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Hassan named ed board prez BY S A M U E L G L A S S E R Brian Hassan was elected president of the Herricks school board on Thursday, succeeding Nancy Feinstein, who remains a board trustee. Juleigh Chin was elected vice president at the board’s annual organizational meeting. She succeeds Christine Turner, who retired from the school board after 27 years. Newly elected school board Trustee Henry Zanetti and reelected Trustee James Gounaris were also sworn at the board’s ďŹ rst meeting of the 2017-18 school year. Feinstein served as the board’s president for two years. Gounaris preceded her, leading the board from 2013 to 2015. Turner was the president for several years before Gounaris. Looking back at 2016-17, district Superintendent Fino Celano said, “We have a lot to be proud of.â€? Celano said preliminary data showed that students’ academic

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A group of “Camp Invention� students put their planet model into orbit during the Herricks school district’s summer activities. See story on page 51.

3rd track gets Senate leader’s OK Flanagan approves $1.95B to fund LIRR project after threat to block it BY N O A H M A N S K A R

The Republican state Senate leader agreed to fund the Continued on Page 59 Long Island Rail Road’s third

track project on Tuesday, removing a major political roadblock for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R-East Northport) said he is satisďŹ ed with the MTA’s plans to assuage any potential harm to communities along the project’s 9.8-mile corridor

and to upgrade existing railroad infrastructure, including aging signals at Penn Station. Flanagan previously threatened to block $1.95 billion in funding for the project, forcing the MTA to withdraw and resubmit on June 30 an amendment to its 2015-2019 Capital Program that contained the money.

“I’m pleased that communities impacted by the proposed ‘third track’ will receive the safety and quality-of-life upgrades they have said were critical,â€? Flanagan said in a statement on Tuesday. â€œâ€Ś There is more work to be done to ensure Long Island Rail Road commuters have the short-andContinued on Page 59

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LIRR ‘summer of hell’ Sassouni, Shi not so hellish — yet take seats in G.N. Smooth commutes on 1st day of Penn repairs Sworn in after contentious election BY A M A N DA COPKOV AND JANELLE CL AUSEN

BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN MTA Chairman Joe Lhota said this week would be a test for LIRR commuters. “There’s no question,” he said. Construction at Penn Station, meant to address long-term negligence of its infrastructure, was expected to disrupt rush hour commutes. Some politicians like Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who dubbed the emergency repair dates of July 10 to Sept. 1 as the “summer of hell,” and others were expecting the worst. But Monday seemed to receive passing grades in comparison with the last few months, which were highlighted by signal problems, train derailments, suspensions and delays. Many passengers reported arriving on time despite renovations that closed three tracks at Penn Station and several train reroutings.

“They were anxious, they were concerned, and they just wanted to get there on time,” county Legislator Laura Curran, a Democratic candidate for county executive, who rode from Hicksville to Jamaica, said of commuters she spoke with. “It was actually not terrible,” Curran added with a laugh, speaking about the commute. Rita Khabbaza, a Great Neck resident and commuter, said that while her 9:22 a.m. train made it on time on Monday, it may be too early to judge how hellish the summer could be. “It’s only the first day,” Khabbaza said over Facebook messenger. “Keeping fingers crossed.” The second day also wasn’t bad for commuters like Sharon Elmaleh, a Great Neck lawyer who took an 8:19 a.m. train. “My commute yesterday and today was completely normal, as if there’s nothing going on,” Elmaleh said, noting there were no worse delays than usual.

But Elmaleh also said that she believes this is just the beginning. “When they come out officially and say we’re going to have a hard summer, they wouldn’t alarm people for no reason,” she said. “It just hasn’t gotten to that point of the work yet.” In response to early concerns, the MTA assembled a multifaceted plan featuring buses, ferries and extra train cars. About 12 trains were canceled and 10 trains added on the LIRR, according to MTA schedule changes. In total, the MTA added 36 train cars to accommodate the roughly 9,600 customers they expected to be affected. There were also 200 coach buses initially added at eight locations like North Hempstead Beach Park at 175 West Shore Road in Port Washington. Continued on Page 58

The Great Neck school board swore in Jeffrey Shi and Rebecca Sassouni as its two newest members last Wednesday night after their victories in May’s contested election. The two new board members took the former seats of Lawrence Gross, who served on the board for 35 years, and Susan Healy, who served for 10. Shi, a technology consultant who moved to the district in 2013, said that earning a seat on the board is a great honor, and he is excited about the work he and the board will accomplish in the months to come. Shi defeated Nikolas Kron in the May election after candidates Grant Toch and Michael Golden dropped out. Sassouni won unopposed after her opponent, Ilya Aronovich, dropped out of the race. During that election, residents also voted to approve a $223.3 million budget and a $68.3 million bond to repair and upgrade school buildings. At the time, many community members said they felt that public schools were under attack. An earlier $85.9 million bond in February was defeated 1,677 to

1,564, a rarity for the school district. Additionally, Aronovich was serving on the board of Silverstein Hebrew Academy, a private school, and declined to give a stance on the revised $68.3 million bond, while some said they doubted Kron would align himself with the public schools’ interest. Many residents had also expressed concerns about higher taxation, a lack of transparency and how the schools would spend the money. “We have a great school district, but there’s a lot of work for us to do,” Shi said. “We can’t be complacent, and the community realizes that as well. We are going to keep investing in our community and investing in the future of [our] community.” Shi said he wants to continue to work on the district’s academic excellence and on engaging more members of the community to make them more aware of happenings in the district. “We have open meetings for the board because parents feel overwhelmed, so we try to reach the parents through various channels,” he said. “When there is a decision to be made, [the community] will be aware of the options, and things like that.” Sassouni declined to speak Continued on Page 59

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Rebecca Sassouni and Jeffrey Shi pose after last Thursday’s Great Neck school board meeting.

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F.P. speakeasy gets TV spotlight Cork & Kerry hosts Carson Daly for ‘Today Show’ segment on craft cocktails BY N O A H M A N S K A R One might not assume a speakeasy would play host to Carson Daly and a camera, but Cork & Kerry in Floral Park did just that. The Floral Park bar, tucked in the back of a coffee shop at 143 Tulip Ave., was the locale for part of a “Today Show” segment aired last week about the craft cocktail trend sweeping the nation. Beverage director Doug Brickel, who opened Cork & Kerry with Floral Park native Chris Corbett in March 2015, showed Daly how to shake up a daiquiri, a classic Latin cocktail of white rum, sugar and lime juice. Brickel said he hopes the extra publicity brings some new customers into the bar, but he and Corbett don’t do much other advertising. Except for a social media presence, they let word of mouth do the work, as it might have for a Prohibition-era speakeasy. “People want to come find it the first time, and after that, as long as the drinks are great, that’ll keep them coming back,” Brickel said. Though they try to keep a low profile, Brickel and Corbett have met success in Floral Park and opened a second Cork & Kerry location in Rockville Centre last year, in an unassuming house without a sign out front. PHOTO COURTESY OF CORK & KERRY VIA FACEBOOK A third location in Farmingdale is planned for next year, Doug Brickel (left) gives a cocktail lesson to CarBrickel said. The pair aims to bring the craft cocktail trend to son Daly for a “Today Show” segment. Long Island, where many food trends have taken hold slightly ahead, I think puts us a little closer to where we but quality drinks have lagged, Brickel said. “The fact that we’re trying to stay on trend, if not want to be,” he said.

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Brickel manages the Cork & Kerry menu and bar staff, while Corbett handles the day-to-day business operations, Brickel said. The bars offer 21 original libations, many with house-made ingredients such as espresso bourbon, milkwashed gin and thyme vodka. The “Lucky #9,” a combination of milk-washed gin, orange juice, orange blossom and sea salt, won first place at the 2016 New York Craft Cocktail Expo. Drinkers can also order a “bespoke cocktail,” an original drink made to their preferences with the base spirit of their choice. The bar offers a small beer and wine selection and a 10-item food menu, but more than 90 percent of its sales come from cocktails, Brickel said. Worldwide liquor sales grew slightly last year compared with 2015 as beer and wine sales struggled, indicating growth in the cocktail market, according to a June 17 Wall Street Journal report. Cork & Kerry’s two bars have drawn customers from all over Long Island thirsty for the kind of cocktail they can’t get even in fine restaurants, where the bar can often be an “afterthought,” Brickel said. The bartenders at Cork & Kerry try to get a sense of customers’ tastes, especially when talking to those who are unfamiliar with cocktails, Brickel said. “When they get here, we try not to be intimidating about it,” he said. “The menu obviously has a lot of words people aren’t going to know, ingredients they aren’t familiar with, or they just haven’t had a drink worth drinking in a long time.”

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Picture of Jesus left at N. NHP mosque BY N O A H MANSKAR

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This painting was found hanging from the fence at the Hillside Islamic Center last Friday.

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Police are looking for the person who hung a painting of Jesus at a North New Hyde Park mosque last Friday. Surveillance video shows a man riding up to the Hillside Islamic Center on a bicycle at 12:22 a.m. last Friday, pulling a shopping cart along with the painting in it, Abdul Aziz Bhuyian, the mosque’s president, said. The man, wearing a dark shirt and white shorts, then hung the painting on a fence outside the building at 301 Covert Ave., Bhuyian said. The picture shows a white silhouette of Jesus hanging on a cross over a light blue background. An employee at the Hillside Islamic Center found the painting around 10 a.m. that day, Bhuyian said. It was reported to Nassau County police at 5:43 p.m., police said. Police are investigating the painting’s appearance as a bias incident.

“I’m sure … he wanted to provoke,” Bhuyian said. “Had he had good intentions he would have come to us. We’re always here.” Muslims worship Jesus alongside the other prophets of the Abrahamic faiths, including Abraham, Noah and Muhammad, Bhuyian said. Bhuyian said he wants police to talk to the man to determine his motive for leaving the painting. Bhuyian said he thinks the person was motivated by recent antiMuslim political rhetoric meant “to create a tension between communities.” People in the Hillside Islamic Center congregation were surprised by the painting, but not intimidated, he said. “We want to make sure the person doesn’t do the same thing to anybody else,” Bhuyian said. The man seen on the surveillance video appeared to be white or Hispanic and in his late 20s or early 30s, Bhuyian said. Anyone with information about the incident can call Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-8477 to leave an anonymous tip.

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Pols eye more scrutiny for academy Suozzi, Gillibrand bill would require protections for assault victims at Kings Point school BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN U.S. Sen. Kristen Gillibrand and U.S. Representative Tom Suozzi introduced legislation to give the United States Merchant Marine Academy more resources to counter sexual assault and harassment on Thursday, while also forcing the school to comply with gender equality laws. The legislation, known as the Merchant Marine Academy Improvement Act, aims to give students more means to report and prevent sexual harassment. It would also remove USMMA’s exemption from Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, a federal gender equity law that applies to all American colleges where students can receive federal aid. Gillibrand commended academy Superintendent James Helis’ plans to address issues at the academy, but said this bill would put much of it into law. “While I applaud Superintendent Helis’ recent publication of a plan to address the long-standing issues at USMMA, there is no enforcement mechanism if the acad-

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U.S. Merchant Marine Academy students march away from a Fleet Week ceremony. emy does not follow the plan and there is no guarantee that future academy leadership will take this problem seriously,” Gillibrand said. According to the USMMA’s most recent survey of campus midshipmen, 19.5 percent of women and 0.8 percent of men there said they had been sexually assaulted during the 2015-2016 academic year – but only four cases were

reported to Merchant Marine Academy officials. The same survey also showed that 73 percent of the assaults occurred on campus. “We need to ensure the academy remains the premiere institution of maritime education in America, and that starts with making every single student feel safe,” Suozzi said. The legislation comes at a time

of somewhat rough seas for the academy. Most recently, several members of the school soccer team were barred from graduating due to an ongoing federal investigation regarding alleged sexual misconduct. The school is still under warning by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, the academy’s accrediting agency. The school, however, is now in compliance when it comes to institutional resources, leadership and governance, administration and student support service requirements. At the moment, the agency said there is still insufficient evidence that the school is complying with two of the commission’s 15 standards. This means the school’s accreditation is still in jeopardy. The bill directs the U.S. Department of Transportation, which oversees the academy, to provide more training, training materials and resources for sexual assault prevention and response. The department would also train inspector general agents who investigate sexual assault cases. The bill requires the USMMA to create plans to prevent retali-

ation for reporting sexual assault and train staff to handle complaints of sexual harassment and assault. It would also designate a sexual assault response coordinator. Midshipmen could disclose incidents of sexual harassment and assault to the coordinator, as well as receive information about reporting and accessing services at USMMA and in the community. Additionally, the bill would create a 24-hour helpline to provide information about resources and support The DOT would maintain a direct line with the academy’s sexual assault response staff, which is outside USMMA’s chain of command. Under the legislation, midshipmen serving aboard commercial vessels during Sea Year would also be protected. The bill would provide federal funding for communication devices midshipmen could use to report any incidents, authorize the academy to conduct “spot checks” on commercial vessels and midshipman surveys, and require industries and unions to maintain records of sexual assault training for all the ships’ crew.

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Curran slams GOP health care bill BY N O A H MANSKAR Democratic Nassau County executive candidate Laura Curran on Thursday called for Nassau’s federal representatives to oppose Republicans’ proposed health care law, saying it would have a “devastating” local impact. Acknowledging that county officials have no real authority over health care policy, the second-term county legislator said the U.S. Senate Republicans’ bill could hurt thousands of Nassau residents and hamper Long Island’s economy. “Donald Trump and Washington Republicans are putting us in a lose-lose situation,” Curran said at a news conference outside South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside. Curran said County Executive Edward Mangano should study the local impact of any proposed changes to the federal health care law. Senate Republicans announced their proposal to reform the Affordable Care Act, former President Barack Obama’s signature law, last month. Like a bill the House of Representatives passed

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lief it provides should be a point of bipartisan agreement. “Everyone knows that Trumpcare and Obamacare are broken and need to be fixed,” Martins said in a statement. “All Nassau County families, including our seniors, deserve quality affordable healthcare. But we need to work together to find solutions and not play politics with this issue.” Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, a former Republican who is now running a Democratic primary against Curran, accused her of playing local politics with national issues. Maragos opposes the House health reform bill and the plan to have the state cover Medicaid costs, calling the latter “a betrayal of New Yorkers by upstate Republicans.” He has also spoken critically of the Affordable Care Act. “Health care is a major issue that deserves the priority of our federal representatives,” Maragos said in a statement. “Legislator Curran staged another political stunt on issues over which the county executive has no control and neglects pressing local issues that will end corruption and lower property taxes.”

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Town plans road repaving projects Will repair 65K feet of streets throughout North Hempstead during summer BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and Town Council members announced summer road repaving this week, giving many roads in Port Washington, Manhasset and elsewhere much needed attention. Discussions between Bosworth, council members, the superintendent of the Highway Department and the finance director determined the repaving schedule. The road repairs are part of a larger effort by the town’s Highway Department to resurface over 65,000 linear feet of road throughout the town. Bosworth described the move as critical to improving town infrastructure and fulfilling parts of the town’s five-year capital plan. “Our summer road resurfacing schedule is in full swing,” Bosworth said. Areas to be repaved in District 2 include Albertson-Searingtown’s Grant Avenue, Denton Avenue in New Hyde Park and Apple Tree Lane, Cherry Tree Lane, Flower Lane, Manor Avenue, Park Place, Peachtree Lane, Pinetree Lane and Yale Street in Roslyn Heights.

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The intersection of Nassau Boulevard and Atlantic Avenue, the latter of which is being subjected to road repairs. Within District 3’s Garden City Park, Gould Street, Thorens Avenue, Tulip Place, Atlantic Avenue, Fulton Avenue and Cornelia Avenue will undergo repairs. Meanwhile, West End Avenue and Aladdin Avenue, both residential streets, will see road repairs.

Manhasset, in District 4, will see repaving along Aldershot Lane, Cambridge Lane, Dewet Street, Old Mill Road, Rockcrest Road, Shorehaven Lane, Shoreview Road, Andover Lane, Exeter Lane, Groton Lane, West Shore Road and Homewood Road.

Clausen Place, which runs through North New Hyde Park and Floral Park Center and connects Hillside Avenue and Hillside Boulevard, will be repaved. Willis Avenue, meanwhile, will be repaved in Floral Park. North 5th and 6th Street, also in Floral Park Center, will be repaired. Both Great Neck’s Winfield Terrace, which is close to the Saddle Rock School, and Broadway, which leads into Great Neck Road, will see some road fixes. “Road repaving is so critical to quality of life issues in a community, as well as an investment in our future infrastructure,” Lee Seeman, the council member for District 5, said. “I am very pleased that this season we will be targeting roads from all over the district.” As for District 6, which represents Port Washington, residents will see road paving on Bank Street, Carey Street, Hillcrest Road, Chelsea Drive, Colonial Road, Hillcrest Road, Stratford Road, Madison Street, Anchorage Road, Andover Road, Birch Street, Carey Place, Leeds Drive and Levi Place. The start and finish dates for each location will vary, the town said.

Reforms to Nassau ethics board get OK BY N O A H M A N S K A R The Nassau County Legislature unanimously approved several reforms to Nassau’s Board of Ethics on Monday, continuing the Republican majority’s effort to take a tough anti-corruption stance. The changes place restrictions on the board’s membership and give it additional powers, responsibilities and independence, Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves (R-East Meadow) said Monday. “What this does I think is as much as humanly possible makes it that the board members who are serving will be as nonpartisan as they can,” Legislator Richard Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park) said. Under the new law, no more than two of the board’s five members, including the county attorney, can belong to the same political party. Four of the members — rather than three, as the current law provides — are to be appointed by the county executive and confirmed by the Legislature. None of those members can hold or run for public office, work as public employees, have business with the county, lobby before the county, hold a political party office or donate to any political campaign for county office. The new law gives the board dedicated staff members, including a new executive director, and requires that it issue opinions about ethical issues no more than 45 days after they are requested. The board must also produce an annual report outlining its activity. County officials from both major po-

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The Nassau County Executive and Legislative Building is seen in Mineola. litical parties have proposed reforms to the Board of Ethics following the arrests of several officials, including Republican County Executive Edward Mangano, on corruption charges. The reforms are Republican legislators’ latest election-year effort to address public corruption following Mangano’s arrest last fall on federal charges stemming from an alleged bribe and kickback scheme. In May, the Legislature passed a measure banning certain convicted felons from ever holding or seeking public office in Nassau. Steven Leventhal, an attorney who is the counsel to the Board of Ethics, said the board’s primary role is to educate county

officials and employees on proper government ethics to “prevent ethics violations before they occur” and investigate possible violations when necessary. “The Board of Ethics really doesn’t involve itself in conduct that is criminal in nature,” Leventhal told the Legislature Monday. “There are other government agencies ... that are charged with that responsibility.” Though they voted for them, Democratic county legislators questioned whether the reforms go far enough. They have proposed spreading the power to appoint ethics board members among different county officials, includ-

ing legislators. Legislator Laura Curran (D-Baldwin), a Democratic candidate for county executive, said leaving appointment power to the executive was the GOP bill’s “fundamental flaw.” Some Democrats said the board should have more resources, including more power and staff to conduct proper in-depth investigations, despite its inability to pursue criminal charges. The county’s commissioner of investigations can assist the ethics board under the law passed Monday. Legislator Siela Bynoe (D-Westbury) said the board should have its own investigative staff to assure independence. “There are levels of ethical violations that just may not reach criminality, but they’re certainly very troubling to us, and we need to be kept abreast of them,” Legislator Arnold Drucker (D-Plainview) said. Jack Martins, the Republican county executive candidate, praised the new reforms but pushed for more, such as giving the Legislature the power to remove a sitting county executive. “This is the necessary first step to restore Nassau County voters’ trust in government,” Martins said in a statement Tuesday. County Comptroller George Maragos, the other Democratic county executive candidate, also said the Legislature’s reforms do not give the ethics board sufficient power to protect taxpayers from corruption. “The Board of Ethics reforms are toothless and to not go far enough,” Maragos said in a statement.

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BY N O A H MANSKAR The Sewanhaka Central High School District is seeking a new head of curriculum as the job’s current occupant takes the helm of another district. Cheryl Champ, the assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, is leaving to become the superintendent of the Pelham school district in Westchester County. A search is underway for Champ’s replacement, and officials plan to hire one by mid-August, Superintendent Ralph Ferrie said. But Champ’s departure is bittersweet, Ferrie said, as she helped the district make great strides toward offering a stronger and more equitable education. “We have to build on that. We can’t stop,” Ferrie said at Monday’s Sewanhaka school board meeting. “We have to keep moving forward.” Champ came to the district in 2012 after serving as the first female principal in the history of Westchester County’s Lakeland High School. She has a doctorate from Manhattanville College and a master’s degree from the College of St. Rose. Champ was to be appointed as the Pelham superintendent effective Aug. 8, replacing the outgoing superintendent, Peter Giarrizzo. The district has about 3,000 students in kindergarten through high school, Champ said, a contrast to Sewanhaka’s 8,500 students in grades seven through 12. Pelham school officials picked Champ from a field of final candidates that included three sitting superintendents, according to a news release announcing her appointment. “The Board of Education agreed unanimously that Dr. Champ will be an outstanding fit for the Pelham Schools and we are impressed with her ability to listen, her collaborative skills, and her commitment to ensuring that the needs of each and every student are met,” Madeline Smith, the Pelham school board vice president, said in the news release. Leading a district as superintendent will be a “huge” adjustment from Champ’s current role, she said. Her first challenge will be a familiar one, she said — Pelham officials are planning a substantial bond referendum to fund renovations at its six buildings, similar to the $86.5 million package of work Sewanhaka voters approved in 2014. Champ said her proudest achievement in Sewanhaka is implementing a program that puts all seventh-graders into advanced courses when they enter the district’s five high schools, rather than segregating them based on academ-

Cheryl Champ, the assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction in the Sewanhaka Central High School District, is leaving as of Aug. 8. ic ability. That has increased enrollment in advanced courses in higher grades as those students move up, Champ said. Champ led an initiative last year to eventually get iPad tablet computers in the hands of every Sewanhaka student, an effort to increase access to technology. She also implemented cultural proficiency training in the district and helped create a Task Force on Equity, a group that came together in 2015 as the federal Office of Civil Rights started to review Sewanhaka’s student discipline practices. Champ told the school board that she is confident her successor will carry on the work she started to give Sewanhaka students a more level playing field. “My hope is that the last five years I’ve been able to provide a structure and a road map to lay a strong foundation for the educational program of the schools that will just be taken from here and the ball run forward,” she said. Also on Monday, the school board elected David Del Santo, a trustee from the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park school district, as its new president following former President David Fowler’s resignation at the end of the school year last month. Michael Jaime, a trustee from the Elmont school district, was elected to succeed Del Santo as the board’s vice president.

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Man’s death shows need for safer streets

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Jivanna Bennaeim of Great Neck recounts the hit-and-run incident that killed her husband, Oren, last year at the intersection of Middle Neck Road and Barstow Road. BY J ES S I C A C H I N Jivanna Bennaeim could not hold back her tears as she recounted the hit-and-run incident that killed her husband, Oren, last year at the intersection of Middle Neck Road and Barstow Road in Great Neck. Bennaeim was one of many people who spoke at an event last Thursday about improving pedestrian safety on Long Island. “Husbands, wives, grandparents, children like Sandy’s daughter, if we slow down and get somewhere five minutes later, isn’t that worth a person’s life?” Bennaeim said, referring to Sandy Vega’s teenage daughter Brittany, who was struck and killed by a vehicle in 2010 on Sunrise Highway in

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Eric Alexander, the director of Vision Long Island, speaks at Thursday’s pedestrian safety event in Farmingdale near Route 109.

Wantagh. Vega also shared her story at the event. “No one else should get the call I received,” Bennaeim said in between tears, “that his or her beloved family member has been injured and killed in a crash that could have been avoided.” The Long Island Complete Streets Coalition, with the help of Vision Long Island, put together the event in Farmingdale to unveil an “emergency pedestrian action plan,” a list of immediate actions that the coalition is calling for to increase safety for pedestrians and cyclists. Some of the actions the group wants are more visual cues for drivers, more accurate posted speed limits and shorter crossing distances in areas frequently used by pedestrians, among many others.

Over 6,000 crashes were reported over a five-year period on Long Island, more than any other region outside of New York City, according to the June 2016 state pedestrian safety action plan. Of the 19 counties focused on in the study, Nassau County led with 4,420 reported crashes. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the action plan, which provides $110 million to improve safety for pedestrians throughout upstate New York and Long Island. “Under Mario Cuomo, George Pataki, Eliot Spitzer we did not have that focus on pedestrian improvements we do now under Andrew Cuomo,” Eric Alexander, director of Vision Long Island, said. “So, we’re excited to see that move Continued on Page 69

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GOP runs out of 3rd track excuses

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he Metropolitan Transportation Authority has proposed spending $2 billion to add a third track to a 9.8-mile stretch of its Main Line between Floral Park and Hicksville through which 40 percent of train traffic flows on Long Island, modernize LIRR signals, upgrade stations, remove seven dangerous street-level railroad crossings and build noise-deflecting walls, among other improvements. Republican state senators led by Elaine Phillips, Kemp Hannon and state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (REast Northport) responded two weeks ago by saying they needed more time to think about it. In the face of Flanagan’s threat to have the proposal blocked, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority resubmitted an amendment to its Capital Program that would fund the $2 billion plan to a state review board last Friday. Phillips of Flower Hill said resetting the clock gives MTA officials “more time and flexibility to develop a comprehensive solution” to the LIRR’s systemic service problems. “The decision by the Governor and the MTA to resubmit the amendment and provide more time for the process is the right one,” Phillips said. This argument might make sense if the project was proposed recently, not more than a year and half ago and had not been accompanied by many months of hearings and talks with local residents and officials. On Tuesday, most Republican senators apparently agreed,

reversing course and signing off on funding for the project. We’d like to think their decision was based on the merits but politics seems a much more likely explanation for both the decision to withhold funding approval and then to approve it. Newsday’s The Point newsletter reported Friday that Flanagan, Phillips and Hannon had been pushing Cuomo to grant other requests in exchange for approving the funding, such as more money for hospitals and involvement in a dispute between Nassau and New York City over Queens water wells In other words, the Republican senators wanted the governor to pay for the privilege of giving $2 billion to upgrade train service on Long Island and prevent the kind of disaster that Long Island commuters now face because Amtrak failed to maintain Penn Station. The Republicans’ decision to reverse course came after a loud public outcry from business groups, unions, newspaper editorial boards and Democratic elected officials, including Nassau County Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs, state Sen. John Brooks (D-Seaford) and county Legislator Laura Curran (D-Baldwin), who is seeking the Democratic nomination for Nassau County executive. They called the project essential to Long Island’s economic future. We agree. Republican officials have repeatedly denied that party politics has played any role in their opposition to the third track, but holes appeared in their story on several occasions, such as when

then-New Hyde Park Mayor Robert Lofaro charged that Cuomo was using the $2 billion plan to fuel his political ambitions, including a run for president in 2020. Phillips and Hannon of Garden City repeatedly cited the opposition of local village officials such as Lofaro to the project in justifying their opposition. But that argument evaporated last week when the mayors of New Hyde Park and Floral Park, which had been most critical of the Long Island Rail Road’s third track project, said they were now on board. The mayors said they had finalized memoranda of understanding with planners of the $2 billion project outlining how

planners will assuage potential harm to their communities during construction. Unfortunately, Phillips remains unable to take yes for an answer. She continued to express “serious concerns” on Tuesday about the project’s impact on nearby residents and said the nearly $2 billion should be spent on more immediate transit needs. To her credit, Phillips has led the effort to hold Amtrak accountable for its failure to maintain Penn Station’s infrastructure and address a growing ridership — which makes her unwillingness to support the third track project all the more perplexing. MTA officials have main-

tained that the third track project will lead to improved and increased LIRR service across Long Island. And a 2014 Long Island Index study also showed the third track would create 14,000 jobs and add $5.6 billion to Long Island’s gross regional product in the first 10 years. With the concerns of those who stand to be impacted by the construction addressed, there is no good reason to oppose this project. We are thankful that most Republicans finally agree. It is now time for Phillips to get on board. Otherwise, voters may seek to eliminate her commute to Albany.

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High cost of GOP corruption in Nassau

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rom the arrests and convictions of former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam Skelos, in early May 2015, to the indictment of Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and his wife, Linda Mangano, during late October last year, rampant political corruption, among elected Nassau County Republican officials, has become national news. Throw in more recent events, like the March 31, 2017 arrest of Town of Hempstead Councilman Ed Ambrosino and the June 29, 2017 indictments of Former Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto, along with seven of his cronies, Nassau County Republican politicians have become synonymous with corruption. If you are longing for the good old days, fantasizing about a time when politics were simpler, more open and honest, that’s just not the case. According to fivethirtyeight. com, a website dedicated to statistical analysis, New York has the highest number of public officials in the country convicted of corruption, a total of 2,522 from 19762010. It’s clear New York (in general), and Nassau County (in specific), have a long legacy of politicians stealing from the people.

What most Nassau residents don’t realize is the additional financial burden this places on an already highly taxed community. According to writers Liu and Makesell, in their 2014 article, published in the journal Public Administration Review: “Corruption increased state spending over the period 1997–2008. During that time, the 10 most corrupt states could have reduced their total annual expenditure by an average of $1,308 per capita — 5.2 percent of the mean per capita state expenditure — if corruption had been at the average level of the states.” With New York ranking highest in convictions, one can surmise corruption has cost taxpayers at least $5,232 yearly for a family of four, and that’s just the amount to bring it down to average state corruption in America. According to these calculations, former Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto and his seven alleged co-conspirators have literally cost taxpayers a fortune. One of these seven, Fredrick Ippolito, died while serving a sentence in prison for tax evasion on $2 million of income received from outside consulting fees, paid by the Lizza family companies. Other indirect costs of corruption in the Town of Oyster Bay include: the cost of government

ADAM HABER All Things Political inefficiency as many contractors won’t bid on projects knowing they have no shot unless they are willing to “pay to play;” the legal costs involved in prosecuting corruption; and the lost jobs, associated tax revenue and economic activity from businesses who either left the Town of Oyster Bay or wouldn’t locate there because of the tainted political reputation. The total direct and indirect costs from these eight indictments easily exceed $10 million. Mangano, excluding the lavish vacations and expensive gifts he received for steering business to the currently indicted restaurateur Harendra Singh, allegedly used his position to extract $450,000 in pay for his wife Linda in a no-

show job as “food taster.” Singh, always short on funding, should have used that money to run his crumbling empire. Instead, he chose not to pay employees and to stiff vendors who would have in turn used their pay and revenue to further stimulate the economy. The cost of prosecuting this case will be similar to those in the Town of Oyster Bay. Town of Hempstead Councilman Ed Ambrosino was indicted on tax evasion for failing to pay $250,000 he owed on diverted income of $800,000 from Ruskin Moscou Faltischek on pay he received as head of the Nassau County IDA (appointed to that position by indicted Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano). Inclusive of the cost of lost tax revenue by the alleged fraud are millions of tax dollars wasted on ill-advised Nassau County Industrial Development Agency tax breaks to companies that shouldn’t have received them. Throw in court costs and this malfeasance cost taxpayers untold millions of dollars. The only elected Nassau County Republican of this group convicted so far is former New York State Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos. Skelos’ son Adam worked with Abtech, a producer of sponge filters for pollutants, to procure a $12 million

Nassau County contract using his father’s connections, in return for almost $200,000 in compensation. The familiar story here is non-competitive bidding on prearranged contracts created from bribes. Without competitive contract bidding, taxpayers are forced to pay more for contracts, and the pay to play mentality in Nassau, that makes it impossible to compete, turns off future vendors. Ethics reforms on the state level such as term-limits, getting rid of the LLC loophole for special interest donations and limits on outside income of New York State legislators have been stymied by the New York State Senate Republicans. On the county level an Independent Inspector General to review contracts, which would mitigate corruption and government waste, has been blocked by the Nassau County Republicans. The Republican run Town of Hempstead has recently changed the IDA board but town level ethics reform in Hempstead and in the Republican stronghold Town of Oyster Bay are non-existent. The next time Nassau County Republicans try to sell you their fiction that they haven’t raised your taxes, just laugh in their general direction, because there is no doubt we are all footing the bill for their ill gotten gains.

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Things they never taught us in high school It must have been a scented candle someone was burning. Why else would I suddenly — in the middle of a clothing store — be magically transported back dozens of years and hundreds of miles — to my high school class in Home Economics? It was the spring of — well, never mind that — as I and the other girls on my team hoped we’d achieved just the right amount of charring on the glistening halves of pink grapefruit that had been cut, sectioned, and put under a broiler. Why did we even bother? No one eats grapefruit anyway, hot or cold! Everybody I know these days picks it out of fruit cocktails for fear that it will deactivate their cholesterol medication. In fact, this was probably the single most useless thing I learned in my entire high school career — and I am including trigonometry. We made some other silly things, too — most notably, a crisply starched purple-and-white gingham-checked apron that would have been hopeless in battle

against tomato sauce. So much time was wasted, preparing us for a life we were never going to live. By contrast, there are so many things they never taught us, but should have. Things like how to balance a checkbook (I still can’t); how to write a letter disputing a bill, or credit card charges; how to ask for a pay raise, to cover the credit card charges; how to fix a toilet; how to find the main water shut-off valve, once it’s become obvious that your efforts to fix the toilet are only making things worse…. Or even something as simple as changing a duvet cover. “Mom! What’s a doo-vay?” asked one brother, watching me as I worked. “It’s the plural of ‘dufus,’ you dufus,” said the other. “So what does that make the pair of you?” asked their father, coming to join the show. “Here, make yourselves useful,” I told them. “This is a duvet. Now, hold this for me… I’m going in!”

JUDY EPSTEIN A Look on the Lighter Side And I dived into the duvet cover, holding one corner of our newly-laundered comforter in one hand, and a safety pin in the other. My idea was to burrow up to a far corner of the cover and pin the comforter there, before I ran out of breath. “Oh! I think I saw this on Youtube!” said one brother. “Really? Was it shot at Sea World?” asked my husband. “I heard that!” I yelled. “Rats!”

“No, seals I think.” “I mean, Rats, I lost the safety pin and now we have to start over!” I emerged, red-faced and sweaty at the foot of the bed. “At least find that pin before you try again,” said my husband. “Okay, I’ve found it. Now let’s try again — only each of you boys take one corner this time — you, go left, and you go right — and your Dad and I will just have to pin them in place from outside.” “You’re not going to hurt us, are you?” “Probably not.” It’s a good thing they were there to help me. The last time I tried this, without them, I somehow lost sight of the exit and thrashed around for what felt like years, till the thumping noises and muffled oaths brought my husband upstairs. This time it was Family 1, Comforter 0. “Didn’t they teach you about this in that famous Home Ec course of yours, Judy?” “Of course they didn’t. They barely told us about pillows!”

We all collapsed, exhausted, in a sweaty heap on the bed. “It’s a good thing the new washing machine can handle comforters,” said my husband. “By the way — where is the instruction manual?” “I don’t know! Why are you asking, anyway?” “I thought I’d better read it, because you never will.” Like I was saying…. Something else I never learned: How to read instruction books and make any sense of them — rather than slowly and vengefully tearing each page into little tiny pieces…pieces so small that no one else in your family will ever find them, or know what you have done with them…. “Judy! Where could you have put that thing? Don’t you have a file for ‘Equipment Instructions and Warranties?’ ” “Oh, what a good idea! Too bad they never taught me that in school! Now where could that thing be…Honey, Why don’t you take a look in the duvet cover? Let me help you with that zipper.…”

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PULSE OF THE PENINSULA

Trump’s infrastructure budget so 19th century

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y return visit to Pittsburgh for my second Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Sojourn bike tour on the Great Allegheny Passage reaffirmed for me the stupidity of Donald Trump’s justification for abandoning the Paris Climate Agreement, that he was elected by the people of Pittsburgh, not the people of Paris; and that what Pittsburghers want more than anything is to roll back time a century to the days when coal was king and steel mills were belching putrid smoke and men died prematurely in horrid working conditions, their lives under the thumb of Robber Barons who controlled industry and politics. Indeed, the people of Pittsburgh voted 75 percent for Hillary Clinton’s agenda and vision of America’s future. But Trump’s entire agenda, beginning with a budget that would similarly reverse course on the very infrastructure and technology developments that would insure America’s leadership in the 21st century, rather than put us back a century. We get a glimpse of what that is like on the outskirts of the city, in Clairton, where a huge mound of coal dwarfs a tractor truck, and

across the bridge over the rail lines, is a chemical plant emitting a foul smell that penetrates the modest residential neighborhood across the street. The city of Pittsburgh, itself, has risen anew, with glistening office towers and a new economy based on finance, health care, academics, robotics and technology. Its waterfront, once dominated by dirty industrial plants, is now a gorgeous bike path, which you can see so spectacularly from Mount Washington, the place from which George Washington surveyed to find a location to put a fort to protect British colonial interests, but from which in those bad ol’ days, the city would have been shrouded in haze. Outside the city, where we start our bike tour near the beginning of the 150-mile long multipurpose railtrail, in the state which built its economy on oil, coal and gas, there are windmills on the hilltops and solar farms in fields. Where we camp one night, in Confluence below the Youghiogheny River Reservoir dam built in 1944 to control flooding, the outflow has been tapped for hydroelectric power. The bike trail — representing 150 of some 23,000 miles of simi-

KAREN RUBIN Pulse of the Peninsula larly repurposed railtrails across the country — is a new lifeline for small towns like Meyersdale, which once supported six hotels, an elementary school and a high school, now all shuttered, and Dunbar, once a center for glassmaking and coal production. In Confluence, where the population today is 700, we add 200 to that roll during our stay. The Trump agenda — and his budget to back it up — would cancel out the line for funding such repurposing projects that has existed since 1991, while eliminating incentives that helped jumpstart America’s fledgling clean, renewable energy industry where jobs

are growing at a rate 12 times faster than the rest of the economy. The 374,000 now employed in solar eclipse the 74,000 people working as coal miners, indeed, exceed all the workers in oil, gas and coal combined; while wind energy employed 100,000. Worldwide — and places like Europe which are legions ahead of the US in wind and solar — some 10 million people are employed in clean renewable energy jobs. At the same time, the Trump Administration — EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke — are sloping the playing field back in favor of climate-destroying fossil fuel industry, rolling back regulations that would allow coal mining companies to pollute water, removing protections on drilling and mining on federal lands, opening up exports of natural gas and oil, creating financial incentives for new nuclear plants, and ending tax credits for renewable energy, among a long, long list. Trump wants to really stick it to climate activists. Trump’s promise to invest $1 trillion in America’s aging, decaying and obsolete infrastructure is also a sham — as evidenced by

his transportation director exiting the New York-New Jersey Hudson Gateway Tunnel project, and a budget that would rescind funding to rebuild the century-old tunnel. One contrasts this myopia from the guy who boasted of being a “builder” with the bicentennial of the building of the Erie Canal, in 1817, a bold vision and engineering marvel, which quite literally made New York City the financial capital of the world by connecting the port of New York to the Midwest’s resources and markets with Europe. Even then, globalization, not isolation, is what made the United States a world power. It’s not just the belching, choking pollution that Trump would like to go back to. In climate policy, energy policy, health care, tax reform, and now infrastructure, Trump envisions exacerbating the divide between rich and poor — and therefore political power as campaign finance and special interests increasingly determine who gets the “ear” in policy. His budget affirms his bias against transitioning away from a climate-destroying carbon energy economy in favor of clean, renewContinued on Page 18

KREMER’S CORNER

Election Day the time to fix L.I.’s brain drain

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nce upon a time political news was confined to a key period of time, but that is no longer the

story. Thanks to the circus in Washington,D.C., we are on information overload. Every day we are forced to hear about presidential tweets and the agony of a national Republican Party that hasn’t yet figured out how to act like a majority. At the same time the only bulletins about the Democrats is that they are still in mourning after their 2016 election loss. This November, like it or not, there are a number of important contests on Long Island. The voters will be choosing county executives, legislators and a number of town officials in both Nassau and Suffolk counties. The most watched races will probably be in Nassau where in November we will have a new person in place of incumbent Ed Mangano and pick a new team in Oyster Bay. Rather than recite the pros

and cons of each of the candidates running for office, I think it is of more value to lay out the issues that those candidates should be focusing on in the months ahead and believe me there are many. Not in any order, let’s talk about economic development. There is an occasional story about company expansion, but it is time for the politicians to start focusing on getting some serious new employers to come to Long Island. We have a lot of talent on the island but somehow there are not enough new jobs in the bi-county area. I know that Nassau and Suffolk are two separate counties, but isn’t it time for the two to get together and promote development on Long Island? Our area is fortunate to have great schools, beautiful beaches, great parks and other attractions, but somehow no one candidate is seriously promoting these benefits to the world outside of our island. We are fortunate to have some major employers in this region, but it wouldn’t hurt if a more

JERRY KREMER Kremer’s Corner serious effort was made to attract new ones. It is a worthwhile agenda for one of the would be leaders. How about some new housing that young couples can afford? I recently met a trio of young builders who are about to build new workforce housing in Suffolk County. They were excited about the chance to create housing that is affordable and were planning to

finish a number of projects with reasonable rents. The problem is that there are not more of these visionaries planning to do the same. The sad message is that not every local government goes out of its way to encourage such developments. If I were a candidate for local office, I would also be talking about ethics laws. Ending corruption is always part of the platform of candidates, but how do we go beyond a pledge and develop reforms that will restore the public’s confidence in their elected officials? The developments in Oyster Bay have rocked the Republican Party, but how do we make sure that things don’t go back to business as usual after November? Both parties owe us candidates who are capable of making real changes. Nassau County is one of the premier counties in the state, yet it suffers from serious budget headaches, poor financial management and a lack of adults in the room when officials make big decisions.

What about the brain drain we are experiencing? Long Island is a great exporter of talent into New York City and out of state. A recent graduate of a local college was asked what his plans were and he stated “to get out of here as soon as possible.” Is there any candidate for public office talking about keeping our young people here and is offering specific ideas on how to get it done? There are so many other priorities that should be discussed by potential November winners. Transportation, infrastructure repair, downtown development, senior housing and school consolidation are just some of the other challenges. If in the months ahead you meet some candidate on the local streets don’t hesitate to ask what they stand for and how they will make Long Island a better place to live in. It’s time to end political business as usual and replace it with real change.

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Past time to end ‘aristocracy of the robe’

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egardless of whether our president is a Republican or a Democrat, our nation will be much better served if we now end life tenure for Supreme Court Justices, and we should do the same for the more than 860 Article III federal judges, who also serve without limits. The perspicacious French writer, Tocqueville, was on the mark, nearly 200 years ago, when he characterized America’s federal judiciary as “the aristocracy of the robe.” Even then, common sense dictated that life tenure was at odds with fundamental principles of representative democracy. But, some will argue, the Founding Fathers knew what they were doing when they set up this version of separation of powers and we should not change their original intent; however, we are no longer well-served by leaders who serve for life — if we ever were. Studies of bench longevity show that between 1789 and 1970, Supreme Court justices served just less than 15 years, with vacancies occurring at two-year intervals. In contrast, from 1970 to 2007, justices served an average of 26 years, and gaps between appointments were longer.

All major Western nations, and 49 of our states (Rhode Island is the outlier), place term or age limits on their highest court judges. In his book, “Our Undemocratic Constitution,” Sanford Levinson states that all of those shared actions “demonstrate that there is not the slightest need to grant life tenure in order to guarantee an independent judiciary.” Do we really want to continue to play judicial appointment roulette, especially as chance, accidents, deaths, can determine when and how many appointments presidents get to make to the bench? Even more important, do we want any President to name justices — and judges — who may outlive his or her administration by 30 or 40 years? Do we want to continue to encourage the appointment of young justices to insure that the views of the party that confirmed them will endure for decades? (The average age of the last six Republican justices is 50; Neil Gorsuch was 49 when he was confirmed). The argument here is not one for limited terms because of ageism; rather, limited terms will provide accountability. Life expectancy is now 76.4 for American males, and 81.2 for

MICHAEL D’INNOCENZO Out of Left Field women; it has increased by more than 30 years since 1900. Does not logic suggest that, with reasonable and defined terms for justices, much can be gained by naming older men and women with deeper experience? Members of the House are reviewed every two years; candidates for President must compete after four years (and they are barred from serving more than two terms). Why should we exempt life justices from some form of accountability, particularly as times change after they are confirmed, and as all other officers of government must stand for review before our democratic voters? Changing the system of life-

time appointments will not be easy. Our current society has an exaggerated respect for the lifetime federal judges, which is more understandable if one supports conservative views that bolster the rich and the powerful, as that is where courts have resided for most of our history. Calls for judicial term limits have been around for a long time. There have been growing efforts since the abomination of the 2000 Bush v. Gore 5-4 decision; hundreds of law professors denounced that decision as blatantly partisan and in violation of the Constitution, and even of the Republican majority’s past rulings. Many called for impeachment of the Scalia-led majority. That 2000 decision has been compared with two of the worst decisions in Supreme Court history: Dred Scott in 1857 and Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896. Vigorous protest and reform efforts following the contested election of 2000 were stopped short by the 9/11 attacks and by the turn to misdirected military actions from the Bush administration. Is our society ready for Trump’s upcoming impact on the judiciary? Because the Republican Sen-

ate, since 2015, has refused to approve Obama’s nominees for federal judgeships, Trump now has a chance to fill more than 120 vacancies, the most ever for a new president. In addition to Neil Gorsuch, he could name as many as three more Supreme Court Justices, and, if they are as young as Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas at confirmation, they could be still serving when our grandchildren have grandchildren. It is long past time to change lifetime tenure for justices and judges. There is concern about whether ending life tenure for Supreme Court Justices will require a constitutional amendment, which is not an easy process. Some constitutional authorities believe that it can be done by congressional legislation, alone. But, even if an Amendment is needed, let’s go for it. Whichever party you support, it’s in the country’s interest to avoid excesses of a life judiciary that is not reasonably accountable to citizens. [In my next column, I will examine common sense proposals to improve the process of judicial selections and ways to make the judiciary better serve responsive democracy.]

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MTA goes off the rails with 3rd track plan

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he MTA’s Review Board wisely pulled the third track project on June 30 knowing Long Island’s commuters were about to experience the “Summer of Hell” and the region’s rail system needed fixing-up. Commuters who have come to know the values of the MTALIRR management are nearly at their wits end. Newsday and politicos who support the project are becoming doubtful that the 9.8 mile third track will ever become a reality. Will the track ever escort more freight trains and passenger trains along the main line? Obviously, mega bucks are

being spent on attempts to convince the public that this project is destined to improve the lives of “all” Long Islanders. Yes, New York State Sen. John Flanagan is evaluating this mega project and its many downsides. The mayors of New Hyde Park and Floral Park say they still have major concerns about the project. Despite their signing an agreement (content of which is unknown to the public) at the 11th hour, many locals believe the officials were unduly pressured to sign. Regardless, the “agreement” could not possibly mitigate all the

impacts of third track construction: all sorts of traffic/parking problems, construction related noise/vibration, potential drainage issues on private property, possible damage to public facilities, disturbing 24/7 construction schedules and the possibility of hazardous particles becoming airborne when soil is dug up — all legitimate concerns of the citizenry that remain unresolved. Yes, people can get ensnared by the MTA and the governor’s incentives and promises, but history warns us that a promise may have a catch or may simply go unfulfilled. The “Summer of Hell” will demonstrate how the MTA LIRR

respects commuters and the public, particularly the residents living along the main line from Floral Park to Hicksville. The MTA-LIRR doesn’t have a record to be proud of and most agree it has neglected its responsibilities in safeguarding the public. Why would any government representative give the MTA LIRR the go ahead for this unnecessary project that will mean a “Decade of Disruption” when the billions of dollars could be spent on the regional rail system problems that obviously need to be addressed ASAP? Please contact New York State senators to voice your opposition to this project.

John Flanagan, New York State Senator – Senate Majority Leader, 260 Middle Country Road, Suite 102, Smithtown, NY 11787; Phone (631)361-2154; flanagan@nysenate.gov Elaine Phillips, New York State Senator (Floral Park); 252 Mineola Blvd., Mineola, NY 11501-2431; Phone: (516)7465924; ephillips@nysenate.gov Kemp Hannon, New York State Senator (Garden City), 595 Stewart Ave., Suite, 540 Garden City , NY 11530; Phone: (516)739-1700; hannon@nysenate.gov Ann and Bill Corbett Floral Park

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FROM THE DESK OF ELAINE PHILLIPS

Progress made on affordability, tax relief

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e just completed a very productive 2017 legislative session that addresses important priorities I’ve been fighting to deliver for Long Island families, including affordability and tax relief. Significant progress has been made on these issues since session began in January, and I wanted to update you on what’s taken place. The first law I authored as a New York State Senator allows Nassau County to restore its senior citizen property tax abatement program. The program provides hundreds of dollars in much needed property tax savings to local seniors living on fixed incomes. Working middle-class families will now be able to take advantage of expanded tax credits to help make child care more affordable.

School districts received the largest state education aid investment in New York State history through this year’s State Budget. Schools in the 7th Senate District are getting over $213 million in state education aid this year, an increase of over 8.7% from last year. These funds will help them continue to provide children with a top quality education while also easing the burden on local taxpayers. Clean water remained a priority. Working in a bipartisan manner, the legislature and the governor made a record $2.5 billion investment to help repair and improve water related infrastructure, expand the use of clean water technology and install sewers to help reduce pollution. New measures to help deal

ELAINE PHILLIPS State Senator with new and emerging contaminants such as 1,4-dioxane, which is found on Long Island at higher levels than elsewhere in the country, were also adopted. Small businesses, nonprofits and local governments will receive meaningful savings through

sensible workers compensation reforms that lower employers’ costs while protecting injured workers. To further facilitate job creation, we made record investments in job training and workforce development initiatives to help people learn the skills needed to fill in-demand jobs. We strengthened our ethics laws by passing a bill to amend the state’s constitution and allow taxpayer funded pensions to be stripped from politicians convicted of public corruption. Residents will have the opportunity to vote on the measure this Election Day, Nov. 7. All of these are positive steps forward. Many others were taken as well, but to name them all would turn this update into a newspaper itself!

That being said, there is still much more work to do and progress to make. Government is supposed to be about coming together, finding common ground and making things better for the people it serves. Policy disagreements and debates are part of the process, but at the end of the day, it’s all about moving the ball forward. One of the heartening things I’ve seen during my first legislative session is that, more often than not, Republicans and Democrats in the State Capitol work together. We don’t agree on everything, but we’ve avoided the hyper-partisanship that’s gridlocked Washington for years. I am committed to ensuring that continues. Residents expect and deserve nothing less.

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Trump’s election panel offers needed reform

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am writing this letter in response to a column by Karen Rubin in the July 7 issue of the Roslyn Times. Karen Rubin, in this, and every column she authors, espouses the usual progressive claptrap one can expect from a political hack. Why would I say that? She begins by calling Trump’s Presidential Advisory Committee on Election Integrity “Orwellian.” Nice use of language but there is nothing Orwellian about it. It is a straightforward assault on the Democratic Party’s ruthless and unprincipled strategy to win elections. She proceeds to call the effort “data mining.” To begin with, these are public records. The request for data is well founded. The request for addresses is to see if people are voting in two

or more places. The request for a social security number request is to see if people are using deceased people’s ssn to vote in their stead. Military people vote on their bases during active duty, so there should not be anyone voting in their name at the same time in their hometown. Felons are not legally permitted to vote, so it is appropriate to see if someone has a felony conviction. The request to see if the voter is registered in more than one state is to prevent double voting with an absentee ballot or having someone else cast a second ballot. So what is the problem? In one of the dumbest remarks I have ever seen published in the Roslyn Times, Ms. Rubin says “Unless they voted twice or a dead person sent in an absentee ballot, these votes did not impact the “in-

tegrity” of the election.” That is exactly the point of the supposed “Orwellian” investigation. How do we know if there was dishonest voting unless we investigate it? As an aside, she contends that the real election integrity investigation should be in regards to the collusion of Trump and Russia. This is to infer that Trump or his staff colluded with the Russians to skew the vote. Will this lie ever die? Just today, in the July 9 editorial in the Sunday New York Times, they admitted than no change in the election outcome was due to Russian interference. James Klapper, Senator Diane Feinstein, Comey, and others said that they could not find any Russian link. Meetings are not collusion.

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Trump wrong on infrastructure Continued from Page 16 able, decentralized (and cheaper, less monopolistic) energy. His regulatory policy reverses the incentives as well as the progress. The Republican health care policy is as much a mechanism to cement power in the hands of the “haves” versus the have-nots —

who are unlikely to challenge abusive employers if they are afraid of losing their health insurance; unable to join protest marches and rallies if they are in pain or suffering; and unable to have their concerns acted on by lawmakers if they don’t have the funds to contribute to campaigns. Infrastructure, energy policy,

the environment, technological innovation and prospects for economic growth, prosperity, social mobility and yes, political power are all connected. Climate justice, social justice, economic justice, political justice are all intertwined. Trump would have us go back a century or two.

Do you want to hear about what is more likely collusion? I refer to one of Joan Swirsky’s columns. John Podesta was a director and received 75,000 shares from a Kremlin-financed company, Joule Unlimited. Was that colluding? Podesta’s brother was a lobbyist on behalf of Sberbank of Russia and received 24 million dollars in fees. Was that colluding? Bill Clinton received $500,000 for a speech in Moscow from a firm with ties to Russian intelligence. It went into the Clinton Foundation. Was that colluding? Did Mrs. Clinton’s campaign meet several times with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak leading up to the election? Was that colluding? By the way, who sold 20 percent of our uranium stockpile to the Russians when she was secretary of state? Was that colluding? Also, didn’t Barack Obama and John Brennan team up with British and Estonian spies to sabotage Trump’s candidacy. This was much worse than Watergate, since Nixon never ordered the burglary; he only found out about it later and tried to cover it up. This was definitely colluding. Not to beat a dead horse, but if there was collusion, why are there no leaks proving it after nine months of accusations. There have been dozens upon dozens of leaks from our intelligence agencies since Trump was

elected. There have been so many that other intelligence agencies are reluctant to share information with us. So where are the “smoking gun” leaks? Maybe there are no leaks because there is no truth to the matter. In addition, why doesn’t the DNC show their servers to the FBI to prove the Russian collusion? One reason might be because there is no proof of Russian manipulation. A second reason, and probably the real reason they do not show their servers, is because of Loretta Lynch’s collusion with the DNC to protect Hillary’s candidacy. Sounds like obstruction of justice to me. In addition, maybe their servers would show how the DNC schemed to steal the nomination from Bernie Sanders. There is a lawsuit against the DNC by Sanders’ supporters who are trying to get those servers. Due to space constraints, I will continue this letter in the next edition. I will prove that Hillary’s 3 million vote popular vote advantage was as fraudulent as she is. I will also provide documentation and websites for you to see for yourself. Dr. Wayne Roth Roslyn Heights Letters Continued on Page 52

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Giving teachers choice in training Teens robbed Revamped Mineola program aims to be more flexible BY N O A H M A N S K A R The Mineola school district is working to educate teachers in some of the same ways that it teaches students. District officials are launching a new teacher training program this year that gives teachers more flexibility and emphasizes techniques focused on student growth that are already being used in some classrooms, Matthew Gaven, the assistant superintendent for curriculum, instruction, technology and assessment, said last week. The program, revamped after a recent survey of teachers, will allow teachers to take professional development courses online and allows them more choice in which courses they take during the school year, Gaven said. “We’ve kind of designed this so that teachers can learn at any time and on their own pace,” Gaven told the Mineola school board at its meeting last Thursday. The district will offer 24 training sessions divided into five cycles throughout the coming school year, Gaven said. The first and last cycles will focus on the growth mindset, a method developed by psychologist Carol Dweck that rewards students’ academic progress rather than individual achievements such as grades or test scores. The inaugural training session in August will feature a keynote speech from Eduardo Briceño, the co-founder

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Matthew Gaven, the Mineola school district’s assistant superintendent for curriculum, instruction, technology and assessment, speaks at last Thursday’s school board meeting. and CEO of Mindsetworks, an organization Dweck helped found that works to implement growth mindset methods. In the other three cycles, teachers will be able to choose from among workshops addressing topics related to different teaching techniques and the use of data in the classroom, Gaven said. In addition to the in-person sessions, teachers will be able to take “stack-

able” courses online on the OYOclass platform and earn “micro-credentials” toward continuing education credits, Gaven said. That allows teachers to learn new techniques or subjects on their own time, Gaven said. All new teachers will use the platform this coming year, and the few teachers who have already started are liking it, he said. “It seems to be something that’s been positively received so far, and we’re very excited about that,” Gaven said. Michael Nagler, the district superintendent, said the approach to professional development mirrors the ways Mineola’s teachers are instructing students. “It’s not factual teaching and learning anymore. It’s conceptual, it’s applied knowledge, and this framework allows that,” Nagler said. School board members praised the changes, especially Gaven’s effort to further integrate technology into the training process and the many choices offered to teachers. Christine Napolitano, the school board president, said it’s a contrast to a time a few years ago when school board member complained about teachers not using email enough. “It’s a little mind-blowing to me to think about how far we’ve come in really a relatively short period of time,” Napolitano said.

at knifepoint in G.C. Park BY N O A H M A N S K A R A man robbed two teens at knifepoint on a Garden City Park street early Monday morning, Nassau County police said. The teens, both 18, were walking on Bedford Avenue around 2 a.m. when the man approached them, his face partly covered, police said. The robber pulled a four-inch knife and told the teens to hand over their cellphones, police said. They gave up their phones and other personal property before the robber ran away, police said. Neither of the teens was hurt. The robber, described as a black man, stands about 5-foot-10, police said. Anyone with information about the crime can call Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-8477 to leave an anonymous tip.

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Lifetime of philanthropy leads to honor BY J ES S I C A C H I N Bernice Wenger says her commitment to philanthropy is the result of her family’s history of being givers and receivers. Her grandmother helped found the Jewish Ladies Day Nursery in the East Bronx, which served kosher lunches and provided day care to children of poor working families for about 45 years until 1965. Her father, on the other hand, was raised in a Jewish orphanage. “I have the side that gave and the side that got,” said Wenger, a Port Washington resident for 47 years. On May 4, Wenger was rewarded for her work when she was named JAFCO “Woman of the Year.” “Bernice has a soul that runs very deep and connects directly to our children; she is a blessing to all of us who are lucky enough to know her,” a JAFCO spokeswoman said at the May 4 event. “She’s a very caring, a very good friend and a good mother,” Joan Weintraub, Bernice’s friend of over 40 years, said. Wenger and her husband of 50 years, raised their three children in Port Washington. She is also a member of the local community synagogue and was a board

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Bernice Wenger, winner of the JAFCO woman of the year. member for 20 years. The art center at the Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center in Roslyn carries the names of Wenger and her husband, Edward. As a child, Wenger said, she and her mother volunteered at the Jewish Ladies Day Nursery. This experience introduced and nurtured Wenger’s propensity to give to others, she said. Another significant reason for

Wenger’s involvement with JAFCO, which stands for Jewish Adoption and Family Care Options, was her father’s “ill-fated luck,” when he was placed in a Jewish orphanage at a young age. His mother died during childbirth and his father was severely beaten during a holdup of his business and never recovered. Wenger became involved in JAFCO 12 years ago, when she and husband visited its Children’s Village in Sunrise, Florida, a place where orphans can live until they’re 22 years old. They were impressed and have actively supported JAFCO ever since. “My husband and I have made a lifetime commitment to JAFCO,” Wenger said. Since JAFCO allows the children to stay until they’re 22, many can go to college or a professional school, Wenger said. JAFCO is a not-for-profit group based in South Florida, whose mission is to care for “abused and neglected children as well as those with developmental disabilities in the Jewish community,” according to its mission statement. Wenger and her husband have donated enough money to help build two wings for JAFCO. They helped build a wing in its Children’s Village and one in its Children’s

Ability center, a daycare center for children with disabilities. They’re also JAFCO godparents, which means they donate $1,800 every year to a JAFCO child. They’re also members of JAFCO’s Circle of Hope and Founder’s Circle. Members of the Circle of Hope have made a 10-year pledge of $1,800 a year, and as members of the Founder’s Circle, the Wengers have made a lifetime commitment to donate to JAFCO. JAFCO has established a New York presence through an active Long Island “friends” group. To Wenger, JAFCO “represents a continuation of my family’s charitable works and a home for Jewish children, with the ability to secure a higher education, an opportunity my father never had,” Wenger said. An organization like JAFCO that provides a place for neglected children to live is “what we want to bring to Long Island,” she said. Wenger said she will be attending JAFCO’s eighth annual Long Island fundraising event titled “Fun in the Sun,” on July 18 from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Glen Head Country Club in Glen Head.

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Skelos witness ousted from Roslyn firm BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I

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Manhasset resident Anthony Bonomo was ousted Thursday from control of Physicians’ Reciprocal Insurers, the Roslynbased company he led as CEO.

A cooperating witness in former state Sen. Dean Skelos’ federal corruption trial is now in hot water over charges of mismanagement and self-dealing. Manhasset resident Anthony Bonomo was ousted Thursday from control of Physicians’ Reciprocal Insurers, the Roslyn-based company he led as CEO, according to published news reports. The superintendent of the state Department of Financial Services, Maria Vullo, issued an order saying Bonomo disregarded sound principles when setting loss reserves and tried to cover his tracks by firing auditors and employees who objected. According to the order, Bonomo, 59, used the company to make donations for his benefit, including more than $130,000 to Adelphi University, which named a baseball field after his father, William J. Bonomo. Donations were also not approved by PRI’s board of governors, as required. Vullo made the review of PRI one of her top priorities when she took over the department last June, The Albany Times Union reported. Bonomo repeatedly overhauled PRI’s assets while wasting money on unqualified associates, according to the order. Bonomo was a close friend of Skelos, the

Senate’s former Republican majority leader who was convicted in 2015 on federal corruption charges. Skelos and his son, Adam Skelos, who was tried alongside him, are appealing their convictions. During Skelos’ trial, prosecutors charged that Skelos used his influence over state insurance laws to get Adam Skelos a no-show job at PRI. Chris Curcio, the head of PRI’s marketing department, testified that Adam Skelos often didn’t come to work and was indignant and threatening when he did show up. Skelos’ defense team argued that Bonomo gave Adam Skelos the job to help him when his father said he was struggling financially. PRI in January retained Bruce Shulan, managing partner of the Connecticut-based firm the Princeton Partnership, in an effort to turn around the financially troubled operation, The Times Union reported. Bonomo is said to have abandoned day-to-day management since Shulan’s arrival. Bonomo made $3 million in salary from Administrators for the Professions, the management company headed by Bonomo that ran PRI. “We will fight this improper and unauthorized action vigorously through all appropriate legal channels,” a spokesman for Bonomo said in a statement to Newsday.

Zimmerman’s activism part of a larger fight BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N When Robert Zimmerman, Democratic national committeeman and executive of the Great Neck-based public relations firm Zimmerman/Edelson, earned an award from the LGBT Network for his advocacy, he said he felt truly humbled. “This award has special meaning to me because the LGBT Network truly does outstanding work throughout Long Island and Queens,” he said. The recognition came from his consistent advocacy for the LGBT community, be it as a commentator on CNN, Fox, MSNBC and Bloomberg, or defying his own party in favor of equal rights for the LGBT community. But Zimmerman also sees this as part of a larger fight for social justice by groups like women, minorities and Jews. “The fight for the LGBT community for civil rights and social justice is a similar fight that we experience for the Jewish community in the United States,” Zimmerman said. “It’s a fight that’s reflected in so many different activist groups on Long Island and throughout our country, in overcoming bigotry, ignorance that leads to fear and hate.” In his time with the the Long Island Committee for Soviet Jewry, Zimmerman recalled traveling with Steve Israel, who was later a congressman, to the Soviet Union to help Jews and Christians who were not allowed out of Russia because of their faith. He said they managed to help four or five families escape. But many of those who tried to leave could lose their jobs, find themselves in mental institutions

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LGBT Network honoree Robert Zimmerman was presented the award by close friend Joy Behar along with David Kilmnick, LGBT Network chief executive officer, and Linda Armyn, LGBT Network gala committee chair. and be ostracized by society. “Any Jewish family that put their papers through the old Soviet regime to leave Russia, they were made examples of,” Zimmerman said. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian thinking, he added, seems to reflect that time. Zimmerman also recalled working closely with police in the 1980s while he served with the American Jewish Congress to counter bias crimes and in-

cidents targeting specific communities, like sprawling graffiti targeting Jews, Catholics and African-Americans. “So the issue of fighting hate crimes, as they were called, wasn’t just isolated to the community,” he said. “And now we see a dramatic upsurge today,” Zimmerman added. “It’s not just limited to the Jewish community.” Still, Zimmerman said, there has been considerable progress. He commended Nassau County police and found

that compared with when he was growing up, society has been much more welcoming and accepting toward the LGBT community. “Civil rights and social justice has always been a defining aspect of my life and growing up in the Great Neck schools was a great motivator to be engaged. But what really motivated me was the harassment that I witnessed growing up,” Zimmerman said. Zimmerman pointed to widespread acceptance of conversion therapy, which was a “principal reason for suicides in the LGBT community.” “Fortunately we’ve grown as a society,” Zimmerman said. “We’ve grown as a country.” Zimmerman also recalled a great degree of confusion and panic regarding the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. “It created such a panic in the gay and straight community that I felt it was very important to begin speaking out and taking a stand,” he said. While Zimmerman said there has been great progress, the fight for social justice and civil rights did not end with marriage equality. He said some of the challenges ahead include job security and the right of adoption for gay couples. “I have great optimism and confidence that more will be achieved, that the fight for civil rights and social justice for the LGBT community will move forward,” Zimmerman said. But of course, he said, this is a larger fight that involves all communities. “If one faces discrimination, we’re all facing discrimination,” he said.

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N. Shore woman charged in $9M scheme BY N O A H M A N S K A R Federal authorities on Monday accused a pharmacist from Old Westbury of stealing $9 million in taxpayer funds through two pharmacies she runs in Brooklyn. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan say Sunita Kumar, 54, got the money in the form of Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements for prescriptions the pharmacies never actually filled — and kicked back some of the cash to the patients who provided the scripts. Kumar faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted of the two charges against her: health care fraud and paying illegal remuneration in the form of kickbacks. “Medicare and Medicaid provide critical health care for some of our most vulnerable citizens,” Joon H. Kim, the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of

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Sunita Kumar of Old Westbury was charged with stealing $9 million from federal health care programs. New York, said in a news release. “Together with our law enforcement partners, we will aggressively pursue those who allegedly use public programs as a vehicle for illegal personal profit.” Kumar is accused of getting custom-

ers at two Brooklyn pharmacies — one she owned directly and another she operated — to give her prescriptions for drugs that she submitted to Medicare and Medicaid administrators for reimbursements, according to a criminal complaint against her. Kumar billed the health care programs for about $9 million from January 2015 through December 2016, but never dispensed the drugs, instead paying the customers a portion of the money she received, the complaint says. A review of Kumar’s pharmacy records shows she often billed Medicare and Medicaid for many more units of drugs than she purchased to keep at the pharmacy, the complaint says. On one occasion in June 2016, Kumar handed $70 in cash in a brown paper bag to an undercover agent who was there to collect “refills” on behalf of one of the cus-

tomers, the complaint says. The FBI, along with the federal Department of Health and Human Services and the New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, investigated Kumar with the cooperation of a witness who sold one of the pharmacies to Kumar’s husband, according to the complaint. That person was involved in a similar kickback scheme that Kumar and her husband continued, the complaint says. A spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney’s office said she could not comment on whether the cooperating witness or any of the people who received kickbacks would be charged. Jeffrey A. Granat, Kumar’s Garden City-based attorney, did not return a phone call seeking comment. But he told Newsday that “after all is said and done, she [Kumar] is confident that her position will be vindicated.”

From N. Shore gym to Coliseum ring BY ST E P H E N R OM A N O Vincenzo D’Angelo said although he is training for an upcoming fight, he still makes time to train young fighters. The Glen Cove resident helps run a gym in Port Washington where he and his brothers train fighters in boxing, MMA and other styles. “My gym is my life,” he said. “I don’t have any other hobbies, I don’t go out and party all night.” On Saturday, D’Angelo, 28, will fight Dequan Burgos in an undercard bout at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum — the first boxing event at the Coliseum since 1986, when Mike Tyson headlined the card. “I’m just itching to get back in there and perform,” D’Angelo said. “I’ve been getting really excited as every day is counting down. It’s a huge card and I am happy to be on there.” Jumping around between different fighting styles, training in MMA, boxing, kickboxing and jiu-jitsu, D’Angelo, a super

middleweight fighter, won the 2009 Golden Gloves and decided to pursue boxing exclusively. D’Angelo, who turned professional in 2013 and is 2-0, grew up training with his four brothers and was trained by his father, Michael, a world-champion wrestler, who took home bronze in the Pan American Games. “This has pretty much been my entire life,” he said. “I’ve trained since I was 10 or 11 years old and my father trained us until we were 16. And we always had each other’s back.” Using the methods he learned from his father and other trainers, D’Angelo, who was born in Miami, said he enjoys training young athletes and seeing them grow. “It’s a big satisfaction for me,” he said. “Maybe they come in and they are a little overweight or they are having trouble with something and just want to improve something. But I see their bodies changing as they are getting closer to their ultimate goal. It helps them in life and prepares them.”

He said if he is not helping the people he is training, he is failing. His gym, Competitive Edge Athletics at 38 Harbor Park Drive in Port Washington, operates every day, D’Angelo said, with people even coming in on holidays. “They love to work out,” he said. Balancing his workouts while training other fighters is tough, D’Angelo said, but he “works off everyone else’s schedule.” On conditioning days, D’Angelo works out from noon to 3 p.m. and trains fighters in the evening, and on sparring days, he works out from 5 to 7 p.m. and trains fighters earlier in the day. “Whenever I have free time, which isn’t often, I plan out my schedule,” he said. D’Angelo said he will go into his fight on Saturday in the best shape possible. “My mentality is always the same, too: Be very smart, don’t make any careless mistakes,” he said. “I always come in the best shape possible.” During D’Angelo’s 2016 fight against Dan Cion at the Paramount in Huntington,

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Vincenzo D’Angelo, a professional boxer who runs a gym in Port Washington, will fight at Nassau Coliseum Saturday. the announcers called his right jab and right hook “brutal.” He won the fight with a 39-37 judge’s decision and overpowered Cion throughout the fight, landing jab after jab.

Man stole pills in GCP: police Thief, caught on cam, pulled knife on clerk, fled with OxyContin BY N O A H M A N S K A R

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Police say this man robbed a Garden City Park pharmacy for narcotic painkillers.

A man held up a Garden City Park pharmacy at knifepoint for opioid painkillers last Wednesday morning, Nassau County police said. The robber, armed with a knife, entered the Twin Peaks Pharmacy at 2226 Jericho Turnpike around 11:15 a.m. Wednesday and demanded OxyContin from a pharmacist, police said. The pharmacist gave the man an undetermined amount of pills and he fled, police said. There was one other employee in the store but no customers, police said. No injuries were reported. The robber was described as a Hispanic man with a thin

build between 19 and 25 years old, standing between 6 feet and 6-foot-2. He has tattoos on his neck, chest and arms. OxyContin is a brand name of oxycodone, a narcotic prescription painkiller that has proven to be highly addictive. Some 47 people died in Nassau County from oxyocodone overdoses in 2015, according to county statistics. Nassau County filed a lawsuit in June against Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, and about two dozen other drug manufacturers, distributors and doctors, alleging that their misleading advertising exacerbated the local opioid crisis. Anyone with information about the robbery can call Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-8477 to leave an anonymous tip.

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Astoria Bank makes book donation Astoria Bank, the second largest community bank headquartered in New York, recently partnered with the Freeport-based not-for-profit organization The Book Fairies to collect new and gently used books for children and adults throughout the New York metropolitan region. Hundreds of books ranging from children’s books to novels and non-fiction titles were donated in May by Astoria Bank employees at its corporate and neighborhood branch locations. The books will be redistributed by the not-for-profit organization to school districts in low income areas and others in need.

Astoria Bank was named a top Corporate Citizen in 2016 by Long Island Business News. “Giving a child a special book of their own can open their eyes to the joys of reading,” said Brian Edwards, executive vice president of Astoria Bank. “We are thrilled to join with The Book Fairies to help make a difference in young lives,” In accepting the hefty donation of more than 80 boxes of books, Executive Director Amy Zaslansky said, “We are so grateful to Astoria Bank for this generous donation. These wonderful books will help spread a little joy this summer and help to build literacy, especially in communities where there is a great need.”

Feinstein gets $1M for diabetes research To help advance its research to treat diabetes, a disease that currently afflicts 29 million Americans, or just under 10 percent of the population, Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institute for Medical Research received a $1 million gift from The Knapp Family Foundation to launch a four-year research program that uses bioelectronic medicine to treat the disease. “Diabetes impacts our family as it impacts millions of other families around the world, which is why we are passionate in our support of the Feinstein Institute’s innovative and scientific efforts in combating this debilitating condition,” said Charles Knapp, president of The

Knapp Family Foundation. The Knapp Family Foundation has supported life-changing initiatives at the Feinstein Institute and Northwell Health’s Lenox Hill Hospital since 2012. One year later, the Foundation began supporting novel research investigations for disease treatments that otherwise would not be funded — including type 1 diabetes. Diabetes is a chronic disease characterized by abnormal blood glucose levels, which in turn must be regulated by drugs or insulin, treatments that may have long-term side effects and are not always reliable. Instead, a team led by Chad Bouton,

vice president of Advanced Engineering for Northwell Health, director of the Feinstein Institute’s Center for Bioelectronic Medicine, and professor at Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, will use the new support to develop an implantable device that will function as an electronic pancreas, regulating diabetes patients’ glucose metabolism without the use of insulin. Cutting-edge electronics technology will be employed to analyze and modulate specific neural pathways involved in regulating the body’s blood glucose levels. “Current diabetes treatments are expensive and may cause patients to suffer

from adverse side effects after chronic use,” said Bouton. “The new research program will support our development of devices that help the body heal itself, without relying on drugs, but rather on our own nervous system to provide new, safe treatment options for a condition plaguing so many Americans.” The Feinstein Institute will conduct preclinical studies that will target both type 1 and type 2 diabetes during development of the new technology. Neural decoding and data analytics methods will be used to deepen the understanding of the nervous system’s role in glucose regulation.

Pols join Animal League fundraiser Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth and Town Clerk Wayne Wink attended the North Shore Animal League’s Lewyt Human Awards luncheon on June 12 at Leonard’s Palazzo in Great Neck. The event honored Yasuko Yamguchi with the Sandra Atlas Bass Philanthropist Award, PIX 11 with the Media Award of Distinction, and dogs Tori and Dean with the Scarlett Award for Animal Heroism.

Town opens new playground North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Council Members Peter Zuckerman, Dina De Giorgio and Anna Kaplan and Town Clerk Wayne Wink recently cut the ribbon on the new nautical-themed playground at North Hempstead Beach Park. The playground is a custom ship design and has many interactive features, including a ship’s

wheel, triple slide, curly climber, spiral slide, balcony deck, floating stones, challenge ladder and a Melody Maker Reach Panel, a built-in one octave keyboard which allows children to create their own music. The playground replaces an older one that had become dilapidated after many years of use.

Harold Roth Coney Island,SLATE Cyclone,MEDIA 1970 BLANK Howard Greenberg Gallery, July 14, 2017 New York

Rebecca Lepkoff Street Play, Monroe Street, c. 1940s Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York

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rom its earliest years, New York City was the stage on which the transformation of America played out, reflecting economic and historic upheavals that led to the city’s place as both the financial and art capitals of the

world. New York, New York presents the city’s grit and glamour, its excitement and bustle, and the heartbeat of a great metropolis through the work of John Sloan, Reginald Marsh, Childe Hassam, Red Grooms, Robert Henri, Fairfield Porter, Berenice Abbott, Milton Avery, Georgia O’Keeffe, Arthur Leipzig and many others. Guest curated by Director Emerita Constance Schwartz and including more than 140 works of art, New York, New York opens at Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn Harbor on Saturday, July 22 and will remain on view through Sunday, Nov. 5. From the extraordinary to the everyday, New York, New York reveals the daily life of the city’s populace at work, in their homes, on the streets, and at leisure, enjoying the parks, the beaches, the clubs and the bars of the city. In oils, works on paper, photography, prints and sculpture, the works on view explore the city from the early years of the last century almost to the present day. The exhibition is organized thematically to focus on areas of New York City life such as transportation, entertainment, work, home, leisure and more. Everett Shinn’s watercolor shows us patrons of McSorley’s as the famed bar and its customers appeared in 1908, while Francis Luis Mora’s 1914 oil, “Evening News,” glimpses people reading the paper as they ride home from work on a train, an innovation of the time that revolutionized travel throughout the city. New York’s café society of old is represented in Reginald Marsh’s watercolor, Memories of the Stork Club; Marsh contrasts this image of the city’s elites in his oil, The Bowery, depicting a male-only group of drinkers. Mora’s work is seen again in the large-scale series entitled Manhattan Cocktail 1626-1938, created in 1938 to be showcased in the 1939 World’s Fair. Harold Roth’s “Water Street,” showing kids dashing through the waters of an open hydrant, and Rebecca Lipkoff ’s “Street Play Monroe Street,” portraying youngsters in street games, both photographs depicting city streets during the 1940s, will bring smiles of recognition to anyone who grew up

Harold Roth, Water Street, 1948, Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York

John Sloan, Bleecker Street, Saturday Night, 1918. Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, Bentonville, Arkansas

in New York City. Romare Bearden’s 1972 collage 110th Street Harlem Blues dramatically portrays the city’s most famed African-American community. Red Grooms is represented in New York, New York by several pieces including his massive 1984-85 installation, “The Alley,” a work certain to engage audiences of all ages. Other highly diverse art of the 1980s includes Tom Blackwell’s “Herald Square,” Richard Estes’ “Old Police Headquarters,” Henry Groskinsky’s “Fireworks in New York City from the Empire State Building” and Christo and Jean Claude’s “The Wrapped Building: Times Square Allied Chemical Tower.” The exhibition moves into the 1990s with Andy Warhol’s “Abstract Sculpture” (Headline series) and Yvette Jacquette’s “Herald Square Composite 11.” The most recent artwork in New York, New York is Red Grooms’s “Lunchtime on Broadway,” a huge 2009 charcoal on paper. The iconic Brooklyn Bridge, a favorite subject for artists since its opening in 1883, is seen in several works and media — a photograph by Roth, an oil by Milton Avery, a work on paper by Georgia O’Keeffe, and a welded steel construction by Red Grooms. Another frequent subject, Washington Square, is depictured in 1910 and 1912 oils by William Glackens and in a 1950 photograph by Rebecca Lepkoff. The many pleasures of Coney Island, New York’s muchloved playground, are seen in paintings by Reginald Marsh and Milton Avery and in photographs by Arthur Leipzig and Harold Roth. The showing of New York, New York will be amplified with public programming that will enhance viewers’ appreciation of the exhibition. A 50-minute film, “Modern Dreams: Art of America,” screens daily. There will be three lunchtime talks about the exhibition; each talk is followed by the daily public exhibition tour. The exhibition’s curator, Constance Schwartz, will present a gallery talk on Sept. 10. Each of these programs is free with Museum admission. Accompanying New York, New York is Glamour Icons, an exhibition demonstrating fragrance and cosmetic packaging as an art form through the work of the renowned designer Marc Rosen.

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The North Shore will come alive with the sounds of orchestral music as the Chamber Music Festival commences at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, with the first concert featuring French chamber music. The Pierrot Consort, the faculty ensemble-in-residence at LIU Post, will be joined by Festival faculty member Nam-Sook Choei Lee on violin and special guest artists, Stanley Drucker on clarinet and Barbara Allen on harp. Where: Tilles Center for the Performing Arts 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville Info & Tickets: (516) 299-3100 • tillescenter.org

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Nassau’s Got Talent! Saturday, July 15 at 7 p.m.

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Benatar — Featuring Amber Ferrari: A Tribute to Pat Benatar & More

Saturday, July 15 at 8 p.m. Voted Best Singer from Long Island, Amber Ferrari will debut her tribute show featuring the criticallyacclaimed songbook of Long Island native and rock legend Pat Benatar, following a first act that will include the music of Janis Joplin, Melissa Etheridge and other noted songstresses. Where: Theatre Three 412 Main Street Port Jefferson Info & Tickets: (631) 928-9100 theatrethree.com

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Rod Stewart & Cyndi Lauper

Tuesday, July 18 at 7:30 p.m. British rocker Rod Stewart and Queens native Cyndi Lauper will join forces in the ultimate summer concert. Both will perform their classics, as well as recent recordings, with Stewart’s 2015 release, Another Country, and Lauper’s Detour album, which she recorded last year with contributions from Willie Nelson and Alison Krauss. Anything can happen when hits like “Hot Legs” and “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” meet “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” and “All Through the Night.” Where: Northell Health at Jones Beach Theater, 895 Bay Parkway, Wantaugh Info & Tickets: (516) 221-1000 • livenation.com

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Author Event: “A Field Guide to the Long Island Sound”

Wednesday, July 19 at 7 p.m. Award-winning author, illustrator, and photographer Patrick J. Lynch will be speaking and signing “A Field Guide to the Long Island Sound,” a lavishly illustrated and long-overdue guidebook to the rich natural history of the Long Island Sound and its coastlines — a region beloved by millions of people. Where: Book Revue, 313 New York Ave., Huntington Info: (631) 271-1442 • bookrevue.com

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Soul Asylum with Cracker

Thursday, July 20 at 8 p.m.

Come out and experience American alternative-rock band Soul Asylum, whose multi-platinum albums from the ‘90s include the Grammy Award-winning single, “Runaway Train,” “Misery,” and “Can’t Even Tell,” featured in the soundtrack of the Kevin Smith film, “Clerks.” They will be joined by fellow alt-rockers Cracker, whose distinctive sound combines rock, punk, grundge, blues and folk. Where: The Space at Westbury Theater, 250 Post Ave., Westbury Info & Tickets: (516) 283-5566 • thespaceatwestbury.com

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Foreigner with Cheap Trick & Jason Bonham

Thursday, July 20 at 8 p.m. Foreigner calls this year’s 40th anniversary summer tour a “family affair,” according to group founder Mick Jones, joining longtime pals, Cheap Trick and former drummer Jason Bonham and his band, with their kick-off concert at Jones Beach. Spend the night singing along to such classic songs as Foreigner’s “Feels Like the First Time,” “Hot Blooded,” and “Cold As Ice,” and Cheap Trick’s “I Want You to Want Me” and “Surrender.” Where: Northell Health at Jones Beach Theater, 895 Bay Parkway, Wantaugh Info & Tickets: (516) 221-1000 • livenation.com

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THE TOP EVENTS FOR KIDS FOR THE COMING WEEK

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hildren’s Production: “Seussical”

Saturday, July 15 at 11:30 a.m. This musical based on the stories of Dr. Seuss — mainly “Horton Hears a Who!,” “Horton Hatches the Egg” and “Miss Gertrude McFuzz” — has become a beloved classic for schools, communities, and regional theatres since its Broadway debut in 2000. Now one of Long Island’s best live theaters will present a children’s performance of the show.

Where: Cultural Arts Playhouse, 170 Michael Drive, Syosset Info: 516-694-3330 or culturalartsplayhouse.com

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laza Theatrical Productions Presents: “The Little Mermaid”

Saturday, July 15 and Sunday, July 16 at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. (with additional performances July 21-23) Called “Long Island’s most prolific touring theatre company” by The New York Times, Plaza Theatrical Productions, Inc., will present “The Little Mermaid,” the Disney animated musical about of a beautiful mermaid princess who dreams of becoming human.

Where: Long Island Childrens Museum, 11 Davis Ave., Garden City Info: 516-224-5800 or licm.org

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Sunday, July 16 at 11 a.m. To coincide with this film screening, the Cinema Arts Centre’s Sky Room Café will transform into a colorful, hand-painted Chocolate Factory where children may romp with a team of Fantastic Funhouse jesters! Kids 6-12 will be assisted by the jesters in making fresh, chocolate lollipops, going on a goody hunt in the Garden of Candy to fill treat bags, and learning art techniques through the use of crayon, paint, and the colorful chocolate itself. They will also receive a healthy snack after the movie and a souvenir coloring book with rainbow crayons and watercolors.

Where: Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington Info: 631-423-7611 or cinemaartscentre.org

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Tuesday, July 18 at 11 a.m. The Theatre at Westbury launches its 2017 Summer Children’s Theatre Series with the classic folk tale, “Cinderella,” about a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances who is suddenly transformed into a beautiful princess... with a little help from a little glass slipper.

Disgraced poet, Ted Wallace, is only used to getting to the bottom of a whiskey bottle. After he is fired from his latest gig, a chance encounter with someone brings an intriguing offer to investigate a series of “miracles” happening at the Swafford Hall manor. The stunning English manor is the home of Lord and Lady Logan who claim their fifteen-year-old son David is gifted with otherworldly healing powers. Reluctantly set forth with his task at hand, but ultimately guided by a poet’s passion for the truth, Ted investigates and discovers that not everything is as it seems at Swafford Hall. Based on the seminal novel by acclaimed wrtier Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus is full of dark wit and charm and features a masterful performance by lead Roger Allam.

Visit goldcoastfilmfestival.org or call 516-829-2570 for tickets. Tickets $15/$10 for students when purchased in advance, all tickets are $20 at the door.

Where: Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury Info: 516-247-5200 or thetheatreatwestbury.com

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Thursday, July 20 through Saturday, July 29 (weeknights at 6 p.m.; weekends at 2 p.m.)

The Empire State Fair, presented by State Fair Group, will debut at NYCB Live’s Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum for an 11-day event that will feature live stage shows, family-fun activities, thrilling rides and attractions, and delicious food and treats.

Where: NYCB Live, Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 1255 Hempstead Tpke., Uniondale Info: 516-231-4848 or empirestatefair.com

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A make-ahead summer party It is summertime, and my husband and I love to entertain poolside. However, not every day is idyllic for entertaining outside. Between humidity and rain, it is often much more comfortable to eat in an airconditioned room. We always try to have cocktails and hors d’oeuvres outside, and then proceed to the entree and dessert inside — to enjoy the best of both worlds. Hors d’oeuvres are followed by a makeahead buffet that is easily set out on the kitchen counter. The only foods that need last-minute attention are the frankfurters. They may very easily be grilled outside while your guests are enjoying cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. Finish off your meal with a refreshing key lime pie and fresh berries. The best part of this menu is that you can do everything ahead of time and be a guest at your own party so you can enjoy your friends’ company. What better way to start entertain in the summer? MENU (Serves 10-12) Cheese with Crackers*

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Bass now biting for Children’s hospital local fisherman benefit at Gold Coast My name is Jimmy Kallenberg. I am a lifetime resident of Port Washington, fishing the Western Long Island Sound over the past 60 years. I have a passion for fishing! Over the years I have met most of the top fisherman who fish these waters. Some are great bass men, some are great flute and seabass men, some are great blackfish men, and a few are great at all of the above. During the fishing season, not only will I be giving weekly fishing reports; but a bit of interesting history, along with current New York State fishing rules and regulations for our Western Long Island Sound waters. Recently, I was seriously injured and then had surgery, that has kept me off the water for quite a while. However, this has not stop me from talking to the local bait and tackle shops as well as many of my contacts everyday who are out on the water. I love fishing and I love to see others catch fish. Alright, now the fishing report: Bass fishing was excellent with many fish count in the 20-30 pounds class, a few 35-45 pounds, with one I saw close to 50 pounds; but that season is fading away, as the strip-

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For Kimberly Pogorelis and her fiancé, Jonathan Palmiotti, the St. Mary’s Hospital for Children benefit concert this month at the Gold Coast Arts Center is not the first they’ve done. They previously managed one or two for St. Jude’s Hospital, separately from the arts center, gathering a group of friends to host it. Ultimately, they received a letter telling them that their contribution saved three children there. “It’s really heartwarming. I almost get chills every time,” Pogorelis, associate director for the arts school, said. Now the two of them are producing and directing a concert at the Gold Coast Arts Center in Great Neck to benefit St. Mary’s Hospital’s arts for healing program, which allows patients, family and staff to create art and develop a sense of community while recovering at St. Mary’s in Bayside, Queens. Pogorelis said there are a few key differences from the past. By holding the concert at the arts center, she said they have more resources and space. Roughly 100 people can fit into the theater. The show will feature a core group of volunteers who have performed in community theater, off-Broadway and elsewhere.

Songs will come from Broadway musicals like “Anastasia,” “Mamma Mia,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Hairspray” and more. While the Gold Coast Arts Center has done benefit concerts before for things such as the Firefighters’ Fund, the Special Olympics and 9/11, this is the first time the center is working with St. Mary’s. Overall, Gold Coast’s Executive Director Regina Gil said that benefit concerts are not too common, but not exactly uncommon either. “It has to be a good fit,” Gil said. Gil also said that while the concert will not necessarily bring the center a monetary benefit, it would create good will and falls in line with one of Gold Coast’s and her own fundamental goals: helping children. “[I] believe in children reaching their potential. ... Ultimately we reach adults and we reach teens, but it starts with children,” Gil said. “We can put our resources at work to assist. Why wouldn’t we?” Gil added. “Why wouldn’t anyone?” The concert will take place on Saturday, July 22, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, July 23, at 1 p.m. at the Gold Coast Arts Center. The suggested contribution for entry is $20. For more information, contact the Gold Coast Arts Center at (516) 829-2570 or visit its website.

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My Morning Jacket to play Forest Hills July 15 American rock band My Morning Jacket arrived at Northern California’s Stinson Beach in late 2013 thinking only about making an album. The band was not prepared to be seduced. But within a couple of days, vocalist and guitarist Jim James, bassist Tom Blankenship, drummer Patrick Hallahan, guitarist Carl Broemel and keyboardist Bo Koster were in love with Panoramic House, a studio perched on a hillside overlooking the ocean. The natural beauty of the surrounding landscape and almost mystical serenity flooded them with a charged sense of possibilities. “For me, every record has the spirit of where we made it,” said James. “Stinson Beach was so psychedelic and focused. It was almost like we lived on our own little moon out there. It feels like you’re up in the sky.” “The story of the record really starts there,” said Blankenship, a founding member of the Louisville-based band. Throughout its 16 years, My Morning Jacket has always had a healthy respect for living in the moment and the inherent mysteries of creativity. Formed in 1998, the group amassed a following in the 2000s in part due to their live performances with a sound rooted in rock and country, yet often experimental and surreal. The group first found success in Europe after the release of their debut album, The Tennessee Fire (1999). Their next release, At Dawn (2001), led to a large stateside following and preceded several lineup changes. After signing to major label, ATO Records, the group released two albums, It Still Moves (2003) and Z (2005), with the latter representing a critical breakthrough. Their next release, Evil Urges (2008), was more polarizing for fans and critics, while Circuital (2011), their sixth album, saw a more measured response. After many years of side projects and touring, the band’s seventh album, The Waterfall, was released in 2015. They gladly took the inspiration that Stinson Beach was offering when crafting

The Waterfall, touching on aspects of their celebrated past while pushing forward with a giddy assurance. There are moments that reach back to early albums, such as “At Dawn” and “It Still Moves,” the record that gave the band a much broader audience. But the experimentation that marked Z, Evil Urges and James’ 2013 solo album, Regions of Light and Sound of God, is clearly in effect. The Waterfall sounds like history and decades colliding — like a record made by fervent music fans in search of that tingle up the spine. Inveterate music geeks will hear echoes of vintage rock and pop as My Morning Jacket continues to honor its influences without aping any of them. The Waterfall sounds like nothing else, but is also warmly familiar. Notions of change crop up throughout the album, as does James’ longstanding exploration of spirituality, but there’s a crucial difference. On The Waterfall, there are fewer questions and more action. Spirituality has become grounded and made real. “I feel like I still don’t know how to explain anything,” James said, “but I feel like I’ve accepted that and I’m just trying to live.” James began the sessions with nearly 30 songs and kept writing. The elevating “Believe (Nobody Knows)” opens the album with a blast of

faith and acceptance, but was the last song written. “We did a ton of songs, so at the beginning there was no intention or focus,” James added. “It was like, let’s just go play these songs and figure out which ones fit. Once we did ‘Believe,’ that kind of tied the record together. What fused this record is, I feel like it’s a weird turning point for the universe. I feel like so many people I know are getting divorced or having kids. There’s so much change going on and I feel like, for me, that one chapter has ended. And if you’re looking at a book, there’s a hand flipping the page up and it’s in between the chapter you just finished and the one that’s getting ready to start. That’s kind of the sound of this record, and my life, the sound of the page turning and not being sure what’s coming next.” My Morning Jacket arrived in California after an unusually long time apart. Following a lengthy tour behind the album Circuital, band members scattered. James recorded and toured behind his solo album, while Hallahan recorded “Sound of Nowhere” with Spanish Gold. Blankenship got married and moved to Nashville, and there were dozens of other projects, recording sessions, and marathon record nights in the wilds of Louisville, where James and Hallahan still live. Always a group of friends first, the reunion at Stinson Beach was the ideal combination of intense work and potent fun. “It’s sort of the perfect situation for us

to go to an isolated place, with some limitations and not many distractions,” Broemel said. “That’s how we work best. We kind of get on the same wavelength of happiness.” “The freedom we went into this record with took a lot of the pressure off, as far as what to do and how to do it,” Hallahan added. “The mantra was anything goes, no stone unturned, it’ll be done when it’s done. And it’s not easy to pull that off with other people’s schedules. I mean, poor Tucker.” That would be Tucker Martine, the Portland-based producer and engineer who also worked with My Morning Jacket on Circuital. The band has never used the same producer twice since its first two self-produced albums, but Martine and assistant engineer Kevin Ratterman have become integral parts of the team. Martine oversaw two sessions in California, one at his own Flora Studio and another at Ratterman’s La La Land studio in Louisville. But in the end, it all circled back to Stinson Beach “Out of all the places we’ve recorded, I think that place might have informed the record on a spiritual level more than any other,” Koster said. “If you listen to ‘Like A River,’ it just sounds like Stinson Beach.” My Morning Jacket will bring this California feeling to New York, with a concert at Forest Hills Stadium on Saturday, July 15 at 6 p.m. They will be joined by singer and guitarist Gary Clark, Jr., known for his fusion of blues, rock and soul music with elements of hip hop. Dubbed “The Chosen One,” Clark’s musical trademarks are his distorted guitar sound, heavy use of improvisation and his silky smooth vocal style. He has shared the stage with many rock and roll legends, including Eric Clapton, B. B. King and the Rolling Stones. Forest Hills Stadium is located at 1 Tennis Place in Forest Hills. To get tickets and for more information about the concert, go to foresthillsstadium. com. To learn more about the band, visit www.mymorningjacket.com.

Romaine to lead program on Edward Albee Actress and television personality Shirley Romaine will lead a program on the late, great playwright, Edward Albee, on Tuesday, July 18, 7:30 p.m., at the Cinema Arts Centre Albee’s award-winning playas are thrilling, provocative and sometimes shocking. He insisted that our most primitive instincts keep asserting themselves in the most civilized settings. And his life was as dramatic as his plays. The program will include his story and scenes from his plays performed by Romaine, as well as clips from his films, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf,” “A Delicate Balance,” and “Three Tall Women.” A reception will follow in the Sky Room.

Romaine has appeared in plays on and off Broadway. She is currently performing original programs incorporating theater, art, music and poetry on the Island, New York City and beyond. She is also the host and narrator for Dance Visions, host and producer for Cablevision’s “Artscene on Long Island with Shirley Romaine” for more than 20 years, and was one of the first recipients of the Long Island Arts Council’s prestigious Advocate for the Arts Award. The Cinema Arts Centre is located at 423 Park Avenue in Huntington. For tickets and more information, call the Cinema at 631-423-7611 or go to www. CinemaArtsCentre.org.

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feel somewhat out of place until exercise becomes part of a routine. Give it some time before throwing in the towel. Once you catch on, you may discover you enjoy working out. Choose a senior-friendly gym. Some gyms cater to senior members. They may offer “SilverSneakers” classes at their facility. Other niche gyms may only accept members of a certain age group. Investigate these gyms if working out with a younger crowd is proving too great a deterrent. Fitness is important for healthy seniors. It can prolong life, help seniors maintain healthy weights and reduce their risk of injury.

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ging brings about many changes in a person’s body. Some of these changes, such as hair becoming gray and/or white, are widely known, while others may come as a surprise to people who have only begun to experience them. It is normal for sexual desire and other issues affecting intimacy to change as a person ages. However, that doesn’t mean that seniors’ sex lives need to cease or change dramatically. Remaining open to ideas and continuing to communicate with one’s partner can keep couples’ relationships going strong well into their golden years. The National Institute on Aging offers that certain normal physical changes can impact intimacy. These bodily changes may be hormonal. Women who have gone through menopause may discover physical changes to their vaginas, including a shortening and narrowing of this part of the body. Stiffness and less lubrication also may occur in this area, impacting their comfort and enjoyment. As men get older, their ability to have and keep an erection may diminish. Sexual issues are sometimes a byproduct of illness or certain prescription medications. Chronic pain, arthritis, surgery, and even incontinence also can impede intimacy. These are largely treatable conditions, but patients must be willing to first open a dialogue with their physicians.

Communication Couples are urged to talk about their intimacy goals. One person may not be fully aware of a partner’s desires. Other issues can be addressed as well. Discuss any discomfort or sexual problems that can affect the relationship. Couples can bring situations to light so they can manage their issues together. This can bring about a mutually acceptable solution that benefits both partners and prevents one from suffering in silence.

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Overall health Paying attention to overall health can positively impact sexual intimacy. Exercising regularly, eating a healthy diet, drinking plenty of fluids, avoiding tobacco and excessive alcohol consumption, and managing stress in your life can help in your daily life and in the bedroom. Speak with a doctor if a particular medication is impacting your health in a negative way. There may be another, less invasive option you and your physician can explore.

Think creatively Intimacy is more than just intercourse. Intimacy may include touching, closeness, fantasies, role playing, and much more. The Mayo Clinic says people can help their partners understand what they want from them. Discuss something that seems exciting and find a way to include it in your sex life if both partners are willing.

Play it safe Seniors who are single can broaden their horizons and resolve to get out and meet new people. However, when the time comes to engage in sexual activity, seniors should be smart about it, regardless of their age. People age 55 years or older account for one-quarter of all Americans living with HIV, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2013, people age 50 and over constituted more than 27 percent of new AIDS diagnoses. Older adults are also at risk of other sexually transmitted infections. Condoms may seem like something for younger people to worry about, but they’re a necessity for older adults as well. Sexual health is something seniors think about as the years pass. Remaining healthy, engaged and communicative with a spouse or partner can ensure couples enjoy sexual intimacy for as long as possible.

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Certain medical Cert conditions or condi medications medicatio may be to blame, too. SUNY Upstate bl t S Medical University offers that some drugs, like beta blockers, can decrease heart rate, which can reduce circulation to the extremities. High cholesterol levels can impair blood flow. Hypothyroidism, or an underperforming thyroid, also can affect a person’s ability to regulate body temperature. It’s imperative that people speak with their doctors to rule out any medical conditions or medication issues that may be contributing to their feelings of being cold. The following are some additional steps aging men and women can take to stay warm. Make sure you are at a healthy weight for your gender and age. Get the cardiovascular system pumping by exercising more. Layer clothing until you feel comfortable so that you are not adjusting the thermostat as frequently. Wear a vest to keep your chest warm to prevent heat being drawn from the extremities. Often the body will sacrifice heat in the hands and feet to keep its core warm. Invest in wool socks and blankets, as wool will help wick away moisture from the body. Feeling cold is usually nothing out of the ordinary when a person gets older. Fortunately, there are ways that older men and women can stay warm.

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Life insurance policies can help men and women make things easier for their spouses, children or siblings. Life insurance provides financial security in the event of a person’s death. Such insurance is a key element of estate planning and something all adults must consider. It’s smart to purchase life insurance at a relatively young age because the cost can be lower. Some people put off the process because it can be overwhelming. But Forbes magazine advises that once a person does a little research and learns the terminology associated with life insurance, choosing a policy is not so difficult. Determine the amount of insurance you will need. Make a list of expected expenses after you pass away. These may include any residual mortgage payments, school tuitions, automotive payments, or funeral expenses. In addition, approximate how much your family will need to live comfortably in your absence. Online calculators can help determine life insurance coverage

needs. The New York Life Insurance Company says a quick way to figure out how much coverage you may need is to take your annual salary and multiply it by eight.

Decide on the type of policy. Life insurance policies come in two broad categories: term and whole life. Term life insurance may be less expensive upfront, as it only provides coverage for a set number of years. It will only pay out if the policy holder dies during this “term.” Whole life insurance, also called “cash value,” usually costs more, but accumulates a cash value that can be borrowed against, and it pays out whenever a person passes away.

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Hormone replacement therapy is an option. England’s National Institute of Health and Care Excellence recently changed its view of hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, which was once deemed dangerous due to the perception that it increased a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer. In its review of the evidence, NICE found that if 1,000 women aged 50 were not undergoing HRT, around 22 would be expected to develop breast cancer over seven years. If the same number were put on combined estrogen and progesterone treatment, there would be around five more cases and the slightly increased risk only lasts as long as women are on the therapy. Everyone doesn’t experience the same symptoms. Many women are prone to hot flashes and mood changes, while others may sail through menopause without noticing much difference. It’s an unpredictable time of life, and women should adapt as their symptoms appear. Intimacy doesn’t have to wane. While hormonal changes can affect libido, speaking with a doctor about symptoms, including vaginal dryness, can open up a discussion focusing on solutions. Be on the lookout for mental symptoms as well. Changes in emotions, memory and concentration during perimenopause and menopause due to sudden shifts in hormones are possible. Be aware that these conditions may be linked to menopause and that they, too, can be managed. Menopause is an inevitability for women. By removing the mystery, women approaching and entering menopause can get the understanding and relief they need.

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Exhibition of artists’ portraits in Huntington The Huntington Arts Council recently announced a new exhibition, “Portrait of an Artist,” with Dan Christoffel as juror. The free, opening reception will take place on Friday, July 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Main Street Gallery located at 213 Main Street in Huntington. The exhibit is on display from July 20 through August 12. “As you create a self-portrait, or a portrait of an artist you much admire, you belong to the grand continuum of it all — the drive to create, which unites us all,” said Christoffel. “When we create a self-portrait, we enter through a portal experiencing a change of self. The ‘Portrait of an Artist’ show lends itself for a self-portrait or just as exciting, a portrait of an artist who has inspired you along your creative journey. We, artists are made of stuff that drives us to a force we hold onto as we search the truths of our own creative process.” Christoffel used these words to inspire the artists who responded to the call for the show. The artists selected to exhibit are: Lawrence Aarons, Linda Adelstein Watson, Shain Bard, John Bell, Renee Blanl, Louise Cassano, Elizabeth Cassidy, Beth Costello, Grainne de Buitlear, Vicki Dollin, Arielle Dugue, Paul Edelson, Elizabeth Ehrlichman, Bill Farran, Jim Finlayson, Peter Galasso, Phyllis Gildston, Lisa Golub, Jan Guarino, Ashlin Hanley Gerry Hirschstein, Kristie Hirten, David Jaycox, Jr., Michelle Lesser, Sharon Lobo,Terence McManus, Emily Nykolyn, Michelle Palatnik, Sharon Pearsall, Alice Riordan, Meryl Shapiro, Neill Slaughter, Angel Stratton, Shawn Sullivan, Susan Tango, Katherine Trunk, Lisa Warren, Michael

Wilkerson and Donald Wilson. “Judging this show was a true delight,” Christoffel says. “The quality and diversity of the work is outstanding. The concepts and originality will make the exhibit a memorable experience for all. I want to congratulate all the artists on their dedication and talent. It is the ARTS that keep the world sane, and make each creative experience life

enriching. As artists search for their own voices they give to the world themselves.” Christoffel is a national and international exhibiting artist with 56 years teaching experience. Teaching both undergraduate and graduate arts classes at LIU Post, he is committed to excellence in education. With expertise in oil painting, draw-

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Journey tribute band to play Paramount July 21 Voyage has been hailed by fans and critics alike as the No. 1 Journey tribute band in the world, performing Journey’s music with chilling accuracy. Since 2005, Voyage has dominated America with more sold-out shows than any other tribute band. Playing all of Journey’s hits that date back to the late 1970s and ‘80s — the period when Journey achieved its strongest commercial success — Voyage regularly performs hits, such as “Don’t Stop Believin’,” “Separate Ways,” “Faithfully,” “Any Way You Want It,” “Open Arms,” “Wheel in The Sky,” “Who’s Crying Now,” “Oh Sherry,” “Keep On Runnin’,” and more, to give Journey fans the ultimate concert experience. Singer Hugo is a dead ringer for Journey’s Steve Perry, both visually and vocally. He continues to stun fans with his miraculous resemblance, exact mannerisms and identical voice to

Perry. Fans agree that Voyage delivers the closest experience to the original Steve Perry fronted lineup. The band also features worldclass New York musicians Robby Hoffman, Greg Smith, Charlie Zeleny and Al Spinelli, who along with Hugo have brought the show to critical acclaim — not only through their many concerts, but also at private and corporate events throughout the country. Taking audiences back to the era when Journey ruled the airwaves, the talent of these five guys together has brought the meaning of “tribute” to a whole new level. Fans have to see it to believe and can do so at The Paramount on Friday, July 21 at 8 p.m. The Paramount is located at 370 New York Ave. in Huntington. For tickets and more information about the concert, go to www.paramountny.com.

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Arts & Entertainment Calendar NORTHWELL HEALTH AT JONES BEACH THEATER 695 Bay Parkway, Wantaugh (516) 221-1000 • www.livenation.com Friday, July 14 at 7:30 p.m. Lady Antebellum, Kelsea Ballerini & Brett Young: You Look Good Tuesday, July 18 at 7:30 p.m. Rod Stewart & Cyndi Lauper Wednesday, July 19 at 6:45 p.m. Incubus/Jimmy Eat World/Judah & the Lion Thursday, July 20 at 7 p.m. Foreigner/Cheap Trick/Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience NYCB LIVE/NASSAU VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM 1255 Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale (516) 794-9300 • http://www.nassaucoliseum.com Saturday, July 15/Time TBD Premiere Boxing Champions: Omar Figueroa vs. Robert Guerrero Thursday, July 20-Sunday, July 30 (weeknights at 6 p.m.; weekends at 2 p.m.) Empire State Fair CITI FIELD SUMMER CONCERT SERIES 12301 Roosevelt Avenue, Corona www.livenation.com Friday, July 28 at 6 p.m. Welcome to Blinkin Park Saturday, July 29 and Sunday, July 30 at 5 p.m. The Classic East: The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan, Journey, The Doobie Brothers, Earth Wind & Fire Monday, August 28 and Tuesday, August 29 at 8:30 p.m. Lady Gaga: Joanne World Tour Friday, Sept. 15 at 8 p.m. The Meadows Music & Arts Festival FOREST HILLS STADIUM 1 Tennis Place, Forest Hills www.foresthillsstadium.com Saturday, July 15 at 6 p.m. My Morning Jacket Wednesday, July 26 and Thursday, July 27 at 6:30 p.m. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with Special Guest Peter Wolf THEATRE AT WESTBURY 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury (516) 247-5205 • http://www.thetheatreatwestbury.com Tuesday, July 18 at 11 a.m. 2017 Children’s Summer Series: “Cinderella” Saturday, July 22 at 8 p.m. Governor’s Comedy Club Presents: Vic Dibitetto THE PARAMOUNT 370 New York Ave., Huntington (631) 673-7300 ext. 303 www.paramountny.com Friday, July 14 at 8 p.m. Murray & Peter Present: “War On The Catwalk” with Season 9 Contestants from VH-1’s RuPaul’s Drag Race Saturday, July 15 at 8 p.m. Buckcherry – Presented by 94.3 The Shark Friday, July 21 at 8 p.m. Voyage – The Ultimate Journey Tribute Band Featuring Hugo

THE SPACE AT WESTBURY 250 Post Ave., Westbury (516)283-5566 • www.thespaceatwestbury. com Friday, July 21 at 8 p.m. Los Lonely Boys Saturday, July 22 at 8 p.m. Robert Randolph and The Family Band with special guest Memphis Crawl LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET 232 Main Street, Suite 1, Port Washington (516) 767-1384 ext. 101 • www.landmarkonmainstreet.org Wednesday, July 26 at 2 p.m. David Glukh Duo: Russian Music TILLES CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS | LIU POST 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville (516) 299-3100 • www.tillescenter.org Friday, July 14 through July 28 at 8 p.m. (check website for dates/times of performances) The LIU Post Chamber Music Festival: 36th Season Saturday, July 15 at 7:30 p.m. Animaniacs LIVE! Sunday, July 30 at 7 p.m. The Australian Pink Floyd Show: The Best Side of the Moon 2017 MADISON THEATRE AT MOLLOY COLLEGE 1000 Hempstead Avenue, Rockville Centre 516-323-4444 • www.madisontheatreny.org Saturday, July 15 at 7 p.m. Nassau’s Got Talent Showcase Saturday, July 22 at 8 p.m. 12th Annual Long Island Comedy Festival: $35 THE HARRY CHAPIN LAKESIDE THEATRE Eisenhower Park at Merrick and Stewart Aves., East Meadow 516-572-0355 • www.nassaucountyny.gov/ parks Friday, July 14 at 8 p.m. White Wedding — 80s Tribute Saturday, July 15 at 10:30 p.m. “Rocky Horror Picture Show” Sunday, July 16 at 7 p.m. African-American Music Night Thursday, July 20 at 8:30 p.m. Film: “Lego Batman Movie” Sunday, July 23 at 7 p.m. International Festival Featuring Scandinavian, Greek, Polish, Armenian and Ukrainian Music Thursday, July 27 at 8:30 p.m. Film: “Trolls” Sunday, July 30 at 7 p.m. Creole-American Music Night JONES BEACH BANDSHELL CONCERT SERIES Jones Beach State Park, 1 Ocean Pkwy, Wantagh 516-785-1600; www.parks.ny.gov Live at The Shell: The 2017 Jones Beach Bandshell Concert Series is as follows: Friday, July 14 at 8 p.m. Decadia (pop hits) & Septimius the Great (dance) Saturday, July 15 at 8 p.m. Billy Mira and the Hitmen (swing), The Belairs (50s, 60s, 70s), Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Sunday, July 16 at 7 p.m. Latin Dance Night Tuesday, July 18 at 8 p.m.

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A&E Calendar cont’d Josephine Ghiringhelli and Christopher Allen (psychic mediums) Wednesday, July 19 at 8 p.m. Little Red Men, Newborn Thursday, July 20 at 7 p.m. Family Movie Night (Beach Blanket Movie Series) Friday, July 21 at 8 p.m. 20 Highview (70s Disco Tribute) & Samurai Pizza Cats TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD’S 2017 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES AT NORTH HEMPSTEAD BEACH PARK Info: (516) 869-6311 • www.northhempsteadny.gov/summer 175 West Shore Road, Port Washington Sundays at 1 p.m. Sunday Afternoons at the Beach Concert Series as follows: July 16: Ring of Fire: A Tribute to Johnny Cash; July 23: 45 RPM; July 30: The Capris; Aug. 6: Gold Coast Orchestra TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD’s 2017 FUNDAY MONDAY SERIES FOR SENIORS AT NORTH HEMPSTEAD BEACH PARK Info: 311 or (516) 869-6311 • www.northhempsteadny.gov/summer 175 W. Shore Road, Port Washington Mondays through Aug. 28, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. July 10: “Sweet Lorraine”; July 17: “Jerry Costanzo and his 10 Piece Band” July 24: “The Vic Vincent Group”; July 31: “Senior Health, Education & Information Fair” TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD’S 2017 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES AT CLARK BOTANIC GARDENS Info: (516) 869-6311 • www.northhempsteadny.gov/summer 193 I U Willets Rd, Albertson Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Tuesday Night Concerts as follows: July 18: Folk Night Festival; July 25: NY Brass Choir; Aug. 1: Dance Visions; Aug. 8: North Shore Pops TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD GOES COUNTRY AT MANORHAVEN BEACH PARK Info: (516) 739-3113 • www.northhempsteadny.gov/summer 168 Manorhaven Blvd., Manorhaven Saturday, July 15 at 7:30 p.m. Broken Road: A Tribute to Rascal Flats

TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD’S 2017 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES AT MARY JANE DAVIES GREEN Info: (516) 869-6311 • www.northhempsteadny.gov/summer Plandome Road across from Town Hall, Manhasset Mondays at 7:30 p.m. Monday Night Concerts as follows: July 17: Penny Lane: A Tribute to the Beatles; July 24: Jammin’ With You; July 31: Randi and the Rainbows; Aug. 7: New Vintage Swing Band TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD’S 2017 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES AT MICHAEL J. TULLY PARK Info: (516) 869-6311 • www.northhempsteadny.gov/summer 1801 Evergreen Ave., New Hyde Park Friday, Aug. 4 at 7 p.m. A Tribute to the Beatles and The Rolling Stones TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD’S 2017 YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE ARTS SERIES Info: (516) 869-6311 • www.northhempsteadny.gov/summer Tuesday, July 18 at 10:30 a.m. Red Pants Band at Clark Botanic Garden, 193 I U Willets Rd., Albertson Tuesday, July 25 at 10:30 a.m. Improv 4 Kids at Charles Fuschillo Park, Carle Road at Broadmoor Lane, Carle Place Tuesday, August 1 at 10:30 a.m. The Bierkos at Clinton G. Martin Park (indoors), 3610 New Hyde Park Rd., New Hyde Park THE VILLAGE OF GREAT NECK PLAZA 2017 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES At Firefighters Park, Grace Ave. & Park Place, Great Neck Village Hall: (516) 482-4500 • www.greatneckplaza.net Tuesday, July 18 at 8 p.m. “Hits of Then & Now” by Seven Bridges Road Band Event is free and open to the public. In case of rainy weather, the event will move to the Great Neck Social Center at 80 Grace Ave. CINEMA ON THE BAY AT SUNSET PARK At Sunset Park, Main Street and Shore Road, Port Washington Info: (516) 869-6311 • www.northhempsteadny.gov/summer

Saturday, July 22 at 8:30 p.m. “Back to the Future” Saturday, August 5 at 8 p.m. “Finding Dory” Movies are free and open to the public. 2017 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES AT CHELSEA MANSION At The Muttontown Preserve, Muttontown Lane south of 25A, East Norwich Info: (516) 572-0200 • www.nassaucountyny. gov.parks Wednesday, July 19 at 7 p.m. Nassau Pops Wednesday, Aug. 2 at 7 p.m. Film: “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane”

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Chapin tribute set for Eisenhower Park The music of Harry Chapin will once again fill the summer night at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow on Monday, July 17, as multiple Long Island musicians, led by singersongwriter Stuart Markus, perform the songs of the late singer-songwriter and social activist at the annual “Just Wild About Harry” tribute concert. The show will feature numerous songwriters and bands performing some of Chapin’s classic songs — including “Taxi,” “W.O.L.D.,” and “Cat’s in the Cradle.” Concertgoers are asked to bring donations of non-perishable food to support Long Island Cares, Inc., the regional food bank and humanitarian organization founded by Harry Chapin in 1980. “The annual Harry Chapin Tribute Concert in Eisenhower Park is always a very special event for all of us at Long Island Cares because so many of Harry’s fans attend and are extremely supportive of Long Island Cares and the work we do to assist the more than 316,000 Long Islanders struggling with domestic hunger and high food insecurity,” said Paule Pachter, its chief executive officer. “It’s hard to believe it’s been 36 years since Harry’s untimely passing, and Stuart Markus and the other talented performers featured have been keeping Harry’s musical legacy very much alive on Long Island for so many years.” Besides Markus and his group, Gathering Time, this year’s roster of performers includes Frank Walker, Robin Eve, Lisa Itts, Grand

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Folk Railroad, Friends on the Journey, Robin Greenstein, Sid Cherry & Helene Schreier Pandal, Patricia Shih, MediaCrime, Karen Bella, Christine Solimeno, Josh Joffen, Jerry DeMeo, the Joe Iadanza Band, and the Folk Goddesses, plus newcomers Chelsea Takami, Cass House and Christine Sweeney. “I’m very excited to be able to bring in some new talent that caught my ear in the past couple of years, and to welcome back a few people that haven’t been in the show for a half decade or more,” Markus said. The event is being co-promoted by the Folk Music Society of Huntington, of which Markus is a board member. Long Island Cares’ staff and volunteers will be collecting food donations at a tent at the entrance to The Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre. They will also be selling T-shirts and Chapin CDs, as well as distributing literature about the organization’s programs and services. The program begins at 7:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Concert-goers are advised to bring lawn chairs. The concert will be held rain or shine, precluded only by thunderstorms. The Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre is located in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow. For more information, visit www.nassaucountyny.gov/1767/Parks-RecreationMuseums.

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Hillside Library You may register for programs at hillsidelibrary.info/events. You need to have your library barcode number for registration. The library subscribes to several museum passes for the enjoyment and entertainment of our patrons, holders of Hillside Library cards in good standing. A household will be able to reserve just one museum pass per month; patrons are responsible for checking the museum’s hours of operation for the borrowed pass. The library collects used cell phones (with their chargers) for charity. Also, the library collects reading glasses. The Donation Boxes are on the First Floor. We thank you.

PROGRAMS FREE HEARING SCREENINGS Friday, July 14, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Conducted by Adelphi University’s Hy Weinberg Center for Communication Disorders. In addition to adults, this testing can be done for children 4 and older. Results are given immediately and recommendations are made by a licensed expert. Screenings are on a first-come, first-served basis. A BRIDGE TO NEW HYDE PARK’S COMMUNITY OUTREACH SERVICES Tuesday,

July 18 at 1 p.m. Residents are invited to attend a special evening of networking and meeting representatives of many local and county organizations. The NHP Museum, AARP, Friends of Hillside Public Library, Literacy Nassau, NHP Chamber of Commerce, Notre Dame Social Ministry Office and more will be on hand to discuss services and volunteer opportunities. Online registration has begun. PAGE TURNERS BOOK CLUB Wednesday, July 19 at 1 and 7 p.m. The book being discussed is “Songs of Willow Frost” by Jamie Ford, the award-winning author of “Hotel on the Corner of

Biter and Sweet.” CHILDREN: SNUGGLE TALES STORY TIME Monday, July 17 at 1:15 p.m. and Wednesday, July 19 at 7 p.m. Ages 12-36 months (with parent or caretaker). Stories, songs, movement fun and a craft. PLAY ALONG ADVENTURES Thursday, July 20, 27 and Aug. 3 at 11 a.m. Stories, songs and a craft. Registration has begun. TALES FOR TYKES Thursday, July 20, 27 and Aug. 3 at 1:15 p.m. Ages 18-35 mos. (with caregiver). Stories, songs and a craft. Registration has begun.

Shelter Rock Library ART EXHIBIT: WATERCOLOR EXPRESSIONS BY ROSLYN, HERRICKS, AND EAST WILLISTON ADULT EDUCATION STUDENTS OF KIRIL TZOCHEV’S ART CLASS On display through July and August. CREATIVE NEEDLES & THE ART OF COLORING Friday, July 21, August 4, 18, September 8, October 6, 20, November 3 and December 8 at 12:30 p.m. Bring your projects and supplies to crossstitch, knit, crochet, needle-

point, or embroider in the company of other needlecraft lovers. PLAY MAH JONGG Tuesday, July 25, August 8, 22, September 5, 19, October 10, 24, November 14, 28, December 12 and 19 at 1 p.m. Join others in playing game that has fascinated people for so many years with its strategies and combinations. Bring a team, a friend or come by yourself and enjoy the game. Limited materials will be available, so if you own a set, please feel free to

bring it with you. Registration is not required. JOURNEYING TOGETHER Wednesday, Aug. 2, Sept. 6, Oct. 4, Nov. 1 and Dec. 6 at 1 p.m. This group is designed to give family caregivers an opportunity to discuss feelings, coping strategies, and access to community resources with peer and professional support. SENIOR RAP GROUP Monday, August 7, September 11, October 2, November 6 and December 4, 11 a.m.-12:30

p.m. For the 55+ set who have a lifetime of experiences to share. This group discussion is led by longtime group member David Marx. BEGINNING ANEW Wednesday, Aug. 23, Oct. 4, and Dec. 6 at 4 p.m. Join this supportive discussion group for divorced, widowed and single adults ages 50 plus where participants can share experiences and offer a better understanding of how to begin anew.

Great Neck Library THURSDAY FILM ENCORE AT THE STATION BRANCH The Thursday film at the Station Branch is an encore of the film shown on Wednesday at Main. The Station Branch, is located at 26 Great Neck Rd. (2nd level), Gardens at Great Neck Plaza. Refer to the Library Newsletter, film brochure or website for further information on the films scheduled. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. Arrive early as seating is limited. Priority seating is given to Great Neck School District residents. Please bring your Library card, driver’s license or other ID showing your Great Neck School District address. STICKS IN THE STACKS KNITTING AND CROCHET CLASS AT LAKEVILLE At the Lakeville Branch, 475 Great Neck Road. Registration is ongoing. Call 466-8055, ext. 231/232 for info.

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SCRABBLE NIGHTS AT PARKVILLE Wednesday, July 19, 6:30-8 p.m. at Parkville, 10 Campbell Street in New Hyde Park.

KNITTING AND CROCHETING AT PARKVILLE Every other Thursday night from 6:30-8:30 p.m. If you are just starting out and would like the help of others, or are advanced and like working with company, join the group. WEST EGG BOOK GROUP: “BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME” BY TA-NEHISI COATES Tuesday, July 11 at 7 p.m. at the Station Branch, 26 Great Neck Road (2nd level). CURRENT EVENTS WEEKLY DISCUSSION AT LAKEVILLE BRANCH Mondays at 11 a.m. at the Lakeville Branch, 475 Great Neck Road.

PROJECT INDEPENDENCE WEEKLY SOCIAL DISCUSSION AND MEN’S GROUP AT PARKVILLE Thursdays at 11:30 a.m. (social_ and Fridays at 10:30 a.m. (men’s group)at Parkville, 10 Campbell Street in New Hyde Park.

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 weather related changes in Library hours or programs.

Floral Park Library LEGO FUN Monday, July 17, 3-4 p.m. Children ages 4 through entering Grade 6 are welcome to come and build with the Library’s LEGOs. This is informal, you may build whatever you like, although there will be a weekly “theme.” You may not take your creations home with you and the library asks that you do not bring LEGOs from home with which to build; donations of LEGOs (not DUPLOS) that the library may keep will be gratefully accepted. NO REGISTRATION. MADE WITH LOVE Monday, July 17 at 7 p.m. and Wednesday, July 19 at 11 a.m. Whether you’re a beginner, an expert, or somewhere in between, Made with Love knitting and crocheting group welcomes all to their weekly evening group. SEMINAR FOR FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS Monday, July 17, 7 p.m. Purchasing a home can be exciting yet overwhelming, so Supervisor Anthony Santino and Receiver of Taxes Don Clavin will offer First Time Home Buyers seminars to provide information on mortgages, inspections, title insurance, contracts and closings, and details on tax exemptions, and tips on challenging your home’s assessment. KIN-DER KIDS Tuesday, July 18, 11 a.m.12 p.m. Children entering Pre-K and Kindergarten are invited to practice their pencil, scissor, pasting, coloring, and number and letter recognition skills before school begins. This is a 5 week program -- register once and you’re in for the five weeks. Registration begins June 27 and is limited to 15 families. SUMMER CONCERT ON THE LAWN WITH GET BACK NY Thursday, July 20, 7-8:30 p.m. All you need is love... and a lawn chair to enjoy The Beatles tribute band, back at the Library by request.

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Summer fun for Pol visits Stewart Manor fest Herricks kids The school year officially ended, but learning has continued into the summer in Herricks. During the week of June 24, students participated in opportunities to create, discover and expand their knowledge while building new friendships. The inaugural Herricks Summer Art Camp was held from June 26 to 30 at Herricks High School for students entering grades one to five. Each day, under the direction of art teacher Allyson Zebrowski, participants learned about various forms of art and techniques as they made their own masterpieces. They explored printmaking in the style of Andy Warhol, Scratch Art, book making, photography, sponge painting, watercolor painting and more. They also designed and constructed their own rain stick musical instruments. Another exciting new opportunity in Herricks was Camp Invention, which took place at Searingtown School from June 24 to 30 and was open to all students in the district entering grades three to five. During the course of the

Sen. Elaine Phillips (RManhasset) recently joined with the Village of Stewart Manor in celebrating Independence Day. Phillips took part in the Village’s annual Fourth of July paweek, students used recycled rade. materials to experience handsThe parade has been a comon learning in science, technolmunity tradition for the last 19 ogy, engineering, the arts and years and features patriotic floats, mathematics. bands and antique cars. Under the guidance of HerLocal first responders, veterricks teachers and Elementary ans organizations and community Math and Science Coordinator leaders all took part in the parade. Neepa Redito, students engaged in various challenges that involved problem solving, collaboration and critical thinking. They invented duct tape products, which they pitched to classmates in a “Duct Tape Billionaire” activity, made models of planets going into orbit and launched rockets in “Mission Space Makers” workshops, built alarm boxes using old machines in “Operation Keep Out” sessions and made innovative use of physics in “Have a Blast” programs. Pre-kindergartners through ninth-graders are currently involved in the YMCA Summer Recreation Program, which is being held at Denton Avenue School and Herricks Middle School until Aug. 11. PHOTOS BY STEPHEN TAKACS Activities include arts and crafts, computers, dramatics, The New Hyde Park Fire Department participated music, sports, swimming, field in the July 4 parade in Stewart Manor. trips and other special events.

Water volleys at July 4 parade

New Hyde Park Community Calendar LIKE TO SING? The New Hyde Park Senior Chorus welcomes new members. The chorus meets Mondays 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at The Clinton G. Martin Park, Marcus Avenue and New Hyde Park Road. To join, call 516-775-8118. COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS FOR EDUCATION We are currently looking for community volunteers/retirees for one or two hours a week in the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park School District. You will be assisting students under the supervision of a classroom teacher. There is no prior experience necessary to participate in the program. Volunteers do a variety of activities with children such as reading to students or helping with classroom projects. If you would like more information on this program, please call Eileen Bileski at 516-434-2306. FREE EXERCISE CLASSES Ongoing Program - FREE Silver Sneakers Exercise Classes For All Levels: Balance, agility, strengthening, endurance and osteoporosis for eligible seniors. Monday

through Saturday. Garden City, Roslyn and Great Neck. Call for more details, including seeing if you are eligible and class times, (516) 745-8050. AARP Floral Park Chapter 5224 TUESDAY NIGHT BINGO Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #5253 will host bingo on Tuesday nights from 7 to 11 p.m. The top prize is $1,500 with additional cash prizes totaling $1,700. Admission is $4 at the post, which is located at 155 Searingtown Road in Albertson.

ONGOING: Exercise Classes.

AMERICAN THEATER DANCE WORKSHOP Adult beginner ballet classes on Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Adult Ballet classes Monday through Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. are at the American Theater Dance Workshop, 999 Herricks Road, NHP. 516248-6420. ADVICE FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENTS “SATURDAYS with Sabaa”: Breast cancer and lymphedema education and tips from the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline

Ongoing: Community Volunteers with Music background needed.

& Support Program. Physical therapist Sabaa Mundia, a blogger for the Facebook site of the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program, is offering useful tips on the site every Saturday. To access the information, visit #saturdayswithsabaa and https://www.facebook.com/adelphibreastcancerhotline. To reach the hotline call 800-877-8077. AARP DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSES AT CLINTON G. MARTIN PARK FOR 2017 The classes, open to drivers age 50 and older, will be held on June 17, Sept. 9, Oct. 14, Nov. 11 and Dec. 9. To register for an AARP defensive driving class, please make your check payable to AARP. The cost is $20 for members and $25 for non-members. All participants must be 50 and older. Please be sure that your check contains your name, address, phone number and the date of the class you wish to attend. Seating for each class is limited. Please mail all checks to: Defensive Driving Coordinator, Department of Community Services, 1601 Marcus Ave., New Hyde Park. Once checks are received, a seat will be reserved in your name and a letter confirming your registration will be mailed to your address.

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FROM THE DESK OF ANTHONY D’URSO

Anti-Semitic acts Officer’s fatal shooting a personal to me time to reflect on the finest

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aving come from a different country myself, I know how hard it is to feel different, to feel the struggle of being ostracized. And I can only imagine that our Jewish community feels similarly when faced with the recent acts of anti-Semitism in Port Washington. I wholeheartedly condemn these terrible actions borne out of ignorance and hatred, and I would like to make it clear that any antiSemitic behavior is not to be tolerated in our communities. I lend my support to the schools making valiant efforts to educate these misguided individuals.

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ANTHONY D’URSO Assemblyman, 16th District It is my fervent hope that together as a community, Port Washington can work together to rise above such bigotry.

YPD Officer Miosotis Familia was murdered by Alexander Bonds in the Bronx in the line of duty — (Bonds) was killed himself. She was killed because she was a police officer. I find this most appalling crime that should not have happened. This demented individual forgot officer Familia was out there protecting all persons, including Bonds, who had a history of criminal activities. Here was a police officer who was dedicated to her three children and the community, which she served with pride and dedication.

Familia worked for the Red Cross and also as a nurse before starting her career with the NYPD. It is a sad state of affairs where those who protect us are losing their lives across the country at an alarming rate by those who have no regard for law and order. These police officers go out everyday trying to do what is right by protecting life and property and yet don’t know if they will return home or unharmed. Let me also point out in my opinion that the anti-cop rhetoric that spread vilification of cops as racist killers is just wrong. Like, for example, the Black Lives Movement that not only

jeopardizes police officers but all men, women and children who depend on their protection. In closing, let me offer my heartfelt prayers to the family of Officer Familia and all those fellow officers who will miss her as well. I also offer my prayers for the safety of all law enforcement officers nationwide at this most troubling of times. May God bless and protect all those who are dedicated to protecting us and all we hold most dear. Frederick R. Bedell, Jr. Mineola

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ast week our President went to Europe to attend the G20 meeting of the Western nations. Expectation was expressed on this side of the Atlantic that he would perform more impressively than he shows in his usual belligerent, confused, disorganized planning. Initially, surprisingly, Donald Trump delivered a statesman-like speech to the Polish nation which was well received. He stuck to the teleprompter to read a message which one can assume was carefully drafted by

the speech writers who can be credited for the content. Trump personally cannot be described as possessing what could be called any form of natural eloquence. He spoke of defending the values of the West, but it is obvious that he is not equipped to do so. His ignorance of history, and his uneasy awkwardness, were so evident in the sophisticated environment of the experienced, articulate world leaders at the G20. They obviously have decided to work around him to do their business, especially in the areas of

climate change and globalization. Very quickly he disappointed, or worse, betrayed those Americans who expected, or at least hoped, that he would meet with Putin to confront him about the Russian hacking of our election. Obviously, Putin denied that it had occurred and while Trump should have strongly insisted that there would be consequences, both the president and the Secretary of State afterwards claimed this had occurred. Without any recording of such an exchange, and a weak statement that they wanted to go for-

ward rather than dwelling on the past, Putin won that round. Trump, ever willing to yield to autocrats, declared it was an honor to meet with Putin, and capitulated to Putin’s objection to another announced aim of the meeting, that the parties agree on a statement condemning North Korea for its dangerous development of long range missiles. He did not press Putin on another desired issue, the invasion of Crimea, because Trump is reputed to be a beneficiary. They then ludicrously agreed to form a Cyber Security Unit with

Russia! And Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin touted this brilliant idea! Fortunately, that idea quickly died an ignominious death. Enough of this regrettable evidence of the descent of our reputation in the world. Much more is to be discovered. We owe it to ourselves to be informed, to fight for the truth and to vigorously and consistently oppose any opposition. There are more of us than them. Esther Confino New Hyde Park

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t will require more prudent use of existing dollars and a change in priorities for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to solve recent problems with both the New York City Transit subway system and Long Island Rail Road access to and from Penn Station. The appointment of past MTA Chairman Joe Lhota to assume his old position is a mixed blessing. The good news is no doubt that as MTA Chairman and CEO between November 2011

to December 2012, he did a great job bringing MTA transportation back from the damages brought by Super Storm Sandy. Lhota’s previous experiences at the MTA and at City Hall serving as New York City Finance Commissioner, Office of Management and budget director and deputy mayor for operations under former Mayor Rudy Giuliani position him to hit the ground running. The bad news is that it is disappointing to learn that he will retain his position as a

senior vice president of NYU Lagone Medical Center. Now, more than ever his MTA assignment is a full time job well beyond the standard 9 to 5 hours most New Yorkers work. Lhota can’t serve two employers at the same time. Transit riders, taxpayers, transit advocates and elected officials can accept no less. Lhota will first have to convince Gov. Andrew Cuomo to come up with the outstanding balance of $5.8 billion that he still owes toward the $8.3 billion shortfall to fully fund

the $32 billion 2015-2019 MTA Five Year Capital Plan. The MTA can’t afford to wait until 2018 or 2019 for both $5.8 billion and additional $1 billion recently pledged by Cuomo in response to the ongoing subway and LIRR Penn Station crises. Ditto for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to deliver the balance of $2.5 billion which he also pledged to finance the same plan. Next, have MTA reprogram $695 million Metro North East Bronx Penn Station Access,

$1.7 billion Second Avenue Subway Phase 2 & $1.95 billion LIRR Main Line Third Track to help fund upgrading NYCT Subway System and LIRR Penn Station Signals. This would provide over $3 billion as a down payment against $20 billion needed to bring NYCT Subway System Signals up to a state of good repair. All three cancelled projects can be funded out of the next MTA 2020-2024 Five Year Capital Plan. Continued on Page 54

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3rd track: more minuses than pluses

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s a lifelong resident of New Hyde Park Village, I remain opposed to the third track expansion project because I believe permanent and undesirable effects can and will be triggered by its proposals. According to the scoping documents, existing traffic routes will be modified which require the redirection of commuter and commercial traffic through our residential neighborhoods, cement retaining walls along roadways will change our suburban appearance and obstruct residents’ access to roadways, mandatory speed limits will be altered, another railroad line will be constructed closer to residential properties, and daily railway traffic will dramatically increase. These changes can cause significant noise pollution, air pollution and vibration, as well. As a result, the health and safety of those who live in our community will be seriously and permanently impacted. I have several concerns about the scope and severity of the construction process. 1. It is my understanding that chemicals will be used to kill vegetation and exterminate rodents, etc. along the LIRR’s right-of-way. Once absorbed into the ground, have studies been conducted to test how this may affect our ground water? Local wildlife? To what degree will particle pollution (a mixture of solids and liquid droplets floating in the air), whether released directly from a specific source or in the form of complicated chemical reactions in the atmosphere, affect the short and long term health and safety of New Hyde Park residents? Unless these concerns can be answered in their entirety, this project should not move forward. 2. It is likely that constant, relentless and disturbing noise (of unknown decibels) and intense vibrations will result from the use of heavy construction equipment and vehicles used by workers for the construction. The LIRR is not restricted from doing construction work 24/7 as long as their equipment and workers are within their right-of way. I am not convinced that the LIRR studied the effects of such loud, sustained noise and vibration on nearby residents who live in the immediate vicinity of the construction site. How will this level of noise pollution impact the health and safety of our neighborhoods? Unless these concerns are answered in their entirety, this project should not move forward. 3. All types of buildings — residential homes and commercial properties — along the Main Line are at risk of sustaining structural damage to foundations, walls, facades, windows and frames, sidings, staircases, chimney sleeves, heating and air conditioning systems, etc. Has the LIRR estimated the cost of po-

tential damage to area residents and business owners? Who is responsible for the repair of this damage? In the event of an accident during construction requiring the evacuation of residents in the immediate area, where do they go? Who pays for their temporary housing? Who are the responsible agents who will respond to these and other needs by those affected? Will utility delivery systems be altered in any way? How will this impact safety and security of our neighborhoods? Unless these concerns are answered in their entirety, this project should not move forward. 4. Parking in our community is presently restricted. Commuters, shoppers, apartment dwellers, merchants and their employees all must follow our village ordinances. Parking lots will be taken over for construction-related staging of equipment, supplies, trucks, etc. Where will these construction workers and the LIRR commuters park their cars so that New Hyde Park residents can maintain some semblance of safety and normalcy in the interim? Unless these concerns are answered in their entirety, this project should not move forward. 5. Construction trucks, equipment, deliveries of materials, men working and unanticipated conditions will slow and/or alter traffic and traffic patterns and pedestrian walkways to schools, public buildings, offices, restaurants, parks and shops will be disrupted. Has the LIRR studied the direct and indirect consequences of such challenges to our health, safety and property values? Has the LIRR studied how construction will impact critical services from first responders like the New Hyde Park Fire Department, Nassau Country Police, ambulances, etc. ? Unless these concerns are answered in their entirety, this project should not move forward. Additionally, while I favor the concept of at-grade crossing eliminations in New Hyde Park, I vehemently oppose the current proposals at Covert Ave., South 12th Street, and New Hyde Park Road as presented in the scoping document because I believe these plans jeopardize our economic stability, environment, and suburban quality of life – during the construction process and after its completion. 1. Regarding the proposed takings of business properties, the resulting loss of tax base will burden New Hyde Park taxpayers who reside in our community. While our school district could be compensated if it lost its own property to such projects, it cannot be compensated for the loss of tax base that result from the condemnation and elimination of businesses in the area. Thus, the remaining taxpayers, all the citizens who reside the “11040” area, will be forced to pick up the costs which result from these losses in the form of higher

school taxes and higher property taxes. That is unacceptable. 2. The scope and severity of LIRR Expansion Project — in its entirety — will negatively influence the daily operation of regular school business in New Hyde Park. Thus, one can reasonably expect that the quality of our children’s education will be compromised in the process. It is evident that the parents of the NHP-GCP School District value high educational standards and advocate for a myriad of educational opportunities and experiences for their children. Has the LIRR conducted studies that assess this “human cost” - namely, this anticipated negative impact to the educational process of our children? 3. The LIRR and the New York State Department of Transportation have made proposals that will cause permanent changes and challenges to our neighborhood and our suburban quality of life. The potential urbanization that may result from these proposals not only can threaten our quality of life but also our economic stability in terms of property values — both during and after construction. Thus, I will settle for nothing less than the best plan for my community. The MTA-LIRR and all state level agencies and elected representatives of the mainline communities must: explore all alternatives which promote safety, reduce roadway congestion, and preserve our suburban lifestyle; promote the absolute best plan that inflicts the least collateral damage to homes, business properties, and most importantly the health and safety of New Hyde Park residents at large — regardless of its cost; negotiate respectfully with all citizens who are directly and indirectly impacted so that they do not suffer unfair economic hardship due to declining property values. Furthermore, 10 years ago it was the “reverse commute,” and then it became “the multi-billion dollar passing lane.” And, the MTA-LIRR still proclaims

“the project is not about freight” despite the expressed demand for increased freight rail capacity by such business organizations as the Long Island Association, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council, and the Long Island Mid Suffolk Business Action which resulted in the establishment of a new mega-freight yard in Suffolk County known as the Long Island Truck Rail Intermodal Project. Based on this evidence, increased freight rail traffic will have a direct and negative impact on the quality of life of all residents who live along the Main Line — including my neighborhood in New Hyde Park. Increasing the capacity of freight rail traffic justifies our immediate concern about noise/vibration pollution, air pollution, and most importantly, the potential for freight derailments and other accidents. Daytime off-peak freight trains already traverse Main Line communities, many with uncovered container cars hauling debris and garbage, which is against regulations and litters the communities and potentially causes harm to health of residents living in the area. Do the LIRR, village, town and county government agencies have the necessary resources and funds to monitor these issues as well as address the immediate consequences of a catastrophic accident that may involve potentially hazardous kinds of cargo passing through our neighborhoods? Unless these concerns are answered in their entirety, this project should not move forward. In conclusion, as a result of the aforementioned concerns, I remain vehemently opposed to the LIRR Expansion Project. As a New York State taxpayer, I do not want my tax dollars supporting a project that clearly creates many more challenges than solutions. Diane Bentivegna New Hyde Park

Support needed for veteran funerals

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any years ago when a cousin of mine died, he was buried on Long Island. He had a military burial as he was an army veteran. Taps were played. But, not by a bugler playing those 24 notes. Taps were played by a boom box. Enter Tom Day who started bugles across America in 2000. He has assembled 6,270 buglers throughout the U.S. who are available to play taps at veteran burials.

In 10 years, they have played taps at 200,000 burials as 2,200 vets are buried each month. Tom is using about $10,000 of his own money to keep the program going. Why not go to his web site and consider giving a donation as the program runs a deficit that Mr. Day picks up from his own funds? John Messina East Williston

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MTA needs to change focus, use money better Continued from Page 52 This still provides ample time for both Metro North East Bronx Penn Station Access and LIRR Main Line Third Track project completions to coincide with LIRR East Side Access to Grand Central Terminal by December 2023 or 2024. Perhaps it is time for the MTA and New York City DOT to stop wasting millions of dollars on transportation feasibility studies for future system expansion projects costing billions that will never happen on our life time. Do not initiate any new system expansion projects until the MTA and each operating agency, including New York City Transit bus and subway, MTA bus, Long Island Rail Road and Metro North Rail Road have reached a state of good repair for existing fleet, stations, signals, interlockings, track, power, yards and shops.

Ensure that maintenance programs for all MTA operating agencies assets are fully funded and completed on time to ensure riders reliable service. Starting in 1981, under past MTA Five Year Capital Plans, both the city and state collectively cut billions of their own respective financial contributions. They repeatedly had the MTA refinance or borrow funds to acquire scarce capital funding formerly made up by hard cash from both City Hall and Albany. On a bipartisan basis, this included past governors Mario Cuomo (Dem.), George Pataki (GOP), Elliot Spitzer (Dem.) and David Patterson (Dem.). Cuomo continues to honor this practice. His amendment to increase the MTA $29 billion MTA Five Year 2015-2019 Capital Program Plan by $3

billion to $32 billion is financed by increasing long term MTA debt $1.6 billion. This was appproved by the MTA Board but still requires approval by the Albany MTA Capital Program Review Board. That body is made up of one representative each from the governor, mayor, state Assembly speaker and state Senate Majority Leader. The mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s representative can only vote on NYC projects. All Cuomo has done is restore $3 billion cut from the original proposed $32 billion MTA Five Year Capital Plan (which he previously referred to as bloated and unnecessary) from 2015. Most dollars including $1.95 billion for LIRR Main Line Third Track and $700 million for Second Avenue Subway Phase Two are going toward system expansion projects versus solving more critical state of good repair

projects and programs today. Too many career politicians for over 36 years have insisted that the MTA continue financing more and more of the Capital Program by borrowing. This is no different today. As a result, 17 percent of the annual MTA budget goes for covering the costs of debt service payments. By the next MTA Five Year 2020-2024 Capital Program Plan, it will grow closer to 20 percent. This means less money is available for operations to provide more frequent and safe service to riders. It also means there is less money just to maintain the state of good repair, safety and basic day to day service that riders desire. There is $432 million available under a U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Super Storm Sandy grant approved in 2016 for repairs

to Penn Station East River Tunnels including signal upgrades. Amtrak has said they will not be able to begin this work until 2020! MTA, on behalf of the LIRR which was awarded the federal grant funding, has not committed to spending these dollars on this critical tunnel work. How can elected officials and transit advocates have any credibility in claiming Washington is shortchanging us when these dollars may not be used for four years? Larry Penner Great Neck (Larry Penner is a transportation historian and advocate who previously worked 31 for U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY OďŹ&#x192;ce.)

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Local students at national colleges The University at Albany-SUNY has announced the following spring 2017 graduates: Liel Klein of Great Neck graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Rhetoric and Communication Jacob Sachmechi of Great Neck graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics Justin Rastegar of Great Neck graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology Benjamin Rismany of Great Neck graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Biology Brian Ethier of Great Neck graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science-Combined Alexander Abella of New Hyde Park graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology Austin Stoner of New Hyde Park graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology Allen Kwan of New Hyde Park graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting Richard Schlueck of New Hyde Park graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Winston Lee of New Hyde Park graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Human Biology Jaice Varghese of New Hyde Park graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Human Biology Jill Zembera of New Hyde Park graduated with a Master of Public Health in Public Health Nicholas Arcieri of East Williston graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Rhetoric and Communication Andrew Amarain of Albertson graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics Dominick Derosa of Mineola graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics Andrew Ferolie of Carle Place graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics Jonathan Miller of Carle Place graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English Sarah Dobies of Carle Place graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics Michael Reiersen of Carle Place graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting Kevin Magno of Albertson graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering Robert Vella of East Williston graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Eco-

nomics Ryan Keenan of Mineola graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Informatics Reed Hiller of Roslyn Heights graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology Conor Devine of Roslyn Harbor graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Winna Gao of Roslyn graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Jacob Wasserman of Roslyn graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Grant Seltzer Richman of Roslyn graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Comp Science and Applied Math Joseph Demestrio of Roslyn Heights graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Digital Forensics Sharon Choi of Roslyn Heights graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Human Biology Benjamin Cradin of New Hyde Park was among 1,409 SUNY Oneonta students who earned Dean’s List honors for the spring 2017 semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must earn a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher while carrying a course load of 12 hours or more. Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ announced that the following students who qualified for spring 2017 Dean’s list. Qualifications for Dean’s list include enrolling as a full-time matriculated student with a minimum of 12 undergraduate credits, completing all courses with a GPA of 3.4 or above, and with no grades lower than “C”. Kevin Johnson of Albertson Sarah Rudolph of Mineola Aneri Patel of New Hyde Park Wichita State University in Wichitak, KS announced that Connor P. Egan from Mineola was one of the more than 2,700 students who were on the WSU Dean’s Honor Roll for spring 2017. To be included on the Dean’s Honor Roll, a student must be enrolled full time (at least 12 credit hours) and earn at least a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Emily Chumas of Manhasset received a Juris Doctor degree from Quinnipiac University School of Law in Hamden, CT. Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI announced that Margaret Pegno of Manhasset graduated with a B.A. in Global Communication in May as part of

the Class of 2017. Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY announced that the following students were named to the Marist College Dean’s List for the spring 2017 semester: Jessica Commisso of Port Washington is a member of the Class of 2018 and is majoring in Psychology/Special Education. Caitlin Whittaker of Port Washington is a member of the Class of 2017 and is majoring in Psychology/Special Education. Gabriella Schonhaut of Great Neck is a member of the Class of 2017 and is majoring in Fashion Merchandising. Nicole Bateman of New Hyde Park is a member of the Class of 2017 and is majoring in Accounting. Michael DeMaria of New Hyde Park is a member of the Class of 2018 and is majoring in Accounting. Lauren Kurre of New Hyde Park is a member of the Class of 2018 and is majoring in Fashion Merchandising. Joseph Weiner of New Hyde Park is a member of the Class of 2020 and is majoring in Computer Science. Kelsey Beresheim of Williston Park is a member of the Class of 2020 and is majoring in Political Science. Stephanie Carvalho of Carle Place is a member of the Class of 2017 and is majoring in Business Administration. Samantha Cumming of Williston Park is a member of the Class of 2020 and is majoring in Liberal Arts. Colleen Gaughran of Mineola is a member of the Class of 2017 and is majoring in Business Administration. Eric McCloskey of Carle Place is a member of the Class of 2019 and is majoring in Business Administration. Katarina Mueller of Williston Park is a member of the Class of 2020 and is majoring in Digital Media. Michael Philbin of Mineola is a member of the Class of 2020 and is majoring in Biology. Thomas Vestuto of Carle Place is a member of the Class of 2020 and is majoring in Business Administration. Crystal Barroca of Roslyn Heights is a member of the Class of 2020 and is majoring in Biomedical Sciences. James D’Arpino of Roslyn is a member of the Class of 2020 and is majoring in Computer Science. Amanda Liparoto of Old Westbury is a member of the Class of 2019 and is majoring in Business Administration. Dietrich Mosel of Manhasset is a

member of the Class of 2018 and is majoring in Business Administration. Biagio Raimondi of Manhasset is a member of the Class of 2020 and is majoring in Business Administration. Anthony Raimondi of Manhasset is a member of the Class of 2020 and is majoring in Communication. Clemson University in Clemson, SC announced that the following students were named to the Spring 2017 Dean’s List To be named to the Dean’s List, a student achieved a grade-point average between 3.50 and 3.99 on a 4.0 scale. Matthew Eric Ambrosio of New Hyde Park Ambrosio is majoring in Pre-Business. David Leibell of Great Neck. Leibell is majoring in Political Science. Eric Joseph Schissel of Port Washington. Schissel is majoring in Marketing. Emily L. Albrechtsen of Manhasset. Albrechtsen is majoring in Special Education. The University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH announced that Christine Bunyon of New Hyde Park was named to the Dean’s List for earning Highest Honors for the spring 2017 semester. Students named to the Dean’s List have earned recognition through their superior scholastic performance during a semester enrolled in a full-time course load (12 or more graded credits). Highest honors are awarded to students who earn a semester grade point average of 3.85 or better out of a possible 4.0. Bunyon is majoring in Environmental Conservation & Sustainability. The University of the Sciences in Philadelphia announced that the following students were named to the spring 2017 Dean’s List. Selection for this award is based on completing and passing all assigned courses with no grade below a “C” and attaining an academic average of at least 3.4 for courses taken in the spring of 2017. Deval Tolia of Albertson, a biology student. Saumya Valasareddi of Albertson, a biomedical science student. Riya Varma of New Hyde Park, a doctor of pharmacy student. Seema Sakaria of New Hyde Park, a biology student.

Adelphi seeks aid of cancer survivors The Adelphi N.Y. Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program seeks breast cancer survivors of all ages, race and ethnicity — men as well as women — to become volunteers. The program seeks a diverse group of volunteers to reflect the diversity of the

people who are calling the hotline. The three-day training program will take place on consecutive Tuesdays — Sept. 12, 19 and 26, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Adelphi University in Garden City. This in-depth training includes presentations by nurse navigators and social

workers on basic breast cancer education, active listening skills, and tips on engaging the community. “It is so important for people who call our hotline to speak with someone who has been there,’” social worker Alida Rubenstein, a volunteer and hotline coordi-

nator, said. To arrange an interview, contact Rubenstein at 516-877-4315 or by emailing arubenstein@adelphi.edu. To reach the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline, call 800-8778077.

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Business&RealEstate Buying beats renting every time You have decided to move out of your parent’s home or leave your roommate to have more privacy with your girlfriend or fiancé. The question arises whether you should continue to rent or consider the idea of purchasing? You have to create a checklist and on the left side place “Buying Benefits” and to the right, “Renting Benefits.” Now you have to list the reasons for buying: 1. Ownership and building one’s wealth over the long run 2. Tax deductions for the interest on your mortgage and real estate taxes 3. If running a business out of your home, the available deductions for a percentage of the space you are using exclusively for your home based business (ask your accountant for further guidance) 4. Having a mortgage (I call it a “fixed lease for 30 years”) as opposed to a lease which

never stays the same and increases over the years as it reduces your wealth. 5. Being your own Landlord and having the security of never having your Landlord telling you that he or she is having their children, relative or friend move in and your lease will not be renewed and you have 30 days to move! Your Reasons for Renting: 1. No down payment to purchase 2. Poor credit and/or insufficient to qualify for a mortgage 3. No major obligation, just 1-2 year lease as opposed to committing to a 15-30 year mortgage. 4. No responsibility on major repairs (Sometimes there are exceptions to this fact) 5. Heat and Hot water included (most co-ops and some Condos, but generally not houses). 6. Short-term stays due to Job relocation 7. Divorce forcing each

PHILIP A. RAICES Real Estate Watch spouse to not be able to own, until the settlement is complete. 8. Potential of losing your job, due to industry exporting your job or technology eliminating your position. Currently renting is more expensive in 48 out of 50 states, except Alabama and Mississippi (National Association of Realtors study 2017). As noted, I would tell all my

customers or current tenants, to beg, borrow and steal (only kidding, ask for a gift from your parents, relatives or friends. Each spouse can give $14,000 per child per year) to be able to purchase some type of primary residence; because it is the best of times for buyers, as well as sellers. The lowest interest rates in 60 years, highest demand in 35 years, creating the lowest inventory in 18 years; which I call our perfect storm for all. Even if you plan to stay even two to three years, based on current appreciation, selling could be more to your advantage than renting, because of the tax deductions and above average appreciation. You must work the numbers (which I can help you do) to see if it makes sense for you to purchase or go in the direction of temporarily renting and biting your tongue, when you are providing all those benefits to your landlord.

The power of compounding, as you live in your own place and pay your mortgage down, will build equity, slowly but surely, thereby “increasing your wealth, which will occur over time; because inflation and the cost of replacement for similar properties always increases over time, thereby creating greater value in your home. Bottom line, give this concept some very serious thought and plan it out; and as I always say, “If you Fail to Plan, you may just Plan to Fail.” Phil Raices is the owner/ Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 7 Bond St. in Great Neck. He has earned designations as a Graduate Realtor Institute and Certified International Property Specialist. He can be reached by email: Phil@TurnkeyRealEstate.Com or by cell (516) 647-4289 to answer any of your questions or article suggestions.

The quirks of month of eligibility BY D I A N E BRANGMAN Social Security District Manager in Mineola, New York Social Security is with you through life’s journey, securing today and tomorrow for millions of people. We know that reliability and dependability is an important part of your financial security. We use the same throughout the month eligibility rules for the first month’s Social Security check through the last month’s check, so it’s easy to know when checks are payable. If you meet all the requirements to receive benefits, Social Security pays your benefit after you have lived throughout the month. At 62, the first month many people are eligible for benefits may be in the month after their birthday. Social Security follows an English law that says you actually reach your age the day before your birthday. So, if you were born on the first or second day of the month, your first month of eligibility will be your birthday month. If you were born on any other

day in the month, the first month you could receive benefits will be the month after your birthday month. When starting benefits after age 62, people are eligible to be paid for the month they file, since they were previously age 62 throughout the month. An example of this would be: if Michael is born on June 1 or 2 and

is age 62, the first month he will receive his benefit payment is July. If Michael’s birthday is any other day in June, the first month he will be eligible for benefits is July and his first benefit will be paid in August. If Michael starts benefits at age 63 and files in June, he can be paid for June in July. Benefits are always paid the fol-

lowing month for all types of Social Security benefits including retirement, disability and survivors. This does not apply to Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Being eligible throughout the month also applies to the month of death of a Social Security beneficiary. To be eligible for the payment, the person must have lived all month long to receive the payment that comes the following month. That includes throughout the entire last day of the month. Your survivor may be eligible for a payment for the last month and should contact us at 1-800-772-1213. For information about applying for survivors benefits, visit our website at www.socialsecurity.gov/planners/ survivors/howtoapply.html. Understanding how the benefits are paid gives you a sense of certainty about your payments. You’ll know how to plan when starting benefits and what happens to the last check. We continue to secure your today and tomorrow by providing the Social Security information you need.

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Recent Real Estate Sales in New Hyde Park New Hyde Park Real Estate Market Conditions MEDIAN SALES PRICE $620,000 Demographics near New Hyde Park, NY Population Population Density Median Age People per Household Median Household Income Average Income per Capita

City 9,811 11,367 41.2 3.2 99,469 35,118

County 1,361,350 4,744 41.3 3 98,401 42,949

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39 Corwin Avenue, New Hyde Park Sold Price: $700,000 Date: 06/07/2017 3 beds, 2 Full baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 52x100 Schools: New Hyde ParkGarden City Park Total Taxes: $11,593 MLS# 2905403

1701 New Hyde Park Road, New Hyde Park Sold Price: $509,500 Date: 06/05/2017 3 beds, 1 Full baths Style: Cape # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 44x100 Schools: New Hyde ParkGarden City Park Total Taxes: $8,820 MLS# 2914434

27 James Street, New Hyde Park

43 Farrel Street, New Hyde Park

Sold Price: $702,000 Date: 06/15/2017 4 beds, 2 Full baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 45x100 Schools: Herricks Total Taxes: $15,177 MLS# 2925964

Sold Price: $605,000 Date:06/01/2017 5 beds, 2 Full baths Style: Exp Cape # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 45x100 Schools: Herricks Total Taxes: $12,701 MLS# 2913212

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

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LIRR ‘summer of hell’ not so hellish

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The Long Island Rail Road has several branches in addition to its main line, as pictured above. The Port Washington, Oyster Bay, Hempstead and Port Jefferson lines, utilized by many commuters in Blank Slate Media’s coverage area, were each affected to different degrees. Continued from Page 2 Tthe MTA, however, said it will no longer have temporary bus service as of Thursday from North Hempstead Beach Park, Roosevelt Field Mall or Bethpage State Park because “to date most commuters have elected to continue to travel by train on altered routes with expanded capacity.” The MTA also cut fares for LIRR riders affected by the Penn Station construction. The LIRR offered a 25 percent fare reduction for passengers traveling to Hunterspoint Avenue and Atlantic Terminal. This also includes trains diverted to these stations from Penn, as well as customers traveling to Long Island City, Nostrand Avenue and East New York. The reductions, based on how far passengers travel, will last for the duration of Amtrak repair work. LIRR riders will also get free transfers to the subways at Atlantic Terminal and Hunterspoint Avenue. Alison Kohler, a commuter who previously said the subways might be more difficult, got to work at around her usual time on Monday. Overall, she said navigating Atlantic proved to be a “nonissue.” “Got a free transfer to subway, and people were chatty with one another to commiserate and help out,” Kohler said over email. “One woman saw the metro card on the back of my ticket and reminded me we don’t have to pay for the transfer (even though I had it out to show my LIRR ticket).” Additionally, the MTA offered ferries at Glen Cove to take commuters to the 34th Street Pier and Wall Street. The morning ferries departed at 6:10 a.m. and 6:35 a.m. Later the ferries going back to Glen Cove from Wall Street and 34th Street would leave at 4:30 p.m. and

6:20 p.m., respectively. But not many people may have taken them. Cynthia Kouril, who went down to the terminal to get information about taking a ferry to a meeting in the city, said that there was an abundance of staff but a shortage of passengers. “The place was packed with MTA, cops, harbor patrol and other workers there to answer questions, direct traffic, etc. This level of staffing is not sustainable, and I assume it will peter out in a few days,” Kouril said over Facebook. “The press and politicians may have outnumbered the passengers,” she added. Residents of the North Shore were also greeted by many changes to schedules and the trains themselves. The Port Washington line, which includes stops in Port Washington, Plandome, Manhasset and Great Neck, saw an addition of a 5:22 a.m. train that reaches Penn at 6:30 a.m. However, the 8:08

a.m. express train from Great Neck will not operate. An alternative is the 8:24 a.m. Great Neck train, with stops in Little Neck, Douglaston and Woodside, before arriving at Penn at 8:59 a.m. For the evening, Port Washington added an off-peak train that departs at 3:40 p.m. and arrives at Great Neck at 4:15. The 4:46 p.m. train originating in Penn Station and due at Penn at 5:23 p.m. will now originate at Hunterspoint Avenue. The 5:26 p.m. train from Penn, normally due at Port Washington at 6:04 p.m., was canceled. Commuters instead are encouraged to take a 5:29 train that stops at Manhasset, Plandome, Great Neck and Port Washington. The 4:22 and 4:58 p.m. trains from Penn to Port Washington added two extra train cars. The 4:25, 5:29, and 5:56 p.m. trains due at Great Neck also have two more cars.

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A map of the subway system.

Meanwhile, along the Port Jefferson branch, the 6:25 a.m. train from Hicksville will be rerouted to Atlantic Terminal. The later 5:06 p.m. train from Penn, stopping at Syosset and terminating at Huntington at 6:07 p.m., will not run. Customers could still take the 5:17 train from Penn, which made all the stops of the canceled train. The 3:24 p.m. train from Penn due at Huntington at 4:33 p.m., meanwhile, will have two extra cars. With the Hempstead branch, which begins at Hempstead and meets with the Port Jefferson line at Floral Park near New Hyde Park, commuters can expect an extra train at 5:33 a.m. that will arrive at Atlantic Terminal around 6:23 a.m. Four trains for the evening rush hour are also being rerouted. Two will originate at Jamaica and Atlantic Terminal, respectively. The Oyster Bay branch, which includes stops in Roslyn, Albertson and Mineola, did not experience any major scheduling changes. Ronkonkoma’s branch, which runs into the Port Jefferson line at Hicksville, will have an extra early morning train in Farmingdale at 4:53 a.m. that will arrive at Penn Station at 6 a.m. The 6:54 a.m. train from Central Islip, normally due at Penn around 8:06 a.m., will end its run at Jamaica at 7:44 a.m. Customers there can catch Penn-bound trains at 7:53 a.m. and 8:01 a.m. The 6 a.m. train from Farmingdale due at Penn at 6:50 a.m. and the 4:54 p.m. train from Penn to Farmingdale, which goes through Floral Park, Mineola and New Hyde Park, will have two extra cars. For more information on how your commute can be affected, go to lirrsummerschedule.com.

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3rd track gets GOP Senate leader’s OK Continued from Page 1 long-term transit fixes they need and deserve, and it is my hope that Senate Republicans can be part of the solution.” Flanagan’s approval means Sen. Martin Golden (R-Brooklyn) will not use his vote on the four-member Capital Program Review Board to veto the funding. The state Assembly, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio also have representatives on the board. Flanagan threatened to order a veto on the same day that the mayors of New Hyde Park and Floral Park, two of the projects most outspoken critics, said they reached agreements with the MTA that would protect their communities during construction. The mayors, Lawrence Montreuil of New Hyde Park and Dominick Longobardi of Floral Park, did not immediately return phone calls seeking comment on Wednesday. In addition to building a third track on the LIRR’s Main Line from Floral Park to Hicksville, the project will add commuter parking garages, eliminate seven street-level railroad crossings and build noise-reduction walls.

The plans also include upgrades to the LIRR’s signal system and other infrastructure improvements. Flanagan’s announcement followed criticism last week from Nassau County Democrats, who panned Flanagan for holding up a project they called crucial to the LIRR’s future. In doing so they sided with Cuomo, who unveiled the project in January 2016. It also comes as Amtrak begins repairs this week on its tracks at Penn Station, causing major LIRR schedule changes and disruptions for commuters. Veronique Hakim, the MTA’s new executive director, called Flanagan’s approval a “positive outcome” in the midst of those repairs. “[T]he lesson is an important one: we must modernize the Long Island Rail Road now before service deteriorates,” Hakim said in a statement. State Sen. Elaine Phillips (R-Flower Hill), who had praised the moves to delay a decision on the third track’s funding, said she still has “serious concerns” about the project’s impact on local residents. The MTA should instead prioritize fixes that return the railroad system to a “state of good repair,” she said.

PHOTO BY NOAH MANSKAR

A Long Island Rail Road train pulls into the East Williston station on the Oyster Bay branch. “I strongly believe the MTA must strike an appropriate balance between fixing the problems responsible for the derailments, disruptions and delays that LIRR commuters have experienced and making the strategic investments necessary to facilitate the region’s continued growth,” Phillips said in a statement. Many residents of Floral Park and New Hyde Park remain critical of the

project. Some have criticized the MTA’s agreements with the mayors as attempts to buy them off to earn their support. Nadia Holubnyczyj-Ortiz, a Floral Park civic activist, said officials of her village should have more aggressively threatened a lawsuit to halt the project and negotiated with the MTA as a backup plan. “They didn’t even fight,” Holubnyczyj-Ortiz said. Flanagan’s approval drew praise, though, from the Right Track for Long Island Coalition, a collection of labor unions, business groups, nonprofits and other institutions and people that have pushed for the third track, often alongside Cuomo. Kevin Law, the coalition’s co-chairman and the president of the Long Island Association business group, said the project “will help catalyze a new level of prosperity for Long Islanders.” “Today’s victory was a long time coming, but we are grateful to every local leader and elected official that came to the table and ultimately did the right thing for their constituents, our neighbors and the entire region,” Law said in a statement Tuesday.

Sassouni, Shi take seats after hot election Continued from Page 2 with a reporter after the meeting. Barbara Berkowitz, the school board president, said she is excited to bring Shi and Sassouni on board. In their new roles, Shi and Sassouni will also serve on the district’s three advisory committees, the Building Advisory Committee, the Financial Advisory Committee and the Citizens Advisory Committee, Berkowitz said. “We’re looking forward to partnering with them and we know them because they’re both parents in the district,” she said. The school board also elected Berkowitz again as president and Trustee Don Ashkenase as the new vice president. Gross was the vice president before his depar-

ture. Gross expressed confidence in Sassouni and Shi in a phone interview, noting that Sassouni and Shi reached out to him to better prepare for their positions and that they have a strong foundation to work from. “They’re both very enthusiastic and ready to go and that’s important,” Gross said. “I feel good about it.” Also on Wednesday, board Trustee Donna Peirez said the district has a new policy to contact students’ parents after they have charged $75 or more to pay for school lunches. When children go to school, they can buy a yearly lunch card or pay for lunch individually, Peirez said. If the child goes to school and doesn’t have money, the school allows them to charge for lunch.

Peirez said that in buildings throughout the district, some students have run up hundreds of dollars in charging for lunch. The cafeteria fund, she said, cannot carry a balance of money owed, so the general fund must then pay into the cafeteria fund. This policy arrives after an incident at a school in Killeen, Texas, as reported by Newsday on July 4, where a woman at the cash register took away a 4-year-old girl’s milk carton and threw away her lunch along with it as a result of not having money to pay. Because of this incident, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has asked school districts across the country to come up with policies that address this issue. “We’re thinking ahead,” Peirez said. “We would never allow any student to go without eating lunch.”

Herricks ed board picks new leadership Continued from Page 1 mastery significantly increased, including performance on the state Regents exams. Celano also announced that Christine Finn, the assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, is leaving Herricks to take a job as the superintendent of the Shelter Island school district. A search is underway to fill the position and a committee of parents, teachers and administrators will interview prospective candidates, Celano said. He hopes that Finn’s replacement could be named by mid-August. “We appreciate her positive outlook and she contributed a lot for our tradition of academic excellence,” Celano said

of Finn. Finn’s departure is the latest among several recent changes within the district’s administration. Celano replaced longtime Superintendent John Bierwirth in 2015. Lisa Rutkoske, the assistant superintendent for business, was hired in 2016 to replace Helen Costigan, who retired last June. Also on Thursday, the board adopted a policy allowing students who forget their meal money to defer payment. Rutkoske said that this had already been the practice, but the board formally aligned it with state guidelines. The move also follows a directive from the U.S. Agriculture Department that school districts address the problem

of students who do not have money to pay for their meals. That followed recent, well publicized incidents around the country where children who did not have money were humiliated on the check-out lines in school cafeterias. Herricks students will be permitted five outstanding charges, but no one will go hungry; when a student exceeds the limit, a basic breakfast or sandwich for lunch will be available, the policy says. Parents will be notified of outstanding charges and students who abuse the policy can lose their charging privilege. The policy also says families may apply for free or reduced-price meals at any time during the year.

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Herricks school board Trustees Jim Gounaris and Henry Zanetti are sworn in last Thursday by a district lawyer, Mary Anne Sadowski.

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Mayors back Jack Martins for county exec BY ST E P H E N ROMANO Mayors for Martins, a group of mayors from villages in Nassau County, endorsed Jack Martins, a Republican, for county executive on Wednesday. Thirty of the 64 mayors from the towns of North Hempstead, Hempstead and Oyster Bay threw their support behind Martins, citing his experience working in a bipartisan way as a state

senator and mayor. Westbury Mayor Peter Cavallaro, standing with a handful of mayors at a news conference in Mineola, said, “This election is about competence, not politics.” “At this critical time in Nassau County’s history, we need competence, experience, integrity and leadership,” he said. “Jack Martins represents all of those things.” Martins, a former four-term mayor of Mineola, said he was

happy to have the support of the mayors, because “they know what it’s like to run a day-to-day government.” “I am humbled to be here to accept the support of the local mayors,” Martins said. Cavallaro said Martins has demonstrated a “history of being able to solve problems and move government forward.” “As mayor of Mineola and when he was in the Senate, Jack got things done,” he said.

Flower Hill Mayor Bob McNamara, who is a registered Independent, said in a statement, “As a state Senator, [Jack] has been a good friend to his constituents in the Village of Flower Hill and all of our neighbors.” “Jack Martins’ bipartisan approach to government appeals to me as a registered Independent,” McNamara said. Barbara Donno, the mayor of Plandome Manor, cited Martins’ “track record of reaching

across the aisle” and finding a common ground to get things done. U.S. Rep. Peter King (RSeaford) endorsed Martins last week. Nassau County Legislator Laura Curran and county Comptroller George Maragos, both Democrats, are running for county executive. County Executive Edward Mangano has not announced if he will run.

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A VET’S VIEW

Port parade felt like a first time welcome home

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n a recent Holland America cruise that my wife and I took to Scotland and Norway, I met an Army veteran who heard me being interviewed about my memoir “Heroes to the End” by radio personality Garrison Keillor. I am seeking a screenplay writer to help me translate the book into a 6-10-part Netflix TV series. This veteran said he knows “Titanic” producer Marty Katz and gave me his email address. He said Katz is working on a film about his experience as an Army photographer in Vietnam. I emailed Katz. He sent me a copy of his script and gave me names and addresses for five literary agencies. He suggested I send them a proposal. So I did. I mailed a book and a proposal to: William Morris Endeavor and the Gersh Agency in Beverly Hills, Calif.; and Creative Artists Agency, United Talent Agency and International Creative Management Partners in Manhattan. On my book tour, I sold 429 books and will have donated $11,857 to United Veterans Beacon House by the time my last check from a library arrives. It has been rewarding but frustrating 20 months. Rewarding, in that I was able to spread my message about the tail end of the war at almost 100 stops: that U.S. troops were doing heroic things right to the end. I told audiences at 34 libraries, 12 American Legion posts and 10 VFW posts that I and others were deluded into thinking we had won the war as I flew home in August 1972. By the poor attendance I received at libraries, I came to feel that the war is irrelevant to most Long Islanders. I made calls to more than 50

JIM SMITH A Vet’s View VFWs and 50 Legion posts and generated 22 invitations. People said they’d get back to me and didn’t. Post commanders said they’d talk it over and never called back. Even when I was invited, I sometimes had five or 10 minutes to make my pitch and then sold only three or four books. I got the impression most posts could care less about the homeless that Beacon House take in. The Mineola American Legion post commander never responded to several phone messages. I was filmed three times, interviewed on Hofstra and LIU Post radio stations, spoke at four senior centers, a conference at Adelphi, two bookstores, the Whitestone Masonic Lodge, the Battleship New Jersey in Camden, two Beacon House fundraisers, two North Hempstead town veterans breakfasts, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock in Manhasset and at meetings of the Mineola Chamber of Commerce, County Seat Kiwanis Club, Syosset Rotary Club, two Molloy College adult education classes and the North

Hempstead Veterans Advisory Committee. I got what amounted to the bum’s rush from the same Albertson VFW that had not welcomed me in 1973 when I left the Army. I did join the Port Washington VFW near my apartment, and marched in the Memorial Day parade. I have a great sense of pride that I finished my bucket list project. Thanks to everyone who bought a book or donated. I can be reached at smithjimvet@gmail.com. Order my book through www.heroestotheend.com. I enjoyed every part of Memorial Day: lowering of the flag with five-rifle salutes at the post at 8 and at Manorhaven Village Hall at 9, the parade from Campus Drive at the high school to Main Street and down the hill to more ceremonies at the bandshell. It was spritzing rain. I wore my baggy olive drab fatigues, boots and boonie hat from my days as a Stars and Stripes reporter. I stuck a replica Vietnam service medal on the hat. I had a female Marine veteran on my left and an Iraq War vet on my right. Despite the weather, there were hundreds of men, women and children, some waving flags, some dressed in patriotic regalia, lining Main Street. I had tears in my eyes as people clapped and said “Thank you, thank you, thank you,” and “Thank you for your service” to us as we marched by in threes behind flag bearers and riflemen in camouflaged fatigues. For me, it felt like the welcome home party I never had 44 years ago.

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HOME HEALTH AIDE. Seeking FT position Monday through Friday live in. Experience in Dementia, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. References available upon request. Please call Diane 973-800-8156

TUTOR WANTED: Garden City mom seeking tutor for daughter entering Catholic High School at our home. Must be versatile in all subjects, especially math and science. Looking for 2x/week to start in September. Will pay $65/session. Please text 516-526-8353 or send email to hot37ny@yahoo.com

SITUATION WANTED BABYSITTING: COLLEGE STUDENT. Experienced summer babysitter available full or part time. Extensive experience in the Garden City area. Solid references. Licensed driver with car. Call 516-404-1045 CARE GIVER/ ELDER CARE: Seeking live in or live out position. Full or Part Time. Housekeeping as well. Flexible hours. Excellent references. 10 yrs experience. Call Colleen 516-732-2189 CARE GIVER: NEED A COMPANION or nursing assistant for your loved ones at home or in a health care facility? Call 516-410-9943 for a NY State certified nursing assistant with excellent references ! CAREGIVER AVAILABLE. Very charming, hardworking and caring 45y.o. Filipino woman with driving experience seeking caregiver job. Passion is taking care of the elderly. Please call Angie 646-726-6528 CAREGIVER AVAILABLE. Experienced woman seeks full time position to care for your sick or elderly loved one. Live in. Very reliable, non driver, references available. Call May 516-292-2662 CERTIFIED HHA, PCA seeks weekday position Monday through Friday, live in or live out. 17 years experience with Parkinsons, Alzheimers, dementia, cancer patients. References available upon request. Call Doreen 516-302-7564

CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH AIDE. Seeking job taking care of elderly loved one. Efficient, reliable, trust worthy, dedicated. Experience with elderly. Excellent references with local families. Own car. Please contact Caroline 516-468-5513 CERTIFIED NURSES AIDE experienced 20 years. Honest and reliable seeking home care position. Available part-time nights and weekends. Licensed driver w/car. Please contact Barbara 516-734-1165 CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT: Certified CNA. Loving, caring, honest, seeking position to care for your elderly loved ones at home, hospital or nursing home. Excellent references. Call 516-808-4956 or 516-710-4148 COMPANION AVAILABLE. Available full time. Looking for someone to take care of your elderly parents in the comfort of your own home for peace and tranquility? 18 yrs. experience, references, driver w/ reliable vehicle. Please call 516-410-1892 or 516-967-1130 COMPANION/BABY SITTER AVAILABLE: Mature European woman, English speaking, 15 yrs experience, own car, Alzheimers /Dementia, meals, medication, light housekeeping. Please call 917-532-7752 COMPANION/CAREGIVER AVAILABLE. Honest, reliable, friendly, experienced Polish woman is available for companionship with elderly Monday through Saturday after 12pm. Flexible hours after 12pm. Housekeeping, laundry, meal, errands. Own car. Call/Text 516-589-5640 ELDER CARE: Mature woman available to take care of elderly person 3-4 days/week daytime hours. Light cleaning, cooking, laundry. Local excellent references. Own car available. Please call Luisa 516485-9215 or 516-451-1781. Leave message.

HOME HEALTH AIDE. Ukrainian woman (previously Physical Therapist in Ukraine) seeking live in position of home health aide. Excellent cook also! Excellent references. Please call 516-294-9519 HOME HEALTH CARE AIDE Irish trained woman with 10 years experience and excellent checkable references available. Honest and reliable. Licensed driver with own transportation. Please call 516-383-7150 HOUSE CLEANING: Excellent service, with great references, reliable, own transportation, English speaking. Call Selma at 516-690-3550 MOTHER’S HELPER: Responsible Chaminade Student/Lacrosse Player and Garden City Resident with pool pass and driver’s license would like to help you watch your children this summer. Contact Aidan: 516512-2680

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YARD SALE ALBERTSON: Saturday and Sunday, July 22nd and 23rd from 9-5. rain dates July 29th and 30th. 64 Chaffee Avenue. Renovating! Selling entire contents of home.

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WILLISTON PARK 1300sf. office space avail on Hillside Ave. Prof building, parking lot, close to RR & parkways. Full commission paid. Call Tony 516-248-4080.

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516-236-5501 GARDEN CITY FOR SALE BY OWNER 5 Bedrooms, 2 full baths, 2 half baths. Hardwood floors throughout. Spacious EIK with granite. Den, Formal DR. Finished Basement. Circular driveway. Close to town and trains. 75x125 lot. Move in condition. $1,210,000. Principals only. No agents. Call 516-248-5233

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SERVICES 1-866-We Junk It: All phases of rubbish removal & demolition. Residential, commercial, construction sites, kitchens, bathrooms, clean-ups, attics, basements, floods, fires. All size dumpsters. Same day service. Fully insured. Bob Cat Service. www.1866wejunkit.com 516-5411557 A & J MOVING & STORAGE: Established 1971. Long Island and New York State specialists. Residential, Commercial, Piano & Organ experts. Boxes available. Free estimates. www.ajmoving.com 516-741-2657 114 Jericho Tpk, Mineola NYDOT# 10405 COLLEGE ARTS ADMISSIONS: College Counseling in the Visual and Performing Arts. Dance, Musical Theatre & Drama. Film, Instrumental & Vocal Music. Audio Recording & Production. Theatre Technology & Production. Visual & Graphic Arts. Resume, Essays, Repertoire Lists. Michele Zimmerman. 516-353-6255 CollegeArtsAdmissions@gmail.com www.CollegeArtsAdmissions.com

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Advertising Sales Executive Blank Slate Media Blank Slate Media, a fast-growing chain of 6 award-winning weekly newspapers and website, is looking for an energetic, service-oriented professional with good communications skills to sell display, web and email advertising. Earn up to $60,000 in the first-year representing the 6 Blank Slate Media publications and website as well the 5 publications and 1 website owned by Blank Slate’s sales partner, Litmor Publications. We are looking for an enthusiastic and service-oriented sales professional with good communication skills. Requirements: Minimum of 2 years outside sales experience. Newspaper sales experience a plus. Must have your own car. • Exclusive, protected territory • Opportunity to sell both print and online programs • A collegial, supportive sales team • Award-winning editorial coverage. • A separate newspaper for each community allowing advertisers to target their markets. And you to provide the most cost-effective way to advertise. • Represent media that produce superior response for clients. Compensation • Salary plus commission • Health insurance • Paid holidays • Sick days & holidays

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Legal Notice HERRICKS UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT 999 B HERRICKS ROAD NEW HYDE PARK, NY 11040 516-305-8945 NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed proposals will be received by the Board of Education of Herricks Union Free School District, at the Business Office, 999 B Herricks Road, New Hyde Park, NY 11040 on July 25, 2017 at 10:30am prevailing time for the 2017-2018 School Year for the following categories: PLUMBING SUPPLIES Specifications and instructions to bidders may be obtained by calling Educational Data Services, Inc. at 973-340-8800 OR by logging onto our website at www.ed-data.com. Click vendors & fill out the Vendor Bid Enrollment form and fax to (973) 340-0078. Bids will be available ten (10) days before the bid due date listed in this notice to bidders. No bids will be sent unless requested by the above procedure. Bids will be addressed to the Board of Education, Attn: Jim Brown, Herricks Union Free School District, 999 B Herricks Road, New Hyde Park, NY 11040. BIDS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN SEALED ENVELOPES AND CLEARLY MARKED WITH THE NAME OF THE BIDDER, BID TITLE, DATE AND TIME OF THE BID OPENING. The Board of Education reserves the right to waive any informalities in any bid, or to reject any or all bids, or to accept that bid, or any part of that bid, which is in its judgment is for the best interest of the school district. No bids shall be withdrawn pending the decision of the Board of Education. A performance bond of one hundred percent (100%) MAY be requested by the district participating in the bid, and, if requested, must be submitted within ten (10) days. PRICES MUST REMAIN FIRM UNTIL JULY 25, 2018 Mr. Jim Brown Director of Facilities Dated: July 12, 2017 NHP #146298 1x 07/14 /2017

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: NASSAU COUNTY. HUDSON CITY SAVINGS BANK, Pltf. vs. ROXANN RAMOS, et al, Defts. Index #012735/13. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered Dec. 14, 2016, I will sell at public auction on Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at 11:30 a.m. in the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, NY prem. k/a 276 Bedford Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY a/k/a Section 33, Block 174, Lot 37. Said property beginning at a point on the southerly side of Bedford Avenue, distant 361.82 ft. easterly from the corner formed by the intersection of the said southerly side of Bedford Ave. with the easterly side of Armstrong Road as said avenue and road are laid down on the “of Mineola West, situate in the Town of North Hempstead, Nassau County, State of New York, surveyed by S. B. Bowne, Engineer”and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau on June 16, 1925, as Map No. 562, being a plot 100 ft. x 29.09 ft. Approx. amt. of judgment is $344,986.29 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. RAYMOND NARDO, Referee. COHN & ROTH, Attys. For Pltf., 100 East Old County Rd., Mineola, NY. #92108 NHP #146118 4x 06/23, 06/30, 07/07, 07/14 /2017 #146118

Notice of Formation of 560 NORTHERN HOLDINGS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/17/2016. Office location: 3003 New Hyde Park Road, Suite 406, New Hyde Park, NY 11042, Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 560 NORTHERN HOLDINGS LLC, 7509 13th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11228, Purpose: any lawful purpose. NHP #148268 6x 07/07, 07/14, 07/21, 07/28, 08/04, 08/11 /2017

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR LEHMAN XS TRUST MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTFICATES, SERIES 2007-12N, Plaintiff against RAMPERSAUD BALLI A/K/A BALLI RAMPERSAUD; JAMES RAMPERSAUD; AISHA RAMPERSAUD, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on May 5, 2017. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction in the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. on the 8th day of August, 2017 at 11:30 a.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Garden City Park, in the North Hempstead, County of Nassau, and State of New York. Said premises known as 269 Bedford Avenue, Garden City Park, N.Y. 11040. (Section: 33, Block: 173, Lot: 106). Approximate amount of lien $ 711,054.12 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 004502-13. Judith Powell, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, P.C. Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot Street Suite 210 New Rochelle, New York 10801 (914) 636-8900 NHP #146207 4x 07/07, 07/14, 07/21, 07/28 /2017

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Notice of Formation of TMK GROUPS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/10/17. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Legalinc Corp. Srvc. Inc. 1967 Wehrle Dr., Ste. 1 #086, Buffalo, NY 14221. Purpose: any lawful purpose. NHP #146108 6x 06/23, 06/30, 07/07, 07/14, 07/21, 07/28 /2017 #146108

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Man’s death shows need for safety Continued from Page 13 forward, but we have a lot of work to do.” The group’s emergency pedestrian action plan is meant to “feed into the state’s plan,” and the capital plans of the local municipalities, Alexander said. The plan requests state legislators to allocate $100 million of the $1 billion increase in the state Department of Transportation capital program for pedestrian and bicycling projects. Victims’ families, local elected officials, small businesses, civic leaders, transportation and Complete Streets advocates attended. Also attending were state Sen. Kemp Hannon, Nassau County Legislator Ellen Birnbaum, Town of Hempstead Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney, Farmingdale village Trustee Cheryl Parisi, and Farmingdale Mayor Ralph Ekstrand. Birnbaum says efforts are being made to improve pedestrian safety on Middle Neck Road where Bennaeim’s husband was hit, but it is difficult. “Usually, what has been

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Sandy Vega of Wantagh shares how she lost her teenage daughter Brittany in 2010 when she was hit by a vehicle on Sunrise Highway. tried in the past is road divots, where you make the road narrower in some places so it’s easier for pedestrians to cross the street,” Birnbaum said. “However, Middle Neck Road, which is the street we are talking about here, is the main

thoroughfare in Great Neck and that is very difficult to cross.” Currently, the county is updating the technology around the road such as countdown lights, and crossing buttons to help improve pedestrian safety.

The county is also bringing the “Walk Safe Nassau” program to Great Neck “to educate the people in the area” about how to cross safely, Christopher Mistron, the director of traffic safety for the county, said.

SCHOOL NEWS

Christine Turner honored On Tuesday, June 6, the New York State Association of School Business Officials honored several individuals during the 2017 Education Summit & Expo held June 4 to 7 at the Lake Placid Conference Center in Lake Placid, N.Y. Christine Turner, the outgoing vice president of Herricks school board, won the Outstanding School Board Member of the Year award. This is presented to a school board member who has demonstrated support and appreciation for the role of the school business official and their contributions to a successful school district. Several other awards were presented.

Gregory E. Carlson, assistant superintendent for business and management services of Byram Hills Central School District in Westchester County was the recipient of the Association’s most prestigious award, the 2017 Philip B. Fredenburg Memorial Award for Outstanding Service. This award is given to an individual who, through their actions and achievements has shown a commitment to the advancement of public education and the association. During his 25 years as a NYSASBO member and school business official, Carlson has held many roles within the association, including board president, board member, and local chapter president.

COMMUNITY NEWS

Town honors aide from marine academy North Hempstead honored Chief Warrant Officer Ryan Fuller on June 26 in honor of his work while he was stationed at Kings Point. Chief Fuller has been at Station Kings Point since May of 2014 and was recently reassigned to Miami, Florida. Chief Fuller and the Town’s Harbor Patrol worked closely together to keep the Town’s waters safe. He also assisted the Town during events and aided in responding to boating accidents and search and rescue situations. On behalf of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Town Chief Bay Constable Mal Nathan and Town Public Safety consultant Tom Rice presented Officer Fuller with a proclamation recognizing his work and dedication to the Town’s waterways.

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Front row: Colin Fisher, Patrick Desarno, Dylan Rosenberg, Michael Santarelli, Bryan McCleary and Nico Papavero. Second row: Kevin Barrett, Costa Koutsoftas, Will Karikas, Mitchell Baltzer, Eddie Olson and Anthony Tufano. Back row: coaches Ted Karikas, Nick Koutsoftas, Brian Fisher, Michael Rosenberg, Anthony Tufano and Larry McCleary.

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East Williston’s top Little League baseball team is hoping to make it to the world stage for the first time. The East Williston Wildcats 12U team won its second Little League District 28 championship in three years last Thursday, beating Port Washington 15-3. With a deep pitching staff and strong bonds between players, the team outscored its opponents 65-12 in the district tournament’s four games, said Nick Koutsoftas, one of the Wildcats’ six coaches. The Wildcats will play the first game of the New York Section 4 tournament on Saturday against Massapequa International. They hope to win their first sectional title, giving them a ticket to the state tournament and possibly the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Penn. “These kids are excited, they know what’s at stake and they’re pumped up,” Koutsoftas, who has coached Little League baseball for

about 10 years, said. “We’re still practicing every day, so I think they’ll be ready.” Most of the 12 boys, all residents of the East Williston school district, have been playing together for a full year, working out through the winter and practicing every day as the district tournament approached, Koutsoftas said. One player, Patrick Desarno, is sitting out of the sectional tournament due to an injury, he said. Many Wildcats players have gone to school together or played on some of the same baseball teams previously, Koutsoftas said. Their comfort with each other and dedication to the game led to their dominance in the district tournament, Koutsoftas said. Collectively they got 72 hits, stole 17 bases and hit 14 home runs in the four games, while only committing four errors, he said. The Wildcats have four solid starting pitchers, but most of the players can take the mound if needed, Koutsoftas said. Kevin Barrett, Colin Fisher, Will Karikas and

Anthony Tufano struck out 18 batters while giving up only 17 hits in the district tournament. That defensive strength will likely be key in the sectional tournament, he said, where the competition is tougher. “I think we could go up against any team pitching-wise,” Koutsoftas said. “It’s just a matter of — it’s a game of inches. … I imagine that these games now will be much, much closer.” The Wildcats will play the first two games of the sectional doubleelimination tournament on Saturday and Sunday. If they win both, they advance to the championship next Thursday, July 20. The winner of the sectional tournament will advance to the state championship, which starts on July 25. Reach reporter Noah Manskar by e-mail at nmanskar@theislandnow.com or by phone at 516.307.1045 x204. Also follow us on Twitter @noahmanskar and Facebook at facebook.com/theislandnow.

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So you say you want to be famous I was interviewed by the one and only Ann Liguori last Saturday to help explain the benefits of a new golf product called Shoetips. You may be familiar with Ann Ligouri from her WFAN days when she hosted “Hey Liguori, What’s the Story?” She was the first woman to host her own show on that famous all-sports radio station and that’s when I got to know her. She always took an interest in my psychoanalytic view of the athletes and we always had an easy conversation about the inner workings of guys like Tiger Woods, Mike Tyson and Dennis Rodman. Ann now has a radio show from 9-10 a.m. Saturdays broadcast out of Peconic Public Broadcasting out on the East End of Long Island and as I prepared to do the show I thought it might be a good idea to interview her about her successes and about being a pioneer in sport broadcasting, a celebrity, an author and someone who is considered one of the most important female sports journalists in America. It is not an exaggeration to say that Ann launched my media career. Back in 1996 I was putting together a conference called America at Play at the Nassau County Medical Center. I invited big-name athletes, sports broadcasters and psychologists to discuss the world of sports from a psychological perspective. Christine Brennan of USA Today suggested I invite Ann to speak and she was gracious enough to do so. And thanks to her appearance and her ability

to spread the word I have been getting calls from TV and radio producers ever since. That’s the magic of Ann Ligouri. So I thought it was high time to return the favor and arranged through her publicist to interview her about her start back in Ohio and her road all the way to the top of the sports broadcasting world. It is exceptionally easy to talk to Ann. She has great energy, warmth, wit and intelligence and is able to talk at length about many a subject. She told me that both her parents started out in humble beginnings but both became professors and writers. She was raised with her older brother to compete in sports and she became a 16 letter athlete in high school competing in volley ball, baseball, track and tennis. IN fact she player number one on the boy’s tennis team and it was there that she learned how to compete with men. This goes a long way in explaining how she became so dominate in sport broadcasting, an area jam packed with testosterone and maleness. She had an academic scholarship to University of South Florida where she learned broadcasting. And since then she has had the successful TV series “Sports Innerview with Ann Ligouri, hosted her WFAN show for many years, hosted her own show on Golf Channel called “Conversations with Ann Liguori,” written a book called “A Passion for Golf: Celebrity Musings About the Game” and has written for a wide variety of newspapers including USA Today,. She also is the founder and

DR. TOM FERRARO Our Town president of Ann Ligouri Foundation which raises money for cancer prevention and research in honor of her brother who passed away from leukemia. In a word, Ann is a force of nature. So I was particularly interested in how she rose to the top of her profession. She told me that success is all about hard work, preparation, passion and honesty. She also emphasized that there are no shortcuts on the road to success. It is all about persistent hard work and focus. I recall many years ago she told me something I have always remembered. She said when you are trying to connect and establish a relationship with someone that “it is never about the first phone call you make to someone but about the second call.” It is rare that I will be impressed by statements of any kind but I always remembered that bit of sage advice. But in some way all the discussion of hard work, passion, persistence and honesty does not really get to the real secret to Ann’s rise to the top of her field. What I think is the actual

secret is her generosity of spirit and goodness. She was the broadcaster who talked at my conference. She is the founder of a golf huge charity event each year that brings together an impressive group of people. By playing in her event I got to meet Kate White the editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine. I got to chat with NFL Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith and listen to MLB super star Tommy John tell me how he very rarely had his ‘A’ game and that his

real talent was in learning how to win with his B, his C and his D game. So I think the best way to explain Ann Liguori’s overwhelming success is to understand how generosity of spirit is the real key. Yes indeed it helps to be hardworking, highly intelligent and have passion for what you do but her real secret is having lots of love in her heart that she is not afraid to give to others. God bless you Ann Ligouri.

PHOTO COURTESTY OF ANN LIGOURI

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