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Friday, August 6, 2021
Vol. 9, No. 32
BEST OF NASSAU COUNTY
PORT’S SOUNDVIEW THEATER TO CLOSE
POLS DEMAND CUOMO QUIT
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Music silenced at My Father’s Place in village Legendary venue’s second iteration halted by ongoing contract dispute BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y My Father’s Place at the Roslyn Hotel has been out of the live music business since March 17, 2020 — but unlike many music venues, COVID-19 was not the culprit. Instead, the extended absence is a result of a dispute between the operator of My Father’s Place, Michael “Eppy” Epstein, and the owners of the hotel, Sudhir and Sumeer Kakar. Epstein said he was looking to renegotiate the terms of the contract he originally signed in 2017 when he reopened the legendary venue in a joint agreement with the hotel. Epstein said as president of Roz Lyn Entertainment Corp., he wanted to increase his company’s share of the venue’s food and alcohol sales, which is currently 10%. While the final percentage is up for negotiation, Epstein said he also wants to give up his 5% share of the revenue from the hotel restaurant, 1221 at MFP. “The minute the club opened I
was miserable because it didn’t feel like my club,” Epstein said in an interview with Blank Slate Media. “The hotel gave us a very hard time and were not respectful.” In the meantime, the hotel officially known as the Roslyn, Tapestry Collection by Hilton has used the ballroom that My Father’s Place formerly occupied to host live events under the name Roslyn’s Cellar since April 15 of this year. The space has also been rented for private events. Efforts to reach the ownership group of the hotel about the stalemate were unavailing. The hotel is owned by Sudhir and Sumeer Kakar of Upper Brookville. The father-son investor team purchased the former Roslyn Claremont Hotel in 2017 for more than $14 million. Epstein was president of Roz Lyn and owner of the original My Father’s Place, which drew some of the biggest names in music from 1971 to until it closed in 1987. Continued on Page 66
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Between last week’s wake and funeral, clergy estimate 5,000 attendees paid their respects to Manhasset brothers James and Michael Farrell. They were laid to rest at Nassau Knolls Cemetery in Port Washington. See story on page 2.
Radioactive trash found in E. Hills sanitation truck BY R OB E RT PELAEZ A Village of East Hills sanitation truck remains out of commission due to an exposure to radioactive waste, village offi-
cials announced Monday. East Hills Mayor Michael Koblenz, in a phone interview with Blank Slate Media, said the truck has stayed at the Town of North Hempstead sanitation site in Port Washington, where the
village disposes of waste, for the past couple of weeks. Meters that the town uses measured unusual radiation coming from the truck, where it has been parked. Continued on Page 67
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