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Petition calls for after-school theater, music chance for seniors to showcase their hard work and talent and will be a way during these diffiBaldwin High School stu- cult times to lift the town spirit.” dents, alumni and community Thomas maintained that members are calling for the throughout the Covid-19 panreturn of after-school theater demic, students have struggled and music activito take part in the ties. activities that they “Recently, it has love, in and out of been announced school. that Baldwin High “It’s really School will soon important to stubegin contact dents that we get sports, and there this opportunity to has been no word put on a show for on the music and the community, theatre departthe school, and for ments’ after-school ourselves and each activities,” the petiother,” he said. “As tion reads. someone who has Baldwin High been a part of the School senior Jaymusic community lin Thomas in Baldwin for launched a Change. quite some time, I org petition on Feb. feel we deserve the 15 that had garopportunity to nered 1,020 signa- JAyliN tHoMAs work towards puttures as of press ting on a musical Baldwin High School time Monday. this spring.” “My fellow class- senior Thomas said he mates, alumni and I was grateful for all h av e d i s c u s s e d that the district administration ways in which we can follow has done to allow other activiproper Covid protocols while ties, such as basketball, wresstill putting on an enjoyable tling and other sports, to resume, show for the community,” Thomas said. “This will provide a last Continued on page 3
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On a bitterly cold Tuesday night in January 1896, the Baldwin General Store caught fire when a kerosene lantern dropped. Baldwin did not have a fire department, so volunteer firef i g h t e r s f ro m F re e p o r t arrived and extinguished the blaze, according to historical documents. Soon afterward, it became apparent that Baldwin needed its own fire
department. A group of local residents held a meeting in the post office on Jan. 23, 1896, at which attendees suggested organizing a department to serve Baldwin. Two days later there was another meeting, and August Imming was elected chairman; Robert Robbins, secretary; and Jacob Brower, treasurer. Pledges that night totaled $200, and a Ways and Means Committee was appointed and tasked with
raising more funds. At the next meeting, two weeks later, Charles Smith was elected president and John Carl, vice president, and the Fire Department was officially created. The first two companies of the Baldwin Fire Department — Hose Co. 1 and Hook & Ladder Co. 1 — were formed a month later, on March 5. The current fire commissioners reflected on the years of service as they plan a celeContinued on page 3
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Friday marks Hook & Ladder Co. 1’s anniversary bration of the department’s 125th anniversary. “As the Baldwin Fire Department begins their 125th anniversary serving the community of Baldwin, we hope to be able to host a Nassau County parade on Aug. 14, 2021, providing that Covid allows us to open,” Fire Commissioner Keith Eckels said. “In the meantime, please follow our Facebook page for continued updates and historical pictures.” Old photographs — shared with the public by the department as well as the Baldwin Historical Society — depict the days when the department’s apparatuses included horse- or hand-drawn bucket wagons. The first pieces of apparatus purchased for the department, including a hose wagon and fabric hose, were bought on Canal Street in New York City for $680. A small hand water pump was attached to the wagon to pump water from wells to the fire scene to fill the buckets. The apparatus was delivered and placed into service in April 1896. The department also purchased a piece of property from William Kennedy at Prospect Street and Grand Avenue in 1898, and the first headquarters was built.
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an american lafrance fire truck in Baldwin in 1930. Baldwin Historical Society President Gary Farkash congratulated the department on 125 years and recalled its rich history at a virtual webinar in conjunction with the Baldwin Public Library on Feb. 18. “A proud Baldwin community wishes the Baldwin Fire Department another
safe and happy 125 years,” Farkash said. His presentation showcased the first known photos of the department’s members and trucks. One image had shown an Ahrens-Fox Fire Engine, most likely from the 1940s. The truck, he said, still exists today, and is stationed at headquarters and used to lead the department’s
parades. “Many thanks to our volunteers at the Baldwin Historical Society who have been laboring over the years to keep our Baldwin history alive,” Farkash said, “and especially to our membership who risk their lives every day as volunteers for our BFD.”
Student launches petition to support the arts continued from front page as well as to his teachers for their efforts “to make school as normal as possible.” He, his classmates and BHS alumni said the theater and music departments could follow certain safety precautions, including wearing masks, social distancing in the auditorium, limiting rehearsals if needed and using Zoom for rehearsals. “There is no reason why music and the theatre department shouldn’t be having livestream shows,” the petition reads. Many comments on the petition asserted that it was unfair to restart contact sports and not after-school theater or music programs. “The arts are a very important outlet for students and often provide a safe haven where kids are accepted for who they are,” Michelle Jennings wrote after signing the petition. “The arts/theatre environment is one of collaboration, creativity and inclusivity. If sports are being allowed, there are safe ways to also make theatre an option.” “On stage and off, the arts represent work ethic, communication, memorization and a stance on the artistic significance of the human condition,” Tyler Weinstein wrote after signing. “Theater allows people to openly express their passions and crafts not only on stage, but off stage as well . . . It is a huge deal to allow one to hone their craft, just as a football player hones their craft for college recruitment and scouts if one may plan to have a career in football. Let them perform!” The petition is addressed to Superintendent Dr. Shari Camhi, Baldwin High School Principal Dr. Neil Testa and Direc-
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Baldwin HigH ScHool students presented “Guys and Dolls” in 2019. In the opening number, “Fugue for Tinhorns,” gamblers Benny Southstreet, Nicely-Nicely Johnson and Rusty Charlie, played by Chris Holman, Daniel Polonia and Jaylin Thomas, led off the classic story of love and gambling in 1920s Times Square. tor of Fine and Performing Arts Andre Poprilo. “The Baldwin School District has done everything in their power to ensure the safety of students and staff during this health crisis. We have followed the regulations mandated by New York State and the Department of Health and in so doing, some of the opportunities that have been afforded to our students in years passed needed to change,” Camhi
said in a statement. “Since the first day of school, we have been doing everything possible to ensure that our students in the Fine and Performing Arts still have opportunities to shine and do what they do best while taking the limitations caused by the pandemic into consideration.” She referred to the Baldwin Virtual Cabaret that is scheduled for Friday, when 21 student musicians will perform, and
last week, when the district shared a video of orchestra students giving individual performances that were edited together to give the effect of a group performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” “These are just two examples of the countless and creative solutions that have come out of this year,” she said. “We will continue to ensure that our students, all students, receive the education deserved, despite the current times.”
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JoHn PiErotti, in crutches, being escorted to court in 2000 for the shooting of two Baldwin men. A jury convicted him, again, during his retrial on Feb. 28, 2020.
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Freeport man sentenced to life after double murder retrial Freeporter John Pierotti, 66, will continue his life sentence without parole, announced Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas on Feb. 24, after a jury found him guilty during his retrial over the shooting deaths of two Baldwin men in 1998. After two days of deliberation, the jury sentenced Pierotti to continue the life sentence that he was originally given in his 2000 trial for shooting Gerard Kennedy Jr., 36, and Willis Frost, 41, outside the Dragger Inn Tavern on Dec. 23, 1998. “For the past 22 years, John Pierotti has shown absolutely no remorse for murdering Gerard Kennedy and Willis Frost,” Singas said. “He senselessly shot these two men at point-blank range outside a bar. The Kennedy and Frost families have suffered greatly these last two decades, and I thank them for their extraordinary perseverance during the retrial.” In 2018, a federal judge found that Pierotti suffered from a severe hearing impairment and could not defend himself properly in the first trial. The 2018 ruling stated that Pierotti’s impairment “essentially rendered [him] absent for significant portions of his trial,” making it “fundamentally unfair.” In the retrial, which began Feb. 10, 2020, before Judge Helene Gugerty, Pierotti wore special hearing aids and headphones to amplify his hearing at the retrial.
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Although Pierotti has always stated that he acted in self-defense when he shot Kennedy and Frost, prosecutors contended that Pierotti had brought his own gun to the scene of the murders. During the 2000 trial, his ex-girlfriend, Melissa Ferris, with whom he shares three children, presented damning testimony against him. According to then Assistant District Attorney Michael Walsh, Ferris told the jurors that just hours before the murders, her boyfriend had demanded she give him the gun that they kept in the house, and when Pierotti returned home at around 2 P.M., he allegedly told her that he had been in a fight and “just killed two people.” While Pierotti’s lawyer, Dana Grossblatt, argued that Kennedy and Frost were the ones armed, and that Pierotti had wrestled the gun away from them, the prosecutor, Martin Meaney, said that when Pierotti took control of the gun, he was no longer in any danger and could not claim that he killed the men in selfdefense. The jury who convicted Pierotti had no knowledge of the original trial. Senior litigation counsel Nicole Aloise, of the Major Offense Bureau, and Senior Appellate Counsel Sarah Rabinowitz, of the Appeals Bureau, prosecuted the case. Attorney Joseph Lo Piccolo represented Pierotti.
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The 2021 Jovia Long Island Marathon will return to Eisenhower Park in East Meadow this Sept. 17 and 18.
L.I. Marathon to be held in person in September By BRiaN STieGLiTZ bstieglitz@liherald.com
Long Island’s most anticipated running event will return this year with a new course — again. The 2021 Jovia Long Island Marathon and all its accompanying racing events will return to Eisenhower Park in East Meadow this Sept. 17 and 18. While the event is typically held in May, Nassau County officials decided to host it five months later to allow more time to combat the coronavirus pandemic. “As we continue to make significant progress in the fight against Covid-19, we’ve been able to allow some smaller races — with up to 300 participants — to come to our parks through the fall and winter,” said County Executive Laura Curran at a Feb. 25 news conference, at which she made the announcement. Curran explained that the county has been able to host races by following safety and social-distancing protocols like introducing staggered start times and contactless check-ins, checking athletes’ temperatures and limiting the number of spectators. Because the Long Island Marathon draws a much bigger crowd than the typical 5K and 10K races, attracting 5,000 people in 2019, county officials decided to hold the event in September “because we expect to have more vaccines . . . and that will mean more immunity in our community so we could get more participation,” Curran said. For the second year, the race will be directed by Baldwin-based company Race Awesome, which is run by Corey Roberts and his wife, Stacey. “At the end of the day, the realization is that it’s not just about producing a race,” Roberts said at the news conference. “There are so many services that Nassau County provides to the race to make it happen, especially from our health department.” Past events have had roughly 12 medical tents along the route, all of which the county health department provided. “The health department right now really needs to focus on vaccinations,” Roberts noted. “With that, we really took the time to think about how we can do this and do it safely with Nassau County.” When Race Awesome took the reins to direct the 2019 marathon, it unveiled a new course that shut down parts of Merrick Avenue and Wantagh Parkway. With the event in September, Roberts said he was reluctant to follow the same route and risk impacting the
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NaSSau CouNTy exeCuTive Laura Curran announced the changes to the marathon during a Feb. 25 news conference, at which she was joined by Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder and Health Commissioner Larry Eisenstein. crowds heading to and from Jones Beach for their last beach trips of the summer. The 47th marathon will feature a two-lap course that keeps runners in Eisenhower Park for more of the event and then send them through Mitchell Field, Museum Row and along the some of the pedestrian and bike lanes that the county installed in 2020. “It will have less an impact on communities and downtown areas than previous years, while delivering athletes a full-distance marathon with a two-lap course,” Curran said. Roberts added that having a more condensed course could allow runners more opportunities to compete alongside one another and give spectators a better chance to see runners. The marathon will remain a qualifying event for the Boston Marathon. Everyone who registered for the 2020 event, which was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, will be automatically registered again for the 2021 event in September. Those who haven’t registered yet will be able to do so starting March 15 at www.runlongislandmarathon.com.
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Black leaders talk future at Inside LI webinar By ANDREW GARCIA agarcia@liherald.com
In celebration of Black History Month, Black leaders on Long Island gathered for the latest webinar of Herald Inside LI on Feb. 25. Speakers included Phil Andrews, the president of the Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce Inc.; Regina Armstrong, superintendent of Hempstead Union Free School District; Frederick Brewington, the owner and principal of Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington; Margo Cargill, the CEO of Titanium Linx Consulting Inc. and vice president of the Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce; and Daniel Lloyd, founder and president of Minority Millennials Inc. Skye Ostreicher, of Herald Community Newspapers and RichnerLive, comoderated the discussion alongside DuWayne Gregory, senior vice president and director of diversity, equity and inclusion training for McBride Consulting and Business Development Group. Lloyd, the youngest member of and only millennial on the panel, emphasized the importance that his and younger generations will play in advancing social justice in United States “The millennial and generation Z demographics are the largest, most educated and most diverse in the nation,”
Lloyd said. “What we’re seeing is that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “We know that the failure of America millennials and gen Z are understanding what justice is — the idea of a quali- — and Long Island in itself — is not allowing the full story to be told,” Brewty life and fairness.” “As a superintendent of a school dis- ington said. “The importance of being trict, we see how people can look at us there not only as a role model but also as a resource, so that the as a school district when wonderful education that is we’re failing, they’re quick being taken on by millennito talk about it and advertise als and gen X is not wasted it,” Armstrong said, “but in regard to getting caught when we are experiencing in the same mistakes and successes, no one wants to the same history that has share it or they begin to critpulled people down.” icize the prog ress being “One of the big lacks is made and say, ‘That can’t be that we don’t have enough possible.’” mentorship opportunities,” “That hard work that Cargill said. “We can give they’re putting in is not them that guidance and that being recognized by people direction so they can avoid on the outside,” Armstrong those pitfalls.” continued. “It makes them PhIl ANDREWs As the vice president of feel as though they are less African American t h e Nassau Council of than.” Chamber of Chamber of Commerce, CarThe Hempstead School gill understands the perDistrict makes it a goal to Commerce spectives and practices of show students a wide variety of career opportunities so they other communities. By relaying this understand what is possible — whether information to her own community, peoit’s a store worker or the owner of the ple there can adopt beneficial practices, too. business. “It’s about information and sharing Brewington said he often invites young local people to his practice to that information, and being a mentor,” show them career possibilities. His Cargill said. “It’s about being part of an office commemorates several historical ecosystem that’s larger than just the Black figures, including Malcolm X and majority-minority communities.”
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Library on Monday, March 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 850 6213 7469. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org.
Irish Soda Bread kits from the library Irish Soda Bread kits are available to pick up curbside at Adult Reference or by using one of the lockers at the Baldwin Public Library through March 31. Simply RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org to obtain the recipe, the link to the instructional video and to arrange a pick-up day and time. Additional ingredients will be required and kits are available while supplies last. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org.
Yarn Bombing Experience Meet-up Let’s touch base and chat about how your knitting and/or crocheting is going for the Baldwin Public Library Yarn Bombing Experience Community Art Project. Bring your work and any questions you may have with you to keep the momentum going on this fun and colorful community art project! RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org for the password. This will take place on Monday, March 8 at 7 p.m. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom. us/j/87280568721? and the Meeting ID is 872 8056 8721.
Thursday, March 4 Morning meditation with the library The Baldwin Public Library will host a meditation session on Thursday, March 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/85869223338? and the Meeting ID is 858 6922 3338. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org.
Friday, March 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, March 5 at 9 a.m. RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org for the password. Join Zoom Meeting: https:// us02web.zoom.us/j/82181013979? and the Meeting ID is 821 8101 3979.
Saturday, March 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
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Make Irish Soda Bread with the library Irish Soda Bread kits are available to pick up curbside at Adult Reference or by using one of the lockers at the Baldwin Public Library through March 31. Simply RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org to obtain the recipe, the link to the instructional video and to arrange a pick-up day and time. Additional ingredients will be required and kits are available while supplies last. Saturday, March 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. The information needed will be sent to you. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org.
Monday, March 8 Zoom Zumba Instructor Linda Salamone will get you moving and fit in this Zoom Zumba session with the Baldwin Public Library! The program will take place on Monday, March 8 at 10 a.m. Join Zoom Meetwing: https://us02web.zoom. us/j/82050961498. The Meeting ID is 820 5096 1498. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org.
Free youth workout classes Trainer Sariah Doresca, age 13, will host a free virtual youth workout class for kids ages 6 to 10 via Zoom on Monday, March 8. Additional classes will take place on March 15 and 22. RSVP at eventbrite.com. Let’s get fit together!
Story time with the library Join Miss Mariel for online story time via Zoom on Monday, March 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 evening meditation The Baldwin Public Library will host a meditation session on Monday, March 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/81829062691 and the Meeting ID is 818 2906 2691. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org.
Literary book discussion with Christopher Woods “The Violent Bear It Away” by Flannery O’Connor will be discussed. A teenage boy fights his upbringing and destiny to become an evangelical prophet. Set in the rural south, O’Connor’s last novel is about belief, denial, redemption and American anti-intellectualism. In this Southern Gothic novel, O’Connor brings the reader into a bizarre and unique world of religious fanaticism. Join Christopher Woods and the Baldwin Public
Tuesday, March 9 Learn chess — for adults Join chess instructor Ulysses Tapley of Courtyard Chess for this four-session program. RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org for the password. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org.
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Baldwin High School will host a Virtual Cabaret student performance on Friday, March 5. ThyCa Long Island, a thyroid cancer survivor support group, will host a virtual meeting on March 14. The Baldwin Public Library is now fine-free. Late fees will no longer be issued. Baldwinite Rodney Harrison has been named the new chief of the New York City Police Department. The Baldwin School District recently celebrated its 100th day of being open this year.
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ones who should have performed in their first dance recitals were not able to do so. This was also so hard on my staff, including myself. We cherish our time with our students. However, one positive thing that the coronavirus did do was help us all — teachers and students — to realize how grateful we are to get to dance and let our emotions out on the floor, and to spend valuable time with each other and create lifelong friendships while doing what we love. We are back in studio, and although things are a little different for the time being, we are able to express our emotions again through dance. I have received so many emails from parents saying how thankful they are. I am so happy to be open again so they can let go of their worries and have some normalcy.
hen we, like other businesses, had to close our business to customers last March, it was completely unexpected. But after the initial shock, we learned how to pivot. The first week was stressful, but I think it gave businesses the time to figure out how to move forward. We promoted our bakery and café menu to go immediately, and updated our website and social media accounts with links to make ordering easy. We quickly realized that our customers wanted to support the small businesses in town. Many of our customers needed a break from working at home, or a quick walk in fresh air, and we became a destination. Stopping in for a quick cup of coffee or muffin became an easy way to break up the day. Our popular Afternoon Tea Events became boxed for
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started my business in New York City in 2001, after working in the advertising industry. I found that a soulless business, and I wanted to be my own boss. I re-located to Long Beach and with my partner, Keri Venti, opened Wolf & Wing Interior Design, about 10 years ago. My partner and I were young moms, and we had to maneuver around that. We were doing very well, and then last March, the Covid pandemic came along. We couldn’t get into people's homes to talk with them. And we prided ourselves on developing close personal relationships with our clients.So we developed virtual design consultations, called Shelter in Peace. We would do all or most of our work virtually, sending clients ideas on designs. As time went on, some Covid restrictions were lifted, and one construction worker was
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allowed to go to a home. So we started to visit people, but of course still had to wear masks, as we still do, and to keep socially distant. We also had to meet with clients outside their homes. It was challenging because of the value we placed on personal relationships. But some more restrictions have been lifted, and more construction workers are allowed to work.But getting materials has been and remains very difficult. Factories in China and elsewhere have been shut down, and prices on the materials have skyrocketed. Those issues have not gotten better. The shutdowns at the factories have slowed our work. But the interior design business is booming these days. People are not spending their money to go to Aruba. So those people with cash are spending money redesigning their homes.
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verything is bedazzled and glittered, still, even through the pandemic. We still are making that work. I always compare the feeling of the dance studio to the feeling of Christmas. You know that feeling that you get when you’re excited and it’s like a nervous anticipation? That’s what Pat’s is. Pat’s is that exact feeling every time you walk in the building. I’ve felt like that with that building since I’m a kid. Then continuing that, I was a teacher, I was assistant director, and now I’m the director and owner. It’s just a cool thing that continued throughout my entire career. I still get that same feeling I did when I was a student walking in there. Unfortunately with Covid right now, I can’t meet with the parents . . . but that forced me a little bit to be on the phone, on email and talking with the parents a little bit more, so I still
feel like I have that connection with them, with Instagram, with Facebook and Snapchat. We still have that family relationship that my aunt started and I continued. I keep going with it because it’s not going anywhere. Forty-one years and this place is not going anywhere. A lot of my students do not go to in-person school — a lot of them are virtual. This is their only outlet, their only platform. What did help me through the pandemic — the [Chamber of Commerce]. We all kind of worked together. I do the social media. The social media is one thing that’s helped through the pandemic. That was our lifeline. That’s how we all connected with each other; that’s how we knew what businesses were open. That’s how we knew what businesses needed things. So I was literally the monkey in the middle, the go-between between everything.
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he biggest challenge we faced early on was trying to manage the fear of the pandemic, both in the community and among our employees [at Gala Foods]. Freeport is one of the hardest-hit areas by Covid, and our employees were afraid. We were short-staffed, like a lot of businesses, but as a grocery store, we had to stay open. We all had to adapt overnight. We do regular sanitation. We started opening earlier at 7 a.m. for seniors; that way, they could shop without worrying about crowds. We ramped up our website so people could do their online orders easily for pick-up or delivery. Everyone really stepped up to help and a lot of great things came from these changes. Through the chamber, we never stopped
having our meetings, whether doing them virtually or holding our luncheons in the summer to patronize our local restaurants and get guest speakers who could answer our questions about what was going on. We did our best to keep everyone informed on all the resources available for them, and our office manager Monica [Bennett] does a great job getting the word out there with our newsletter and email blasts. I’m amazed at how our community has been able to adapt in this crisis. I don’t know anyone in the village who hasn’t lost someone to the pandemic. But the fact that we were able to hold on and help one another shows the resilience of Freeport.
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StudentS have been studying the works of famous Black author Jason Reynolds to celebrate Black History Month.
BMS students celebrate Black History Month In celebration of Black History Month, Baldwin Middle Students have been studying the works of famous Black author Jason Reynolds. One project in particular was inspired by “Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You” written by Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi. Students in Mr. Chris Fahey’s social studies class responded to the messages discussed throughout the book with art, poetry and short stories as well as written essays, specifically depicting equality, tolerance, peace and unity. “The work has given students the opportunity to organically engage with the text and it has been so powerful to watch them respond to the ideas presented by authors Reynolds and Kendi,” said Fahey, who has become known around the Baldwin community for his StudentS reflected on Reynolds’ book’s messages inspirational illustrations. using art. The students’ work will be displayed around the cipal Andrew DiNapoli, faculty and memmiddle school building as they continue bers of the Board of Education read to model inclusivity, awareness and equal- select passages from Jason Reynolds’ ity. work and shared their recordings with In addition, throughout the month of the students through FlipGrid. January and February, Baldwin Middle The timing of both projects was also School eighth graders participated in a meant to commemorate the legacy of Dr. special Read-A-Loud project, where Prin- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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lAst thursdAy, rory Lancman, special counsel for ratepayer protection at the state Department of Public Service, hosted a virtual hearing at which South Shore residents aired their grievances about New York American Water, the private utility currently under the scrutiny of a state-led feasibility study.
By Mike Conn and AlyssA seidMAn mconn@liherald.com, aseidman@liherald.com
South Shore residents spoke forcefully at a public hearing that reviewed the state’s study to examine a potential public takeover of New York American Water’s private infrastructure on Long Island, making it clear they want public water. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced legislation to begin the study Feb. 3. Last Thursday’s virtual forum allowed residents within NYAW’s Lynbrook and Merrick service areas to share their thoughts with Rory Lancman, special counsel for ratepayer protection, who will oversee the study, and commissioners Diane Burman and Tracey Edwards of the New York State Public Service Commission. The meeting came roughly a month after a study by Walden Environmental Engineering determined that NYAW ratepayers within the Town of Hempstead would see savings between $70 and $383 a year if the town acquired a portion of the private utility’s Nassau operation. In some cases, NYAW customers pay five times more for water than residents serviced by a municipally owned entity. The PSC is also determining whether NYAW should be permitted to sell its Long Island infrastructure to Liberty Utilities for $608 million, a tentative deal that was reached in November 2019. State Senators Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach, and John Brooks, a Democrat from Seaford, were the first to speak at Thursday’s hearing; they both said they favored a public water takeover. (see box) Then it was the public’s turn. Claudia Borecky, the co-director of Long Island Clean Air Water and Soil, a Merrick-based advocacy group, cited two instances in which ratepayers had benefitted from the sale of a NYAW property, and therefore, in the event of a public takeover, argued that residents should not
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have to pay for what they already own. A June 2014 PSC order authorizing the sale of NYAW’s Lynbrook headquarters ruled against company shareholders retaining any profit from the sale of the asset, Borecky said. The same was true of a 2019 sale of NYAW’s Prospect Avenue property to the Village of Sea Cliff, which resulted in North Shore customers splitting a $1.6 million credit on their future water bills. “It is our view that to be fair and equitable, New York state should compensate New York American Water ratepayers by funding a public takeover . . . and finally give us equal protection under the law,” Borecky said. Baldwin resident Jack McCloy highlighted the pricing disparity between publicly- and- privately-owned water despite being sourced from the same aquifer. McCloy said that he pays more than $100 for about 11,000 gallons of water, while his mother, a Melville resident, pays only $8
to the South Huntington Water district, a public entity, despite using the same amount. Susan Melnick, of Merrick, added that the bills are inexcusable because of the quality of the water itself. “My water often is brown, not beige or discolored but brown — sometimes it has an odor,” she said. Resident Rich Erben was critical of the company’s tiered conservation rate system, which divides customers into four tiers based on the amount of water they use. The more a customer uses, the higher the rate they pay. “It may be OK if you’re one person – I’m a family of five,” he said. “What’s taking place is really criminal.” Some speakers expressed their disappointment with Hempstead officials who earlier this year opposed a local takeover of NYAW, arguing that resulting savings would be “diminutive” compared to an almost $500 million cost to acquire the system.
Supervisor Donald “Clavin scoffed at the results of [Walden’s] feasibility study, saying that a public takeover would significantly increase residents’ tax bills,” said Baldwinite Beverly Visconti. “Is he forgetting about those who already pay significant taxes for New York American Water?” Merrick resident Fred Harrison also acknowledged the town’s reluctancy and recommended the formation of a South Shore water authority to oversee the system, should it be municipalized. Barbara Hafner, of West Hempstead, added, “After looking at what happened in Texas and the privatization of their utilities, we need to rethink our utilities.” Residents who missed the meeting but want to comment can fill out a form on the department’s website, or visit www. dps.ny.gov, click on “Search,” enter Case No. 20-W-0102 in the “Search by Case Number” field and click on “Post Comments.”
Girls on the Run offers virtual, in-person teams After a successful fall season, Girls on the Run is back this spring with both virtual and in-person options for girl empowerment in the Long Island area. Girls on the Run, also known as GOTR, is a nonprofit that aims to inspire third to eighth-grade girls to be joyful, healthy and confident through running and other physical activities. Each GOTR practice is led by trained volunteers who teach important life lessons such as standing up for oneself, setting and achieving goals and managing emotions. The nonprofit currently offers in-person teams in Baldwin, Massapequa, Massapequa Park, Albertson, Mineola, New Hyde Park and Williston Park. This past fall, Girls on the Run quickly adapted its research-based curriculum
and programming to serve girls in the community amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Practices are already held outdoors. At practices, participants and coaches maintain social distancing and utilize extra sanitation materials. On bad weather days, rain dates or virtual lessons that mirror the in-person lessons are sometimes used. More than 100 girls participated in the fall and coaches, caregivers, and Girls on the Run staff were all inspired by the results, representatives said in a news release. “This has been such a positive experience for our daughter,” the parent of a fourth-grade participant said in a statement. “We have even noticed a very positive change in her overall attitude and behavior!”
“I wasn’t so sure when my husband signed up our daughter for this program as she’s not very athletic, but I was wrong,” the parent of a fifth-grade participant said in a statement. “She really enjoyed it and looked forward to going to practice every Wednesday and Friday. And the best part — she met new friends.” In the spring, the organization plans to host both in-person and all-virtual teams during its eight-week program. Thanks to the generosity of donors and sponsors, Girls on the Run is able to offer financial assistance to ensure no girl is ever turned away due to her financial situation. Like the fall, Girls on the Run will continue to follow protocols to keep girls and coaches safe and adhere to all local
Covid-19 guidelines. Flexible programming allows all in-person lessons to transition to a virtual platform if needed, and a 100 percent virtual program will also be offered as select sites for the eight-week spring season. The spring 2021 program begins the week of March 22. Teams of third to fifth-grade girls will practice twice a week for 75 minutes. Girls will complete their end-of-season celebratory 5K on Saturday, June 5 at their respective sites, adhering to local guidelines. Registration is currently open as room is available for our 15-person teams. Register online at www.gotrlongisland.org. Those interested in volunteering as a coach are encouraged to apply at www.gotrlongisland.org/coach.
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By MATTHEW FERREMI mferremi@liherald.com
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LoRnA ATMoRE Is the first Black woman to serve as the Nassau County Police Department’s chief of support.
For the first time in Nassau Police Department history, a Black woman has been promoted to the position of chief of support. Lorna Atmore, a 25-year member of NCPD, was promoted to the chief of support position on Feb. 25. She succeeds Chief Ronald Walsh, who recently left to serve as Long Beach police commissioner.
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LEGAL NOTICE NASSUA COUNTY, NY FORMAL OATH OF RENNUNCIATION FOR N A M E CHANGE/NATIONALITY Notice is hereby given on the 26th day of February. Charles Bernard Powell who is domiciled at 3386 Bertha Drive. Baldwin, New York [11510], has the right and will assume the race/nationality,of Moorish American “but not a citizen of the United States”. This is a legal notice to change/correct the name CHARLES BERNARD POWELL United States Citizen to that of Charles Bernard Powell El, Moor a true American citizen. I, being previously misclassified and misidentified by persons of the Union States Society, U.S.A- doing business at North America was falsely designated under colorable, Ward-ship name Charles Bernard Powell, and do hereby refute the said Frauds; making it known to the public; and publish my corrected Free National Name, Attribute and Title. NOTICE TO PRINCIPAL IS NOTICE TO AGENT AND NOTICE TO AGENT IS NOTICE TO PRINCIPAL 124824 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD LOCAL LAW NO. 16-2021 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing was duly called and held February 23, 2021, by the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead on the proposed adoption of Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 16-2021, and following the close of the hearing the Town Board duly adopted Town of Hempstead Local Law No.
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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD LOCAL LAW NO. 17-2021 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing was duly called and held February 23, 2021, by the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead on the proposed adoption of Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 17-2021, and following the close of the hearing the Town Board duly adopted Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 17-2021, amending Section 197-5 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, to include “ARTERIAL STOPS” at various locations. Dated: February 23, 2021 BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD Hempstead, New York OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 124813 LEGAL NOTICE CASE NO. 21527 RESOLUTION NO. 234-2021 Adopted: February 23, 2021 Councilman D’Esposito offered the following resolution and moved its adoption:
R E S O L U T I O N ESTABLISHING AND SETTING ASIDE CERTAIN PARKING SPACES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES FOR THE SOLE USE OF HOLDERS OF SPECIAL PARKING PERMITS ISSUED BY THE COUNTY OF NASSAU TO P H Y S I C A L L Y HANDICAPPED PERSONS AND THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN OTHER LOCATIONS, WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY, SET ASIDE AS PARKING SPACES FOR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS. WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 229-2021, adopted February 2, 2021, a public hearing was duly held on the 23rd day of February, 2021, at the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the proposed establishment and setting aside of certain parking spaces for motor vehicles for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons, in accordance with Section 202-48 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, all as set forth in said resolution; and WHEREAS, after due consideration, this Town Board finds it to be in the public interest to establish and set aside certain parking spaces for motor vehicles for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that in accordance with Section 202-48 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, the following parking spaces be and the same hereby is set aside for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons: BELLEROSE TERRACE 241st STREET - west side, starting at a point 144 feet north of the north
curbline of Ontario Road, north for a distance of 14 feet. (TH-409/20) BALDWIN FOX ROAD - east side, starting at a point 90 feet south of the south curbline of Thomas Avenue, south for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-8/21) ELMONT SEWANEE AVENUE - east side, starting at a point 370 feet north of the north curbline of Atherton Avenue, north for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-361/20) FRANKLIN SQUARE RINTIN STREET - east side, starting at a point 250 feet south of the south curbline of Fenworth Boulevard, south for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-339/20) UNIONDALE VAN BUREN STREET north side, starting at a point 797 feet west of the curbline of Nassau Road, west for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-356/20) WANTAGH CHARLES ROAD - south side, starting at a point 88 feet east of the east curbline of Brent Drive, east for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-401/20) ; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk shall enter this resolution in the minutes of the Town Board and shall publish a copy of this resolution once in a newspaper having a general circulation in the Town of Hempstead, and shall post a copy hereof on the signboard maintained by her, and file in her office affidavits of such publication and posting. The foregoing resolution was seconded by Senior Councilwoman Goosby and adopted upon roll call as follows: AYES: SEVEN (7) NOES: NONE (0) 124814
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Atmore is now commander of the Support Division, one of the department’s largest units that includes the 911 center, information technology and the upcoming police body camera program. With the new position, Atmore is fifth in line for command of the department. NCPD Commissioner Patrick Ryder tweeted about Atmore’s historic promotion on Feb. 25. “Today a piece of history was made in the Nassau County Police Department,” Ryder wrote. “Twostar Chief Lorna Atmore was promoted
to three-star chief of support. She is the first African-American woman to serve in this position.” Before her promotion, Atmore worked as an officer and eventually sergeant in the 3rd Precinct. She also led the Detective Squad in the 7th Precinct and was later promoted to captain, inspector and deputy commanding officer in the 4th Precinct, before being promoted to deputy chief of the support division. An expanded story on Atmore will appear in the March 11 issue.
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MEMBERs oF THE ThyCa Long Island support group for thyroid cancer survivors and their family members shared details of their most recent doctor visits at a meeting in August 2017.
Cancer survivor support group to meet virtually March 14 ThyCa Long Island, a support group for thyroid cancer survivors, will hold a free virtual meeting via Zoom on Sunday, March 14 from 1 to 3 p.m. Contact Abby Melendez at (516) 6085113 or via e-mail at longisland-ny@ thyca.org for further details. The group plans to continue to meet online until the shelter-in-place order is lifted. ThyCa Long Island, a support group for thyroid cancer survivors, is affiliated with ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc.; a non-profit organization consisting of members who are thyroid cancer survivors, family members and health care profession-
als. The group is dedicated to support, educate and communicate for thyroid cancer survivors, their families and friends. It also sponsors Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month, year-round awareness activities and thyroid cancer research fundraising and research grants. At meetings, people typically share thyroid cancer information, their experiences and insights on how they are coping with thyroid cancer. The support group is free and open to any and all survivors and their families and friends.
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EAST ROCKAWAY 1 Thompson Dr, BA, 4 BR, 2.5 Bth Exp Ranch w/Open Layout in Waverly Park Area. Updtd EIK. O/S Prop w/Deck. Att Gar. SD#20 ......................................................... $599,000
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characteristic. We can choose which political party to support, which candidate to back and which policy proposals meet our criteria. However, we must seek the truth and become informed with facts. Given such choices, why do so many fail to vote? The 2020 presidential election campaigns spent almost $14 billion, and turnout, as a percentage of the voting-age public, was higher than any other in 120 years — yet one-third of eligible voters stayed away. Some lacked access or were afraid of the unofficial “marshals” monitoring voting sites, and others were dissuaded from voting by disinformation spread through social media. We need to do more to control disinformation efforts, reduce limitations to voting, help voters learn the truth and ensure the integrity of elections. We can choose to do more to ensure informed choices at the ballot box. But not choosing to do so is itself a choice, one that can lead to the demise of democracy. The historian Robert Artigiani wrote
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that we should “choose to act so the act of choosing remains possible.” By failing to exercise our right to vote and failing to ensure the integrity of information promoted by campaigns, we have not only lost our chance to choose, but also have chosen to act in a way that can lead to losing our right to choose. That’s what happens in authoritarian regimes, even though they may not start that way. Hitler was chosen democratically in 1932 before consolidating power. Putin was first elected by popular vote in 2000, and instituted constitutional changes in 2018 that allowed him to remain in power. In both cases, the people made choices that resulted in the loss of future choices because they didn’t stay informed or act on their concerns in time to avoid the consequences. The insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was the result of a disinformation campaign of falsehoods that persists to this day. For democracy to survive, for there to be “a more perfect union,” we need an informed citizenry that under-
ven in November’s momentous election, onethird of eligible voters sat out.
stands and appreciates critical thinking, information literacy and the instruments of democracy. We need objective journalism as the source of news. We also need more flexibility in voting to meet the needs of our modern world. Voting by mail and early voting are steps forward, but not the only steps that we can take. Why is general-election voting limited to the first Tuesday in November? Wouldn’t it make sense to allow voting over several days, as in some other countries? What about holding elections on weekends, when fewer people would have to take time off from work in order to vote? In some countries, voting is mandatory, and fines can be imposed on those who do not vote. Our vote is our voice. Voting is an act of choice and the exercise of our voice in expressing our values and priorities. We should make it easier to learn about candidates and issues, and vote. After all, our choice of leaders and policies is much more important than our brand of toothpaste. Robert Scott is president emeritus of Adelphi University and the author of “How University Boards Work.”
Fighting the other epidemic: QAnon (Part 1)
ddly, the most offensive remark made by a politician lately (and there are a lot to choose from) came from Marjorie Taylor Greene last month, as she was desperately trying to hold on to her seat in the House of Representatives. Standing before a microphone on Feb. 4, Greene was backpedaling as fast as she could to put distance between herself and QAnon, the conspiracy group she supported. She had been elected to the House in Georgia’s 14th District on a wave of racist RANDI and anti-Semitic KREISS vitriol and innuendo. In numerous speeches and tweets over the course of her campaign, Greene had allied herself with QAnon and its conspiracy tropes targeting numerous people in public life. By Feb. 4, she had been stripped of her committee assignments in the House because of her public remarks, and she feared being booted out of office altogether. So she stood before a microphone and announced to the world, “9-11 definitely happened.” Thank you, Marjorie. She proclaimed, “School shootings
happened.” In what fractured reality, I wondered, do we find someone like her validating the epic public tragedies we have witnessed with our own eyes? We heard the cries of children with our own ears. We saw the bodies falling from the high floors of the towers. Look around and take note: We are in a surreal place now, where the liars like Greene assume the roles of validating self-evident public truths. In her Feb. 4 appearance, she tried to distance herself from QAnon, but it was a transparent, self-serving show. She kept her seat. This is a woman who promoted violence against Q’s perceived enemies, at one point signaling support for the assassination of Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Greene was duly elected by 74 percent of the voters in her district. That raises the questions, how and why. My initial reaction was not to write about QAnon, to avoid shining a light on its dark activities and let it die a slow death. But it isn’t dying. A better tactic, I think, is to let in the air and light until the issues that gave rise to such a disturbing belief system are addressed. Briefly, QAnon is an internet-based
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group of people who believe that there exists in public life a secret society of devil worshipers who kidnap and cannibalize children and engage in pedophilia. Preposterous? The ideology metastasized across the web, pulling people into an alternative world where they followed hidden “clues” and “codes” signaling belief that former President Trump would create a “storm” on inauguration day, ushering himself back into power and bringing down President Biden. And of course, destroying Black Lives Matter and Jewish influencers and basically nonwhites of any variety. How does a belief system like QAnon take hold? The problem isn’t politics, which just offers a stage. People are susceptible to theories that claim to explain the inexplicable uncertainties in all our lives. According to a story by Kevin Roose in The New York Times on Feb. 4, QAnon operates in a different way, and on a different scale, than anything we’ve seen before. For starters, it is uniquely participatory. Followers congregate online to decode the latest QAnon posts and to discuss their theories about the news of the day, creating a communal bond with their fellow believers. Apparently, hundreds of thousands of people think, with complete
t satifies needs we all have to feel significant and part of something big.
sincerity, that the leaders of the Democratic Party may be killing innocent children. Combine those fantasies with a willingness to commit violent crimes in the name of the group, and there is a real threat. Although there is plenty of ignorance to go around among Q followers, Roose wrote that they can’t be dismissed as stupid. The group satisfies needs we all have to feel significant and part of something big. When you don’t get that in other aspects of your life, the group becomes that much more important. Social media adds accelerant. We have to address the psychological triggers and motivations if we want to mitigate the influence and potential dangers of this kind of thinking. Conspiracy theories will always thrive when people feel like they’re not in control of their lives and when political, religious and social groups offer shelter. According to NPR, although QAnon has been kicked off Twitter and Facebook, it thrives on various fringe platforms. I don’t think anyone has a solution for eradicating groups like QAnon. But a good step forward is to better educate our children, creating a generation of more critical thinkers. I’ll address that in Part 2 next week. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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t’s been over 27 years since Colin Ferguson stepped onto a Long Island Rail Road train in Mineola and started indiscriminately firing a 9mm pistol at passengers. Six were killed, including Dennis McCarthy, of Mineola, and 19 were wounded. Dennis’s son, Kevin, then 26 and a broker with Prudential Securities in New York City, took a bullet to the head, but survived. His left arm remains partially paralyzed. That attack propelled Carolyn McCarthy, Dennis’s wife and Kevin’s mother, to run for Congress. McCarthy, then a nurse, was assailed as a political neophyte and a single-issue candidate, with her laser focus on gun control. Despite the odds against her, she won, and served in the House of Representatives from 1997 to 2015, retiring because of a cancer diagnosis. Throughout her time in Congress, McCarthy ably represented her district, becoming a respected member of the House and a strong-willed politician. She was frustrated often by the lack of movement on common-sense gun-control legislation, such as an assault weapons ban, because of big-money special-interest groups like the National Rifle Association. Still, she endured. It boggles the mind, but in the 243-year history of this nation, only two women have represented Long Island in the House of Representatives. McCarthy, who was elected in the 4th Congressional District, on Nassau’s South Shore, was the first, according to the Congressional Archives. The second is her successor, Kathleen Rice, who was previously the Nassau County district attorney, and whom
McCarthy strongly endorsed in the 2014 election against Republican Bruce Blakeman, the County Legislature’s former presiding officer and a current Town of Hempstead councilman. There has never been a woman from Long Island elected to the U.S. Senate. In fact, only two New York women — Hillary Clinton and Kirsten Gillibrand — have ever served in the Senate since the election of the state’s first two senators, Philip Schuyler and Rufus King, in 1789. Yes, only two. All other New York senators have been white men. That is a sad statement, given that women comprise more than half of our population, and that New York is a racially diverse state. In March, Women’s History Month, we should take a moment to reflect on these facts — and understand that we really could use more women representing us in Washington, and at all levels of government. There is no doubt that women often see the world differently than men. They understand, with far greater depth, the travails that they have faced in this country because of their gender — the implicit bias and outright discrimination. Most often, women are the primary caretakers of our children, so they better understand the lack of government resources available to young mothers with babies and school-age children. They can see how frayed our social safety net is, particularly when compared with Western European nations and Canada. Women elected leaders more often focus on domestic social issues — education, the environment, social equity — compared with their male counterparts in
letters LIRR procurement at a ‘snail’s pace’ To the Editor: Reports of more delays associated with the Long Island Rail Road’s $734 million procurement of 202 new M9 electric replacement cars in 2013 is nothing new. MTA LIRR, Metro North or NYC Transit Federal Transit Administration or locally funded commuter rail or subway car procurement is seldom completed on time, within budget and without contract change orders. There are clearly even more problems with this purchase. The MTA’s own independent engineering consultant forecasts an October 2022 completion date. There is no guarantee that this date will hold. Eight years later, completion of the delivery of all new M9 and M9A cars is several years behind schedule. The oldest M3 cars will have to stay around longer than planned before all new cars arrive and are ready for commuters to board. Instead of retirement, many M3 cars will
Congress, many of whom are often more concerned with international monetary policy and U.S. military intervention than funding school lunch programs and drugtreatment centers. In fact, in the long history of the House of Representatives, only one woman, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, has chaired the Foreign Affairs Committee, and for only two years, from 2011 to 2013, according to the Congressional Archives. The Foreign Affairs Committee is considered among the premier assignments in the House, a center of international power and prestige. Yes, we need our representatives to keep a watchful eye on global affairs — and a number of women in Congress do. Of the 48 current members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, 12 are women — eight Democrats and four Republicans. None are from New York. At the same time, we need to balance international and domestic affairs, and women elected leaders play a key role in ensuring that we do. A record 144 women now hold seats in the House and Senate — but Congress remains a male-dominated institution, with men holding 73 percent of the seats. That statistic needs to change, on both of the Democratic and Republican sides of the aisle. We need greater balance in order to work toward a more perfect union, one in which our daughters, and their daughters, are given the respect they deserve. This month, though, we can reflect on pioneering women elected leaders like Carolyn McCarthy, Kathleen Rice, Hillary Clinton, Kirsten Gillibrand, and now Vice President Kamala Harris.
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he coronavirus pandemic has tipped over the world as we know it, harming most New Yorkers in profound ways while laying bare societal inequities that have plagued New Yorkers for generations, like the disparities in access to child care. It has also strained government budgets to the breaking point, at a time when we rely on the government for help. But there is light at the end of the tunnel, and we are inching our way to recovery. On our way there, we can — and ToDD should — focus on issues kaminsky specific that Covid-19 magnified. That’s why I’m pushing to pass two major initiatives over the next few months. My first initiative for Long Islanders is Universal Pre-K. UPK would provide 4-year-old children throughout Nassau County with free public preschool education. This would be a game-changer. New York City already has a robust universal
pre-K program. It’s about time Long Island children — and parents — received the same support. The science is clear: Investing in children before they start kindergarten has profound effects on their pre-literacy and pre-math skills. Children in Tennessee’s state-funded pre-K program, for example, saw a 75 percent improvement in letter-word identification, a 152 percent improvement in oral comprehension, a 176 percent improvement in picture vocabulary and a 63 percent improvement in quantitative concepts, compared to children who were not in pre-K. Simply put, pre-K sets children up to succeed. Universal pre-K would also be critical for parents and the economy. The pandemic highlighted how challenging — and stressful — full-time parenting with full-time work can be for families. UPK would speed up New York’s recovery by letting parents get back to work. I am pushing hard for UPK to be done in this year’s budget, which is due April 1. Second, I want to revolutionize how
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ocusing on universal pre-K, and on making big companies fund recycling.
LeTTers remain for post Covid-19, East Side Access to Grand Central Terminal and increased reverse-peak service starting in December 2022. This assumes that the current project recovery schedule is met. When it comes to purchasing new rail cars, the line of the “Dashing Dan” moves at a snail’s pace. LARRY PENNER Great Neck Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office.
Brinton needs to move on To the Editor: Re Scott Brinton’s column “Finding peace, post-Trump” (Feb. 18-24): Brinton can’t get Trump off his mind. The 45th president captivates him even though is no longer the POTUS. We were never on the brink of nuclear war with North Korea. This is pure speculation. Many children were sent to the Mexican border alone or with non-relatives to be admitted and later request that their parents be admitted. Brinton is ignorant about the chicanery pulled by desperate people wanting to come to the United States to escape the misery of their Central and South American countries. Immigration detention centers were built under President Obama.
we deal with our trash. We have a waste problem in America. Trash is literally piling up; and it will drown our kids. According to a recent study, the U.S. produced more plastic waste than any other country in the world in 2016, about 92.6 billion pounds. If we don’t act soon, we will run out of places to put it. That’s why I have introduced legislation that would shift the responsibility, and the cost, of recycling from taxpayers to big companies. Extended Producer Responsibility (also known as EPR) would boost recycling, curb waste and save tax dollars by shifting the end-of-life responsibility for packaging and paper products from local governments and taxpayers to corporate brand owners and producers. Right now, many products you put in the recycling bin aren’t actually recycled; there’s no market for them. This costs our municipalities millions of dollars, and keeps them on an unsustainable course. Under EPR, producers, like big companies, would cover the cost of recycling paper products and packages. This would moti-
vate them to produce fewer and more eco-friendly materials, all while funding our municipal governments. So what would happen to the packaging from all those deliveries you’ve ordered while you’ve been stuck at home? My bill would require companies to pay our cities for their recycling while also incentivizing them to use less packaging. And the best part? EPR would create thousands of new jobs on Long Island while saving taxpayers money. As we head toward recovery, it is crucial that we provide economic relief for local governments while generating good, wellpaying jobs. The bill, if passed, would be a win-win. We are on the cusp of recovery from the pandemic. More of us are getting vaccinated every day. Now is the time for lawmakers to look beyond Covid-19, learn from what we have gone through, be bold and enact policies that not only help Long Islanders get back to work, but also secure a better future for our children. Why just get back to normal when we can get back to better? State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, of Long Beach, represents the 9th District.
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Trump did not wear a mask initially, and catered to mass rallies that may have increased Covid-19 infections. He should have listened to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many of his tweets were factually incorrect and insulting. He has a potty mouth. Witnesses were not per mitted at Trump’s second impeachment trial in the Senate, only the lawyers. It was a rushed trial. Witnesses should have been allowed. The chief justice of the Supreme Court did not preside over the trial, because, in my opinion, he saw it as a farce. Brinton may never feel normal again because Trump exposed a raw nerve in the body politic and the “deep state,” which consists of federal employees and civil servants who believe they know best about which policies benefit the United States, rather than the president. Most of Trump’s tweets were stupid and incorrect. The media’s job was to identify them and show precisely why they were ill-informed or stupid. Trump did accomplish a lot through legislation and executive orders, but Brinton cannot bear to read about his accomplishments on the internet, so he is fixated on Trump. Why doesn’t Brinton address the real problems facing President Biden going forward, instead of looking backward? SID KRIMSKY West Hempstead
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