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AUGUST 26 - SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

With Sandy in mind, Baldwinites weather Henri

By CRiSTiNA ARRoyo RodRiGUEz carroyo@liherald.com

Courtesy National Weather Service

wHEN SUPERSToRM SANdy hit Long Island on Oct. 29, 2012, the Canals in Bay Colony, off Northern Boulevard, were filled with debris, something Baldwinites kept in mind as they prepared for Henri.

With Henri forecasted to become a Category One hurricane and tropical storm warnings already in effect in Nassau County over the weekend, Baldwinites braced for the possibility of flooding, strong winds, power outages and a potentially destructive stor m surge.

The rain poured, but flooding was rare. Still, folks said they were concerned and scared, citing their experiences in Superstor m Sandy, which battered Long Island in 2012.

Baldwinite Arlene

McCormack Zagas took to social media to say, “After Sandy we are not taking chances, so we are moving outdoor furniture and will tie the rest down. We are moving basement furniture and tech items up a level. It will be easier to move everything back than the aggravation and expense of replacing it.”

Lori Brady explained the emotional toll of storm preparedness. “I think we all learned after Sandy not to underestimate, and trying to balance that without overreacting and adding anxiety is not easy,” she said. “We all remember all too well what could happen.”

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Baldwin school district approves Covid reopening plans

By CRiSTiNA ARRoyo RodRiGUEz carroyo@liherald.com

The Baldwin Board of Education held a special meeting on Monday, at which members voted on the district’s 2021-22 reopening plan, which will follow State Education Department and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance.

Recommendations from the state and CdC include:

■ Universal indoor masking by all students age 2 and older, staff members, teachers and visitors to kindergarten through 12th grade schools, regardless of vaccination status.

■ Maintaining at least 3 feet of distance between students within classrooms.

■ Screening testing.

■ Handwashing.

■ Staying home when ill.

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eopening amidst a pandemic for the second consecutive year is truly a daunting task.

■ Contact tracing with quarantining, isolating and disinfection.

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The board also unanimously voted to give Superintendent Dr. Shari Camhi sole discretion to amend the reopening plan if circumstances require that changes be made before the next regularly scheduled Board of Education meeting. Otherwise, the board

would be involved.

Throughout the pandemic, the district had erred on the side of caution when it came to mask wearing, even for summer school. “Students and staff in the Baldwin Union Free School

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District have continued to wear their masks during the summer months to help keep the infection rate low,” Camhi said.

The state guidelines are recommendations, not mandates.

After lifting the Covid-19 state of emergency declaration in June, then Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said he lacked the legal authority to impose a mask mandate

without it.

Incoming Gov. Kathy Hochul said she would like to see a mask requirement in schools. “I’ve done the due diligence to determine the authority that is vested in the Department of Health,” Hochul said in Hauppauge after meeting with the Long Island Federation of Labor on Aug. 20.

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BALDWIN HERALD — August 26, 2021 Courtesy■Town■of■Hempstead

town of HEMPstEad Supervisor■Don■Clavin,■center,■along■with■Hempstead■Town■Board■members,■announced■awarding■$22.7■million■in■federal■rental■assistance■funds■for■town■ residents■impacted■by■the■COVID-19■pandemic■during■a■news■briefing■at■Hempstead■Town■Hall■Plaza■on■Wednesday,■May■13.

Town provides rental aid amid Covid-19 spike

By Matt HugHs

ERaP qualifying criteria:

baldwineditor@liherald.com

Working with the Long Island Housing Partnership, Inc., the Town of Hempstead Board announced the beginning of the second Emergency Rental Assistance Program on Aug. 17.

This announcement marked the start of the application phase of the ERAP which will last until Sept. 28.

Applications, eligibility requirements, and information regarding expenses this program covers can be found on the Long Island Housing Partnership’s website in English and Spanish.

The Town received this money through the advocacy of Senator Chuck Schumer as an extension of last year’s ERAP funding.

Along with the announcement, Town of Hempstead Supervisor Don Clavin said, “The COVID-19 pandemic continues to present unprecedented challenges to families in our community, and using these funds to help alleviate concerns with housing insecurity is one of our top priorities.”

He added, “We implore any Town of Hempstead resident facing challenges in keeping a roof over their heads as a result of the pandemic to apply as soon as possible to ensure they can take advantage of this assistance.”

Just two days before the announcement on August 15, Nassau County saw a spike in COVID cases at 714 new cases. This is the largest spike the

■■ Do■you■live■in■the■Town■of■Hempstead■ as■your■primary■residence?

■■ Is■your■household■income■at■or■below■ 80■percent■of■the■area■median■income■ for■Nassau/Suffolk■Counties?

■■ Are■ you■ at■ risk■ of■ homelessness■ or■ housing■instability?

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unEMPloyMEnt RatEs in Nassau■County■soared,■along■with■Covid-19■infection■rates. county has seen since the middle of February 2021.

However, this spike is consistent with the current infection rate trends in Nassau County, which has been steadily increasing. On June 30, the county hit the seven-day average of 22 new cases per day. July 31 had a sevenday average of 205 new cases and the average as of Aug. 19 was 378 new cases in Nassau.

Despite these increases, the number of deaths from COVID in Nassau has

not gone over three in one day since April.

The majority of new cases have been in souther n Nassau county areas, according to the Nassau Department of Information Technology. Baldwin and the surrounding community, Baldwin Harbor, Freeport, Oceanside, and Rockville Center, makeup around 7.28 percent of the total positive cases in the county, and there have been a total of 14,073 new positive cases in these five areas since Oct. 1, 2020.

■■ Has■ one■ member■ of■ the■ household■ qualified■ for■ unemployment,■ or■ had■ a■ reduction■ of■ income,■ or■ incurred■ significant■ costs,■ or■ experienced■ a■ financial■hardship■arising■during■or■due,■ directly■ or■ indirectly,■ to■ Coronavirus■ pandemic?

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■■ Does■ your■ household■ have■ a■ valid■ rental■obligation?

■■ For■ Utility■ and■ Home■ Energy■ Costs,■ does■your■household■have■a■separately■ stated■ obligation■ to■ pay■ Utilities■ and■ Home■Energy■Costs?

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School announces free and reduced priced meal policy ANNUAL NEWS RELEASE - PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT

Households that currently include children who receive the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, but who are not found during the Direct Certification Matching Process, or households that currently receive Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, or the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations must complete an application listing the child’s name, a valid SNAP, TANF, or FDPIR case number and the signature of an adult household member.

Eligibility for free meal benefits based on participation in SNAP, TANF or FDPIR is extended to all children in the household. When known to the School Food Authority, households will be notified of their children’s eligibility for free meals based on their participation in the SNAP, TANF or the FDPIR programs.

No application is necessary if the household was notified by the SFA their children have been directly certified. If the household is not sure if their children have been directly certified, the household should contact the school.

When known to the School Food Authority, households will be notified of any child’s eligibility for free meals based on the individual child’s designation as Other Source Categorically Eligible, as defined by law. Children are determined Other Source Categorically Eligible if they are Homeless, Migrant, Runaway, A foster child, or Enrolled in Head Start or an eligible prekindergarten program.

Households with income the same or below the amounts listed above for family size may be eligible for and are urged to apply for free and/or reduced price meals or free milk. They may do so by completing the application sent home with the letter to parents. One application for all children in the household should be submitted. Additional copies are available at the principal’s office in each school.

Applications may be submitted any time during the school year to Jennifer Walsh, Assistant Business Manager, 960 Hastings Street, Baldwin, New York 11510. Please contact Jennifer Walsh at 516 434-6040 with any questions regarding the application process. 2 Households notified of their children’s eligibility must contact the School Food Authority if they choose to decline the free meal benefits.

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2021-2022 INCOME ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES FOR FREE AND REDUCED PRICE MEALS OR FREE MILK Free Eligibility Scale

Reduced Price Eligibility Scale

Free Lunch, Breakfast, Milk

Reduced Price Lunch, Breakfast

Household Size Annual

Monthly

Household Twice per Every Two Month Weeks Weekly Size

Annual

Monthly

Twice per Every Two Month Weeks Weekly

1

$ 16,744 $ 1,396

$ 698

$ 644

$ 322

1

$ 23,828

$ 1,986

$ 993

$ 917

$ 459

2

$ 22,646 $1,888

$ 944

$ 871

$ 436

2

$ 32,227

$ 2,686

$ 1,343

$ 1,240

$ 620

3

$ 28,548 $ 2,379

$ 1,190

$ 1,098

$ 549

3

$ 40,626

$ 3,386

$ 1,693

$ 1,563

$ 782

4

$ 34,450 $ 2,871

$ 1,436

$ 1,325

$ 663

4

$ 49,025

$ 4,086

$ 2,043

$ 1,886

$ 943

5

$ 40,352 $ 3,363

$ 1,682

$ 1,552

$ 776

5

$ 57,424

$ 4,786

$ 2,393

$ 2,209

$ 1,105

6

$ 46,254 $ 3,855

$ 1,928

$ 1,779

$ 890

6

$ 65,823

$ 5,486

$ 2,743

$ 2,532

$ 1,266

7

$ 52,156 $ 4,347

$ 2,174

$ 2,006

$ 1,003

7

$ 74,222

$ 6,186

$ 3,093

$ 2,855

$ 1,428

8

$ 58,058 $ 4,839

$ 2,420

$ 2,233

$ 1,117

8

$ 82,621

$ 6,886

$ 3,443

$ 3,178

$ 1,589

$ 246

$ 227

$ 700

$ 350

$ 324

$ 162

Each Add’l person add $ 5,902

$ 492

Each Add’l $ 114 person add $ 8,399

LocaL schooL officiaLs have adopted the following family eligibility criteria to assist them in determining eligibility.

Courtesy BaldwinAssistance Union Free Program School District SNAP/TANF/FDPIR Households: Households that currently include children who receive the Supplemental Nutrition (SNAP) but who are not found during the Direct Certification Matching Process (DCMP), or households that currently receive Temporary ber of the family where they reside.

Households may apply for benefits TANF , or FDPIR case Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), or the Foodat Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) Applimust complete an application listing thenumber; the names of child's name, a valid SNAP, or year.

FDPIR Chilcase number and the signature of anthe adult household member. for free meal benefits cations must include foster child’s nameEligibility any time throughout theTANF, school all household members; on an income based participation in SNAP, TANF FDPIR is extended to all children in the household. known to the School Foodthe Authority, and personal use income.

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Street, Baldwin New York 11510, has been are approved for reduced price meals will within thesubmit samean SFA. When the carryover period ends, unless designated as the Hearing Official. Hearing receive breakfast and lunch meals at no Other Households: Households with income the same or below the amounts listed above for family size may be eligible for and are urged to procedures are outlined in the policy. theapply household is notified children charge. for free and/or reducedthat price their meals (or free milk). They may do so by completing the application sent home with the letter to parents. One Only complete applications areapplication directlyfor certified or in the sub- be submitted. all children thehousehold household should Additional copies are available can at thebe principal's office in each school. approved.

This Walsh, includes complete and accu- 960 Hastings Street, Baldwin, mits an application that is theschool Compiled by Applications may be submitted anyapproved, time during the year to Jennifer Assistant Business Manager, rate information regarding: SNAP, children’s meals must be claimed at the Cristina Arroyo Rodriguez.

New York 11510.

Please contact Jennifer Walsh at 516 434-6040 with any questions regarding thethe application process. paid rate. Though encouraged to do so, the SFA is not required to send a reminder or a notice of expired eligibility.

Foster children are eligible for free meal benefits. A separate application for a foster child is no longer necessary. Foster children 1 may be listed on the application as a mem-

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Baldwin Union Free School District today announced a free and reduced price meal (Free Milk) policy for Baldwin area school children.

Local school officials have adopted the following family eligibility criteria to assist them in determining eligibility:

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Town supervisor talks hurricane preparedness carroyo@liherald.com

At 1 p.m. Aug. 22, as Tropical Storm Henri was lashing Nassau County, Town of Hempstead Supervisor Don Clavin paused for a moment to give an interview on the town’s hurricane preparedness and response effort, PSEG Long Island’s response and how Superstorm Sandy, which battered Long Island in 2012, has influenced the town’s and residents’ perceptions of extreme weather events.

Clavin said the town prepared ahead of Henri for its arrival, instilling in residents a sense of confidence that the town could handle this emergency, Clavin said.

In the days leading up to the storm, PSEG Long Island officials said ratepayers could expect power outages of seven to 10 days. Clavin called the statement unacceptable. “First,” he said, “you scare people by doing that, and then you’re indicating to them that you don’t think you’re ready to respond. They need to provide the services that they’re paid to do here.”

Henri veered east of its projected path, so Nassau County was not hit by the brunt of the stor m, which was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm at 7 a.m. Sunday. Still, Nassau

and move them north. Why? Because they knew what happened in Superstorm Sandy. They learned that lesson, and now they’re better prepared,” Clavin said.

Overall, for Henri and other future extreme weather events, Clavin has some simple advice for residents to avoid loss of life and property: “We ask residents to stay off the roads and stay at home.”

works. Clavin said of the was hit with heavy rain state gover nment, “They from Henri’s outer bands. have a couple of great pro“We are very, very fortugrams out there—the connate,” Clavin said. “The struction of homes, shorestorm tracked down to the line security, and we are east, which really saved the going to continue to work day in the Town of Hempwith the state and the counstead. It lowered the storm ty to protect our residents.” surge and the winds.”

He alluded to how raising He remained wor ried houses should protect resiabout Aug. 23, the day after dents from future stor m the storm, however. “Now, surges. ”After Superstorm the overall rain amount is Sandy, you saw the redesignstill a concern,” he said. “We ing of how they’re building are on standby to have anyhouses,” he said. “You had body who has a concern of a them elevated. You’ve seen tree down, we are going to that throughout the entire get the crews down there.”

South Shore, and I think it’s The town has learned its worked out great.” lesson from previous big He added, “If you go to stor ms, especially Superany of the South Shore comstorm Sandy, Clavin said. munity, you see houses that With $700 million secured are raised, and the residents through the NY Rising Comfeel more secure.” munity Reconstruction ProHe remembered how peogram, the town has been ple “piled their entire lives providing rebuilding and donald Clavin in their front lawns” after resiliency assistance to comHempstead Town Sandy, and he recognizes munities severely damaged that, along with the town,

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A concert-goer put her hands in the air as former “The Voice” contestant Wé McDonald performed a redition of “Rise Up” by Andra Day at the Never Forget Concert at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater on Saturday.

Never Forget Concert remembers 9/11 McDonAlD strucK A victory pose after the audience cheered following her performance of the national anthem at the concert.

By KAte nAlepinsKi knalepinski@liherald.com

Even an impending tropical storm can’t halt America’s pride. Despite rain caused by the approach of Henri, the Never Forget Concert at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater – a music festival to honor the nation’s military, first responders and 9/11 victims — went off as planned Saturday night.

All proceeds from the concert went to the Tunnels to Towers Foundation, a nonprofit created in 2001 that works to provide mortgage-free houses and other benefits to injured veterans, Gold Star families and first responders.

Around 7 p.m., the show kicked off with the bagpipe groups Emerald Society and NYPD Pipes and Drums, made up of active and retired New York City Police Department members. Two American flags on the stage waved in the wind as the national anthem was performed by “The Voice” contestant Wé McDonald.

The CEO and founder of Tunnels for Towers, Frank Siller, then took the stage.

“We can never forget what happened 20 years ago,” Siller said. “The foundation makes sure we never forget by honoring the sacrifice, and we honor the sacrifice by doing good. Let us do good for the greatest of all Americans: those who are willing to die for you and I.” Siller founded the nonprofit to honor his brother, Stephen, a New York City firefighter who strapped 60 pounds of gear to his back and ran two miles through the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel to the twin towers, where he died in the effort to save others.

Sporting an FDNY T-shirt, “American Idol” contestant Jax performed “My Hero” by the Foo Fighters. It was followed by a performance by Danny Rodriguez, a former New York City police officer who said he was two blocks from the World Trade Center when it collapsed. He devoted his cover of “Into the Fire” by Bruce Springsteen to those who lost their lives

steve Miller of the Steve Miller Band sported a U.S.A. Olmypics shirt during the Never Forget Concert.

BAgpipe groups eMerAlD Society and NYPD Pipes and Drums, made up of active and retired New York City Police Department members, performed on stage.

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during the attacks.

Rapper Flo Rida later hit the stage with his track “My House.” During a brief technical issue, the audio for “Wild Ones” cut out. Flo Rida invited Jax back to the stage to help him finish the 2011 tune.

As the rain began to intensify, Flo Rida encouraged the crowd to keep dancing.

“To see you all out here smiling for something so purposeful – my hat goes off to you guys. This is a moment to cry tears of joy, so DJ hit it,” he said, leading into his “I Cry.” After he motivated the crowd to shout “Tunnels to Towers” several times in unison, he ended with his chart-topper “Low.” Additional performances by Journey, The Chainsmokers, Wyclef Jean, the Steve Miller Band, Gavin DeGraw, John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Ann Wilson of Heart and Lee Greenwood rounded out the night.

Former Heralds editor to be honored at Irish Festival

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HERALD — August 26, 2021

By Scott Brinton sbrinton@liherald.com

The 49th Nassau County Ancient Order of Hibernians Feis and Irish Festival is set for Sunday, Sept. 19, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Nickerson Beach in Lido Beach, and this year’s honoree will be John O’Connell, the former executive editor of Herald Community Newspapers, who retired in 2016.

“It’s such a high honor to have been chosen as the honoree of this year’s Nassau County Ancient Order of Hibern i a n s Fe i s a n d I r i s h Fe s t iv a l , ” O’Connell said. “Having participated in the Nassau AOH Feis for many years, and knowing all the wonderful, hardworking Hibernian volunteers who give of themselves each year to promote and sustain the best of Irish heritage and culture that this feis and festival represents, I am truly blessed and humbled to be selected by those Hibernians as the 2021 honoree.”

At the feis and festival, there will be Irish step dancing and live music by Bangers and Mash. There will also be Irish vendors, bagpipers, children’s games, Irish language demonstrations, an art competition and a raffle.

Catholic Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m.

The entrance fee is $10 per person.

Children under 16 will be free. All local, state and federal Covid-19 safety precautions will be adhered to. For more information, go to www.NassauAOHFeis. com, or email MikeNYAOHsports@ gmail.com. Nickerson Beach is at 880 Lido Blvd in Lido.

Photos courtesy John O’Connell

the 49th naSSau County Ancient Order of Hibernians Feis and Irish Festival will be held Sept. 19 in Lido Beach, at which John O’Connell, below, the Heralds’ former executive editor, will be honored.

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topping. Online event for grades 6 - 12.

There is a limit of 24 participants. To sign up, please send an email to teens@baldwinpl.org. The library will get in touch with you to pick up your kit.

Community service programs with the library Interested in being kind and earning community service credits? Take part in the Baldwin Public Library’s ongoing community service programs. Using art, thank a veteran — design a plaque to thanks veterans and visit www. baldwinpl.org to view a “Thanking Our Veterans” video. Or, using art, create a special card for a hospitalized kid.

Create your own special card to cheer up a sick child. Visit the library website to view a video that will show you the different ways you can decorate your card. To register, send an email to teens@baldwinpl.org. Library staff will reach out to have you pick up your kit at the main entrance doors of the library.

Thursday, Aug. 26 Thursday night Car Show in Baldwin Park The Baldwin Chamber of Commerce has partnered with the Baldwin/RVC Rotary Club in sponsoring the weekly Thursday Night Car Show in Baldwin Park. This event is free to the public, and is a great family friendly event. The Car Show takes place every Thursday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Chamber members will have the opportunity to participate weekly at the Thursday Night Car Shows for a nominal flat fee of $100 for the entire season. The public can come as many Thursdays, or as few Thursdays that they wish, for one flat fee. The Car Show runs through the end of September/beginning of October.

Spaguetti and Meatballs Cake (Kits to Go) Make a cake that looks like a plate of Spaghetti and Meatballs! Online event for grades 6 - 12. There is a limit of 24 participants. To sign up, please send an email to teens@baldwinpl.org. The library will get in touch with you to pick up your kit.

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Baldwin District Board of education Meeting The board of education holds a regularly scheduled monthly meeting. Meetings are scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. but frequently are called to order earlier with an executive session. Questions and comments from residents are welcomed by the board. The meeting will take place at the Baldwin Union Free School District District Office in 960 Hastings Street.

visit www.baldwinpl.org.

BPL Tech, Learn Libby Learn how to read or listen to free books using the Libby app. Please have your reading device with you for this session. Rsvp to baldwinzoom@ baldwinpl.org for the password. The event will take place from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Zoom Video Conferencing.

Friday, Aug. 27

Morning meditation with the library

Chair yoga and Silver Sneakers Classic

The Baldwin Public Library will host a meditation session on Thursday, August 26 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. For more information,

Join the Baldwin Public Library at 9 a.m. for chair yoga. Instructor Augusta Berner will alternateclasses and either guide this class utilizing a chair to perform yoga poses that are kind to the body or use weights and resistance bands (or substitutions on hand) to get your blood pumping. RSVP to

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Saturday, Aug. 28 Lakeside Theatre concert series Come out and enjoy our Nassau County’s Free Summer Concert and Movies.The events will take place at Eisenhower Park from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

On Aug. 28, the featured event is Street Fighter, a Rolling Stones Tribute.

Admission is free and don’t forget to bring your blanket or chair. If you need more information you can contact (516) 572-0200.

the second Wednesday of each month.

Meetings are scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. but frequently are called to order earlier with an executive session. The board generally returns to open session at 8 p.m. Questions and comments from residents are welcomed by the board at the regular monthly meeting and at regularly scheduled Community Input Meetings. The meeting will take place at the Baldwin Union Free School District District Office in 960 Hastings Street.

Items on the Community Update pages are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest.

All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to bdownes@liherald.com

Yoga for beginners

Wednesday, Sept. 1

The Baldwin Public ibrary will host Yoga for Beginners on Wednesday, Sept. 1 at 9 a.m. via Zoom. Those new to yoga are encouraged to attend. RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org for the password.

Board of education meeting

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Original inhabitants of Baldwin were Native Americans known as the Meroke or Merrick.

The first churches were built in 1810 and 1872, and the first school in 1813.

According to the census, Baldwin is 49% white, 37% Black, 3% Asian, and 11% +two/other races.

Support Baldwin Athletics and the high school Booster Club. Email baldwinboosterclub21@gmail.com.

For updated information about the Covid-19 pandemic, visit covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov.

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Boy Scouts from Troop 300 graduated to Eagle Scouts Boy Scouts from Troop 300 became Eagle Scouts in an event took place on August 7, 2021 at Hempstead Town Hall, where Hempstead Town Senior

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More than 1,900 Hofstra University students earned their undergraduate, graduate, or law degrees in May 2021, among those were some Baldwin natives: Bianca Boursiquot with a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training, Jasmine Cadet with a Master’s degree in Health Administration, Hayley Levine with a Master of Science in Education in Teaching English as a Second

Language, Cristina Moreira with a Juris Doctor in Law, Chrissoula Potaris with a Juris Doctor in Law, David Shaker with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Shevhon Simon with a Master of Science in Nursing and Jessica Staco with a Master of Science in Nursing.

Watch videos or check out photos from the various ceremonies at hofstra.edu/ commencement.

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wanted to go into psychiatric nursing specifically. I was inspired by seeing the incredible work that psychiatric-mental health professionals have done with my uncle, who has schizophrenia.

Aside from having many patients admitted to the hospital with both Covid and psychiatric diagnoses, we had the unique opportunity to work with individuals managing various stages of grief related to losing loved ones, losing jobs, and having major life changes resulting from being affected by Covid.

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Griffin hosts backpack and school supplies collection drive Assemblywoman Judy Griffin, who serves the 21st Assembly District, which includes Lynbrook, Rockville Centre, Malverne, South Hempstead, Baldwin and parts of Freeport, West Hempstead, Oceanside, East Rockaway, Lakeview, Hewlett, Hempstead, Frankl i n S q u a r e, a n d Va l l e y S t r e a m ,

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The state released the “State Education Department Issues Health and Safety Guide to Reopen New York State Schools” on Aug. 12, in which it lists strategies and best practices for the safe reopening of schools, based on CDC and American Academy of Pediatrics information.

NYSED Commissioner Betty Rosa said, “Reopening amidst a pandemic for the second consecutive year is truly a daunting task. Our hope is that this guide, coupled with the input of local health officials, will help the state’s education community as they prepare for September.”

While the CDC and NYSED prioritize returning to in-person learning, they suggest caution in reopening because of the circulating and highly contagious Delta variant. They encourage schools to promote vaccination, as it’s the leading public health prevention strategy.

On Aug. 4, the CDC updated its guidance to include a recommendation that vaccinated people who are suspected or known to have been exposed to someone with Covid-19 be tested three to five days after exposure, regardless of whether they have symptoms.

The CDC and NYSED emphasize implementing layering strategies, or using more than one prevention approach, as students under 12 are not yet

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incoming gov. Kathy Hochul said she would like to see a mask requirement for all schools after she took over this week. eligible for the vaccination.

NYSED does not require remote education when schools reopen full-time in person; however, they recommend districts “work with students and families to offer remote options if it is deemed to be in the best educational interest of the student.”

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and Municipal Home Rule of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 9th day of September, 2021, at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 202-1 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE and REPEAL “PARKING OR STANDING PROHIBITIONS” at the following locations: BALDWIN TWAIN STREET (TH 242/21) West Side - NO PARKING ANYTIME starting at a point 114 feet north of the north curbline of St. Lukes Place then north for a distance of 20 feet.

EAST MEADOW HUDSON STREET (TH 203/21) West Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the south curbline of Kenmore Street south for a distance of 30 feet.

LEVITTOWN GARDINERS AVENUE WESTSIDE MARGINAL ROAD (TH 268/21) West Side - NO STOPPING ANYTIME - starting at a point 117 feet north of the north curbline of Jeffries Ro MERRICK

BELLMORE ROAD (TH 253/21) East Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the north curbline of Clubhouse Road north for a distance of 15 feet.

BELLMORE ROAD (TH 253/21) East Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the south curbline of Clubhouse Road south for a distance of 15 feet.

UNIONDALE 1st Place (TH 286/21) West Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER starting at the north curbline of Lowell Road north for a distance of 35 feet.

GREENGROVE AVENUE (TH 282/21) West Side NO PARKING ANYTIME starting at a point 140 feet south of the south curbline of Hempstead Boulevard then south for a distance of 275 feet.

WANTAGH BELTAGH AVENUE (TH 236/21) East Side - NO STOPPING ANYTIME starting at a point 10 feet north of a point opposite the north curbline of Birch Drive then south for a distance of 82 feet.

WEST HEMPSTEAD LINDEN STREET (TH 274/21) North Side - NO PARKING ANYTIME starting at the northwest curbline of Marie Court then west for a distance of 100 feet.

MARIE COURT (TH 274/21) West Side - NO PARKING ANYTIME starting at the northwest curbline of Linden Street then north for a distance of 82 feet.

WALTON STREET (TH 278/21) South Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the west curbline of Palm Lane west for a distance of 45 feet.

WOODMERE ALTHOUSE STREET (TH 271/21) North Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - from the east curbline of Prospect Avenue east for 30 feet.

ALTHOUSE STREET (TH 271/21) South Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - from the east curbline of Prospect Avenue east for 30 feet.

ISLAND AVENUE (TH 261/21) East Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - from the north curbline of Peninsula Boulevard north for 30 feet.

ALSO, to REPEAL from Section 202-1 “PARKING OR STANDING PROHIBITIONS” from the following locations: WEST HEMPSTEAD WALTON STREET (TH 537/07) South Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the west curbline of Palm Lane west for a distance of 86 feet.

(Adopted 1/22/08) ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.

Dated: August 3, 2021 Hempstead, New York

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 127183

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and Municipal Home Rule of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 9th day of September, 2021, at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 197-5 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE “ARTERIAL STOPS” at the following locations: ELMONT KELLER AVENUE (TH 233/21) STOP - all traffic traveling westbound on E Street shall come to a full stop.

KELLER AVENUE (TH 233/21) STOP - all traffic traveling eastbound on E Street shall come to a full stop.

FRANKLIN SQUARE SCHROETER AVENUE (TH 383/20) STOP - all traffic traveling northbound on Court House Road shall come to a full stop.

CHERRY LANE (TH 383/20) STOP - all traffic traveling southbound on Court House Road shall come to a full stop.

LAWRENCE L A W R E N C E AVENUE (TH 232/21) STOP all traffic approaching westbound on Spring Street shall come to a full stop.

UNION STREET (TH 232/21) STOP - all traffic approaching eastbound on Spring Street shall come to a full stop.

LEVITTOWN TANNERS LANE (TH 256/21) STOP - all traffic traveling northbound on Dale Lane shall come to a full stop.

NORTH BALDWIN EAST SEAMAN AVENUE (TH 292/21) STOP - all traffic traveling southbound on Fargo Street shall come to a full stop.

ROOSEVELT ST. FRANCIS STREET (TH 275/21) STOP - all traffic traveling eastbound on Brooks Avenue shall come to a full stop.

ST FRANCIS STREET (TH 275/21) STOP - all traffic traveling westbound on Brooks Avenue shall come to a full stop.

SEAFORD HUDSON AVENUE (TH 270/21) STOP - all traffic traveling northbound on Monroe Avenue shall come to a full stop.

HUDSON AVENUE (TH 270/21) STOP - all traffic traveling southbound on Monroe Avenue shall come to a full stop.

UNIONDALE SALEM ROAD (TH 238/21) STOP all traffic northbound on 1st Place shall come to a full stop.

WANTAGH BIRCH DRIVE (TH 236/21) STOP - all traffic traveling northbound on Beltagh Avenue shall come to a full stop.

BIRCH DRIVE (TH 236/21) STOP - all traffic traveling southbound on Beltagh Avenue shall come to a full stop.

ALL PERSONS NTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.

Dated: August 3, 2021 Hempstead, New York

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 127185

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Courtesy National Weather Service

The NaTioNal WeaTher Service had predicted Henri would arrive on Long Island Sunday morning, but it veered east, so Baldwin felt only its outer bands.

Henri largely spares Nassau County continued from front page On Oct. 29, 2012, Superstorm Sandy destroyed many homes in the community, especially in Baldwin Harbor, its savage 10-foot storm surge exacerbated by a full moon. Rising tides hit low-lying areas of Baldwin hard, and the wind speed reached 80 mph.

That same day, Kevin Smith, who was the Baldwin fire chief in 2011, wrote on his Facebook page, “This Island has suffered complete and total devastation. It’s not over; the next high tide and next news reports will be horrendous stories of loss of property and life. God bless everyone and their families.”

Residents also recalled what they lost during Sandy as they prepared for Henri.

Renee Salmon said, “All cars have gas, and will move cars north, just in case. I lost two cars in Sandy and don’t want that to happen again.”

“We live in the Harbor…I still have PTSD from Sandy,” Kathy Keirns Bradfield-Phillips admitted. “We had our home lifted and have a new bulkhead so not too concerned about flooding…But just like with Sandy, this too shall pass.”

Other Baldwinites seemed less concerned by Henri’s forecast. Christine Anne Hirschfeld remembered Sandy but did not expect Henri to deliver the same devastation.

Likewise, Steven Davis admitted he

hadn’t taken steps to prepare for Henri, citing a lack of trust in the forecast. “If it starts getting windy,” he said, “I’ll go out and put some stuff away. They’re wrong more than right.”

Some Baldwinites said flooding was not their main concern. Corinne Teri said, “We are at the highest elevation point in Baldwin, so [I’m] not worried about flooding so much, but we will be moving as much outdoor stuff as we can into the garage.”

Meanwhile, Terry Collura Van Bellinghen said, “We will be lifting everything we can in the garage and shed up above the flood line…Prepare for the worst, hope for the best!”

Other residents were more concerned with wind damage, even saying they had collected the herbs and vegetables from their gardens. Abby Lawitz Melendez said, “Trimmed the parsley and basil (pesto making time!) and picked the ripe tomatoes.” And Baldwin Fire Department EMT Amy Fitzgerald Rossi said, “I picked as many tomatoes as I could.”

In its final Henri briefing on Sunday at 8 p.m., the National Weather Service ended the tropical storm warning for the region but kept the flood watch in effect through Monday. Officials said that heavy downpours were likely, with northwest Long Island seeing the most rain, possibly 2 to 4 inches.

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Trust the framer or the architect?

A. Picture if you will a group of people sitting in a courtroom. One is your framer, another is your architect and the judge is hearing the case in which you spent way too much on beams, or even worse, your lawyer is going over the damages of cracking and sagging ceilings and walls. Who do you imagine will be the onte eeper responsible party in the eyes of the law? Your framer? No, your architect.

Why? The state grants a license, upon proof of a rigorous education followed by an internship and one of the longest exams given to show competence, not to your framer, but to the architect. Your County Office of Consumer Affairs, which licenses contractors, not framers, can confirm what the qualifications are: no formal educational background, no particular experience, not even an exam. Your framer gets elevated to the status of a licensed professional by you and you alone. He may be smart, even experienced, but the call isn’t for him to make, any more than a couch potato making the calls for a professional football team.

There are no consequences for framers whether they’re right or wrong. If they choose not to put in beams prescribed on the sealed, permitted plans, just to make a point, and the house seems sturdy on the sunny day when they drive away, they may pat themselves on the back — that is, until the wind blows like it did recently in one of many heavy storms, or until the first heavy snowfall, when the roof begins to creak and sheetrock cracks. At that point, the amateurs you trusted are long gone.

Framers can say anything, and they often do, confusing homeowners into believing their bold, unsubstantiated claims and calling into doubt the designated professional’s judgment or competence.

“Rule of thumb” has no place in construction, but homeowners regularly and naively believe nonsense claims.

The claim of no columns to support the beams makes no sense, since all beams require support. It sounds more like your framer is flexing his ego to you instead of speaking to the architect. If your plans carry the professional’s seal and received a permit, to change the situation requires a lot of backtracking. The owner and new architect, if they have any ethics, should notify the current architectof-record of the change in status. New, redrawn plans and new paperwork carrying the new architect’s seal, with an explanation letter, must be submitted to your building department; all this because you granted an amateur the level of responsibility they have no legal standing to hold over a licensed professional. Good luck!

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t’s hard to believe that the Cuomo dynasty has come to an end, but New York now has a new governor, Kathy Hochul. I use “hard to believe” because for nearly 11 years, Andrew Cuomo had such a dominant role in the daily life of all New Yorkers.

To the best of my recollection, no governor in my lifetime was in your face as much as Cuomo was.

As I look back over the past 55 years, there have been eight governors occupying the Albany mansion. At least five JERRY of them served four or more KREMER years. But none of them was as powerful a figure as Cuomo. During the height of last year’s coronavirus crises, New Yorkers — and people around the world — looked forward to his daily briefings on how New York was coping with the pandemic. For that brief period, Cuomo was a 24/7 presence.

If you think back on past governors,

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whether Nelson Rockefeller or Mario Cuomo, you realize that none of them was as front-and-center as Andrew Cuomo. If it wasn’t an update about Covid-19, the news would carry a story about the almost daily feud between Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. No matter what media you followed, there was a daily story about some Cuomo initiative. It seemed for some time that the only place the governor didn’t inhabit was your bedroom.

But the days of a Cuomo in the news are over, at least for now, and many in the political arena consider this a blessing.

Hochul may be surprised to find out how many people are ready to welcome her with open arms. As much as Cuomo accomplished — and he did do a lot — the state was ready for a respite with a new face on the Albany scene.

It’s a historical fact that New York governors and New York City mayors have a hard time getting along. They view the political stage as having only one spotlight, and they will do anything

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to grab it. Of all the feuds that I recall, none was as nasty as the Cuomo-de Blasio wrestling match. If de Blasio announced that he was lifting some Covid restriction, Cuomo would immediately step in and say not so fast.

In the run-up to her swearing in, Hochul met privately with de Blasio, and they exchanged pleasantries. In addition, she spoke extensively with de Blasio’s likely successor, Eric Adams. Don’t be surprised if, in the coming weeks and months, the new governor takes the extra time to make nice with any politician who had been scorned by Cuomo.

At the top of his hit list were the two leaders of the State Legislature, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins. No one has ever written a love story about a New York governor and an Albany legislative leader, but Cuomo’s relationship with the current legislative leaders was especially hostile. Both would sit down with him and hammer out state budgets, but the level of dis-

ut Hochul will have only a short window of time to attack a host of issues.

trust was always high. Every legislative leader has a pretty strong ego, but none could eclipse Cuomo’s.

In the weeks ahead, Hochul will no doubt go out of her way to establish a close working relationship with both state leaders, and they, in turn, will shower her with compliments and pledges of harmony and good things to come. That is a welcome change of atmosphere, because the new governor has a lot on her plate, and she’ll only have a short window of time to attack a host of issues. At the same time that she’ll be wrestling with new challenges, there will be a handful of politicians plotting to challenge her next year in a primary contest.

For now, though, New Yorkers can look forward to their state government functioning normally, with no sign yet that former Governor Cuomo is planning a return to power.

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.

Heading west, into smoke and wildfire hell

confess, the headline is hyperbolic, but for a Long Island woman on her first cross-country road trip, the wildfires and smoke demand purple prose. We arrived in an area of California that is designated “purple” because conditions are “extremely unhealthy,” according to the weather service. It rained ash.

We sea-level dwellers are accustomed to clean air and no elevation issues.

Right now I am at 6,700 feet and I can’t see the mountains in front of me. We RANDI knew the West KREISS was in a wildfire and air-quality crisis, but we needed to move, to change the scenery and mostly to see our kids and grandkids who live out here. We started planning this trip last year during the lockdown, and the planning itself was liberating.

Driving cross-country has been my dream. My husband has always put it off, dreading the endless driving days through the middle. But that’s what I wanted, to experience the unchanging open prairie and the nothingness. How can you really know it’s all out there if

you don’t drive through it?

Like most dreams, I got just a piece of it, but these days that counts.

Early last week we flew to Denver, picked up a rental car and drove to Cheyenne, Wyo., then Park City, Utah, then Elko, Nev., before we arrived in California. The experience has been both better and worse than expected.

The flight was great and the car was waiting for us.

This sounds matter-of-fact, but as an obsessive planner, I had spent dozens of hours scrolling through hotel and car websites, trying to find the best — and the most cancelable — plans. We heard all the horror stories of people being stranded at airports with no cars available.

The day we landed, Denver had the worst smoke and air quality of any place in North America. We headed out, stopped at a Walmart to buy a cooler, a small bed for Lillybee the dog and enough water for a Sahara crossing, and then we drove to Cheyenne.

In the months since we first planned this adventure, the Delta variant has overwhelmed the hotel experience.

Everything that can be is online. Breakfast buffets are masked affairs with no real buffet, just grab and go. No house-

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cleaning services unless requested.

Cheyenne itself is hot, dry and seemingly the center of the American military complex. Streets are named for generals. We drove by a life-sized missile on display in the park. The only surprise in Cheyenne was Mort’s Bagels in the center of town.

The drive to Park City made me think of the movie “North by Northwest,” in which Cary Grant gets strafed by a crop-duster out in the middle of nowhere. We drove through featureless high plains studded with occasional red rocks. The openness can feel disorienting.

We stayed in Park City for two nights. I’ve wanted to visit ever since Robert Redford brought the Sundance Film Festival to the area. As it turns out, we should have gone 25 years ago. Today, Park City is emblematic of all the overdeveloped mountain towns overrun by rich folks who want seasonal mega-mansions on the slopes.

Two days into the trip, the Delta surge necessitated that we wear masks indoors everywhere and eat only at restaurants with outdoor tables. On a personal level, we were doing well. Lillybee turns out to be a roadie. Eight hours in the car is doable. She isn’t picky about

he day we landed, Denver had the worst air quality of any place in North America.

sleeping arrangements.

We felt good just being let loose, but there were new constraints, and we knew we were losing ground to the virus. Our luggage comprised two huge bags, one carry-on and Lillybee’s bed.

We were quite well organized, and only lost one Kindle along the way, although we thought we’d lost the car keys and our phones too many times to count.

News of the world popped up along the way on the phones and in headlines splashed across newspapers. It was all disturbing: masking meltdowns, Governor DeSantis of Florida on the ascendancy, Cuomo self-destructing and then, suddenly, Biden hitting a wall in Afghanistan. Fortunately, the TVs in our hotel rooms didn’t work and we wouldn’t let a repairman in, so no TV. Our last night on the road was in Elko, and it must have been forgettable because it was just three nights ago and I forgot the highlights.

The big takeaway so far is the smoke and the intense heat around the country.

Driving along the Great Salt Lake felt like traversing Mars. Nothing but shimmering heat as far as we could see, the salt flats stretching in all directions like a prophecy.

Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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New York must require masks in school

ew York’s new governor, Kathy Hochul, made it clear in the days leading up to her ascension to the state’s highest office that she would like to see a statewide mask mandate for schoolchildren and their teachers.

Thank you, Governor. We need you to work toward, and enact, such a mandate, by way of the State Department of Health, in order to end the partisan bickering that we have seen at Board of Education meetings of late. Anti-maskers, extolling the virtues of personal freedom, clash with parents who are concerned that their children may be next to fall victim to the coronavirus, and often older teachers who are worried that they might get sick and perhaps die.

On June 15, then Gov. Andrew Cuomo, believing the vaccines had tamed the viral invader, lifted all Covid-19 restrictions. For the schools, that was a mis-

take.

Children under 12 are now most vulnerable to the disease because they cannot, as yet, receive the Covid-19 vaccines.

Their only forms of protection are vigilance and masks. Kids tend not be vigilant, so, really, masks are it for them.

Infection rates — and even hospitalizations — are soaring across the country among children. We have a sacred obligation to protect them.

That is the primary reason the state should require students to wear masks at all times in school. Otherwise, what we will get is a hodgepodge of rules. The Massapequa School District came out last week to say it would not require masks, but rather recommend them.

Recommend them? Who are officials there kidding?

Meanwhile, the Baldwin, Roosevelt, Jericho and Riverhead school districts have all said they would continue to

require masks. Good for them. That’s the right thing to do.

No single Board of Education should have to make this decision, however.

That’s why the state must step in.

In June, we thought we had beaten back Covid-19. Then along came its close cousin, the so-called Delta variant, which is significantly more infectious and potentially more deadly for the unvaccinated than the original strain of the disease. The variant had been with us for months, but it hadn’t really taken hold in New York until recently.

Let’s face it: We have a ways to go before we eradicate this disease. No one is suggesting that we return to the restrictions that we saw in the early days of the pandemic. We should, however, take every reasonable precaution to limit the spread of the virus. That begins with requiring masks for all students.

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fficials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said last week that those who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus will likely need a booster shot after eight months — meaning that those who were first in line to be vaccinated in January are already coming due for their boosters.

CDC officials said that the Food and Drug Administration is now reviewing the efficacy and safety of booster shots, but they will probably become available this fall. We say this: Be prepared to get a booster if and when it is offered.

All of us must do all that we can to eliminate this terrible scourge and restore normalcy to this country. Vaccines, masks and social-distancing requirements are our only real defenses against the coronavirus, for which there is no known cure.

The Covid-19 vaccines are extraordinarily effective in keeping people out of the hospital and preventing death. We are, however, seeing an increasing number of “breakthrough” cases, in which vaccinated people are testing positive for the coronavirus and even getting sick.

But their symptoms are most often mild to moderate, officials say.

The overwhelming majority of people who are on ventilators (97 percent) and who are dying (99 percent) are unvaccinated.

As of last Friday, the seven-day Covid-

19 infection rate for Long Island had crept up to nearly 4 percent — that is, the Island is now seeing four times as many cases as it did at the start of the summer.

Officials attribute the spike to the Delta variant, which has spread across the country like wildfire, particularly in states like Florida and Texas, where peo-

ple tend to eschew basic safety precautions like masks and social distancing, and the vaccination rate is significantly lower than in the Northeast.

Bottom line: If you haven’t been vaccinated, now is the time. If you have been, be ready for a booster.

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ndrew is out and Kathy is in — a stunning political tale that seems to have taken everyone by surprise. Unless you have a long memory, that is, and have lived in Nassau County for a generation or more.

Remember Karen Burstein? She’s still alive and well, and as far back as 1970, when she was 28, she ran as a Democrat for Congress opposed to the Vietnam War. She lost that contest. In 1972 she was elected to the State Senate from the Five Towns, and ended up serving three ronALD J. terms.

The long comrosenBerG mute to Albany must have given her plenty of time to think — and seethe. Burstein has since revealed that she found herself immersed in a misogynistic world where male chauvinism was just a prelude to sexual harassment, and where high skirts and low blouses were often the requirements for staff advancement. In an era when demands for equal pay for equal work

were met with smirks, and staying after office hours wasn’t about reviewing legislation, Burstein has said she found it a toxic, demeaning and corrupting environment.

She confronted it publicly, condemning it for what it was. The result was indifference. Albany’s sexist culture crossed partisan divides, Senate districts and generations of politicians.

As late as the 1990s, political consultant Dick Morris told the Village Voice, “Our image of the Empire State is as a bastion of liberalism, feminism and good will to women who seek higher office. In fact, it is one of the most sexist political environments in the nation.”

And now here we are, solidly in the 21st century, when we have made enormous progress in creating genuine equality in the workplace — unless you review the predatory actions of one Andrew Cuomo.

Let legions of therapists try to analyze his tortured person. This was a man who, at the same time he was signing legislation empowering women to speak out against sexual harassment in the workplace, was

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Cuomo wasn’t that great

Enjoyed Brinton’s column on his yard

To the Editor: In August 2018, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, “America was never that great.” He forgot about the millions of immigrants who have come here to seek a better life and live the American dream.

During his administration, scandals included sexual harassment, several thousand nursing home deaths from the coronavirus, and the alleged use of state employees on the taxpayers’ dime and time assisting in ghost-writing his book, for which he was paid $5 million. With ever-increasing taxes and long-term debt, job losses, a failed public education system and declining public transportation, it is the Empire State that was never that great, as it declined under Cuomo’s watch.

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Governor.

To the Editor: Re Scott Brinton’s column “Restoring a lost habitat in our backyard” (Aug. 19-25): I was smiling throughout the whole thing. I also have certified my yard as a wildlife habitat with the National Wildlife Federation. However, my property is 30 by 50, which includes my little bungalow, so I’ve had to squish a lot of plants in here, which I have done.

After Superstorm Sandy in 2012, most of my neighbors went to grass with a couple of flowerpots, and one neighbor took out the entire yard and put in cement, much to my horror.

At my age, it’s getting a little more difficult to rein everything in, especially since I’m so close to other people here in East Rockaway, but I do my best to keep everyt h i n g s o m e wh a t c o n t a i n e d (although my neighbors would beg to differ, I’m sure).

I’m so glad Brinton wrote this column. Great to see like-minded people.

LARRY PENNER Great Neck

engaging in inappropriate, unwanted behavior that would have fathers of daughters lying in wait outside the governor’s mansion to pop him in the nose.

Now, New York’s first woman governor has taken over the office. Kathy Hochul has an urgent agenda that ranges from ever-changing coronavirus issues to public works to a progressive State Legislature that is pushing jobs, investments and entrepreneurs out of state. Oh, and she also has to raise tens of millions of dollars to run what may be a primary followed by a general election. She also needs to clean house of Cuomo staff loyalists who would like nothing more than for her to fail.

It still remains a rocky road for women in New York state politics.

Geraldine Ferraro ran for U.S. senator twice and never got past the primaries.

Elizabeth Holtzman was another Senate race loser. Burstein ran and lost the race for state attorney general. Kathleen Rice didn’t survive the primary for that job. There are other names as well, like Mary Ann Krupsak, who are known only

MARTHA ROWAN East Rockaway

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to students of arcane state politics, but their experiences reflect the difficult life of women in an Albany distilled by Cuomo’s most recent actions.

There is an axiom in politics that says if you aim for the king, your shot better be fatal. In the case of Cuomo, a punitive, vindictive, abusive politician who has fallen from grace is far from mortem. Consider his interview with New York Magazine.

“I feel like I did the right thing,” he said.

“I did the right thing for the state. … I’m not gonna drag the state through the mud, through a three-month, four-month impeachment, and then win, and have made the State Legislature and the state government look like a ship of fools, when everything I’ve done all my life was for the exact opposite. I’m not doing that. I feel good. I’m not a martyr.”

This is surely not the voice of a penitent man.

Karen Burstein would probably ask us, “And just what were you expecting?”

Ronald J. Rosenberg has been an attorney for 42 years, concentrating in commercial litigation and transactions, and real estate, municipal, zoning and land use law. He is currently with the law firm he founded in 1999, Rosenberg Calica & Birney, in Garden City.

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