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AT A NewS conference on Jan. 6, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman signed an executive order requiring school districts to vote this month on whether to require masks in classrooms.

Baldwin School District officials told the Herald that they will comply “with the law and follow the rules and regulations set forth by the proper governing entities of schools” after Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman signed executive orders on Jan. 6 directing local boards of education to vote this month on whether their districts should mandate mask use.

Baldwin residents took to social media to air their concerns about this executive order, generally saying masks in schools should be required. M a rk P revat t s a i d h e believed a county executive order could not supersede state law, adding, “An overwhelming majority of people who subscribe to [Blakeman’s] brand of politics have been showing themselves lately as having a penchant for believing their own misguided and/or misinformed [views], often with disastrous results.” Continued on page 15

A chat with the Baldwin Fire Department’s new chief By KARiNA KoVAC kkovac@liherald.com

Recently elected Baldwin Fire Chief Brien Cummings, 52, is ringing in the new year with updated equipment and supplies for his department — and hopes for new recruitment. C u m m i n g s m ove d f ro m Queens to Baldwin in the 1990s and joined the BFD as a probationary member in 2005 after a friend spoke about the joys of volunteering for the Fire Department. Moving up the ranks, Cummings has served as a lieutenant, captain and now chief. Cummings was elected with deputy chiefs William Dworsak,

Anthony Hopkins and Douglas Eberhart to keep the 200-member Baldwin department strong and the community safe amid the coronavirus pandemic. Responsibilities for this one-year position include overseeing operations for two truck and four engine companies and communications with the first-aid squad. The department recently added a state-of-the-art digital dispatch system, approved by the board of fire commissioners. Cummings said of the touchscreen system, “It looks like you can send a spaceship to the moon in there,” adding that it’s “light years” away from the old analog system.

he ‘main goal is pretty simple: get everyone high-quality training [so they] make it home to their families.’

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Other upgrades, including flooring repairs and an equipment storage unit at the back of the firehouse, bring the depart-

ment into a new age, he said. With looming Covid concerns, Cummings said he is working closely with the emergency services director, Dr. David Neubert, to enact policies to keep staff and the public safe. The Nassau County fire marhsal’s office recently supplied Baldwin with fresh N95 masks, protective equipment and at-home test kits.

“If a member is suspected of exposure, they can figure it out quickly,” Cummings said. “This new Omicron strain is different, little bit more infectious, but it seems as though people are having more of a head cold.” Membership is down, however. Even before the pandemic, Cummings said, there was “a dip Continued on page 14

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Rafael DeLossantos, 23, was laid to rest on Oct. 29 in Freeport, surrounded by his family, friends, and acquaintances whose lives he touched throughout his childhood and early adulthood on Long Island. DeLossantos was born on Nov. 30, 1997 in Winthrop University Hospital in Mineola to mother Claudia DeLossantos, 49, and father Juan DeLossantos, 54. Claudia and Juan are both immigrants—in 1989 Claudia moved at 17 from Guatemala and Juan, at 16 from the Dominican Re public. H o w e v e r, DeLossantos grew up in North Baldwin, as this was the first place his parents resided when they rafael delossantos, came to the 23, was laid to rest on U.S. Oct. 29 in Freeport, surDeLosrounded by his family, s a n t o s friends, and acquaintances a t t e n d e d whose lives he touched Plaza Elethroughout his childhood mentary S ch o o l , and early adulthood on Baldwin Long Island. M i d d l e S ch o o l , Baldwin High School and two years of Nassau Community College. Claudia remembers him as an energetic, even hyper child, who didn’t grow out of it. While he wasn’t passionate about coursework, though boasting higher than average grades, he loved math. The reason DeLossantos had such a penchant for math, Claudia surmised, “It’s a combination of my husband being a businessman and him wanting to be like my husband when he was older.” Juan is a businessman who’s owned various laundromats, including one that he sold later on in Baldwin, and one that he currently runs in Freeport. Claudia remembers when he was as young as four-years old, he would watch the cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants and liken his dad to Mr. Krabs, a crab who owned the restaurant Krusty Krab. DeLossantos was also an all-around star athlete. He played baseball for the Baldwin Little League and football as a running back with the Baldwin Bombers, which he took to their first championship against Massapequa, as well as with Nassau Community College. He also practiced boxing and wrestling. DeLossantos and his family would frequent the Dominican Republic, his father’s homeland, and when he was about 12-years-old, he had the opportunity to put his wrestling training to good use. Claudia told the Herald how he came to his cousin’s aid when a teenager tried to kiss and harass him. “I had to save him!” he told his mom after she scolded him for putting the girl,

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rafael delossantos, 23, was laid to rest on Oct. 29 in Freeport, surrounded by his family, friends, and acquaintances whose lives he touched throughout his childhood and early adulthood on Long Island. about three years older than him, who tried to assault his cousin in a headlock. “He always saved us,” is what his cousins would repeat throughout DeLossantos lifetime. His neighbor and friend, Jeffrey Dominguez, grew up with DeLossantos and they shared similar boyhood adventures. When they were around seven or eight years old, they ran away from the house while DeLossantos’ grandfather was babysitting. His family looked for them for like what seemed hours, only to find them hiding under a pile of leaves in front of the house. Gabriella Foster, 31, his cousin, remembers “Raffy” as positive and always smiling. She also recalled his discipline toward health and well-being. When she asked about how he got in such good shape recently, he told her, “Little by little, trust the process.” Likewise, DeLossantos’ aunt, Nora Villeda, 58, told the Herald, “He was always such a humble, sweet and respectful person.” And when she would compliment how handsome he was, he’d respond with, “Auntie, you’re very pretty too.” Besides being a superhero to his family, music was another of DeLossantos passions. He built a studio in the basement of his father’s laundromat, where he would record his own rap music, inspired by Post Malone and Brooklyn’s Pop Smoke, as well as engage in political commentary during the Trump years.

After his two years in NCC, he moved towards spending even more time in his father’s laundromat. DeLossantos and his parents had naturally and willingly come to the mutual agreement that he would take over his father’s business. Claudia and Juan had planned to retire in 2020 and move to the Dominican Republic, where they own some rental properties. DeLossantos would then have been left entirely in charge of managing his father’s business in Freeport, where he had started working at 14 years old. His parents had also discussed the future and well-being of his younger brother Daniel, 23, who is non-verbal autistic, when they got older or weren’t around to be able to care for him. “Don’t worry about it, Ma—I got you,” DeLossantos would constantly reassure his mother. His family members all agreed that DeLossantos was the peacemaker, never entertaining any drama, like an “older soul.” “He was a a kind human being, who came from a good, loving family--he taught us lessons on life to make us better people,” Claudia said. DeLossantos died as a victim of gun violence on Oct. 25. The perpetrators have been identified, arrested and arraigned on Dec. 11-- Both men are charged with first-degree robbery and second-degree murder. His family above all wants both “divine and earthly justice.” Claudia, who is well-versed in the legal system as a cor-

delossantos attended Plaza Elementary School, Baldwin Middle School, Baldwin High School and two years of Nassau Community College. Claudia remembers him as an energetic, even hyper child, who didn’t grow out of it. rectional officer in Mineola, asks of the community to raise their voice, and show their presence in court proceedings, so that DeLossantos, whose name itself means “of the Saints” in Spanish, can finally get justice.

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Snow leads to remote learning, not snow day By KARINA KOVAC kkovac@liherald.com

The first major snowfall of the winter season made many Long Island schools shut down and give the kids a snow day, excepting Baldwin, Freeport and Malverne, making many wonder why switch to remote instead. The snow fall, which touched down Thursday night into the twilight hours of Friday morning, approximated six inches. With Baldwin High School and Middle School students going remote the first week back from winter break, the district decided all schools would transition to remote learning DR. SHARI CAMHI for all students, K-12, because of Superintendent the snow. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Shari Camhi told the Herald the decision-making process behind this judgment, “We are only in the first week of January, and if we experience a harsh winter this year, we will end up going through our designated snow days before the Spring, leaving us with no choice but to transition.” Hammering in the importance of uninterrupted learning, Dr. Camhi says, “As a school district, our main focus is to maximize every instructional opportunity for our students.” Due to the pandemic and the forced public remote instruction in 2020, about 40% of districts nationwide have decided to swap those inclement weather days off with remote learning. However,

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A FEW OF Stanton Ave. in Baldwin after an approximate six inches came down and blanketed the town. evidence-based research suggests, in prepandemic times, that snow days do not have a significant impact in student achievement as individual absences do. “Just having to push a lesson back one day is not very hard to do,” said Joshua S. Goodman, an assistant professor in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy. “What’s harder to deal with is when five out of 25 students are missing because of weather,” he said. The district, however, also acknowledges the psychological importance of snow days and play, noting, “We are absolutely in support of encouraging our children to play in the snow and for

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down time... the day was made flexible to allow for ‘play in the snow time’ and shortened to combat screen fatigue.” “On one hand, burnout and stress are at an all-time high as a result of the pandemic,” stated University of Minnesota associate professor of school psychology Faith Miller. “Snow days provide that opportunity, that possibility for obligations to be temporarily abandoned. This type of discretionary time is linked to happiness and life satisfaction.” A Mental Health America report found that the rate of anxiety and depression was up 9% compared to 2019 in 11 to 17-year-old children. A national Gallup

poll in June 2020 revealed that about 3 in 10 parents indicated social distancing and school closures were making their children experience emotional or mental harm. Parents who worry about their children having a “normal” childhood during Covid can take solace in snow days, which are looked upon as a rite of passage to many. Walking away from the computers and outside into the snowy scenery can help kids absorb needed Vitamin D and enjoy a safe outdoor activity. For updates on upcoming winter school cancelations please refer to https://www.baldwinschools.org/.

News brief Baldwin student Saraiah Shaw-Glen cast in hit show New Amsterdam Baldwin Meadow Elementary School student Saraiah Shaw-Glen, 6, appeared in the New Amsterdam Season 4 Episode 4 titled, “Seed Money.” Her role is “Kid,” with her on-screen mom played by Ura Yoana Sanchez. In her free time, Saraiah is a Brownie Girl Scout, artist and crafter, as well as a dancer. She takes Creative Ballet, Tap/ Jazz Combo, Musical Theatre, and Hip Hop Dancing at Pat’s Dance Studio. She loves singing Kidz Bop songs and spending time with her family, which includes her mom, dad and two brothers. Her hobbies include playing tennis, swimming and learning new things. Her favorite subjects to study are reading, writing, math and science. Courtesy Rashaunda Shaw-Glen

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Baldwin High School recently hosted their “School to Career” breakfast. The annual event recognizes students’ experiences in the Academic Academies—Fine & Performing Arts, Education, STEM/ Engineering, Global Business & Entrepreneurship, Government/Law, Medical & Health Sciences, and New Media—as well as other programs offered by the district that focus on college, career, and life readiness. Specifically, students and administration highlight the opportunities earned through the district’s partnerships with various medical centers, public entities, colleges and universities, including Northwell Health, Long Island Jewish Valley Stream, Adelphi University, and Molloy College. The companies and foundations who help make these innovative initiatives possible attended the event to learn about the students’ progress. Over the past 20 years, the district has established numerous school-to-career partnerships, resulting in shadow days, internships, career fairs, leadership summits, competitions, and mentorships, to help ensure students graduate from high school “future-ready.” Though the event took place virtually, the students were able to share their achievements from the past year, touch upon what they have learned thus far through the Academic Academies program and interact with businesses from across Long Island right from the Virtual Enterprise room at the high school. The event was live streamed to the district’s community partners as well as the high school business classes. Dr. Shari Camhi, superintendent of schools, and Dr. Neil Testa, principal of Baldwin High School, opened the event

with some of the extraordinary accomplishments that came out of 2021: students from the Government & Law Academy winning the Northwell Health Medical Marvels Competition and taking part in the Gun Violence Prevention Forum this past fall; Junior Achievement naming Global Business & Entrepreneurship Academy student, Chloe Cruz, “Student Ambassador;” the Education Academy launching the Teacher Assistant Program with Brookside Elementary School, to name a few. Baldwin High School graduate, Kourtney Bobb, formerly of the Medical & Health Science Academy and now a premed student at Dartmouth College, returned to her alma mater to share how the School to Career program helped prepare her for her future in medicine. Additionally, the New Media Academy presented a special episode of their new show, “What’s Bruin?” to highlight their production and interview skills. The event culminated with a special Q&A session, in which a student representative from each academy posed a question about college and career planning to the district’s community partners. As a result, students received onthe-spot professional advice from the CEOs of companies, owners of local businesses, legal representatives, politicians, medical professionals, and college educators. The 2021 School to Career Breakfast proved to be just as successful and impactful, if not more, as it has been in previous years despite the remote setting thanks to the student presentations and the collaborative efforts of the Baldwin UFSD administration and community partners.

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password. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org. Yoga is known to have many health benefits, including improving strength, balance and flexibility; reducing back pain; inducing relaxation and improving sleep.

Community service programs with the library Interested in being kind and earning community service credits? Take part in the Baldwin Public Library’s ongoing community service programs. Using art, thank a veteran — design a plaque to thanks veterans and visit www. baldwinpl.org to view a “Thanking Our Veterans” video. Or, using art, create a special card for a hospitalized kid. Create your own special card to cheer up a sick child. Visit the library website to view a video that will show you the different ways you can decorate your card. To register, send an email to teens@baldwinpl.org. Library staff will reach out to have you pick up your kit at the main entrance doors of the library.

Saturday, January 22 Classic Film Discussion

Thursday, January 13 Double Dutch & Dumbbells Fitness Class Strong island & Queens Border fitness is inviting beginners and advanced jumpers to come out and get a full body workout improving cardiovascular health maximizing fat burn and muscle build with weights, jumprope and bands included. This series of classes is $15 each and runs from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at 2159 Grand Avenue, Baldwin, NY 11510. For more information or to register call or text 516-232-3409 or email www.getfitnomenon.com.

Inspiration Start Again Join Painting with a Twist as they teach you how to paint inspirational messages that encourage the painter to keep going! For ages 15 and up this event cost $37 and runs from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 855 Merrick Road Baldwin, NY 11510. For more information check out paintingwithatwist.com.

Friends of the Library Meeting Baldwin Public Library friends meetings are currently scheduled for the second Thursday of each month at 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. and all meetings are currently virtual. Please email friends@baldwinpl.

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org for Zoom links to upcoming meetings. If you have questions, or would like to learn more about becoming involved with the Friends, they may be contacted at (516) 2236228 ext. 199, friends@baldwinpl.org or online at baldwinpl.org/friends.

Zumba at Night Instructor Linda Salamone will get you moving, fit and energized via Zoom Zumba! Join from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org for the password.

Tuesday, January 18 Meditation with Gen Chenma Join Gen Chenma from Kadampa Meditation Center as she teaches in-person mediatation from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Chenma became one of Long Island’s fifth resident teacher on Sept

19, 2021. She has been a student of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso for the past 23 years and received ordination from him in 2004, at Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Center in England.

Wednesday, January 19 Library Board of Trustees Meeting The Library is under the authority of a five-member Board of Trustees. One member is elected each year at the annual election in May. The term of office is five years. The library budget is proposed by the Board and is voted upon by the residents. Members of the Board of Trustees for 2021 - 2022 are: Shireen Abed, President, Carl Williams, Vice President, Arthur Mesiti, Secretary Kerry Schwenker, and Ethell Smith. The Board of Trustees generally meets on the third Wednesday of each month from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. This Board

Meeting will be conducted via Zoom. You can join on your computer, tablet, mobile device with the Zoom app or you can call in. Check the Baldwin Public Library website to find the agenda.

Public Speaking Session II Join the Baldwin Public Library as they build on the previous public speaking session and focus on the more popular types of speeches students may be asked to make, such as demonstrative, persuasive, informational and entertaining. To register for this event running from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. send an email to: teens@ baldwinpl.org.

Yoga for beginners The Baldwin Public ibrary will host Yoga for Beginners from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. via Zoom. Those new to yoga are encouraged to attend. RSPV to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org for the

The 1955 classic film To Catch a Theif will be discussed virtually alongside Christopher Woods at 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. To register, email bplreadersadvisory@ baldwinpl.org for the password. In Hitchcock’s film, Cary Grant plays a retired jewel thief and French Resistance war hero, wrongfully accused of a recent crime spree on the French Riviera, where he now lives. As Grant attempts to clear his name, he meets and falls in love with Hitchcock’s favorite actress Grace Kelly who plays a rich, spoiled American heiress. Suspense, romance and sophisticated comic relief play against the opulence of the French Mediterranean resort locale. Please view the film at home first. DVDs are available for request by contacting 223-6228, ext. 145.

HAvING AN eveNT? Items on the Community Update pages are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to kkovac@liherald.com

Many BPL events have been postponed due to Covid; check on their website for new event dates. Rob Weiss, the director and producer of Amongst Friends and Entourage, was born in Baldwin. Granville W. Carter was an awarded sculptor who lived and worked in Baldwin from 1961 to 1992. The South Baldwin Jewish Center opened in 1961, beforehand holding services in members homes. Minutes for Board of Trustees meetings are usually uploaded to the BPL website about two weeks later.

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Baldwin Senior Basketball mORENO iS lOOKiNG to lead Baldwin to its eighth straight Nassau Class AA championship and has drawn interest from a handful of D1 college programs. She is a two-time All-County selection and was an impact player as a sophomore during the team’s last county title run. She scored 10 points in its 60-52 victory over Syosset in the Class AA final held March 8, 2020 at Nassau Coliseum, marking her seventh game that season scoring in double figures. She averaged 14 points as a junior.

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Girls Basketball: East Rockaway at West Hemp.....4:45 p.m. Girls Basketball: Lynbrook at Lawrence...................... 5 p.m. Boys Swimming: Wantagh vs South Side (at Jeircho) 7 p.m. Gymnastics: Valley Stream at Hewlett ........................ 7 p.m. Gymnastics: Sewanhaka at South Side ..................... 7 p.m. Girls Basketball: North Shore at Seaford ................... 7 p.m. Boys Basketball: Westbury at Baldwin ....................... 7 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 14 Girls Basketball: Glen Cove at Sewanhaka ..................... 5 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Roslyn at Elmont ............................ 5 p.m. Wrestling: Freeport at Oceanside ..............................5:30 p.m. Girls Basketball: New Hyde Park at MacArthur................ 7 p.m. Boys Basketball: Island Trees at Clarke ........................... 7 p.m. Boys Basketball: Seaford at Lawrence ............................ 7 p.m.

Boys Basketball: V.S. North at South Side................. 7 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 15 Wrestling: Baldwin Tournament ........................................9 a.m. Boys Bakisetball: V.S. Central at East Meadow.............. 12 p.m. Boys Basketball: East Rockaway at West Hemp. ........... 12 p.m. Girls Basketball: Kennedy at South Side ..................... 12 p.m.

After a long layoff due to COVID-19 cases, the Baldwin girls’ basketball team rang in the New Year where it left off in 2021. Baldwin, which went unbeaten during last year’s truncated six-game season, was dominant from the opening tip in a 75-36 win at Herricks on Jan. 4. The victory, in which the Lady Bruins jumped out to 29-7 lead after the first quarter and 45-15 at halftime, was the team’s first game since a 65-38 season-opening triumph against Valley Stream Central on Dec. 15 prior to it being sidelined because of the virus. The team has been limited to just two games heading into this week compared to most Long Island programs which have played around 10, “It feels like we’re finally in basketball season,” Baldwin head coach Tom Catapano said of the team’s first game in three weeks. “The kids were definitely excited and motivated to work on things they have been working on in practice and just getting back to some sense of normalcy.” Junior forward Dallysshya Moreno scored 17 points in the Herricks win after posting a double-double against Valley Stream Central with 15 points and 10 rebounds. The 6-0 Moreno, who is being recruited by Division 1 college programs, is also a major force on the defensive end of the floor as a shot blocker. “She’s really coming into her own this season,” Catapano said of Moreno. “She causes a lot of matchup problems for the other teams.” The Bruins raced out to a 32-4 lead in the Valley Stream Central game after the first quarter and then outscored the Eagles 21-0 in the second period for a commanding 59-point halftime advantage. Senior forward Paris Nosworthy tallied 12 points while Toni Smith also reached double figures with 10. Seventh grader Chinaya Okogeri and sophomore Renelle Grannum registered nine and eight points, respectively, as part of a balanced effort to open the 2021/22 season. Baldwin is gunning for its eight straight county title in Class AA after a

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SOphOmORE RENEllE GRANNum (8 points) was part of a balanced scoring effort Jan. 4 as Baldwin, in just its second game due to COVID-19 protocols, beat Herricks. year of no playoffs last season due to scheduling limitations posed by the pandemic. The Bruins are dedicating this season to the late Anthony Bolden, a longtime Baldwin varsity assistant under Catapano who died in the fall, by leaving the first chair on the bench vacant in his memory. “The program will never be the same without him,” Catapano said of his longtime coaching lieutenant. “We’re trying to honor him as best we can by how we play.” Baldwin visits Westbury this Saturday

at noon before a Tuesday night road game at Valley Stream Central at 7 p.m. The Bruins then host back-to-back home games on Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. versus Hicksville and the following day against Plainview-JFK for a noon tipoff. The COVID pause caused the postponement of a St. Mary’s holiday tournament opponent Baldwin was set to compete against and Catapano is hoping it can be rescheduled to help prepare the team for another deep postseason run.

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With freezing temperatures and snowfall forecasted, the Town of Hempstead has mobilized the snow response team in preparation of the incoming winter weather. “No matter how big or small the storm, America’s largest township will always be ready to respond to the forecasted winter weather,” said Supervisor Donald Clavin. “We’re still at the beginning of the snowfall season and we will continue taking proactive steps for all winter weather predicted for our area.” With over 400 pieces of equipment and more than 40,000 tons of salt on hand, the town’s snow response team is more than ready to cover over 1,200 miles of Hempstead Town roadways. CSEA Local 880 workers are actively preparing trucks, checking plows and loading salt in preparation for the snowfall. The Hempstead region should maintain dry conditions before the snow starts, which will allow for crews to preemptively salt the roads. When the snow does come down, plows will be deployed to clear roads, and they will continuously service town roads to avoid icing when the temperature is below freezing. To encourage individual and community safety, residents are urged to take steps to prepare their households:

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Brien Cummings reCently became Baldwin’s new fire chief, after having served in the Fire Department since 2005.

Chief eyes tech upgrades and increased recruitment

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in new membership as a whole.” During the new year, Cummings plans to continue community outreach, encouraging anyone interested in joining to attend an introductory course. “During that course, we go over the history, discuss what an engine company does, what truck companies do and also what first-aid companies are charged to do,” he said. There is no registration deadline to sign up, he said, noting the department is “always looking for people with high energy that are looking to do a little bit more and serve the community.” Cummings likened fire service to a fraternal order, saying there is “lots of brotherhood” serving the community together. That is why he said his “main goal is pretty simple: get everyone high-quality training [so they] make it home to their families.” Cummings lives in Baldwin with his wife, Luteechia, and son, Khari, and is a senior director and presently works TAI, which helps people with disabilities in New York City and Long Island. He is also a veteran of the United States Army where he served with honor and distinction and after years of service was honorably discharged at the rank of Sergeant. Residents interested in joining the

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how to contact the Baldwin f.d. ■ Emergency number: (516) 223-0066 ■ Chief’s office: (516) 223-1623 ■ General information: (516) 223-6858 ■ District administration: (516) 223-7670 ■ District supervisor: (516) 223-4484 ■ Board of fire commissioners: (516) 223-7670 department can go to http://www.baldwinfd.org/ and fill out a brief informational form. Those 14 to 18 years old can get involved with the Junior Fire Department, not to put fires out, but to train, drill and learn fire department tactics. Juniors become eligible to join the department as adults.

thomas fitzsimmons, an ex-chief and current dispatcher, with the department’s new state-of-the-art dispatch equipment.

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Education groups fire back at county executive’s orders

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bility to ignore Governor Hochul’s vital In a memo to local school districts, efforts to protect public health.” Baldwinite Francine Gray Holt said, State Education Commissioner Betty Rosa issued a statement in reaction on “We [don’t] matter, and now all of us will Jan. 6, saying, “Counties are required to suffer.” Blakeman, a Republican, enforce school masking regusaid he was directly opposlations. The re gulation, ing an order put in place in which applies to schools and early December by Gov. many other sectors, requires Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, local health departments to requiring mask use in public enforce school mask manspaces. The state mandate dates.” was originally set to expire “Counties do not have the in mid-January, but Hochul legal authority,” the commisrecently extended it through sioner continued, “to require Feb. 1. boards of education to vote “As governor,” she said on specific issues. School offiDec. 10, “my two top prioricers take an oath to obey all ties are to protect the health legal requirements. The State of New Yorkers and to proEducation Department tect the health of our econoexpects school boards will folmy. The temporary measures low all legal requirements, I am taking today will help including the face-covering accomplish this through the regulation.” holiday season.” Michael Kelly, president of Baldwinite Carmel Malothe Nassau-Suffolk School ne-Quane noted how these Boards Association, issued a Baldwin executive orders limit her statement Jan. 6 calling on own sense of freedom to Blakeman to undo the direc- sChool speak up. “Before I would say tive, saying, “Counties have distriCt something about the manno more authority to direct date when I saw someone in school board matters than do a store or on the train not wearing a schools to legislate county affairs.” Likewise, a letter drafted by 10 Long mask,” she said. “Now they can shoot Island officials, including State Senators back with this person’s optional compliTodd Kaminsky and John Brooks and ance.” The legal counsel for county executive Assemblywoman Judy Griffin, called on the county executive to rescind the execu- drafted the executive orders signed by tive order, writing, “When pediatric hos- Blakeman, said Chris Boyle, the county pitalizations are spiking at dangerous lev- executive’s spokesman. Blakeman’s orders come at a time els, it would be the height of irresponsiwhen Long Island’s Covid positivity rate — the highest in the state — is spiking at more than 25 percent, and a growing number of school districts are reporting increased transmission of the disease, with some, such as Long Beach, being forced to close certain schools because of staffing shortages. Hospitalization rates are rising, as well. —Require school boards to vote on Blakeman also announced that 20,000 mask mandates in schools. test kits would be distributed to county residents, as well as a vaccination pod. —Make mask wearing in public The county will distribute KN95 masks to optional. private and public schools for staff, espe—Reopen a vaccination site and give cially teachers.

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Recordando al siempre sonriente Rafael By Cristina arroyo rodríguez carroyo@liherald.com

Rafael DeLossantos, 23, fue sepultado el 29 de octubre en Freeport, rodeado de su familia, amigos y conocidos cuyas vidas él tocó durante su infancia y adultez en Long Island. DeLossantos nació el 30 de noviembre de 1997 en el Winthrop University Hospital en Mineola de su madre Claudia DeLossantos, 49, y padre Juan DeLossantos, 54. Claudia y Juan son inmigrantes— en 1989 Claudia se mudó a los 17 de Guatemala y Juan, a los 16 de la Re pública Dominicana. Sin embargo, DeLossantos se crió en North Baldwin, ya que éste fue el primer lugar donde residieron sus padres cuando llegaron a los EE. UU. Claudia DeLossantos asistió a la delossantos Escuela Primaria Plaza, la Escuela madre Intermedia Baldwin, la Escuela Secundaria Baldwin y dos años en Nassau Community College. Claudia lo recuerda como un niño enérgico, incluso hiperactivo, que no creció de eso. Aunque no le apasionaban los cursos escolares, y sus calificaciones eran más altas que el promedio, amaba las matemáticas. La razón por la que DeLossantos tenía tal inclinación por las matemáticas, supuso Claudia, “Es una combinación de que mi esposo es un hombre de negocios y quiere ser como mi esposo cuando sea mayor”. Juan ha sido propietario de varias lavanderías, incluida una que vendió en Baldwin y otra que actualmente dirige en Freeport. Claudia recuerda que cuando tenía apenas cuatro años, DeLossantos veía la caricatura SpongeBob SquarePants y comparaba a su padre con Mr. Krab, un cangrejo que era dueño del restaurante Krusty Krab. DeLossantos también fue un atleta

ra un ser humano amable, que provenía de una familia buena y amorosa.

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rafael delossantos, Con su familia, nació el 30 de noviembre de 1997 en el Winthrop University Hospital en Mineola de su madre Claudia DeLossantos, 49, y padre Juan DeLossantos. estrella. Jugó béisbol para Baldwin Little League y fútbol americano como corredor con los Baldwin Bombers, que llevó a su primer campeonato contra Massapequa, así como con Nassau Community College. También practicó boxeo y lucha libre. DeLossantos y su familia frecuentaban la República Dominicana, la tierra natal de su padre, y cuando tenía alrededor de 12 años, tuvo la oportunidad de practicar su lucha libre. Claudia le contó al Herald cómo DeLossantos acudió en ayuda de su primo cuando una adolescente trató de besarlo y acosarlo. “¡Tenía que salvarlo!” le dijo a su mamá después de que ella lo regañó por ponerle una llave de cabeza a la niña, unos tres años mayor que él, que intentó

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: NASSAU COUNTY. WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEE FOR STANWICH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST A, Pltf. vs. HERMINZUL AYALA, et al, Defts. Index #16-007155. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale dated Aug. 21, 2018 and order appointing substitute referee to sell dated Dec. 9, 2019, I will sell at public auction on the north side steps of the

Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on January 27, 2022 at 2:30 p.m., prem. k/a 2352 Rockwood Avenue, Baldwin, NY a/k/a Section 54, Block 465, Lot 110 and 111. Said property located in Baldwin, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of NY, known and designated as and by the Lots Nos. 10 and 11 on a certain map entitled, “Map of Valuable Building Sites at Baldwin, in the Town of

Hempstead, Queens County, New York, belonging to William H. Cutler and Charles Haas, showing how Rockwood Avenue and Maple Street and the lots are located, surveyed October 3, 1892 by D.S. Denton” and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, December 29, 1892, as Map No. 605, and subsequently filed in the Nassau County Clerk’s Office as Map No. 133, Case No. 1260. Approx. amt. of judgment is $467,030.76 plus costs

and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Foreclosure auction will be held “rain or shine.” If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the auction. MICHAEL J. SEPE, Referee. HILL WALLACK LLP, Attys. for Pltf., 25 w. 39TH Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY. File No. 24269-00008- #99001 128896

agredir a su primo. “Él siempre nos salvó”, es lo que repetirían sus primos a lo largo de la vida de DeLossantos. Su vecino y amigo, Jeffrey Domínguez, se crió con DeLossantos y compartieron aventuras infantiles similares. Cuando tenían alrededor de siete u ocho años, se escaparon de la casa mientras el abuelo de DeLossantos los cuidaba. Su familia los buscó durante lo que parecieron horas, sólo para encontrarlos escondidos debajo de una pila de hojas frente a la casa. Gabriella Foster, 31, su prima, recuerda a “Raffy” como positivo y siempre sonriente. También recordó su disciplina hacia la salud y el bienestar. Cuando ella le preguntó recientemente cómo se puso en tan buena forma, él le dijo, “Poco a poco, confía en el proceso”. Asimismo, la tía de DeLossantos, Nora Villeda, 58, le dijo al Herald: “Siempre fue una persona tan humilde, dulce y respetuosa”. Y cuando ella elogiaba lo guapo que era, él respondía, “Tía, tú también eres muy bonita”. Además de ser un superhéroe para su familia, la música era otra de las pasiones de DeLossantos. Instaló un estudio en el sótano de la lavandería de su padre, donde grababa su propia música rap, inspirada en Post Malone y Pop Smoke de Brooklyn, además de hacer comentarios políticos durante los años de Trump. Después de sus dos años en NCC, DeLossantos pasó aún más tiempo en la lavandería de su padre. DeLossantos y sus padres habían llegado de forma natural y voluntaria al mutuo acuerdo de que él se

arriBa, delossantos jugó béisbol para Baldwin Little League y fútbol americano como corredor con los Baldwin Bombers, que llevó a su primer campeonato contra Massapequa, así como con Nassau Community College. haría cargo del negocio. Claudia y Juan habían planeado jubilarse en 2020 y mudarse a República Dominicana, donde tienen algunas propiedades en alquiler. Entonces, DeLossantos se habría quedado completamente a cargo de administrar el negocio de su padre en Freeport, donde había comenzado a trabajar a los 14 años. Sus padres también habían discutido el futuro y el bienestar de su hermano menor Daniel, 23, que es autista no verbal, cuando se hicieran mayores o no estuvieran cerca para poder cuidarlo. “No te preocupes por eso, mamá--te tengo”, DeLossantos constantemente le decía para tranquilizarla. Todos los miembros de su familia estuvieron de acuerdo en que DeLossantos era el pacificador, nunca entretenía ningún drama, como un “alma mayor”. “Era un ser humano amable, que provenía de una familia buena y amorosa; nos enseñó lecciones de vida para hacernos mejores personas”, dijo Claudia. DeLossantos murió como víctima de la violencia armada el 25 de octubre. Los perpetradores fueron identificados, arrestados y procesados el 11 de diciembre. Ambos hombres están acusados de robo en primer grado y asesinato en segundo grado. Su familia quiere, sobre todo, “justicia divina y terrenal”. Claudia, quien conoce bien el sistema legal como oficial correccional en Mineola, pide a la comunidad que alce la voz y muestre su presencia en corte para que DeLossantos, cuyo propio nombre significa “de los santos”, finalmente pueda obtener justicia.

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Q. A few contractors have looked at my attic so I can finish it for more bedrooms and a family room. The 1920s house has a very large attic with stairs to the second-floor landing. The attic stairs are much steeper and narrower, and the contractor says the walls will need to be taken down and wider and longer stairs put in. Is this necessary? The stairs are already there, and even though they’re steep, they work. Also, one of the contractors said that the horizontal 2x4s going across the attic, which are too low to walk around, could be removed or raised. Is that true? He said we could put them higher and add more so we can add finished wallboards to them. Do you agree, and is there anything I should know about doing this before we start?

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A. Good thing you asked before you started. Instead of starting, you need to stop and take a few steps back. What you’re describing has multiple issues that you have to address. First, your state building code doesn’t allow the occupancy of a third floor in a single-family, woodframed dwelling. This is because of the many danonte eeper gers involved in surviving a fire at that level. In the process of getting the permit to occupy a third story, which you left out of the description of your investigation, you would need to have a licensed architect or engineer prepare plans that include specific methods of escape, including the correct size and number of windows, distances to exterior and interior levels below to escape to, sprinkler locations along the entire path of travel to get out of the dwelling, heights of ceilings and fire-rated materials to be installed. This is because, as I have often written, the chances of surviving a fire in the third floor of a wood-framed dwelling are statistically remote, only 5 percent. That means you or your loved ones could be among the 95 out of 100 who will die from smoke inhalation or burns. The plans for a finished third story are submitted to both your local building department, which will rightfully reject them, and to the State Codes Division for a public hearing, where your case will need to be represented by a code-knowledgeable professional. I have seen people represent themselves, which generally doesn’t go very well, since safety is the reason for the codes, and there are many laws and standards that the average owner is unaware of. The stair access must be 3 feet wide, and the tread must be at least 10¼ inches, while the risers cannot exceed 8¼ inches. The horizontal 2x4s you described are collar ties, and they serve the important function of holding the roof together, especially in high winds and under snow loads. Moving or removing them can be dangerous. The higher up, the less effective, and without first calculating several factors, it should not be done.

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n Christmas Day, NASA sent into space the James Webb telescope, which, if all works out as planned, will provide us with our first look into the beginning of time. The telescope will bring into focus the oldest stars in the universe, and examine the atmospheres of nearby exoplanets for signs of life. But who the heck was James Webb? He has largely been lost to history. He was a Marine Corps pilot, an aide to several members of Congress, JAMES undersecretary of to President BERNSTEIN state Harry S. Truman, president of a New York company, Sperry Gyroscope, and NASA’s second administrator. A pretty impressive biography. But just as Webb’s name has largely been forgotten, so has a tragic incident that occurred during his administration that almost ended America’s space program. On Jan. 27, 1967, three astronauts

— Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, 40, Edward H. White, 36, and rookie Roger Chaffee, 31 — were killed on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida when a fire erupted in their command module during pre-flight training. At the time, it was the world’s worst space disaster. Little is said or written these days about the three astronauts and their destroyed Apollo 1 spacecraft. For one thing, there was the success of the moon landings beginning in 1969. And there have been other disasters — two space shuttles, Challenger, in 1986, and Columbia, in 2003, were lost, resulting in the deaths of 14 astronauts. The country was in shock after the ’67 fire in Apollo 1. NASA’s carefully cultivated image of infallibility had been badly damaged. There were calls from various corners to nix the space program, and let the Russians have the moon. It wasn’t worth human lives, some editorials in leading newspapers said. Webb saw it differently. But perhaps the most distinguishing factor of his leadership, something rarely seen in gov-

ernment or politics these days, was that Webb publicly took the blame for the disaster, pulling no punches. “We’ve always known that something like this was going to happen soon or later,” he told the press at the time. “Who would have thought that the first tragedy would be on the ground?” Not only did he shoulder the blame, but Webb was determined to get all the facts and keep the space program moving forward. America, he thought, had to be first on the moon. He went to President Lyndon Johnson and asked that NASA be allowed to handle the investigation into the fire, promising to be truthful with the agency’s findings. Webb was grilled by various congressional committees, and kept the backlash away from NASA and the Johnson administration. As a result, Webb was assigned much of the blame, and NASA ultimately regained its “right stuff ” image. An investigation indicated that a faulty electrical wire inside the Apollo 1 command module likely caused the fire.

fter a tragedy, he was determined to keep the space program moving forward.

Webb retired from the space agency in October 1968, just as the Apollo program was nearing completion. Astronauts landed on the moon a year later. There were bumps along the way in Webb’s career. In 2015, a Seattle Times columnist revived talk that when Webb was undersecretary of state, thousands of gay men and women lost their government jobs in what was known as the “Lavender Scare.” There was never any evidence that Webb had anything to do with the firings, although people speculated he must have known about them. Perhaps the thing to remember about James Webb is that he kept the complex machinery of NASA humming so America could stay true to the goal that President John F. Kennedy set in 1962: to land a man on the moon by the end of the decade and bring him back safely to Earth. Much of the technology had not even been invented yet when Kennedy made that bold pledge, and many thought the goal was impossible. Webb was one of the believers. Jim Bernstein is editor of the Long Beach Herald. Comments about this column? JBernstein@liherald.com.

Choosing to read hope in the crystal ball

hat if we got knocked out of our socks by a brilliant turnabout in our national life? At the moment, “Happy New Year” rings hollow. We all know how heavy the baggage is that we dragged from December to January this year. But my hope is in the mystery of the future. We could never have predicted the dreadful twin plagues of Covid and civil unrest, and that is exactly why we can’t predict a change, a windfall of good RANDI karma and good KREISS timing. Twenty-two years ago, I wrote a New Year’s column for the Heralds offering my predictions for the year ahead, 2000. First, I suggested, sell all your stock. In my capacity as a person with little understanding of financial markets, I firmly believed that stores would become obsolete as online shopping became more popular. The markets would go south from there. As it turned out, if you just kept your stocks for these 22 years, you would have made a tidy bundle. So my first predic-

tion was dead on arrival. Even with the dot-com bust in the early 2000s and the Great Recession, the average annual return in the stock market was about 10 percent. I also predicted that that we would not go to war with Saddam Hussein. On the national front, I lamented the scandals in Congress, and said our officials would out one another until no one would be left in government. That one was particularly interesting: Apparently, the worst thing I could imagine about Congress 22 years ago was that folks were having sexual flings. Man, wouldn’t you take that scenario in a heartbeat? What if someone told you back then that on New Year’s 2022, our country would be stumbling ahead, staggered by more than 800,000 deaths from a virulent pandemic that shut down schools and services and sent millions into isolation and quarantine? Could you possibly have believed that political fighting, a violent attack on the Capitol and hordes of know-nothing anarchists would threaten the integrity of Congress, the presidency and the Supreme Court? Would you have believed that a Marjorie Taylor Greene could exist

if I described her to you back then? How about this one: Donald Trump would get elected president in 2016. Hell, 22 years ago, the twin towers were still standing in all their massive glory at the tip of Manhattan. Perhaps it’s best that crystal balls are cloudy. The unexpected is what I am counting on — that unpredictably good things may save us. As I think about the year ahead, my head and my heart do battle. Our hearts don’t heal according to a turn of the calendar page. My heart is aching for our losses. Some friends have died. My city is set back on its heels. Our kids are out of school yet again, as we enter the third year of the pandemic. Part of my head is worried about tomorrow. But I’m going with the part of my brain that knows unexpectedly beneficent events in the year ahead could heal the country and get us healthy again. We can go back to work, and bring back birthday parties and theater and family dinners. The virus could burn out. Our political leaders may find their best selves. Airplane travel will take off and people, too long sequestered in their homes, will embrace one another again.

nexpected events in the year ahead could heal the country and get us healthy again.

This could happen, and is no more unlikely than a raging global pandemic that stopped the clock for two years. I wish this for all of us in 2022: that we are off-the-charts lucky and blessed in our lives and work. In the meantime, the poet John Roedel offers this advice: “My heart is always sad about/something that happened yesterday/while my head is always worried/about something that may happen tomorrow, I lamented . . . “My gut squeezed my hand./‘I just can’t live with my mistakes of the past/or my anxiety about the future,’ I sighed . . . “My gut smiled and said: ‘In that case/ you should stay with your lungs for a while . . . “If you are exhausted about/your heart’s obsession with/the fixed past and your mind’s focus/on the uncertain future/ your lungs are the perfect place for you/ there is no yesterday in your lungs/there is no tomorrow there either/there is only now/there is only inhale/there is only exhale/there is only this moment/there is only breath/and in that breath/you can rest while your/heart and head work/their relationship out.” Let us say goodbye to 2021 hoping to be astonished, in a good way, by 2022. Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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n his first week on the job, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman addressed the coronavirus pandemic in a way that can best be described as premature, if not downright foolhardy. Last week, Blakeman, a Republican from the Five Towns, signed a set of three executive orders, all of which were intended to loosen state regulations whose purpose was to protect public safety during this most recent surge of infections caused by the Omicron variant. Blakeman was clearly thumbing his nose at Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, who on Dec. 10 ordered mask wearing in public to reduce the spread of Covid-19 as it fans out like wildfire across New York state, and the nation. Before taking office, Blakeman had said he would not enforce the public mask mandate, as required by Hochul. Then, on Jan. 6, he took this political showdown one step further when he signed a surprise executive order directing local boards of education across Nassau to vote on whether to require masks in the schools. Refusing to enforce the mask mandate was bad enough. To require school districts to weigh in on a measure that is, incontrovertibly, intended to protect the health and safety of students — many of them unvaccinated — along with teachers and school workers, represents an abdication of his duty as county executive to protect Nassau’s most vulnerable. It’s been a while since Blakeman, 66, has been in school, but surely he must

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letters Blakeman’s decision is ‘misguided’ To the Editor: The news generated by Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s recent publicity stunt of signing an executive order allowing school districts to decide on mask-wearing is nothing more than a glaring example of misguided judgment and poor leadership. Surely Mr. Blakeman knows he cannot supersede Gov. Kathy Hochul’s mask mandate or the state education commissioner’s similar order. It is nothing more than playing to the cheap seats, on top of being quantifiably false (the idea that there is no science to support mask wearing as a Covid mitigation practice). It’s both an embarrassment and an invitation to those who believe such nonsense to cause disruption and only furthers divisiveness. It’s a sad day in Nassau County to be represented by a person willing to sow discord to be

remember the conditions in which students and teachers work. Twenty to 30 people are confined to a room for six to eight hours a day, with ventilation systems that are often decades old, unless a district has recently upgraded them. In short, students and teachers must spend hours a day within feet of one another, in rooms of stagnant air. One infected student or teacher could spread the coronavirus to dozens of people in a single day. Why not mask up? What, precisely, is Blakeman’s point here? Anyone who enters a school must wear a mask, period. Some parents say they worry about the potential psychological effects of their children wearing masks throughout the day. In studies since the start of the pandemic, however, children were found to be highly resilient, reporting few, if any, effects from mask wearing, and health experts across the country have weighed in, saying children are, generally speaking, doing just fine wearing masks. At the same time, as we reported in last week’s editorial, numerous studies indicate that mask wearing does, in fact, reduce the spread of the coronavirus. That is, there is no real downside to children wearing masks in school — and only an upside, the likely reduction of community spread of the coronavirus. Thus, it would be just plain wrong of any school district, for what could only be described as political reasons, to overturn the state’s mask mandate in a vote. Hochul quickly weighed in on the mat-

ter last week, saying that any school district that voted to overturn the mandate, ordered by both the State Education Department and the State Department of Health, could — and likely would — face the loss of state aid for education. She was right to weigh in aggressively. There will be those who say that the Omicron variant, according to studies, is less virulent and less deadly than previous strains of the coronavirus. They are correct. This variant is still, however, a virus with the capability to send the unvaccinated to hospitals. And people who believe that even a three-dose vaccination will entirely protect them from it should think again. The vaccinated are becoming infected as well. They might not experience the heavy symptoms that unvaccinated people do, but they can still get sick. Further, the risk of a vaccinated person being hospitalized by the Omicron variant is extremely low, but it is not zero. The bottom line: Blakeman appears to be playing a game of political brinkmanship, which has garnered him a good amount of publicity across the state and made him something of a hero to farright conservatives. That is why we find his first two weeks in office to be so disappointing. We honestly expected better of him. We hope and trust he will see the error of his ways and restore one of the best measures that we have to guard against the coronavirus — the mask mandate.

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ational Public Radio and ABC News warn, “Teachers are on the front lines in the Jan. 6 culture war.” Depending on where they work, teachers experience different political pressure when it comes to how to discuss with students the events that rocked the U.S. Capitol a year and a week ago. For younger children, important themes are community decision-making and fairness, the building blocks of a democratic society. In grades five to eight, students aLan learn about the foundations of the sinGer democratic process — rights and responsibilities, civic action and voting — along with injustices. In grades 11 and 12, students should follow congressional hearings, evaluate media coverage and discuss the implications of current events. For these grades, the anniversary of Jan. 6, with expanded media coverage, offered a teachable moment for more in-depth analysis. While students and teachers are entitled to their opinions about the implications of the events, discussion in class about them must be respectful, and speakers must support statements with evi-

dence. The teacher must prepare documents for evaluation, ask questions of student speakers and moderate discussion. The teacher must guide students through multiple sources with different perspectives so they can form their own questions, evaluate the sources and information, and arrive at conclusions supported by evidence. This process must not include deciding whether the Jan. 6 insurrection happened. It happened, and it was indeed an insurrection, intended to block certification of the presidential election. One difficulty in addressing the events of that day is the country’s partisan divide. An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey found that despite widely viewed video footage, 60 percent of Republicans claimed the attack on the Capitol was not violent or somewhat violent. Here, teachers should ask students to suggest additional documents to allow them to discuss and decide whether the events were violent or not. To be clear, more than 700 people have been charged with various crimes at the Capitol. The FBI estimates that about 2,000 people were part of the mob that breached the building after a pro-Trump rally at which then President Donald Trump and other speakers repeated

unsubstantiated charges that the election was stolen. Some 140 law enforcement officers were injured during the attack, one died, and the Capitol sustained more than $1.5 million in damage. More than 160 of the rioters entered guilty pleas in exchange for lighter sentences. Seventy have been sentenced. Thirty-one were jailed and 18 received home detention. The longest prison term so far is five years. About 100 defendants have ties to extremist groups. Trump tweeted many times on the afternoon on Jan. 6, attacking then Vice President Mike Pence more than once. At 2:38 p.m. — more than an hour and a half after Trump supporters first breached the Capitol — Trump tweeted, “Please support our Capitol Police and Law Enforcement. They are truly on the side of our Country. Stay peaceful!” At 4:17 p.m. Trump tweeted a video in which he told his followers, “I know your pain, I know your hurt. We love you, you’re very special. You’ve seen what happens, you’ve seen the way others are treated . . . I know how you feel, but go home, and go home in peace.” Sen. Mitt Romney, a Republican from Utah, called what happened on Jan. 6 “an insurrection, incited by the president.” On Fox News, Rep. Liz Cheney, a Republican from Wyoming, said, “There’s no

t offers a teachable moment for indepth analysis, if discussed respectfully.

Letters more popular with a loud and uninformed minority. MICHAEL LUDWIg, PH.D. Rockville Centre Ludwig is director of Hofstra University’s health education master’s program.

No wonder Democrats are in trouble To the Editor: Alan Singer’s analyses of why the Democratic Party is in peril of losing control of government (“Democrats election perils have little to do with ‘wokeness,’” Dec. 9-15) is yet another anti-Republican screed with selective omissions of facts. Nowhere in his op-ed piece does he mention the Southern border, which is a lawless catastrophe for our country as well as for Biden, Harris or whoever is supposed to be in charge. Singer fails to mention that with no clear mandate, a 50-50 Senate and a razor-thin majority in the House, Biden and company are trying to pass a multi-trillion-dollar package that can only be paid for with higher taxes. Nowhere does he mention the murder, mayhem and chaos that are a direct result of flawed policies in Democratic-run cities across the country.

Weakening support for Israel; kneeling to an Iran deal, which is a pathway to a nuclear weapon for a country with a malevolent, untrustworthy government; abandoning friends and weapons in Afghanistan; sitting idly by as China steals land in the South China Sea to build military outposts; closing down the Keystone Pipeline (while green-lighting Russia’s), which has led to soaring gas prices as we struggle to electrify, are just a few other omissions. Throw in the teaching of a flawed critical race theory, the 1609 Project, FBI surveillance of school board meetings, support of the corrupt and often violent Black Lives Matter movement and consideration of reparations for descendants of people who were slaves more than 150 years ago, and it’s quite understandable why the Democratic Party is in trouble. Its record of failure in one year is breathtaking. Most people who are, or will turn from, blue to red are neither racist nor violent. They abhor the Jan. 6 insurrection. They are pragmatic! And yes, like it or not, Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted by a jury of his peers who heard all of the evidence. To become purple, we need moderate leaders on both sides of the aisle who listen to and respect one another. Ignoring reality when it conflicts with one’s point of view is a prescription for failure. DR. MEL YOUNg Lawrence

question the president formed the mob. The president incited the mob. The president addressed the mob. He lit the flame.” The New York Times published useful lesson ideas to aid teachers. It also recommends consulting the websites of Learning for Justice (formerly Teaching Tolerance), Facing History and Ourselves and the Anti-Defamation League. The Times package includes documents with questions sorted by these themes: ■ Understanding what happened and reacting to it. ■ Investigating President Trump’s responsibility. ■ Exploring why democracy requires a peaceful transfer of power. ■ Understanding the roots of the riot. ■ Considering the role of the news media and the power of language. ■ Scrutinizing how social media can facilitate insurrection. ■ Putting Jan. 6 into historical context. Dr. Alan Singer is a professor of teaching, learning and technology and the director of social studies education programs at Hofstra University. He is a former New York City high school social studies teacher and editor of Social Science Docket, a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for the Social Studies. Follow him on Twitter, @AlanJSinger1.

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