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WWII vet, 99, is honored by community

By JoRDAN VAlloNE and KATE NAlEPINSKI jvallone@liherald.com

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JEWISh WAR VETERANS Post 652 member Eric Spinner, left greeted fellow member Murray Steinberg, of Wantagh, who turned 99 last week. With them was Hempstead Town Clerk Kate Murray.

Wantagh resident Murray Steinberg’s 99th birthday was a community affair, arranged with help from a fellow veteran from Bellmore. Steinberg, a World War II veteran and a member of the Jewish War Veterans — the oldest active veterans’ service organization in the U.S. — had two celebrations last week — one at Congregation Ohav Sholom in Merrick, and one a car parade in front of his house, on the Wantagh-Bellmore border.

Gary Glick, of Bellmore, is the commander of JWV Post 652 in Merrick. At the Ohav Sholom ceremony, Glick said that Steinberg was originally a member of Post 709 in East Meadow, which merged with the Merrick post a few years back.

“Instead of them breaking away, we took them into our post,” Glick said. “We want to get all the Jewish War Veterans together, because some of them don’t even know we exist.”

The organization, Glick explained, was established in Continued on page 4

Bellmorite announces bid for county’s 19th District seat

By ANDREW GARCIA agarcia@liherald.com

Photos courtesy Jake Schuster

BEllMoRE RESIDENT JAKE Schuster announced his campaign for Nassau County legislator in the 19th District.

Twenty-six-year-old Jake Schuster, a Bellmore native, recently announced his bid for Nassau County legislator in the 19th District. The seat is currently held by Steve Rhoads, a Republican from Bellmore.

The 19th District includes parts of Bellmore, Merrick, Freeport, Seaford and Wantagh.

Schuster, a Democrat who graduated from John F. Kennedy High School, said he wanted to take a youthful approach to the seat that puts young residents at the forefront. He is a 2017 Hofstra University graduate, and Long

Island’s housing affordability impacts him directly, making it a key issue of his campaign.

“For our generation, we have almost no hope of being able to afford to live here,” Schuster said. “There’s no way you can plan on buying a house and raising a family unless you have a two-family income of above the median right now. The affordability crisis is something that’s definitely a main focus of my campaign.”

Schuster added that by running for the Legislature, he hopes to give young residents in the area an impactful voice. As a candidate now, he added that this is one of the rare times he has

felt that he has a significant voice in the political conversation.

“Right now is the first time in my entire life that I feel like I have a voice to actually make a change in my community — and that breaks my heart,” Schuster said. “Every single person, even the kids, should feel confident in their voices, and that their

demands and opinions will be heard and taken into account by their local government.”

Schuster said he would also focus on infrastructure, governmental transparency and longterm planning for the future, including potential problems caused by storms and weather.

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A rAiny Afternoon and a delayed start didn’t damper the enthusiasm at the Seaford Fire Department’s parade, which featured trucks from throughout the Sixth Battalion.

Sixth Battalion parade hosted by Seaford F.D. The fire departments of Nassau County’s Sixth Battalion was hosted by the Seaford Fire Department last Saturday, Aug. 28. Approximately 13 local fire departments in the Battalion participated, including: Bellmore, East Meadow, Levittown, Massapequa, Merrick, North Bellmore, North Massapequa, North Merrick, Wantagh and Seaford. The firehouses sponsor the parade on a rotating basis and this was Seaford’s first year hosting. A total of 11 marching bands joined in on the event. The parade ran from the Seaford Long Island Rail Road station on Washington Avenue to the Seaford firehouse on Southard Avenue.

GreG HAmmontree, BrAndon Moodie and Steve Wands, above left, set the tone of the Seaford Fire Department parade. dAnA And mAckenzie Schmid, 4, above right, were on hand to cheer on a member of the North Bellmore Fire Department, who is their husband and father, respectively.

SeverAl of tHe Fire Departments had instrumentalists in the lead, right.

mitcHell kuHner, 9, was proud to proclaim his “Pop-Pop” was the grand marshal of the parade on Aug. 28.

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‘99 years young’: WWII vet celebrated continued from front page 1895, and celebrated its 125th anniversary in March. “People back then said no Jews had fought in the Civil War,” which was false, he said. “Close to 7,000 [Jewish people] served in the North, and 4,000 on the Confederate side.

Post 652 mostly comprises veterans of the Korean and Vietnam War era, as well as a handful from World War II, Steinberg said. “It’s very sad that younger veterans don’t take interest in it,” he said of Jewish War Veterans. “There are so many things you get involved with. We go to hospitals, nursing homes — the normal things to help out the community.”

Family, friends and elected officials from Nassau County and the Town of Hempstead honored Steinberg at Congregation Ohav Sholom on Aug. 26. He was presented with a proclamation on behalf of Nassau County by Legislator Tom McKevitt, who represents the 13th District.

“I was contacted a few weeks ago about a special veteran celebrating their 99th birthday — that’s how this whole day came about,” Mc-Kevitt explained during the ceremony. He described Steinberg as a “very resourceful person” who’s always been handy.

Steinberg served in the Army’s 240th Combat Engineers in the Pacific Theater.

He was a technician, rigger and electrician beginning in late 1942.

One night, he was hanging lights around a coconut tree when he was targeted by snipers. McKevitt recounted the story during the ceremony.

“My first thought is, if a sniper is shooting at me, I get out of there as soon as possible,” McKevitt said. “But the first thing Murray did was, he broke the lights. If the light is out, the sniper can’t see you.”

McKevitt referred to Steinberg as “99 years young,” and said he was a man still in “phenomenal shape.”

“There were so many times when your life was almost lost,” McKevitt told the honoree. “It is really an opportunity to thank people like you — we thank you very, very much.”

County Legislator Steve Rhoads, of the 19th District, said that McKevitt’s words were “a tribute to the amazing life” Steinberg has lived. “This is an opportunity for us to count our blessings,” Rhoads said.

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CouNTy LEgIsLATor Tom McKevitt, far left, presented Murray Steinberg with a proclamation, alongside JWV Post 652 Commander Gary Glick, Legislator Steve Rhoads and Hempstead Town Councilman Christopher Carini, at a ceremony in Merrick on Aug. 26. want to congratulate you, to thank you, and wish you another 99 years of amazing success.”

“Thank you for all you have done, and thank you for your service,” Hempstead Town Councilman Christopher Carini added.

At the Aug. 26 ceremony, Steinberg thanked his family, Glick and former Commander David Zwerin for organizing the ceremony. Reflecting on the event afterward, he said, “When it came time to say a few words with all those cameras there — I was really flabbergasted.”

Last Sunday, Steinberg was honored once more, this time with a “birthday parade.” A line of motorcycles and cars with American flags flashed their lights and honked their horns as they drove from the Levittown OTB to Steinberg’s home on Jerusalem Road.

Town Clerk Kate Murray, Councilman Bruce Blakeman and Steinberg’s friends and family took photos as the parade rolled past. Before they rushed off to a call, members of the Levittown Fire Department also stopped by to greet Steinberg.

Even as he approaches 100, Steinberg said, he hates to sit still. He remains an active member of Post 652, works in his garden and fixes things around the house for his grandchildren. He said he was grateful that most of his family was present for the ceremony and parade.

“I had a few family members who couldn’t come [to the Ohav Sholom ceremony], so they came here,” he joked after the parade, “and they’d better have!”

Glick acknowledged that honoring peo-

ple like Steinberg is critical to keep the JWV’s message alive.

“We had to do this for Murray. Not only because he’s 99, but because of everything going on in this country,” Glick said.

“There’s been so much anti-Semitism. We organized this as a team. We had all our veterans come, just to prove again that all veterans are brothers and sisters. For anyone who says we have never fought for America — we have, and we’re all here.”

sTEINbErg AT ThE parade outside his Wantagh home last Sunday.

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Curran calls on legislature to return from summer break

By JORDAN VALLONE jvallone@liherald.com

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran is proposing a relief bill that would give county households who make less than $169,000 a year a direct cash payment of $375 to up to 400,000 county residents, as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, that was passed by the federal government earlier this year. The act gave Nassau County over $1.9 million in aid.

“The legislature at this point has refused to vote on this,” Mike Fricchione, the deputy communications director for the county, told the Herald. “They’ve been on break since early August. We are asking them to come back early to vote on this — to help people who have been impacted by this pandemic.”

Curran joined Bellmore resident Cheri Gimpelman at her home on Aug. 31. Gimpelman is a retired Valley Stream kindergarten teacher.

“I am a homeowner and any little thing helps,” Gimpelman said of the relief money.

“Since day one of this crisis, I have focused on providing relief to our taxpayers, wherever and whenever possible,” Curran said. “Nassau County finances are in the best shape they have been in years.

“We need direct cash payments to homeowners and residents,” she added. “With the money we have from the federal government, we want to push this money out to our residents and businesses who need it.”

Households that make more than $169,000 a year, and have taken a financial hit due to the pandemic are also eligible to receive a cash payment, county officials shared.

“Our financial health means we can put this money directly into the hands and pockets of our residents,” Curran said. “I believe that this assistance will not only help those who are struggling, but will also provide a boost to our economy.

“That’s why we need the county legislators to come back early from their summer break,” she said. “Instead of playing politics, lets give out economy a boost and

deliver relief for our residents.”

Also in attendance was Hempstead resident Carter Ward, a U.S. Navy veteran.

“Some people call it peanuts — some people may call it just pennies,” Ward said of the cash payment. “I appreciate the $375 because I lived on my credit cards through the pandemic.”

“Maybe I’ll take my son to dinner, or buy some flowers,” Gimpelman said of where the extra money could go. “The emotional part, along with the financial part — I think that it’s very important.”

John Durso, president of the Long Island Federation of Labor said $375 is a “great way to kick start the economy.”

“Those small business that have been hurt by this pandemic, those people who have been out of work for months — those individual families who have suffered so much will benefit greatly by this innovative and brilliant move,” Durso said.

“I call upon my friends in the legislature — Republicans and Democrats,” Durso added. “This is not a political issue.

This is an issue for our county, for our residents, for our future.”

Legislator Steve Rhoads, who represents the 19th District, told the Herald the legislature still has “some serious questions” about Curran’s proposal that have not been answered.

“We still haven’t received answers from the administration on legislation she introduced at the last minute,” he said. “We need to do our due diligence.”

“There are a million other things we can do to help county residents,” Rhoads added. “We want there to be tax payer relief, and we want it to be effective. We should be talking about a lot more than $375 payments.”

It is unclear at this time what the legislature will end up doing, according to Rhoads.

“This important legislation has been stalled, and was not even considered by the majority in the legislature in Nassau County — who held their last meeting almost a month ago on Aug. 2,” Curran said. “For folks like Cheri and Carter, this legislation cannot wait another day — never mind another two weeks before the legislature is scheduled to come back again.”

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Movie Showing - In The Heights The creator of “Hamilton” and the director of “Crazy Rich Asians” invite you to the event of the summer, where the streets are made of music and little dreams become big. The scent of a cafecito caliente hangs in the air just outside of the 181st Street subway stop, where a kaleidoscope of dreams rallies this vibrant and tightknit community. “In the Heights” fuses Lin-Manuel Miranda’s kinetic music and lyrics with director Jon M. Chu’s lively and authentic eye for storytelling to capture a world very much of its place, but universal in its experience. Movie showing will begin at 1:30 p.m. and the North Bellmore Library. Please visit https://www.northbellmorelibrary.org/ for additional information.

Outdoor Movie Night - Raya and the Last Dragon Outdoor screening of the animated fantasy adventure “Raya and the Last Dragon,” rated PG. Popcorn and other treats will be served. Movie starts at 6:45 p.m. Please register in advance.

For additional information, please visit http://northbellmorelibrary.org.

Friday, Sept. 3 The Bellmore Friday Night Car Show The Bellmore Chambers of Commerce and The Town of Hempstead presents the weekly Bellmore Friday Night Car Show. Every Friday evening through Oct. 1. Located in the Bellmore LIRR Parking Lot between Bellmore Avenue and Bedford Avenue. Free admission for spectators. $5 admission for cars. Runs from 6 to 10 p.m. Visit www.bellmorechamber.com/events.

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Sunday, Sept. 5 The Nassau County Fair The Merrick Chamber of Commerce and Nassau County Fairs presents a weekly market fair for fine goods and crafts.

This event takes places every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., weather permitting. Visit www.nassaucountyfairs. com for more information.

Courtesy Town of Hempstead

Girl Scouts congratulated Hempstead Town Councilman Chris Carini congratulated Girl Scout Gold Award recipients, from left, Julia Froese, of Wantagh, Courtney Blom, of Bellmore, Rachel Nayer, of Seaford, Brittney Siroto, of Seaford and Hanna Carey, of Wantagh, during the Massapequa American Legion’s award ceremony on Aug. 11.

Farmers Market Garden at St. Francis Join the St. Francis Episcopalian Church in North Bellmore every Sunday for a farmer’s market with organic produce grown in their garden! Lots of fresh vegetables to choose from, and a great volunteer opportunity for anyone interested.

Every Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. through October. Please visit www.stfrancisbellmore.org/the-garden for more information.

Beginniner Golf Lessons at Merrick Golf Course The Merrick Golf Course (2550 Clubhouse Road, Merrick) is inviting all ages

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for beginner’s golf lessons. Golf pro Al Wetz will explain the fundamentals of golf, stance, grip of club, and provide practice on hitting the ball and get players out on the green for a hole or two. All equipment will be provided to play. Cost of lesson is $32.00. Lesson begins at 3:30 p.m. and ends at 6 p.m. Limited to 30 people for lesson quality and social distancing. Please visit https://events. longisland.com/long-island-singlesintro-to-golf-lessons-dinner-mingle.html for more information and to register.

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Thursday, Sept. 9

Virtual Drawing Class

Preschool Story Time

Learn how to draw Dog Man from the book series Dog Man by Dav Pilkey. For ages 5 through 12. 30 minutes before the program begins, you will receive an invitation to the Zoom meeting by email.

Registration begins Sept. 1. Please vist http://www.bellmorelibrary.org/ for more information and to learn how to register.

For Children ages 3 to 5 years old. Come to the library for some stories, rhymes, and songs. Storytimes will take place on Thursday Sept. 9 at 1:30 p.m. in our garden. Registration in advance is recommended for all Merrick cardholders. This program is subject to good weather conditions and you will be contacted in the event of inclement weather. Please visit https://www.merricklibrary.org/ for additional information and to learn how to

Pack a picnic supper and bring the whole family down for an evening of fun with Beatles tribute band Penny Lane! The concert begins at 6:30 p.m. will be held outside in the rear parking lot. Please bring a lawn chair. Please register in advance. VIsit https://www. northbellmorelibrary.org/ for more information and to learn how to register.

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

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

Area school districts had their first day of school on Wednesday, Sept. 1.

The Town of Hempstead is hosting a beach clean up at Lido Beach on Sept. 26.

Area libraries will be closed on Monday, Sept 6. in observance of Labor Day. The North Bellmore Library will hold a free English Language Learner’s class this fall starting Sept. 28.

Anyone can register to be a vendor at the Bellmore and Merrick Street Fairs, slated for later this year.

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Director, principal hired in North Bellmore The North Bellmore School District announced a pair of administrative appointments for the 2021-22 school year.

Denise Fisher, who served as principal of Newbridge Road Elementary School for the past six years, moved into a new role as the district’s director of personnel.

Replacing her will be Amanda Licci, who will be the interim principal of Newbridge Road for the upcoming school year.

Fisher has two decades of experience as an educator, including nine as an administrator. She taught sixth grade for 11 years — five in New York City and six at Howitt Middle School in Farmingdale.

After nine months as interim assistant principal of Saltzman East Memorial Elementary School, she came to North Bellmore in 2013 as assistant principal of Saw Mill Road Elementary School and was there for two years before taking the reins of Newbridge Road.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Queens College, a master’s degree in education from Cambridge College and a master’s degree in school and district administration from Touro College. In her new position, Fisher will coordinate the hiring process for staff at all levels, observe and evaluate teachers, oversee the approval of professional development opportunities and ensure compliance with all employment regulations, among numerous other responsibilities.

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AmAndA Licci, A teacher in North Bellmore since 1998, will be the interim principal of Newbridge Road Elementary School for the 2021-2022 school year.

Fisher said she looks forward to working with Superintendent Marie Testa and the board of education to uphold the district’s mission and core values, while supporting students in helping find the most qualified and caring teachers and staff.

“I am excited for this opportunity and am extremely fortunate to be continuing my professional journey with the North Bellmore community,” Fisher said. “I have spent six wonderous years at Newbridge Road and am truly grateful for the

partnerships and relationships that were created.

Licci has been a teacher in North Bellmore since 1998, having taught kindergarten, first, second and third grades at Martin Avenue and Park Avenue elementary schools. She also served as a districtwide instructional coach, supporting teachers and students at all five elementary schools.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and psychology from Hofstra University and, as an undergraduate, completed her student teaching in North Bellmore. Licci also earned a master’s degree in literacy studies from Hofstra and a master’s degree in school district administration from Touro College.

“Working in North Bellmore has been so rewarding for me due to the countless relationships I’ve established through the years with students, families, teachers, paraprofessionals, staff members, administrators and more,” she said. “Beginning a new position at Newbridge Road Elementary School means that established relationships will be strengthened, while new ones will be built. I look forward to getting to know the students and families at Newbridge Road as I work alongside the wonderful staff there to make 2021-22 an amazing school year.”

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She and her family moved to Merrick in 1953, and she began teaching at the Smith Street School the same year. During her years of teaching, she earned two additional master’s degrees, one in secondary education and the other in reading, from Hofstra University.

After retiring, Sorkin worked as a volunteer in several community organizations, including the MerrickBellmore Community Concert Association. She also helped establish a volunteer program at Temple Beth Am providing assistance and outreach to seniors facing health and other aging issues.

Sorkin She was predeceased by her husband, Sidney, to whom she was married for 68 years. She is survived by her sons, Larry and Steve, her grandchildren Andrew Ross Sorkin and Suzanne Susman, and five great-grandchildren, Max, Henry, Sydney, Gray, and Benny.

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Lilly Sorkin, a long-time resident of Merrick and a retired teacher in the Merrick schools, passed away peacefully at home on August 10, 2021. She was 102 years old and is believed to have been one of the oldest living teachers who had taught at the Smith Street School — now the Roland A. Chatterton School.

Sorkin taught in the Merrick schools for 28 years, first as a second grade teacher at the Smith Street School and later as the district’s first re a d i n g s p e c i a l i s t . S h e encouraged her students to aim high and dream big.

Sorkin was active in the Lilly teachers’ union, and served in leadership capacities as a teacher representative on the Smith Street School PTA. The eldest of three sisters, she was born to immigrant parents on February 13, 1919. She was raised in Brooklyn and graduated from James Madison High School at the age of 15. She attended Brooklyn College and received a master’s degree in management from NYU Graduate School of Business.

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Advocates for those with disabilities, residents and members of the County Legislature gathered last week to announced a bipartisan bill that would create a Disabilities Awareness Advisory

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Group. If approved by the full Legislature next month, the group would meet quarterly to discuss how the county could operate more effectively for those with disabilities.

The bill is expected to come before a legislative committee on Sept. 13, and to be considered by the full Legislature on Sept. 24.

Legislator Steve Rhoads, a Republican from Bellmore, said that seven members of the 15-member advisory group would be required to have one or more disabilities, or be representatives of organizations that provide service or advocate on behalf of people with disabilities. There would also be non-voting members from numerous county departments, Rhoads said.

“This is an opportunity for the Legislature to listen to those who face issues and problems every single day,” he said, “to give us advice on how we can do our job better, how we can advocate for them and how we can provide better access to the county’s programs and services.

Gina Barbara, an advocate for those with disabilities and a Wantagh resident, has been working to improve the livelihood of disabled individuals for several years. Six years ago, Barbara approached county officials to pushed for disability rights. At the time, Barbara requested that the county work to improve public transportation for those with disabilities and senior citizens.

Barbara said she was excited to see the direction that the group takes. “There needs to be more listening at the county level,” she said. “The disabled community and the senior community is a minority.

We’re aware of that. But if we can get this bill to make things a little bit stronger, a little bit louder for us, great.”

Under current policies, the Nassau Inter-County Express Able-Ride minibus service is available only to those who live no farther than three-quarters of a mile from a bus route. Otherwise, they do not qualify for the service.

Barbara said she hoped to see the AbleRide service rectified by the advisory group. She said she would love to see more accessibility at Jones Beach State Park — like the creation of Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant ramps at all fields. Beyond transportation, she said she hoped the group would work to improve education, health services and more.

In 2019, Barbara announced that she was running for the County Legislature’s 19th District seat, which is currently occupied by Rhoads. She is also a member of Downstate NY ADAPT, a grass-roots movement that organizes nonviolent disability-rights activities to promote change.

Those interested in joining the advisory group will not be allowed to apply until the law is passed. For additional information about the application process, contact your local legislator.

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Covid-19 vaccinations are now being administered at businesses, thanks to a new initiative by the Nassau County Department of Health.

On Aug. 27, Richner Communications Inc., parent company of Herald Community Newspapers, hosted a pop-up vaccination clinic at the company’s Garden City office in conjunction with the county-sponsored initiative — referred to by county officials as the “traveling vaccine pod.”

Nassau County communications specialist Vicki DiStefano said many people around the county still do not know where and how to get vaccinated. The new program — which brings vaccines directly to businesses for “in-house” vaccination — quickly grew in popularity, according to DiStefano. Covid infection rates have recently been on the rise in Nassau, hovering around 4 percent.

Interested RCI employees, as well as eligible friends and family, received their first doses of the Moderna vaccine. The second dose will be administered at the RCI office on Sept. 24. If employees had already received their first dose of the Moderna vaccine, they were also able to receive their second shot at the pop-up site.

“In Nassau County, 86.7 percent of adults 18 and older are vaccinated,” County Executive Laura Curran told the Herald, making Nassau the leading county in the state for vaccinations, and third in the country among large counties with a population of 1 million people or more.

The first business vaccination pod took place at Café Baci in Westbury on Aug. 3. “Since then, dozens of businesses have reached out to us,” Curran said, adding that officials have seen a solid uptick in the vaccination rate

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At A tRAVELiNg vaccination clinic hosted by Nassau County at the Herald Community Newspapers’ office in Garden City last Friday, nurse Jeanne Ost injected RCI pressman Richard Maitland with the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. since the program’s start.

“With the Delta variant, we want to get everyone vaccinated,” Curran explained.

The pods are run by health department nurses, all of whom have been on the front lines of vaccine administration since earlier this year.

Pod manager and nurse Holly Marrano said, “We’re bringing the vaccine to local businesses to make it more

convenient for people to get vaccinated.”

“We are making this as easy as possible — no excuses,” Curran said. “No business is too big or too small.”

Any business interested in participating in the program and hosting a vaccine clinic for employees can reach out to the county health department at (516) 2279570, Monday through Friday.

Among the RCI employees who were vaccinated was Richard Maitland, 46, of Rockaway, Queens. Maitland has been working as a pressman for the company for nine years.

“I’ve been watching the news and seeing what’s going on,” Maitland said. “I’m seeing that it’s the unvaccinated that are transmitting the virus.”

Saying he was never against the vaccine, he thought getting it now was the right thing to do with the infection rate on the rise, and especially since the vaccination pod made it so convenient.

“No one is safe, and I don’t want to be that carrier who gets someone sick,” he added, calling to the Delta variant “round two” of the coronavirus.

“I don’t want to be part of the problem,” Maitland said. “I want to be part of the solution.”

That solution, according to Curran, is to vaccinate as many people as possible.

Covid-19 vaccines are not 100 percent effective in preventing the disease; however, county officials are finding that those who are vaccinated and do test positive for Covid are less likely to end up with a severe case that results in hospitalization.

Pod nurse Camille Laudando said the traveling vaccine clinic is all about “community outreach” and is the “definition of public health.”

“The vaccine is the most effective way to prevent Covid,” Curran said. “Our residents understand the value of the vaccine.”

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On housing affordability, Rhoads said the issue is “complicated” and that he is a proponent of “transit-oriented developments,” such as one built near the Farmingdale train station that affordably accommodates single occupants. Long Island’s high property taxes are what make the burden unsustainable, he said.

In May, Rhoads took to Merrick Avenue to introduce a bill to require utility companies to restore county roads after they have been dug up for the installation of gas and power lines — a common occurrence across Nassau. That bill is now signed into law.

Schuster said he supports that legislation.

Of his time in the seat, Rhoads said he is most proud of his office’s response and outreach to the local community. “If someone calls with questions, they never get, ‘That’s not my problem,’” he said.

“My job is to make government work for them.”

If re-elected, Rhoads said he would work to broaden the legislature’s influence in state government. “We need to

pressure the State Legislature to assist us,” Rhoads said.

After receiving a bachelor’s in business administration from Hofstra, Schuster attended the College of Law at the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, Okla., where he received his law degree. In 2017, he volunteered for Bellmore resident Jeff Gold’s campaign for the same seat, and then worked for State Sen. John Brooks as a legislative aide.

Schuster explained that he learned a great deal from Gold’s grassroots campaign and Brooks’s office by individually connecting with residents throughout the area. “Going door to door, it really opened my eyes on how to better connect with the individual residents in the community,” he said.

At 16, Schuster also volunteered with the Bellmore-Merrick Emergency Medical Squad, and was licensed as an emergency medical technician at 18. He also volunteered with the Bellmore Fire Department.

“I’m somebody who is going to make [residents’] voices heard — that will hear the demands that they make, hear their opinions and hear what they want to see happen,” Schuster said. “Democrat, Republican, it doesn’t matter. What matters is what should be happening in the county, and what will make the district a more comfortable and safe district.”

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Summer students return to the screen

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Special education students in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District have had another opportunity to appear in a self-made film, this time with a rendition of “Into the Woods.”

The students worked on the project during the Extended School Summer Theater Program, the conclusion for which features a grand screening of the film at the Brookside School. Created by Sanford H. Calhoun High School paraprofessional Kathleen Brickmeier and her son Vonn, the program offers a unique experience for special education students to strengthen their social skills.

The idea for Autotroph began simply as a rendition of “A Christmas Carol” in 2017, which would have had the students socializing and having fun on the Calhoun auditorium stage. After lines were memorized and costumes were ready, however, the group discovered there would not be availability for the stage.

It shifted to a full-on film project utilizing green screens, lights, cameras and microphones, and the final project was successfully aired in front of students and parents. The Brickmeiers have now produced several films and are a mainstay of the summer program.

At the premiere of “Into the Woods” at Grand Avenue Middle School, the students “wowed” their audience, the Brickmeiers said, leading to a standing ovation from all who attended.

“Filming productions instead of giving live performances is much more forgiving and allows our actors more freedom. It creates a fun, stress free atmosphere,” Kathy said. “The actors need not worry about forgetting their lines. There is no stagefright... it is a creative, nurturing environment, where improvisation is encouraged.

“It does not matter if some of our actors have difficulty remembering or reading their lines — we work around those technicalities,” she continued.

“They can still enjoy acting in our films and they give truly amazing performances. Each and every one of our actors have accomplished so much and should be celebrated.”

“Because we were still following strict Covid regulations, we could only film one actor on screen at a time,” said Vonn, who is Autotroph’s editor, camera operator and co-producer. “The kids didn’t seem to mind filming this way at all — in fact, they were great at it. From pre-production to post protection, we spent over 240 hours working on ‘Into the Woods.’”

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ChRIs MIllIsys plAyED Prince Charming in the Extended School Summer Theater Program’s rendition of “Into the Woods.”

Vonn also worked on special effects for this film, adding in an explosion at the request of the students. The scene of Jack and The Giant climbing down the beanstalk also took extra special-effects planning.

“This summer’s film did not disappoint. Every production is unique, but consistently brings the best out of the student performers,” said Beth Johnson, one of the Summer Program’s Special Education teachers. “Ms. Brickmeier and her son Vonn spark that flame with their passion. Their vision is that every kid can be a star.”

“When the kids see the film for the first time, they are mesmerized,” Vonn said. “They love seeing themselves and their friends up on the big screen.”

“I especially love when they yell out, ‘That’s me!’ when they see themselves on the screen for the first time,” added Kathy, explaining that acting on screen builds their self-confidence and self-esteem.

Autotroph is considering branching out to other districts on Long Island as well. “Bellmore-Merrick will always be our home,” Vonn said.

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Coach Realtors of Hewlett is proud to welcome our newest team member, Janice Sweet. Janice comes to us with over 20 years of experience with selling and rentals on both North and South shores of Nassau County. She raised her 3 children in her 46 year residency of Atlantic Beach while participating in community organizations. Janice is an experienced artist, stemming from FIT’s Apparel to Briarcliffe’s Graphic Design.

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Realtors are encouraged to send briefs and photographs to: Herald Homes, 2 Endo Blvd.., Garden City, NY 11530.

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Located in the Long Beach school district this home boast a lot size is 40 x 140.

Application for tax grievance for 2022/2023 has been submitted. Asking price is $1,375,000. Taxes are $27,707.43. Flood insurance is $919.41.

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AMENITIES INCLUDE: • Shared Kitchen • Conference Room • Reception Area • Municipal Parking Open Houses HEWLETT 1610 Hilary Ct, , REDUCED! Beautifully Gut Renovated 4600 Sq Ft Colonial in Cul de Sac.5 BR,3.5 Bth with Full Fin Bsmt, 2 Car Att Gar. SD#20. Tax Grivance Filed.....$1,279,999 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299 HEWLETT BA 1534 Broadway #103,, NEW! Spacious 2 BR,2 Bth Condo in Luxurious Jonathan Hall. LR/DR, Large EIK, Laundry Rm, & Pantry. Terrace Facing into Courtyard. Doorman Bldg with Eleva t o r. I n d o o r G a r a g e P k g & S t o r age...$599,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299

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Ask The Architect

A. You should assure your wife that her concerns are very real and it is all right to be concerned. Validate her feelings and be understanding, because many people in the same situation, in taller buildings, are questioning the safety of where they live.

Questioning and confirming are what keep us safe, onte eeper no matter what the issue is or where we are.

Ignoring or dismissing a potential problem doesn’t make it go away.

Applying knowledge and reason leads to security.

Many people assume, with most things, that some qualified person simply took care of a problem, solved it correctly, and kept us safe. I often share my calculation process with clients, showing them the reasoning behind steps taken to calculate a beam, for example, for two reasons. One is so they understand how buildings work, and also so that when a substitution is requested, they understand why it was rejected.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of assumptions that work is being done with correctness and conscientiousness. With larger buildings, there are many safety procedures, including independent certification by qualified consultant engineering professionals. You might feel better if your building hired an engineer who could explain the building’s structural system and how it keeps you safe. If the people living in the Surfside condominiums could have questioned and acted with a maintenance program, which would have required spending money, things might have been different. The design, review, construction and maintenance all played a part in the failure.

Look at your own building’s track record and ask informed questions. If you have no knowledge of the building process, ask others who do. The more I learn about the investigation of the collapse, the more convinced I am of the reasons for never ignoring the smallest details of how these giant custom jigsaw puzzles fit together. Every failure I have ever learned about had at least two common denominators, confidence and naïveté.

If a reinforcing rod is shown on the drawings to be a specific diameter, don’t substitute a smaller size because it was more available or install separate pieces where a continuous rod was supposed to go. The pool deck of that building was a separate structure that should never have been tied into the columns of the taller adjacent building, just like a deck should have minimal or no attachment to a house. The right force, wind or water, can pull a vertical support column sideways, rendering the column useless and toppling the taller structure.

Listen to your wife and have a happy life!

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hirty years ago this week, I hopped on an electric train with a brightred engine, a nervous energy pulsing through my arms and legs straight to my fingers and toes, which fidgeted uncontrollably. My head was spinning.

I carried all I had in my arms — two gray suitcases of clothes, one violin in a worn brown case and one blue duffle bag with running shoes and toiletries. I was 24 and headed to the greatest adventure of my life, a twoyear bicultural SCoTT exchange that excited me, at BRINToN times vexed me and forever changed me.

I served in the U.S. Peace Corps in Veliko Tarnovo, a 5,000-year-old city in central Bulgaria with a medieval fortress that was flanked by white stucco houses, squeezed onto the steep hills above the winding Yantra River.

In the first week of September 1991, I left the safe haven of the training site the Peace Corps set up in Bankya, a spa resort 11 miles outside Sofia, Bulgaria’s capital, and headed to Tarnovo, as it’s commonly known. After two and a half months of preparations, I still had no idea what to expect. I loved every minute of the next

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I was part of the first group of 26 Peace Corps volunteers to enter Bulgaria after the fall of communism there a year earlier. As was the case in Poland, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Romania between 1989 and 1990, thousands of Bulgarians took to the streets to protest communist rule. Todor Zhivkov — the longest-serving Soviet Bloc dictator in the post-World War II era, who reigned from 1954 to 1989 — was deposed without bloodshed. In July 1990, then President Petar Mladenov, a former communist leader, quit over accusations that he had ordered tanks to roll against protesters in December 1989.

People rejoiced after Mladenov’s resignation, The New York Times reported on July 7, 1990. “Never again a communist president in Bulgaria!” 5,000 protesters chanted in unison in central Sofia.

To be there, in this place burning with democratic idealism after more than four decades of repressed speech and thought, was the thrill of a lifetime for an American who had freedom of speech and assembly ingrained in him. Bulgaria felt so alive. I felt so alive. People were suddenly free. As an outside observer who was quickly acculturated to Bulgarian beliefs and practices (I married a Bulgarian), I internalized their joy, their relief and,

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sometimes, their fear of a return to communism.

On June 20 this year, most of the original 26 Peace Corps volunteers, our Bulgarian manager, Emil Patev, and my wife, Katerina, who was one of our language and culture trainers, gathered on Zoom to reminisce.

It was perhaps the strangest feeling I’ve ever experienced. Because of the intensity of the experiences that we shared, the names and faces of my fellow volunteers were indelibly etched in my mind. I pictured them as their younger selves, and then we appeared in little boxes on a computer screen, significantly older variations of ourselves, as if this were a “Dr. Who” episode. It was jarring at first.

Then we started to share what we took away from Bulgaria. Many spoke of the Bulgarian work ethic, the slower place of life, the neighborliness or the kindness they were shown by their colleagues at the schools where they taught — we were all English teachers.

Happy memories coursed through my mind — meeting my lovely wife for the first time, soaking in the sights and sounds that were so different than the United States, chatting with my students, who were 17 when I met them and 19 when they graduated from the Vasil Drumev High School of Mathematics and Natural

ecalling a lifealtering stint in Bulgaria after the fall of communism.

Sciences, as they attended a fifth year of high school for advanced studies.

That graduation, in June 1991, was among the most beautiful days of my life, aside from my wedding and the births of my children. It was a simple, short ceremony, full of music. The students poured flowers into their teachers’ hands, as is Bulgarian tradition. Katerina and I taught at the school together, and we came away with so many flowers that our tiny, rented apartment resembled a florist’s shop.

I’m occasionally asked to speak to young people about my Peace Corps experiences. They often ask about the challenges, or whether I had any regrets about signing up. I can sense their trepidation.

Volunteering for the Peace Corps is a monumental, life-altering decision.

I used to speak of the pluses and minuses. There is, no doubt, a financial sacrifice, because you’re volunteering for two years of your life, I would say. Perhaps that was the reporter in me wanting to give both sides of the story.

If they have a strong interest in joining, I tell them now, they should embrace any fears they might harbor and let the river of life take them wherever it might flow.

You needn’t know where it will end up. It could take you to magical lands you never imagined.

Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@liherald.com.

In the eye of the western firestorm

e’ve been through a lot together, you and I. Now this.

As I wrote last week, my husband and I and Lillybee the dog headed out West to the Northern California mountains on Aug. 10. We drove from Denver through Cheyenne, Park City and Elko and arrived here in Tahoe-Donner on Aug. 20.

We’re in a rental house perched on stilts set into a hillside, a half-hour from anything, including our kids and grandkids, who live in a nearby town. They’re the reason we came, RANDI and they’re the reaKREISS son we’re still here, 10 days into a month-long stay.

We’re in the throes of a wildfire emergency, officially declared by President Biden yesterday. Smoke obscures views of the mountains. The grandkids’ school opening was delayed. The smell of smoke is in our clothes, our hair and even on the dog.

The Caldor and Dixie fires are raging around us, from 45 to 100 miles away. We’re told to stay inside, not exert ourselves and

keep the windows closed.

The obvious move is to leave ASAP, but that means driving back to Denver in our rental car through areas that are now smoky as well. Our children surely aren’t ready to abandon their family home. We hate to run, since the wind could change in a week, and it could be healthy to resume normal outdoor life. We don’t know when we’ll have the chance to sit down at the same table again.

Our kids must figure out if their life out here is sustainable going forward.

These fires aren’t going away, and it’s unlikely that it will be better next year. The snowpack has been lighter every winter, and the ground brush is drier. Tinder. No one has grass, just scrub around the homes, cut back for safety.

Back home, I know you’re struggling with the Delta variant and unusual heat.

We Long Islanders have had our shared disasters, mostly hurricanes, and there will likely be more this season.

This is something else. People who live up here are tough and self-reliant, but everyone is shaken by the hazardous air quality and the danger of encroaching

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fires. We all have alerts set on our phones should the conditions get more dangerous.

Ash falls out of the smoke clouds, irritating our eyes and throats.

We have captured some moments with the grandkids, some meals, a lot of time together playing Rummikub.

They seem able to be outside longer than we can, younger lungs and all that. But they are tuned in to our talk about the smoke and fire and what the options are. These kids just lived through more than a year of relative isolation during the pandemic, and so much of their hope was invested in this summer, to do the swimming and rafting and hiking that is their reason for putting up with life in the semi-wilderness. All of our kids and grandkids have tolerated so much constraint and disappointment. I hope it makes them stronger.

To summon my own resolve, I’ve been reading about people who live in places where the geography or the weather or the terrain is a constant challenge and threat.

Why do they stay? My husband and I can and probably will leave if the air remains unhealthy or the fires get worse; we have

ur kids must figure out if life out here is sustainable going forward.

that option. Our kids will make their own calculation of risk vs. benefit of life in these mountains.

People live on the slopes of Mt. Etna in Sicily, generation after generation, despite the inevitability of lava flows and ash that burn them out of their houses. They rebuild; they stay. Some say the reason is that the volcanic soil is fertile and produces the best olives and olive oil in the world.

People in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., know for sure that periodic super-floods will drive them from their homes, but they come back and they build again. Why does anyone live in New Orleans? Or on any barrier island?

Why didn’t we all flee after Hurricane Sandy?

Ultimately people look around and decide that the benefit outweighs the risk of living near a volcano or in a flood plain or on a fire-scarred mountaintop.

We would not have come to California now if we knew how the smoke and fire would look and feel and taste. The headline in the San Francisco Chronicle yesterday read: “Caldor Fire Knocking on the Door of Tahoe Basin.”

The fire is knocking, and there isn’t much here to keep it out.

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

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Get your teenagers vaccinated ASAP . . .

ome 87 percent of Nassau County’s adult population, ages 18 and up, has received at least a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine. Bravo, Nassau! That’s a remarkable statistic, well ahead of the state average of 79.3 percent.

Nearly a million people have been vaccinated here, and we could soon reach that threshold.

But here’s the thing: Looking at all age groups in the county, only 73 percent of the total population has gotten at least one dose. That’s because children are ineligible, and only about 49 percent of teenagers, ages 12 to 18, had received a first dose as of last Friday, even though 16- and 17-year-olds have been eligible for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine since April, and 12- to 15-year-olds since May. Clearly, we must focus our efforts on vaccinating teens. With school starting in many districts this week, and therefore with students starting to congregate in large groups five to six days a week, there is the potential for the virus to spread rapidly in this population, and then to be passed on to unvaccinated adults and even

to the relatively small number of vaccinated people who will get Covid despite being inoculated.

Nassau County government now has an excellent program that brings a team of vaccinators to a workplace on request. It’s all about making the vaccine readily available to people who are too busy or otherwise unable to break away from work to get inoculated. The Herald Community Newspapers took part last Friday afternoon, and the vaccination team did all the work.

Similarly, the county and the Town of Hempstead, each of which has a mobile inoculation unit, should bring the vaccination fight to our schools, one by one, starting in low-income areas, where parents may be unable to take their teens to a vaccination site because they’re working long hours and worry about taking time off.

We’ve already seen mobile units brought to a small number of school districts like Freeport, but the effort should be rapidly expanded to all 54 Nassau districts.

At the same time, parents should seek to have their teens vaccinated. With the

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chool’s starting this week. That’s a scary thought, given that we were supposed to have vanquished the coronavirus by now but simply have been unable to, despite our best efforts. This is one mean virus.

All parents of school-age children, whether they’re kindergartners or seniors in high school, should have a talk with them not only about avoiding strangers and saying no to drugs and

alcohol, but also about staying safe from Covid-19.

Remind them to wear their masks in school, as mandated now by New York state. Tell them to maintain social distancing, and to cover their mouths when they cough, and to stay home when they’re feeling sick. And don’t forget about handwashing — lots of handwashing with good old soap and water.

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Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine receiving full approval by the federal Food and Drug Administration for those 16 and over, we should all feel confident about its efficacy and safety. It will now be marketed as Comirnaty, according to the FDA. For those ages 12 to 15, the Pfizer vaccine will continue to be available under an emergency-use authorization.

The Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are likely to receive FDA approval for 12- to 17-year-olds in the coming months.

Clinical trials are still under way to test all three vaccines for children ages 5 to 11.

It’s uncertain when, precisely, they might receive approval under emergency-use authorization for this age group. It could be as early as this fall, though that seems unlikely now. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has said that authorization would more likely come by late December.

The bottom line for parents: Have your children vaccinated as soon as humanly possible.

letters Happy birthday, President Johnson To the Editor: The late President Lyndon Johnson was born Aug. 27, 1908. Many remember him for succeeding President John F. Kennedy after Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. Others remember him for his domestic Great Society program, which included civil rights, Medicare, Medicaid, the War on Poverty and public broadcasting. There was also foreign policy, most notably the Vietnam War. Few remember that the success of public transportation can be traced back to one of Johnson’s greatest accomplishments, which continues to benefit many Americans today. On July 9, 1964, he signed the Urban Mass Transportation Act into

ate. There’s no need to scare young children. They need to be reassured that they will be safe in school. Meanwhile, teens might need a more frank discussion.

PBS Kids for Parents has an excellent primer on “How to Talk to Your Kids About Coronavirus” that’s worth a quick read. You can find it at www.pbs.org/parents/thrive/how-to-talk-to-your-kidsabout-coronavirus.

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n the 1987 movie “The Princess Bride,” Vizzini, a Sicilian assassin, warns Wesley, also known as the Dread Pirate Roberts, “You fell victim to one of the classic blunders — the most famous of which is, ‘Never get involved in a land war in Asia.’”

The United States fell into that classic blunder when it ignored 19th-century British debacles during the First AngloAfghan War (18391843) and the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1880) and pretended it could avoid the ALAn fate of the Soviet Union in the SovisinGer et-Afghan War (1979-1988).

A 1979 internal memo to the Soviet Union’s governing Politburo explained why “nation building” by the Soviet Union was doomed to failure. The reactionary forces described in the memo are now known as the Taliban.

“The Afghan reactionary forces,” the memo stated, “are very skillfully taking advantage of the almost complete illiteracy of the population, complex interna-

tional and intertribal conflicts, religious fanaticism and nationalism. Subversive actions, sabotage and the resistance of the overthrown class of exploiters are deepening the economic problems, lowering industrial and agricultural output, as well as hampering business activity, raising prices and reducing the influx of revenue into the state budget.”

The memo warned the Politburo that “the use of Soviet troops in repressing the Afghan counterrevolution would seriously damage the international authority of the USSR.” In his 2010 memoir “Decision Points,” former President George W. Bush tried to justify the 2001 decision to invade Afghanistan and the prolonged war that followed. This wasn’t just about revenge for the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, or a strategy to kill Osama bin Laden and destroy Al Qaeda.

According to Bush, “Afghanistan was the ultimate nation-building mission. We had liberated the country from a primitive dictatorship, and we had a moral obligation to leave behind something better. We also had a strategic interest in helping the Afghan people build a free

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erhaps every candidate for president should be a certified historian.

Letters law. It has resulted in the investment of several hundred billion dollars in public transportation under grants from the Federal Transit Administration, which before 1991 was known as the Urban Mass Transit Administration.

Even with Covid-19, millions of Americans continue using various public transportation alternatives, including local and express buses, ferries, jitneys, light rail, subways and commuter rail services. Investment in public transportation today contributes to economic growth, employment and a stronger economy. Dollar for dollar, it is one of the best investments we can make.

LARRY PENNER Great Neck Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office.

State is now offering Excluded Workers Fund To the Editor: New York state’s Excluded Workers Fund, which is intended to provide much-needed relief to workers cut off from government unemployment bene-

society. The terrorists took refuge in places of chaos, despair and repression. A democratic Afghanistan would be a hopeful alternative to the vision of the extremists.”

The nation-building task was “more daunting” than Bush and his advisers anticipated because of their ignorance about Afghanistan and because they apparently never consulted either Wikipedia or the CIA World Factbook. It is a mountainous region of tribes, clans and linguistic groups, with millions of people who have little connection to those outside their locality or village. The constitution of Afghanistan, written in 2004 under U.S. auspices, recognizes 14 major ethno-linguistic groups. The largest is the Pashtun, who make up almost half of the population of the country and are the dominant group in the Taliban.

If only the Bush administration in 2001, or policymakers in the Obama and Trump administrations, had watched “The Princess Bride” or had access to the Soviet Politburo memo. I found it, quite easily, translated from Russian to English, on the website of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

The memo, “Our Future Policy in Connection with the Situation in Afghanistan,” became available to the public in 1993.

As President Biden made clear in a speech to the American public, “After 20 years, I’ve learned the hard way that there was never a good time to withdraw U.S. forces [from Afghanistan] . . . There is no chance that one year — one more year, five more years or 20 more years of U.S. military boots on the ground would’ve made any difference.”

After the diplomatic, military and human disaster in Afghanistan, maybe there should be a constitutional qualification for becoming president of the United States: that a candidate be a certified historian. The American Historical Association and the Organization of American Historians could review all candidates the way legal organizations review potential judicial appointments.

Dr. Alan Singer is a professor of teaching, learning and technology and the director of social studies education programs at Hofstra University. He is a former New York City high school social studies teacher and editor of Social Science Docket, a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for the Social Studies. Follow him on twitter at https://twitter.com/AlanJSinger1.

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fits and stimulus checks during the pandemic, is now accepting applications.

Any workers who were not eligible for enhanced Covid-19 pandemic unemployment benefits can apply. The funds do not need to be paid back, and this relief is available regardless of immigration status.

Please visit https://dol.ny.gov/EWF for more information and to apply.

I thank state leaders for their efforts to maximize the scope of our Covid-19 relief initiatives. In the weeks ahead, I look forward to sharing information about the Excluded Workers Fund at community events and with our local faith and civic leaders to ensure that economic relief reaches the maximum number of Nassau residents possible.

CARRIé SOLAGES Nassau County legislator, Lawrence

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