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READERS WRITE Re-elect Kaplan to protect women’s right to choose
I’m so proud to support Sen. Anna Kaplan’s campaign for re-election to the New York State Senate in District 7. When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24, I felt like I’d been plunged back into the Dark Ages. I’m old enough to remember when abortion wasn’t legal, and I’m furious at the elected leaders who support taking away women’s right to choose.
The Republican Party has been building an anti-choice campaign for the past four decades to control women’s bodies and lives and we can’t let these extremists win. Because they won’t stop at abortion — they’ll be coming after birth control next.
On multiple occasions, Sen. Kaplan’s Republican opponent, Jack Martins, was the deciding vote against the Reproductive Health Act that protected women’s choice here in New York. He was conspicuously absent at the Town of North Hempstead’s public hearing on repealing local abortion restrictions. Sen. Kaplan was there and spoke up loudly for women’s choice. Sen. Kaplan led the fi ght to pass the Reproductive Health Act. She wrote the new law that makes New York a safe haven for women living in antichoice states. Time and again, Sen. Kaplan has proven her commitment to protecting women’s reproductive freedom in New York.
With so many challenges still facing us in the wake of the Supreme Court’s radical decisions, we need an experienced leader like Anna Kaplan fi ghting for us — not another extreme anti-choice Republican like Jack Martins.
Please join me in standing up for our rights by voting to re-elect our Sen. Anna Kaplan on Nov. 8.
Nina K. Gordon Great Neck
Roe v. Wade and living with a disability in Nassau
As a disabled woman, only I know what is best for my body and my circumstances. No one can, will or should control what decisions I make in my best interest.
My life as a disabled woman is precarious. Every decision I make is weighed and calculated. Getting pregnant is not an option for me and what contraception I use is a decision that is private.
But the thought of contraception failure is realistic and in the world of the Republicans, I would be forced to have a pregnancy that could potentially kill me. How utterly frightening is that?
That is why I am very proud to support Senator Anna Kaplan’s campaign for re-election to the state Senate. Sen. Kaplan led the fi ght to pass the Reproductive Health Act. She wrote the new law that makes New York a safe haven for women living in anti-choice states.
With so many challenges still facing us in the wake of the Supreme Court’s radical decisions, we need an experienced leader like Anna Kaplan fi ghting for us–not another extreme antichoice Republican like Jack Martins.
The Republican party has been building an anti-choice campaign for the past four decades to control women’s bodies and lives — and we can never let these extremists win.
Nadia Holubnyczyj-Ortiz Floral Park
Re-elect state Sen. Anna Kaplan to keep safe
If residents want a hardworking New York State Senator to help eradicate gun violence, then I encourage all voters no matter their party affi liation to re-elect Anna Kaplan to the New York State Senate. She has spent every waking hour researching gun safety protocols and then sponsoring and voting for gun safety legislation in the State Senate.
Like many Americans, I worry every day about school shootings along with others as well. I fear for our school children, their teachers, school support staff and more. I cannot imagine what they experience psychologically every morning as they walk into their schools and classrooms. What kind of a society have we become? Will it ever end?
Recently, I told some European friends about the gun safety drills our kids have to go through should a shooter suddenly start shooting into a classroom mowing our children down. Our friends were shocked. Absolutely shocked since they don’t have any such worries like this yet.
Sen. Kaplan co-sponsored the anti-ghost gun legislation – the Scott J Biegel Unfi nished Receiver Act — in the state Senate. It was quickly signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul.
How many of us have heard of ghost guns before? They are untraceable fi rearms used by criminals. The NRA and other pro-gun organizations have spent millions of dollars to stop legislatures from outlawing ghost guns.
These guns are do-it-yourself guns made up of gun parts that anyone, including kids, can assemble and then use. They do not have serial numbers or specifi c components. This is an easy and secretive way a person can evade gun permit laws requiring registration and tracing.
I am pleading with every single voter to please re-elect Anna Kaplan to the state Senate so she can continue her critically important work protecting us, our families and friends.
This election is like no other one. Not only is it about saving our democracy, but it is about protecting and saving our children and others from gun violence and death.
Eleanor Lange Manhasset
Most important election for women’s choice
I’m so proud to support Sen. Anna Kaplan’s campaign for re-election to the New York State Senate.
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24, I felt my stomach drop. The Republican Party has been building an anti-choice campaign for decades to control women’s bodies and lives — and we can’t let them win. We cannot let them take away our fundamental human rights to privacy and bodily autonomy.
On multiple occasions, Sen. Kaplan’s Republican opponent, Jack Martins, was the deciding vote against the Reproductive Health Act that protected women’s choice here in New York.
Recently, he refused to show up to the Town of North Hempstead’s public hearing on repealing local abortion restrictions. Sen. Kaplan was there and spoke up loudly for women’s choice and a woman’s right to make decisions about her own body and her own future.
Sen. Kaplan led the fi ght to pass the Reproductive Health Act. She wrote the new law that makes New York a safe haven for women living in antichoice states. Her compassion for all women, regardless of who they are or where they live is truly inspiring.
With so many challenges still facing us in the wake of the Supreme Court’s unprecedented decisions, we need an experienced leader like Anna Kaplan fi ghting for us–not another extreme anti-choice Republican like Jack Martins who wants to turn back the clock on women’s rights.
Please join me in standing up for our rights by voting to re-elect our Senator Anna Kaplan on Nov. 8. Jane Russell Manhasset
President Joe Biden in the chips
Almost unheralded by the press, which seems to focus on visuals of apartment fi res, stabbings and fl oods, is the avalanche of success triggered by President Biden’s CHIPs Act. For New York State, this is a watershed moment.
After decades of trying to revive the upstate economy after America’s deindustrialization, uneven and compromised attempts like the “Buff alo Billion,” the act accomplished what others failed to do. Micron’s $100 billion investment will breathe new life into this moribund part of the state and other parts of the country as well.
This may be enough to silence perpetual bellyacher William F.B. O’Reilly for about six minutes.
Thanks to the domestic content rules embedded in the act, as well as the other economic initiatives the administration has taken, there is now a fl ood of newfound onshoring from many parts of the world, including South Korea and Europe. Also enacted were rules forbidding the export of American chip technology to other nations, notably China. Many will remember when foreign fi rms set up shop on the Mainland, the Chinese government mandated technology transfer. That stops now.
The push for more EVs has also attracted massive investment from overseas in battery manufacturing. Biden may have reversed the eroding tide of our manufacturing base and for decades to come.
This is the kind of intelligent policy you get when there are experienced, competent hands at the helm. And what a refreshing diff erence from just throwing rocks at the Chinese and putting trade policy into the hands of someone as deranged as Peter Navarro, who is now under indictment for contempt of Congress. In fact, the former guy’s tariff and trade policy COST American jobs and raised taxes on consumers, but as with everything, the drama was the point. Scapegoating, preening, insulting, and empty bravado took the place of the hard work of governing.
You can see the same debilitating traits in local Republicans.
We shouldn’t be surprised. When Biden picked out his economic team, all of the people were established, credentialed, and with long track records in public policy. This is probably the best team of economists guiding policy you’re ever going to see. And the quality of the legislation and its execution proves it.
The former guy had Fox media dunce Larry Kud-
low.
Also unnoticed is that this president, in concert with a newly revived Western Alliance that the former guy spat on, ridiculed, and insulted, is facilitating the laying waste of Russia’s military without the loss of a single American life. This is one of the most stunning strategic and political foreign policy achievements in our history, and no one is paying attention to it! You would think this is as common as the sunrise. It’s actually a pivotal moment in world history, and you’re living through it. But no one cares. Continued on Page 40
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Buying a home or a community lifestyle?
As you search for that hard-tofi nd, special, fi rst-time or move-up home, is it all about the home or the neighborhood or both? I believe the most crucial item for families with children or about to have children is the school system. Obviously, your budget comes into play, so you can only buy what is aff ordable in today’s higher interest rate environment. But do your research and fi nd those school districts that have the highest percentage of children going on to higher education.
Another important thought that not everyone may contemplate is the lifestyle that one would like to have for themselves and their family in the town that they will live in. Specifi cally, what activities and cultural off erings and opportunities are available as part of your taxes?
As an example, if you are fortunate to live in Great Neck, it has a special Park District, with 21 active and passive parks. Every weekend music concerts occur from July through September as well as special Family Day events during July and October, with slides, bouncy houses, food vendors and Long Island microbreweries bringing their handcrafted ales. Tuesday nights are concert nights in Ielpi Park on Grace Avenue, too, from JulySeptember. Many other towns nearby like Manhasset, Port Washington, Roslyn, etc. have music venues during the summer months. Schedules are sent out to all Nassau County residents to enable everyone to participate in those events that occur in the local parks.
Are you looking for a community pool, tennis courts, tracks to run on, and an excellent library that off ers educational and fun activities? If these features are important to you and your family, then one must ascertain which towns interest you as a buyer or renter and what they have to off er as far as those added value benefi ts that would make you want to move there.
Checking into the crime and safety of a local town will also provide perspective for your family on possible unwanted events in the future. Going online will provide excellent information to aid you in your decisionmaking. As many people are traveling and vacationing once again, it is still imperative to know that where you are living allows you the opportunity to participate in whatever your town has in ancillary activities, e.g., holiday events. It will be more benefi cial to get your kids off their computers and cellphones to go outside in the fresh air and move their bodies.
All towns that I am aware of have activities for children. You need to check your town’s website and make sure you sign up to receive regular emails to be aware of all that is happening in and around your town throughout Nassau and Suff olk Counties, or wherever you decide to move..
Does the town you are looking into have suffi cient restaurants with available dining outside, and promenades during the summer that closes off certain streets for eating and entertainment? During the Pandemic, most towns, including New York City and its fi ve boroughs, allowed sidewalk dining. It appears that many are continuing the practice as a more permanent benefi t to enable the restaurant industry to survive and thrive and enable their patrons to be able to dine at al fresco.
It really isn’t about just the space that you will be living in but what else is being off ered and available in the community to make your family’s life more fun, enjoyable, and entertaining in satisfying your maximum needs and wants.
To me, a house is not totally a home unless there is a component of involvement in the local community that will support its residents in creat-
PHILIP A. RAICES
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Philip A. Raices is the owner/Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 in Great Neck. He has 40 years of experience in the Real Estate industry and has earned designations as a Graduate of the Realtor Institute (G.R.I.) and also as a Certifi ed International Property Specialist (C.I.P.S) as well as the new “Green Industry” Certifi cation for eco-friendly construction and upgrades. For a “FREE” 15-minute consultation, value analysis of your home, or to answer any of your questions or concerns he can be reached by cell: (516) 647-4289 or by email: Phil@ TurnKeyRealEstate.Com or via https:// WWW.Li-RealEstate.Com Just email or snail mail (regular mail) him with your ideas or suggestions on future columns with your name, email and cell number and he will call or email you back.
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“Soon, the Internet of Things will meet Gucci in the form of smart clothing. For example, swimwear can include UV sensors to prevent overexposure to harmful radiation. Smart footwear may improve your running technique or monitor the mobility of patients with Parkinson’s disease. Manufacturers might embed haptic feedback into textiles to correct your posture or improve your yoga pose. And don’t forget the accessories, such as the Ray-Ban Stories smart sunglasses (that provide a window to social media when the user is otherwise offline).” - William Diggin, Accenture
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For the fi rst time in the history of the Makofsky Law Group, every single fi rm attorney has been named to the 2022 New York Super Lawyers list in the same year. Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
Each year, no more than 5% of lawyers in the state are selected to receive this honor. Even more impressive – three of the four Makofsky Law Group attorneys – partner Lisa Valente, and associates Christina Lamm and Deidre Baker – were named to the Rising Stars list – an honor that no more than 2.5% of lawyers in the state receive.
Founding partner Ellen Makofsky was named to the
Named as Super Lawyers King Kullen Top 50 Women Super Lawyers list, an extremely exclusive group. In addition, this is also the 14th year in a row that Makofsky was named a Super Lawyer in the Elder Law Cat- promotes two egory. Super Lawyers makes its selection using a multiphase patented process which begins with a nomination by the attorney’s peers, followed by an independent evaluation of a dozen indicators of professional achievement. The fi nal selection is made by a panel of top attorneys from the same fi eld who evaluate candidates in their primary practice area. It is a particular honor to be selected as a Super Lawyer because the determination is made by experts in the same fi eld. “Being named a Top 50 Woman Super Lawyer is especially meaningful to me because my fellow Elder Law colleagues are the ones who have placed me at the top of a very select group,” said Makofsky. “I am particularly proud that Lisa, Christina, Deidre, and I were all chosen in the same year. It demonstrates the dedication of our entire fi rm to stay at the top of our fi eld in order to best assist our clients.” Since 1991, Makofsky Law Group, P.C. and its predecessor fi rms have devoted their eff orts to providing competent King Kullen Grocery Co., Inc has promoted Kamie Seepersaud and Theresa Maricevic, two longtime employees who have each served King Kullen for more than 30 years. Seepersaud, previously Supervisor -Accounts Payable (Retail), has been named Senior Manager of Accounts. Maricevic, who most recently served as Internal Audit Manager, has been promoted to Senior Manand caring legal services in the areas of Elder Law, Trust and Estates, Special Needs Planning, Probate and Estate Administration, and Guardianships. The fi rm’s competent and compassionate attorneys handle asset protection and estate planning issues such as Medicaid planning, long-term care planning, guardianships, powers of attorney, special needs, retirement trusts and more. As an all-female fi rm, the Makofsky Law Group prides itself on sensitive, knowledgeable, and caring service to clients. Makofsky Law Group is located in Garden City and serves all of the New York area. ager of Store Audit & Inventory Controls. The announcement was made by King Kullen Vice President & Controller James Leary. “These are well-deserved promotions of two exceptionally talented individuals,” Leary stated. “Their unremitting work ethic and dedication to our company epitomize what King Kullen employees are all about. I know everyone here joins me in congratulating Kamie and Theresa and wishing them luck in their new roles.” As Senior Manager of Accounts Payable, Seepersaud and her team will be in charge of most accounts payable functions across all departments, including expense billings. As Senior Manager of Store Audit & Inventory, Maricevic will utilize her years of experience in accounting, store audit, store operations, and most recently, inventory control. Headquartered in Hauppauge, King Kullen is recognized by the Smithsonian Institution as American’s fi rst supermarket. Founded in 1930 by Michael J. Cullen, King Kullen operates 27 supermarkets and fi ve Wild by Nature stores in Nassau and Suff olk Counties.
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Hochul urged to sign anti-hate bills
Legislation would prohibit cancellation or increase in cost of insurance policy for victims of bias
BY ROBERT PELAEZ
State Sen. Anna Kaplan (D-North Hills) called for Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign two anti-hate bills into law Monday.
The two bills, both sponsored by Kaplan, would promote anti-hate education to advance acceptance and diversity throughout New York and prohibit the cancellation or increase in cost of an insurance policy for victims of hate crimes. Kaplan said it is time for Hochul to sign the pair of bills after the rise in antisemitic events throughout the states since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
“As a Jewish refugee who came to this country feeing antisemitic violence in my homeland, my heart aches over the explosion of hate and extremist fueled violence that we’ve seen in this country since the pandemic,” Kaplan said. I’ve been proud to stand up and fght back against hate at every opportunity, but we need to do more.”
The insurance legislation would extend to victims, whether it be a person or property, of hate crimes that occurred in the preceding 60 months, she said. The bill was passed in the state Senate and Assembly this past May and would go into efect immediately if Hochul signed it into law.
The education bill, passed in the Senate and Assembly in March, aims to work with public and private entities to create social media and online campaigns that will combat bias and discrimination throughout the state. It would go into efect in April 2023, if signed into law.
In August, Hochul signed a bill also sponsored by Kaplan that promotes Holocaust education throughout New York’s schools into law. It permits the state’s commissioner of education to analyze what school districts throughout the state are ofering Holocaust instruction.
Section 801 of the state’s education law mandates the teaching of citizenship, patriotism and human rights issues “with particular attention to the study of the inhumanity of genocide” in schools. It also requires a report on the fndings of the study by January.
Hochul said that New Yorkers are united in their remembrance of the historic tragedy and that requiring schools to educate students on it is the best way to honor those directly afected by it.
The Holocaust is one of three tragedies mentioned by name in the law and mandated to be taught, with
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SENATOR’S OFFICE
State Sen. Anna Kaplan (D-North Hills) rallies to stop hate through education at a rally she held in May.”
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Feinstein Institute gets $10M research grant
BY ROBERT PELAEZ
Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institutes in Manhasset will receive a $10 million grant as part of the state’s Long Island Investment Fund, which will fnance new state-of-the-art labs to support general medical research on studying infectious diseases, ofcials announced.
The funds Feinstein will receive are part of the $350 million statewide grant to fnance large-scale projects that will have a lasting impact throughout Long Island ranging from supporting downtown revitalization to various innovation endeavors, ofcials announced. Gov. Kathy Hochul touted the importance to fund Continued on Page 48
$3,200 stolen from Manhasset’s Fendi
BY ROBERT PELAEZ
Around $3,200 worth of merchandise was stolen from the Americana’s Fendi store by three people Friday, ofcials from the Nassau County Police Department said.
Three individuals entered the Fendi store on Northern Boulevard in Manhasset just before 5 p.m. Friday when they began to place merchandise into a bag, according to ofcials. The manager, a 48-year-old woman, noticed this and approached the suspects, according to ofcials.
The three then pushed and shoved the manager before feeing the store in a white-colored Nissan that left in an unknown direction, offcials said. The suspects were described as a 6-foot-2 black male, around 25-29 years old wearing a gray-colored long sleeve shirt, gray pants and black sneakers; a 5-foot9 black woman also 25-29 years old with long black hair, wearing a gray shirt with red sleeves, white shorts, red sneakers, sunglasses and a blue face mask; and a 5-foot7 black woman around the same age and with long black hair wearing a light pink
PHOTO BY JANELLE CLAUSEN
A trio reportedly stole $3,200 from the Fendi store in the Americana last week, according to police.
sweat suit.
Eforts to reach law enforcement or store ofcials for further comment were unavailing. Ofcials encouraged anyone with information to reach out to the Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800244-TIPS.
