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couNty executiVe laura Curran, at lectern, announced a raft of county flood-prevention and resiliency projects on Sept. 28, along with, from left, Sean Sallie, deputy commissioner for planning in the county Department of Public Works; Eileen Meus, executive deputy director for community reconstruction and infrastructure at the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery; State Assemblywoman Judy Griffin; State Sen. Todd Kaminsky; County Legislator Debra Mulé; and D.P. Civil President Brian Doherty.
On Sept. 28 at Silver Lake Park in Baldwin, state and county officials, joined by construction workers, announced the start of more than $20 million in flood-prevention and resiliency projects in the county, including $1.75 million for improvements in Baldwin’s Silver Lake Park, its watershed and the surrounding neighborhood to prevent damage during major storms. The Silver Park Drainage Project involves elevating the
perimeter walkway of the park, installing tidal gates on Silver Lake’s outfalls, constructing a new storm-water treatment device between Lofts Pond and the natural channel of Parsonage Creek, and providing a fish passage to Caroline’s Pond. The project is expected to be completed in 2022. “I’m confident that by building safer, stronger and smarter, we will protect lives, property values, economic development and continue to live on this beautiful island,” said Nassau Continued on page 4
Baldwin school district sets its sights on diversity hiring by cristiNa arroyo roDriGuez carroyo@liherald.com
At the most recent Baldwin Board of Education meeting, trustees voted unanimously to broaden recruitment efforts to hire a more diverse teaching staff and “bring multiple perspectives into the classroom, respect differences and prepare our students to live in a global community.” The board sent a statement to the Herald saying the new policy reflects “an ongoing commitment” to “exposing students to a range of cultures through activities, literatures and experiences.”
Regarding hiring for diversity, the board said, “Not only is it the right thing to do, but providing a more expanded view of the world also provides a better educational experience.” “Diversity and inclusion [are] essential in all endeavors, especially in education,” wrote Lonnie Hart Jr., who took to social media to support the district’s new diversity-hiring goal. “Teachers and administrators should reflect the demographics of the school district they work in.” The Baldwin School District student population is 47 percent Black, 32 percent Hispanic or Latino, 13 percent white, 5 per-
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multi-racial. But teachers of color comprise 9 percent of 376 full-time teachers in the district, with 21 Black, nine Hispanic and four Asian-American teachers, according to the latest State Department of Education data. Baldwinite and parent of school-aged children Mark Prevatt viewed the board’s amendments positively, saying, “Long
Island has a long history of discriminatory hiring in education, and we’re only now just beginning to see both an acknowledgement of and direct actions against such practices.” While students of color have doubled in Baldwin over the last 20 years, the number of teachers of color has not, reflecting a Continued on page 13
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Bethany House held its 24th Annual Golf Outing 24th on Sep. 22 at the Rockaway Hunting Club in Lawrence, New York. The event was attended by golf lovers, supporters and local politicians. The event raised over $65,000, which will directly help the homeless women, and women with children, who are guests at Bethany House. The event honoree, Kathy Lovece, Vice President Traditional Retail, Freedom Mortgage and President of Empire State Mortgage Bankers Association, spoke beautifully about Bethany House and why she supports the organization. Those that attended the outing said there was tremendous enthusiasm, positive energy and a wonderful reception to Bethany House’s mission and message.
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By Karina Kovac kkovac@liherald.com
Like the classic rock playing on the speakers, the Baldwin Car Show and Swap Meet hosted by Hose Company One of the Baldwin Fire Department was a hit on Sunday. That morning around 7 a.m. classic car owners with cars of all decades pulled in to start displaying their entry pieces. Two hours later a crowd started to build, but unfortunately not as big as usual, since the event date October 3rd was spilt with multiple other cars shows in the area, like the one happening at TOBAY Beach put on by Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino and the board. Even with the attention divided among the car community, multiple groups were present. The Southside Boys, GrahamPaige Club, Goodguys and more were represented. Obscure, rare, stock and soupedup car alike were on display, but please don’t touch the glass. A 1930 Graham-Paige brought back from South Dakota was parked near the front in the last row. The owner Ray Lignowski found the obscure car as a shell in 1998 and bought it for $500 beginning its extensive restoration as an act of love. During the process, Lignowski realized that it is the same make and model of his grandparent’s first car and found pictures of them in the car in Brooklyn from 1933. Lignowski talked of the pioneering features and add-ons available at the time, “Most death then was from glass and now they had laminated safety glass.” He also added that the car had “Lockheed designed hydraulic brakes when most cars then were using cable brakes.” John Brokos, a frequent rider at car shows, also attracted a lot of attention with his 1958 Chevy Biscayne Sports Coupe. He said, “With thirty second to go I clacked into the computer, and I bid $12,000…I bid first and got it for $11,000 this guy would not give it up, eBay and myself both threatened to take him to court.” Brokos has been coming to events since Hose Company One started their events seven years ago, he said, “In seven
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Young, old and in between explore the assortment of cars while enjoying the warm weather at Fireman’s Field for the 7th Annual Car Show and Swap Meet. years I’ve won seven trophies, a few in best of show.” Hose Company One, however, is no stranger to rare and valuable vehicles. In 1921, they obtained one of the fastest REO “Speedwagon” Hose Trucks in New York. Thirty years later the Baldwin Fire District purchased a 1000-gallon Ahrens Fox Pumper which has served not only the Baldwin community but Long Beach, Oceanside, and Freeport as well. The legendary West Hempstead Westerners, “The Fordillac” 1950 C Truck was also there as a memorial car to Henry G. Brohm Jr. The car was in service from 1951 to 1964 and won NY State Champions in 1951. The fire department also had a lot to celebrate in general, this being their 125 years in service to the community. One member of the department, who couldn’t put out an official statement, said the consensus was, “Everyone seemed to have a really good time. I think that a lot of people were nice and happy to come out on a nice day and get out on the weekend.”
raY lignowsKi explains the wooden doors and extra features his 1930 Graham-Paige as an audience congregates, above. The pride of Hose Company One the West Hempstead Westerners “The Fordillac” 1950 C Truck, left. John BroKos exclaims how lucky he was to outbid someone by seconds to get his 1958 Chevy Biscayne Sports Coupe, far left.
Baldwin park improvements to prevent flooding the Silver Lake Park contract to D.P. Civil County Executive Laura Curran, a Demo- Inc., whose $1.95 million bid was 18 percrat from Baldwin who is running for re- cent higher than the engineer’s estimate, but was still the lowest among seven election. The project is one of five that the Gov- bids—the second lowest being from a ernor’s Office of Storm Recovery has minority-owned business, JRCRUZ Conawarded through the NY Rising Commu- struction. D.P. Civil has also been awarded other nity Reconstruction Program. Other projprojects this year, including ects include installing drains the $6.1 million GOSR project and check valves and increasin East Rockaway and Bay ing the diameter of pipes in Park and a $1.6 million resurLawrence, a $9.18 million projfacing and streetscaping in ect; reconstructing a drainage Bellmore. system in East Rockaway and Because county estimates Bay Park, at $6.08 million; placed the full cost of the projconstructing a new pump staect at $2.55 million, on that tion in Cedarhurst, at $2.15 same day the legislative commillion; and adding in-line mittee also advanced resolucheck valves and drainage tions to amend the 2019 capistructures in Lido Beach and tal plan to reflect current cost Point Lookout, at $1.23 mil- todd projections and authorize the lion. county to pursue the $294,318 State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, KaminsKy gap in bonding specifically a Democrat who is running State senator related to the Silver Lake projfor county district attorney, ect as part of a larger $49.3 spoke about how in Long Beach daily life is often disrupted by million bond, acquired by Change Healthheavy rain. He said members of the Fire care Inc., soon to merge with UnitedDepartment have had to meet parents in Health Group Inc. The remaining capital will be used for front of schools so children can be passed through car windows onto dry ground. “A the other GOSR projects, as well as the dollar spent in prevention will save dou- Centennial Park project, the Bellmore ble spending when it’s time . . . to fix all Avenue streetscape, the Manorhaven Project, ambulance fleet retrofitting, county the damage,” he said. On April 12, the County Legislature’s alar ms and security systems, and Rules Committee unanimously awarded addressing buildings with Permanent
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Besides reducing flood risks, the project will also remove invasive plants, reconstruct walkways and landscape the perimeter, fostering a natural habitat and improving aesthetics. Supportive Housing violations. GOSR, New York State Homes and Community Renewal, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development conducted an environmental assessment in 2019 and determined that the Silver Lake project would not pose a significant threat to the local environment. Besides reducing the flood risk, the project will also remove invasive plants, reconstruct walkways and landscape the perimeter, fostering a natural habitat and improving aesthetics. The Silver Lake Drainage Project has been in the works since 2016, described as a two-phased project and deemed a priority by the county. Nassau officials held community outreach meetings on it. The first request for proposals was issued in September 2016. In 2018, LMKA completed initial design work. The project was picked up again in 2020, when the state finally awarded the funds and the project received Nassau Interim Finance
Authority approval. Silver Lake Park has been the site of previous improvement projects, including in 2007 when it was dredged and rotted bulkheads were replaced.
silver lake park improvements ■ Elevating the perimeter walkway to 5 feet. ■ Installing tidal gates on Silver Lake outfalls. ■ Installing a storm-water treatment device. ■ Providing a fish passage to Caroline’s Pond.
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AASA Learning 2025 Demonstration System will allow to: —Receive senior consulting services, personalized engagement and strategic planning support for their district. —Create a customized action plan tailored to meet the needs of their district. —Gain a customized dashboard to track their district’s progress and provide real data to community stakeholders. —Take part in professional learning opportunities, including a complimentary registration to one of AASA’s Leadership Network cohorts. —Contribute to national research, practice and policy. —Network, collaborate and learn with school systems that are committed to supporting the whole learner, ensuring anti-marginalization and adopting future-driven practices. —Move their district forward with researchbased recommendations to provide all learners with a bright future.
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Baldwin School District also boasts three nominees for the Best of Long Island 2022 Baldwin Union Free School District is proud to announce that the following individuals and program have been nominated for Best of Long Island 2022: Baldwin Sports Bruins Podcast (student-run), Dr. Neil Testa, Baldwin High School Principal and Mr. Tom Catapano, Girls Varsity Basketball Coach and Physical Education Teacher. The 2022 voting period starts Oct. 1 and
runs through Dec. 15. During this time, Baldwinites can vote once per category per day at www.bestoflongisland.com. At the end of the voting period, the nominee with the most votes in each respective category will be awarded the distinction of winning the Best of Long Island 2022. To vote, go to www.bestoflongisland.com.
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Nassau D.A. candidates trade accusations By James Bernstein and scott Brinton jbernstein@liherald.com, sbrinton@liherald.com
The race for Nassau district attorney has quickly become one of the most hotly contested in the county, with Democratic State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, of Long Beach, and Republican Anne Donnelly, of Garden City, trading blistering verbal barbs in a series of TV commercials. The spots, running on CNN and other cable networks, began three weeks ago, when Donnelly, a 3 0 - ye a r c a r e e r prosecutor in the Nassau district attorney’s office, aired one featuring a Syracuse woman, identified in the commercial as Jennifer P. The woman, Jennifer Payne, said her daughter’s killer was released without bail because of the state’s bailreform law, which Kaminsky voted for in the Senate. The State Legislature first passed the bailrefor m measure in 2019, restricting anne Donnelly, the the use of cash bail and pretrial detention in misdemeanor and nonviolent felony cases. It did, though, give judges discretion to assign bail in almost all violent felony cases and certain nonviolent cases, such as witness tampering, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. In Donnelly’s commercial, Payne holds a framed photograph of her daughter, Sarah Tombs, who was 22 at the time that she died. The man who allegedly shot her, Darien Shellman, then 24, a mall security guard who was a Navy veteran with no prior criminal record, was charged with second-degree (unintentional) manslaughter after, he claimed, his gun went
off when Tombs, his girlfriend at the time, grabbed the weapon and a bullet struck her in the head, killing her, according to Syracuse.com. Shellman had been held in jail on $75,000 cash bail or $150,000 bond following Tombs’s death in April 2019, but was released on Jan. 9, 2020, under the new bail-reform law, eight days after it took e f f e c t , a c c o r d i n g t o S y r a c u s e. com and CNYCentral.com. Under the original bail-reform law, unintentional manslaughter was among the alleged crimes for which defendants were automatically released. The Legislature amended the law in April 2020, a little more than three months after the measure took effect, to include a greater number of crimes fo r wh i ch b a i l could be assigned, including any alleged crimes in which someone had been killed, according to the Courtesy Anne Donnelly Brennan Center. Although bail Republican candidate. could have been reassigned in this case, it never was, and Shellman recently accepted a plea agreement for which he will serve no prison time, according to Syracuse.com. Kaminsky noted that the district attorney who offered the plea deal is a Republican. Kaminsky has repeatedly said he voted for the bail-reform bill, but was not a prime sponsor, and he did not write it, as Republicans, including Donnelly, have incorrectly claimed. He also emphasized that he voted for the amended law giving judges back the discretion to assign bail in crimes such as second-degree manslaughter. Kaminsky recently rolled out a commercial of his own, saying Donnelly had
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toDD KaminsKy, the Democratic candidate for Nassau County district attorney. “botched” a case involving a woman accused of plotting to kill her husband, saying Donnelly had lied to the judge in the case. At one point in the 2010 case against Susan Williams, a Garden City mother, a mistrial was declared after a taped phone conversation between Williams and her daughter was erroneously played for a jury. In the commercial, Kaminsky blamed Donnelly for the error, and said she had changed an agreement sent to the judge. Williams was ultimately found guilty in the case, but Kaminsky stressed that there “was a mistrial. That’s a serious thing.” Asked for a response, Donnelly wrote in an email, “It is no surprise that [Kaminsky] would lie about my unblemished record as a prosecutor. It is sad that Senator Kaminsky is embarrassing himself this way, and the voters always see through a politician’s lies.” So far in the campaign, Kaminsky has emphasized his law-enforcement background. In 2008, he joined the U.S. attorney’s office for the Eastern District of New York, in Brooklyn, and worked for six years as an assistant U.S. attorney.
There he became acting deputy chief of the Public Integrity Section. He had been an assistant district attorney in the Queens County D.A.’s office, prosecuting domestic violence cases, robberies, shootings and other violent crimes. Donnelly resigned from the Nassau County district attorney’s office to run for the top job, as she was required to do, but she has emphasized her extensive law-enforcement background. She was most recently deputy chief of the office’s Organized Crime and Rackets Bureau. She was also liaison to the Nassau County Correctional Facility. She formerly oversaw public corruption trials as acting chief of the public corruption bureau, once served as the deputy chief of the economic crimes bureau and was a senior trial assistant in the rackets bureau, as well as a felony-screening supervisor. In the most recent financial filing, Kaminsky said he had raised $1.7 million for his campaign. A spokesman for Donnelly said she had raised more than $386,000. Both Kaminsky and Donnelly said they planned to run more TV commercials in the coming weeks.
Publication: Nassau is America’s safest county Nassau County has been named the “Safest Community in America” by U.S. News & World Report for the second straight year. The publication’s ranking is based on crime, public safety capacity and injuries. Individual metrics on which counties were assessed included violent crime rate, property crime rate, vehicle crash fatality rate, the share of public safety professionals within a population, and per capita spending on health and emergency services. Crime in Nassau has continued to decline to historic lows in recent years, down 10.5 percent over the past year and 36 percent over the past decade. Over the last 12 months, homicides have dropped 22.2 percent; bur-
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tive Laura Curran, a Democrat who is up for re-election, said. “Nassau’s success in holding crime down shows that intelligence-led, community-oriented policing works. It also shows that Nassau has the finest Police Department in the nation.” Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said, “The hard-working, dedicated men and women, both sworn and civilian, of this Police Department, along with our Intelligence-led Policing Model, have brought our crime rate to historically low levels over the past 10 years. A 31 percent drop in major crime over the past 10 years, combined with another 7.4 percent year-todate, is a true testament to the excellent work being done daily.”
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community update Ongoing 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.
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Join esteemed quilting artist Kim Taylor on Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. for a discussion of antiracism while expressing your artistic side. Each participant will create a quilting square using paper and markers which will become part of a larger fabric quilt to be displayed in the community. Online or over-thephone registration begins Thursday, Sept. 9.
The Baldwin Public ibrary will host Yoga for Beginners on Wednesday, May 12 at 9 a.m. via Zoom. Those new to yoga are encouraged to attend. RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org for the password. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org. Yoga is known to have many health benefits, including improving strength, balance and flexibility; reducing back pain; inducing relaxation and improving sleep.
BabyJam music and movement class Presented by BabyJam/Jungle Bungle Friends Music For ages 6 to 36 months with a parent/caregiver, join this event in the Library Community Room for a guitar singalong with instruments, dancing, and lots of learning.
Baldwin Civic Association meeting While the Baldwin Civic Association dates back to August 1945, it was the launching of the Baldwin Needs Revitalization Facebook page in 2011 that sparked it back to Life. David Viana started the page as a way to “get everyone to start talking with each other and to get everyone to start thinking what we can do to fix Baldwin.” As the number of “likes” continued to grow, another Baldwin resident, Linda Degen, reached out with the idea of bringing back the Baldwin Civic Association. From then on, the BCA has a held a monthly meeting. The meeting will take place via Zoom at 7:30 p.m.
Morning meditation with the library The Baldwin Public Library will host a meditation session on Thursday, Oct. 7 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, visit www.baldwinpl.org.
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Story time with the library Join Miss Mariel for online story time via Zoom! With the library on Sept. 30 at 11:15 a.m. You don’t need an account to participate. This program is for children ages 2 to 4. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org.
Friday, October 8 Chair yoga/Aerobic exercise for Seniors Instructor Augusta Berner will alternate classes and either show you how to use a chair to perform Yoga poses that are kind to the body OR use weights and resistance bands (or substitutions) on hand to get blood pumping! The vent will take place via Zoom at 9 a.m.
Friends of the library meeting Our meetings are currently scheduled for the second Friday of each month at 4:00 pm. and all meetings are currently
virtual. Please email friends@baldwinpl. org for Zoom links to upcoming meetings. If you have questions, or would like to learn more about becoming involved with the Friends, they may be contacted at (516) 2236228 ext. 199, friends@baldwinpl.org or online at baldwinpl.org/friends..
Saturday, October 9 Anti-racism quilt program Join esteemed quilting artist Kim Taylor on Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. for a discussion of anti-racism while expressing your artistic side. Each participant will create a quilting square using paper and markers which will become part of a larger fabric quilt to be displayed in the community. Online or over-thephone registration begins Thursday, Sept. 9.
Tuesday, October 12 Learn chess Join chess instructor Ulysses Tapley of Courtyard Chess for this four-session program. The program will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 12 at 7 p.m. RSVP to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org for the password. For more information, visit www.baldwinpl.org.
Learn to get your local business online with Google search and maps On Oct. 12 at 9:00 a.m., join for an online session to learn how to create or claim your Business Profile on Google, manage your business info across Google Search and Maps and Uuse Google My Business to connect with potential customers. Register at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/ register/6222576519164033803 Please send your questions, comments
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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.
Schumer endorses Curran for county executive U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer lent his support on Saturday to Laura Curran, a Democrat, as she runs for re-election as Nassau County executive. Schumer joined New York State Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs in supporting Curran during a news conference Eisenhower Park in East Meadow. Jacobs introduced the two elected leader, calling Schumer a competent individual and Curran, of Baldwin, an authentic person. “It’s my great pleasure to introduce our county executive, someone who has demonstrated courage, who is authentic. The voters like her, the voters know her,” Jacobs said. “...We’ve got an important election coming up, and I have no greater confidence in anyone being able to win and win big as our great county executive and my friend, Laura Curran.” Curran, who first became county executive in 2018 and was the first woman to hold that position, is running for her first re-election as county executive against Bruce Blakeman, who is a Town of Hempstead councilman representing the 3rd District, and who was the County Legislature’s presiding officer in the late 1990s. “I do not take any support for granted, and I am especially grateful to have the support of Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer,” Curran said. “You have been an incredible partner to Nassau County for
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U.s. sen. ChUCk Schumer stopped by Eisenhower Park on Saturday to endorse County Executive Laura Curran. the last four years and before.” Curran called Schumer’s office accessible and understanding of “the needs of our residents, of our families, of our working families and of our small businesses.” “Senator Schumer has always delivered for our residents,” she continued. “Right here behind us, you see the Boost Nassau Resource Center, and that is something that we were able to do because we’re using money from the federal government that Chuck Schumer got for us, and we’re pushing it out to our taxpayers, we’re pushing it out in grants to our small busi-
nesses, we’re pushing it out to our nonprofits that were not able to raise money…” She noted how these funds also went to other areas of need such as helping the hungry and veterans get the mental health services they need. “These funds, these resources put the money where it belongs, so I am incredibly grateful for your advocacy for us,” Curran said. “Not just for your advocacy but for understanding middle class concerns, working family concerns. Your endorsement for me today, again I do not take it for
granted. I am very grateful for it, and I am looking forward to working together for the next four years.” Schumer backed Curran when she first ran for the county executive position in 2017 after she had served as a county legislator in the 5th District “This is one endorsement that I didn’t have to wrestle over in any way,” Schumer said. “Not only do I endorse Laura Curran, but I do it enthusiastically, 100 percent, with no doubt whatsoever. She has done a great great job here, and you know her biography.” Schumer spoke about how Curran is not originally from Nassau, but is instead from Canada, and how that has never stopped her from caring about the county. “She came to Nassau County about 30 years ago and saw the wonder of this place and grew to love it and nurture it and grow with it and then serve it,” he said. “I am happy to do this.” He credited Curran with using federal pandemic relief funding in the way it should have been allocated, making sure it went to small business owners, housing assistance programs, veteran mental health programs and schools. “While my job is to get money for this county, you don’t feel good about it unless you know it’s going to be spent honestly, wisely and aimed at helping the working families,” he said. “That’s what Laura has done with the money.” Election Day is Nov. 2.
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Mepham Senior Football it Was a memorable Homecoming game for Honerkamp and the Pirates on Sept. 25. The senior quarterback, in just his fourth start, rushed for five touchdowns and threw for a pair of scores to lead Mepham to a 63-30 win over Glen Cove. He averaged 12.2 yards per carry on 11 attempts and completed 6 of 9 passes for 151 yards in the first half. In last Saturday’s loss to MacArthur, Honerkamp rushed for his 10th touchdown of the season as the Pirates suffered their first loss in four games.
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Girls Soccer: Mepham at Wantagh........................4:30 p.m. Girls Soccer: Malverne/ER at Elmont....................4:30 p.m. Girls Soccer: V.S. South at Calhoun ......................4:45 p.m. Girls Soccer: Sewanhaka at Lawrence ..................4:45 p.m. Boys Soccer: Oceanside at Uniondale ....................... 5 p.m. Football: Port Washington at Oceanside..................... 6 p.m. Football: Massapequa at Freeport ............................. 6 p.m. Football: Manhasset at Hewlett ...................................... 6 p.m. Girls Soccer: South Side at Massapequa .................6:30 p.m. Boys Soccer: Lawrence at Seaford................................. 7 p.m. Football: Sewanhaka at Glen Cove ................................. 7 p.m. Football: Carey at MacArthur........................................... 7 p.m.
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football: Elmont at Herricks..................................1:30 p.m. Football: Plainview at East Meadow .......................... 2 p.m. Football: Mepham at Baldwin ................................... 2 p.m. Football: V.S. Central at Garden City ............................... 2 p.m. Football: South Side at Wantagh .................................... 2 p.m. Football: V.S. North at Kennedy....................................... 2 p.m. Football: Clarke at Seaford.............................................. 2 p.m.
Football: North Shore at East Rockaway......................... 2 p.m. Football: Malverne at Lawrence ...................................... 2 p.m. Football: Calhoun at New Hyde Park .............................. 2 p.m. Football: Lynbrook at Mineola ........................................ 2 p.m.
Baldwin’s home football game against Sewanhaka last Saturday was a tale of two halves. Entering the second half, the visitors held an 8-point advantage, and were essentially in the drivers’ seat to clinch a much-needed victory. However, the Bruins proved resilient and utilized a strong second-half surge to secure a 35-20 victory in Nassau Conference II. “It was a tough first half at the end. We just made some mistakes,” Baldwin head coach Frank Chimienti stated. “No one panicked. The kids handled it really well, we made a few minor adjustments and from there the kids did a phenomenal job.” It was Baldwin’s rushing attack that acted as the central catalyst to its second victory in four games. It scored rushing touchdowns on all three of its second-half possessions, and did so without completing a single pass. Sewanhaka had no answer for the Bruins’ multifaceted ground game. Junior Anthony Byron had over 200 rushing yards and three touchdowns, and freshman quarterback Angel Johnson contributed 55 rushing yards on 8 attempts. “It was just heart,” Byron said. “Every run play the O-line gave me something to do and somewhere to go. I can’t even spot out one guy because everyone stepped up.” The defense as a whole also answered the call when the Bruins needed them most, as they managed to shutout the previously potent Sewanhaka offense in the second half. The finishing touch on this stout effort was a diving interception by junior Cedric Jean-Pierre on the final possession of game. Baldwin will look to maintain a solid level of play when it hosts Mepham at home this Saturday at 2 p.m. For the Indians, the game essentially slipped through their fingers, mainly due to their inability to contain Baldwin’s dynamic rushing efforts. “Our rush defense is something that is going to be a point of emphasis for us this week,” Sewanhaka assistant coach Nick Rawls stated. “Teams are going to see it and they are going to try and exploit it, so it’s something that we’ve got
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JuNioR aNthoNy ByRoN starred for Baldwin in last Saturday’s 35-20 win over Sewanhaka with 208 yards ruhing and three touchdown on 25 carries.
to keep practicing.” Their offense also stalled mightily following halftime. They scored almost at will during the first half, which was mainly a byproduct of the deadly aerial connection from quarterback Dominick Balleta to wide receiver Tyler Harts. The most impressive of these was a lob that Balleta threw up to Harts after evading a blitzing linebacker, and Harts showcased incredible vertical capabilities in jumping over the defender and bringing in the touchdown. However, following this magnificent leap, the Indians were held off the score-
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BALDWIN HERALD — October 7, 2021
By ANDREW GARCIA agarcia@liherald.com
Hofstra University inaugurated its ninth — and first woman — president on Oct. 1 in grand fashion. Dr. Susan Poser now leads the institution — she first assumed her duties on Aug. 1. This is Poser’s first foray into guiding a university as a president. She was previously the provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Illinois Chicago, a Carnegie Research One university with 16 colleges, including seven health science colleges and more than 35,000 students, from 2016 to 2021. Poser joins a tighter-knit community at Hofstra, with roughly 10,000 students. Poser succeeds Stuart Rabinowitz, who retired this year after serving as president for 20 years. Under his lead, the university grew to include schools of medicine, nursing and physician studies, engineering and government, putting Hofstra on the map as an internationally competitive institution. Celebrations leading up to the inauguration were held throughout the week in the form of symposia that looked toward the future of education at Hofstra. From “Building and Bridging Our Future Together” to “Innovative Experiential Learning Opportunities in Engineering and Computer Science,” each featured experts in their respective fields lending their advice to fellow professionals and students alike. A keynote address by New York Times columnist and best-selling author Charles Blow kicked off the week. Throughout her two months at her post so far, Poser has also made her presence known on campus. She has often been seen touring around, stopping to chat with groups of students. After the singing of the Hofstra alma mater “Blue and Gold” by the Inauguration Vocal Ensemble, as well as welcomes from several of the university’s student and faculty leaders, Poser was congratulated by three close friends and colleagues. “To me and many others, [Poser] has always been a light from which many have been lit — a shining light that no one would dare, or could, dim,” said Daniel Dawes, director of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine and a professor of law, policy and management. Dawes is one of Poser’s former students. As a first-generation immigrant student at the University of Nebraska, Poser, then a professor, took Dawes under her wing, he said. He was a young, anxious student who was 1,400 miles from home, but felt welcomed and accepted by Poser in the intimidating environment of law school. “I, for one, am frankly jealous of you all, because you get to bask in the warm glow of her light,” Dawes said. “But I’m also immensely excited to watch Hofstra shine brighter than ever before.” Barbara Wilson began a new position at the University of Illinois around the same time that Poser did, and their careers flourished together. In 2016, Wilson became the executive vice president for academic affairs, and the two worked
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hand in hand over five years on academic affairs. This year, Wilson was named the president of the University of Iowa a short five months after Poser received her promotion at Hofstra. “During the time we were in these positions, we navigated some sticky state politics; we managed a financial crisis in the state of Illinois that underfunded higher education pretty significantly; we managed the onslaught of Covid-19 and the challenging racial and equity issues, particularly after the murder of George Floyd,” Wilson said. “It was not an easy time. “Everyone that worked with Susan could see that she was destined to be a president,” Wilson said. “There is no shortage of persons who want to be the president of a university,” said Harvey Perlman, a professor of law and former chancellor at the University of Nebraska. “My experience, however, tells me there is a much smaller number of persons who want to do president of a university. “You have chosen wisely,” Perlman told the Hofstra community. “You have a new president who wants to do president, not just be one.” In her address, Poser reflected on Hofstra’s history of independence and innovations in education and student relations. “What a time we are living in, and what a time for higher education,” Poser said. “The pleasure of our renewed togetherness is real, but it cannot mask the challenges ahead.” Before Covid, the challenges were already apparent, she said: There were fewer high school graduation expectancies, skepticism about the value of a college education and new world of students who have always lived in a digital environment. “How we address these changes over the coming years will determine Hofstra’s future and the future of our students,” Poser said. “The idea of the pandemic as a portal or gateway serves as a useful metaphor to frame the challenges that we in higher education have before us,” Poser added. “If the pandemic is a portal, how will Hof-
DR. SuSAN PoSER was inaugurated as the ninth and first female president of Hofstra University on Oct. 1. CloSE CollEAGuES of Poser’s spoke at the inauguration, including Harvey Perlman, former chancellor and law professor at the University of Nebraska.
stra walk through it? What will we take, and what will we leave behind? What world are we ready to fight for? What kind of university and community do we want to imagine on the other side?” At UIC, Poser oversaw many accomplishments, including the acquisition of the John Marshall Law School as the first and only public law school in Chicago. She also focused on supporting faculty and enhancing diversity through several initiatives, including the creation of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching Excellence. She played a key role in creating two new cultural centers on campus, one focused on Arab American students and another on students with disabilities. Before becoming provost at UIC, Poser was the dean of the College of Law at the University of Nebraska from 2010 to 2016, the associate to the chancellor from 2007 to 2010 and a law professor for more than 15 years. While dean, the College of Law moved up 35 points in the “U.S. News & World Report” rankings. Poser grew up in New York City and majored in ancient Greek at Swarthmore College, graduating with honors. She earned a law degree and doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley.
Before starting her academic career, she clerked for the Dolores Sloviter, the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit in Philadelphia and served as the Zicklin Fellow in Ethics at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Poser is also a recently appointed member of the Long Island Association Board of Directors, which will allow her to further engage with the Long Island community. Poser is married to Dr. Stephen DiMagno, an organic medicinal chemist, and they have two adult daughters. “I am so optimistic that if we come together, with pride and purpose,” Poser said, “we can do these things. Hofstra is beautifully positioned as a university — small enough to offer every student the opportunity to know their professors, participate in a wide variety of activities and influence their surroundings, and large enough to offer an array of academic and career opportunity for undergraduate, graduate and professional students. If we have the commitment, the discipline and the energy, we will prosper as never before.”
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Former Nassau comptroller Howard Weitzman dies By Scott Brinton sbrinton@liherald.com
Howard Weitzman, Nassau County’s comptroller from 2002 to 2009 who was known for challenging establishment politics through the power of the audit during this time in office, died Sept. 27 of a rare blood disorder called amyloidosis. He was 75. Born in Brooklyn in 1945, Weitzman was known as a loving husband to his wife of 52 years, Suzanne, and father to their daughter, Catherine Diamond, and sons Peter and Matthew Weitzman. Howard Weitzman was raised in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn and later Laurelton, Queens. He attended Brooklyn Technical High School and went on to graduate from Queens Colle ge with a de g ree in accounting, becoming a certified public accountant. Weitzman was said to have “reveled” in his role as “Nassau’s fiscal watchdog” when he was comptroller. He was also known for his personal approach to politics, holding town hall meetings in houses of worship and schools to meet with constituents from across Nassau to hear their concerns. His local approach to county politics stemmed from his time
as a trustee and mayor of Great Neck with eliminating special districts] are Estates from 1989 to 1995. He and his not large when divided by each home . . . wife had lived there for 35 years before in these times of extreme fiscal pressure on Nassau County taxpayers, all moving to Roslyn in 2013. As comptroller, Weitzman was relent- savings are worth pursuing. The outdatless in pursuing investigations of Nas- ed patchwork quilt of special districts is no longer viable in this day sau’s many special districts, and age when they cost resiincluding sanitation and dents money without providwater districts. In all, Nasing any benefit.” sau has more than 200 such Weitzman was first electdistricts, and Weitzman said ed comptroller in 2001 on a he was convinced they were ticket with Tom Suozzi, then key to helping rein in govan up-and-coming political ernment overspending. leader who had previously “Nassau residents can served as the Glen Cove pay two or three times as mayor and is now a U.S. conmuch for the same service gressman representing the depending on the district in 3rd District. They were which they live,” Weitzman Howard Weitzman swept into office following said in a published report in years of fiscal mismanage2010. “Our audits unveiled millions of dollars of waste by some ment at the county level, with a clear mandate to eliminate waste and abuse. special districts, and a general lack of Weitzman lost the comptroller’s post accountability, transparency and overto Republican George Maragos in 2009. sight.” Eliminating many of the special dis- Illness was said to have hindered tricts, Weitzman contended, could save Weitzman’s campaign. He then chaltaxpayers tens of millions of dollars lenged Maragos in 2013 and was again defeated. annually. In 2016, Weitzman was appointed to Speaking with the Herald in 2008, he Authority, a said, “While the savings [associated the Nassau Interim Finance color version
Herald Inside LI Webinar fights fears with facts Keeping our loved ones healthy and out of harm’s way— especially the senior members of our communities — has always been a priority, but perhaps never more so than during the coronavirus pandemic. Throughout this unprecedented time we’ve faced new challenges, constant changes and a perpetual wave of questions. So the Herald Inside LI webinar “Keeping Your Loved Ones Safe” brought together a panel of local experts on Sept. 30 to help find answers. The webinar was produced by RichnerLIVE and sponsored by Glen Cove Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, Emerge, Harbor House, Oyster Bay Manor and Glen Cove Hospital Northwell Health. Dr. John Colletta, Dr. Usman Khan, Madeleine Moritz, Melissa Schumacher and Erika Weber gathered virtually to share their insights and expertise on topics ranging from safety protocols in hospitals and emergency departments to special precautions for patients with dementia in skilled nursing and rehabilitation centers. “We understand that it causes a lot of anxiety for people to come” to the emergency department, Colletta, the Glen Cove Hospital Emergency Department chair. “What we have seen is people are holding off on their medical care. They’re just not going.” No one should put off a trip to the emergency room, or even a regular doctor’s visit
and physical therapy and rehabilitation, he said. “A lot of families have put off coming to the skilled nursing facility after a stay at the hospital for fear that the nursing home has exposure and their loved one now, who was in the hospital, may be better off going home,” added Moritz, administrator at the Glen Cove Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. Schumacher, director of business development at the Oyster Bay Senior Campus, noted that such fears have also extended to the assisted living world. At the height of the pandemic, she said, “unless there was a true crisis, families were holding off because of the fear of contracting Covid . . . in congregant living, but also the inability to visit their loved ones.” As the panelists reviewed the protocols in place at each of their facilities—whether they be for handling unvaccinated patients or those who have Covid, ensuring safe visits from family members, cleaning processes for high-touch surfaces, adapting social experiences for those in assisted living—the clearest takeaway was the importance of communication — of knowing where to go for the most current information and finding the right experts to ask. A replay of the Herald Inside LI webinar “Keeping Your Loved Ones Safe” is available now. You can find it at http:// www.richnerlive.com/insideli/.
fiscal oversight board created by the New York State Legislature in 2000 to monitor and oversee the county’s finances following a debt crisis in the late 1990s that nearly bankrupted Nassau. Weitzman had also been a board member of the American Jewish Committee, a treasurer of Temple Israel of Great Neck and a board member of the United Community Fund of Great Neck. An avid adventurer, he traveled the world with his family, with he and his wife taking trips to Cambodia, Australia and Italy when their children were grown. He was also an avid boater who was a member of the Shelter Bay Yacht Club. In addition to his wife and children, he is survived by a sister, Leslie Kornfeld, and her husband, Edward; four grandchildren, Leo, Max, Morris and Ema, and many cousins, nieces and nephews. A funeral service was held last Thursday at Temple Israel of Great Neck, with burial following at Montefiore Cemetery in Springfield Gardens, Queens. Riverside-Nassau North Chapels made the arrangements.
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Baldwin working to broaden diversity efforts Baldwin school board 2021-22 priorities ■ Continue to build a forward-thinking, progressive school system that offers a challenging educational program tailored to meet individual student needs. ■ Enhance communication within the school and wider Baldwin community. ■ Inspire cultural awareness and sensitivity while integrating mindfulness and kindness into our school culture to build character and citizenship throughout the Baldwin community. ■ Provide instructional opportunities to bring multiple perspectives into the classroom, respect differences and prepare our students to live in a global community.
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tHe Nassau BraNcH of the Lions Clubs also puts on an annual Polar Express, which accommodated around 700 parents and children in 2020, giving them many essential items, food, and gifts for the holidays.
Lions recruiting members to serve Baldwin Umreiko says the LCIF provided substantial emergency relief support to Nassau county during hurricane Sandy. The Lions Club in Baldwin has been The Lions Club also provides grants providing community service for 74 for community service projects that are years, putting on food drives, vision customized to the needs of the communiscreenings for children, eyeglass and ty. Umreiko puts it this way, “Your club, hearing aid recycling, raising money for your members, your way.” prom dresses and even After being in the Lions hosting a non-pedigree dog Club for 15 years, Umreiko show to raise money for has helped with numerous guide dogs for the blind. community service projHowever, Paula Umreiects around Nassau county ko, Lions Club District and would like to bring Governor of District 20 K2 these types of services to Nassau County, NY and the Baldwin community. Bermuda, says the BaldThe Nassau branch of the win club is down to three Lions club is just beginm e m b e r s r i g h t n o w. ning to start up their free Umreiko is working with eye screenings, NBOPI, in these members to recruit schools who are allowing more members so they can them back into after Covid. “reassess the needs of the These screenings can see community.” if there is something The Lions Club Internaabnor mal about a stutional Foundation began dent’s eyes. focusing on specific servicUmreiko says that these es in the community in screenings have saved chil1925, when Helen Keller dren’s lives before. She requested that the Lions recalls a child who had Club be the Knights for the something wrong in their blind. The club has since screening, and went to a expanded its focus to professional for a diagnovision, diabetes, hunger, sis where they found a childhood cancer and the tumor. Umreiko says, environment. “They lost their eye but With the motto ‘We saved their life.” serve,’ the Lions Club is Paula uMreiko Another service the the largest humanitarian Lions Club Nassau Lions Club freservice organization in the quently runs are food world and the first nondrives, especially recently government organization to partner with during the pandemic. Umreiko says the the United Nations. The Lions Club has food drives she participates in facilitate over 1.4 million members globally, oper- getting donations from local shoppers, ates in over 200 different countries and grocers and organizations of both canned has given out over one billion dollars and fresh products. They then bring it to a since its emergency relief program was strategically chosen spot in the communifounded in 1968. ty and set up a grocery shop of their own.
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The Lions Club in Baldwin has been providing community service for 74 years, even hosting a non-pedigree dog show to raise money for guide dogs for the blind. The Nassau branch of the Lions club also puts on an annual Polar Express, which accommodated around 700 people in shelters in 2020, giving them many essential items, food, and gifts for the holidays. On top of this, the Nassau branch also does beach clean ups frequently. While these services are open to anyone in need in Nassau county, the Baldwin Lions Club is working to recruit more members so they can begin planning community service projects for Baldwin specifically. Umreiko is working the Baldwin Lions Club to revitalize this branch with more
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IVERS BUS DR TED WAN DoN’T MISS The Bus!
HERALD Community Newspapers
STARTING SAlARIES Big Bus Van
Malverne UFSD Long Island, New York
$16.00/Hour.
Requirements: NYS Fingerprint Clearance
*Some restrictions may apply.
$500.00 for non CDL drivers. Will train qualified applicants
EDUcATIoNAl BUS TRANSpoRTATIoN 516.454.2300
Help Wanted ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FT
Cedarhurst Real Estate Management Office. Light Accounting, Computer Skills, Yardi Exp. Preferable, Excel/Word. Spanish Helpful. $35-$50K. 516-216-9139 Send Resume: harry@hhrmc.com
Email or mail copy of resume to:
Administrative Assistant
dlawlor@malverneschools.org Human Resources, Administration Building 301 Wicks Lane, Malverne, NY 11565
Command Of English Language And Computer Skills Mandatory Salary Commensurate With Experience. Email Resume To Siberlaw@aol.com
For Cedarhurst Law Office
Malverne Union Free School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK FT:
Established Envelope Company. Excellent Phone/ MS Office/ Email/ Internet Skills. Handle Mail/ Filing. Colleen 516-678-6744
Franklin Square UFSD has the following positions available: part time SUbStitUte cleanerS neeDeD Various Shifts As Needed $18.25/Hour Experience A Plus But Not Required. if interested, please contact and email resume to our personnel Office at
APPLIANCE REPAIR TECHNICIAN F/T, Experience And Clean License A Must. Uniform And Truck Provided. Benefits Salary Based On Experience Call 516-764-7011
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CLERICAL: F/T, MONDAY-FRIDAY 9am-4:30pm, Benefits English / Spanish Speaking A MUST • Clients • m-Clients • Malverne • 42194 Malverne Richner Communications Mail-Order Pharmacy, Valley Stream. jcentrella@franklinsquare.k12.ny.us 3.125x 3" Richner Communications Fax Resume 516-561-6483
Pg 2 Cleaners
Non-Benefit Rate
Sign On Bonus $2,500.00 for CDL driver bus and van
EMPLOYMENT
Part-Time Cleaner Various Shifts
516-481-4100 ext. 3630
$23.41/hr.
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real local, real news
c SchOOl BUS DrIverS WanteD
NEW
$26.18/hr. liherald.com
Franklin Square UFSD
COMPANION With Elderly
IMMEDIATE HIRE
P/T and F/T Shifts Available Flexible Hours
Double Pay-Holidays CALL AGENCY
516-328-7126
CUSTOMER SERVICE ASSOCIATE Full or Part Time Richner Communications, a multi-media company based in Garden City, has an excellent opportunity for a customer service associate in our mailing and circulation department. Responsibilities include, computer input, data maintenance, customer service-phones and emails, and general office functions. Strong knowledge of Excel required. Knowledge of database maintenance and postal regulations a plus. Qualified candidates must be computer literate, dependable, organized, energetic, detail orientated and able to work well under deadlines. Please send Resume and Salary requirements to:
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Must Have B License With PS Endorsement And NYS Fingerprints Required. Guaranteed 6 Hours/Day. 10 Month Position. Offering Benefits, Retirement Fund And Holiday Pay. $25.35/Hour With Contractual Increases. If interested, please contact and email resume to our Personnel Office at
516-481-4100 ext. 3630
jcentrella@franklinsquare.k12.ny.us
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salary, commission, bonuses and benefits. must have own vehicle and valid driver’s license.
IVERS BUS DR TED WAN DoN’T MISS The Bus! NEW
STARTING SAlARIES Big Bus Van
$26.18/hr.
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$500.00 for non CDL drivers. Will train qualified applicants
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wanted with AutoCad Civil3D experience. Health insurance benefits and 401K plan available. Applicants must be career oriented with excellent work ethic, attention to detail. Starting salary $18 per hour. Email resume to: ra@aksurveyors.com or call 516-678-9610
LYNEER STAFFING SOLUTIONS Hiring Mail Sorters, Data Entry $15.00, Forklifts $17.50, Mystery Shoppers Ages 21-25 $20.00. 860 Long Island Ave., Deer Park NY 11729 631-586-4699 MARKETING ASSOCIATE needed to help build brand awareness and bring in new clients. Candidate must be skilled and experienced in digital and print marketing. Must be personal enough to meet with major retail company executives. Submit resume to Steven Greenberg, sgreenberg@thegreenberggroup.com
MERRICK BEFORE/AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM seeking mature individuals to supervise elementary school aged children from 2:45 pm to 5:00 or 6:00 pm weekdays. Experience helpful. If interested email merr ickbasp@aol.com or call (516)379-4245.
OFFICE HELP PART-TIME Medical Office, Diversified Duties 516 679-0281
PRIVATE DRIVER NEEDED
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his bright and spacious 1 bedroom Condo has a great Oceanview. The condo is located in the Granada Towers which has its own laundry and bike room. There are beautiful stone tiled floors throughout the apartment. It is a Pet friendly building that is close to the beach, LIRR, shopping and restaurants. Parking is available for an extra charge. You will love living in this centrally located historical landmark building. This is Long Beach at its finest. $399,000
Apply on-line today or download exam information at: https://www.cs.ny.gov/jobseeker/
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KATHY HOCHUL, GOVERNOR • ANTHONY J. ANNUCCI, ACTING COMMISSIONER An Equal Opportunity Employer
Leave Opening Fallsburg School District Mathematics Teacher
Fallsburg Jr/Sr High School is seeking a qualified math teacher to fill a high school leave replacement vacancy available immediately through Nov 29, 2021. Candidates from all New York regions are encouraged to apply as this position can be taught virtually from a remote setting. An experienced candidate may perform all duties of the job virtually through synchronous teaching. Salary: $105 to $125 per day, increases to $250 per day after 10 days
Open F/T & P/T Positions Experience Preferred Virtual Work Environment Make Money From Home Call For Confidential Interview 516-484-2999 Receiving, Shelf Restocking, Floor Sales And Checkout Needed For Liquor And Wine Store In Rockville Centre $14.00 To Start, Negotiable With Previous Experience Must Be Available For Evening And Day Shifts, Weekdays And Weekends. Must Have Good Math Skills, Neat Appearance And Be A Good Communicator
Call 516-766-0050 To Set Up An Interview Or Email Resume To: village156@yahoo.com
RECEPTIONIST NEEDED
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HEWLETT BAY PARK 10/10, 12-1:30, 40 Heron Dr, REDUCED!!10,000 Sq Ft Waterfront Property on an Acre of Parklike Grounds Tucked away in Cul de Sac. 5 BR, 5.5 Bth Contemporary. Soaring Ceilings. IG Pool, Hot Tub. 285' Vinyl Bulkhead R a i s e d & R e d o n e. D o ck . 3 C a r G a r age...$3,499,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299
Please Call Our Office At
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To Arrange For An Interview
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WOODMERE 10/10, 2-3:30, 4 CLUBSIDE Dr, Renovated 3 BR,3.5 Bth Townhouse in Cedar Glen. Updtd Gran/Wood EIK & Bths. HW Flrs. Fin Lower Level. Att Gar.Community Pool & Tennis.Near All. SD#14...$649,000, Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299
Rent Your Apartment
Eldercare Needed HOME HEALTH AIDE Needed- Rockville Centre. Monday -Friday, 1pm-7pm, Assist Senior, Including Cooking Dinner. Vaccination Required. Call Hyacinth 516-476-8954.
VALLEY STREAM 10/10, 12pm-2pm, 74 Gibson 1B, FIRST TIME ON MARKET! Lovely 1 Bedroom Coop on First Floor. LR, DR, Kitchen & Bath. HW Flrs. Convenient to LIRR & Shops. SD#24...$199,000 Ronnie Gerber 516-238-4299
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REAL ESTATE SALESPERSONS WANTED
The Bellmore-Merrick Child Care Is Looking For Qualified Staff For The 2021-2022 School Year We Are Looking For: After-School Staff (2:30pm-5:30pm) 5 Days Per Week Competitive Pay With Paid Time Off
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Help Wanted
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NYS 7-12 Cert. Required Please forward resume & Fallsburg’s application (located at fallsburgcsd.net) by Oct 11th To fallsburg-recruitment@scboces.org Attn: Math Teacher position EOE
Mazal Amram Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker Topper Realty Corporation 84 East Park Avenue, Long Beach, NY 11561 Cell: (516) 782-6331 Email: jamram123@aol.com
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HEWLETT 10/10, 12-1:30 11610 Hilary Ct, REDUCED! Beautifully Gut Renovated 4600 Sq Ft Colonial in Cul de Sac. 5 BR,3.5 Bth with Full FBsmt, 2 Car Att Gar. SD#20. Tax Grivance Filed.....$1,225,000 Ronnie Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299
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Rhonda Healy
Verdeschi & Walsh Realty 1025 W. Beech St. | Long Beach, NY
WOODMERE BA 984 Singleton NEW To Market! Expanded 4 BR, 2.5 Bth Colonial on Oversized Lot in Old Woodmere. B s m t & C a r D e t G a r. N e a r All.SD#14...$899,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299
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267 Channon Rd, BA, 7 BR, 4 Bth Exp Ranch, Full FBsmt SD#20. 2 Car Att Gar ............................................................................................REDUCED! $1,100,000
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4 Clubside Dr, 2-3:30, Renovated 3 BR, 3.5 Bth Townhouse in Cedar Glen. Updtd Gran/Wood EIK & Bths. HW Flrs. Fin Lower Level. Att Gar. Community Pool & Tennis. Near All. SD#14 ............................................................................... REDUCED! $649,000 984 Singleton Ave, BA, NEW! Expanded 4 BR, 2.5 Bth Colonial on Oversized Lot in Old Woodmere. Bsmt, 2 Car Det Gar. Near All. SD#14 ...................................... $899,000
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Q. I hired a carpenter to rebuild my garage because it was rotted and leaning. The roof was OK, so we kept it, but all the walls were stripped away and replaced. In the middle of the job, an inspector showed up and stopped it, saying we needed a permit. I hired an architect, he made a plan and we filled in the permit. Now the plans have been rejected because, according to the inspector, they have to show fireproof walls and roof. That’s crazy! Nobody has that, so why am I being made to do this? It’s expensive, and I shouldn’t have to do it. I think they’re making me pay for starting with no permit, right? A. Not exactly, but you have to look at the big picture. You may feel like you’re getting burned, but the building code is actually named The Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code. Fire prevention is a primary reason that the building laws exist.
Ask The Architect
In many cases, building departments allow onte eeper existing garages to have minor repairs without a permit, but only for things like replacing a garage door, a rotted section of wall base plate, shingles or siding, although you should always verify before starting. You described a near-complete rebuild, only saving the roof part of the garage, and your building official has determined that, beyond 50 percent change, the code for new buildings applies. Even though your zoning code allows a free-standing accessory structure to be 2 feet to 4 feet from a property line, depending on your community, garages that are closer than 5 feet to a property line must have materials that are rated to prevent flame spread for an hour.
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This is especially important in places where there’s a volunteer fire department that must take the time to assemble from all over the community before even heading off to put out the flames. In that precious time, without flame-retardant materials, the structure may not just become completely engulfed, but also spread fire to adjacent houses and other structures. Unless you never catch the news, you can clearly see how vulnerable whole towns and cities are, and just because we don’t live next to a forest, the unthinkable can still happen. As for cost, aluminum siding, which actually still exists, may cost less, can be painted to match the house and lasts an average of 35 years. Fiber cement siding also does the job, but costs more. Other choices include stucco over cement board and steel panels, all more costly. Aluminum or cement board eaves, gutters and roofing are also required, and even though most of the home construction industry doesn’t read or know the regulations, the requirements still exist, and cost the most when they aren’t adhered to and the work has to be done twice. So don’t feel like you’re being singled out or being held to the fire. The rules exist for all of us. Good luck! © 2021 Monte Leeper Readers are encouraged to send questions to yourhousedr@aol.com, with “Herald question” in the subject line, or to Herald Homes, 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530, Attn: Monte Leeper, architect.
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ctober is a unique month. It’s time for apple picking, watching the trees change color and, if the weather permits, taking long car trips to interesting places. Depending on where you live, it’s also the time for candidates for public office to make their final arguments as to why you should vote for them on Nov. 2. And if you live in Nassau County and are a registered voter, you’re seeing that lastminute blitz to make sure you show up on Election Day. JERRY Unlike years when we elect a KREMER president, in politics this is considered an off year, with most of the campaigns involving candidates for local office. The biggest races in our county are for county executive, district attorney and comptroller. County Executive Laura Curran is favored to be re-elected, due to her professionalism and support from both political parties. That leaves the contests for district attorney and comptroller.
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The hottest competition will be for the office of district attorney. Mailboxes all over the county are being flooded with materials promoting the candidacy of State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach, and Anne Donnelly, a Republican and an assistant D.A. This one campaign could wind up costing the candidates as much as $6 million, and possibly more. Having once represented the South Shore of Nassau County in the State Assembly, I have gotten to know Todd Kaminsky, and have watched his political career rise rapidly. Our career paths are somewhat alike. I started out as a city attorney in Long Beach, and he started out as a federal prosecutor. I prosecuted local slumlords, and as a federal prosecutor he was given the opportunity to prosecute high-profile criminals. In my late 20s, I got a chance to run for the State Assembly, and he got his opening to run for the State Senate. To the benefit of Long Island taxpayers, Kaminsky has been a hard-working legislator who has been a leader on criminal and environmental issues. He was the principal sponsor of a law to take pen-
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sions away from corrupt elected officials. He has gotten tougher drunken-driving laws and battled opioid manufacturers and doctors who dispense drugs too freely. During my time in Albany, I passed many laws in similar areas, and like Kaminsky was the leader of the Long Island legislative delegation in Albany. I applauded his decision to run for district attorney, because he has been a strong voice on so many issues of concern to the public. The State Senate leaders turn to him for advice on criminal and environmental law issues. He is responsible for the $3 billion environmental cleanup bond that will be on the ballot in 2022. Donnelly, who claims that Kaminsky was the “author” of the bailreform law, has criticized him. I know for a fact that he was not its author, and he has battled his own party on this issue. Politics is a tough and unforgiving business. If you stay in one elected position for a long period of time, you are accused of being part of the “establishment.” If you run for higher office a few years after getting elected to a different job, you are accused of being too “ambi-
eciding who leads Nassau County is a great reason to go to the polls next month.
tious.” I had the chance to run for statewide office twice, but a family tragedy prevented that from happening. I know Kaminsky’s opponent to be a long-term veteran of the D.A.’s office. In the end, it will be up to the voters to decide whom they want for district attorney. There is another countywide contest on the ballot, for the important job of county comptroller. While the public focus has been on the D.A.’s race, the job of keeping an eye on taxpayers’ money is also crucial. Former Republican State Sen. Elaine Phillips is challenging Democrat Ryan Cronin for that position. I have worked with Phillips, and found her to be an excellent public official. This will be another important choice for Nassau County voters. I hope they won’t decide to skip this year’s election, because any election, whether for dogcatcher or president, is important. If you stay home on Election Day, you get the kind of government you deserve. 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.
Really, what’s up with the whole world?
ave you noticed that the seams don’t meet the right way and the doorjamb is wobbly? Our house is unstable. The beams of this great edifice called America are slightly off plumb in a number of disturbing ways.Nothing at all is exactly as it was before the pandemic overwhelmed the United States. In small ways and profound ways, cultural and political forces are impeding the ordinary progression of life in America. But then, what’s ordinary? Most of us have given up RANDI on the concept of KREISS going back to “normal,” and what passes for normal these days is disquieting. It isn’t just the pandemic, as if one could write off a highly infectious novel virus that swept around the world, killing 700,000 people here at home. It is how the pandemic was handled from the time it was discovered, then covered up, then ignored, then addressed with inoculation and medical efforts that ranged from inadequate to state-of-the-art medicine. I just checked in to the CDC website and
saw that they have now broken-down categories of information into: What We Know and What We Are Still Learning. That’s good. The fact that there is a learning curve in science seems to have challenged the efficacy of the coronavirus vaccines, which by any reasonable account have been remarkably successful in saving lives. We are in a world where scientists are vilified for not having all the answers, the president is begging and bribing folks to take a shot that will keep them out of the hospital, and large swaths of people are bonding online and deciding that it is safer to throw away our protective masks, refuse the vaccine and embrace bizarre and debunked remedies for this deadly disease. With some few exceptions, there is no excuse for refusing a mask and a vaccine. Using horse de-wormer instead of monoclonal antibodies? It’s kind of like what Justice Potter Stewart said of pornography: I know crazy when I see it. The problem is that those of us who have followed the science and had the vaccine, and perhaps the booster, by now can feel safe, but not completely safe. If we have young children or grandchildren, we
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see those who refuse the vaccine as a direct threat to the health of our family. As we re-emerge into the world, the places we go are all changed. How did the “office” disappear in two years? Transportation is different from what it was, with some mask rules and some vaccine requirements on planes and trains. Some travel, like cruises, requires not just the time and money, but a willing suspension of disbelief. If you can’t bear cooking one more meal at home and venture out, chances are the server and possibly the chef are new hires. The workforce is sliced and diced, and not many people are fully trained for the jobs they are doing. If you talk to a friend of the heart for more than hi-and-how-are-you, chances are you’ll get into your mutual stress levels and anxiety. The psychiatrists don’t have enough hours for the people who need help, because we all need some help right now. If you live in a community or apartment building of some kind, then you know about improvement projects being delayed because the painter shows up but there’s no paint. My son finally got his
he places we go are all changed. How did the ‘office’ disappear in two years?
new roof, but the roofer had no gutters to install. Costco is out of toilet paper again. There are people who don’t have enough food, who can’t get to work, who have no health care and who don’t have proper shelter. We are living in a country that desperately needs new bridges and tunnels and roads. There is a good a plan to rebuild and, at this moment, it may not get passed by Congress. Not because we don’t need it. Not because most Americans don’t support it. But because the government is paralyzed by partisanship and ignorance and fear. This morning I read in The Washington Post that in Anchorage, Alaska, people attended a public hearing on mask wearing with yellow Stars of David on their arms, equating the mask requirement to Nazi-era restrictions on Jews in Germany that led to the Holocaust and the death of some 6 million people. I am worried for us. Most disturbing is the elevation of lies for personal and political gain. For me, there is some comfort in bearing witness to this time. We must keep talking and writing, acknowledging the losses and summoning the strength to tighten the floor joists and secure the roof. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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ispanics are Nassau County’s fastest-growing ethnic population, County Executive Laura Curran noted in mid-September, the start of Hispanic Heritage Month, celebrated each year since 1988, and before that as Hispanic Heritage Week, beginning in 1968. From Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, we recognize the many rich cultural and economic contributions of Hispanic people to the United States. The celebration was first signed into law as a week by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat, and expanded to a month by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. In 2016, the Herald explored Hispanic immigration to our region in a series, “The Changing Face of Long Island,” and we wrote this in a December editorial that year: “There is much talk about how Long Islanders are leaving for elsewhere because of the high cost of living. The Island, however, actually saw a net gain in population because of immigration. Suffolk’s population remained largely unchanged between 2000 and 2012, while Nassau’s increased by roughly 78,500 people, according to census data. “Immigrants have been arriving on Long Island for more than six decades, but the pace of immigration has accelerated within the last 10 years, with an average of 20,000 Long Island immigrants annually receiving citizenship. “Immigrants, it appears, are bypassing the big cities and settling in the suburbs. That’s a good thing for Long Island.” We should now add this: There is a false impression that most Hispanics are immigrants. While that might have once been true, it no longer is. Most Hispanics in the
United States were born here and are American citizens, having become deeply ingrained in the fabric of American society. According to the New American Economy Research Fund, a bipartisan, nonprofit immigration advocacy group, there are 58.8 million Hispanic Americans in the U.S. Just over two-thirds of them — or 39.2 million — were born here, while 19.6 million were born outside the country. Combined, Hispanic immigrants and U.S.-born Hispanics now comprise 18.1 percent of the U.S. population. By 2050, the Hispanic population in the U.S. is expected to double, to 106 million, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates. In 2017, Hispanic households earned more than $1 trillion and paid some $252.2 billion in taxes, including $165.9 billion in federal income taxes and $86.3 billion in state and local taxes, the NEA Research Fund found. At the same time, today’s most recently arrived Hispanic immigrants are better educated than those who landed here only a decade ago. Between 2005 and 2010, only 15.1 percent of Hispanic immigrants held a bachelor’s degree. Between 2012 and 2017, 28.5 percent did, roughly in line with the overall U.S. population. Despite all of this, Hispanics are frequent targets of discrimination. A recent report by the Hispanic Marketing Council noted, “Fifty-five percent (but only 15 percent of non-Hispanics) said Latinos encounter frequent discrimination, while 67 percent of Hispanics strongly or somewhat agree that as a group they are discriminated against more than other ethnic minorities.” In particular, we must recognize that
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letters HealNY brings needed funding To the Editor: I recently began a statewide “HealNY” tour of the state as we begin delivering the first funding from a $1.5 billion pool to combat the opioid epidemic. The funding — which will go to all 10 regions of the state — comes from different settlements that the state attorney general’s office negotiated following a March 2019 lawsuit against the various manufacturers and distributors responsible for the opioid crisis. While the tour will stop in dozens of counties throughout October, all 62 counties across the state will receive funds from the various settlements. For more than two decades, New Yorkers have experienced the dire and deadly effects of opioids. As we embark on this tour, we are ensuring every county gets financial help to recover from the devastation that opioids have
America’s Hispanic population is not monolithic — it is diverse, with a variety of cultures according to people’s countries of origin. A Mexican American, an Argentine American and a Dominican American might share the same Spanish language, but their cultures of origin are very different. We saw the issue recently play out in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s film adaptation of his Broadway sensation “In the Heights,” a musical that speaks to the hopes and dreams of Hispanic people living in the close-knit New York City neighborhood of Washington Heights, overlooking the Hudson River, in view of the George Washington Bridge. The film, released on HBO Max, was widely praised for its artistry, but criticized because it failed to include darkskinned Afro-Latinos, who comprise a significant portion of Washington Heights’s actual population, among the film’s leading characters. That is, the film treated Hispanics as members of a single culture. Miranda took to Twitter to acknowledge the psychic pain the film may have caused, writing, “I can hear the hurt and frustration over colorism, of feeling still unseen in the feedback … Without sufficient dark-skinned Afro-Latino representation, the work feels extractive of the community we wanted so much to represent with pride and joy. In trying to paint a mosaic of this community, we fell short.” There is a lesson here that all of us can take away: We must see Hispanic Americans as individuals, each with his or her own heritage that contributes to the American landscape, including here in Nassau County, one of the most diverse places in the nation.
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lthough I was raised in the United States as a Hispanic immigrant, born to immigrant parents, I have long been blasé about Hispanic Heritage Month. As a kid, I would stare curiously at the school calendar marking this month-long celebration and shrug it off as just another quirky, throwaway American holiday, like Groundhog Day or National Ice Cream Sandwich Day. Interesting to some, peculiar to many, and something that I didn’t particularly care for. JUAn Perhaps it was the odd proposiLAsso tion that somehow, some way, you could condense the cultures and national histories of more than 600 million people under a catchall term like “Hispanic heritage.” It’s true that there is some measure of shared experience, some invisible thread linking us Hispanics (for lack of a better term) together in this country we call home. I’ve been fortunate enough to spend the better part of my young adult life standing shoulder to shoulder with a diverse crowd of Hispanic community leaders and intellectuals, including academics, student leaders, attorneys and a
legislator. Each of these movers and shakers, with his or her own story and cultural identity, is proudly committed to improving the lives of fellow Hispanic Americans. So you would think that, over the years, I would have shed my small-minded childhood indifference and come to have a deeper appreciation, even love, for this time to recognize the contributions of Hispanic Americans. But I haven’t. I still don’t relish this special month. I don’t have anything against Hispanic Heritage Month. I simply don’t understand the meaning of the term “Hispanic heritage.” The conventional definition of “Hispanic” is broad enough to encompass people who trace their roots to Latin America and Spain. The term came into wide use in the 1970s, when there were issues with the U.S. census, and Hispanic organizations and leaders sought a term to identify the growing minority residing coast to coast. Hispanic was chosen as an imperfect but useful messenger to signal to those in the halls of power, and to neighborhoods across the U.S., that we were here, too, we mattered, and we were here to stay. So this celebration, too, was a push for such visibility and inclusion. The month
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Letters inflicted on them. The funds we are infusing into New York today and going forward will be used to invest in prevention, treatment and recovery. While no amount of money will ever compensate for the millions of addictions, the hundreds of thousands of deaths or the countless families torn apart by opioids, this money will be vital in preventing future devastation. Opioid manufacturers and distributors were responsible for heavily marketing opioids to doctors, hospitals, health-care systems and others, which led to the over-prescription of the drugs across New York and the rest of the nation over the last two decades. The manufacturers included in our state lawsuit include Purdue Pharma and its affiliates, as well as members of the Sackler family (owners of Purdue) and the trusts they control; Janssen Pharmaceuticals and its affiliates (including its parent company, Johnson & Johnson); Mallinckrodt LLC and its affiliates; Endo Health Solutions and its affiliates; Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. and its affiliates; and Allergan Finance LLC and its affiliates. The distributors named in the complaint were McKesson Corporation, Cardinal Health Inc., Amerisource Bergen Drug Corporation
was intended to validate the reality that we Hispanic Americans have, since the beginning of America’s founding, added to the rich and diverse tapestry of the democratic experiment, anchoring us as members of the American popular concept of “the people.” As President Lyndon Johnson declared, “The people of Hispanic descent are the heirs of missionaries, captains, soldiers and farmers who were motivated by a young spirit of adventure, and a desire to settle freely in a free land … This heritage is ours.” And yes, that much is true. Hispanics have fought and continue to fight in the nation’s wars, contribute to its art and culture, and sit in the highest offices of political power as proud citizens and servants. But when examined more closely, the term “Hispanic heritage” brings with it a mess of ambiguity and confusion. The term leaves the misguided impression that Latin America has a single, fully integrated history tracing its beginnings to Spanish and European colonialism. Using this as the starting point for our story overshadows the bigger picture. Multitudes of people from Europe, Africa and Asia collided with multitudes of others from pre-Columbian societies, not knowing that they would be caught in a
whirlwind of encounters, battles and unions that would dynamically entangle different people from vastly different regions and histories. This, in turn, sowed the seeds for cultural innovation and diffusion that would sprout into modern-day countries and societies unlike anything the world has ever seen. Latin America, therefore, has no definitive maker’s mark etched into its diverse past, no single heritage. For the sake of becoming a distinct, recognizable cohort in American demographics, we have regrettably traded away a part of reality we so-called “Hispanics” understand all too well but often fail to articulate. We are not one singular, panethnic group. According to Pew Research, most Hispanics prefer to use their country of origin to identify themselves. Yet despite my serious qualms, I do now see the wisdom in devoting a monthlong celebration to exploring the unique complexity of our Latin American identities, and celebrating Hispanics who have and continue to serve the U.S. as one nation, one people, yet with feet still firmly planted in the pride and love of their distinct cultural histories. All that I’d recommend is that if Americans are to get the most out of this month-long celebration, they start to think of us beyond the term “Hispanic.” Juan Lasso is editor of the Valley Stream Herald.
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Is congestion pricing the answer? To the Editor: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s proposed congestion price tolling is politically sensitive. Congestion pricing may not kick in until January 2023. Final details of who will pay still need to be established. Elected officials will lobby for discounts or exemptions for police officers, firefighters, teachers, low-income workers, outerborough New York City residents, seniors, the physically disabled, small commercial delivery drivers, users of electric vehicles or other special niches. These discounts or exemptions will likely be adopted to placate the constituents of elected officials running for reelection in 2021 or 2022. You can’t capture five years of toll revenues, estimated to be $1 billion per year (leveraged to raise $15 billion in support of MTA’s $51
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anticipated revenue. LARRY PENNER Great Neck Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office.
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