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A socially distant surprise McVey kindergarten class salutes teacher on a special Mother’s Day By BRIAN STIEGlITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com

Courtesy Patsy Mustafich

KINdERGARTEN STudENTS AT McVey Elementary School, in East Meadow,, surprised their teacher, Danielle Page, with a car parade on May 10 to celebrate the birth of her son, Tyler. Sebastian Mustafich cheered while his mother, Patsy, drove past Page’s house.

Throughout the school year, the students in Danielle Page’s kindergarten class at McVey Elementary School, in East Meadow, were “watching her belly grow,” as 5-year-old Sebastian Mustafich described it, and planning to throw a class baby shower at which they could meet her first child. But when schools closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, the children’s plans were put on hold. And in late March, Page gave birth to a boy,

and she and her husband, Thomas, named him Tyler. But that didn’t stop the students from celebrating with her: On May 10 they held a car parade outside her house in Seaford to honor her first Mother’s Day as a mom. “At his age, the teacher isn’t just a teacher,” said Patsy Mustafich, Sebastian’s mother, describing Page as a mother figure to her son and his classmates because of “her warm and kind ways.” While the class parents couldn’t throw her a baby Continued on page 3

Students empower their cross-state peers, virtually By BRIAN STIEGlITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com

Anjali Aggarwal, a junior at W.T. Clarke High School in Salisbury, has been spending her time during the coronavirus pandemic helping students who want to improve their public speaking skills. Kate Li, a junior at Howland High School in Youngstown, Ohio, is also an avid public speaker, and has been meeting virtually with students to teach them different styles of debate. And Jason Cai, a junior at the MacDuffie School in Granby, Mass., has been teaching students how to speak Mandarin

and French. The three recently launched a nonprofit called Empower Expression, which offers free mentoring to high school students in a variety of fields, including public speaking, design, music, writing, language and film production. “We just really wanted to help other people with their confidence and with their communication skills,” Li said, “to help guide their future and careers.” Aggarwal added that their mission became even more pertinent because of the pandemic. “I feel like [our mentees] are benefiting from having someone to talk to and learn from,” she said.

“Being alone could be very isolating, and virtual mentoring is something that could bring people together right now.” The three students met last summer in the Harvard Pre-College Program, a two-week course for high school students who live on and take classes at Harvard’s campus in Boston. Li is Empower Expression’s president and executive director. She has experience in congressional and public forum debating, is a Ted-Ed Student Talk leader and has taken part in piano competitions for 12 years. Aggarwal, the vice president and secretary, has been a standout in writing and business competi-

tions on a regional and international level. And Cai is a native Mandarin speaker who is fluent in French. “We all stayed in touch after the end of the [Harvard] program, and that led us to start working together on Empower Expression,” Aggarwal said. The group is hosting its first #SpeakForT heAr ts Online

Debate Tournament June 6-7. There will be two divisions, one for high school students and another for graduates, and include three categories of debate: Public Forum, Lincoln Douglas and Congressional. Public Forum is a debate between two teams of two, and focuses on issues and questions Continued on page 3

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McVey class welcomes teacher’s infant shower, they thought a socially distant tion, however, and his mother couldn’t celebration “would bring a world of hap- see him, because her hospital, like all piness to her,” Mustafich said, “consider- others, restricted visitation to prevent ing giving birth during a pandemic is the spread of Covid-19. definitely the last “That was diffit h i n g a ny wo m a n cult,” she said. would want to do.” “But you do what “She was very you gotta, do and touched, and this gesfor that little boy ture filled everyone’s I’d do anything.” hear t,” she added. This is Page’s “Being able to do this ninth year at for her for her first McVey. For the first Mother’s Day was four years she was priceless.” a teaching assisPage said she was tants. surprised to hear During her honking two Sundays mater nity leave, ago, and opened her she stayed in condoor to see 16 cars, all tact with her class decorated with postvia email, and sent e r s a n d b a l l o o n s. the children picInside them, her stutures of her with dents cheered and Tyler. On May 13, waved. “It was good she began teaching to see those kids,” she them again via said. “I think we all Google Classroom, needed it.” danieLLe Page’s Kindergarten class and sending them T y l e r Pa g e w a s at McVey Elementary School surprised her a s s i g n m e n t s t o born two months earcomplete at home. lier than expected. with a car parade to celebrate the birth of Each school day Asked to describe her son, Tyler. mor ning, McVey how the pandemic P r i n c i p a l Ke r r y affected her pregnanDunne uploads the morning announcecy, Page said, “This was actually my ments on the YouTube channel Good first [pregnancy] so I really feel like I Day McVey. She always includes an didn’t know any different.” She added inspiration quote, called the “McVey with a laugh, “Which I think helped the Mighty Kind Moment of the Day.” On situation.” Tuesday it read, “If you can’t find the Tyler had to spend 30 days in incuba- sunshine, be the sunshine.”

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Photos courtesy Patsy Mustafich

Page oPened the door of her home in Seaford to see 16 cars decorated with balloons and posters. “It’s hard because you want to go to school, and you want to go out and play, and you’re missing parties,” Dunne said of life during a pandemic. But, she explained to her students, “finding the sunshine” means looking for alternative

ways to celebrate with friends — like the kindergartners’ car parade, helping Page celebrate her special Mother’s Day — and understanding that you will see them in person again.

Mentoring group to host its first fundraiser June 6-7 continued from front page in U.S. current affairs. Lincoln Douglas is a morality debate between two individuals, in which each argues a scenario based on a philosophical or economic value. And in Congressional debates, participants argue for the passage of bills and mandates, like the U.S. Congress. The tournament will be held in partnership with United 4 Social Change, a nonprofit that supports civic action projects. The tournament will be hosted by classrooms.cloud using the same format as the National Speech and Debate Organization. Registration is available at speakforthearts.tabroom.com. To compete in the Lincoln Douglas and Congressional debates, participants pay a $3 fee. To compete in the Public Forum debate, teams pay a $5 fee. The registration deadline is May 28, and the payment deadline is May 31. The debate tournament will be Empower Expression’s first fundraiser, and the money it raises will provide supplies, like musical instruments and film equipment, to mentees who cannot afford them. Nicholas Esponoza, a sophomore at Clarke, has been involved in the program since it began in January, as a mentee of Aggarwal. The two met through the school’s DECA business club, in which

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Esponoza is on the board of directors. Esponoza said that he was an avid business student, but has had trouble sharing his ideas with a crowd. “I’ve always been kind of a shy person, and been in a lot of situations where I have to speak in front of people,” he said. “In business, you have to have good public speaking skills, and I knew I had to receive assistance to be more successful in the DECA club.” Although all of this spring’s DECA events have been canceled, Esponoza has practice his skills by videoconferencing with Aggarwal. “I think it’s very helpful, and we need to get the word out,” he said of his time with Empower Expression. “There’s a lot of people in our community and in Ohio who want to take an interest in things, but they don’t have the resources to get [help].” Empower Expression is seeking other mentors and mentees. Those who are interested can sign up at www.empowerexpression.org. Potential mentees will be asked about their interests and skills, and will be paired with one of roughly 20 mentors who were recruited from the founding members’ communities and networks. Potential mentors will also be asked about their skills and experience before being interviewed by Aggarwal, Li and Cai.

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Kate Li, a junior at Howland High School in Youngstown, Ohio, top left; Jason Cai, a junior at the MacDuffie School in Granby, Mass., and Anjali Aggarwal, a junior at W.T. Clarke High School, recently launched a nonprofit called Empower Expression, which offers free mentoring to high school students in a variety of fields.

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BEAChES ARE SET to open across New York state on May 22, in time for the Memorial Day weekend. Local cities and town, however, have the authority to keep them closed. Above, a view of Long Beach before the Covid-19 pandemic.

New York beaches to open May 22: Gov. Cuomo By SCoTT BRINToN, JAmES BERNSTEIN and KAREN BLoom sbrinton@liherald.com; jbernstein@liherald.com; kbloom@liherald.com

New York state will allow beaches to open next Friday, May 22, in time for the Memorial Day weekend, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at his daily briefing Friday. The governor said, however, local towns and cities can decide to extend the order barring access to beaches beyond that date, if they deem it necessary. The reopening of beaches will take place in tandem with New Jersey, Delaware and Connecticut, which has already reopened certain of its beaches. The new order came one day after a bipartisan group of state senators called on the governor to create a plan for safe reopening of the beaches. Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Long Beach Democrat, joined the nine senators in asking Cuomo to establish “an inter-jurisdictional task force to coordinate and execute” beach reopenings. Nassau County beaches have been

closed since Cuomo issued the first New York Pause order in late March, shutting down most businesses and public places in an effort to slow down the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. On May 14, the governor continued the New York Pause order through May 28, with the option and ability to extend enforcement of the order through June 13. The order applies to five of the state’s 10 regions, including Long Island and New York City. On May 1, 13 town supervisors from across Long Island gathered to begin developing plans to open their recreational facilities, including beaches. “The theme of our discussion was that the Covid-19 pandemic does not follow town borders, and it’s necessary to collaborate on our best practices and strategies for summer programs and services,” Hempstead Town Supervisor Donald Clavin said. “Working together as a team and maintaining communication will be key to providing the safest environment.”

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NASSAu CouNTy ExECuTIvE Laura Curran announced the opening of county tennis courts during her update on the Covid-19 pandemic on May 15.

C.E. details tennis guidelines, Memorial Day parade By BRIAN STIEGLITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com

Residents were already swinging their rackets on the tennis courts at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow on Friday morning when Nassau County Executive Laura Curran detailed the guidelines by which athletes must abide. Nassau officially reopened its tennis courts on May 15 amid Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s announcement earlier this week permitting the reopening of certain low-risk business and recreational activities. Nassau County is following the guidelines of the U.S. Tennis Association. Players could only play singles, or one-on-one, as opposed to doubles. There must be one empty court separating players’ matches. And players must bring their own tennis balls. “Everyone is doing a great job with golf and I know our residents are smart and they will continue to do a great job on tennis,” Curran said, referring to the reopening of golf courses. The announcement also came as Long Island fulfilled five of seven metrics needed to launch Phase One of reopening. Five of the state’s 10 regions began Phase One on Friday, which includes construction, manufacturing, curbside retail, wholesale trade, agriculture, forestry and fishing. Long Island most recently met its fifth benchmark, as hospitals now have more than 30 percent of their beds available. Curran said that Long Island had long been “right at the razor’s edge” of meeting such a requirement until reach-

ing it Friday morning. Now, Long Island must see a 14-day decline in hospital deaths and fewer than two new hospitalizations per every 100,000 people. “Despite our overall downward trends, if we get a one-day increase the clock stops and we have to start over,” Curran said of the former requirement. On Friday, county hospitalizations were down 35 percent at 677, the number of patients on ventilators was down 14 percent to 197 and there were 121 confirmed new cases bringing the total to 38,864. The county also had 11 new reported deaths. Curran also announced the county’s plans for Memorial Day weekend amid Gov. Cuomo’s announcement that the state would allow beaches to open at 50 percent capacity starting on May 22. “This is very exciting,” Curran said. “We live on an island. We love our beaches and it’s one of the reasons many of us chose to live here.” Curran announced that the countyowned Nickerson Beach in Lido Beach would be open and monitored by lifeguards. “But we have to remember what Memorial Day is about,” Curran added. “Yes it’s about starting summer, but its about honoring the people who lost their lives protecting our freedoms.” The county will also be holding a car parade on May 25 starting at Nassau Coliseum and leading to the Veteran’s Memorial at Eisenhower Park, where there will be a short ceremony streamed live on Facebook.

Reopen L.I. protest draws nearly 300 facemasks and held signs with specific pleas to reopen, others waved Trump 2020 flags and signs touting a variety of rightA crowd of nearly 300 assembled in a leaning opinions. vacant lot on Hempstead Turnpike in East But Zagaja said that her intentions Meadow on May 17 to call for the end of were never to polarize or take a stance on Gov. Andrew Cuoany issue other than mo’s business shutlifting Gov. Cuomo’s downs on Long restrictions on busiIsland. nesses. The protest had “When you have a been planned a week rally like this, you in advance on a Faceend up with people book group called Rewho have their own Open Nassau County, agenda,” she said. created by Debbie “They’re there and Zagaja, of Merrick. have every right to be In the days leading there like we do. But up to the event, it certain posters and sparked controversy signs are not reprewhen shared across a sentative of us . . . We number of local comfeel that small busimunity Facebook nesses are the backRouGhLy 300 pRoTESTERS gathered groups. bone of Long Island T h e p r e v i o u s on Hempstead Turnpike in East and there’s no reason week, President Don- Meadow on May 17, in a rally calling why these businesses ald Trump tweeted a for the reopening of L.I. business. can’t open and open video from another safely. That’s really local protest in Comour only mission.” mack at which a News 12 reporter was Last Thursday, Gov. Cuomo extended berated by a group of protesters who the New York Pause stay-at-home order for chanted, “fake news is not essential.” the Long Island region and New York City Some of the protesters from Commack through May 28. The reopening process were at the East Meadow event and a will happen in four phases and five of the group of people held a large sign with the state’s 10 regions began Phase One on Frisame quote. While many of the group wore day.

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By BRIAN STIEGLITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com

Photos courtesy Debbie Zagaja

ThE pRoTEST wAS the first in East Meadow to be organized by a Facebook group called Re-Open Nassau County. Long Island will reach Phase One once the region sees a 14-day decline in hospital deaths and fewer than two new hospitalizations per every 100,000 people. Zagaja said that the mandates are too “strict” and “hard to attain.” One of her signs at the rally illustrated her sentiment, reading “Stuck at Phase Zero.” Zagaja said she has worked protests on the other side as a 30-year officer of the Freeport Police Department, who is now retired. In organizing the rally, Zagaja

reached out to local Nassau County police and a number of officers were monitoring the event. She and her co-organizers chose the vacant lot in East Meadow because its space would allow protesters space to stay safe social distance. Although many in the crowd did not stand six feet apart. Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said it wouldn’t be safe for police to enforce social distancing guidelines among when such a large crowd had already formed.

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The Nassau CouNTy Police Department paraded in front of Mount Sinai South Nassau on May 13.

NCPD, county exec thank MSSN workers By Nakeem GraNT ngrant@liherald.com

The Nassau County Police Department blared their car sirens as they paraded in front of Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside to thank their health care workers on May 13. County Executive Laura Curran and Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder both thanked front-line workers for their efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic. “Over the last several weeks, we’ve all been through this battle together,” Ryder said. “We will come back, and we will come back stronger than ever.” Curran said the tenacity and professionalism shown by MSSN’s frontline workers gives her hope for the future. “This crisis did not create heroes. It revealed the heroes who are already among us,” Curran said. “You are those heroes.” The celebration, Ryder explained, was also held for the NCPD to thank the hospital staff for aiding a police officer who needed emergency treatment after he had suddenly collapsed on duty in March. “The work that was done in the emergency room and the ICU room was what saved our officer’s life,” Ryder said. “We want to thank all of our first responders working in the hospitals for doing what’s right to keep our communities safe, and more importantly, doing what is right to keep my members safe.”

healThCare workers applauded and thanked the NCPD for their support. Nassau CouNTy poliCe Commissioner Patrick Ryder, at lectern, thanked front-line workers for their efforts during the pandemic. The Nassau CouNTy Police Emerald Society Pipe Band performed at MSSN.

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In a plan aimed at restarting the economy, Northwell Health is working with public health officials to provide antibody testing to first-responders across Long Island and Westchester County, Metropolitan Transportation Authority transit workers and low-income and predominantly minority communities throughout the region to help identify and deliver care to those at highest risk of covid-19. Antibodies are proteins that help fight off infections. Antibody blood tests show if people have had a previous infection with COVID-19. It’s unclear if those antibodies can protect people from getting infected again, but many who contract the virus had mild or no symptoms, so the test confirms whether they had the virus previously and also helps show the prevalence of COVID-19 within various communities. In response to the higher prevalence of COVID-19 cases in low-income and minority communities, Northwell and the state Department of Health will begin offering antibody and diagnostic testing this Wednesday, May 13 at 24 churches in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, Manhattan, Staten Island, and Nassau and Westchester counties. The free tests will be offered by appointment only Wednesday, May 13 through Sunday, May 17 and the following week from May 20 to 24. Diagnostic testing will be offered on different days from antibody testing to limit the exposure of patient populations. To find a location and make an appointment, call 833-4CARENY. Police, fire and EMS workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic are being offered free antibody testing through the Nassau and Suffolk departments of health. Northwell has already processed more than 2,500 antibody tests from Long Island first responders. First responders can book appointments through each county’s department of health. In addition, Northwell Health-GoHealth Urgent Care is finalizing an agreement with the MTA to provide antibody testing

to its transit workers. In mid-April, the MTA joined forces with Northwell HealthGoHealth to provide Covid-19 diagnostic testing to symptomatic transit workers at its 52 urgent care facilities throughout the metropolitan area. “It’s imperative that we provide this critical testing to our front line heroes and the local communities that have been hardest hit by this,” Dwayne Breining, the executive director of Northwell Health Labs, said. “We now have the capacity to handle thousands of antibody tests per day. This testing provides quick and reliable testing results which are crucial to understanding how the virus has spread and will be critical to opening up our economy.” Recently released data by New York State found a greater infection rate in communities of color, including a correlation between newly admitted patients hospitalized for Covid-19. Data shows that 20 of the 21 zip codes driving current patient admissions have greater than average African American and Latino populations. Two of the most impacted communities in Brooklyn and the Bronx revealed as communities of color are also lower-income and have a greater percentage of Covid-19 hospitalization and infections than New York City overall. “One way we can protect our most vulnerable communities is by making testing more easily accessible in the communities that need them most,” Michael Dowling, the president and CEO of Northwell Health, said. “The quicker we can expand access to testing in low-income communities, the quicker people can be diagnosed and isolated from family members and friends and reduce the risk of spreading the virus.” Besides the MTA, Northwell HealthGoHealth Urgent Care is also providing access to testing for the New York State Police, New York City Police Department and New York City Fire Department. In addition, antibody testing will be provided to New York Racing Association employees at Belmont Racetrack.

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Food for THoUGHT Restaurateurs speak on what it’ll take to reopen fully Lisa Livermore, owner Bayou Jones Merrick “We did takeout, including pick-up and curbside delivery, for about two weeks,” said Lisa Livermore, owner of Bayou Jones in Merrick, “but when the announcement came that the virus was going to peak in April, we thought that it would be the best for the safety of our staff and our customers to temporarily close Bayou Jones. “People come to us not only for our great food but for the atmosphere and the music and the staff — it’s a complete package, not just the food,” Livermore said. “And I miss that atmosphere horribly. For anyone who works in a restaurant, part of your social life is meeting and greeting new people. Our staff is like a family, and the customers are an extension of that family. “There are so many variables to reopening that we’re unsure about, including if we have to close again after we open. We haven’t been resting while we’ve been closed — we’re trying to think of five

to 10 different plans to take action depending on how things play out. “We just filled out an application for outdoor dining at the restaurant, and if that gets approved, that could be huge — we could return to a full menu. We also are working on a smaller, more concise takeout menu. “We’ve taken this time to reassess on how we can do business in this new environment, and we’re looking at this as a long-term change. It’s a much more precarious situation than it was three months ago. “I think it goes without saying that restaurant people are goodhearted people in our community, and a lot of them have fallen on their swords to take this huge financial hit — and possibly the demise of their business — for public safety. I think it goes to show the character of the industry as a whole.”

Frank Borrelli, owner Borrelli’s Italian Restaurant East Meadow Borrelli’s Italian Restaurant, in East Meadow, was celebrating its 65th anniversary when the Covid-19 pandemic hit. Sitting across Hempstead Turnpike from Nassau Coliseum, Borrelli’s draws a crowd of guests coming from sporting events and concerts — including members of the New York Islanders after games at the Coliseum, their former home. Even when the Coliseum closed for repairs roughly four years ago, Borrelli’s yielded a steady crowd by hosting community events in its party room. But when businesses first shut down in mid-March, Borrelli had to cut his staff by 50 percent for the first time in the restaurant’s history. He explained that he had to lay off his entire wait staff, and he would rehire them once restaurants are permitted to open again. Because of Borrelli’s reputation, Town of Hempstead Supervisor Donald Clavin invited him to speak at a news conference on May 12 at which Clavin unveiled legislation authorizing restaurants to

Sal Mignano, owner The Leaky Lifeboat Seaford Sal Mignano, of Seaford, is the owner of The Leaky Lifeboat Inn, on Merrick Road in Seaford. Just a few months ago, the cozy neighborhood bar was a welcoming saloon for locals. Mignano is hoping that once Phase 3 of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s four-phase plan is complete, his business can return to attracting South Shore patrons inside. “I think there will be a big pop in the beginning once bars reopen,” Mignano said. “I do think that the majority of people will still be wary of it, though, so we will have to see how it plays out after the initial open.” He was clear that reopening a bar might be a bit more of a guess than reopening a restaurant. The Seaford business owner also owns three restaurants – VauxHall and New Wave Burrito Bar in Huntington and Elsie Lane in New Hyde Park. He said that he has been and will most likely be able to continue to supplement income with takeout and delivery.

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apply, free of charge, for temporary outdoor dining permits. Once Gov. Andrew Cuomo permits restaurants to start reopening, Borrelli said that he would use such permits to create seating arrangements in the restaurant’s parking lot to allow more guests to dine while following social-distancing requirements. Throughout the pandemic, Borrelli’s has also collected donations to send meals to frontline workers, yielding $74,000 over the past two months. “We have been given tons of donations and support from the community,” Borrelli said. “It really shows that we’re all in this together.”

He admits there will be some difficulties in reopening completely, even when current restrictions are loosened. He believes the stability of restaurants fully relies on the willingness of people to eat out. “To fully reopen, it will be pretty hard and will probably take longer,” Mignano said. “There will be a lot of restrictions, especially at first. I think it depends on the reaction people have when everything opens.” Mignano thinks the full reopening of restaurants may take about a year. He cautions that the road back to normalcy will not be easy to traverse. “Many businesses’ payrolls are going to be dictated by their businesses when reopening,” he said. He noted that this would be a large factor for the service workers labor force. Mignano added that the Paycheck Protection Program loans were helpful at the onset of social distancing. “They helped; they were great loans,” he said. “It was a bit hard to do them at first, figuring out how to get forgiven on the loan and such. I’m not sure they had it all figured out at first, but it worked out. They’ve been a great help.”

eateries, is ready and eager to open. Tim Murray, director of promotions and son of founder-owner John Murray, said the restaurant and bar has maintained the most stringent health standards throughout the lockdown. “We could open tonight, if we got the go-ahead,” he said. “My understanding is that bars can open once we reach Phase

3” of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s four-phase plan. “And we can start doing concerts again once we reach Phase 4.” Murray was not prepared to estimate when that might be, however. “It could be June; it could be July. There’s just too much that’s unknown at this point.” The South Shore institution is better prepared than many to weather a long-term shutdown. Even so, “We’ve had to let our part-time staff go — bartenders and waitresses.” The restaurant received loans under the federal government’s Payroll Protection Program for full-time staff, as well as some funding under the Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program. As far as other business, “We haven’t been doing curbside catering,” Murray said, “but we plan to start tomorrow. But that doesn’t make up for that much of a restaurant’s business.” Murray didn’t want to speculate about the amount of a restaurant’s regular business could be recouped through curbside orders, but he thought 10 percent would be a conservative figure. “It’s not enough for most restaurants to survive on,” he said.

Sacred Heart embraces virtual education

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StudentS at Sacred Heart Academy began the shift to virtual education on March 16. ly 15 minutes long depending on the lesson that day. Sacred Heart has used Google Classroom daily as the main source of communication. The screencasts and daily lessons, assignments and homework are posted on Google Classroom. Teachers post all material by 8 a.m., and the students are required to hand in all assignments by 5 p.m. to be marked “present” for the class. “It was a huge and quick transition, but overall everyone has kept an open

mind and continues to work hard to make sure that our students have the best remote learning experience possible,” said Shirreffs, who is also the music department chairwoman at Sacred Heart. The Sacred Heart teachers and students have since embraced this new style of learning. Some remote-learning projects include sending students on virtual field trips to museums in history class, having them create their own concerts in chorus class, submitting science projects for an online science research sympo-

sium, and assigning art projects that have to do with working from home, among other assignments. In addition, Sacred Heart’s Advanced Placement government and theology classes will be the first classes in Sacred Heart’s history to go almost paperless for the entire year. This online technique officially took effect on March 16. Since then, parents have expressed their appreciation and gratitude for this new platform on an educational and personal level. “Sacred Heart has been doing a wonderful job,” said Sacred Heart parent Melissa Maher. “As an educator myself, I am so impressed with how the school hit the ground running and began their online learning in such a professional and steadfast manner. My daughters are both working very hard and I can see all the learning that is going on. We are appreciative that you were ready for this challenge and had an excellent system in place.” Joann Schwartz, another parent at SHA, said she appreciated how supportive the school faculty has been for her daughter, Sophia. “While Sophia is doing her work, I often hear the teachers speaking and I am so impressed and happy that she is surrounded by such love and support,” Schwartz said. Courtesy Sacred Heart Academy; compiled by Nakeem Grant

Meadowbrook sends heart to students’ homes Teachers and staff from Meadowbrook Elementary School in the East Meadow School District brought positivity to students through their “From Hearts to Homes” initiative on May 1. With schools officially closed for the remainder of the year, Principal Kelly DiScalfani and Assistant Principal Meredith Broxmeyer wanted to connect their staff with students in a safe but meaningful way. Together, they wrote a special poem and created a collage of staff members for the students. Meadowbrook staff signed up on a voluntary basis to pair up with a coworker to deliver the materials to the students’ homes. Everyone in the school took a part in the planning and preparation for this event. The school’s custodial staff assisted with the preparation by setting up the parking lot for material distribution. The school’s secretary mapped the delivery routes and paired the teachers. Meadowbrook teachers, teaching aides, clerical staff, monitors and administrators then met in the school parking lot to collect the “From Hearts to Homes” materials, and were given gloves and a masks. These volunteers then delivered the meaningful gifts around the Meadowbrook community. Students and families were thrilled and surprised when a knock came to their door and they were greeted by familiar faces. “‘From Hearts to Homes’ was an

deniSe BorSt, a teaching assistant as Meadowbrook Elementary School, delivered poems and collages to students’ homes on May 1 as part of the school’s “From Hearts to Homes” program. amazing team effort by the entire Meadowbrook staff,” said Broxmeyer. “We miss our students so much, and it was our way of showing support for them during this very difficult time.” –Brian Stieglitz

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Gina Walker, left, and Donna Maltese, right, both monitors at Meadowbrook Elementary School, were at a students’ home sending a poem and collage, from a distance, through the school’s “From Hearts to Homes” program.

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During the unprecedented events caused by the Covid-19 global pandemic, Sacred Heart Academy showed its dedication to the success and education of its students by making the transition to an online education platform, without any delay in learning. Sacred Heart became one of the first schools on Long Island to employ its online learning program, beginning with classes on March 16. SHA’s online model provides the full, unabridged curriculum for its students to ensure that they will be prepared for their next academic step. When the possibility of closing school due to the pandemic became apparent in March, members of SHA’s EdTech team — Caroline Walsh, Kristen Schreiner, Terry Shirreffs, and Kathryn Mulholland — began to execute their plan for school to continue virtually and coached the Sacred Heart faculty on how to appropriately and successfully conduct class from home. “As an Ed Tech coach I’ve been working with the faculty and students preparing for paperless learning for some time now,” said Walsh, who is also a history teacher at Sacred Heart. “Never in my wildest dreams did I think we would be using it this year to the extent that we are.” The education model of Sacred Heart’s online learning platform is using the tool Screencastify to record daily lessons for the students. The videos are approximate-

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Local church group ministers with masks “They don’t give the same level of protection as surgical masks or the N95s,” Geng Vassilakis added. “But people can It has become common over the past wear them as covers for surgical masks, two months to enumerate the ways in so the masks will last longer.” And even which the country failed to prepare for cloth masks can help prevent contagion, the coronavirus pandemic. But those especially when worn by those who have problems have also given rise to a range tested positive for Covid-19. of humanitarian cottage industries, like Recently, the group also began sewing ad hoc grocery delivery services and the elastic headbands with large buttons on production of protective gear either side, for those who for first responders and frontwear their masks for long line workers. periods. Geng Vassilakis Holy Trinity Orthodox explained that the straps hurt Church, in East Meadow, some people’s ears, and that began such an effort in fastening them around the March, when its Sisterhood buttons alleviates the discomof Our Lady of Kazan estabfort. lished a “mask ministry” for Many of the community’s its members. The parish, own front-line workers which serves all of southeastreceived masks weeks ago. ern Nassau County, including Now the group also supplies Seaford and Wantagh, counts local health care facilities, police officers, firefighters, NaNcY gENg like Mercy Hospital, where emergency medical techniparishioner Shelly Krzeminscians, nurses and at least one VaSSIlakIS ki is a nurse. nursing home mana g er ‘Mask ministry’ Each mask takes about 20 among its members. minutes to make, Geng Vassicoordinator The team was led by lakis said, and to date, the parishioner Nancy Geng Vasteam has made more than 600 silakis, of Merrick, who has her own of them. Sisterhood members Alexis business making custom jewelry and dec- Acheson, who is a nurse, and Tamara Ligorative fabric items. “[Parish President] uori, a retired Nassau County police serLoraine Babaian had some really beauti- geant, handle most of the deliveries, crissful antique fabric from the 1960s and ’70s,” crossing the county. Geng Vassilakis said. “I cut the fabric into Holy Trinity’s pastor, the Very Rev. 6-inch by 9-inch rectangles, [and parishio- Martin Kraus, said the initiative embodners] Valerie Eagen, her daughter Ruth ied the church’s Christian values. “This is Ann and Mary Ann Crowley sewed pairs a unique point in history,” he said, “and of the rectangles together,” adding straps it’s really inspiring to see our parishioand reinforcement across the nose. “The ners stepping up, extending themselves masks are 100 percent cotton, and they’re both for their fellow parishioners and for reversible and washable.” the whole community.”

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Olga MElNYk, TrEaSurEr of the Holy Trinity Orthodox parish, received communion from the church’s pastor, the Very Rev. Martin Kraus, for the first time since the statewide pause order in March.

Some churches resume public worship In the nearly two months since Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued his stay-at-home order, most local churches have abided by it, suspending regular services. As the state began easing some restrictions last week, some churches offered worship services to a limited number of members. Parishes in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre were to remain closed, according to a May 12 letter from Bishop John Barres. But other denominations were allowing small numbers of members to return, while monitoring the results carefully. Seaford’s St. Gregory of Nyssa Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church already allowed some members to join in its services, starting with the Easter liturgy, according to its pastor, the Rev. Andrew Gromm. And at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, in East Meadow, which serves Seaford, Wantagh and most of the South Shore, worship resumed on a limited basis on Sunday, with the first public liturgy in two months. Services at Holy Trinity that will be open to parishioners will be limited to Sunday communion liturgies. All others — weekly vespers, vigils, the daily Paraklesis service and memorials, for example — will continue to be available

only via streaming. The church has streamed its services for over two years, but smaller parishes, like St. Gregory’s, do not have that capability. Holy Trinity will invite families to attend on a rotating basis, with no more than 10 attendees per service. “This week we allowed a limited number of parishioners to attend,” the church’s pastor, the Very Rev. Martin Kraus, said. Attendees included a much-reduced choir; Kraus; his wife, Matushka Dennise Kraus; and a half dozen members of the parish council. Others who wanted to receive communion could do so by appointment after the service. “No one should just show up,” Kraus cautioned. There were some questions, he added, about whether the government had the constitutional authority to order churches closed. The First Amendment’s Establishment Clause forbids any measure restricting the “free exercise of religion.” Like many jurisdictions, Kraus said, the Diocese of New York and New Jersey, which includes Long Island, posted updated guidelines for public liturgies last week. He added that the parish would err on the side of the safety of its members, their families and their communities. NaNcY gENg VaSSIlakIS helped coordinate the creation of more than 600 colorful handmade masks, using antique material. THE MaSkS, 100 percent cotton and washable, were designed to protect the surgical masks worn underneath them, so they could be used more than once.

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LEGAL NOTICE ANNUAL MEETING NOTICE OF ANNUAL SCHOOL AND LIBRARY MEETING AND ELECTION EAST MEADOW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual meeting, budget vote and election of the East Meadow Union Free School District will be held on June 9, 2020, by absentee ballot only, on the following separate matters: 1. Proposition 1 The estimated expenditures for school purposes (school budget) for the ensuing school year 2020-2021 and authorizing the levy and collection of the necessary taxes thereof. 2. Proposition 2 - Turf Field - WHEREAS, on March 7, 2017, the voters of East Meadow Union Free School District, in the County of Nassau, New York (the “District”) approved the expenditure of not to exceed $44,244,720 for the construction of improvements and enhancements to various school buildings and sites, substantially in accordance with a plan prepared by the District with the assistance of John A, Grillo, Architects (the “Original Project”); and thereafter the Board of Education authorized the issuance of not to exceed $44,244,720 bonds and the levy of a tax in installments to pay said bonds and the interest thereon; and WHEREAS, the Board of Education has now determined that it is necessary and desirable to modify the Original Project in accordance with a revised plan prepared by the District’s architects to provide for the construction of two artificial turf fields with green crumb rubber and the elimination of one grass athletic field, which modifications will increase the cost of the Original Project by not to exceed $2,582,080; RESOLVED: (a) That the Board of Education of the District is hereby authorized to modify the Original Project by (i) eliminating the grass field proposed to be constructed at East Meadow High School, and (2) constructing an artificial turf field with green crumb rubber at East Meadow High School as well as an additional artificial turf field with green crumb rubber at the main site of W.T. Clarke High School; and to expend therefor, including equipment, machinery, apparatus and ancillary or related site, demolition and other required work, preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the financing thereof, the amount of not to exceed

$2,582,080; and (b) that a tax in the amount of not to exceed $2,582,080 is hereby authorized to be levied and collected in installments in such years and amounts as shall be determined by the Board of Education to pay said cost; and in anticipation of such tax, the Board of Education is hereby authorized to issue bonds of the District in an amount not to exceed $2,582,080, and a tax is hereby authorized to pay the principal of and interest on such bonds. 3. Proposition 3 The estimated expenditures for library purposes (library budget) for the ensuing school year 2020-2021 and authorizing the levy and collection of the necessary taxes thereof. 4. Any other questions or propositions as to matters or expenditures or authority to levy taxes that may be presented for a vote under the Education Law. NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that voting upon the estimated expenses for school and library purposes for the school year and the election of members of the Board of Education and Library Board will be held on June 9, 2020, by absentee ballot only. VOTING will be by absentee ballot only, such ballot to be mailed to each identified qualified voter of the East Meadow School District by the office of the District Clerk. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that at said vote and election to be conducted on June 9, 2020, two (2) members are to be elected to the Board of Education and one (1) member is to be elected to the Library Board as follows: (a) two members of the Board of Education for a full term of three (3) years, commencing July 1, 2020 and expiring on June 30, 2023. (b) one member of the Library Board for a full term of five (5) years, commencing July 1, 2020 to succeed Ellen Matishek, incumbent, whose term of office expires on June 30, 2020. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the election shall be held in accordance with the Rules for the Conduct of Meetings and Elections adopted by the Board of Education and applicable law. NOMINATIONS OF CANDIDATES PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that candidates for the offices of member of the Board of Education and member of the Library Board shall be nominated by petition. Candidates for member of the Board of Education run at large. Each candidate petition for the office of member of the Board of Education shall

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Clerk of a written report of the results of the ballot for the purpose of examining and tabulating said reports of the results of the ballot and declaring the result of the ballot. The Board hereby designates itself to be a set of poll clerks to cast and canvass ballots pursuant to Education Law Section 2019-a, subdivision 2b at said special meeting of the Board. Dated: May 5, 2020 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION EAST MEADOW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK Jeanne M. Puma District Clerk 121937 LEGAL NOTICE REUNIÓN ANUAL AVISO DE REUNIÓN Y ELECCIÓN ANUAL DE LA ESCUELA Y BIBLIOTECA EAST MEADOW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT PUEBLO DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK POR EL PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que la reunión anual, la votación del presupuesto y la elección de East Meadow Union Free School District se llevará a cabo el 9 de junio de 2020, sólo por voto ausente, en los siguientes asuntos individuales: 1. Propuesta 1: los gastos estimados para fines escolares (presupuesto escolar) para el siguiente ciclo lectivo 2020-2021 y para autorizar el gravamen y la recaudación de los impuestos necesarios correspondientes. 2. Propuesta 2: campo de césped. POR CUANTO, el 7 de marzo de 2017, los votantes de East Meadow Union Free School District, en el condado de Nassau, Nueva York (el “distrito”) aprobaron el gasto de no más de $44,244,720 para la construcción de mejoras y ampliaciones de varios edificios y lugares de la escuela, sustancialmente de acuerdo con un plan preparado por el distrito con la ayuda de John A. Grillo, Arquitectos (el “proyecto original”), y, subsecuentemente, la Junta de Educación autorizó la emisión de bonos que no excedan los $44,244,720 y el gravamen de un impuesto en cuotas para pagar dichos bonos y el interés que de ellos se derive; y POR CUANTO, la Junta de Educación ahora ha determinado que es conveniente y necesario modificar el proyecto original de acuerdo con el plan revisado preparado por los arquitectos del distrito para prever la construcción de dos campos de césped artificial con caucho pulverizado verde y la eliminación de un campo

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NOTIFÍQUESE TAMBIÉN que en la votación y elección que se realizará el 9 de junio de 2020, se elegirán dos (2) miembros de la Junta de Educación y un (1) miembro de la Junta de la Biblioteca de la siguiente manera: (a) dos miembros de la Junta de Educación para un periodo completo de tres (3) años que comenzará el 1 de julio de 2020 y finalizará el 30 de junio de 2023. (b) un miembro de la Junta de la Biblioteca para un periodo completo de cinco (5) años que comenzará el 1 de julio de 2020 para suceder en funciones a Ellen Matishek, cuyo mandato finaliza el 30 de junio de 2020. NOTIFÍQUESE TAMBIÉN que la elección debe llevarse a cabo de acuerdo con las Normas de Realización de Reuniones y Elecciones adoptadas por la Junta de Educación y la ley aplicable. NOMINACIÓN DE CANDIDATOS NOTIFÍQUESE TAMBIÉN que los candidatos para los cargos de miembros de la Junta de Educación y miembros de la Junta de la Biblioteca deben ser nominados por solicitud. Los candidatos a miembros de la Junta de Educación se presentan en general. La solicitud de cada candidato para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Educación debe estar dirigida a la secretaria del Distrito Escolar, a cargo del superintendente, y debe establecer el nombre y el domicilio del candidato. Cada vacante por completarse por fideicomisarios de la Junta del a Biblioteca se debe considerar un cargo específico y separado. Se debe pedir una solicitud por separado para nominar a un candidato para cada cargo en particular. Cada solicitud para candidatos para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de la Biblioteca debe estar dirigida a la secretaria del Distrito Escolar, a cargo del superintendente, debe establecer el nombre y el domicilio del candidato y debe describir la vacante específica en la Junta de la Biblioteca para la que el candidato es nominado; esta descripción debe incluir al menos la duración del cargo y el nombre del último titular. Cada solicitud debe presentarse en la oficina de la secretaria del distrito no después de las 5:00 p.m. del 11 de mayo de 2020. No hay un número mínimo de firmas requeridas para la petición de nominación. La petición de nominación puede ser enviada por correo electrónico, por fax o por correo al Secretario del Distrito. REGISTRO PERSONAL DE VOTANTES

TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que cualquier residente del distrito escolar que no esté ya registrado para votar y desee ser un votante registrado para esta elección puede registrarse en la junta electoral presentando una solicitud en línea para el registro de votantes ante el Departamento de Vehículos Motorizados a https://dmv.ny.gov/morei n f o / e l e c t r o n i c - v o t e rregistration-application. TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que la presentación oficial del presupuesto escolar adoptado se llevará a cabo a distancia el 27 de mayo de 2020 a las 7:00 p.m. La presentación oficial sobre el presupuesto bibliotecario propuesto se llevará a cabo a distancia el 27 de mayo de 2020 a las 5:30 p.m. TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que el presupuesto escolar propuesto para el 2020/2021 está disponible para los residentes del distrito, si lo solicitan, desde el 26 de mayo de 2020 en el sitio web del Distrito. El presupuesto bibliotecario propuesto para el 2020/2021 está disponible para cualquier residente, si lo solicita, desde el 26 de mayo de 2020 en el sitio web de la biblioteca pública de East Meadow. TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que, conforme a la sección 495 de la Ley del Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles, un informe de exención donde se detallen las exenciones de los impuestos de los bienes inmuebles debe estar disponible y anexado a cualquier presupuesto tentativo, preliminar o final. TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que la boleta ausente será enviada por correo a la dirección establecida en los libros de registro de electores, a más tardar seis (6) días antes de la elección. Las papeletas ausentes deben ser recibidas por el Secretario de Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. del 9 de junio de 2020. ASIMISMO, TENGA EN CUENTA que los votantes militares que no estén registrados actualmente pueden solicitar registrarse como votantes calificados del distrito escolar. Los votantes militares que sean votantes calificados del distrito escolar podrán enviar una solicitud de boleta electoral militar. Los votantes militares pueden indicar su preferencia de recibir una solicitud de registro de votantes militares, una solicitud de boleta electoral militar o una boleta electoral militar por correo postal, fax o correo electrónico en dicho pedido de solicitud de registro, solicitud de

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By Dr. Scott EckErS In the last two articles, I outlined the history of some of the people who lived and worked at the corner of what is now Prosp e c t Ave n u e a n d E a s t Meadow Avenue. Here are a few photographs showing the East Meadow Hotel, its owners, and its neighbors. © Scott Eckers D r. S c o t t E ck e rs i s t h e author of East Meadow (in Arcadia Publishing’s Images of America series). He is a trustee on the East Meadow Board of Education and serves as a teacher and administrator in a nearby school district. He is also an entertainer and recording artist.

hEinrich SchultzE’S BAr was a popular meeting spot in East Meadow around the turn of the century. It is remarkably intact at the Old Bethpage Village Restoration’s Noon Inn.

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thE SchultzE FAmily, owners of the hotel from 1893 to 1914, stands in front of their hotel during the 1890s. Arthur DAniEl hoEFFnEr poses with his automobile in this undated prewar photo. The home of Charles and Emma Steck is shown behind him, across current-day East Meadow Avenue. The photographer is facing east toward what became Meadow Dairy. A hunting pArty gathers outside Andrew Hoeffner’s East Meadow Hotel, c. 1914. The Meadow Brook Club on Merrick Avenue would frequently sponsor fox hunts across the Hempstead Plains. This photograph has been reprinted several times without the hunted animals, which diminishes its significance.

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likE mAny othEr Long Island hamlets, East Meadow farmers grew many potatoes on the open fields. Here, Andrew Hoeffner and his horses work a potato grader, sorting the crop by size.

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home and have a contract saying we’d be done by March 30th. As work moved along, the contractor got sick and had many family emergencies, and the workers stopped showing up. We got upset when they came back around the holidays, then stopped again after we paid a big check, right before the new year. We feel as though the contractor is just running a Ask The Ponzi scheme, taking Architect money and then disappearing. We had checked him out and seen other jobs, thought we did our homework, but feel like we failed. We just found out he was working under another contractor’s license. We started a lawsuit and reported him to Consumer Affairs. Now we have to find another company. onte eeper How do we avoid having this happen again?

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years as an architect, I’ve met many business people. Every year we go over our files, and I sigh at how many characters I remember who came into various projects and either disappeared or disappointed. Fortunately, it’s a smaller number than the successes, but there are telltale signs I have come to know and can share. In selecting the replacement, if every time you call them it goes to voicemail and you can only speak to them if they call back, they’re going to be a communication problem. If I’m busy on my cellphone, I’ll hit the button that says I’ll call you right back, because people need acknowledgement and a call back, especially after giving a payment. It’s always best to call an office number and hear a live, human voice to leave a message. I find that many people purposely block others from knowing who’s calling, which is a problem because when you call a cellphone, looking for instant gratification, using a “private caller” identification, stop and think about the person you’re calling. Maybe they really are on another call, or maybe they saw a number they don’t recognize and believe they’ll be drawn into a call from a solicitor. So set up the specific way you’ll be communicating, and confirm that the other party agrees. If every time you speak to them you either get a different excuse or they don’t follow through or they give you a task to keep you occupied, be very concerned. Do your follow-up right away, and set specific times to speak. If they keep failing to meet commitments, you have to cut the cord, and hopefully your contract has such a mechanism. My clients may wince at such wording about how and why we may part ways, but it’s a necessity in a good agreement. There are legitimate reasons for construction delays. People really do get sick or have family emergencies. Confirm that there’s an alternate, a site manager or other responsible party so that lines of communication are open and direct. Good luck! © 2020 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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f there’s one overarching economic lesson the coronavirus pandemic is teaching us, it’s that the United States has become over-reliant on other nations for critical manufacturing capacity. It’s time we brought this production home. As the pandemic struck here, U.S. authorities found themselves scrambling for all sorts of medical supplies that are mostly produced overseas. From surgical masks to ventilators to pharmaceuticals, America’s hospitals and alfonse health care workers were left at the d’amaTo mercy of foreign companies. But those companies often had other priorities. When the pandemic began in Wuhan, China, Chinese authorities mandated that production of critical health care supplies be channeled to domestic use. This “China first” policy left the American health care system short of the items we need to fight the virus here. The U.S. has scrambled valiantly to make up these deficiencies, with our companies converting their production to make these critical medical supplies. In the best example of this, General Motors, in a

matter of weeks, converted an auto parts manufacturing facility in Indiana to the manufacture of ventilators. Now, as the demand for ventilators is subsiding in the U.S., these machines can be exported to other nations that need them. American enterprise and inventiveness will come to the rescue of sick patients around the globe. That model of self-sufficiency should guide American manufacturing policy from now on. The entire supply chain should be examined for all of our critical industries, to incentivize bringing production back home. Health care workers shouldn’t be left short of masks and gowns. Patients shouldn’t be deprived of life-saving equipment and medicine. One thing Congress should immediately reinstate is a tax incentive that for years helped keep production of pharmaceuticals much closer to home. It made Puerto Rico a major manufacturing center for critical drug supplies. But when it was allowed to expire, the production of these drugs moved mostly to Asia. Bringing this production nearer to home again is in America’s national security interest, and could help revive Puerto Rico’s moribund economy. That’s not the only manufacturing that

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should be brought home. The world economy runs on computer chips. They’re in everything we use. And America has a great chip industry. But other nations heavily support their production of computer chips, and then dump them in the U.S. at below true cost. The Trump administration is wisely reviewing U.S. trade policy in this area, and there is great promise that much of the world’s future computer chip production could take place right here. New York is particularly well positioned to take advantage of this new manufacturing surge, because we have some of the world’s premier computer chip research, development and manufacturing capability. There are other areas where this clearer-eyed trade and manufacturing policy should prevail. In the most recent financial rescue package, U.S. airlines were given substantial relief, totaling some $25 billion. That’s understandable, because they are suffering dramatic declines in passengers through no fault of their own. But when these airlines start flying again, it would be reasonable to require that as they buy new planes in the future, they buy American. They’ll be surviving on taxpayer dollars, and we should be flying on American-built planes.

ur health care workers shouldn’t be left short of masks and gowns.

The same goes for other major U.S. manufacturing. American auto manufacturers have received substantial federal government support during hard times. They should bring supply-chain production back to the U.S. The parts that go into American cars should be made here, not overseas. And for years, Asian nations have been dumping solar panels to the U.S. at below cost. That should stop. We can and should make solar panels. That means jobs for workers who produce and install them. Other American energy sectors deserve support, too. The dumping of oil by Saudi Arabian and Russian despots during the pandemic has severely wounded U.S. oil producers. While cheap gas right now may be a welcome boost to our economy, losing our domestic oil and gas production to this unfair foreign oil dumping isn’t in our longterm national interest. A national energy policy that helps stabilize the world oil market and keeps U.S. production alive is. The next decade will be a challenging time for American companies and workers. We will be emerging from near Depression-era levels of economic carnage and job loss. Bringing jobs home and helping our economy to recover is America’s No. 1 job. Al D’Amato, a former U.S. senator from New York, is the founder of Park Strategies LLC, a public policy and business development firm. Comments about this column? ADAmato@liherald.com.

What is your mother’s doctor’s license plate number?

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e’re all caught in the password paradox: We need passwords that we can remember but that are odd and complex enough not to be memorable. As we get older, this is challenging. This week, for example, I stepped into the credit card quicksand and began sinking fast. It actually started last month, with an email from a major credit card company (name withheld, because I’m not that stupid) with which I’ve been doing business for many years. The note said that I would be getting a brand new card, just because. I was perfectly happy with my old card; RandI there were no kReIss issues; my bills got paid; but they wanted to share the “great news” that a new card was on its way. I proceeded to file that great news in the area of my brain reserved for stuff like remembering to book a colonoscopy. Then, a few days ago, the card arrived. Immediately, Inspector Clouseau (a.k.a. my husband) said, “How do you know who sent the card? Why should you get a new card

you didn’t ask for? Maybe it’s just a scam.” Man, life is hard enough these days. A deadly pandemic is sweeping the globe. We haven’t been out of the house in days. Do I really think people are out there trying to trick me into accepting a new credit card? Very possibly. Still I proceeded. I looked over the card and did what it said, which was to go to the company’s website and verify the card, thereby authenticating my existence. Suddenly, the shoe was on the other foot. The company was fine, but I had to prove who I am. Shouldn’t be a problem. I called the number indicated and got a young man with a foreign accent who might have been wearing a mask, because I could barely hear him. Also, I may be hard of hearing. He was definitely working from home, unless he brings his screaming toddlers to his office somewhere on the subcontinent. He asked me my name. “I want to ask you some questions, Randi,” he said, quickly getting very familiar. It was past my bedtime, and I just wanted to be done with this nonsense. “Please verify your address,” he said. Check. “Please verify your earlier address.”

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Check. “What is your mother’s maiden name?” I told him. I was starting to sweat. “What was your first car?” Thank heavens I remembered that my parents gave me a 1965 Mustang, which they later took away from me and gave to my sister, who sold it at quite a profit 15 years later. But where was I? “What is the name of your favorite pet?” I looked at Lillybee and wondered, did I give them dog No. 1 or dog No. 2 or Lillybee? I took a shot, and guessed right. We were good. Now the inquisitor asked, “What is your verbal password?” “I don’t have one,” I said. “Apparently you do,” he responded. “I don’t remember it,” I said, now desperate to be done with the interrogation. “You need to tell me your verbal password,” he said, “or I can’t authenticate your card.” “Pomegranate,” I snapped, figuring I’d take a shot. “No, madam,” he said. “But I can give you a hint.” “What is this, ‘Jeopardy’?” I asked him. “I need to be done with this call. You have my name and my address and the last digits of

hank heavens I remembered that my parents gave me a 1965 Mustang.

my Social Security. You know more about me than my husband. Can’t you OK the card?” “No, madam,” he said. “But the verbal password starts with ‘e.’” Look, I said, we could be here all night before I come up with the right word. Then I whispered, “OK,” totally defeated. “Elephant?” “No,” he said, but then countered, “We can accept the last four digits of your checking account.” I yelled for Inspector Clouseau, who was in the next room, wearing headphones, bingeing “Homeland” and also fast asleep. “I need our checking account number!” I screamed. The inspector was not pleased. “Who would need our checking account number and why?” he asked. “Clearly it’s a scam. Someone is phishing.” But we had no choice. We’ve become those gullible old folks who sign over their home to any friendly felon on the phone. Reluctantly, Clouseau got the number, and the credit card guy was finally mollified. He said he would authorize my account. He said I had to create a new verbal password. I did, and I recorded it someplace very safe … but I already forgot where that is. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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ov. Andrew Cuomo is set to open beaches statewide, including Jones Beach, on Friday. It is a moment we have all eagerly awaited, a symbolic gesture signaling we are starting to win the protracted battle against the coronavirus. We must not allow ourselves to become overconfident and complacent, however. As Dr. Megan Ranney, an emergency room physician and medical researcher at Brown University, noted on CNN last weekend, “This virus is so wily.” Just when you think you have beaten it, you haven’t. Case in point: South Korea. The country reported its first Covid-19 case on nearly the same day as the United States, in January. Unlike the U.S., however, the South Korean government conducted massive testing early, and began contact tracing to isolate the ill, while asking people to voluntarily practice social distancing and keeping large segments of the economy open. On May 5, South Korea reported only three new coronavirus cases, while the U.S. was reporting thousands per day, and South Korea had recorded just 250 Covid-19 deaths, compared to tens of thousands here, according to numerous published reports. With negligible levels of new infections and a relatively low death count, South Korea started to relax its social-distancing measures early this month. On May 2, South Korean officials reported, a 29-yearold man who had partied at five nightclubs on a single night in Seoul had tested positive for coronavirus, and infected roughly 80 others — and those were the 80 the government managed to track down. He partied among as many as 7,200 people that night, and the government was racing to find them all to ensure that the infected

Editorial update In our March 26-April 1 editorial, we called on Congress and President Trump to eliminate the $10,000 cap on the federal income tax deduction for state and local taxes, which is costing many Long Islanders thousands of dollars a year. Doing away with the cap would provide much-needed economic stimulus. self-isolate. At press time, authorities had identified 2,500. The man was what public health officials call a “super spreader.” A similar nightmare scenario could happen here if we are careless, and let’s state it plainly: Many Americans simply have not been as careful as the South Koreans. If New Yorkers are not vigilant as state officials ease stay-at-home orders, allowing us to again return to the beaches — and eventually stores, restaurants and schools — we could very well take a big step back, as was the case in South Korea. This past weekend, large groups of teenagers were seen cycling on the Wantagh Parkway bike trail on the way to Jones Beach, in violation of state social-distancing requirements. Many were in close contact but weren’t wearing masks, also a violation. Adults must model social distancing for young people. At the same time, parents and guardians must hold frank discussions with their kids, particularly teenagers who might venture out on their own, to explain the rules. Teenagers are social creatures. Indefi-

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letters We can all do our parts To the Editor: It has been heartbreaking not being able to be with my Ricky during this time at his residence for people with developmental disabilities. He has severe cognitive impairments, has never been able to speak and is now blind. He relies entirely on others for everything. That’s why, in all his 61 years, we have never gone this long without visiting his residence. During these frightening times, Ricky and most other vulnerable and defenseless New Yorkers are locked down and need direct caregivers, whose compensation does not reflect the essential nature of their work. Right now, so many frightening aspects of the coronavirus are out of our control. We don’t know who will be stricken, how our economy will fare and when this crisis will end. It’s a lonely time for so many of us. Through my many years of life and public service, I have found that when things spin out of control and we feel

Last Friday, the House of Representatives included the measure in its $3 trillion fiscal stimulus plan. That, in part, owed to strong lobbying by Governor Cuomo and the Long Island congressional delegation. We implore the Senate to negotiate in good faith on the House stimulus bill — and nix the SALT cap. nite self-isolation at home is among their worst nightmares. Now, at least, they will have the chance to head to the beach. Spending late spring and summer days on Long Island’s white-sand beaches is a rite of passage for many teens, particularly high school seniors who want to kick back for a few weeks or months after finishing school. They deserve to be able to do so, but they must do so responsibly. We all must. That means staying six feet apart from others, wearing a mask in public, washing your hands frequently for at least 30 seconds and not touching your face. If we follow these simple rules, we stand a much better chance of reopening New York safely, with minimal risk of a second infection wave. Otherwise, we could be South Korea. After the super spreader infected dozens in Seoul, Mayor Park Won-soon ordered all bars and clubs closed indefinitely. “Carelessness can lead to an explosion of infections,” he said. Remember those words this Memorial Day weekend if you are heading to the beach — or anywhere else.

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y most recent column, “Medicare for all could cost you a bundle,” was published in the March 6-12 issue. So much has transpired since then. For one, the world turned upside down. Two, the subject of that column, Bernie Sanders, ended his presidential bid and endorsed Joe Biden. So, you could argue, that column is no longer relevant. We no longer need to discuss Sanders’s Medicare for All proposal, a single-payer health insurance system controlled by the federal government. sCott Maybe. But I Brinton fear not. In that column, I wrote that Medicare for All would likely dramatically raise federal taxes for most Americans to fund health insurance for everyone, whereas our current insurance system costs us less because our employers pick up the lion’s share of our premiums. I compared the United States with Canada. The U.S., I noted, spends $13,722 per person on health care annually, compared with $6,448 in Canada. The average American family, though, pays $8,200 a year for health insurance, compared with $9,200 per individual in Canada. From a purely economic standpoint, there is thus no incentive to move to a Canadian-style single-payer system — if you have health insurance through your

employer, which 91 percent of Americans do, or at least did (I’ll get to that in a minute). Biden has said he would expand the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, if elected president, to make sure that a greater number of uninsured Americans are covered, with an eventual goal of insuring everyone. Democratic presidential primary voters have overwhelmingly voted for Biden, effectively endorsing his centrist approach to solving the nation’s health insurance crisis — and, yes, there is a crisis, and it’s only getting worse by the day. From 2010, the first year of the ACA, to 2016, the last year of Barack Obama’s presidency, the number of uninsured nonelderly Americans dropped from 46.5 million to just under 27 million, a decrease of nearly 42 percent, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, which studies health issues. In 2017 and 2018, however, the number of uninsured people increased by about 500,000 per year, as the Trump administration sought to limit enrollment in Obamacare as it worked to dismantle the ACA. Then the coronavirus pandemic struck. Now an additional 27 million Americans could lose their employer-based insurance because they are out of work, according to KFF. No job, no insurance. It is, as Sanders points out, a fundamental flaw of our employer-based system. In Canada, if you’re out of work, you keep your government-sponsored insur-

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ance. And during a pandemic, you really don’t want people running around without insurance. Sick people need to see a doctor. Period. The question is, how do we balance the clear economic benefit of employer-based insurance with making sure everyone is covered? The public option. Essentially, it would work like this: The federal government would create an insurance program that all Americans could buy into, which would compete with private insurers. Government subsidies would ensure that anyone, regardless of income or job status, could buy into the program. It would be much like Obamacare, but rather than allowing states to control their own insurance exchanges, which has caused something of a hodgepodge system, there would be one program, run by the federal government, similar to Medicare. Pete Buttigieg proposed the plan during his presidential primary bid. It is not, however, a new idea. Obama touted it during his 2008 presidential campaign. Obamacare was a compromise between what the president wanted and what Republican congressional leaders were willing to accept. Both liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans hated it, but it appealed to centrists in both parties — at least at first. As the so-called bases of both parties came to hold greater sway in the years after the ACA’s enactment, it became the

ure, I love Norway, but the U.S. isn’t Norway, and won’t be anytime soon.

Letters helpless, those of us who pray certainly should. After that, I always realize that while I cannot change everything, I can change something, even if it’s a small matter. So I buy dinner for the direct caregivers at Ricky’s house at least once a week. I also reached out to Dr. Julie Bates and her staff at Advantage Care Diagnostics & Treatment Center in Freeport. Dr. Bates and her amazing staff specialize in health care for people like Ricky, who can be so difficult to diagnose and treat due to their inability to communicate and their different way of perceiving changes in their health. Like so many health care professionals right now, Dr. Bates needed funding to protect both patients and staff. I donated $10,000 to help them with that. I also helped Plainview Hospital with a $5,000 donation in appreciation of the wonderful care they give people with special needs. I try to do something every day, like delivering food and helping organizations that seek to make a difference during these very dark days. We have to remember, appreciate and recognize the abundance of good work being done right now by so many unsung heroes who are, together, making a massive

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Can Cuomo do no wrong? To the Editor: Re Jerry Kremer’s column “Cuomo puts the other guy from Queens to shame” (April 30-May 6): Yes, President Trump is brash, vulgar and rude, but Governor Cuomo’s remarks and presentations receive universal praise, with some pundits floating him as a possible replacement for Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee. Little is made of the fact that New York has the most Covid-19 deaths of any state in the nation — 28,168 as of Monday.

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