Championship home are Ronnie Marciano, Jack Fanning, Francesco Ingrassia, Gabriel Beschloss, Matt Tusiani-Eng, Joe Frandina, Charles Iovino, Frank Santeramo, Simon Ferris, Richie Longo, Patrick Heber, Joey Wood, Aidan Magnotta, TJ Krieg, Anthony Remick, Peter Halloran, Gabriel Elmokian, Matthew Mohen, Connor Brock, Liam Rooney, Chris Blum, Joe Infante.    The coaches were Dave Izzo and Ray Chaputian.

The traditional Nassau County awards ceremony was not able to be held this year due to COVID restrictions. Coach Dave Izzo welcomed the team to his home for a pool party and distributed the following awards voted by the Nassau County Baseball Coaches Association

All County and the John Cody Award League 2 Most Valuable Player - Frank Santeramo

All County - Joe Infante

All Conference - Patrick Heber

All Conference - Jack Fanning

All League - Aidan Magnotta

All League - Francesco Ingrassia

The signs recognizing baseball championship teams had been removed while the tennis courts were being renovated, and have been restored to their place of honor.

Dance Conservatory Schedule Announced

The Garden City’s Department of Recreation and Parks’ Dance Conservatory Program is pleased to announce the schedule of classes for its upcoming 2021–2022 season!  Director Felicia Lovaglio, along with the rest of her staff, are excited to start off another fantastic year.  The Dance Conservatory offers classes to Garden City residents aged 3 ½ years through adult which are non-performance based.  Age is determined by the start date of the desired class.  The schedule and fees for this year’s youth classes are as follows (all classes are 55 minutes long unless otherwise noted):

Please note:  This is the schedule of classes only.  Registration will be announced on our website at www.gardencityrecreation.org and in the paper shortly after school begins.  No registrations will be taken at this time.

MONDAY

4:00: Ballet/Jazz for K–1st Grades

5:00: Contemporary Dance/Jazz for 2nd–3rd Grades

6:00: Ballet for 4th–5th Grades

7:00: Jazz for Grades 6 and Up

TUESDAY:

11:00: Creative Combo for Ages 3.5 to 5 Years

12:15: Creative Combo for Ages 3.5 to 5 Years

4:00: Ballet/Tap for K-1 Grades

5:00: Jazz/Hip Hop for 2nd–3rd Grades

6:00: Contemporary Dance/Jazz for 4th–5th Grades

7:00: Jazz/Hip Hop for Grades 6 and Up

WEDNESDAY:

11:00: Creative Combo for 3½–5 Years

12:30: Creative Combo for 3½–5 Years

4:00: Ballet/Hip Hop for K–1st Grades

5:00: Ballet/Jazz for 2nd–3rd Grades

6:00: Jazz/Hip Hop for 4th–5th Grades

7:00: Contemporary Dance/Jazz for Grades 6 and Up

THURSDAY:

11:00: Creative Combo for 3½–5 Years

12:15: Creative Combo for 3½–5 Years

4:00: Ballet/Jazz for K–1st Grades

5:00: Contemporary/Jazz for 2nd –3rd Grades

6:00: Tap for 4th–5th Grades

7:00: Jazz for Grades 6 and Up

8:00: Adult Multi Dance (Ballet, Modern, Jazz Combo),  10 Weeks

FRIDAY:

4:00: Ballet/Tap for K–1st Grades

5:00: Ballet/Tap for 2nd–3rd Grades

6:00: Jazz for 4th–5th Grades

7:00: Ballet for Grades 6 and Up

SATURDAY:

10:00: Ballet/Hip Hop for K–1st Grades

11:00: Creative Combo for 3½–5 Years

1:00: Hip Hop for Middle School

3:00: Jazz for High School

4:00: Tap for Grades 6 and Up with Previous Experience

Youth Fall Roller Hockey Programs Announced

The Garden City Recreation & Parks Department will once again offer various roller hockey programs this fall for residents of the Inc. Village of Garden City from kindergarten thru 6th grade. Whether you played in the past or looking to get involved, there is no better time to sign up and experience all the fun. All programs take place at the roller rink located at Community Park.

Please read carefully as our offerings are slightly different with new days, division names and times offered.

Each participant is required to wear full equipment at all times. This includes a hockey helmet with a cage, hockey gloves, shin pads, elbow pads, roller blades, hockey stick, long pants, and a protective cup.

A description of each program we will offer is as follows:

PEE WEE BEGINNER CLINIC:

(Open to Kindergarten & 1st Grade)

No experience is required in hockey or roller skating. This eight week clinic will introduce the sport of roller hockey and all the basic fundamentals in a fun & safe environment. The program will take place on Thursdays from 3:45 to 4:45 pm. beginning September 2nd at a cost of $105.00.

SQUIRTS BEGINNER + CLINIC:

(Open to Kindergarten & 1st Clinic)

This beginner eight week program will continue to develop our young players through drills and scrimmages. This program will take place on Thursdays from 5 to 6 pm beginning September 2nd at a cost of $105.

2nd and 3rd GRADE (MITES DIVISION): Games will take place on Friday afternoons with either a 3:45 PM or 5:00PM game time depending on your child’s team schedule. Our season

begins on September 3rd at a cost of $105.

4th, & 5th, & 6th GRADE (JUNIOR DIVISION): Games will take place on Friday evenings with either a 6:15 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. game time depending on your child’s team schedule. The season begins on September 3 at a cost of $105.00.

To register, please visit our office at 108 Rockaway Avenue, or if you have a password, you can register online at www.gcreconline.gardencityny.net. For questions, please contact Andrew Karen by email at akaren@gardencityny.net.

Platform Tennis Membership Applications Available

A full use Platform Tennis resident membership covers the season beginning September 15, 2021 to April 30, 2022.  This membership is open to any individual who is a resident of the Inc. Village of Garden City.  It covers unlimited play for the membership holder only  under the rules and regulations set forth by the Garden City Recreation Department.  This membership will cover one opponent per membership holder during match play only. It does not cover guests at any other times or any programs or special events that the Recreation Department itself chooses to run. Said events would require an additional fee if applicable.

The fee for a full use membership will be $250.00.  To register for membership, please visit the Recreation Administrative Offices at 108 Rockaway Ave.  Checks should be made payable to the “Village of Garden City”.

If you are only available to play platform tennis in the evenings you might want to purchase an evening only resident membership.

This resident membership covers the season beginning September 15, 2021 to April 30, 2022 and for any holder covers unlimited play after 5 p.m. for membership holder only under the rules and regulations set forth by the Garden City Recreation Department. This membership is open to any individual who is a resident of the Inc. Village of Garden City.  This membership will cover one opponent per membership holder during match play only. It does not cover guests at any other times or any programs or special events that the Recreation Department itself chooses to run. Said events would require an additional fee

if applicable.

The fee for membership will be $165.00.  To register for membership, please visit the Recreation Administrative Offices at 108 Rockaway Ave.  Checks should be made payable to the “Village of Garden City”.

“Bricks 4 Kidz” After School Lego Block Program

Garden City Recreation and Parks is working with “Bricks4Kidz” to offer several 6 week Lego programs for residents in grades 1 to 4.

These classes will be held in St. Paul’s Center at 108 Rockaway Avenue.

Bricks4Kidz classes build on the popular LEGO bricks to deliver high-quality educational play.  Each hour-long class is an engaging experience for your child with a new project each week.  Our unique models aren’t the kits you find on the shelves of a toy store.  They’re designed by Bricks4Kidz to teach concepts across a variety of subject areas. Working with a partner, or on their own, your child will experience the hands-on fun of seeing a model come together pieceby-piece, from concept to completion – and it’s motorized!

We will offer the following classes: CONSTRUCTION CRAZE Wednesdays beginning September 22 from 4 to 5 p.m. Put on your hard hat and join our “constructions site” as you make motorized tools  using LEGO®Technic bricks.  Learn how to use gears and other mechanisms to create amazing and fun motorized moving parts as we build construction models.

At the end of the 6-week session, all participants will go home with a LEGO® goody bag!

CRANIUM CONTRAPTIONS Thursdays beginning April 15 from 4 to 5 p.m. Build and explore crazy contraptions that really work your brain!  Students will use bricks, axles, pulleys, gears and motors to create fun and interactive models during this 6-week session .

At the end of the 6-week session, all participants will go home with a LEGO® goody bag!

The cost of each session will be $135, checks only made payable to “Bricks4Kids”.  To register, please visit the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Avenue.

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BEGINNER PROGRAM STARTS SEPTEMBER 9th FOR AGES 4-14 YEARS OLD

Classes held at Tully Park in New Hyde Park 7 week semester: September 9th to October 24th

Available times

4-5 YEARS OLD

Thurs 4:10-5pm Fri 4:10-5pm Sat 10:10-11am Sun 10:10-11am

6-9 YEARS OLD Thurs 5-6pm Thurs 7-8pm Fri 5-6pm Sat 1-2pm Sun 11-12pm Sun 1-2pm

10-14 YEARS OLD Thurs 6-7pm Fri 6-7pm Fri 7-8pm Sat 2-3pm Sun 12-1pm Sun 2-3pm

To register directly online or for more information please visit www.tigertennisacademy.com/new-hyde-park-kids-tennis-classes

NOTICE OF FORMATION

Tresses by TI, LLC.

Arts. Of Org.filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/22/2021. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: TRESSES BY TI LLC, P.O. BOX 340905, JAMAICA, NY 11434. Purpose: Any lawful activities.

GC 1227

6X 07/23,30,08/06,13,20,27

NOTICE OF FORMATION

Nelly Suazo Agency LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State on NY (SSNY) on 5/6/21. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to 35 Gladiolus Ave., Floral Park, NY 11001. Purpose: Any lawful act.

GC 1228

6x 7/23,30; 8/6,13,20,27

NOTICE OF BOND RESOLUTION VILLAGE OF GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on August 19, 2021 the Board of Trustees of the Village of Garden City, in the County of Nassau, New York, adopted a resolution amending the bond resolution adopted by said Board of Trustees on October 3, 2019, which bond resolution, as amended, is entitled:

“Bond Resolution of the Village of Garden City, New York, adopted October 3, 2019 and amended August 19, 2021, authorizing the construction of improvements to the Village water system, consisting of wellhead treatment improvements for emerging contam-

inants at Well Nos. 13 and 14, stating the estimated maximum cost thereof is $8,500,000, appropriating said amount for such purpose, and authorizing the issuance of bonds in the principal amount of not to exceed $8,500,000 to finance said appropriation, and authorizing the expenditure of any grant funds received or to be received for said purpose”

an abstract of such bond resolution, concisely stating the purpose and effect thereof, being as follows:

FIRST: AUTHORIZING said Village to construct improvements to the Village water system, consisting of wellhead treatment improvements for emerging contaminants at Well Nos. 13 and 14, as described in the report dated June 2019, prepared for the Village by H2M Architects + Engineers; STATING the estimated maximum cost thereof, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and the financing thereof, is $8,500,000; APPROPRIATING said amount for such purpose; STATING the plan of financing includes the issuance of $8,500,000 bonds of the Village to finance said appropriation, and the levy of a tax upon all the taxable real property within the Village to pay the principal of said bonds and interest thereon; and STATING that any grant funds received by the Village and any other funds available for such purpose are authorized to be applied toward the cost of said project or redemption of the Village’s bonds or notes issued therefor, or to be budgeted as an offset to the taxes to be collected for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds or notes;

LEGAL NOTICES

SECOND: AUTHORIZING the issuance of $8,500,000 bonds of the Village pursuant to the Local Finance Law of the State of New York (the “Law”) to finance said appropriation;

THIRD: DETERMINING and STATING the period of probable usefulness applicable to the purpose for which said bonds are authorized to be issued is forty (40) years; the proceeds of said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation thereof may be applied to reimburse the Village for expenditures made after the effective date of this bond resolution for the purpose for which said bonds are authorized; and the proposed maturity of said bonds will exceed five (5) years;

FOURTH: DETERMINING that said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds and the renewals of said bond anticipation notes shall be general obligations of the Village; and PLEDGING to their payment the faith and credit of the Village;

FIFTH: DELEGATING to the Village Treasurer the powers and duties as to the issuance of said bonds, and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds, or the renewals thereof; and

SIXTH: DETERMINING that the bond resolution is subject to a permissive referendum.

DATED: August 19, 2021

Karen M. Altman Village Clerk

GC 1233

1X 08/27

NOTICE OF BOND RESOLUTION

VILLAGE OF GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that

on August 24, 2021, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Garden City, in the County of Nassau, New York, adopted a bond resolution entitled:

“Bond Resolution of the Village of Garden City, New York, adopted August 24, 2021, authorizing the repaving of various roads in the Village, stating the estimated maximum cost thereof is $1,700,000; appropriating said amount for such purpose, including the expenditure of $450,000 in CHIPS Aid expected to be received to pay a part of said appropriation; and authorizing the issuance of bonds in the principal amount of $1,250,000 to finance the balance of said appropriation” an abstract of such bond resolution, concisely stating the purpose and effect thereof, being as follows:

FIRST: AUTHORIZING said Village to repave various roads in the Village; STATING the estimated maximum cost thereof, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and the financing thereof, is $1,700,000; APPROPRIATING said amount for such purpose; STATING the plan of financing includes the expenditure of $450,000 in CHIPS Aid expected to be received to pay a part of said appropriation, the issuance of bonds of the Village in the principal amount of $1,250,000 to finance the balance of said appropriation, and the levy of a tax upon all the taxable real property within the Village to pay the principal of said bonds and interest thereon; and STATING that any grant funds received or any other funds appropriated by the Village for the project are authorized to be applied to the cost of said pro-

ject and the principal amount of bonds or notes issued shall be reduced by the amount of other funds so appropriated and expended;

SECOND: AUTHORIZING the issuance of $1,250,000 bonds of the Village pursuant to the Local Finance Law of the State of New York to finance the balance of said appropriation;

THIRD: DETERMINING and STATING the period of probable usefulness applicable to the purpose for which said bonds are authorized to be issued is fifteen (15) years; the proceeds of said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation thereof may be applied to reimburse the Village for expenditures made after the effective date of this bond resolution for the purpose for which said bonds are authorized; and the proposed maturity of said bonds will exceed five (5) years;

FOURTH: DETERMINING that said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds and the renewals of said bond anticipation notes shall be general obligations of the Village; and PLEDGING to their payment the faith and credit of the Village;

FIFTH: DELEGATING to the Village Treasurer the powers and duties as to the issuance of said bonds, and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds, or the renewals thereof; and

SIXTH: DETERMINING that the bond resolution is subject to a permissive referendum.

DATED: August 24, 2021

Karen M. Altman Village Clerk

GC 1234 1x 8/27

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