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HERALD________________ GLEN COVE ______________ Gazette Inspired by A focus on We ask, de Kooning Your Health How’s he doing? Page 20 Page 13 Page 24 Vol. 27 No. 3 JANUARY 18-24, 2018 $1.00 Suozzi sees chances for bipartisanship BY TIMoTHY DENToN were entering a hostile work [email protected] environment. Asked why it has taken law- “One reason Glen Cove is so makers so long to act, Suozzi safe,” U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi said, described a dysfunctional federal “is that everyone knows everyone government. “In the House, rep- else.” The subject was communi- resentatives make their own poli- ty policing and the low crime rate cies,” he said. “It’s like 435 indi- in the city. Whether or not the vidual entities instead of one two are related, one thing is cer- cohesive body.” tain: Everyone knows Suozzi. And when it comes to sexual From the waitress who served harassment in Washington, the him breakfast last problem doesn’t stop Tab Hauser/Herald Gazette Friday mor ning, there. “When a per- MARCHERS BRAVED ColD weather to remember the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Glen Cove. when the Herald son files a complaint, Gazette met with they have to wait 30 him, to the guy he days before it can go asked for a quote to forward,” according Glen Cove celebrates MLK move a piano, this to House r ules, was a man in his ele- Suozzi said. “During ment, surrounded by that time, the [com- in 34th annual march people he has spent a plainant] is required lifetime serving. to undergo counsel- Initially, the con- ing. It’s all stacked in BY TIMoTHY DENToN example, expressing grati- the marchers, which included gressman was asked ToM SUoZZI favor of the abuser.” [email protected] tude, especially for the police Mayor Timothy Tenke, the t o c o m m e n t o n Asked if he was and fire departments, which entire City Council and Coun- recent high-visibility aware that his own A gathering of 100 or so had sent officers to keep the ty Legislator Delia DeRiggi- cases of alleged sexual harass- hometown did even less — that people fortified themselves group safe. She brought to Whitton, made their way into ment. He is a cosponsor of a bill it has no sexual harassment pol- with coffee, hot chocolate and mind images from King’s the bright sunshine on a in the House of Representatives, icy — he admitted that he did cookies in the basement of marches, when police dogs 20-degree morning and began introduced by Rep. Carolyn not know that. Glen Cove’s First Baptist and fire hoses were the norm the trek to Finley Middle Maloney, a Democrat from Man- On the subject of the opioid Church on Monday in prepa- and marchers were likely to School, where the commemo- hattan, that would require com- crisis, Suozzi said he was intro- ration for the 34th annual be beaten and arrested rather rative program would be held. panies to publicly acknowledge ducing legislation to limit the march and commemoration than guided through down- Marchers shared memo- any harassment suits they have amount of medication available in honor of the Rev. Dr. Mar- town traffic. Now those ries among themselves, both been involved in, almost like a after common procedures. tin Luther King Jr. departments include officers of past marches and of the corporate version of Megan’s “Chronic pain patients would Before the march got of many ethnicities, she said, long struggle for equality. Few Law. This would give prospective still have access, given responsi- under way, M.C. Sheryl which is evidence of prog- in the crowd were old enough employees a warning if they CONTINUED ON PAGE 19 Goodine, the retired assistant ress. Then she evoked this to remember King as a living principal of Glen Cove High year’s theme, 50 years after presence on the national School, reminded the attend- King’s assassination — “Still stage. In fact, a quarter of the ees that “Dr. King began every Striving Together” — saying, marchers were young people. meeting or march with “We still have yet to achieve As they made their way up prayer.” full equality for all people.” the hill toward the school, She then followed that With a rousing “Amen!” CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 2 Experience Portledge School’s The Reggio Way January 18, 2018 — GLEN COVE HERALD GAZETTE January 2018 — GLEN COVE 18, Please RSVP at www.portledge.org/dayofplay or contact Leigh Farrell at [email protected]. 355 Duck Pond Road Locust Valley, NY 11560 - (516) 750-3224 957647 3 GLEN COVE HERALD GAZETTE — January 2018 GLEN COVE 18, Photos Tab Hauser/Herald Gazette MAYOR TIMOTHY TENKE, the Glen Cove City Council and County Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton with the marchers celebrating Martin Luther King Day. Music, dance and tributes keep King’s memory alive CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 nation in April 1968, a scant 13 years saw they sang songs such as “Cry Freedom” the enactment of the farthest-reaching and “We Shall Overcome.” One young civil rights legislation since the ratifica- woman, who declined to give her name, tion of the 13th Amendment in 1868. was asked what she was overcoming. She Returning to the event’s theme, Tenke said simply, “Trump,” as she marched reminded the marchers that “strive we past. must, as equality, respect and civility are When the marchers regathered in the messages that remain ever-relevant with middle school’s Wunsch Auditorium, today’s dynamic dialogues and challeng- Goodine began the program with a es.” Quoting King, he said, “‘Darkness vibrant sevenfold call of “Harambe,” a cannot drive out darkness; only light can Swahili word meaning “all pull together.” do that. Hatred cannot drive out hatred; Harambe is a tradition of community only love can do that.’ building that originated in Kenya in the “Let us all strive to be the light,” he early days of the country’s independence. concluded. Next came the Police Department color For many, the high point of the morn- guard, joined by members of Girl Scout ing was a performance by the Edge Troop 136. After the Pledge of Allegiance, School of the Arts dance troupe, from the Glen Cove High School Select Chorale Laurelton, Queens, directed by Kerry sang “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Edge. The program concluded with the Tenke recounted how much was singing of “We Shall Overcome,” led by achieved with King’s leadership in so the Rev. Clarence Johnson of the First short a time. From the days of the Mont- Church of God in Christ. gomery bus boycott, in 1955, to his assassi- (counterclockwise from top) MARIE RIVERA HLATKY with Girl Scout Troop 136, which took part in the ceremo- ny. CANTOR GUSTAVO GITLIN led the song “Let My People Go.” SHERYL GOODINE WAS the M.C. THE PERFORMANCE BY the ESOTA dance company was very popular. 4 CRIME WATCH Arrests ■ Male, 32, from Elmont, on Ellwood St., arrested for second-degree criminal con- tempt and an open warrant for obstruc- ■ Female, 32, from Hempstead, arrested tion of breathing, on Jan. 11. on Glen Cove Ave. for third-degree aggra- vated unlicensed operation and other ■ Male, 40, from Glen Cove, arrested on VTL violations, on Jan. 12. Glen Cove Ave. for petit larceny, on Jan. 10. ■ Male, 27, from Roslyn Heights, arrested on School St. for second-degree aggravat- ■ Male, 28, from Glen Cove, on Second invites you to enter to ed unlicensed operation and other VTL St., for third-degree criminal mischief violations, on Jan. 12. and two counts of fourth-degree criminal mischief, on Jan. 9. ■ Male, 37, from Glen Cove, on Gaffney WIN 4 TICKETS ■ St., arrested for two counts of seventh- Female, 32, from Glen Cove, on Glen degree criminal possession of a con- Cove Ave., arrested for third-degree TO THE trolled substance, on Jan. 11. assault, on Jan. 7. January 18, 2018 — GLEN COVE HERALD GAZETTE January 2018 — GLEN COVE 18, People named in Crime Watch items as having been arrested and charged with violations or crimes are only suspected of committing those acts of which they are accused. They are all WESTMINSTER presumed to be innocent of those charges until and unless found guilty in a court of law. 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