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Civic leaders talk Baldwin’s future which neighbors have said has had empty storefronts and vacant buildings for some two Baldwin civic leaders recently decades. discussed the community’s “One of the biggest driving development plans at a virtual things that we had as part of the panel hosted by Vision Long ‘Baldwin needs revitalization’ Island, an organization that effort was this corner of Grand advocates for community growth Avenue and Merrick Road that and development. they’ve been trying Baldwin Civic to develop — it’s Association Presilike 20 years,” Mondent Darien Ward talbano said. and immediate “Finally, I think we Past President may have reached Karen Montalbano the point of actualdiscussed plans to ly getting somerevitalize the where, because we d o w n t o w n a n d KAREN finally got a Baldimprove branding moNtAlBANo win overlay zone, and walkability on and we’re looking a segment of “Long Past president, forward to that, Island Main Street Baldwin Civic along with other News” on Jan. 19. projects that are in Association Eric Alexander, the works.” director of Vision Happening in Long Island, hosted tandem with the Ward and Montalbano. He had overlay district is the state’s helped draft the plans for Bald- Downtown Revitalization Initiawin’s overlay zone, a district tive, for which Baldwin received with a temporary zoning code a $10 million grant two years meant to encourage develop- ago. Town of Hempstead and ment with the least possible dis- state officials have joined comruption. munity leaders and consultants The Hempstead Town Board throughout the past year to voted to adopt the overlay dis- brainstorm, plan and finalize a trict last year to bring life back to the struggling downtown, Continued on page 11

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e want to develop our identity.

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thinking outside the blacktop box Steele Elementary School students took part in a variety of fitness exercises after phys. ed. teachers Joseph Billi and Richard Garguilo created a blacktop activity wheel in the schoolyard using paint and cardboard box stencils. Story, more photos, Page 3.

Officials: ‘eyesore’ cleaned up By BRiDGEt DowNEs bdownes@liherald.com

A vacant property on Verity Lane in Baldwin that local residents say had been used as a dumping yard for more than a year has been cleaned up. The private property, near Verity Lane and Grand Avenue, had been partially covered by piles of debris and trash, but was cleared as of last week. For months, dozens of resi-

dents took to social media to share their concerns about the site, and it became a quality-oflife issue. The parcel is in the middle of a residential area. John Cools, commissioner of Baldwin’s Sanitary District No. 2, had attempted to correct the situation by making calls to one of the property owners. Cools then notified State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach, who stepped in and contacted the property owners,

urging them to clean up the land and remove the trash. “His office really spearheaded it and made it happen,” Cools said of Kaminsky, adding that his own calls were fruitless. The property has been vacant for about 12 years, Cools said, after the previous owners sold it to a developer who neighbors said had planned to build townhouses in the space. That never Continued on page 4

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StudentS participated in fun exercise routines using the activity wheel in the schoolyard.

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the StudentS tried a variety of activities.

P.E. teachers create outdoor gym for students Steele Elementary School physical education teachers Joseph Billi and Richard Garguilo came up with a solution for hosting gym classes during a pandemic: create an outdoor, hand-painted activity wheel in the schoolyard complete with entertaining exercise routines and fitness challenges. On the first day of school, Mr. Billi and Mr. Garguilo had placed red tape on the blacktop in the school yard for the students to use as their squad spots, but it just did not go as planned, school representatives said in a news release. “The students use their squad spots to stretch and listen to the introduction of our lessons. Then they jog as part of their warm-up,” Mr. Billi explained. “We tried to use the basketball hoop and fence to help direct the students as to where to go to complete their lap, but this quickly became too confusing. Later that day, Mr. Garguilo and I discussed how the gym provided structure in countless ways and from there, this notion of the activity wheel was born!” The teachers began researching and drawing a track filled with different fitness stations using paint donated by Ace Hardware in Baldwin and stencils made from cardboard boxes. Each station focuses on a specific

Various activity stations Since the start of the 2020-2021 school year, the teachers have designed and drawn a variety of stations within a circle that serves as a track: ■ The fitness trail station, designed like a walking trail with grass and a blue lake, allows the students to perform a variety of fitness exercises.

the large track can be seen in the Steele schoolyard. skill set, while allowing for social distancing and modification according to grade level. In addition, the teachers incorporated “conflict resolution circles” in the center to help resolve any issues between classmates. The activity wheel is open to all kindergarten through fifth-grade P.E. students. “The dedication, passion and creativity evidenced in Mr. Billi’s and Mr. Garguilo’s work on the creation of the activity wheel has served to provide countless hours of meaningful physical activity for all children and has been a tremendous source of joy,” Steele Elemen-

tary School Principal Nicole Hunn said. The new Steele activity wheel will be ever-evolving. Mr. Billi and Mr. Garguilo plan to develop new activity stations, not just for 2021, but for years and years to come. Mr. Garguilo has been teaching physical education for more than two decades in the Baldwin Union Free School District, while Mr. Billi has been with Steele Elementary School for the last two years, both succeeding at delivering health and fitness in a fun and rewarding way for their students, school representatives said in a news release.

■ The walk-the-plank-station requires the students to walk across a white line and try to keep their balance without touching the black part of the black top. ■ The long-jump-station features targets for the students to jump on in order to score a certain number of points. The further they jump, the greater the number of points. ■ The hopscotch station, designed like a rocket ship

with a moon and stars, works on the students’ footwork. ■ The agility station is in the form of a ladder for the students to perform a variety of locomotor movements. ■ The mirror-me station has the students follow each other’s movements to get to the other side of the station, helping to improve teamwork. ■ The maze station consists of two mazes, where one is designed as a standard maze while the other is similar to the classic video game “Pac-Man.” The mazes require the students to think strategically.

Verity Lane ‘eyesore’ property cleaned up continued froM front page happened. “Somebody was just taking advantage of the fact that it was empty,” Cools said of whoever had been dumping on the grounds. Cars, an old boat, an abandoned billboard ad and filled dumpsters could be seen on the g rounds, as well as cut-up lo gs, along with other debris. Members of the Town of Hempstead Building Department had visited the site, neighbors said, and they noted that the vehicles parked on the property were registered, but they said there was nothing todd KaMinsKy they could do. State senator Cools contacted Kaminsky about four months ago. Kaminsky also heard from other constituents who shared concerns and called the property an “eyesore.” He said he called the owners on the phone, explained the issue within the community, and then worked with a lawyer for one of the owners over a period of months to have the property slowly cleaned up. The vacant field consists of two separate properties, although the property line is unclear. The debris has since been cleared. “Baldwin is nobody’s dumping ground, and turning a property in our community into a garbage bin is hazardous to our health and environment,” Kaminsky said. “Following my calls to the owners, I’m glad to see that the [debris] has been removed and the lot has been cleaned. Baldwin residents deserve nothing less.” Hempstead Town Councilman Chris Carini said the property has been a troubling area for the Building Department

aldwin is nobody’s dumping ground, and turning a property in our community into a garbage bin is hazardous to our health and environment.

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for years. The property owners were issued multiple summonses, requiring them to appear in district court. There is also a major backlog on the court system because of the Covid-19 pandemic, Carini added. Town officials cannot enter, remove or clean items on the property unless the court states so as part of its decision. The outcome, including fines, is set by the court. Kaminsky told residents that he would continue to work with the owners to ensure that the property does not slide back into its former condition.

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Library Takeout program. To register, send an email to teens@baldwinpl.org so the library staff can contact you to pick up a free copy of the bok to read by Feb. 8. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org.

Morning meditation with the library The Baldwin Public Library will host a meditation session on Thursday, Feb. 4 at 9 a.m. via Zoom. Holly from the Kadampa Meditation Center will guide participants through this meditation practice. All are welcome to attend. RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org for the password. Join Zoom Meeting: https:// us02web.zoom.us/j/88924416148? and the Meeting ID is 889 2441 6148. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org.

Literary book discussion with Christopher Woods

Beginners Mah Jongg Donna Miller Small will teach Beginners Mah Jongg in this four-part series hosted by the Baldwin Public Library. RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org to receive the password. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom. us/j/84485810760? and the Meeting ID is 844 8581 0760. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org.

Friday, Feb. 5 Chair yoga with the library Instructor Augusta Berner will guide this class utilizing a chair to perform yoga poses that are kind to the body. Participants should have weights and resistance bands, or substitutions, on hand. Join the program, to take place on Friday, Feb. 5 at 9 a.m. RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org for the password. Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web. zoom.us/j/88372251489? and the Meeting ID is 883 7225 1489. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl. org.

Saturday, Feb. 6 Chess Nuts Unite Let’s play chess virtually. The Long Island Chess Nuts will be the host of this library program, to take place on Saturday, Feb. 6 at 2 p.m. The program is open to students in grades three through 12. To register, send an email to teens@baldwinpl.org including your full name, grade and phone number.

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Make a Valentine’s Day chocolate house Pick up a kit of ingredients and assemble and decorate a chocolate house for Valentine’s Day, courtesy of the Baldwin Public Library. Participants will also have access to a recipe and instructional video from the website to assist. Over the phone registration begins Feb. 8 and is limited to 15 families. The program is open to Baldwin School District residents only, and students in kindergarten through sixth grade with a parent or caregiver. After registering, kits can be picked up anytime during library hours. The program runs through Feb. 28. The information needed will be sent to you. For more information, visit www. baldwinpl.org.

Monday, Feb. 8 Make a Valentine’s Day chocolate house Pick up a kit of ingredients and assemble and decorate a chocolate house for Valentine’s Day, courtesy of the Baldwin Public Library. Participants will also have access to a recipe and instructional video from the website to assist. Over the phone registration begins Feb. 8 and is limited to 15 families. The program is open to Baldwin School District residents only, and students in kindergarten through sixth grade with a parent or caregiver. After registering, kits can be picked up anytime during library hours. The program runs through Feb.

28. For more information, visit www. baldwinpl.org.

Zoom Zumba Instructor Linda Salamone will get participants moving and fit! Join for a Zoom Zumba session on Monday, Feb. 8 at 10 a.m. For the password, RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org. Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom. us/j/83468549843? and the Meeting ID is 834 6854 9843. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org.

Story time with the library Join Miss Mariel for online story time via Zoom on Monday, Feb. 8 at 11 a.m. for children ages 2 to 4. You don’t need a Zoom account to participate. This is a recurring program. Register online or over the phone. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org.

Monday meditation The Baldwin Public Library will host a meditation session on Monday, Feb. 8 at 6 p.m. via Zoom. David from the Kadampa Meditation Center will guide participants through this meditation practice. All are welcome to attend. RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org for the password. Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom. us/j/84426130354? and the Meeting ID is 844 2613 0354. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org.

Teen Book Chat Club Recent demonstrations and protests call for a passionate discussion on race. Come and share your views after reading “Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You” by Jason Reynolds. Pick up a copy of the book to read using the

“Native Son” by Richard Wright will be discussed. This is one of the earliest and most influential works that portrays the inequities and rampant racism that is the Black experience in America. A young man, who is living in utter poverty and hopelessness in the slums of Chicago, unwittingly becomes ensnared in the justice system. Wright attempts to portray the causation of an endless cycle of defeat, despair and a systemic divide between Black and White America. Join Christopher Woods and the Baldwin Public Library on Monday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. The novel is available on OverDrive and at the Circulation Desk one month prior to the program. Place a request by calling (516) 223-6228 Ext. 145. Join Zoom Meetwing: https:// us02web.zoom.us/j/81094758430. The Meeting ID is 810 9475 8430. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl. org.

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The Baldwin Republican Club is collecting blankets for the St. Chris pantry. Visit Facebook for more info. A grand opening of 3D’s Aftercare Inc.’s new facility will take place on Feb. 12. For dentist, chiropractor, veterinarian recommendations and more, join Baldwin Inside on Facebook. The Chamber plans to feature veterans with the launch of the “Honor your vets” banner program. For the most up-to-date info, follow the Town of Hempstead at facebook.com/HempsteadTown.

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Herald sports High-risk sports resume with conditions By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

Less than a week after high-risk high school sports in New York state such as basketball, football, wrestling, volleyball and competitive cheer were given the OK to proceed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran relayed the necessary guidance put in place by the state and approved by local health officials. At a Jan. 27 news conference at Bay Pa rk i n E a s t Ro ck aw ay, C u r r a n announced the high-risk sports guidelines that, once met, will clear the way for public and parochial schools to begin practicing for basketball, wrestling and cheer on Feb. 1, and holding games and matches as soon as Feb. 8. “I’m excited to get our kids back on the fields, courts and the rinks they love so much and to bring a little normal back into their lives,” Curran said. Some of the mandatory guidelines put in place countywide by Suffolk aren’t being mirrored by Nassau. Instead, those decisions were left to individual school districts in Nassau. These include weekly Covid-19 testing for participating athletes, coaches and others in daily contact with the teams, temperature monitoring before practices and games, and no more than two spectators per athlete for home teams. Masks must be worn at all times, unless players are unable to tolerate such a covering for the physical activity, and a minimum of 6 feet in distance between individuals must be followed at all times, with the exception of participating athletes. No sharing of equipment or drinks will be permitted, and facilities must provide sanitizer for all in attendance and be limited to 50 percent of the maximum occupancy of a particular area, inclusive of employees, patrons, players and spectators. Curran said the Nassau County Department of Health would conduct spot compliance checks at random schools to ensure safety guidelines are being followed. On Jan. 26, Nassau’s athletic directors held a meeting with Section VIII, the governing body for high school athletics in the county, to discuss a return to play for basketball, wrestling and cheer. Section VIII also conducted a conference call with school superintendents that same morning. Section VIII Executive Director Pat Pizzarelli said with athlete participation the primary goal this winter, there would be no playoffs for basketball and no postseason for wrestling. Basketball teams will play an eight-game season, while wrestling will conduct dual meets only. “We want the largest number of kids playing in the most number of games, and this was the way to do it,” Pizzarelli

said. Baldwin has already decided to have all high-risk athletes and coaches tested weekly and will not be permitting spectators, Athletic Director Ed Ramirez said. The district is planning to livestream basketball games and wrestling matches. “I’m excited to see our winter student athletes, especially our seniors, back competing,” Ramirez said. “Although they will not get the full experience, they have an opportunity to represent their school one last time, be with their teammates and enjoy their passion.” The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District does not plan to mandate testing, Athletic Director Eric Caballero said. It will allow two spectators per home athlete, with no fans from visiting teams permitted. The Sewanhaka Central High School District is following the same criteria for testing and spectators, said Athletic Director Matt McLees. The Valley Stream Central High School District will not allow fans for basketball and wrestling, but Athletic Director Scott Steuber said the topic will be revisited for sports set to begin March 1, such as football, soccer, volleyball and field hockey. “I’m thrilled that we’re going to be starting all of our sports,” Pizzarelli said. “We haven’t had any Covid spread with the sports that began Jan. 4. Now we’re starting basketball and wrestling. BaSkETBaLL, aLONg wITh other high-risk winter I’ll be honest, I’m concerned cheer, were cleared to begin practicing Feb. 1. about wrestling. I spoke to our athletic administrators. They need to stress to their coaches they need to be diligent in keeping the safety of our student-athletes as the No. 1 priority, which is what we always do in athletics.” Pizzarelli added each school district would make a determination whether to compete in the high-risk winter sports or not. He said only Uniondale, which is in full remote learning mode, has opted out so far. Lawrence flipped its decision on winter sports and will be competing. Traditional fall sports, including football, soccer, girls’ tennis, cross-country, volleyball, field hockey and girls’ swimming, are slated to begin practice March 1. Spring sports, such as lacrosse, baseball, softball, boys’ tennis, track and field, girls’ badminton and boys’ golf, are set to start April 22.

NaSSau COuNTY ExECuTIvE Laura Curran said individual school districts could decide on Covid-19 testing for athletes and coaches.

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Herald Inside LI hosts cutting expenses webinar By Nicole AlciNdor nalcindor@liherald.com

The Covid-19 pandemic caused millions of Americans to lose their jobs in 2020, and as a result, many found that their worst financial fears became their reality. Even though many Americans never lost their jobs and some have found new ones, a growing number of people have been preoccupied by fear because they worry about being able to keep their jobs during the worst economic c a l a m i t y s i n c e t h e G re at Depression. For many, pulling money from their savings accounts is the only way to survive, while others wished they had saved more emergency money, or they don’t know where to begin to start cutting expenses. With many Long Islanders grappling with these financial concerns, Herald Inside LI held a free infor mational Zoom webinar on Jan. 28 to discuss reducing expenditures. The webinar, which was sponsored by Edward Jones, Emigrant Mortgage, EmPower VeroNicA Solar, Maidenbaum Property Ferrero Tax Reduction Group and Geico, featured a panel of Assistant Vice expert speakers, who discussed President, simple ways to save money. DisEmigrant Mortgage cussion topics ranged from paying off credit card debt and getting finances in order to information about how to refinance loans with lower rates, ways to save on electric bills and how to grieve property taxes.

n the same way that you would plan a Super Bowl dinner for friends and family, I recommend that people plan if they want to budget.

The importance of an emergency fund

“Last year, it was eye-opening to see how many people lost their jobs, and many people learned the hard way that having emergency funds set aside is so important,” said Marie Taylor, a 20-year financial adviser at Edward Jones. “People need to know that you’re never too young to start saving because people can go into foreclosure if they can’t make payments.” As someone who helps people manage people’s finances on a daily basis, Taylor said her usual approach when helping new clients to start a budget worksheet is to help them understand their savings, investments and income. The worksheet, she said, includes four key questions: ■ Where am I today? ■ Where do I need to go?

■ Can I get there? ■ What do I need to reach that goal? “I tell my clients that it’s important to look at where your money is coming from and to make sure they know the risks, recognize strategies and that they should understand what their goals and aspirations are,” Taylor said. “It’s also important that people make sure that they have a financial adviser that is focused on the people they serve. If a financial adviser is not explaining costs or checking on your investments, and they are telling you what they think you need while failing to find out your background information, you might want to get a different financial adviser.”

Making a plan

Another guest panelist, Veronica Ferrero, who is the assistant vice president and community lending

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HerAld iNside li held a free Zoom webinar on how to reduce expenses amid the coronavirus pandemic last Thursday. coordinator at Emigrant Mortgage Company Inc., said her job involves helping people to create a plan that reviews their credit report to see if it is up to date and without errors. She also looks at credit cards to make sure the interest rate is the lowest possible. “Whenever someone closes or opens a savings account, it will affect their credit score,” she said. “A lot of people have credit cards that they don’t use, and they don’t realize that this will affect their credit score and that they should be diligent about paying their credit card payments when they are due.” Ferrero also said she spends time evaluating her clients’ mortgages to aid them in discovering new ways to save in various areas, such as in their utility, phone and car insurance bills. She also aids people in looking at their long-term goals and deciding if taking out a home equity mortgage or line of credit would be the most sensible decision, based on a case-by-case analysis. With the ongoing pandemic, she also said, interest rates are low, and now is an opportune time to refinance and renovate homes. “In the same way that you would plan a Super Bowl dinner for friends and family, I recommend that people plan if they want to budget, and through my job, I want to help people to realize through an analysis process, specifically where their money goes on a monthly basis,” she said. “This is a challenging process, but most people are glad when they do this, and they are better able to see where they can better save money.” Taylor and Ferrero both added that people should look for interest rates on their student loans to help budget better. “It’s important to do research on programs and to look for companies to help you to do this,” Ferrero stressed. “Speak to someone who will sit down and listen to you and be disciplined about this, and don’t get distracted,” Taylor said. Tara McDermott, director of customer experience and stakeholder relations at EmPower Solar, said her company serves about 3,000 clients. EmPower Solar aims to help consumers save on electric bills by help-

ing them install solar panels. “Now, more than ever, people are more conscious of an increase in electric bills because people are spending more time in their homes, and therefore they are using up more energy due to the pandemic,” she said. “The average home on Long Island pays $250 a month on their electric bill, and our goal is to get homeowners to save money through the installation of solar panels on their roof. About one in every 22 houses on Long Island have solar panels now.” Having solar panel consultation with EmPower Solar, McDermott said, is free. It will take place over Zoom to discuss how much solar panels will cost on a case-by-case basis and answer any other questions for those considering going solar. “We stress to our clients that having solar panels does not increase taxes, but third-party studies have shown that it does add about $20,000 to the value of the home,” she said. “Around 15 percent of clients have a battery backup system for their solar panels—which will allow them to power their house during a power outage for an unlimited amount of time. This is great because clients can be prepared for an emergency, similar to another Superstorm Sandy.”

Filing a grievance

As the Zoom meeting was ending, guest speaker Mark Miller, in-house counsel at Maidenbaum Property Tax Reduction Group, made a few remarks. “All residential homeowners should file a grievance, and anybody who has a renovation on their house should file and see if they qualify, but they should keep in mind that solar panels don’t count as a renovation in these instances,” he said. “Also, if you double your house size through renovation, you won’t get the home improvement exemption. You might be considered a whole new property at that point.” The recording for this cutting expenses webinar can be found at liherald.com/recordings. The next Herald Inside LI webinar will be Thursday, Feb. 4, at 10 a.m., and will look at estate and Medicaid planning.

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Continued from front page list of 12 potential development projects that were sent to the state for approval in October. “We’re looking at a transit-oriented development model. That’s the idea,” Ward said. “We were looking into how could we create more density in our downtown area [so] we can hopefully have more investment coming into the community.” Ward and other civic leaders had a vision, they said. They researched the concept of mixed-use development, which integrates residential and commercial space. They pictured the future of Baldwin: People walking up and down Grand Avenue, using it as a thoroughfare for commercial revitalization. “We really wanted the business owners on Grand Avenue to look at redeveloping their properties,” Ward said. “That was the genesis of it. We wanted them to take the initial lead to reinvest in their communities and be able to attract those individuals who would come into Baldwin and make Baldwin a destination opportunity.” Montalbano noted that because Baldwin is situated between Freeport and Rockville Centre — places that “have very strong identities” — Baldwin’s identity gets a little lost. “We want to develop our identity,” she said. “Have people come into our commu-

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Baldwin CiviC assoCiation President Darien Ward, far right, and immediate Past President Karen Montalbano discussed Baldwin’s revitalization plans with Eric Alexander, of Vision Long Island. nity, understand that there are good things about us and there are good places to come to, and that’s what we want to develop.” That Sunrise Highway — a wide, bustling roadway — runs straight through Baldwin affects the walkability of the community, Montalbano said. But Nassau County’s Complete Streets project aims to remedy this and make the area pedestrian-friendly.

“Foot traffic is important,” Ward said, referring to bringing people into the local shops. Community leaders and Baldwin residents are looking to the future now that the DRI process has been completed, but progress has been hindered because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Some of the more recent meetings of the DRI’s Local Planning Committee, which comprises local residents and business leaders, Hemp-

stead Town Supervisor Don Clavin and the VHB Engineering consulting team, were held virtually. Now the ball is in the state’s court. “The Department of State is in the process of reviewing the submitted plan which includes the process for selecting awarded projects,” a spokeswoman for the Department of State said on Friday. “The department will announce the DRI awards once the process is completed.”

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have been working for Mount Sinai for the last four years, and I have been a nurse for nine years now. I have been fighting the Covid-19 pandemic as a nurse since the virus first began to surface last March. At the beginning, I was working in primary care offices with doctors, seeing patients every day. I was involved in doing Covid testing at a site Mount Sinai opened in Lawrence in the Five Towns. We soon switched the program to a tent at the hospital. The program at Lawrence was a huge success. We wanted to expand it. We had very sophisticated analyzing equipment. At the beginning, we were seeing 30 to 40 people a day. Now, we’re seeing 80 to 90 a day. We pulled people from other parts of the hospital to help out. They were the very best people.

I got to see patients. In the beginning, I was very frightened. When I went to the ER tent at the hospital, it looked like something you would see in a movie. Alarms were going off — for two weeks. It scared the living daylights out of me. But I got over it. How did all of this affect me? It gave me the opportunity to help out the community. It gave me the opportunity to meet so many great people I might never have met otherwise. I do dream about the patients to this day. In my dreams, I see them gasping for air. Some of them did not survive. I have more respect for living life to the fullest. Life is precious.

vaccination event available at Belmont Park last week. We called everyone we could to let them know how they can sign up. We had an elderly couple that qualified for the vaccine, but they were having trouble making an appointment. So we helped guide them through the process, and they’ll be coming to get their first dose of the vaccine today. I’m a Covid-19 survivor. I got sick and was hospitalized in March. My own father-in-law passed away from this disease. We’ve had members of our congregation get sick, recover or who passed away from Covid. It means a lot to see people who look like me be able to receive the vaccine.

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e basically get ready all the linens the departments need, and the distribution goes depending on the priority of the floor. We start [at] 6 o’clock, and everything has got to be ready by 7 because of the needs in each department. [The pandemic] has affected everybody, psychological and physical. I had caught the virus last year, which was unknown then, because it was probably at the end of February, and what I learned then — it’s invaluable, because we didn’t have knowledge then. Then through the year, we were more prepared in the hospital; now we have everything. We can help somebody that has the virus. Based on my coworkers, they didn’t want to have the vaccine based on wrong information. When I spoke with them, a couple months ago,

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Baldwin hit with massive nor’easter A massive nor’easter out of the west swept across Long Island early Monday, dropping up to a foot or more of snow across the area, with wind gusts reaching as high as 60 miles per hour. Nassau County and Town of Hempstead officials had urged people ahead of time to stay off the roads during the storm if they could. Road conditions were “treacherous” by Monday morning. The South Shore was expected to be “most vulnerable,” the county executive said Sunday, adding that wind was going to play a significant role in the storm, creating blizzard-like conditions. The county was under a winter storm watch and officials were closely monitoring Winter Storm Orlena, County Executive Laura Curran said in a statement Monday. Snow accumulated up to 18 to 24 inches, and coastal flooding was also possible along the south shore, as of press time Monday. The Baldwin School District posted on its website over the weekend that school was closed Monday, with no remote instruction taking place. The Baldwin Public Library was also closed for the day, however, still held its online programs as scheduled. Additionally, digital resources remained available on the website at www.baldwinpl.org. “I just wish I had more time to shovel snow today,” said Baldwin resident Dr. Fitzgerald Alcindor, FACEP. “But, as a doctor, first responder and essential worker, I have to go into work today. It is a bit stressful . . . but I’m not that worried and it’s not that stressful having to go into work during this snowstorm.” He only had to travel ten minutes to his workplace, at Summit City MD in Rockville Centre. “I’m actually slightly happy to be able to work during this snowstorm,” Alcindor said, adding that Summit City MD provided all of its workers with a three-hour delay to come into work. “This allows all the workers to come in three hours after the opening of the City MD today,” he said. “My 8 a.m. shift became an 11 a.m. shift. This will allow for safe traveling — which I am very grateful for.” Additionally, the side streets near his home in Baldwin Harbor had yet to be shoveled as he was leaving for work. Alcindor said he believed the main streets were clearer, and was thankful for his sturdy car. “I’m happy to be a doctor during this time and I’m grateful to be able to help and serve various people to care for their medical needs during this time of the Covid pandemic,” Alcindor said. “I also pray to God that all the healthcare workers everywhere get to work safely so we can keep helping people.” The county’s salt domes were full, Curran said in a statement, and Department of Public Works trucks and crews were out and about. The county’s Office of Emergency Management had also been closely mon-

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primary contests against anyone who displeases him. But at the impeachment trial, all those cowards who won’t vote to convict Trump will, along with the public, be forced to watch hours of video of the horrors of the Jan. 6 mob attack. And they will have to hear witnesses who will state, “President Trump told me to do it.” To paraphrase the late, great boxer Joe Louis, they can run but they can’t hide. So let’s turn to the real world. Thanks to the courage of Twitter and Facebook, Trump is without a platform to continue his lies about a stolen election. There has been no public uprising against the social media platforms. It’s really comforting to have a day without tweets from an out-of-control narcissist. And it feels good to have a president who is showing up for work each day. Unlike Trump, Biden isn’t hiding from the Covid pandemic. The federal government is taking over the responsibility of getting vaccines out to people. We are hearing what the govern-

ment is doing to tackle this plague, and not ignoring the dangers of a virus that has killed over 400,000 people. Biden will tell us the truth, which is a welcome change. It is clear that the 74 million people who voted for Trump aren’t just sitting around, mourning their loss. In the weeks after the Capitol uprising, 30,000 Republicans reportedly changed their party registration in disgust over Trump’s conduct. That may not seem like a big number, but many of them were residents of Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Arizona, key political states. Many of the same people who refused to wear masks, and made fun of Biden during the campaign when he appeared in one, are lining up to get their vaccinations, while anxiously awaiting new legislation that will provide stimulus money for struggling businesses and increased unemployment benefits. And in the near future, Biden will be offering a new health insurance proposal. Trump will likely escape any penalties for the Jan. 6 attack, but many of

hanks to the courage of social media, Trump is without a platform to continue his lies.

his people who broke into the Capitol will face the possibility of prison terms. Many Trump voters may have second thoughts about sticking with a man who encouraged an event that resulted in the deaths of five people. The talking heads on TV speak as if Trump voters are some sort of solid block, but most of them want the same things that Democratic voters want. The rural red states have plenty of areas badly in need of a little love. They are suffering with limited resources. They lack internet access and are saddled with poor schools, just like inner cities. Their local hospitals are overwhelmed and in danger of failing. Their need for a little TLC can be met by a caring president, and the dynamic will change. So I’m not going to let the immoral conduct of 45 senators distract me. I’m focused on the real world. Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.

Creating your pandemic time capsule

f time is really relative and there are time travelers out there from the future thinking about where to visit, do not, I repeat, do not go back to 2020. We just closed the door on that baby, and it was hard to get on with our lives. If you don’t believe me, just open the time capsules we leave behind. We’re preserving the artifacts of our lives so that people in the future can better understand who they are and what brought them to their moment. RANDI I’ve been thinkKREISS ing about what I will put into my pandemic time capsule, which is a big cardboard box in my bedroom closet. Into it goes anything that I think is evocative of living through the pandemic. Some of the things I put in the box are what you’d imagine: a roll of toilet paper, pictures of us and our friends in masks, a bottle of hand sanitizer, an envelope with several strands of hair, eight inches long and gray. I started keeping a pandemic diary over the summer, and I threw that into the cardboard

capsule in August, when I was depressed by the numbers and didn’t feel like writing daily entries anymore. I tossed into the box some of the newspaper front pages I saved: “CDC details first U.S. case of novel virus spreading in China.” “FDA grants historic authorization to a Covid-19 vaccine.” “Winter is coming: Why America’s window of opportunity to beat back Covid-19 is closing.” We cannot be reliable memory keepers if we don’t include politics. The ferocity of the pandemic was fueled by President Trump and his people. They hid the truth from the American people, fudged the alarming numbers, silenced the scientists and failed to do what was necessary to get ahead of the surges. So, I would put into my box another front page, from The New York Times: “Biden Beats Trump.” The world changed in a moment. I would also save my “screen use” statement from Verizon, indicating an average of 60 minutes a day pre-pandemic, and six hours a day as of last week. I asked some friends and family what they would put in a pandemic time cap-

sule. Photos of people in ICUs on ventilators, my sister said. My grandson suggested something with the Netflix logo, a friend suggested photos of her grandkids, with and without masks as the year progressed, and another friend suggested a can of tuna and a packet of yeast. Someone said she’d put an old paintbrush in the capsule, since it helped save her life. I’ll include the hard-copy calendar I keep with notations for Zoom meetings and virtual doctor’s appointments and copies of our living wills, executed as the pandemic surged. I will include photographs — real, printed photographs — of the loving friends who died this year, some of Covid-19, some of other diseases. I have the receipt from some enterprising death company welcoming me to a “virtual shiva.” I will toss in my appointment card for my second Pfizer vaccine shot, as soon as I get inoculated. When I surveyed some friends about what should go into the time capsule, one suggested Trump himself. Another said she would like to bury the anxiety and constant fear many felt as the former president bungled the response to

’ll put in pictures of us and our friends in masks, a bottle of hand sanitizer . . .

the pandemic, and we realized the unthinkable: that upward of a half-million Americans could die. One friend said he would put in Hershey’s Chocolate Nuggets, which he swears are better than Xanax. Food has loomed large for everyone — getting it, hoarding it, cooking it, donating it. What time capsule would be complete without takeout menus and a list ranging from GrubHub to UberEats? These were companies I never heard of before 2020. I would save the books I picked last year at random for my Zoom book group this winter. Somehow, they’re all relevant to living through a pandemic. I suppose that’s because all good literature distracts us and helps heal our fractures. For a few weeks, I kept a notepad at my bedside and wrote down the dreams I was having in the worst days. They were all the same: I walk into a room and no one is wearing masks, and I know, I absolutely know, that I will get sick. I couldn’t have had that dream in 2019. I’ll put the notepad in my time capsule. My best hope is that we can seal our capsules very soon and leave their memories and lessons to history. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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Recalling injustice during Black History Month

uring February, Black History Month, we celebrate the great African-American political and civil rights leaders, scientists, artists, poets, movie stars and athletes. But we must also pause to recall America’s dark past, stained by horrific acts against Black and brown people, at times perpetrated by our own government. As the Covid-19 pandemic rages on, it’s critical that we look back at the “Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male” to understand the distrust that many African-Americans feel toward our government and medical institutions. That distrust may be a contributing factor in the significantly higher Covid-19 infection rate and death toll seen among Black and brown people. The Tuskegee study was supposed to last six months. It carried on for 40 years, from 1932 to 1972, a collaboration between the U.S. Public Health Service and Tuskegee Institute, a historically Black college in Alabama. The study of 600 poor Black sharecroppers examined 399 with syphilis and 201 without the disease. Study participants were told they were being treated for “bad blood,” a colloquialism for syphilis, anemia and fatigue, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In truth, they weren’t being treated at all — even after 1945, when penicillin was accepted as “the treatment of choice for syphilis.” In fact, the study looked at what would happen if syphilis were to go untreated — but the participants never knew that. It wasn’t until 1972, when an Associated Press story disclosed the study, that it

ended. Is it any wonder that many AfricanAmericans might distrust the continual exhortations of our federal, state and local governments to be inoculated against the coronavirus as soon as they can? According to the CDC, nationally, there have been 1.4 times more Covid-19 cases among African-Americans than white people over the past 11 months. The hospitalization rate is 3.7 times greater among Black and brown people. And the death rate is 2.8 times greater. There are reasons for these dispiriting statistics beyond distrust of government and the medical system — systemic racism is chief among them, the CDC says. Lack of access to health care is another, and occupation is another: Many people of color work in the service industry, requiring them to show up in person rather than work from home via Zoom and email. Finally, there’s the question of housing. Many Black and brown people live in tighter quarters, in more densely populated areas, than white people. The coronavirus requires density to spread widely. In 2019, the Herald undertook a yearlong investigative series examining the many forms that systemic racism takes in Nassau County. We called it “The Racism Around Us.” Infant mortality is a leading indicator of a community’s well-being, according to the county Department of Health. When children are dying in high numbers at birth, there are probably myriad other health concerns in a community. In the majority of white communities

letters LIRR questions remain unanswered To the Editor: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s success is New York’s success, and a strong LIRR makes for a strong Long Island. Critical planning is needed for the year ahead to stamp out fraud and abuse, smartly rehabilitate the East River tunnels and get Elmont’s new train station up and running. Long Islanders depend on the MTA to provide an affordable, dependable and hassle-free commute, and the LIRR must live up to that obligation, especially as riders return to work in New York City. The MTA has its work cut out in 2021, and I will continue to hold agency officials to account. Our region’s future depends on it. I recently pressed MTA officials on the steps they’re taking to clamp down on fraud and waste, and urged MTA leadership to finish installing biometric clocks for employees to log hours in the coming year. Indeed, fraud has been a perennial problem for the MTA, and yet the agency has yet to adequate-

across Nassau, the infant mortality rate ranged from 0 to 3 in 1,000 births in 201416, according to the New York State Department of Health. In most communities of color, the infant mortality rate was three to nine times that. County officials identified nine communities of color as well as those with large minority populations — Elmont, Freeport, Glen Cove, Hempstead, Inwood, Long Beach, Roosevelt, Uniondale and Westbury — each with measurably greater health concerns than nearby white communities. They have been disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, mirroring national statistics for infection and death rates. “Blacks are bearing a disproportionate burden of Covid-19 in Nassau County,” said Elaine Gross, president of the Syosset-based ERASE Racism, “and the county must address two related challenges. First, it must increase health care access and Covid-19 testing in Black communities. Second, it must combat the structural racism that fuels the disparities.” Sarika Kuman, Long Island regional organizer for the National Institute of Reproductive Health, put it this way: “One’s quality of life should not be determined by your zip code, but in Nassau County it is. From infant mortality to pandemic fatality rates, the common thread is Long Island’s structural inequities.” During Black History Month, we must never forget the racial injustices of our collective past so they are never repeated again, and so we might commit to rooting out the daily injustices — large and small — in our present society.

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our hundred years ago, the Catholic Church — then the arbiter of what ideas could be expressed and promulgated — banned books by scientists who claimed the Earth revolved around the sun because that theory conflicted with the orthodoxy of the time, i.e., the Bible and the Magisterium, the teaching authority of the pope and bishops. Even if astronomers’ heliocentric theories were true, the powerful elite could not allow such disturbing words to be read — at least not in the JoHn vernacular — for such heresies o’ConneLL fear would confuse the masses and undermine the authority of those in charge. These days it isn’t the princes of Rome that rule on what ideas are true and what news is allowed to be heard, but rather a decidedly secular hierarchy: the doyens of Silicon Valley, the media masters in New York and California, and their agents in Congress and government offices in Washington. The current ideological conflict is often described as a battle between liberals and conservatives, but that’s last century’s war. Today’s cancel-culture college of cardinals shouldn’t be confused with liberals.

Real liberals aren’t hate-filled, intolerant, angry anarchists, no more than real conservatives are rich, white supremacist nativists. Genuine liberals are First Amendment absolutists ardently supportive of our liberties: a free press, freedom to practice our religions, freedom to peaceably assemble, the freedom to petition the government to better serve us, its sovereign, and to speak freely without fear of violent attack or suppression. Authentically liberal Americans wouldn’t tolerate censorship of disagreeing — even disagreeable — voices. They’d defend those voices. The indisputably liberal Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis wrote in 1927 that “If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence.” A monopoly-busting, free-speech advocate, Brandeis would, I’m sure, see today’s corporate social media lords’ cancel-culture censorship as antithetical not only to the Constitution but to American civil liberties. Traditional liberalism fights for an individual’s right to freely express ideas, popular or unacceptable, commonly believed or held only by that individual, true or not, whose supporting “facts” are from presumably credible sources or

ruly liberal Americans wouldn’t tolerate censorship of disagreeing voices.

Letters ly abide by its inspector general’s recommendations to stamp out overtime abuse. In December, five MTA employees were arrested on fraud charges for having logged “almost physically impossible amounts of overtime,” according to federal prosecutors. According to state payroll records, overtime hours logged by MTA employees soared 46 percent between 2014 and 2019. I urged agency officials to focus on reining in overtime and restoring riders’ trust in 2021. I also inquired about plans to repair the East River tunnels this year. Hundreds of millions of gallons of water inundated the tubes during Superstorm Sandy and left them in disrepair. A report by the state comptroller found that the number of trains delayed or canceled because of problems with the tubes and their switches had increased 72 percent since Sandy, and accounted for a significant number of the LIRR’s on-time problems. Finally, I’ve been a strong proponent of the new Elmont train station’s development as an integral component of the Belmont Park Redevelopment Plan. In addition to providing a regular, full-time public-transit option to and from the new arena, hotel and retail village, the LIRR hub will also serve as an additional com-

aren’t reliably sourced at all. Some of President Biden’s inaugural speech was right out of a traditional liberal’s handbook. In his president-as-conciliator role, he said, “We can see each other not as adversaries but as neighbors. We can treat each other with dignity and respect. We can join forces, stop the shouting and lower the temperature.” Eschewing the inciteful far-left rhetoric of many of his party-mates in Congress, the press and Hollywood, the president warned: “[W]ithout unity, there is no peace, only bitterness and fury. No progress, only exhausting outrage. No nation, only a state of chaos. … Let us listen to one another. Hear one another. See one another. Show respect to one another. Politics need not be a raging fire destroying everything in its path. Every disagreement doesn’t have to be a cause for total war.” Left-wing extremists hope Biden’s words are just political speechifying. Unlike reasonable liberals — and conservatives, for that matter — who are committed to social justice, equal opportunity and free speech, the goal of the radical left is to redefine what’s just, to tilt the playing field based on group identity, to amplify the speech of loud leftists and to silence contrary voices. How fairly the national press reports on the Biden presidency will be important

to the future of the nation and to the survival of journalism itself. According to a Gallup survey five months ago, only 9 percent of Americans trust the media “a great deal.” Sixty percent trust them “not very much” or “none at all.” According to Gallup, the percentage of those who don’t trust the media at all went up five points in one year. News consumers have turned to social media for information. Some wanted to connect on the new social app Parler before Big Tech suppressed it. Yes, the same Big Tech, the new Magisterium, that decides what can be posted and who can post. I would have preferred that Biden had lost, but the election is over. That virus has left the lab. Disappointed, I must now only hope that he will serve America as a true liberal and reject many Democrats’ condescending intolerance. A sovereign people will oppose authoritarian politics that orders citizens to agree or shut up. Half the country is vexed by the prospect of a Biden-Harris administration unchecked by the House or the Senate. That situation can be changed in two or four years. But many Americans are even more troubled by the anarchy brought by Antifa and the radial left, which revels in “woke” group-think and seeks to crush the individualism that has made America great. John O’Connell is a former executive editor of the Herald Community Newspapers. Comments about this column? OConnell11001@yahoo.com.

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muting option for area residents — which the community has needed for years. ToDD KAMINSKY State senator, 9th District

Executive orders are no help To the Editor: Last week, President Biden signed numerous executive orders that will end thousands of union jobs. one of them orders the closure of private federal prisons contracted by the U.S. Department of Justice. The idea of privately contracted federal prisons came from a previous Democratic administration. It was part of Vice President Al Gore’s so-called “reinventing of government” plan that instituted contracted federal prisons. It was Gore’s and President Bill Clinton’s idea that paying a contracted facility would reduce costs, cut the federal work force and save retirement money, because federal workers wouldn’t be employed at these facilities. With these closures, private prison guards will be on the unemployment lines, and joining them will be construction workers building the border

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wall and Keystone pipeline employees. And it was reported that another signed executive order ending drilling on federal lands will result next year in still more lost union jobs. So much for helping hard-working

middle-class Americans. STEVE GRoGAN Lynbrook Grogan is a retired Department of Justice employee.

BALDWIN HERALD — February 4, 2021

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