6 LONGISLANDPRESS.COM • MAY 2018
TLETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
he reason April showers bring May flowers
is because the world is ready to celebrate
the rebirth of the earth and to celebrate
Mother’s Day, honoring the matriarchs
who give us the gift of life.
It’s the least we can do, considering the
juggling act of managing home, children, family and
mates while doling out all that motherly love — often while
simultaneously holding down careers or multiple jobs, and
some as single mothers.
Our gift to the mothers of Long Island is this issue dedicated
to them. Gracing this month’s cover is Joy Mangano, the
Home Shopping Network star and mother of more than 100
inventions, most notably her famed Miracle Mop. We also
have a Mother’s Day gift guide, for those looking for fresh
ideas on what to get mom.
In this issue you’ll also find a preview of our Long Island
Power Women in Business awards. We hope you’ll join us
and network with these powerful women at our remarkable
and unique event May 9 at Leonard’s Palazzo in Great Neck.
And be sure to check out the
many beautiful photos from
our 15th annual Power List
event that honored Long
Island’s most influential
leaders, held at The Mansion
at Oyster Bay.
Also in this issue, we put the
spotlight on two critical issues
on our Island: The opioid
crisis and the Hempstead
schools, which have one of the
graduation rates in the nation!
Lastly, it’s finally time to enjoy the beach. Enjoy our
destination column on all the City of Long Beach has to
offer — a must-read.
Happy Mother’s Day!
EDITORIAL
Publisher and
Executive Editor
Emeritus
John Kominicki
Editor in Chief
Timothy Bolger
Contributing Editors
Ruth Bashinsky
Warren Strugatch
Annie Wilkinson
Lifestyle Editor
Todd Shapiro
Contributors
CJ Arlotta
Jeff Berman
John Dundon
Michelle Gabrielle Centamore
Nick Ciccone
Karly Eberly
Christa Ganz
Bernie Kilkelly
Alan Krawitz
Eden Laikin
Brendan Manley
Joan MacNaughton
Jeff and Vera Wurst
BUSINESS
Сo-publishers
Schneps
Communications
Victoria Schneps-Yunis
Joshua Schneps
Associate
Publisher/Executive
Vice President of Sales
Joanna Austin
Business Consultants
Alan Gottlieb
Brian Kelly
Joan MacNaughton
Director of Operations
Robert Brennan
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CONTENTS
Volume 197, No. 5 May 2018
Victoria Schneps-Yunis
8 COVER
Joy Mangano, who invented the
Miracle Mop and had Jennifer
Lawrence play her in the movie about
her life, opens up about why she
stayed on Long Island.
10 THIS MONTH
Meet the “LI’s Joel Olsteen,” the Rev.
Todd Bishop of Church Unleashed,
Mets legend Ed Kranepool needs a
kidney and Hempstead tries to get
students out of temporary classrooms
after 20 years.
18 GUEST COLUMNISTS
Steve Bellone touts his efforts to make
the workplace more equitable for
women and Laura Curran takes aim
at active shooters.
23 BUSINESS
How women combat hostility at work,
meet Northwell Health CEO Michael
Dowling, an ode to Miracle-Gro, and
new hires.
43 HOME
Country clubs are increasingly on
the market, check out hot rentals in
Long Beach, peek inside this Point
Lookout’s nautical décor, and only the
best landscapers.
55 DESTINATIONS
From the oceanfront to the downtown
shops and restaurants, the City of
Long Beach has no shortage of fun
things to do.
62 MAIN DISH
Save room for Baked by The Ocean,
pour a glass of LI’s newest craft beers,
the Wursts hit the beach and try The
Georgia Special.
71 SPECIAL SECTIONS
Get fresh ideas for mom in our
Mother’s Day gift guide. And keep the
kids busy this summer with these 43
family friendly things to do on LI.
76 PRESS HEALTH
The return of warm weather brings
skin cancer and Lyme disease
concerns. And we trace how the
opioid epidemic started.
84 LISTINGS
This month we launched a new
section in Do This! dedicated
to community theatre. First up?
Spotlight on Babylon’s new Argyle
Theatre.
100 REAR VIEW
Meet Anne Morrow Lindbergh, the
wife of Charles Lindbergh, who had a
front-row seat to the famed airman’s
rise and fall.
103 LAST LOOK
We talk in depth with Dr. Christine
Riordan, the first female president
of Long Island’s oldest private
coeducational university, Adelphi
University.
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