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Pleads not guilty in county court BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Great Neck resident and plastic surgeon Matthew Bonanno faces over a dozen new weapons charges after police raided his East Shore Road residence in late August, according to the Nassau County district attorney’s oﬃce. Bonanno pleaded not guilty Friday during his arraignment before acting State Supreme Court Justice David Sullivan, according to the district attorney’s oﬃce. Bonanno was charged with 11 counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second and third degrees, along with two charges of criminal possession of a firearm, according to an indictment. The 47-year-old Bonanno was first indicted in Westchester, where he pleaded not guilty to 53 weapons charges in September. Those charges are based in Westchester, separate from the 13 Nassau-based additional charges Bonanno now faces. Tuckahoe village police Continued on Page 51

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Members of the North Shore community gathered for the ribbon cutting of NSTV’s new studio. See story on page 2.

Enrollment figures back project proposal More classrooms at E.M. Baker, Lakeville said to be needed to accommodate students BY R OB E RT PELAEZ

Enrollments in the public schools will grow by about 40 students per year over the next Enrollment projections for five years, according to new prothe Great Neck Public Schools jections presented Monday at a reenforce the need for addition- Board of Education meeting by al classrooms at two elementary Stephen C. Lando, assistant superintendent of secondary eduschools, oﬃcials said. cation. According to Lando, he used a “cohort survival method” to come up with more accurate projections. The method is a projection

of future populations based on the existing population and births that will occur over a fiveyear period. Lando updated his projections using this method after the Board of Education unanimously approved a change to the district’s optional attendance zone last year. The optional attendance zone was implemented by the board over 10 years ago in an attempt to combat overcrowding

and to balance student enrollment in secondary schools. This allowed students from E.M. Baker and Saddle Rock elementary schools, which are normally zoned for South High School, to exercise the option to attend North Middle or North High School instead. In January 2018, the board adopted a change that allows only students entering sixthgrade and residing within the Continued on Page 51

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The Great Neck News, Friday, November 22, 2019

NSTV to use laughs Beggs on a mission to raise money to better the parks Afternoon of comedy and studio tours set for Dec. 8 BY R OB E RT PELAEZ

After undergoing a rebranding in October, the newly named North Shore Television, or NSTV, will host a comedy fundraiser to promote and highlight its community impact. The nonprofit organization, formerly known as Public Access Television, made the change last month to better reflect its viewership, which stretches from Great Neck to areas in Manhasset and Flower Hill. “We realized that changing our name would stand out a little bit more, and would encourage residents to be more interested in our local programming,” Grace Grella, NSTV’s grants and outreach coordinator, said. “Our main goal here is to continue serving the community, and ultimately help our business grow by helping others’ businesses grow.” The cable channel said its mission is to “promote and produce television programming of an educational, literary, cultural and civic nature.” Programs include a North Shore News segment each day from 7 to 8 p.m., discussions of pressing issues such as the environment, and showcases of local theater talent from all age groups. Grella mentioned that there are more opportunities than before to allow local businesses to promote themselves on the organization’s platforms. With streaming availability on YouTube and Facebook, the popularity of programming has seen an uptick in viewership aside from the regularly scheduled cable programs. “It’s great to have those other media platforms, especially in such a unique age of technology that we’re fully indulged in right now,” Grella explained. “We re-

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NSTV will host a comedy fundraiser on Dec. 8 to promote its community impact to North Shore residents. alized that we had to adapt to this technologically progressive movement, and we’re excited to continue that process.” A ribbon-cutting ceremony last month officially marked the beginning of a new era in local television on the North Shore, highlighted by a new podcast studio. Grella said it is one of the many ways that the organization is looking to expand its youth outreach. “It’s such a great addition to have, and it’s already piqued interest from a handful of schools in the area,” Grella said. “A lot of people may think that this technology is for our staff and crew members when in reality, everything we have, we implore the public to come view and use to contribute to our programs. Especially for the local students, we offer a handful of programs that can be great to jumpstart a career choice.” NSTV offers a variety of programs to students in the area, such as women in technology,

Teen TV and lessons in using all of the production equipment to show what goes on behind the scenes in making shows. Opportunities for students to interview local oﬃcials are also available, with the main goal being a mutual form of exposure for the organization, and using the equipment to expose the younger generation to prominent figures in the community. “We all know how important it is to be involved in the area where you live,” Grella said. “No matter the age, having the tools to interview people that can provide answers to your questions about your community is so important. We’re proud to be here for everyone and to be a place where discussions can happen.” On Dec. 8, NSTV will host a comedy fundraiser from 1 to 4 p.m. Grella said that in the spirit of the holiday season, nothing brings people together like sharing a few good-spirited laughs. Continued on Page 61

Running against Cilluffo for commissioner BY R OB E RT PELAEZ

Erica Beggs is the mother of a growing family and an involved resident always looking for ways to improve the parks in Great Neck. As a result, she is running for a three-year term as commissioner in the Great Neck Park District against incumbent Frank S. Cilluﬀo. “I feel like I am able to bring a fresh perspective into the parks district,” Beggs said during a sitdown interview with Blank Slate Media." “My background working with children and being a vocal member in the community I believe gives me a unique perspective on things.” Beggs has been a guidance counselor at the North Shore Hebrew Academy in Great Neck for almost four years." Her background growing up as an avid skater in Lake Placid factored into her decision to run for parks

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Erica Beggs is running against incumbent Parks Commissioner Frank Cilluffo in the Dec. 10 election.

commissioner. ”I trained at Lake Placid as a figure skater,” Beggs said." “I’m sure some people would bring this up, but my background with figure skating and the ice rink will not mean I will solely focus on that aspect of the parks if elected.” Beggs’ involvement with the park district goes beyond a typical resident." She has been a skating instructor for the past 13 years and ran the Great Neck Park District skating school for four years. Under her supervision, the program was awarded for having one of the largest enrollments in the country. She said, “We need a safe space for our kids to go after school, even if they’re not a hockey player, or a figure skater or a tennis player.” Beggs’ husband, Scott MacDonald, is a supervisor for Cuttermill and other neighboring parks." While she addressed the fact that some may question her ability to be impartial on matters involving MacDonald, she said she would recuse herself on any matter that fell under his jurisdiction. In fact, Beggs touted her fairness and ability to be impartial while making decisions, saying she wanted to be a voice for the people who use the parks all the time." She went on to say that she would be excited to engage in a collaborative eﬀort with the other commissioners if elected. “I would certainly wish there to be some more transparency within the parks and their commissioners,” Beggs said. “Every dollar that is spent, the public should know where it goes. If I was elected, I would have no problem working and communicating with the other commissioners, and I would make sure everyone who uses these parks knows exactly what we’re doing with the money for them.” Continued on Page 50

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Lafazan seeks to update suicide hotline number Nassau legislator says replacing 10-digit number with 988 would increase use and save lives BY R O S E W E L D ON Nassau County Legislator Josh Lafazan announced that he has filed legislation to establish 988 as the suicide hotline number for the county. “Suicide is a national emergency in the United States, and we must treat it as such,” Lafazan, an Independent who caucuses with the Democrats, wrote in an email to constituents last Wednesday. The Syosset legislator, whose 18th District includes East Hills, cited statistics from The New York Times stating that more than 1.4 million adults attempted suicide in 2017 and, in 2018, over 2.2 million people called 1-800-273-TALK (8255), recognized as the national suicide prevention lifeline. “This last statistic is a bright spot amidst the darkness,” Lafazan wrote. “However, you would be hard-pressed to find a room where 100 percent of its occupants knew the10-digit suicide hotline number by heart. That is why the Federal Communications Commission strongly rec-

ommends the designation of a bill would lead to a “ubiquinational three-digit suicide life- tous level of recognition for this number” in his generation. line telephone number.” “I hope that everybody who is considering self-harm remembers that resources are available “ uicide is a national here in Nassau County and that no matter how diﬃcult life may emergency in the become, or no matter the level United States, and we of severity of the issues you are with, we are here to must treat it as such.” dealing help you,” he said. If passed, the number would Josh Lafazan be the first of its kind in New NASSAU COUNTY LEGISLATOR York State and in the country as a whole. “I know this bill will save Pointing out that individuals in distress know to dial 911 lives, and I urge my colleagues for medical emergencies, Lafa- to pass it immediately,” Lafazan zan said that a similar number wrote. Lafazan, who was re-elected for mental health emergencies for a second term in the Legislawould be better. Under the bill, Lafazan ture on Nov. 5, has spent most of wrote, calls to the 988 hotline his time as a freshman legislator would be routed to the Long proposing bills focusing on care Island Crisis Center’s existing for veterans or those with subSuicide Prevention and Crisis stance abuse issues. A bill passed last year uses Intervention Hotline. Additionally, it would direct the county funds from the state’s Timothy’s executive’s oﬃce to seek grants Law to create a 24-hour hotline for a public awareness cam- for substance abuse issues. No date has been set for a paign about the number. Lafazan said he hopes the discussion or vote on the bill.

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Nassau County Legislator Josh Lafazan is looking to shorten the 10-digit suicide hotline number to the three-digit 988.

The Great Neck News, Friday, November 22, 2019

Town bans intentional release of balloons North Hempstead Supervisor Bosworth cites environmental preservation and quality of life for residents BY TOM M CC A RT HY The North Hempstead Town Board passed a law prohibiting the intentional release of helium or lighter-than-air balloons at a meeting Tuesday. “This legislation will prohibit the intentional release of balloons within the Town of North Hempstead. It’s part of a continuing eﬀort to improve the quality of life for our residents and protect our environment, including wildlife and animals,” Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said. Violations could result in a fine up to $500 or up to 15 days in jail, the resolution reads. The town is following the neighboring Town of Hempstead, which passed a similar local law at a Nov. 12 meeting. North Hempstead resident and environmental activist Jordan Christensen thanked Bosworth and the Town Board for passing the law. “I know that balloons seem like a very small thing, but they actually create a huge outsized problem for our oceans, our

or coating automobile license plates. Bosworth said this resolution is needed because the town uses license plate recorders for parking enforcement. Councilwoman Dina De Giorgio said after speaking with CSEA 7555 President Tom McDonough she oﬀered resolutions changing dangerous traﬃc locations at North Bayles Parking Field and Shore Road Parking Field in Port Washington. De Giorgio said that the first is to establish a full stop eastbound at the northernmost driveway of North Bayles Parking Field (Area 2), at its intersection with North Bayles Avenue, and a full stop eastbound at the southernmost driveway of North Bayles Parking Field at its intersection with North Bayles Avenue. The second will establish PHOTO BY TOM MCCARTHY a full stop eastbound on Shore Road Parking Field (Area 6) at its intersection with Shore Road, The Town of North Hempstead passed a resolution banning the intentional release of baland a full stop northbound on loons Tuesday. Shore Road Parking Field Parcel beaches and our wildlife,” Chris- ally can get “hundreds of miles” like whales, dolphins and seals. A, at its intersection with Shore tensen said. out into the ocean and can wind The board also passed a Road Parking Field driveway Balloons released intention- up being inngested by wildlife resolution prohibiting covering egress, De Giorgio said.

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo threatened to pull National Grid’s license in downstate New York in a letter last Tuesday saying the company’s recent hold on natural gas permits was a “mishandling” of its role as a public utility system. In the letter, Cuomo gave the company until Nov. 26 to reverse its halt on gas permits in downstate New York. “The Public Service Law provides that a utility is granted a certificate of public convenience and necessity if the corporation can provide ‘adequate and reliable service’ and the utility’s operation is ‘in the public interest,'” Cuomo said. In May, National Grid announced to municipalities on Long Island and in New York City that gas permits would be withheld after a natural gas pipeline project was denied by the state. The project’s opponents say that there is no need for the project, and the halt is a move by National Grid to get the state to approve the project and keep ratepayers dependent on fossil fuel for energy. “Reliance on a 12-month construction timeline for such a complex and

controversial project is also irresponsible,” Cuomo said. Cuomo said National Grid’s “moratorium” is evidence that the company has failed to provide “adequate and reliable” service for customers. The letter went on to say that National Grid is at fault if it is true that it is short on gas because its “fundamental legal obligation” as a public utility is to plan and provide for future needs. “The ‘moratorium’ is either a fabricated device or a lack of competence,” Cuomo said. He said that there are existing short-term options to obtain nonpiped gas from other sources that National Grid failed to secure. He said that gas could be trucked, shipped or barged and other infrastructure could be proposed like electric service, heat pumps or renewable sources. National Grid either was grossly negligent or is deliberately defrauding the state, Cuomo said. National Grid spokesman Dominick Graziani said in an email that the company will respond to the Public Service Commission’s show cause order over the gas moratorium and the governor’s letter by Nov. 26.

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Village board adopts 2020 holiday calendar Trustees also schedule hearing date for two building proposals on Middle Neck Road BY R OB E RT PELAEZ The Village of Great Neck Board of Trustees unanimously agreed on Tuesday to adopt a holiday schedule for 2020 and to schedule public hearings for two building projects. The board had two options in deciding when Village Hall would not be operating. The main reason for a discussion was Veterans Day falling on Wednesday, Nov. 11, next year. “The policy for the past four years has been that if Veterans Day does not fall on a Friday or a Monday, we usually give it as a floating holiday,” said Abraham Cohan, deputy treasurer for the village. Cohan said the purpose of doing this is to not interrupt the village’s workflow. Floating holidays mean that while Village Hall is open for business, employees can choose to take oﬀ if they wish, as part of the 13½ holidays the village’s employee handbook mandates. “I think the floating holiday works better for the village and

Neck Road, are scheduled to be presented before the public at the Dec. 17 Board of Trustees meeting beginning at 7:45 p.m. The latter property is the former home of Middle Neck Pharmacy. An initial presentation was made in July by the owner of the building, Steven Wu Kuo of Silver Lake Realty Group. The presentation was to develop the property into a mixeduse building with 10 apartments, or five for each residential floor, with eight of them being two bedrooms and two being onebedroom units. Atop this would be a residential terrace taking up half the roof area. The property at 733 Middle Neck Road was purchased in February by Gesher Inc., a nonprofit Jewish educational orgaRENDERING BY RAYMOND CHAN ARCHITECTS nization aiming to bridge “the gaps between diﬀerent segments of Israeli society,” according to The public hearing for a proposed mixed-use building for 523 Middle Neck Road is schedits website. uled for Dec. 17. The property was sold for the employees,” Deputy Mayor most of the village staﬀ was in mously agreed to make Veterans $1.24 million for use as a reliBart Sobel said. “For the village favor of making Veterans Day a Day a floating holiday. gious facility, brokers with CushThe board also unanimously man & Wakefield announced on purposes, we would rather have floating holiday, along with Linthe continuation of work not be coln’s Birthday, which will fall on agreed to schedule public hear- Feb. 21. ings for two properties. The Feb. 12, also a Wednesday. interrupted.” Ultimately, the board unani- properties, 733 and 523 Middle Cohan told the board that

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Opinion

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Schools taxes get less scrutiny

axes were listed as the No. 1 issue by most candidates for town council and county Legislature in the recent elections. Which is both understandable and a little strange. Understandable because taxes are, well, high in New York State in general and Nassau County in particular compared with many places in this country. And their impact has grown following the $10,000 cap on deductions for state and local taxes imposed under the 2017 tax legislation approved by President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress. At the same time, the focus of voters on town and county taxes is a little strange because of the relatively small impact they have. Property taxes, which are the primary source of revenues for towns and counties, account for 43 percent of the money raised by government in New York, according to a recently released study by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. And of the 43 percent in property taxes, the county accounts for about 16 percent of the tax burden and towns about 11 percent, the study shows. That’s real money, but still a relatively small share of the property tax burden. By far the largest share of property taxes goes to school districts, which account for nearly 67 percent of the total. But no one on the campaign trail was talking about the cost of paying for the 56 school districts in Nassau County. Or why Nassau needs 56 school districts for 200,000 students when New York City needs just one school district for 1.1 million students.

True, the candidates were not running for school board and they would only directly influence the government they hoped to represent. But an honest discussion of Nassau taxes would have included the 500-pound gorilla in the room – school taxes. This raises other oddities. Unlike town and county taxes, which are decided by elected officials, school budgets are decided directly by voters. And in virtually every case, the budgets are approved. True, school districts almost always propose budgets that fall within the 2 percent tax cap imposed by the state in 2012. But it is hardly an endorsement of the popular will that the state had to impose the cap in the first place. If taxes were a problem, wouldn’t voters demand no increase in taxes or even decreases? You might think so, but you would be wrong. Which is why you hear so few people objecting to the state’s intrusion in the business of local governments in this way. Another oddity is that unlike races for town council and county Legislature, elections for school board seats are often uncontested. We criticized the caliber of some candidates who have been put up by political parties to take on incumbents on town councils and in the Legislature as recently as last week. But at least every seat was contested. So why do races directly impacting what is by far the largest share of property taxes seem to draw less opposition? Perhaps it’s the nature of Long Island. A major reason for many peo-

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ple moving to communities in Nassau County is the schools, which are among the best and most expensive in the state. So they are paying for what they want – even if it costs a lot. Another reason is that the quality of the school district – or at least the perception of the quality – plays an important role in determining what a home is worth. So even someone who doesn’t have children in the school district may believe the cost of the school district helps maintain the value of perhaps their biggest asset – their home. This actually has a basis in fact. DiNapoli’s study found that Nassau was one of four counties in New York State that saw property values grow more than 10 percent in the past two years. Then, there is the potential bias on most school boards – a majority if not all members who have children in the district. This is not unexpected. Many people need the motivation to contribute their time to serving on a school board

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bankrupted the county. Much of the $50 million covered money that would otherwise be paid by school districts. Former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, who let the county’s assessment system fall apart during his eight years in office, attempted to end the county guaranty system rather than fix the assessment system himself. Mangano’s eﬀorts were defeated by opponents led by county school boards. Assuming that the reassessment eliminates most if not all the $50 million in refunds, school districts face two problems. Taxpayers will now be footing the cost of the $50 million – most of which went for schools. And the half of the county property owners who were underpaying their taxes the past eight years will now be paying more. So school budgets could face extra scrutiny going forward. If not, perhaps voters’ unhappiness with Nassau County taxes has been overstated.

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of their children. But this does bring a certain bias – as would not having children attending the school district. Especially, if they have children who don’t attend the school district. A heated controversy accompanied two candidates for Great Neck school board seats whose children attended nearby religious schools. Opponents said these candidates, both of whom lost, would not support current funding levels. School districts have also benefited from taxpayers not bearing the full cost of the tax burden thanks to an indirect subsidy provided by Nassau County known as the county guaranty. The guaranty requires the county to pay refunds for successfully challenged property taxes not just to itself but to school districts and other authorities that rely on its assessment system. Until Nassau Executive Laura Curran had all county property reassessed, the county was paying $50 million a year in refunds under the guaranty – a total that almost

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ON THE RIGHT

Cuomo’s billion dollar investment debacle

emember Solyndra? That’s the green energy company that received $535 million in taxpayerfunded loan guarantees in September 2009 from the Obama administration. Announcing the loans, then Vice President Biden declared: “Part of our plan is to make sure that … we are creating jobs of the future, like the ones you are creating. Jobs you can raise a family on … jobs that will serve as a foundation for a strong American economy. Which is why it is so important we invest in Solyndra…. Not just to get through today, but to power our way to a much brighter tomorrow.” In a subsequent visit to Solyndra’s plant in California, President Obama said “The true engine of economic growth will always be companies like Solyndra.” Five months later, November 2010, Solyndra laid oﬀ 20 percent of its workers. And on Sept. 6, 2011, Solyndra closed its doors, filed for bankruptcy and stuck taxpayers with its debt. Did liberals learn from this ex-

perience? Nope. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has made a load of dubious investments driven by ideology, not financial analysis with taxpayer dollars. Take Cuomo’s Empire State Development Corporation, which is saddled with over $10 billion in debt. It has had awful returns on its private sector investments. In 2013, for example, ESDC aided 201 companies statewide, which resulted in 12,355 jobs being retained and 2,424 jobs created. Impressive results? I think not. Do the math: $1.3 billion in expenditures divided by 14,779 total jobs saved and created equals $87,962 spent for each job. That’s a lot of money per job. Cuomo’s biggest investment boondoggle appears to be his “Buﬀalo Billion” program that he promised would revitalize Western New York. In 2013, Cuomo, to much fanfare, announced that the state had invested $959 million to develop plants in Buﬀalo, Syracuse and Plattsburgh that were owned by the non-profit Fort Schuyler Man-

GEORGE J. MARLIN On The Right agement Corporation. The key participant, the Buffalo Solar City facility that is operated by Elon Musk’s Tesla, Inc., has received $750 million in state subsidies. After six years, the governor’s ambitious plans appear to have gone bust. In early November, it was revealed that the state “wrote down more than $1 billion in economic development investments on some high-tech projects across upstate New York, including the solar-panel factory in Buﬀalo op-

erated by Tesla, Inc.” Instead of creating thousands of new jobs as promised, Solar City issued pink slips in January. And the company is not expected to sell this year the 10,000 megawatts of solar panels it projected. (In the 2nd quarter, Solar City installed a measly 29 megawatts of solar panels.) Vanity Fair’s, October issue, reported that the state “issued a series of 10 amendments that watered down the requirements Solar City must meet in exchange for the $1 lease on the Buﬀalo factory. The 1,460 ‘high-tech’ jobs at the factory became just plain old jobs…. The agreement to employ 900 people at the factory within two years shrank to 500. And the timing for the additional jobs were extended to 10 years after the factory was completed — at which point the lease would also be expiring.” One Albany lobbyist reflecting on the “disaster” said Solar City is “a poster child for why government giveaways to big companies don’t work.” A laid-oﬀ Solar City employ-

ee, Dale Witherell, insisted in a letter to Senator Gillibrand, that “New York State taxpayers deserved more from a $750 million investment. Tesla, he added “had done a tremendous job providing smoke and mirrors and empty promises to the area.” E.J. McMahon, of the Empire Center for Public Policy, noted, “This is black and white evidence that they wasted $1.2 billion of taxpayer money.” As for Gov. Cuomo, he appears to be delusional. During a visit to Buﬀalo earlier this year, he told media outlets that he was satisfied with Solar City and that they were “ahead of schedule.” Like Obama, Cuomo wears rose-colored glasses when it comes to investing taxpayer’s money into farfetched solar energy projects. Before he squanders more of our money, Cuomo should heed the words of Democrat economist Larry Summers, who served for a time as Obama’s Chairman of the National Economic Council: “The government is a crappy venture capitalist.”

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

What ‘who cut this?’ actually means

he question startled me. “Who cut this?” the man wanted to know. I was standing on my front lawn, next to my new gardener, who was pointing at the forsythia hedge that straggled along the western edge of my yard. “Why do you ask?” I said back to him. He started pointing to places where inexplicable dips and holes broke an uneven line of foliage. But I paid little attention. The question had sent my mind hurtling back through the years, to other times when I’d been asked the same exact question. All of a sudden, I was sitting in a barber’s chair in a very expensive Madison Avenue hair salon. The proprietor was running his comb through my hair and asking me, “Who cut this?” It didn’t sound like a compliment. I was only there out of desperation. The woman who’d been doing my hair ever since I’d come to Manhattan had fallen madly in love and moved — lock,

stock, and scissors — to Las Vegas. For good! Feeling abandoned, I asked my New York colleagues for referrals, and when our TV show’s director had said, “You should go to my barber,” I took his suggestion. TV directors are all about making things look good, I figured, so why not give it a try? Of course, my little salary was just a fraction of that of someone in the Director’s Guild … a thought which didn’t occur to me until I was sitting in this fancy uptown chair, being interrogated. “Who cut this?” the barber asked again. “Um, a girlfriend,” I said. It wasn’t a total lie. “She may be a girl, but she’s no friend,” he replied, and began his Judy-Improvement project. I was right about one thing: I couldn’t aﬀord him! I took that expensive haircut back downtown to my usual place to see if anyone there would commit to copying it. “Who cut this?” they all asked me.

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A Look on the Lighter Side “Never mind that,” I kept saying, “Can you copy it?” Finally, someone said yes, and I stayed on. The next time someone asked me this question, I had just started my first session as a segment producer, working with an editor in a video editing suite. I was seated at a table on Day #1 of a multi-day booking, my looseleaf binder of notes spread out before me. All around me, in the discreetly dimmed light, many pieces of equipment were

blinking quietly away, awaiting instructions from their master, the video editor — who in turn was awaiting instructions from me. “Let’s see what you have, so far,” he suggested. I gave him the very rough “rough cut” of my three-minute montage for a show about coal miners. It played for about 30 seconds before he stopped the tape and whipped around in his chair to bark one vehement question: “Who cut this?” he asked me. Okay, he added a four-letter word at the end of the sentence, but you get the drift. “Why? Don’t you like it?” “Let me put it this way. If I recut this thing with my eyes closed, it would still be 100% better — if only because you should always edit your picture just before the beat in the music, not after. When it’s after, the whole thing drags.” He stopped talking when he finally noticed the stricken look on my face. “Tell you what,” he said. “I’ll just shift the music track a few

frames, and you can see what I mean. If you hate it, I’ll move it back. But you won’t.” I learned two things that day. One was that montages do, indeed, flow much better when the video cuts just before, rather than after, the beat. Which somehow brings me back to my lawn, standing in the patchy shade of my raggedy hedge, with my gardener demanding to know, “Who cut this?” I took a deep breath and told the truth. “I did,” I confessed. “I was upset with my kids, but I didn’t want to yell at them one more time, so I came out here and… well, I guess I got carried away.” I was surprised when all he did was laugh. “I understand,” he said. “I have children, too! And you picked the perfect thing to cut because it’s almost impossible to kill a forsythia! Give me an hour, it’ll look better than new.” The second thing I learned, years ago, was that when a man asks “Who cut this?” it’s mostly just his ego talking, and any answer will do!

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OUT OF LEFT FIELD

First turn them on; then turn them out

s there a tipping point group of voters that can be tapped for the 2020 elections? Please check some context below; then consider the proposed group. Jacob Bronowski advocated decades ago: “Knowledge is our destiny.” Will Americans be eager to expand and deepen their understandings of citizenship and democracy if the current political confrontations are sustained into a succession of “teachable moments?” The early impeachment hearings have already generated conflicts and controversies. Will some citizens, more than others, be eager to make informed judgments based on reliable data? How will different citizens view what Lincoln called the “beacons” of American democracy? Attentive citizens will respond in terms of how effectively and accurately data is conveyed to them. Not many folks regularly read the U.S. Constitution. The process by the House majority took a significant direction last week by focusing on a particular word in the impeachment clause. Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution states: “The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misde-

meanors.” I have highlighted the word “Bribery” because the House leaders have decided to make this the key theme (that does not mean that other charges, including “Treason” may not lie ahead). To mobilize voters in complex circumstances, the rule of thumb for politicians is to use the so-called “KISS” strategy (“Keep It Simple Stupid”). Some have said that the President was not engaged in bribery; others have argued that it was at most “attempted” bribery without consequence (although critics point out that military aid was delayed to Ukraine for months while the President awaited a “favor” from that nation’s president). Legal experts say that attempted bribery is also a crime. Will use of “bribery” cancel the mild Latin revival of quid pro quo? The president’s chief of staﬀ has asserted that these kinds of trade-oﬀs occur all the time: “Get used to it.” Will there be tipping point groups that conclude, at the very least, that the President attempted bribery, and that conduct alone rises to the level of impeachment and conviction? A few days ago, Gerard Baker, the former editor of The Wall Street Journal advised regarding the President: “He did it and shouldn’t have. But it should be

MICHAEL D’INNOCENZO Out of Left Field left to the voters to decide.” Mr. Baker continues: “Something is diﬀerent here. Demanding that a foreign government investigate your domestic opponent crosses a pretty bright line of propriety.” Still, Mr. Baker concludes, “With an election less than a year away, isn’t the ballot box a better place to try a president’s questionable judgment?” Last week on the program “Reliable Sources,” former White House Communications Director (and North Shore resident) Anthony Scaramucci accused the president of committing “fullblown traitorous activity.” Only a year ago, Scaramucci published “The Blue Collar President” in which he argued the Chief Executive had to be like a bulldozer “to drain the swamp.” Now, he and others see the President and his convicted ally Roger Stone as “the swamp.”

Many scholars join the House majority in saying it is the duty of Congress to exercise oversight, particularly regarding executive abuses of power. Jill Lepore writing about the history of impeachment in the Oct. 29 New Yorker emphasizes points made by conservative writer George Will and most historians and political scientists. When the Constitution was drafted in 1787 it was not intended to create three co-equal branches of the national government. The Madisonian view prevailed in Article I that Congress had pre-eminent power and authority. It is the case over decades that we have witnessed the expansion of the “Imperial Presidency” with chief executives of both parties taking more and more power while Congress has often been passive. Are we satisfied to have any president, from any party with such vast influence? E.L Doctorow has written that the president who gets elected is the country everyone gets. Yale historian Paul Kennedy expands that view: “The President the United States elects is the world that everyone gets.” Whether or not charges other than “bribery” are made against this President, he has already made more enemies in his own party than any President in all of American history. The

numbers and reputations of lifelong Republicans who oppose him mark the impeachment proceedings as unique. Will the impeachment “managers” in the House be able to make a compelling case against the President that will energize young voters? They came out in record proportions in 2018 to give Democrats a huge victory in recapturing the House. Could the impeachment witnesses (public servants who were in government for decades) bolster opposition to a President that former Republican Bret Stephens calls a crude libertine with no record of public service prior to the huckster election of 2016? Will impeachment proceedings (even if not supported in the Senate) be the tipping point for ending a Presidency that most young people (particularly Gen Z youth, born since 1997) consider embarrassing and destructive of their values and of the nation’s “beacons” (young citizens emphasize “intersectionality” – keenly supporting diversity and inclusion – not a priority for Steven Miller and the President). If the final day of judgment is Nov. 3, 2020, will Democrats heed the call of professor Melanye Price to “Electrify The Youth,” especially “seven million young people of color who have turned 18 since the last vote”?

E A R T H M AT T E R S

Plastic leaf bags and other crimes

all is my favorite season. I am a sucker for the beautiful changing foliage and crisp cool air. But the rows of black plastic bags of leaves piled up on curbs in our neighborhoods is disturbing not only to the landscape but also represents our inability to fix things that we know to be harmful to our environment… even when the fix is simple. It is actually outrageous that we stuﬀ a valuable resource into a non-biodegradable forever-polluting plastic bag which will be discarded as garbage. Nature’s “waste” should either be left on properties where it can be used as protection

for trees and shrubs against winter’s freezing temperatures and storm damage, chopped up with a lawnmower and left on our lawns as a valuable nutrient, or taken away in paper bags to a municipal composting facility where it can breakdown into one of the best soil amendments for our landscapes. I know the Town of North Hempstead recommends putting leaves in paper bags for pick-up by trash removal services, but considering the environmental hazards of plastic and the limits of landfills, maybe this recommendation should become a regulation. Other towns do it and I have even toured facilities where leaves and paper bags

PATTI WOOD Earth Matters

breakdown together over time in a managed location to eventually provide residents with free compost for their vegetable gardens and other plantings. I guess this naturally leads

to a discussion of plastic waste in general. Again. Food convenience plays a huge role in our choices today, from water bottles to individually packaged snacks, from coﬀee packed in serving-sized plastic pods to microwave-ready dinners. We produce 78 million tons of plastic packaging every year, about 52 percent of the total plastic produced. One garbage truck’s worth of plastic goes into the ocean every minute. This is expected to increase to two per minute by 2030 and four per minute by 2050. By 2050, this could mean there will be more plastic than fish in the world’s oceans. Photodegradation and the motion of the ocean’s currents

break the plastic down into smaller and smaller pieces, but it never goes away. And if you have been following the science, you know that contamination of fish with microplastics is being found in more and more species. Scientists were initially finding microplastics in the digestive tract of fish, but are now finding it in their flesh as well. Several years ago, I created an in-school environmental education program called “I’ll Have the Plastic Fish Special, Please” which was met with some skepticism from students and teachers alike. However, the studies and projections have indeed been proven accurate. Continued on Page 47

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F R O M T H E D E S K O F W AY N E W I N K

How N. Hempstead can help you travel

raveling abroad can be a life-changing and transformative experience for many. Since becoming a U.S. Passport Acceptance Facility in April of 2017, our office has processed over one thousand new passports, assisted with countless renewals and hosted various mobile events throughout the town. It is a service we are proud to be able to provide to our constituents. Applying for a passport is easier than most people realize, especially when you come to the Town Clerk’s Office. There are essentially two components of a passport application: proving identity and showing evidence of citizenship. For an adult applying for the first time, a birth certificate and driver license are sufficient. In the case of minors aged 15 years and younger, either both parents listed on the birth cer-

tificate must provide identification and sign off on behalf of the minor, or one parent alone with a notarized affidavit of consent. Minor passports are valid for five years while adult passports are valid for ten. Our office is happy to assist with these applications and we even mail the entire packet on the applicant’s behalf. It is a customer service that we provide at no cost, with the exception of the photo fee, if needed. For passport renewals, the adult applicant must submit the renewal application, along with their old passport directly to the State Department. Although we can assist in this process, we are restricted by the Department of State regulations from mailing these on the applicant’s behalf. As Registrar of Vital Statistics, my office maintains all marriage certificates for weddings that were

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North Hempstead Town Clerk licensed in the town, as well as birth certificates for those born at North Shore University Hospital. We are also currently in the process of assuming Registrar functions for the Village of Mineola, which means that we will maintain birth certificates for children

born at Winthrop Hospital. It is almost a daily occurrence that someone will come in and request a copy of their own or their child’s birth certificate with the intent of submitting it with a passport application. The same situation arises for those who had their names changed via marriage and want to update their passports before they travel. Most are pleasantly surprised that they do not need to wait to go to the Post Oﬃce, and that they can apply with us instead. We have even performed weddings, issued marriage certificates, and sent it with that person’s passport application in the same day. Additionally, we oﬀer on-site passport photo services for a small fee. Consider us a one-stop shop. There are two fees associated with filing for a passport; the execution fee which is paid to the

Town of North Hempstead and the application fee which is paid to the U.S. Department of State. Payments for the execution fee can be made with cash, check or credit but please note that the application fee must be paid by check. For a complete listing of passport fees please visit: https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/ en/passports/information/fees. html. Passport services are oﬀered at the Town Clerk’s Oﬃce, located at 200 Plandome Road in Manhasset from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. This service is open to both residents and non-residents. Passport processing is by appointment only, and residents are encouraged to contact 311 to schedule an appointment. Happy travelling!

VIEW POINT

Gun event educates on Red Flag Law

he plea of Linda Beigel Schulman, whose son, Scott Beigel, a teacher and coach murdered in the Parkland school massacre, had barely faded, when a 16-year old, marking his birthday, shot up his high school in California, killing two, injuring perhaps for life three more, before shooting himself in the head, subsequently dying. And on Saturday, in San Diego, a husband shot and killed his wife and three of their sons before killing himself. So far, the number of mass shootings in 2019 have averaged more than one a day – 371 as of Nov. 17. The Gun Violence Archive, as of Nov. 18, totaled 34,483 gun deaths, including homicides (13,231), suicides (21,252) plus 26,062 injuries (gunviolencearchive.org). In 46 weeks, there have been 45 school shootings. Since Columbine, more than 300,000 students have had to live with the trauma of gun violence in their schools (3 million children a year witness gun violence). (As I write this, I have to amend the list multiple times as more massacres are being recorded, including the Walmart, Lawton, Oklahoma shooting.) Schulman’s plea for vigilance at a special event organized by New Yorkers Against Gun Violence at the Landmark on Main in Port Washington, came as New York is

implementing its newly passed Red Flag Law and her prayer was that other parents would not have to live forever with the pain of such a tragic loss. On the panel, aimed at educating the public on the new law and how to use it, the presentation that most fascinated me was by Dr. Abid I. Khan, director of psychiatry at Brunswick Hospital, who dispelled the notion that mental illness is the singular factor in gun massacres, murders and suicides. Rather, it is the easy access to guns with massive firepower and lethality. “Fewer than 5 percent of gun crimes are committed by mentally ill,” he said. “The common denominator is availability of guns.” On the other hand, two-thirds of gun deaths (50 percent in New York) involve suicides.” Moreover, individuals who have access to gun and attempt suicide are 97% likely to succeed, but only 3 percent of individuals who use other means to attempt suicide succeed, with most getting support so they do not try again. “So access to guns is the reason individuals more likely to die by suicide.” A suicidal teen who impetuously takes pills or slashes a wrist can often be saved and treated physically and mentally, but that instant of pulling a trigger is final. It took 16 seconds for that 16year old to commit his murder and mayhem. Individuals may pass a back-

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ground check when they first acquire a gun and appear a “responsible” gun owner, but something could happen in their lives that causes them to snap – a bad breakup, the death of someone close, being fired from a job, some tragedy. “At this almost breaking point, showing signs of mental instability this is where red flag law can step in and avert a possible tragedy,” Schulman said. Mental illness is only small percentage of people likely to commit murder or suicide – so it is necessary to look at behavior as an indicator of violence- that is what individual who files protection order needs to look for: a threat of violence, use of physical force, violation of order of protection, pending charge of conviction involving the use of a weapon, reckless brandishing of gun; prior violation of ERPO; recent or ongoing abuse of

controlled substances or alcohol; evidence of recent acquisition of a gun or another deadly weapon, dangerous instrument or ammunition with other behavior indicating the individual is likely to harm self or others. “There could be other behaviors that show likelihood of violence – it could be suicidal ideation, not merely being depressed or anxious.” But in 51 percent of mass shootings, the perpetrator exhibited dangerous warning signs – this was the case in Parkland. It was also the case in the May 2014 Isla Vista, CA shooting, which prompted California to pass its Extreme Risk Law. 1,700 children a year are murdered in gun violence, 86 percent of them because of domestic violence. “This is why the Red Flag Law is so important to all of us, every one of us,” said Schulman. So what happens under this law? If, upon a petition from a family member, school oﬃcial, or law enforcement oﬃcial, a court finds the individual is likely to harm him- or herself or others, the judge may issue an initial temporary ERPO, and the individual will be required to surrender any guns to the proper authorities and will be prohibited from purchasing guns. After a second hearing, in which the petitioner has to provide evidence, the judge may extend the

order for up to a year – at which point it will expire unless a petition is filed to renew the order. Those subject to ERPOs will have an opportunity during the year-long ERPO period to petition the court and present evidence as to why the order should be lifted. If the order expires and is not renewed or if the order is lifted, guns surrendered will be returned to the individual and all records of the proceedings will be sealed. (See the NYS Court website, https:// www.nycourts.gov/CourtHelp/ Safety/ERPOabout.shtml for information and to download the forms.) Another commonsense gun safety regulation that New York thankfully has passed requires safe storage of guns – a priority that NYAGV has lobbied for 25 years – requiring gun owners to lock up guns when there are children in the home. Also adopted: extending the Background Check from 3 to up to 30 days; banning bump stocks, banning arming educators, requiring mental health records check for an out-of-state resident who applies for a state gun permit; and a gun buyback program. NYAGV has worked tirelessly for decades to get common-sense gun safety laws adopted. Now they are working to make sure New Yorkers understand how they can use the laws to protect themselves and their families.

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READERS WRITE

Development fears grounded in fear

n response to Ms. Diane Bentivegna’s chimera regarding New Hyde Park, I think people need to bring a little perspective to this matter. She writes: “The LIRR Expansion Project was our alarm clock and, yes, the sleeping giant has been awakened. We remain vigilant. We remain united. We pledge to preserve and protect our suburban neighborhoods from the political agendas of some who have demonstrated little interest in our values, our culture and the goals we have for our families and future.” My God. The people making these arguments have to understand something: this is being played out all over the country. In San Francisco, where restrictive zoning and housing policy have made shelter unaﬀordable for any new resident who isn’t a millionaire and made people who never dreamed they could be made homeless live in the streets, now splattered with hu-

man feces, fierce political battles are waged. And even so, local voters keep a tight hold on building any additional housing. They like things just fine, especially since restricting the supply of something they already own makes the price go up. By a lot. Nashville has experienced explosive growth in the past decade. There too, locals complain about all these “outsiders” coming in and rearranging the landscape. Oddly enough, they have no trouble taking the outsiders’ wealth and jobs they bring. In New York City, housing is tight, but at least we’re sometimes enlightened enough to do something about it. Using a loophole to take scarce Manhattan acreage assigned for aﬀordable housing at Hudson Yards so Stephen Ross’ Related Companies could build luxury condos instead, was not one of those enlightened moments. And so, more displacement is the result. As is the wretched excess of those gauche apartment units. When I first wrote about

this issue for The Island Now, I quoted the great 20th Century philosopher Buddy Hackett. Now, I must quote another one, named Myron Cohen, who famously said “Everybody gotta be someplace.” I came here in 1962. The land that sites Pro Health Plaza was virgin forest. What was then called “Long Island Jewish Hospital” was a solitary building on Lakeville Road. The Sperry defense plant was still in operation. Then the developers came, mimicking William Levitt’s suburban formula. At this time, Suffolk was almost all farmland. So too, was a great deal of Nassau. In that time, over 6 million newcomers made Long Island their home. Oddly enough, our school systems didn’t fall over a cliﬀ from this massive influx. And from that one example alone, you can see how hollow the arguments against building new housing are. Now then: Who gets to be the chosen one to stand athwart

the Exit 33 overpass and shout, “enough is enough?” Because by that standard, anyone who came before us could have denied anyone who is making this argument today the choice to live here. But that is how myopic people are. There is this shrill, messianic outcry as to what will befall our communities if we allow more people to live here. History shows they’re wrong. I suppose it is natural for people to resist change. I’ve personally seen a lot of it here, and yes, the traffic can be abhorrent, but I wouldn’t say the overall quality of life has suffered. We’re entering a whole new demographic reality in this country, and it must be accommodated. We don’t really have a choice. We can’t keep advocating policies that shaft the young and the old and deny them their right to decent housing they can afford in places they elect to live in. No one should haughtily reserve for themselves the right to decide who can live here and

who can’t. Those decisions not only affect your town, they ripple across an entire country. Having said that, I don’t think anyone is proposing building a monstrosity like Co-Op City here. Concerns about population density are legitimate. The proposals being floated for more apartment spaces adjacent to mass transit are actually quite modest in their scope. Aside from that, at bottom, I don’t think it’s the “Noise and The Traﬃc” that bothers people. When you’re surrounded by 20 million people, the complaint doesn’t sound genuine. I think the real issue is xenophobia. That’s what they mean by preserving “tradition, culture and values.” But the preservation angle provides a fig leaf of moral cover the advocates need. These policies are wrong-headed, exclusionary and destructive. Donald Davret Roslyn

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s a practicing retail pharmacist for over 50 years, I remember when a customer walked into the pharmacy, handed you a written prescription, the pharmacist filled it, answered any questions the customer might have had or imparted information he or she felt was important for the patient to know, the customer paid and left the pharmacy. Those days are gone as are so many of the “mom and pop” stores that dispensed medications and helped so many people, many new arrivals in our country, to the proper place for their medical care. There was a book called the” red book” that had very accurate costs of all prescription drugs and was relied on by the retail pharmacist for his basis for costs when he filled a prescription. Today, there are so many people who are standing between customers and the pharmacist. There are insurance providers, pharmacy benefit managers, health insurance plans, wholesalers, third party companies that purchase drugs and treatments on behalf of employer health plans. All of the above, rebates, and

discounts, which means drugs always cost well far below their list prices. Yoni Blumberg wires that Americans spend about $1,200 on prescription drugs according to the latest figures from the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development That is more than people pay in any other developed country in the world. Congress passed an anti-gag clause bill, letting pharmacists give more information to patients to help them save on costs. Often, when you ask a pharmacist how much a prescription is without insurance, it is much less many times. It is up to the customer to raise this conversation which until now, was not allowed. Writing in “Healthcare Finance News,” Susan Morse, a senior editor at “Healthcare Finance News,” says ”There’s a whole lot of finger-pointing among providers, payers, PBMs, Big pharma,” about who is really responsible for the high drug prices we pay in America. Adam Fein, a highly respected and leading management educator for and about the pharmaceutical industry and one of the country’s foremost experts on pharmaceutical economics and

drug distribution, argues that sale prices for brand name drugs increased only1.5 percent in 2017. A review of 2018 by four large PBMs written by Mr. Fein showed that drug spending by those PBMs grew by 2 percent last year. “Once again we find that drug spending is not skyrocketing–contrary to what you often hear from journalists and politicians.” Fein wrote in his ”Drug Channels report”, emphasizes the net price paid after rebates rather than list prices. America’s Health Insurance Plans responded to Mr. Fein’s opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal sayings, Big Pharma wants to shift the blame to health insurance providers who fight for consumers every day using their bargaining power to negotiate lower prices, saying the money or savings they negotiate are returned directly to consumers through lower premiums and out of pocket costs. Here is how our current system works. It starts with a structure that looks healthy on the surface. Health plans pay their PBMs based on the extent of the discount that a PBM can negotiate

with individual drug companies. In theory, this should encourage the PBM to drive prices down. After all, entities should bargain hard when their pay is tied to how much of a discount they can negotiate. The problem? Drug companies raised their prices so they could give a greater discount. This increases how much of a “discount” the PBM can claim to have negotiated, and the payout to the PBM. It is a little like a department store raising prices right before a sale so the sale discount looks more appealing. All of this might not be so bad if no one paid the high list price. But many people do. Many plans make patients pay full drug costs until they meet their deductible, and other plans require coinsurance — both of which are based on the list price. Many people still do not have coverage for prescription drugs, even if they have health insurance. Thus, people are forced to pay the full price at various times. Worse yet, the entire structure encourages drug companies to compete not by cutting prices but by oﬀering higher prices.” Robin Feldman, author of “ The Cancer Curse: Regulatory

Failure by Success:” ask the question, What caused the increases? Feldman writes, “At the end of the day, drug companies are able to use financial incentives to ensure that as lower-priced alternatives enter the market, they cannot gain much of a foothold. The companies have simply found a way to operate within the system to their own greatest advantage. Can one really expect anything diﬀerent from profitmaking enterprises?” Feldman continues “The pharmaceutical industry has introduced extraordinary healthcare advances. One cannot overemphasize the major life improvements over the past century that flow from innovation in prescription medications, including new lifesaving antibiotics, treatments for pain, psychopharmacological treatments and cancer drugs”. As they say ‘’You pays yer money and takes yer cherce’’. Who do you believe or who do you believe more? Bert Drachtman Great Neck Letters Continued on Page 44

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enues being greater than expenditures. This is a result of conservative budgeting practices, careful spending, and favorable economic circumstances. Voter Registration If you have voted in any school or general election since 2015, you are registered to vote on the Capital Projects Proposition on Dec. 3. If you have not voted since 2015 or are not registered, you may register if you are 18 years of age or older, a U.S. citizen, and a district resident for at least 30 days. Registration takes place on school days from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the District Clerk’s Oﬃce, Phipps Admin. Bldg., 345 Lakeville Road. (441-4020). You must be registered by Wed., Nov. 27, to vote on Tues., Dec. 3. Absentee Ballots Qualified, registered voters can obtain applications for absentee ballots from the District website or from the District Clerk’s Oﬃce on school days from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Residents who are qualified voters and whose registration records have been marked “permanently disabled” by the Board of Elections will automatically receive absentee ballots. Completed absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5 p.m. on Tues., Dec. 3. Polling Locations Voting on the Capital Projects Proposition will take place on Dec. 3 during the hours of 7 a.m. – 10 p.m. at the District’s four polling locations: E.M. Baker School, Lakeville School, Saddle Rock School, and South High School. Each registered voter may cast a ballot at only his/her assigned polling location. Residents who are unsure of their polling location can visit the “Poll Place Finder” on the District website or call the District Clerk at 441-4020. For More Information For details about the Proposed Capital Projects, voter registration, absentee ballots, and voting, please call (516) 441-4020 or visit www.greatneck.k12. ny.us/2019proposition.

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Makings of a Mentsch Educators at the Silverstein Hebrew Academy, or SHA, in Great Neck, have recently created a new award that elementary school students can strive to win. The “Mentsch Award” will be given out every Friday throughout the school year. In the Jewish culture, a Mentsch is somebody whom every adult aspires to be—it is a person who respects Jewish values and models kindness, empathy, and resilience. “To be a Mentsch takes a lot of work,” Shireen Deen Butman, Head of School at SHA said. “It takes a significant amount of training, coaching, modeling, and encouraging.” The students look forward to the revealing of the award winner all week and even remind each other to use proper vocabulary that would be used by a Mentsch. Elementary staﬀ, together with SHA administration, created the Mentsch Award Program to help develop the attributes the school believes all SHA graduates should have by the time they enter high school. Every week classrooms role-play diﬀerent scenarios and ask students how a Mentsch would be-

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Rabbi Ezagui awarding Joseph Nekava, Grade K, with the Mentsch Award for showing kindness and Midot Tovot. have or react. Students also have been supporting each other knowing teachers are on the lookout for students that exhibit Mentsch behavior. “The goal of this award program is to foster a culture of respect within the SHA academic environment and school community,” Associate Head of School, Chanie Geisinsky, said. “Imple-

menting programs like the Mentsch Award is part of SHA’s mission to promote a school-wide culture of acceptance and anti-bullying behavior.” For more information on the Silverstein Hebrew Academy and programs for PreK through 8thgrade students, please call 516-466-8522 or visit www.shagn.org.

Adult learning classes If you are an adult and want to learn English or improve your Englishlanguage skills, or if you want to earn a high school equivalency diploma, the Great Neck Public Schools Adult Learning Center oﬀers a variety of classes during the day and evening designed to meet your needs. A range of English-language classes are oﬀered, from beginning literacy to advanced ENL (English as a New Language). In preparation for the TASC (Test Assessing Secondary Completion, formerly known as GED) examination, classes are available to improve math, reading, science, social studies, and writing skills. Once enrolled, students may also take elective classes such as Conversational English, Crossroads Café, and Citizenship, to name a few. Registration for Trimester II classes must be done in person at the Adult Learning Center on Tuesday, Dec. 3,

Wednesday, Dec. 4, or Thursday, Dec. 5 from 9 a.m.–noon, or from 6:30–9:30 p.m. Preference will be given to Great Neck residents and returning Adult Learning Center students. Please allow two hours to complete the registration process. The non-refundable processing fee for classes is $75 for those who live or work in Great Neck (proof of residency or employment is required) and $125 for non-residents. Payment, at the time of registration, can be made in cash, credit card, check, or money order (payable to Great Neck Public Schools). The Adult Learning Center is located at 105 Clover Drive in Great Neck. For more information, please refer to the Community Education catalog, phone the Adult Learning Center at (516) 4414950, or visit http://www.greatneck. k12.ny.us/alc.

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he ninth annual Gold Coast International Film Festival achieved record attendance and sold-out shows, according to organizers. “It was another rousing success for the film festival this year,” the director of the event, Caroline Sorokoﬀ, said. “We had more people and sold-out shows than ever before. It was wonderful to be a part of.” Stretching from Nov. 4-13, the film festival featured movies, documentaries and short films from over a dozen countries, and hosted audiences from over 200 ZIP codes. Screenings of films took place at a variety of venues on the North Shore in areas such as Great Neck, Port Washington and Roslyn. “Aside from the overwhelming turnout we saw, there was also a more noticeable uptick in the total number of movies each person saw,” Sorokoﬀ explained. “Along with that, we noticed that more people were purchas-

ing tickets for these shows well in advance compared to years past. It’s nice to see people trusting what we have to oﬀer.” Sorokoﬀ did not provide specific attendance figures. She said that in years past, most people would go to see the shows with A-list celebrities starring in them or ones directed by prominent directors. While films featuring Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansen, Justin Long, Sir Anthony Hopkins and others were shown, the attendance for lesser-publicized films had a noteworthy increase. After the last films were played, members of the film community, along with directors, cinematographers and Gold Coast board members gathered for a lunch celebrating the event and announcing the jury and audience awards. During the screenings, audience members were given a ballot to vote on which films they thought had the best narrative. “The Keeper,” directed by Marcus H. Rosenmuller, won, beating runners-up “Balloon” and

“Two Popes.” The audience award for best documentary went to “Picture of His Life,” which beat the two runners-up “The Dog Doc” and “Henri Dauman: Looking Up.” A jury of professional filmmakers and people in the film industry voted on the best animated, documentary and narrative short films. “Turbopera,” “I Have a Message for You” and “Transmitter Receiver” won the awards, respectively. Additionally, audiences voted on best short and best family short, with “I Have a Message for You” and “The Pig on the Hill” respectively taking home the awards. While the film festival has concluded until November 2020, Sorokoﬀ said the Gold Coast Arts Center in Great Neck has plenty to oﬀer in the meantime. “We have so much here for the community,” she said. “From foreign films to hands-on activities, we will always have a reason to stop in and check out what there is at your disposal.”

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Holiday Artisan Festival at Nassau Suffolk Town Square Saturday, Nov. 30, 9 a.m. Some of the most notable artists, creatives, designers and crafters in the area will be on hand for the shopping event. Among the entertainers who will be on hand are Superhero DJ Jon Quick of WBLS 107.5 and comedian/ actor Jamie Roberts. Quick is the co-host of 107.5’s “AfroFlava Radio” and Roberts is the executive producer and weekly host of “Sunday Night Live,” the longest-running comedy show in New York City. Where: Nassau Suffolk Town Square 3394 Long Beach Rd., Oceanside, NY 11572 Info: eventbrite.com

Masquerade Rock Music Fest Sunday, Dec. 1, 7 p.m. The Space at Westbury Theatre will be hosting the Masquerade Rock Music Fest. Among those scheduled to perform are “Puddle of Mudd,” “Fuel” and “Sponge.” Additionally, “The Raskins” will perform as special guests. Rob Rush of 94.3 FM “The Shark” will be hosting the event. There will also be details revealed for the next Masquerade, scheduled for Jan. 17. Where: The Space at Westbury, 250 Post Ave., Westbury, NY 11590 Info: 516-283-5566 or thespaceatwestbury.com

Long Island Job Fair Monday, Dec. 2, 11 a.m. Job seekers with all kinds of backgrounds are encouraged to attend the event. Companies ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 will be represented at the fair, looking to hire candidates. Those seeking employment would be able to learn about the businesses that are hiring and what they’re looking for in candidates. Attendees would be able to meet in person with hiring managers and get immediate feedback from their resumes. Some lucky candidates may even get hired on the spot. Where: Melville Marriott Long Island 1350 Walt Whitman Rd., Melville, NY 11747 Info: 702-269-1414, john@jobfairx.com or eventbrite.com

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Admission: $15 Adults $10 Children Children 2 and under are free. Paid admission for children includes Cookie Decorating Activity.

Advance tickets can be purchased at www.cradleofaviation.org Admission includes: Entrance to the Festival & Cradle of Aviation Museum Exciting NEW Museum Exhibits Gingerbread Village Spectacular display of one-of-a-kind Designer Trees Continuous Live Entertainment Vendor Marketplace Dept. 56 • Santa’s Gift Shop and, of course, Santa!

THE TOP EVENTS FOR KIDS FOR THE COMING WEEK The Polar Express North Fork Trolley Ride

Inspired by the book written by Chris Van Allsburg and its film adaptation, kids can take a trolley ride from Riverhead to the “North Pole.” Along the way, kids can interact with characters from the film while also listening to a reading of the book. Upon arrival at the destination, the Conductor will guide the kids to meet more characters, including Santa Claus. There will be hot cocoa and cookies available there too. Santa will also be handing out to the kids their “First Gift of Christmas.” Tickets are $57 per person. Friday, Nov. 29, 4:30 p.m. Where: All-Star Bowling Alley, 96 Main Rd., Riverhead, NY 11901 Info: northforktrolley.com 1

Bayville Winter Wonderland www.cpnassau.org www.facebook.com/ cpnassauFestivalofTrees Proceeds benefit Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County, Inc. and the Cradle of Aviation Museum. Call for information 516-378-2000 x648

Bayville Adventure Park will be transformed into a winterthemed attraction. Kids can build their own stuﬀed bear at the “Bear Factory.” Santa Claus will be on hand for children to meet. Weather permitting, there should be an ice skating rink, rock climbing, train ride and mini golf available. Additionally, there will be a funhouse and arcade. Older kids could also visit the haunted Christmas attraction, where they should be on the lookout for Krampus. Friday, Nov. 29, 6 p.m. Where: Bayville Adventure Park, 8 Bayville Ave., Bayville, NY 11709 Info: 516-624-7433 or bayvillewinterwonderland.com

Kids Workshop: Stocking Ornament

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Kids will be given a kit and taught how to nail a frame to the inside of their ornament. With help from parents and Home Depot store associates, kids will give their creations a unique design by painting and putting stickers on it. In addition to bringing their crafts home with them, the kids will receive a certificate of achievement, workshop apron and commemorative pin. Saturday, Nov. 30, 9 a.m. Where: Home Depot, 202 Airport Plz., Farmingdale, NY 11735 Info: 631-753-0814 or homedepot.com

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The Tilles Center will be hosting a live stage show for kids. “Twas the Night Before Christmas” follows a mouse, elf and little girl, with the latter determined to witness a Christmas miracle. Families can arrive as early as 11:30 in the Goldsmith Atrium to participate in activities like photo ops, holiday crafts, games and music. Ticket prices range from $29 to $56. Sunday, Dec. 1, 1 p.m. Where: Tilles Center for the Performing Arts 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville, NY 11548 Info: 516-299-3100 or tillescenter.org

A Christmas Carol

The Long Island Children’s Museum will be putting on a puppet show of the famous Charles Dickens Christmas story. Victorian-costumed holiday revelers will welcome audience members as they enter the Theater. Playwright and director Christopher Parks, of Experiential Theater Company is working with the performers and creative team from the LICM Theater to retell this story of redemption and celebration. Wednesday, Dec. 4, 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. Where: Long Island Children’s Museum, 11 Davis Ave., Garden City, NY 11530 Info: 516-224-5800 or licm.org

Dining & Gift Guide

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Cooking for a holiday crowd D ecorations and shopping draw much of the attention come the holiday season, and rightfully so. But many people’s fondest holiday memories occurred around the dinner table during meals with friends and family. Holiday foods tend to be rich, flavorful and time-consuming to prepare. However, all the effort is usually worth the satisfied smiles on the faces of loved ones. Planning holiday meals is challenging, and hosts often doubt if they have enough food for everyone. No one wants guests to leave feeling hungry, nor do they want to have tons of leftovers, much of which will inevitably end up in the trash. Determining how much food to serve involves figuring out a few key items, including the mix of guests (ratio of children, men and women), the length of the occasion, the timing of the event, and the type

of meal one plans to serve. For example, if the holiday gathering is an after-dinner cocktail party, hosts can get away with offering very little food. However, hosts of holiday dinners have a lot more food to prepare.

To get started, consider these general guidelines, courtesy of Allrecipes.com and The Spruce, a home living resource. Think about which foods you plan to serve. Popular foods tend to go more quickly than other items, so serve more than the general portion guidelines suggest. Shellfish appetizers, roasted or mashed potatoes, wings, and slices of rich meat are examples of popular fare. The more foods you offer, the smaller the portion sizes can be. But because guests will likely want to try all the offerings, expect the average person to consume more food

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of salad; 6 ounces of meat or main entrée; 5 ounces of starch; and 11⁄2 pieces of dessert. These estimates can be used to calculate how much food will be needed. Think about adding “safety” items to the menu that can be pulled out in a pinch and don’t require much prep work. These can include cheese and crackers, extra

bread, nuts, olives, or pretzels. Hosts who are overly concerned that guests may go overboard can tame portion sizes by hiring servers who can oversee buffet lines. Otherwise, serve guests plated meals directly from the kitchen, from which hosts can dole out the right amount of food to ensure everyone gets enough to eat.

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Holiday in small spaces

atherings of family and friends are a big part of the holiday season. Hosting such gatherings can be a great way to show loved ones how much you appreciate them, and hosting also saves hosts the trouble of traveling during one of the most hectic travel seasons of the year. When hosting a large crowd at home, space can be a difficult hurdle to clear. However, a few helpful strategies can help spacestarved hosts pull off a holiday soiree where everyone is comfortable. Pare down the menu. Holiday feasts don’t have to resemble medieval banquets with excessive amounts of food and drink. Hosts with small kitchens and tiny dining quarters can pare down the menu, limiting offerings to just a single entree and a few simple side dishes, so everyone feels comfortable at the table and has ample room to eat. A small menu also gives hosts more time to spend with their loved ones during the festivities. Don’t overdo it on drinks, either. When planning the drinks menu, avoid offering cocktails, which take time to prepare and often require guests to visit the kitchen for refrigerated ingredients. Limit drinks to

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wine, beer, water, and soft drinks, storing cold beverages in a cooler kept outside on a front or back porch or in an area outside the kitchen so cooks can work without interruption. Move some furniture. If your main living space is small, consider moving some bulky furniture into a bedroom or office where guests won’t be spending time. Then make better use of the open living space by placing folding chairs or other accommodations to ensure there’s ample seating for everyone. A single recliner can only be enjoyed by one person, but removing it from a room may create enough space for as many as three folding chairs. Go small on decorations. If you know you’ll be hosting in advance of the holiday season, decorate with guests in mind. That might mean skipping a six-foot Christmas tree in favor of one that takes up less space. Avoid leaving any fragile decorations out, as adults or overexcited kids may knock them over as they try to navigate a cramped space. Holiday hosting can be fun, even in small spaces. A few simple tricks can make even the smallest spaces accommodating.

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Choose the right menu. The right menu can go a long way toward making hosting easier on the day of the party. Various factors, such as food allergies and the size of the guest list, must be considered when planning a holiday menu. As hosts scour cookbooks for the right foods, look for recipes that don’t require everything to be done on the day of the party. Prep work tends to take as much, if not more, time as cooking the foods. So look for recipes that allow you to do most, if not all, of that prep work in the days leading up to the party. Clean the common areas. Guests likely won’t be spending time in every room of your house during the

party. So when iti comes time to cl clean, focus on the common areas where wher guests will be. Living rooms, ro dining areas and d restrooms should garner the bulk of your attention when cleaning. If guests might be wandering outdoors, make sure leaves and dirt have been cleaned off of patios and decks. Plan a playlist in advance. Expect to be busy on the day of the party, even if the party is catered or all the food prep was done long before the first guest arrived. Because you will be busy welcoming guests, you likely won’t have time to set the musical tone for the party, so do so in advance of the big day. If you want to stick to holiday music, many streaming apps offer various stations that play holiday music exclusively. Simply choose a station you like and then begin playing music when the first guest arrives.

Make a list of supplies and check it twice. About two weeks before the party, sit down and make a thorough list of everything you expect to need. Include food, beverages, dining needs (i.e., plates and silverware), and entertainment. A couple of weeks before the party, purchase items that won’t spoil, such as beverages like water, soda, wine, and beer and extra utensils if necessary. Doing so saves time during your grocery store trip the week of the party. Holiday hosts can take several steps in the days leading up to their parties to make hosting easier once guests arrive.

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Shop Delight in Great Neck Plaza provides residents with a unique food selection and specialized services such as delivering groceries.

Shop Delight puts community first Owner Eddie Yakubov is finding ways for the kosher market to stay ahead of corporate chains BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z In many ways, Shop Delight in Great Neck Plaza is a typical grocery store, providing the community with fresh meat, produce and baked goods. However, the glatt kosher market also provides residents with foreign food and unique services that highlight the advantages of shopping local. Established in 2008, Shop Delight has been one of the most prominent places for Great Neck residents to purchase fresh kosher food along with their usual groceries. “We have a very good deli section along with a bakery that has freshly made items each morning,” owner Eddie Yakubov said. “We are good at what we do and we are a service the community not only needs but also desires.” While Great Neck is known for having a predominantly Jewish population,

Yakubov has incorporated aspects within the store that cater to the influx of diverse residents.

PROFILES ON ‘MAIN STREET’ “We have delicious Middle Eastern food,” he said. “Most people in the community know us for our kosher oﬀerings, but other food we have like our shawarma is delicious as well. We’ve seen plenty of new faces coming into the store recently, so it goes to show people like what we have.” Though it oﬀers a wider variety of meats and baked goods than most other grocery stores, Shop Delight faces competition from corporate grocery stores. Yakubov said he has faith in his store and his local clientele.

“We try to survive, but after shops like Best Market opened up a kosher section, it does get tough at times,” he said. “What sets us apart from stores like that is the personal and local touch. We remain a specialty store that services the community to the absolute best of our abilities.” A recently included feature that the store provides is an automated delivery system, so a resident can submit an order online and get prompt delivery. “Our goal is to be there for the people of Great Neck in any possible way,” Yakubov said. “Our services reflect our work staﬀ. We like to help when and wherever we can.” As the holiday season approaches, and extended families gather to celebrate, Yakubov has organized specialty platters and deals for the community. Snacks, meals and desserts are just some of what Shop Delight has for a holiday

gathering. “We have delicious candy and cookie platters that are popular around this time of year,” Yakupov said. “Aside from our usual platters that range in size and include fish, meats and cheeses, we’re offering to cook Thanksgiving meals for you.” The store has several platters to choose from that include turkey, pie, cranberry sauce, potatoes and string beans for up to 18 people. Options for salads and other sides are also available, according to Yakubov. “We always appreciate the community being there for us, so this is one of the ways we look to say thank you and bring a little less stress to the holiday season,” he said. “Our store will continue to provide the best service and quality of products for the Great Neck community.”

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Office gift exchanges are not as simple as giving gifts to friends and family members. Gifts that might be entirely appropriate to give to relatives and friends may raise eyebrows if given to coworkers. To avoid awkward situations, professionals can consider the following tips before purchasing gifts for coworkers.

Contact your human resources department. Many companies have established protocols that govern office gift exchanges. Some may prohibit gift-giving altogether, while others may place dollar limits on gifts or restrict gifts to certain items, such as food or gift cards. Contact human resources before organizing an exchange or purchasing gifts to ensure you don’t violate company rules.

Keep it simple. Even if your office has no rules governing gift exchanges, keeping things simple and placing a dollar limit on gifts can avoid hurt feelings and awkward situations. No one expects an elaborate gift from a coworker, so something as

simple as a $20 gift card should suffice.

Reach a consensus regarding gifts for supervisors. Discuss exchanges with your coworkers before purchasing gifts for supervisors. Workplace environments can become awkward and uncomfortable if one person appears to have spent more on a gift for a supervisor than his or her coworkers. When gifting supervisors, decide on a dollar amount that everyone is comfortable with and agree to only purchase gifts for a supervisor if everyone can afford to do so. Someone may not be able to afford a gift, and that person should not be made to feel bad.

Supervisors must think before buying gifts as well. Supervisors who intend to buy their subordinates gifts also must take steps to avoid potentially awkward situations. Giving the same gift, such as gift cards to local stores and restaurants, will avoid giving the impression that you’re playing favorites.

Office gift-giving is common during the holiday season. Such exchanges should be handled delicately and be respectful of everyone in the office.

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Holiday schedule of events Adelphi’s chorale, at Old Westbury Gardens vocal ensemble Old Westbury Gardens has announced its full line-up of holiday events, including the long-anticipated Christmas in Westbury House celebration. During weekends throughout the holiday season, visitors are encouraged to enjoy a selfguided tour of the decorated rooms throughout the Charles II-style mansion, visit and take photos with Santa, and stop in to participate in children’s crafts on Saturday and Sunday mornings from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm. Each weekend will feature special events, from holiday markets to musical performances. “Late November and December make for a very a magical time to visit Old Westbury Gardens,” said Nancy Costopulos, president and CEO of Old Westbury Gardens. “This year is particularly momentous since, after months of restoration work at Westbury House, we are finally able to re-open the doors for visitors to come inside the Phipps’s family

home. I believe everyone will enjoy seeing Westbury House in pristine condition and get in the holiday spirit while participating in our fabulous seasonal activities.” In addition to Christmas at Westbury House, Old Westbury Gardens will also host several events, including the return of the Holiday Market, this year with a second weekend added. Saturday, Nov. 30 through Sunday, Dec. 1, and Saturday, Dec. 7 through Sunday, Dec. 8, the market will be situated at the Barn at Orchard Hill and Orchard Hill House, providing the perfect backdrop for holiday shopping, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. With approximately fifty vendors featuring artisanal boutiques and exquisite gifts, there is no better way to get holiday shopping done. Each weekend will feature special events, such as the tradition of Old Westbury Garden’s First Night celebration, which features a memorable Christmas tree-lighting, or the

late December outdoor Owl prowl. Tea connoisseurs can also enjoy a festive Cream Tea and Westbury House Tour, featuring scones, clotted cream, jam, and tea, then a guided tour of decorated Westbury House. Space is limited, and pre-registration is required online. “I urge everyone to get into the holiday spirit by visiting Westbury House, which is elegantly transformed for the holidays! It is a must-visit for the entire family,” added Costopulos. “Each historic room of the house is elegantly decorated with Christmas trees, wreaths, mantelpiece arrangements, topiaries, and plants.” General admission is $12; senior admission is $10; children’s admission for ages 7-17 is $7; and children six and under, and Old Westbury Gardens members are free.

The Adelphi Chorale and Adelphi Vocal Ensemble will kick oﬀ the Thanksgiving holiday week with a concert at the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center on Sunday, Nov. 24. Under the direction of Karen Faust Baer, the program embodies the spirit of Thanksgiving, with “The Promise of Living” by Aaron Copland, Dan Forrest’s “Always Something Sings” set to the poetry of Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Mozart’s “Laudate Dominum.” “Autumn Leaves” and a selection of unusual madrigals will also be part of the event. The Adelphi Chorale and

Adelphi Vocal Ensemble will perform at 4 p.m. on Sunday, November 24, on the Westermann Stage in Adelphi’s PAC Concert Hall. Tickets are $20, with discounts available to seniors, students, alumni and employees. For more information call the Lucia and Steven N. Fischer Box Office at 516-877-4000 or email boxoffice@adelphi.edu. Regular box office hours are Tuesday through Friday from 1 to 6 p.m. and the box office is also open two hours before most scheduled performances. Ticket sales and additional information are available online.

For a full list of upcoming events, dates and times, visit the website: www.oldwestburygardens.org.

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CROSSWORD PUZZLE

G.N. journalist to host anti-Semitism lecture The international movement for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel – known as BDS – has once again raised old questions about the legitimacy of Zionism and even the right of the State of Israel to exist. Is this a call for social

justice, as its Palestinian leaders claim, or a new form of the virulent antiSemitism that ultimately led to the Holocaust? Dr. Linda Burghardt will present a lecture about what this movement means, why it matters, and what we can do about

Dr. Linda Burghardt, scholar-in-residence, Holocaust Memorial &Tolerance Center

it. The presentation is open to the public and will take place on Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 11:00 a.m. at the Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County, Welwyn Preserve, 100 Crescent Beach Road in Glen Cove. Seating is limited, so please register by calling the HMTC at 516-571-8040 or visiting online at hmtcli.org. Dr. Burghardt is a journalist and author from Great Neck. She worked as a freelance reporter for The New York Times for 20 years and is the author of three non-fiction books. Her articles and essays have appeared in newspapers across the U.S., and she has lectured to both national and international audiences on a variety of Holocaust topics. She holds a Ph.D. from LIUPost and is the daughter of Holocaust survivors from Vienna. Currently, she serves as Scholar-in-Residence at the Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center.

L.I. Baroque Ensemble holiday concerts The Long Island Baroque Ensemble will present its 50th annual Holiday Season concerts on Dec. 7 at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Smithtown at 8:30 p.m. and at Christ Church in Oyster Bay on Dec. 8 at 3:00 p.m. Titled “Silver and Gold,” the program will feature voices, winds, and viols performing works of early composers and cultures from around the world. The group was founded by Ms. Sonia Gezairlian Grib, a musicologist, harpsichordist and professor of music at Hofstra University. While many concert-goers are familiar with the works of J. S. Bach, Handel and Vivaldi, these programs range farther to encompass composers from medieval times to the 17th and 18th centuries. The ensemble comprises a large group of professional musicians with particular skills on instruments common in

early music, such as lute, viol, recorder, cittern, viola da gamba and an array of percussions. Each of the five pairs of concerts during the season draws on a differing group of performers, blending a variety of sounds and harmonies that audiences might have heard when attending musical events in churches, castles, or other social venues three or four centuries ago. Tickets for either concert are available at the door. St. Andrews Lutheran Church can be found at 30 Brooksite Drive in Smithtown. Christ Church is located at 61 East Main St., Oyster Bay NY 11771. General admission is $35 for the public, $30 for seniors and $10 for students. Children ten years of age or younger get in for free. Tickets can also be ordered online at www.libaroque.org. Submitted by Long Island Baroque Ensemble

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Cantor and Friends: BIMA to Broadway The community is invited to enjoy a spectacular evening of music at Temple Judea starring our own Cantor Deborah Jacobson and Friends on Sunday, Dec. 8 at 5:00 pm The musical program will include hit songs from beloved Broadway shows intermingled with Israeli and Yiddish songs, film hits and standards. Surprise guests will add to the excitement. Deborah Jacobson is a published author, recording artist with five albums, and Temple Judea’s esteemed new cantor. She comes from a rich background of experience, musicianship and a

wealth of warmth and joy. There will be a light reception after the 90-minute performance giving everyone a chance to mingle and meet. The community is cordially invited to attend. VIP seating is $75 per person. General admission is $36 per person (to be increased after November 25). Student pricing is available. For more information please call (516) 621-8049 or www.temple-judea.com. Temple Judea is located at 333 Searingtown Road, Manhasset 11030 (oﬀ LIE exit 36).

Free preview of L.I.’s largest ‘Nutcracker’ New York Dance Theatre Presents a Free Preview for Families of Long Island’s Largest Production of “The Nutcracker” on Sunday, Dec. 1 from Noon to 4 p.m. at Barnes and Noble in Carle Place, Country Glen Center– 91 Old Country Road • Performances at 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. on the main level – highlights from the full-length ballet with the children’s cast • Ballerina storytime at noon; 1:30; and 3:30 pm in the children’s section – dancer in full costume will read and teach the kids basic ballet positions • Nutcracker holiday photo opportunities all day • Children’s craft activities all day • Ticket raﬄes throughout the day – no purchase necessary!

New York Dance Theatre, founded by former New York City Ballet soloist Frank Ohman, will present its 38th season of “The Nutcracker” at Hofstra University, Hempstead on Saturday, Dec. 14 and Sunday, Dec. 15 with performances each day at noon and 5 p.m. Ohman’s production is the largest Nutcracker on Long Island and the only one performed in the tradition of New York City Ballet’s Lincoln Center version. Special guest artists Daniel Ulbricht and Brittany Pollack of New York City Ballet return to perform as the Sugarplum Fairy and her Cavalier. Tickets for this full production ballet are $42.00 and $32.00 (seniors and children 12 and under) available at www.ohmanballet.org or 631.462.0964.

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COMMUNITY & SCHOOL NEWS

Happening at the Great Neck Library Library Closings All Great Neck Library locations will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 28 for Thanksgiving. Lakeville Branch Closing for Month of November The Lakeville Branch will be closed for the month of November for some “sprucing” including painting and carpet cleaning. It is anticipated that the branch will reopen by the end of the month. The Library will keep the public posted. New Beginnings Singles 50+ facilitated by Marla Matthews at Main Join the conversation or just come and listen when Marla Matthews, social worker and television talk show host of The Relationship Journey, facilitates this growing discussion, social and support group meetup on Saturday, Nov. 23 at 4:00 p.m. in the Main Library’s Community Room, 159 Bayview Ave. No registration needed. If you are divorced, widowed, single, or an empty nester age 50 plus who would like a new beginning, come and be inspired to make new friends, network and learn new skills towards reinventing yourself.

Gershwin Jazz with the Paul Joseph Trio at Main Enjoy an afternoon of George Gershwin music performed by composer/pianist Paul Joseph and his Jazz Trio on Sunday, Nov. 24 at 1:30 p.m. in the Main Library’s Community Room, 159 Bayview Ave. You’ll hear inspiring instrumental jazz renditions of classics such as “I Got Rhythm,” “Summertime,” “Embraceable You” and many others. Paul Joseph has composed works that have received wide critical acclaim in performances by distinguished orchestras, ballet companies and choirs. His dynamic rhythm section consists of drummer Mike Corn and bassist Edgar Mills, both seasoned performers. Great Neck School District residents have priority for seating. Please arrive 15 minutes early for preferred seating. The Little Rascals presented by Keith Crocker at Main Join Keith Crocker when he focuses on the life and times of the Little Rascals, complete with a DVD presentation of a classic short subject comedy on Tuesday, Nov. 26 at 2:00 p.m. in the Main Library’s Community Room, 159 Bayview Ave. If you ever wanted to know all you need to know

nail clippers and shampoo; New (or gently used) luggage with wheels; Crocheted blankets (approx. 48” X 60” or larger); Clothing of all types (sizes large and up) are also welcome donations. For a complete list of needed items, or for more information, please visit the Town of North Hempstead website at NorthHempsteadNY.gov or call 311 or (516) 869-6311.

The Paul Joseph Trio will perform Gershwin Jazz at the Main Library about the Little Rascals, here’s your chance. Keith made a series of short 16mm films, and owns and operates Cinefear Video, a source for rare and unavailable films on VHS and DVD. West Egg Book Club at Station Join a conversation of Days Without End, a novel by Sebastian Barry on Tuesday, Nov. 26 at 7:00 p.m. at the Station Branch, 26 Great Neck Road (2nd level), Gardens at Great Neck Plaza, above Best Market. Call 4668055, ext. 258. Veterans Donation Drive at Main Library and Parkville

Branch Donations for the Veterans Donation Drive to benefit the Northport VA Medical Center will be accepted through December 6 at the Main Library, 159 Bayview Ave., and Parkville Branch, 10 Campbell St. (oﬀ Lakeville Road), New Hyde Park. The Drive is presented by the Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth, the Town Board, and the Town’s Veterans Advisory Committee. New items only. Items needed are: Trial size toiletries including toothbrushes, toothpaste, quad track razors, shaving cream, unscented body lotion, brushes and combs, deodorant,

Great Neck Library Closing/Cancellation Information Online Library patrons connected to the Internet are asked to check the website: www.cancellations. com for Library weather-related closings/program cancellations. In order to access this service, Library District residents can log on to cancellations.com, type in their zip code or Great Neck Library and obtain information on program cancellations or Library closings. In addition, at no charge, residents can request automatic e-mails from cancellations.com when the Library has posted any information. This is a great way for Library District residents who are connected online to be advised of weatherrelated changes in Library hours or programs.

Absentee ballot deadlines Band members honored Completed Absentee Ballots from approved applicants must be received by the Great Neck Public Schools District Clerk no later than 5 p.m., on Tuesday, Dec. 3, for the 2019 Capital Projects Proposition. Qualified resident voters of the school district may obtain applications for absentee ballots for the Dec. 3 vote from the district website (www.greatneck.k12. ny.us/2019proposition), or from the Oﬃce of the District Clerk in the Phipps Admin. Building, 345 Lakeville Road, on school days from 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Qualified voters whose registration records are marked “permanently disabled” are automatically sent Absentee Bal-

lots. The proposed $9,749,469 Capital Projects Proposition focuses on the construction of additional classrooms to address space constraints at E.M. Baker School and Lakeville School. The total cost of these construction projects will be funded from the District’s unassigned fund balance. Voters must authorize the District to transfer funds from the unassigned fund balance into the capital fund to pay for these improvement projects. There will be no increase in school taxes as a result of this Proposition. For more information, please call the District Clerk at (516) 441-4020.

Seven students from South Middle School have been accepted to perform in the Middle School Honor Concert Band at the New York State Band Directors Association (NYSBDA) Honor Concert Bands Conference. One student has been named an Alternate. South Middle School participants in the Middle School Honor Concert Band, with their instrument, are: Mitchell Agris, bassoon; Hugh Choi, flute; Samuel Fisk, oboe; Ami Kim, oboe; Charles Li, trumpet; Ivan Xu, alto saxophone;

and Ryan Zhang, trumpet. Additionally, Whitney Choung has been named an Alternate for the baritone horn. Their teacher is Alan Schwartz, head of the music department. Honor Concert Band performances will be held in Syracuse in early March 2020. Students were selected for the Honor Concert Band by a statewide panel of NYSBDA music educators who evaluated recordings of student performances.

North High performs one-act plays North Middle School will present an evening of one-act plays and skits on Tuesday, Nov. 26, at 7 p.m., in the Daniel J. Tomaselli Auditorium at 77 Polo Road. Plays to be performed include the following: No Show

written by Alan Haehnel, Top Secret and Confessions both written by Laurie Allen, Teenage Nightmare written by Laura Toffenetti, and The Struggles written by Kendra Thomas. The Struggles, the final play of the evening, follows the life

of a middle school student who is struggling with ADD and dyslexia. With a conflicted perception of herself, Megan worries about her future, as illustrated by the various voices that are heard throughout the skit. As the play progresses, however,

this character slowly gains confidence in herself and her negative self-image dissolves as she grows into a beautiful butterfly. The group’s dedication, talent, and drive, paired with these well-written skits, is sure to deliver an enjoyable evening fit for

the whole family. The event is guaranteed to be fun-filled and entertaining. For more information, please contact Marissa Dove, One Acts director, and English teacher, at (516) 441-4544 or at mdove@greatneck.k12.ny.us.

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READERS WRITE

Quid pro quos in Nassau County

or the past several weeks, the American public has been bombarded with reports on television and in the print media referring to that fine Latin term, “quid pro quo.” While the legal import of that dry phrase is beyond dispute, its level of emotional impact most probably rises barely above zero. It may be useful, then, to put the issue in terms more familiar to those with even just a passing knowledge of local politics. As an illustrative example, let’s take a political structure

such as is common here on Long Island: there are three towns in Nassau County (Hempstead, North Hempstead, and Oyster Bay) and several in Suﬀolk. Each of those towns has its own town council; the council members represent election districts that may be (but aren’t necessarily) generally consistent with identifiable villages contained therein. Now let’s suppose that council member A, from E.D. 1, seeks an allocation of funds in the coming year’s budget to repair and

restore a neighborhood park; the job would clearly benefit the constituents, and the council member can assume that would redound to his/her electoral benefit in the next campaign. He/she may approach council member B, from E.D. 2, with a proposal: “If you vote in favor of the spending on my park project, I’ll support your road repair project. That will help both of us by bringing home some bacon to our districts.” Unquestionably, that would be a “quid pro quo” that’s prob-

ably highly common in local governance and would be entirely acceptable to voters in both communities. Now let’s consider a somewhat diﬀerently structured example. Council member A approaches Council Member B with a proposal: I’ll vote in favor of the expenditure for the road repair job in your E.D., if you promise to make a donation of $1,000 to my campaign fund for next year’s election campaign.” I’m certain that, if such an agreement were to be discovered

by a whistle-blower and revealed in the media, it would evoke widespread outrage. It might be cited as another “quid pro quo,” but the public would probably call it bribery. I’ll leave it entirely to the readers of this publication to determine whether, and how, these parables have any relevance to our nation’s current political scene. Robert I. Adler Port Washington

NHP’s suburban lifestyle under threat

he Village of New Hyde Park is 0.86 miles in size and home to approximately 9,854 residents with a population density of 11,467/sq. mile. Whether we are longtime residents or relative newcomers, the vast majority of the residents who choose to live here do so because our village is predominantly made up of privately owned, singlefamily and two-family suburban homes. We are just two stops from the largest metropolitan area in the entire world. We fully acknowledge that there is massive pressure on us to be the solution to problems that, for the most part, we did not create nor presently exist here. Less face it. There is a reason why the Third Track Project was renamed the LIRR Expansion Project. It was never about what we were originally told by Gov. Cuomo, the MTA/LIRR and others about easing commuter demands, the ‘reverse commute’ or ontime performance. If it was, when the MTA/ LIRR installed the third track, they would also upgrade all the signals, switches and other dysfunctional technologies that regularly plague the LIRR’s main line during this project. They aren’t. Not even

the federally mandated ‘positive train control’ technology is being installed. We surely have our doubts about whether the newly proposed $5.7 billion for the LIRR in the next MTA Capital Budget will “modernize” the line in the future either. The LIRR Expansion Project has nothing to do with ‘modernization’ at all; it’s all about laying down a third track and building transitoriented, mixed-use development to accommodate the increasing numbers of workers who can’t afford to live in NYC where they work. Ms. Curran stated,“…the project (Covert Ave. crossing elimination) is ‘another milestone’ reached for the LIRR Expansion Project which she said will support transit-oriented development throughout Nassau County and helping spur growth in local communities for generations to come.” Despite the ribbon-cutting ceremony, let’s be clear. First, the Covert Ave. crossing elimination project hasnotbeen completed as yet. Perhaps if Ms. Curran stayed longer during her photo-op visit, she would have observed that. Residents, especially those who live along that route, continue to endure negative impacts to their

daily lives, their properties and their livelihoods. In her statement, Ms. Curran didn’t even acknowledge the overwhelming sacrifices made by village residents as a result of this project. That was surely a red-flag moment for all of us. Secondly, New Hyde Park is not a blighted community. In fact, our property values are soaring. Why? Because people in the Long Island region and beyond have learned about our quaint village, our family-oriented values, our strong support for our local government, our schools, our libraries and our local community-based and schoolbased organizations — and, they want to live here, too. Mixed-use transit-oriented development, its implied impacts to parking, traffic and infrastructure, noise pollution, along with increased stresses on our schools, fire and police districts, sewer system, gas and electric utilities, and our quality of life are all implied consequences of these TOD proposals. If any revitalization is considered in our village, not only must everyone be included in the vision for it, but the plans for it must respect ourtraditions,ourculture andourvalues. Anything less is not progress – it is pure exploitation.

Couple the aforementioned concerns with the negative impacts oftheNassau IDA’smulti-year ‘tax incentive agreements’ which are often granted to the developers of these downtown revitalization proposals. Since local government real property taxes and school taxes are levied only on taxable property, the more tax-exempt property there is in a jurisdiction, the greater the tax burden on the rest of the taxpaying public. This would be a huge burden to us here in New Hyde Park. From senior citizens living on fixed incomes to new, young families who sacrifice much to live here, we are all concerned about our future here. That’s not nimbyism, as Ms. Curran loves to coin it. That is the bottom-line reality. The Village of New Hyde Park is at a crossroads. Our mayor and Board of Trustees are the duly elected voices of NHP’s voting and taxpaying public – not the MTA/ LIRR, not state and county politicians who know nothing about us, and not the big-money developers (and campaign donors) who value the 32-minute commute to NYC far more than our quiet suburban, family-oriented life and our peaceful neigh-

borhoods. Although NHP is beautiful tapestry of people from all different walks of life and cultures, we share one unshakable bond. The overwhelming majority of NHP village residents resoundingly reject Gov. Cuomo’s, Ms. Curran’s ‘transit-oriented’ vision for our future. We live in a democratic republic and, sadly, they have failed miserably in their respective roles to represent their constituents. Over the last several months, thousands of NHP residents have joined together in a historically unprecedented manner. The LIRR Expansion Project was our alarm clock and, yes, the sleeping giant has been awakened. We remain vigilant. We remain united. We pledge to preserve and protect our suburban neighborhoods from the political agendas of some who have demonstrated little interest in our values, our culture and the goals we have for our families and future. New Hyde Park will not be sold out to the highest bidder. And, our votes will constitute our collective voices. Diane Bentivegna New Hyde Park

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Blank Slate Media Newspapers, Friday, November 22, 2019

READERS WRITE

G.N. mute about traffic safety problems

ast month the News ran an article reporting on a discussion held by various mayors and elected officials to address the problems afflicting our downtown. While it is too soon to tell, it is likely that nothing will come from that gathering or any other that these elected officials participate in. In fact, a recent piece on the front page of the News titled “Traffic Study Shows High Crash Rate” was a revealing look at our electeds for what it didn’t report. The article briefly described a gathering of 50 people to discuss their concerns about the hundreds of reported accidents along Middle Neck Road over the past few years, a problem that continues to plague our community. Yet, of the 30 mayors and trustees who cover the stretch of villages that encompass this problematic area, all were silent. For anyone who travels down Middle Neck Road (and quite frankly, anywhere in Great Neck), pedestrian accidents and near-misses are a recognizable problem.

When added to the number of senseless car accidents that don’t involve pedestrians, it’s fair to say that this is a significant quality of life issue that our elected oﬃcials continue to ignore. The article should serve as a call to action for the tens of thousands of residents and voters throughout Great Neck, particularly those who live in villages with elections taking place in March 2020. As the paper reported that crashes in our community exceed statewide rates, it’s time to ask these politicos when will they actually do something to help their neighbors? Their friends? Their children? Their constituents? While it appears that the engineering firm that conducted the study was given a very specific task that included reviewing, classifying, and grading intersections along Middle Neck Road, maybe they should also have been asked to grade our local elected oﬃcials on their level of inaction on this hyper-local issue.

In fact, if we follow the same methodology of the engineering study and travel Middle Neck Road from Darley Road and Susquehanna Avenue to Redbrook Road, we travel through six of the nine villages and local governments and touch 30 local elected officials (not to mention those elected from Great Neck proper to govern us at the town, county and state levels). Some of these elected officials are full-time employees of our local governments and earn full-time salaries, such as Great Neck Plaza Mayor Jean Celender, and yet no one, not even among those paid to advocate on our behalf, is championing this issue. None of these politicians appear to be doing anything to demand that Nassau County and the Town of North Hempstead act, or to require that the Nassau County Police step up their presence and work to reverse years of often-blatant traffic offenses. Every politician and every local government official overseeing our villages should insist that illegal U-turns, intolerable double-parking, excessive speed-

ing, and a complete disregard for the rule of law when driving in Great Neck become top priorities to be addressed immediately. If you venture a few feet from Middle Neck Road, you could also add the transgressions of running stop signs and failing to yield to pedestrians at crosswalks. With that, let’s give special recognition to the many elected oﬃcials waiting for someone else to act: In Russell Gardens, we have David Miller, mayor; Lawrence Chaleﬀ, deputy mayor; Martin Adickman, Jane Krakauer, and Matthew Ellis as trustees. In Thomaston, we have Steven Weinberg, mayor; James Sharkey, deputy mayor; Jill Monoson, To-On Pang, and Burton Weston as Trustees. In Great Neck Plaza, we have Jean Celender, mayor; Ted Rosen, deputy mayor; Lawrence Katz, Pamela Marksheid, and Gerald Schneiderman as trustees. In Kensington, we have Susan Lopatkin, mayor; Darren Kaplan, deputy mayor; Phil Born-

stein, Jeffrey Greener, and Alina Hendler as trustees. In Great Neck Estates, we have William Warner, mayor; Jeffrey Farkas, deputy mayor; Ira Ganzfried, Howard Hershenhorn, and Lanny Oppenheim as trustees. In the Village of Great Neck, we have Pedram Bral, mayor; Barton Sobel, deputy mayor; Steven Hope, Anne Mendelson, and Norman Namdar as trustees. Perhaps the next study conducted in Great Neck should be one that seeks to determine if we have more elected officials per capita than any other region statewide? Maybe it’s time to put some of these folks to work and demand that they focus on addressing quality of life issues in the peninsula – or simply explore the process of dissolving our villages and do a rethink about what purpose local government in our community should really serve. Michael S. Glickman Great Neck

What of Elmhurst LIRR station?

n January 1985, the Elmhurst station on the Long Island Rail Road Port Washington Branch closed. Ridership had dwindled to less than 100 per day. It was decided at the time, probably based on a cost-benefit analysis, that investing millions of dollars to upgrade the station made no economic sense. Research indicated that there would be a poor return in potential ridership that would utilize this station. The MTA included $40 million within the LIRR’s $380 million 2015-2019 Capital Stations Program to support reopening the Elmhurst LIRR Station. The original Elmhurst LIRR Station was built on street level going across Broadway past Whitney Avenue. The station had a platform and pedestrian underpass near the corner of Ketcham Place and 43rd Avenue to 88th Street. There was also an entrance to the Port Washington-bound platform near the corner of Cornish Avenue and Broadway along with a tunnel leading to the Elmhurst Avenue subway

station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line. This subway station is currently served by both the M & R lines. Reopening the old Elmhurst Station involved first spending $4 million in 2016 for planning, environmental review, preliminary and final design activities. This would have been followed by the initiation of construction in 2018 for $36 million. The new station was anticipated to be opened by the end of 2019. The scope of work needed to reopen the Elmhurst LIRR station includes new 12 -car platforms, staircases, railings, passenger shelters, ticket vending machines, lighting. communication, signal and security equipment, general site improvements and passenger elevators to be fully compliant with the Americans Disability Act. Since the construction contract was never awarded. we don’t know if the engineers’ cost estimate of needing $36 million was suﬃcient to cover all of the above, including passenger el-

evators. Due to the unfortunate events of Hurricane Sandy in 2011, there is aneed to create alternative options for commuters, known as ‘redundancy.” The MTA is investing billions in capital projects to support this initiative. Reopening the old Elmhurst LIRR Station would provide a new alternative for Port Washington LIRR customers should disruptions in service occur at either Woodside, Penn Station or the future Grand Central Terminal. Riders exiting the Elmhurst LIRR Station could transfer to either the M or R subway lines. There would be afuture second transfer opportunity to either the E, F or #7 subway lines one stop away at Jackson Heights – Roosevelt Avenue station. In 2017, the MTA added $3 billion ($1.95 billion for LIRR Main Line Third Track & $700 million for Second Avenue Subway Phase 2) to the $29 billion 2015 – 2019 Five Year Capital Program Plan bringing it up to $32 billion. Buried in this plan amend-

ment was reprogramming $37 million originally allocated to support the construction of the new Elmhurst LIRR Station to pay for other projects (s). Only $3 million remains for preliminary design and environmental review. Restoration of $37 million to support the final design and engineering along with construction was suppose to have been included within the $51 billion MTA 2020-2024 Five Year Capital Plan. There is no listing of additional funding to advance the Elmhurst LIRR station in this 240 page document.On page 201 LIRR Stations L-802 provides a detailed listing of $806 million worth of other station projects. Overall project cost originally forecast for $40 million will probably require millions more due to inflation. Completion of final design and engineering might have taken place by the end of 2021. This would be followed by the advertising and award of a construction contract in 2022. Notice to proceed followed by contractor mobilization, actual construction

and completion may require another two years. As a result, the original project completion date for reopening the Elmhurst LIRR Station in 2019 might occur five years later in 2024. This is disappointing but not surprising given past manipulations and shortfalls in the MTA overall capital program budget. There are also periodic problems with the LIRR in the completion of other capital improvement projects on time and within budget. It appears that anyone looking to board the LIRR at the new Elmhurst Station may have to wait until 2030. This assumes funding is provided in the next MTA 2025-2029 Five Year Capital Plan for this project. Larry Penner Great Neck (Larry Penner is a transportation historian, writer and advocate who previously worked 31 years for the United States Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Oﬃce.)

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READERS WRITE

Cilluffo deserves re-election to park district

n Tuesday, Dec. 10, we will be voting to elect a commissioner of the Great Neck Park District. Frank Cilluffo is a sitting commissioner who is seeking reelection in a contested race. In my opinion, Frank has served our community with distinction and dedication and fully deserves another term in office. Frank Cilluffo spent a long time in public service before retiring from that career. Now, as a Park Commissioner, he is a fulltime official devoting his entire life to his work on the Park Board. As a commissioner, he has been very effective working with

a well-balanced 3-person Board of Commissioners and a talented Superintendent of Parks. As a long-term park district resident and for many years regularly attending the Board’s weekly meetings, I have observed the park board formulate and smoothly execute policies designed to modernize plant and equipment, improve services, reduce costs and generate non-tax revenues to keep taxes low. Our superintendent has provided strong leadership. Frank Cilluﬀo has strongly supported and contributed to these eﬀorts. And Frank has contributed significantly to a wide range of day-to-

day recreational activities in the parks. I can’t emphasize too strongly the importance of the Great Neck Park District to our community. Its priceless assets, well-trained, dedicated staﬀ and close interactions with other important institutions, such as the School Board and local Village Governments to name a few, have far-reaching influence. That’s why I believe it is important to elect commissioners who have the interest, experience and talent to protect and serve the best interests of our community. In the coming election, Frank Cilluﬀo is being challenged by an individual who has previously

shown no interest in the complicated and far-ranging issues that Park Commissioners must deal with and resolve. I never attended meetings until very recently and has raised no issues nor contributed to discussions of park district policy. It is a fact that this opposing candidate has had a working relationship with the Park District and her husband is an employee. It so happens that another sitting Commissioner is in a similar position. Apart from the other issues I have raised, in my opinion, the election of this opposing candidate will shift the balance on the present 3-member Park Board

toward an undue concentration of interests that may not always independently focus exclusively on the overall welfare of the park district and the Great Neck community as a whole. For all the reasons I have discussed, I do not see it in the best interests of the community to replace an experienced, tested and effective sitting Commissioner, Frank Cilluffo, with someone who is unqualified in many ways. Therefore, I urge you to come out on Dec. 10 and cast your vote for Frank Cilluffo. Leon Korobow Great Neck

The fire in Kings Point Park remembered

s I write at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 17, in the year 2013, emergency vehicles are passing my house again. What alerted me to the fire in Kings Point Park was the steady stream of fire apparatus and flashing lights traveling Hicks Lane in waves, all heading in one direction, day and night. At dinnertime last evening, I made my way to the entrance to Kings Point Park oﬀ Red Brook Road, which was the location of the firefighter command center inside the park. Being on-site explained what few of us understand about a fire of magnitude. I parked the car and walked into a clearing that was barely lit. As I arrived there, a group of firemen emerged from the interior of the park. They were walking together in a loose formation, all in their gear, the arm patches identifying their home fire companies unreadable in the semi-dark. They walked weary and worn. There were too many uniforms to count, many of them having already seen service. At 7 p.m., the Nassau County fire marshal told me he estimated there

were 400 firefighters at the site. Forty fire departments in Nassau County had been summoned. Five fire departments came from Suffolk County. The process by which such a massive response was triggered looked something like this: On Friday, Chief Raymond Plakstis of the Alert Fire Department had guided his fire company’s labors to subdue the fire. At first, the fire seemed to have been beaten, but then it revived. Ray, a fire chief with years of experience and a cadre of seasoned fellow volunteer firefighters, recognized it was time to call on neighboring fire companies for help. This triggered a mutual aid agreement among fire companies on the north shore of Long Island in the Eighth Battalion, which then triggered a wider circle of aid. A Nassau County Emergency Management employee told me that even though it was commonly communicated to the public that the fire started Friday afternoon, it actually only revealed itself Friday afternoon and likely started days before that. The fire

was deep and entrenched. Kings Point Park is 175 acres. The village of Kings Point has leased the park to the Great Neck Park District since the 1930s. The park has picnic areas, ball fields, and five miles of a trail through the woods that pass over 14 small wood bridges spanning ravines. The ground cover in the park in the wooded area, which comprises much of the park, can be six feet deep, and this is where the fire persisted, among the layers of twigs and leaves that have fallen there for a century, and more, creating a deep spongy bog. Firefighters say the fire is “underground.” By this they mean it is a fire that travels outward, not upward into the canopy. This is a fire whose true scope and complexity is hidden. The smoke from the fire was thick and choking. From a helicopter above the fire, an infrared heat sensor measured the temperature of the fire at 1,000 degrees. The Red Cross was at the site providing sustenance to the firefighters, who went in in teams and stayed a set duration of time before they were pulled out. One team went in when one team

came out, and the lineup continued, each team replaced by another team of firefighters. The Suﬀolk fire companies provided fire vehicles Nassau County fire companies do not have. These fire apparatus are referred to as stump jumpers, meaning they can maneuver over hostile terrain (move like a tank) and still deliver firefighting capability. A bulldozer and a backhoe followed by crews using chain saws, shovels and rakes cut a perimeter around an area of about three acres to mark a containment zone for the fire. On the south and west, meeting in a V, there are two small streams inside the park. At the east end of the park, the fire can come closest to nearby homes. Tonight there was no wind. Had there been wind, we would be looking at a far worse situation. This was the second fire in as many weeks in the late fall months of 2013, the first having been in Bethpage State Park, where the winds were high. This is the season for fires; the dew point is low, the ground thirsting for rain. In the days following the fire,

the newspaper coverage labeled it “a brush fire” in Kings Point Park. Most Great Neck residents were none the wiser about what had occurred in our own backyard. It could be said we live insulated lives without an understanding of how lucky we are to have our families and homes made safe through the eﬀorts of people we have never met. We are free to flourish and go about our daily lives because others keep vigil. In addition to our own Great Neck Alert and Vigilant fire departments, these were some of the communities whose fire department rigs were at the scene that night at the entrance to the park on Red Brook Road: Port Washington, ManhassetLakeville, New Hyde Park, Floral Park, Garden City, Plainview, Syosset, Farmingdale, North Babylon, Melville, Wyandanch, Huntington, Elmont, Deer Park, Long Beach, North Merrick, Bethpage, Wantagh, Valley Stream; the Nassau County Public Works, and the Nassau County Oﬃce of Emergency Management. Rebecca Rosenblatt Gilliar Great Neck

For letter-writer, GOP officials can do no wrong

am commenting on Mr. Katz’s letter in your Nov. 15 edition, describing the eﬀect of “Anti-Trump Fervor…” on recent Port Washington elections. Mr. Katz has spent the last year writing (mostly) civil letters dealing with Port Washington schools. His prejudice

against women in the workplace was a major flaw therein. However, in his recent letter, his emotions finally got the best of him. After smearing every currently elected North Hempstead oﬃceholder, an officeholder from six years ago, a state senator from Great Neck, and some contributors to a po-

litical party (all Democrats), he then laments “one-party control of any government, for an extended period of time”. While a resident of the Town of North Hempstead, he is also a Nassau County resident. Somehow, he ignored politics in the Towns of Hempstead and Oyster Bay (which contain

three-quarters of Nassau’s population), where corruption has been rampant while being controlled by Republicans for decades– e.g., 112 of the last 114 years in Town of Hempstead! Would that his anxieties and lamentations extended to Nassau County!! Lastly, he states that anti-

Trump fervor “borders on religious fanaticism.” I put forward the thought that the actual religious fanaticism seems to reside with Trump’s evangelical followers. Phil Krevitsky Port Washington

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Plastic leaf bags and other environmental crimes Continued from Page 16 The best environmentally friendly solution to this problem is to avoid single-use plastic items altogether in favor of reusables. Reusable alternatives, such as fabric bags or reusable stainless steel or glass water bottles, coﬀee cups, and straws can be used over and over again. When it comes to purchasing dry food staples like oatmeal, beans, flour, rice, and popcorn, try to find a resource for these in bulk, where you can bag them in paper bags. When you get home, you can store them in glass jars, which keeps them

fresh and is a constant visual reminder to use them! No plastic. There is an effort by both Nassau and Suffolk Counties to reduce the use of single-use plastics, and they have both passed laws banning plastic straws and styrofoam (polystyrene) food containers. They have also made efforts to ban the sale of styrofoam packing peanuts and bubble wrap. If every local municipality and school district on Long Island required their suppliers to use only biodegradable packing materials, it would make a huge difference in the volume of

single-use plastics. Biodegradable packing peanuts are even less expensive than their plastic counterparts! With the stroke of a pen this could be done! This is all a matter of changing human behavior which is diﬃcult, but possible. The only reason that we have a plastic problem is that we allow that problem to exist. We are the ones buying our water in plastic bottles instead of using reusable containers, or remaining quiet when we attend an event where plastic water bottles and styrofoam coﬀee cups are set out on

the refreshment table. We are the ones throwing out boxes from Amazon filled with styrofoam peanuts or plastic bags of air, without making any complaint to the giant retailer. We are the ones buying our fruits and vegetables in plastic wrap and styrofoam trays instead of insisting that our supermarkets pack them in biodegradable paper trays and cellulose bags. (Our produce sections display walls of salad greens packed into hard plastic boxes – who thought this was a good idea?)

And we are the ones that put out our leaves in thick, giant, black plastic bags that will never break down, and stay silent when we see our neighbors do it. Nobody likes confrontation or wants to make trouble, and so we’re all paying the price, leaving it up to our kids to clean up the mess we’ve left for them. Now more than ever we need politicians to make good laws that may be unpopular at first, but down the road those brave enough to do what’s right will bask in the accolades.

Plaza mayor fails to deal Facts for climate with Middle Neck accidents change deniers

was pleased to read this paper’s Nov. 15 front-page article about the Middle Neck Road traﬃc study conducted by the Nassau County Department of Public Works. The study covered almost all of Middle Neck Road —from the northern point of Redbrook Road in Kings Point to the southern limit of Darley Road and Susquehanna Avenue. The study showed excessively high auto/auto and auto/ pedestrian crash rates at several Middle Neck Road intersections — South Station Plaza and Great Neck Road; Middle Neck Road and Grace Avenue; and North Station Plaza and Cutter Mill Road (currently referred to by many as “Death Corner”) — all in the Village of Great Neck Plaza. The information gleaned from the study was not new. In 2010, the Village of Great Neck Plaza had already recognized the excessive number of accidents at Middle Neck Road intersections, which was severely jeopardizing pedestrian safety in the village. Mayor Jean Celender formed a Pedestrian Safety Committee to look into the situation. I was invited to join the committee. Members of the committee were tasked with identifying the troublesome intersections where crash rates were high. Their 2010 findings were exactly those in-

tersections identified by the Nassau County Department of Public Works — South Station Plaza and Great Neck Road; Middle Neck Road and Grace Avenue; and North Station Plaza and Cutter Mill Road. When the Pedestrian Safety Committee met with the mayor in 2010 to discuss their findings, Jean Celender informed us that Middle Neck Road was a county road and was not under her jurisdiction. She was not anxious to work with the county to address the problem. Nothing was done. Not long after our unsuccessful meeting with the mayor, I was carefully crossing Middle Neck Road in the crosswalk at “Death Corner” and I was hit by a car. I was lucky; I was taken to the emergency room, treated, and released. Fortunately, I did not suffer irreparable injuries. The one who got hit the week before my accident wasn’t so lucky; she was taken to the morgue. My wife photographed my badly banged-up body, and after I healed I brought the photos to a subsequent meeting of the Pedestrian Safety Committ ee. I placed the pictures in front of Jean Celender and asked her what she was going to do about the problem. Not wanting to be held accountable for her inaction, Celender dismantled the commit-

tee. That was in 2011. Several years later, as the number of accidents at Middle Neck Road intersections continued to increase, another Pedestrian Safety Committee emerged in the Plaza; of course, I was not invited to join. The second committee was also short-lived. The article in last week’s paper stated the following: “Village of Great Neck Plaza Mayor Jean Celender said she is aware of these issues and has been working with the county to address some of the measures needed to be taken to ensure all-around safety.” Celender should tell that to the casualties of the prior 10 years. Once again, Jean Celender’s failure to care for her constituents reinforces their reasons for submitting a new village motto for inclusion into Plaza promotional materials: “Great Neck Plaza — a village to die for.” Hopefully, Nassau County, with the help of Legislator Ellen Birnbaum, will address the results of their study by doing the right thing in Great Neck. It’s time for the Jean Machine Regime to go. Leo Pfeifer Village of Great Neck Plaza (We want our “Great” back!)

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inety-seven percent of environmental scientists agree that climate change/global warming is happening and is significantly caused by human activity (release of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane). This, they argue, is an existential threat to the planet. This level of scientific agreement is equivalent to the consensus among scientist s that smoking causes cancer (do the climate change deniers also dispute this fact?). Some facts: Record warm temperatures around the globe keep rising at alarming levels. Sixteen out of the seventeen warmest years on record have occurred since 2001. Artie sea ice is diminishing, causing a rise in global ocean levels, eroding coasts and devastating Ocean waters are becoming warmer damaging coral reefs and marine Not to mention the eﬀect of warming oceans on the severity of storms that have statistically increased in recent years causing catastrophic loss of life and property. The proliferation of California fires is often cited as an example. Thi s is only going to get worse, scientists opine. Glaciers are severely melting, causing a loss of water that people around the globe depend on. Avalanches and landslides are dramatically Glacier National Park in Montana has only twenty-five remaining glaciers. In the 1980s there were approximately 150. Hundreds (389) of North

American birds face extinction due to climate change, reports a current study by the National Audubon Society. Other animals that are increasingly threatened are whales, elephants, giraﬀes, sharks, great apes, and the Monarch butterfly. These are just a scant few of the shocking ramifications of human activity that promotes and causes climate change and global warming. The devastation is greenlighted at full speed by the current administration in the White House whose leader has called climate change a “Chinese Hoax.” He has embarrassingly withdrawn our country from the Paris Climate Accords. The United States of America is the only nation on the planet to do so. In addition, he has already done away with a multitude of environmental regulations, designed to protect the environment. But wait! John Messina from East Williston (in this publication. Oct. 11 has uncovered irrefutable proof that Trump and his head in the sand base must be right that climate change does not exist. His exhaustive research has revealed that President Obama has purchased a home near a body of water. I guess that settles it. Who can argue with that logic? Perhaps smoking is not bad for you either. Herbert Steinberg Great Neck Letters Continued on Page 52

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Business&RealEstate

An advantageous time to sell, buy This is a superb time to consider selling whatever type of property you may possess because, from my 38 years in the business, the most serious and qualified purchasers are out there not and throughout the winter months. The No. 1 reason is that interest rates are at a 50-year low. My parents bought a home in Great Neck in 1956 and rates were around 6.04 percent from what I could read on their original commitment letter. So now that the rates are almost half that amount it’s an amazing moment in time to get your income, credit, and debt to income well positioned to search out your starter, upgraded or dream home. Besides interest rates being so, so low and not only are there possibly some motivated sellers who want to get out before any major snowfall or experience those dreadful heating bills, as gas and oil prices have

increased this year; there are some extremely serious and very much qualified purchasers that are out there, looking for homes, investment properties, as well as rentals of residential and commercial properties. Just because we are getting into the winter months doesn’t stop the qualified consumer from searching high and low for that specific “place to call home” or valuable investment or even a basic rental. It wasn’t that long ago that the rule of thumb was for people to stop looking for the winter and come back during the warmer spring and summer months. That entire paradigm has been radically changed, especially since our housing inventory is still at less than six months; when historically six to seven months have been the normal barometer. In 2008 when our market succumbed to the subprime loan crisis and we sold our poisonous

PHILIP A. RAICES Real Estate Watch

collateralized debt obligations to other countries and Iceland almost went bankrupt from those toxic and deadly deals! Canada was one of the few countries that were smart enough to avoid our Wall Street scams and their devious ways that were also provided by mortgage brokers and even some of our realtors! The market will still be strong for the next five years, as I mentioned in a column a few weeks

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ago based on five sources, the main one being Core Logic, who is a fairly accurate company, and who all predicted 2.9-4+ percent increases in the values of homes. There are always exceptions to rule of predictions, nothing is guaranteed but birth, taxes (if you are earning any serious money) and death, the rest is always negotiable. There are two Ph.D. professors who (for the life of me I have forgotten their names and Siri, as well as Alexa and the internet, have not helped me find their names), who have been excellent prognosticators of our economy, who, I read somewhere that they too see the market continuing. I would appreciate it if maybe one of my readers will call me and will let me know their names if I don’t find them first. The buyers are out there, but the sellers seem to very slowly putting their homes on the market. However, to satisfy the de-

mand we desperately need more of you sellers to step up to the plate and put your homes on the market, only and only if you have had it with the winters, high heating bills and the weekly and monthly upkeep and upgrades of your homes to keep them current. Moving down south or out west or to some exotic location like Costa Rica, Nicaragua, etc. that will aﬀord a really nice lifestyle with all that money you will earn that you can take with you. All I am asking you is to give it some serious thought and then we can get more of those “searchers of homes” into one! Philip A. Raices is the owner/ Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 Great Neck. He has earned designations as a Graduate of the Realtor Institute and a Certified International Property Specialist. He can be reached by email, at:Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate.Com, or by cell: (516) 647-4289.

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Recent Real Estate 25Lane,School House Great Neck Sales in Great Neck Great Neck Real Estate Market Conditions MEDIAN SALES PRICE $940,000 Demographics near Great Neck, NY Population Population Density Median Age People per Household Median Household Income Average Income per Capita

City 9,102 5,496 42.3 2.9 89,755 53,791

County 1,352,825 4,752 42.5 2.9 85,195 45,421

Sold Price: $1,290,000 Date: 10/31/2019 4 beds, 2 Full/1 Half baths Style: Exp Ranch # of Families: 1 Lot Size: .5 Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $26,904 MLS# 3146944

13 Polo Field Lane, Great Neck Sold Price: $1,500,000 Date: 08/29/2019 5 beds, 2 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 105x120 Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $25,015 MLS# 3119285

28 Birchwood Lane, Kings Point Sold Price: $2,400,000 Date: 09/17/2019 5 beds, 4 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: .71 acres Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $35,826 MLS# 3074884

81 Wensley Drive, Great Neck Sold Price: $1,100,000 Date: 09/20/2019 4 beds, 3 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 170x121 Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $24,117 MLS# 3075658

Editorâ€™s note: Homes shown here were recently sold in Great Neck by a variety of real estate agencies. The information about the homes and the photos were obtained through the Multiple Listing Services of Long Island. The homes are presented based solely on the fact that they were recently sold in Great Neck and are believed by Blank Slate Media to be of interest to our readers.

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Beggs shares ideas for G.N. parks Continued from Page 2 She also mentioned the inclusion of new activities in the parks, not just for the youth of Great Neck. “These parks are enjoyed by people of all ages, but the activities tend to be targeted for very specific age groups,” Beggs said. “I think including programs like a variety of fitness classes for adults at varying times would prove extremely beneficial, and there would be a great turnout.” Beggs noted that the senior citizens who use facilities such as the Great Neck House do not have a place to go, with a need for a communal indoor facility an intriguing opportunity to explore. “I’m not sure what exactly would need to be done or if it is possible,” she said in response to a question about a hypothetical construction of a new building for indoor recreation. “I would have to do a bit more research, but with all of the programs we could potentially include, it is an idea worth looking into more.” Though there is a lack of some adult programming, Beggs reiterated that cultivating a strong park system for the children and all of the park district residents is a high priority. “We need to build a park district so that our children want to raise their children here, and I believe I am the

person who will best allow that to happen,” she said. “We need more kosher food options for our residents, and to make sure they have everything they need in a park to want to stay here.” She also mentioned some environmentally conscious ideas potentially worth exploring, such as the use of solar panels and filtered water. “I see that there’s not much recycling in the parks,” she said. “Environmentally, we need to focus on the beauty of our parks and focus on how to continue to protect them.” Beggs said she believes her extensive experience in the parks, background in recreation and work with children as a guidance counselor leads her to be the ideal choice in this election. The election for parks commissioner will take place with other special district elections on Dec. 10 from 1 to 9 p.m. The district is divided into four sectors for polling purposes. The 1st District encompasses the Village of Kings Point, Saddle Rock Estates and areas of the Village of Great Neck that are east of Middle Neck Road and north of Hicks Lane and west of Middle Neck Road. The polling place for District 1 is the Great Neck House at 14

Arrendale Ave. The 2nd District encompasses the area of the Village of Great Neck that is east of Middle Neck Road and unincorporated areas of the Town of North Hempstead that are south of the Village of Great Neck and north of the Village of Kensington.! The polling place for District 2 is also the Great Neck House. The 3rd District encompasses the villages of Great Neck Plaza, Thomaston, and Kensington.! The polling place is the Great Neck Senior Citizens Center at 80 Grace Ave. The 4th District encompasses the Village of Russell Gardens and other unincorporated areas within the town.! These areas are the Great Neck Terrace Apartments, Lakeville, Upland, Lake Success Hills and Manor sections of Great Neck, and all other areas bounded by Great Neck Road on the north and west, Northern Boulevard on the south, and Middle Neck Road on the east. The polling place for District 4 is the ManhassetLakeville Fire District’s Company No. 4 Firehouse on 97 Jayson Ave. Residents who are 18 years of age or older and have resided in the Great Neck Park District for at least 30 days prior to the election and are registered with the Nassau County Board of Elections are eligible to vote.

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GNPS TV announces programs Programs currently airing on Great Neck Public Schools Television (GNPS/ TV) are: South High Opera, Student Filmmakers Showcase, School Bus Safety Press Conference, and South Middle Spring Concert 2019. South High Opera South High Opera features the April 2019 performance of Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss. This program was recorded during the special “Founder’s Performance” of the opera, which celebrated 50 years of full-scale, student-performed operas at South High School. Die Fledermaus was under the musical direction of Dr. Janine Robinson, conducted by Michael Schwartz, and directed by Robert Stivanello. South High Opera airs at 8 a.m., and 1 and 6 p.m.

Student Filmmakers Showcase Student Filmmakers Showcase highlights short films produced, edited, and directed by middle and high school students. The Showcase oﬀers a variety of films and styles. Many of the films originate from media classes around the district. The program is hosted by Robert Zahn, director of educational television and broadcast media. Student Filmmakers Showcase airing times are: 11 a.m., and 4 and 9 p.m. School Bus Safety Press Conference U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer hosted a press conference at South Middle School on Nov. 12 to propose eﬀorts to increase school bus safety. James Popkin, the district’s transportation supervisor, joined Senator Schumer, State Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso, and Nassau County

Executive Laura Curran in speaking about the dangers presented by drivers who illegally pass stopped school buses. School Bus Safety Press Conference view times are: 11:30 a.m., and 4:30 and 9:30 p.m. South Middle Spring Concert The South Middle Spring Concert 2019 features performances by the school’s instrumental and vocal ensembles, which were presented over two dates in May. Tune in to hear classical pieces, popular works, and selections from movies and musicals. Instrumental students perform under the direction of Department Head Alan Schwartz and Mark Boschen; choral students perform under the direction of Korey Coppola. South Middle Spring Concert 2019 view times are: 12, 5, and 10 p.m.

GNPS/TV Programming GNPS/TV programming reflects the oﬀerings of the Great Neck Public Schools and the achievements of its students and staﬀ. Programs are student-produced. For further information, please contact Robert Zahn, director of educational television and broadcast media, by e-mail at rzahn@greatneck.k12.ny.us, and by phone at (516) 441-4676. GNPS/TV programs are available on-demand, 24/7, on the school district website, www.greatneck.k12.ny.us/tv. Programs can also be viewed in the incorporated villages of Great Neck on Optimum Channel 75 and on Verizon Fios Channel 32. Airing times in the above program are for Optimum and Verizon viewing.

South High students win business challenge Great Neck South High School students Amal Deochand and Ian Myer earned first-place honors at the ninth annual Plainview-Old Bethpage Business Challenge, held on Oct. 18. Amal and Ian were awarded a trophy and a plaque for their first-place finish in the entrepreneurial event, which challenged high school students to develop a creative business presentation based on an assigned topic using only their knowledge PHOTO BY BILL CANCELLARE of business and two textbooks provided at the event. Judges commended Amal and Students Ian Myer and Amal Deochand (center) are congratulated by (left Ian on their presentation skills, creativity, and overall professionalism. to right) South High Principal Christopher Gitz, business teacher/DECA The Plainview-Old Bethpage Business faculty advisor Sheryl Demetres, business/technology department head John Motchkavitz, and business teacher/DECA faculty advisor Rick Vine. Challenge brings together top business

students from high schools all across Long Island. In teams of two or three, students prepare a presentation on a particular business topic for a panel of judges. The top six teams advance to the final round, in which participants give a two-minute elevator pitch to determine the event winners. This annual event is organized and hosted by the Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School Business Honor Society. The challenge is designed to prepare high school business students for future careers in marketing, finance, hospitality, and management by creating real-world scenarios for students to apply their communication and critical-thinking skills.

The Great Neck News, Friday, November 22, 2019

Enrollment trends back need for more classrooms

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After his Aug. 12 arrest, Great Neck resident Matthew Bonanno pleaded not guilty to 13 new weapons charges, according to the Nassau district attorney’s office.

Bonanno pleads not guilty to new charges Continued from Page 1 searched his vehicle after they were notified of threats being made by Bonanno against his estranged wife, according to the Westchester County district attorney’s office. Bonanno’s arrest on the night of Aug. 12 led Tuckahoe village police to find five assault rifles, three handguns, over 1,600 rounds of ammunition, handcuffs, a stun gun, military-style knives, binoculars and other paraphernalia. The bail for Bonanno in Westchester remains set at a $500,000 bond or $100,000 cash. An additional $40,000 bond or $20,000 cash was set by Sullivan, according to the Nassau district attorney’s office. Bonanno’s defense attorney, Paul Gentile, criticized the ways that police in

Westchester and Nassau searched Bonanno’s property. “They learned of the weapons being in his home by asking him. He was already in custody,” Gentile said. “He had invoked his right to counsel. That means that the search warrant is based upon a violation of his Fifth Amendment right, which then leads to a violation of his Sixth Amendment right.” Gentile also rejected accusations of Bonanno being a “domestic terrorist” that he said were made by Westchester authorities, saying that he is “an esteemed plastic surgeon and an avid gun collector.” Bonanno is due back in court before Judge Meryl Berkowitz on Dec. 2, according to Brendan Brosh of the Nassau district attorney’s oﬃce.

Continued from Page 1 optional attendance zone to attend North Middle School instead of South Middle School. Any other request for a school assignment that diﬀers from a student’s designated attendance zone will only be considered through the variance process. “The optional attendance zone has alleviated overcrowding and equalized enrollment in our secondary schools,” Board of Education President Barbara Berkowitz said. “The optional attendance zone continues to be in the best interest of our students.” The data represents actual enrollments for the senior class of 2020 through the class of 2032, this year’s kindergarten class. North High School was initially expecting to accommodate over 1,300 students in the 2022-23 school year. Now, North’s population does not look to exceed 1,300 even with a projected spike going into the 2024-25 school year. South High School is projected to have an increase of students, with a total population just above 1,300 students by the 2024-25 school year, but has the resources to accommodate that number. While the middle and high schools look to have suﬃcient room for incoming students, the projections point to a need for more classrooms at Lakeville and E.M. Baker elementary schools, according to Lando. “The need for additional classrooms at Lakeville based on current usage was demonstrated at the October Board of Education meeting,” he said. “This data further demonstrates the need for classrooms at Baker to accommodate a population that will exceed 700 students.”

PHOTO BY ROBERT PELAEZ

Dr. Stephen C. Lando of the Great Neck Public Schools District presented his projections for the upcoming school years at Monday’s Board of Education meeting. The five-year projection in 2017 saw E.M. Baker anticipating roughly 675 students in the 2022-23 school year. In Lando’s most recent projection, that number increases by almost 50 students. “Based on these projections, we should all be pleased in the due diligence that was taken into consideration for the upcoming school years,” Lando said. “The board should advise residents that it maintains its prerogative to place new housing into attendance zones based on the ability of our schools to accommodate increases in their student populations.” The proposed additions include two new classrooms in the back of Lakeville and six new classrooms at E.M. Baker. Voting on the additions will occur from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Dec. 3 at four polling sites, E.M. Baker, Lakeville, Saddle Rock and South High schools.

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Manhasset-Great Neck quilt constructed North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the Town Board recently approved a resolution authorizing an agreement with Karen Harry D/B/A KS Creations, LLC to design and produce a quilt as part of the Town of North Hempstead’s recent Civil Rights historical initiatives. The quilt project, which is being headed by a group of local women, will depict the growth of the Spinney Hill community in Great Neck. “Creating this historic quilt is a moving tribute to the many North Hempstead residents, past and present, who were key participants in the Civil Rights Movement and the development of the community of Spinney Hill,” said Supervisor Bosworth. “What a unique way to teach people the history of their community, while also giving us a beautiful piece of

artwork to enjoy.” The project will be funded with $2,000 of a $50,000 grant awarded to the Town by the National Park Service. The grant was originally awarded to the Town could cultivate and preserve its residents’ history with the Civil Rights movement. The quilt project was conceived and organized by Barbara Masry, researched by Ruth Freeman, Winnie Fant, and Leslie Arluck, and stitched together by Karen Harry. Photos were taken by Mack Bradley. Other contributions were made by Naomi Penner, Barbara Williams, Cheryl Levitan, and Christy Orquera. The squares on the quilt have been hand-painted by a local artist, Raisy Derzie of Great Neck. Masry stated that their goal is to “celebrate the rich heritage of the Spinney Hill community

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD

Town officials with participants in quilt project. by raising awareness and pride among the children and adults of this vibrant area.” The group plans to unveil the completed quilt in December 2019 at the Great Neck/Manhasset Equal Opportunity Center on High Street in Manhasset.

From there, it will be on display at Town Hall in Manhasset, the Manhasset Public Library, the Great Neck Library, before finally returning to the EOC Center to be permanently displayed. “We are just delighted that we were able to support this proj-

ect through the grant funding we received from the National Parks Service for the preservation of civil rights history in North Hempstead,” added the Supervisor. “It will be an honor and pleasure to have it hang here in the Town.”

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Thankful for Bosworth as town supervisor

hat you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone”. Thank you Joni Mitchell for those classic lines because that’s how I feel about the public service record of Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth. Reading the malicious, odious, slanderous letter from Joel Katz of Port Washington, filled with hateful, inaccurate accusations, my first reaction was to write a fact-filled rebuttal of his letter from what the national media has termed a ‘low information voter’. But, Supervisor Bosworth wouldn’t

want that because she leads through consensus-building, a calm demeanor as Newsday pointed out, and most important of all, an ethical standard far above Washington, Albany, Nassau and Suﬀolk Counties. We know two-thirds of the voters agree by recently electing her to a fourth term as supervisor of the Town of North Hempstead. We love you Supervisor Bosworth and thank you for your tireless dedication to our Town. Steven M Walk Great Neck

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Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth, the Town Board, and the Department of Planning and Environmental Control recently increased the Town’s efforts to bring awareness to declining monarch butterfly populations by furthering the Town’s involvement in the National Wildlife Federation’s Mayors’ Monarch Pledge. Staff recently tagged many monarch butterflies at Clark Botanic Garden to aid in research conducted by Monarch Watch, an organization devoted to the education, conservation, and research of monarch butterflies. The tagging involved staff from the Town’s Planning Department placing

lightweight stickers with unique ID codes on the butterflies’ wings. “I am so proud of the work the Town has done to bring attention to monarch butterfly populations both here in North Hempstead and throughout the country,” Bosworth said. “By tagging the monarchs at our beautiful Clark Botanic Garden, we will be providing critical information to Monarch Watch that will ultimately better our collective understanding of the butterflies’ migration patterns.” Last year, North Hempstead began its participation in the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge by establishing the Monarch Waystation Garden at Clark, which features plants that help sustain the

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A tiny, lightweight sticker is placed on the butterfly to help study migration patterns. When someone spots a Monarch with this tag, they can report it to Monarch Watch.

Monarch’s migration as well as help other pollinators like bees. This year the Town continued its eﬀorts by creating two pollinator gardens at Gerry Park in Roslyn as well as adding plants to Clark’s rain garden and next to Clark’s lower pond. All gardens contain a variety of milkweeds, which are the only food source for monarch caterpillars, and other nectar plants including bee balm, black-Eyed Susan; blazingstar, goldenrod, asters, butterfly bush, Joe-pye weed, mallow; phlox; purple coneflower and ironweed. Most monarchs migrate to Mexico where “citizen scientist” volunteers look for the monarchs with tags and turn them over to scientists from Monarch Watch (see the website more information: https://monarchwatch.org/tagging/). In addition, citizens in the southern US/northern Mexico can report the ID number to Monarch Watch if they find a tagged butterfly. For more information about the tagging program, monarch conservation, and what you can do to help this species in decline, please visit https://northhempsteadny.gov/monarchs

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Salute to vets Viscardi School-style Teacher of the Year Amy GraﬀeoRastetter, had a brilliant idea surrounding Veterans Day on this, the 100th Anniversary year of the founding of American Legion, and American Legion Auxiliary: Why don’t we hold an indoor “Veterans Parade” with our Henry Viscardi School students and our local veterans? Flyers were created and the word went out through American Legion Auxiliary Williston Unit 144 member, Dianne Karl, who is the unit’s Education Chairperson, and who also works at Henry Viscardi School. Karl spread the word to the American Legion 144 Post members as well as the Albertson VFW members, who gathered on Friday, Nov. 8 for the festivities. WPIX-TV Channel 11 was there shooting video that appeared on the 5:00 p.m. news that day. The parade was led by the older students, members from the RAMP Program (RAMP stands for “Reaching All My Potential”), who coordinated the event and baked cupcakes and cookies. Frank Fitzgerald, who works at Viscardi School, created a special red, white and blue mailbox that was placed in the hallway for the students to insert letters they wrote to the veterans in appreciation for all they have done for our country. Even the newest resident, Sunny, the Special Needs yellow lab retriever, (who is the first guide dog to be placed

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in a school facility on Long Island by the Guide Dog Foundation), accompanied the students, showing due respect. The students lined the halls waving flags, saluting and thanking our veterans as the veterans marched through the halls. One of Dianne’s students saluted with a very serious facial expression and said, “Thank you for your service.” “I could not stop smiling, even though I had tears in my eyes,” Dianne said. It’s enough to make a grown man cry, too, and it did as the veterans were seen showing grateful tears of apprecia-

tion! In addition, Williston Post 144 Legion member, Bob Valentine, recruited a brand new member, Frank Fitzgerald (mentioned above), a Navy veteran, to join the Post. Although this is the first year that this special indoor veterans parade took place at Henry Viscardi School, Graﬀeo-Rastetter reassured all that they will repeat this tradition next year. As of August 2019, Membership in the American Legion has recently been extended to include all honorably discharged veterans who have served dur-

ing ANY period since December 7, 1941. This closes the eligibility gaps. Prior to this change, membership was contingent upon service during specific periods. This amendment to American Legion’s Congressional charter allows for increased membership and will open up eligibility to an additional 6,000,000 veterans nationwide. In addition, as of August 2019, membership in the American Legion Auxiliary, which up to this time has been an allfemale organization, has been extended to include ALL spouses (female or male) of U.S. veterans and service members who meet the American Legion eligibility requirements, i.e. married to an active or honorably-discharged veteran who is a member of the American Legion. This amendment makes the American Legion Auxiliary the largest and most inclusive volunteer organization supporting our veterans, and children and youth. With these improvements in eligibility rules, those interested in joining either the American Legion or American Legion Auxiliary should contact their nearest or ANY American Legion Post for further information. By Rosanne Spinner, Public Relations Chair, American Legion Auxiliary – Nassau County Committee, Secretary – Williston Unit 144.

Activists attend Judea D’Urso talks at Sinai Kristallnacht service At a recent Shabbat service, the Social Action Committee of Temple Judea hosted two representatives from Moms Demand Action, a grassroots movement of Americans fighting for public safety measures that can protect people from gun violence. The Social Action Committee chairs, Alicia Munves and Rita Marcus, introduced Laura Burns, one of the founding members of Moms Demand Action. Burns addressed the congregation, vividly describing the origins of the move-

Alicia Munves, Laura Burns, Rabbi Chizner, Josephine Peterson and Rita Marcus.

ment, which was created immediately after the tragedy of Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012 where 27 young schoolchildren, teachers and other staﬀ members at the school were senselessly murdered by a lone gunman. Burns gave a moving description of the momentum of getting started in this endeavor. She told how a small group of women on Long Island, shocked by the horror of this event, immediately got together to start a campaign. Their first project was a planned walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. There were just the few of them, but when they arrived for their walk they were surprised that one thousand people showed up to participate! This started a nationwide movement that is growing and now has groups in all 50 states, with over 6 million members fighting for gun sense legislation at local, state-wide and national levels. Rabbi Todd Chizner warmly welcomed the Moms Demand Action representatives as he recalled the Biblical admonishment in Isaiah 2:4: “____and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks.” Temple Judea is located at 333 Searingtown Road in Manhasset (oﬀ exit 36 north on LIE) and can be reached at (516) 621-8049 or www.temple-judea.com.

State Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso shared his family’s story of saving two Jewish families in Italy from the Nazis and how he was finally able to reunite with their descendants.

“My father, Giuseppe, didn’t do it out of ideology. He did it because he thought, basically, a human being in distress needs help.’

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Pictured from left to right: Town of North Hempstead Receiver of Taxes Charles Berman, Barbara Klein, state Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso and Rabbi Alana Schacter.

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NSTV to host comedy fundraiser at new studio Continued from Page 2 “It will be a wonderful time and a fantastic way for the public to see all of our new equipment,” she said. “In the midst of all of the craziness the winter and holidays bring, sometimes we just need to sit down and laugh a little.” Two comedians will perform in the studio from 2 to 3 p.m. Refreshments and food will be served, several raﬄes will take place, and tours of the facility will be scheduled throughout the afternoon. There will be a $40 entrance fee that can be paid online at nstv.org or at the door. NSTV is located at 1111 Marcus Ave., Suite LL27, in Lake Success.

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Maier to speak at congregation Thomas Maier is an award-winning author, journalist, and television producer. His book Masters of Sex was the basis for the Emmy-winning Showtime drama that ran for four seasons. His other books include Mafia Spies: The Inside Story of the CIA, Gangsters, JFK and Castro published in May; When Lions Roar: The Churchills and the Kennedys; The Kennedys: America’s Emerald Kings; Dr. Spock: An American Life (named a ““Notable Book of the Year” by the New York Times); and Newhouse: All the Glitter, Power and Glory of America’s Richest Media Empire and the Secretive Man Behind It (winner of the Frank Luther Mott Award as Best Media Book of the Year presented by the National Honor Society in Jour-

nalism and Mass Communication), which he has revised, updated and republished this year under the title All That Glitters. Maier has also worked as an investigative reporter for Newsday for over thirty years. Please note the location. We plan on making this a holiday celebration in light of the timing of the meeting and the specialness of our guest. Don’t miss it! The even takes place on Dec. 11 at 12:30 p.m. at the Veatch House at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation on 48 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset. For more info, go to www. reachout-america.com or ReachOut America on Facebook. Submitted by Reach Out America

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Making life-changing transitions The concept of a transition is often neglected in life and sport. People are always attempting to transition upward to the next developmental level. The transitional space is what Carl Jung referred to as liminal space or that doorway between what was and what will be. The great mythologist Joseph Campbell described the hero’s journey as having phases that included a call to adventure, leaving the ordinary world behind, entering the threshold or transitional space where the hero is helped by a mentor and then plunges into the supernatural world. There are major psychological theories about transition by Freud, Erickson, Piaget, Bowlby, Skinner and Bandura. All these well-known theorists struggle to explain exactly how one gets from a lower level to a higher one. Freud said that people are stuck in one phase and that it takes analysis to get them unstuck. Let’s face it, most Americans are obsessed with how to transition from one class to the next. The major political debate of the last 40 years is about how the middle class is stuck and in decline and how the upper class is building walls around itself to keep out the riﬀ-raﬀ. Humans love to transition upward. We are desperate to get a higher degree, get a higher salary or move up into a higher class or to buy a more expensive handbag. In the field of sports management, I will rarely find someone that is concerned about the interesting concept of transition but there is someone I know who works in this area and

her name is Kristine Hughes. Kristine Hughes is a personal trainer with a masters in sports medicine from the University of Pittsburgh. She was a college basketball player herself so she knows about sports transitions. She was good enough to get a look from the WNBA but decided instead to move into sports medicine instead. I sat with Kristine last weekend at The French Workshop in Garden City to discuss her work with athletes who are faced with wanted or unwanted transitions. She told me that she tries to help the athletes deal with two types of transition. The first one is where an athlete is faced with the challenge of coping with entry into the next level. It may be a high school player who is about to go to college and play division one ball. The player will be about

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to leave home for the first time and cope with players who are all very talented and very competitive. Kristine tries to get them ready physically but also emotionally. I know from working with my patients that transitioning to either college ball or the pros is very challenging because it often marks the first time that the player will no

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longer be the standout but instead may instantly become a second-string bench warmer. This will often have devastating results on the player’s ego and confidence. The rookie slump is the label given to this epic and common problem. The second type of transition she talked about was the transition out of the sport due to either injury or forced retirement. This is a transition that most people have an easier time understanding since everyone has experienced unwanted loss from time to time. Transitions out of sports due to injury were well described in the film Friday Night Lights where the high school football star Boobie Miles destroyed his knee in a football injury and was forced to say goodbye to the only thing he knew how to do. Kristine mentioned that

injury can force a transition out of the sport but it also occurs because some athletes simply don’t have the ability to compete at the next level. I can attest to that problem because when I was a teen I played some good golf and harbored the fantasy that I would someday play on tour. This fantasy was destroyed one fine summer day when I was 17 years old and had the chance to play against a young George Burns the guy who would later go on to fame and fortune on the PGA Tour. By the time we played one and a half holes, I realized quite vividly that my future would be as a sport psychologist and not as a professional golfer. I was good but not nearly as good as George. Kristine helps her injured athletes to deal with forced early retirement through solace, kind words and problem-solving. She knows through her own experience that there is life after sports and she makes sure her athletes are helped to find the path into their second career. When Dorothy arrived in the land of Oz she was given a kiss on the forehead and those ruby slippers to help her make her journey. Toddlers are given a teddy bear to comfort them as they learn to separate from the mother’s side and transition into independence. And some personal trainers who have talent and compassion help the injured athlete to make their transitions into the next phase of their life. This kind of support is a lifesaving thing when needed. Kristine can be reached by going to her website at LegitimateWorld.net

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South High presents Mamma Mia! PHOTO BY BILL CANCELLARE

South High presents ‘Mamma Mia!’ on Nov. 22 and 23.

South High School will present the musical Mamma Mia! on Friday, Nov. 22, and Saturday, Nov. 23. Both performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the school’s auditorium, 341 Lakeville Road. In this smash musical, ABBA’s hit songs tell the hilarious story of a young woman’s search for her birth father. This sunny and funny tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter’s quest to

discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother’s past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago. The story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs propels this enchanting tale of love, laughter, and friendship, creating an unforgettable show and a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget! Tickets can be purchased at www.theatresouthtickets.

com. General admission tickets are priced from $10 to $15. Premium reserved seating is available for $35 per ticket, which includes a special intermission reception. A portion of the proceeds from the premium reserved seating will benefit scholarships for students to attend outside master classes.

G.N. Village school wins W!SE finance award The Village School has again been named a W!SE Blue Star School having excelled on the W!SE Financial Literacy Certification Test. This marks the eleventh time the school earned this award, which will be presented in November. The award is for the 2018–19 academic year. In order to receive this designation from W!SE, a school must meet set requirements regarding the number of students taking the Financial Literacy Certification Test and their overall achievement rate on the exam. Village School students receive financial literacy education from social studies/economics teacher Dr. Jeﬀrey Bernstein. David Anderson, W!SE executive vice president,

said of the Village School, “We are truly proud of your students’ accomplishments, and we are equally proud of your teachers who helped them become Certified Financially Literate. Through your personal finance instruction, you have given your students vital knowledge about their personal finances and provided them with the tools they need to become financially capable young adults.” The Financial Literacy Certification program is an innovative and high-impact initiative in financial education designed to help high school students graduate financially literate. Participating schools teach a course on personal finance and then administer W!SE’s nation-

ally standardized Financial Literacy Certification Test, which evaluates students’ knowledge of banking, savings, investing, credit, insurance, and money management, and also gauges their ability to manage their own finances. The W!SE program, developed in 2003 in Queens and the Bronx, has expanded to 48 states nationally. It has been widely recognized for improving the lives of young people through programs that develop financial literacy and readiness for college and careers. Blue Star Schools will be honored at W!SE’s National MoneyPOWER Conference for Financial Education in New York City on Nov. 5.

Happening at the Great Neck Park District Weekend Film: Bad Times at the El Royale (2019), starring Jeﬀ Bridges, Cynthia Erivo and Dakota Johnson, is playing at Great Neck House, Friday, Nov. 22 at 8 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 23 at 5 & 8 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 24 at 7:30 p.m. Four strangers check into the El Royale Hotel in the early ’70s. Some are less than innocent and others are not who they appear to be. Rated R; runs 2 hours 21 minutes. Admission to Great Neck House requires a park pass. Sunday @ 3: The Godfrey Townsend Duo will be performing Sunday, Dec. 1 at 3 p.m., at the Great Neck House. Currently the lead guitarist for the Yardbirds, Godfrey performs classics by the Beatles, The Who, Eric Clapton and more.

Admission to Great Neck House requires a park pass.

487-GNPD.

Nature Program: On Sunday, Nov. 24, at 11 a.m., meet at the Bailey Arboretum in Lattingtown for a guided tour which includes live birds, woodlands, a pond and more. Binoculars helpful. Register now on our website at www.gnparks.org or call (516) 487-GNPD. Children under age 16 not permitted to attend.

Winter Camp Parkwood and Holiday Tennis Camp: It’s never too early to plan! Children ages 4-10, can enjoy Winter Camp Parkwood during the week of Dec. 23 (excludes holidays), from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Andrew Stergiopoulos Ice Rink. Daily resident fee: $120; Daily non-resident fee: $150. Register online at gnparks. org or call (516) 487-GNPD. For all those tennis enthusiasts out there, tennis programs are oﬀered from Dec. 23 through Dec. 31 (no camp Dec. 25), 12-4 p.m. for children ages 6-17. Daily/ weekly resident fee: $80/ $480 (6 days); Daily/weekly non-resident fee: $95/$570 (6 days). Register online at gnparks.org or call (516) 487-GNPD.

Skate School and Bruins Hockey Registration: Register for Skate School or the Bruins Hockey programs second session (which runs through March) at the Andrew Stergiopoulos Ice Rink. New students always welcome. For those children or adults who are interested, private lessons are also oﬀered! Call (516)

64 The Great Neck News, Friday, November 22, 2019

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