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State officials OK changes to Belmont plan include a drop-off location and staging area for rideshare vehicles. New York State development There will also be a service officials approved a series of yard for trucks and emergency modifications to the nearly $1.3 vehicles on the north, east and billion Belmont Park redevelop- west sides of the retail village, ment project on connecting to a new Feb. 18. restricted-access The changes — entrance for emerThe Urban which of ficials gency vehicles at the Development from Empire State intersection of 109th Corporation ruled Development, the Avenue and Wellingthat the changes state agency that ton Road (see map, proposed at a promotes developpage 3). At the south public hearing in ment in New York, end of the retail vilDecember are presented to the lage, a short, twopublic in a virtual “appropriate in way, east-west road hearing on Dec. 21 would connect Belorder to improve — include relocatmont Park with the and advance” ing 25,000 square north and souththe Belmont Park feet of the projbound ramps of the redevelopment ect’s “retail vilCross Island Parkproject. lage” from a site way at Exit 26A. north of HempThese changes, stead Turnpike to ESD officials wrote one south of the in their decision to affirm the turnpike, and replacing a pro- proposed modifications last posed parking structure beneath week, would limit vehicular the retail village with a free- activity near Elmont neighborstanding, six-story, above-ground hoods. structure. To better serve shoppers at The retail village will include the retail village, as well as 10,000 square feet of retail space, Islanders fans and concert-goers dining and entertainment facili- attending games and shows at ties on the park’s north lot, and the UBS Arena, the state has also 340,000 square feet on the south agreed to build an above-ground lot. It will be accessible at Bel- parking structure with 1,500 mont’s Gates 5 and 14, and will Continued on page 3

By MEliSSA KoENiG mkoenig@liherald.com

Courtesy Nancy Rabinowitz

NANCY RABiNowiTz’S HoME in the Dallas suburbs suffered damage from burst water pipes.

Weathering the Texas storms

F.S., Elmont natives share their survival stories By MEliSSA KoENiG mkoenig@liherald.com

When Erica and Andrew Fox decided to move to Texas for its lower cost of living in the summer of 2015, they didn’t expect to do any more snow shoveling, but brought the shovel they had in Franklin Square just in case of an emergency. That decision proved to be fortuitous over Presidents Day weekend, when a winter storm struck the Lone Star

State and, coupled with record low temperatures, made many roads impassable and caused widespread power outages and burst pipes. “The storm wouldn’t have crippled the city or state of New York like it did here,” Erica said of her new hometown, Round Rock, Texas, just north of Austin, adding that the area only saw about six inches of snow. “It may have caused some power outages, but I highly doubt that the outages would have lasted as

long as they did here.” The difference, Fox said, is that neither Texas’s environment nor its infrastructure is equipped to handle snow. The trees don’t lose their leaves in the fall and winter, and those leaves are now coated in ice, she said, noting that some birds that tried to huddle near her house for warmth last week did not survive. Residents also struggled to stay warm in the freezing temperatures, and a number Continued on page 9

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A mAp of the Belmont Park redevelopment project, with the modifications in place.

Changes to Belmont redevelopment plan approved continued from front parking spaces. Parking would be free for shoppers, and others would pay at designated pay stations. The parking structure would be accessible from the northbound Cross Island at Exit 26A, but southbound drivers would have to use Exit 26B and head east on Hempstead Turnpike to Gate 14. Construction work on the facility may increase noise levels near Wellington Road and Hathaway Avenue in Elmont for more than 19 months, and will be visible from Huntley Road and other residential streets in Elmont along Hempstead Turnpike, but views would be reduced by a proposed 10-foot-tall wall with 12-foot-tall trees and landscaping on the side facing the neighborhood. The wall will extend to the southern perimeter of the site, along the backyards on Wellington Road, in response to public comments made on the proposed changes at the virtual hearing in December. The developers, New York Arena Partners — a consortium comprising the Islanders franchise, the Oak View Group and the Wilpon family — would maintain the trees and landscaping. The final change included in the 2020 Modification to the Belmont Park project is the addition of hydrogen fuel cell stations for the shuttle buses that would transport guests around the park and to and from the Elmont Long Island Rail Road station. The eastern platform of the station would be moved 125 feet west, and

the changes ■ Relocating 25,000 square feet of retail space from Site A, north of Hempstead Turnpike, to Site B, south of the turnpike. ■ Replacing the parking beneath the retail village on Site B with a six-story, freestanding, above-ground parking structure.

Courtesy Empire State Development

A rendering of Hempstead Turnpike, with the parking structure at right. a barrier blocking motorists’ view of Floral Park residents’ backyards would be extended 55 feet, due to the location of existing utilities. These changes would not result in “any significant adverse environmental impacts,” ESD officials concluded, and officials for the state’s Urban Development Corporation ruled that the changes were “appropriate in order to improve and advance” the project. They will not result in any additional costs, officials noted. But in order to approve the changes, ESD officials had to conclude that it would not be feasible or practicable to override local zoning laws. Under the

Town of Hempstead’s Building Zone Ordinance, the site south of Hempstead Turnpike — where the parking structure will be built — is zoned for residential properties, but the frontage adjacent to the turnpike is zoned as part of a business district to a depth of 100 feet. Additionally, state officials had to grant Arena Partners new subleases of the land to allow for a parking structure and retail space on the park’s northern lot, which will be converted to a direct ground lease between the two parties once construction is complete. Arena Partners would then make payments in lieu of taxes to the ESD, which would forward them to the local taxing entities.

■ Substituting the proposed landscaping berm separating the sites from Elmont neighborhoods with a 10-foot wall surrounded by plantings and landscaping along the eastern perimeter of Site B. ■ Adding a hydrogen fuel cell technology option for on-site shuttle buses. ■ Shifting the eastern platform of the Elmont Long Island Rail Road station to the west and extending the length of a visual barrier at the station. Construction of the retail village is expected to begin early next year, and construction of the Elmont LIRR station, as well as the 19,000-seat arena for the Islanders, is set to be completed in November 2022.

Courtesy Nassau County Police Department/Facebook

the officers visited the seniors they rescued from an Elmont house fire at their family member’s house on Feb. 21.

Seniors rescued from house fire in Elmont Four senior citizens were rescued from a house fire in Elmont on Feb. 20, and were transported to a local hospital for treatment. Nassau County police were called to the scene of the fire on Catherine Court that night, and upon arrival, Officers Brian Monahan, Anthony Tomeo and Gregory Errante escorted four occupants, ages 80, 78, 74, and 72, to safety. All four were transported to a nearby hospital for treatment by medic Annuziato, who also

Courtesy Sen. Anna Kaplan

LegisLation to criminaLize the sale of partially-finished firearm receivers that can be used to build unregistered firearms has passed the Senate.

Senate passes ghost gun legislation

assisted the officers at the scene. The Elmont Fire Department responded to the fire, and were assisted by several other fire departments, including Lakeview, Valley Stream and Franklin Square. Nassau County Arson/Bomb Squad detectives and fire marshals were also on the scene, and the Red Cross was notified, and responded. An investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing, but it does not appear to be suspicious at this time.

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Two bills to crack down on the sale of untraceable firearms, known as “ghost guns,” has passed the New York State Senate, and are now sitting in committees in the New York State Assembly. One, introduced by Sen. Anna Kaplan, a Democrat from Great Neck, would criminalize the sale of partially-finished firearm receivers that can be used to build unregistered firearms, and the other, introduced by Sen. Brad Hoylman, a Democrat from Manhattan, requires gunsmiths to register and serialize their firearms — or the frames and components used to make them — and prohibits anyone who is not a licensed gunsmith from manufacturing and assembling a firearm. Under current law, unfinished, or partially-finished receivers are not considered firearms, and therefore do not have to be registered. “The ‘unfinished receiver loophole’ in our gun laws allows too many dangerous ghost guns into our community every year,” Kaplan, who represents parts of Elmont and Franklin Square, said in a statement, “and with the rise of extremism across the country driving huge demand for these untraceable weapons, we must take action to close it right away.” ProPublica recently reported that the

Boogaloo Boys, a right-wing militia group that was involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, have embraced ghost guns as one of their preferred weapons, and just earlier this month, a 36-year-old Saratoga County man pleaded guilty to firearm charges after admitting that he conspired to build and sell ghost guns. Nearly 10,000 ghost guns were recovered by law enforcement nationally in 2019, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and gun violence has increased during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report from Everytown for Gun Safety. “Ghost guns are a clear threat to New Yorkers as they allow individuals who couldn’t pass a background check access to untraceable firearms,” said David Pucino, a senior staff attorney at the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. “These dangerous weapons are guns, and need to be regulated like guns.” “We applaud Senators Hoylman and Kaplan for their dedication to this critical public safety issue,” he continued, “and urge the Assembly to swiftly pass these life-saving pieces of legislation and continue New York’s tradition of standing as a nationwide leader on gun safety.” — Melissa Koenig

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Citing the stresses all around us during the coronavius pandemic, as well as the hard work and tireless efforts that have gone into redefining instructional approaches in the classroom, Gotham Avenue School officials decided to hold a mindfulness training during the staff ’s weekly faculty meeting on Dec. 2. The goal was to encourage them to take a moment to re-center themselves, reduce their stress levels and maintain physical

health. The staff members were able to choose two out of five offered activities throughout the day, including meditation, yoga, mindful walking, comedy, or calming music and art. All activities were led by Gotham Avenue staff members, who volunteered their time to help maintain and support the overall health of their colleagues.

Photos courtesy Sewanhaka Central High School District

H. Frank Carey seniors Alyssa Cowen and Jake Cavalli received Outstanding Physical Education Student awards.

Carey student-athletes recognized H. Frank Carey High School seniors Alyssa Cowen and Jake Cavalli received Outstanding Physical Education Student Awards on Dec. 7. The Nassau Zone of the New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance virtually honored two outstanding students from

2021 graduating classes across Nassau County who met the required Physical Education Outstanding Student criteria. As recipients of the award, both Cowen and Cavalli recorded brief video statements on Flipgrid that were played during the ceremony.

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GotHam avenue SCHool staff enjoyed a “Mindfulness Wednesday” on Dec. 2.

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Tuesday, March 2

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Elmont school board meeting

Teenagers in grades seven through 12 can pick up a kit from the Elmont Memorial Library through Feb. 22 to create their own, personalized 2021 calendars. Teenagers must register in advance to reserve a kit.

The Elmont UFSD Board of Education will hold its next public meeting virtually on March 1 at 7:30 p.m. A link to the meeting will be posted on the district’s website prior to the meeting.

Make tissue paper flowers

Friday, March 5

Teenagers in grades seven through 12 can pick up a kit of supplies to make tissue paper flowers from the Elmont Memorial Library through Feb. 23. Teenagers must register in advance to reserve a kit.

Intro to health and wellness Teenagers in grades seven through 12 can learn about health and wellness by watching an introductory video posted on the Elmont Memorial Library website on March 5. Registration is required.

Sorcery, or Science? Children in kindergarten through sixthgrade can watch as funny magician Madiri Magnificent performs a series of illusions, and try to determine whether they are witnessing sorcery or science in this pre-recorded program on the Franklin Square Public Library’s website.

Thursday, Feb. 25 Rotary Club meeting The Central Nassau County Rotary Club will have its next meeting virtually on Feb. 25 at 9 a.m. Guests can listen in by calling (646) 749-3122 and enterng the access code, 381-747-093.

Elmont library board meeting The Elmont Memorial Library board of trustees will be holding a budget workshop meeting on Feb. 26 at 6 p.m. Residents can join the meeting online, using the link posted on the library’s website, or can call (877) 309 - 2073 and enter access code 333-748-557.

Friday, Feb. 26 Make squash soup Teenagers in grades seven through 12 can visit the Elmont Memorial Library website on Feb. 26 to learn how to make squash soup. Registration is required.

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Dancing through history The Okra Dance Company’s professional dancers, musicians and storytellers will take guest on a journey through African-American history on Feb. 28 at 2 p.m. in a virtual program from the Elmont Memorial Library. Registration is required.

Saturday, Feb. 27 Girls who code Girls in grades six through 12 can learn the basics of coding in a virtual program from the Elmont Memorial Library on Feb. 27 from 12 to 1:30 p.m. Registration is required.

Opera singers of color lecture Tanisha Mitchell will discuss the legendary African American singers who performed at prestigious venues like the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala and the Royal Opera House, and play clips featuring the works of Marian Anderson, Leontyne Price, Paul Robeson and George Shirley in an online program from the Elmont Memorial Library on Feb. 27 at 2 p.m. Registration is required.

Celebrate African stories

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Teenagers in grades seven through 12 can celebrate African-American heritage by reading African stories with their families and other Elmont residents virtually on Feb. 27 at 6 p.m. Registration is required.

Monday, March 1

Sunday, Feb. 28 American dance performance The Okra Dance Company’s professional dancers, musicians and storytellers will weave history, education and community into a virtual performance showcasing how enslaved Africans flipped oppression into artistic innovation in music and dance in a program from the Elmont Memorial Library on Feb. 28 at 2 p.m. Registration is required, and a link will be emailed to all participants

Make origami Teenagers in grades seven through 12 can learn how to make origami by following a video tutorial on the Elmont Memorial Library’s website on March 1. Registration is required.

The Shailah Edmonds story Teenagers in grades seven through 12 can watch an inspirational lecture from Shailah Edmonds, a renowned model, singer and author whose story is a testament to the power of courage and persistence in this program from the Elmont Memorial Library on March 1.

Learn how to use Microsoft Excel at home in this program from the Franklin Square Public Library on March 6 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. A tablet or computer will be required to participate in the program. Registration is required.

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 mkoenig@liherald.com

The start times for Elmont UFSD schools will be adjusted on March 8. Those with pre-existing conditions are now eligible for the Covid vaccine. To report Covid cases in the Sewanhaka CHSD, email Covid19@SewanhakaSchools.org. The Franklin Square School District will offer Covid tests to students and parents on March 7. The Covid vaccination site at Belmont Park will be open based on availability.

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Alzheimer’s group funding NYU research The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, headed by former New York State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr., of Merrick, has awarded a $250,000 grant to NYU Langone Hospital in Mineola to expand and accelerate research that it is conducting to uncover the underlying causes of Alzheimer’s disease, with the goal of developing new treatments and slowing the progression of the disease. This AFA award follows a $100,000 grant in 2019 that began the cutting-edge research project. The NYU Langone clinicians and scientists are seeking to approximate brain behavior by reprogramming human cells derived from Alzheimer’s patients. Based on genetic information collected through voluntary blood donations from many patients, the team can distinguish where Alzheimer’s neurons diverge from healthy neurons, and from there take corrective action. This allows the team to then non-invasively explore the potential development of new treatments. The study is led by Dr. Allison Reiss, head of the Inflammation Laboratory at the Biomedical Research Institute at NYU Langone Hospital and associate professor of Medicine at NYU Long Island School of Medicine. Reiss is also a member of AFA’s Medical, Scientific and Memory Screening Advisory Board. “This new funding allows us to quicken the pace of our work and include participants with only mild cognitive impairment, allowing us to study subtle changes in the composition and metabolism of neurons before advanced Alzheimer’s has taken hold,” Reiss said. “The brain is the body’s most inaccessible and complex organ, making it extraordinarily challenging for scientists to develop new treatments and cures for Alzheimer’s,” Fuschillo said. “This grant enables the NYU Langone Health team to

Courtesy Alzheimer’s Foundation of America

The Alzheimer’s FoundATion of American recently awarded NYU Langone in Mineola a $250,000 grant to conduct research into the causes of and treatments for Alzheimer’s disease. Above, Dr. Allison Reiss, head of the Inflammation Laboratory at the Biomedical Research Institute at NYU Langone Hospital. expand the number of participants, perform additional cutting-edge work and accelerate the pace of this very promising research study. The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America is very pleased to make this investment in hope.” “Having cared for a loved one with Alzheimer’s, I know the impact this disease has on families and how desperately new treatments are needed,” said AFA founder and Chairman Bert Brodsky. “We’re hopeful that NYU Langone’s research can make a game-changing scientific breakthrough that will improve the lives of families affected by this terrible disease.” Reiss and her team have been gathering blood samples from individuals liv-

ing with Alzheimer’s, as well as those without the disease. From each blood sample, the research team isolates exosomes that originated in the patient’s brain. Exosomes are small particles shed from every cell, including neurons in the brain. These extracellular pieces, or vesicles, derived from brain neurons carry key genetic information. Researchers are investigating the differences in this genetic information between healthy people and those with Alzheimer’s. The aim is to use the information gained to reprogram Alzheimer’s neurons to behave more like those in healthy people. The research team is also testing a number of drugs for possible repurposing and use in Alzheimer’s disease, as

well as seeking new gene-editing approaches to treatments. The new grant will allow the study to expand the participant pool to include those with mild cognitive impairment. By comparing this group to the original pool of participants who have already progressed to full-blown Alzheimer’s, the earliest deviations from normal can be captured. The study is also being expanded to include first-degree relatives of individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease. Additionally, the grant will allow the team to accelerate the project by using more complex tools to analyze the effectiveness of novel treatments to restore cellular and mitochondrial function. Reiss is joined by Dr. Aaron Pinkhasov, chairman of psychiatry, and Dr. Irving Gomolin, chief of geriatrics, at NYU Langone on Long Island; Dr. Joshua De Leon, associate professor of clinical medicine at the NYU Long Island School of Medicine; and Dr. Lora Kasselman, assistant professor of foundations of medicine, and Dr. Thomas Wisniewski, the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman professor of the NYU Alzheimer’s Disease Center. According to Reiss, in the last two decades, only a handful of medicines were approved to treat Alzheimer’s disease, while the vast majority of clinical trials were halted. Trials typically rely on research first conducted on mice or using spinal fluid, and those often fail to replicate the complex neurological activity in the human brain. That contrasts with research to find cures for cancers of the liver, lungs and other vital organs, where it is increasingly common for pieces of tissue to be extracted for biopsies—and for profiling of cancer cells—to develop with optimal treatment regimens. To give to AFA, go to alzfdn.org/ donate.

Inside LI to host Black History Month webinar By nicole Alcindor nalcindor@liherald.com

In honor of Black History Month, Herald Inside LI will host a webinar featuring Black leaders on Long Island on Feb. 25 at 9:30 a.m. S p e a ke r s w i l l i n cl u d e P h i l Andrews, president of the Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce Inc.; Regina Armstrong, superintendent of the Hempstead School District; Frederick Brewington, owner, principal, civil rights lawyer and community activist at the Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington; Margo Cargill, CEO of Titanium Linx Consulting Inc.; and Daniel Lloyd, vice president of the of Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce, and founder and president of Minority Millennials Inc. The speakers will by Zoom discuss their industries and the culture of

today’s workplaces. They will also discuss how communities have adapted to social justice and racial equity issues, as well as provide insight on how leaders can best harness their influence to impact Long Island. To register to watch the webinar on the scheduled date or receive a recording of the event, go to LIHerald.com/BlackHistoryMonth. To sponsor a webinar or for more information, contact Amy Amato at aamato@richnerlive.com or call (516) 569-4000, ext. 224.

herAld inside li will host a webinar featuring Black leaders on Long Island on Feb. 25 at 9:30 a.m.

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Former F.S., Elmont residents battle the elements in Texas of people have died of carbon monoxide poisoning, which can occur when appliances like boilers, water heaters and portable generators are used inside without proper ventilation. Spikes in energy demand while the state’s power grid was already crippled by the storm resulted in a loss of power for more than 4 million households last week, according to representatives of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which oversees the power grid. Officials were unable to import power from another grid to make up for the shortage. Instead, power grid operators were reportedly conducting rolling blackouts, wherein one town would have electricity while the next town would not. By last Friday morning, however, only about 200,000 people still lacked electricity, and ERCOT ceased its emergency operations. Many residents were shocked by sudden increases in the cost of electricity. Prices spiked more than 10,000 percent when the storm hit, CNN reported, with real-time wholesale market prices on the power grid surpassing $9,000 per megawatt hour on Feb. 15, compared with prestorm prices of less than $50 per megawatt hour, according to Reuters. To make matters worse, many pipes cracked, and more than 800 public water systems serving 162 of the state’s 254 counties had to deal with damages to their main water lines last week, affecting 13.1 million people, a spokeswoman for the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality told The New York Times. President Biden declared a state of emergency on Sunday, making residents eligible for federal assistance. “I have never seen the Dallas area like this before,” said Nancy Rabinowitz, who moved to Texas from Elmont with her daughter, Rachel Assa, 24 years ago. “The

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the AssA fAmily cleared■snow■from■their■car■after■the■storm■on■Presidents■Day■weekend. whole city closed down, stores closed [and] schools closed,” Rabinowitz added, which gave Assa’s three children a chance to enjoy the snow, while no plows passed by. Stores, meanwhile, ran out of heaters, generators, kerosene, firewood and even clay pots with candles underneath to heat homes, Rabinowitz said, and “people emptied the grocery shelves like there was no tomorrow.” Rabinowitz said she lost electricity at her home in the Dallas suburbs for 29 hours after the storm, and when she finally got her power back, the pipes in her house broke in her house, and she didn’t have water for two days before she managed to hire a plumber to fix them. Dur-

ing that time, Assa said, Rabinowitz had to add water to her toilet’s tank to flush it, and use her other daughter’s house to take showers. But the situation “has been improving

little by little,” according to Addison Green, a meteorologist from Elmont who is now working for KHOU 11 News in Houston, and, Assa said, “Texas will come out of this just fine.”

organizations helping texas ■■ The■ Salvation■Army■ is■ providing■ residents■with■shelter,■food■and■other■necessities.

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ethAn, 8, And Benjamin■Assa,■12,■above,■enjoyed■their■first■snow■day. trees don’t lose their■leaves■in■the■cold■months■in■Texas,■according■to■Franklin■Square■ native■Erica■Fox,■so■the■leaves■were■frozen■in■the■cold■weather■that■hit■the■state■last■ week,■right.

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Baby, it’s cold outside Embrace the season — indoors and out

his winter season, like so much during the pandemic, is very different as Covid-19 is still very much a threat and we’re trying to do our part to stop the spread and stay healthy. The good news is that wintertime offers many opportunities to have some family fun — even during the pandemic. More good news? Masks to keep you safe from the virus keep your face warm in the winter too! Here is another piece of good news: with vaccinations now underway, the likelihood of a more normal winter next year is high. Keeping kids busy and focused during the pandemicinduced isolation has definitely taken its toll on all of us. It was burden enough when the weather was nice, but now that we’ve been thrust into our new normal of freezing temperatures, frequent snowstorms, etc., our quarantine life seems more challenging than ever. So while that family getaway most likely is cancelled this year, there are still plenty of ways to beat the winter blahs. Yes, family activities are a must right now — even getting outside. Go for a hike! Get your family — and doggo if applicable — and hit a trail or even the beach. Experience the unique appeal of the beach in wibter. Discover a new board game. Families can bond over the discovery and learning of board games. Newer-age games like The Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, and Carrcasonne offer fresh strategy. But classics like Monopoly and Candy Land are always winners. Complete a puzzle. Jigsaw puzzles are a great family/ team building exercise. Work as a team on one aspect of the puzzle, or assign a unique part of the puzzle to each family member. Reenact a favorite movie. With a quick search online, you should be able to find the script to a family favorite movie or favorite scene. Cast family members into their favorite roles and watch the movie magic unfold in your living room. Bake a new recipe. Find a new holiday recipe and bake it together. It is a great way to teach new skills, reinforce math skills, and start a family tradition. Also, since baking has elements of chemistry, there is an added academic component that is the proverbial — and literal — icing on the cake. Feed the birds. While plants sit dormant in winter, birds are still active, providing a great opportunity to aid our feathered friends. Kids can have fun making a simple birdfeeder, or buy one that sticks right to your window for up-close viewing. Put on a performance. Maybe you all learn the same dance, act out a short play, or have a family talent show. Distant relatives will be thrilled to tune in to a live steam and you’ll create a memory that will last a lifetime (especially if it is recorded!) Solve a (fictional) murder. For families with older children, you can spice up the traditional family game night with a murder mystery game. Get into the spirit of the whodunit with costumes and accessories, character backstories, and food or decorations to match the storyline. A quick online search will provide ideas to get you started. Make caring cards. Your family can create hand-made cards that you can mail or drop off to a local nursing home, senior center, hospital, police/fire station, schools, etc. People will appreciate the cards, especially during the pandemic. If you send the cards to schools, teachers will love the support, especially this year! Campout in the living room. This winter everyone could use a change-of-scene. Why not turn your living room into a bedroom and have a family campout? Create tents with sheets draped over furniture. Make sure to bring some books and read under the tents with flashlights! Make a list of new recipes to try. Designate one night of the week to test out each recipe. Each family could be in charge of one of the recipes.

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Do a room makeover. Or even just rearrange the furniture, in the kid's rooms or playroom so they can have a change of scenery without leaving home Research a new outdoor spot. Explore it and plan a day around it and enjoy the adventure! Go through clothes and toys and donate to those in need. It will feel good to clean out your closets and help others Host a virtual Bingo night via Zoom. Invite friends or family to join in. Offer prizes you can mail to the winners. Build a snow fort or a snowperson. Weather allowing of course! Add to the fun by having hot chocolate outside under the stars. Set out chairs at least six feet apart and invite the neighbors. Research places to volunteer. Helping others will help lift your spirits. Many non-profit organizations are open to having volunteers safely either remotely or inperson. Contact some of your favorite local organizations and ask them how your family can help. Host a neighborhood food drive. Food pantries now need pantry donations as demand has increased significantly during the pandemic. Post flyers around the neighborhood or put them in mailboxes. Set a goal — maybe one can for each day of winter? Contact your food pantry of choice to find out if they have specific needs and when you can drop off the donations. Art night! Choose one night (or day) each week to create something amazing together. It could be a large banner with an inspirational message, vision boards, placemats displaying the holiday cards you received this year, a magnificent centerpiece using items from nature — anything goes! Learn a new sport together. This might be cross country skiing, snowshoeing, skating, speed walking, weight lifting, gymnastics, running, or anything that your family is interested in exploring. Staying active this winter will be important for your physical and mental health. n

Above photo: Winter can be a tough time of the year, even under the best of circumstances. Thanks to the chilly temperatures and lack of sunlight, many people deal with the winter blues on an annual basis — and that was before we ever heard the phrase “social distancing.” With a little creativity (and even a few extra layers), you might even find new reasons to love the wintertime!

If it wasn’t for your grade school children, you may have never heard of the term STEM learning. Initiated by the National Science Foundation, STEM education stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. While the geezers in the back (ahem, that’s us!) played with Barbies and G.I. Joes, this emphasis on instilling an attitude of curiosity and inquiry for children of a young age is quite highly regarded. As parents, we should be introducing our children to the scientific method, a systematic and logical approach used to answer a question or solve a problem. This lets our children see the world from a different perspective and gives them the desire to learn how things in the world actually work, and why they are the way they are. STEM games for kids are a great way to have a kid or teen's mind practice different ways to solve problems, thinking through each step like a game of checkers. Here are some creative ideas. Galaxy Rocket Ship Recommended ages: 3 and older MagnaTiles has turned into a household brand, so its partnership with CreateOn just seems like a natural fit. With the Galaxy Rocket Ship, your child can unlock a world of learning about planets and the solar system. Side one builds a rocket ship, while side two includes all the planets of the solar system, two versions of the sun, the moon, and an astronaut. Botley 2.0 Recommended ages: 5 and older If you’re tired of having your kids sit in front of a screen (I’m talking to you, remote learning), then Botley 2.0 is a great choice. It lets kids enjoy educational, screen-free STEM fun with handson coding and critical thinking without the need for a phone or tablet. Children will code their way through obstacle courses with simple sequences and explore ways to code through colors and movements. Kodable Recommended ages: 5 and older Kodable is a STEM curriculum that allows kids as young as kindergarten to learn coding basics. The award-winning learnto-code program provides easy-to-follow lessons and games that can be done at home. With Kodable, kids through fifth grade have the opportunity to think like a programmer and grow to learn how to write JavaScript. Shashibo Recommended ages: 7 and older Tap into a child’s imagination with Shashibo, which is just as interesting as the name suggests. The shape-shifting box (that sort of resembles origami?) transforms into more than 70 shapes. If you have the opportunity to get more than one, your child will be able to combine several cubes to build even larger shapes, sculptures, and structions. n Above photo: STEM toys help your child dabble in critical scientific fields in a fun way, building mental bridges to move them ahead of the crowd faster.

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With children spending more time than ever on electronic devices during the coronavirus pandemic, concerns over cyberbullying have been on the rise. On Feb. 11 State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach, hosted a virtual roundtable to discuss the issue and how to combat it, including pending legislation, which would establish a task force on cyberbullying to study its effects on the state’s youth. The bill is currently out of committee and awaits a vote on the Senate floor. The Assembly version of the bill remains in committee. “This is an issue that needs to be front and center,” Kaminsky said, noting that early intervention among children should be a priority. Included among the panelists were local teenagers, Valley Stream Central High School student, Solomon Akaeze, 15, and Baldwin High School student Ashley Ganesh, 17. Both spoke about the value of fostering good communication between parents and their children over safe social media practices. “You can’t stop youth from having sex, but you can educate them through sex ed., and in the same way, you can’t stop youth from using technology, but you can educate yourself and your children about the right way to use social

media,” Akaeze said. “This cold-turkey mature enough,” said Katie Schumachpolicy where parents take away their er, founder of, ‘Don’t Press Send,’ a children’s technological devices isn’t campaign to educate children on safe going to work because technology is technology use, adding that parents not going away. Kids will always find a who insist on getting their children phones in middle school should get way to get access to technology.” “There are some scary people on them burner phones and implement social media and my parents never strict rules for its use. For Sue Moller, a guidance counselor checked my text messages when I was at Lynbrook High School, younger,” Ganesh said, she said, her children are noting that she received home more often for virher first cell phone when tual classes because of she was 11. “If my parthe pandemic, which in ents were to say to me tur n gives them more n o w, ‘ g ive m e yo u r access to technolo g y. phone,’ I would say no However, for her youngbecause that’s an invaest, an eight-year-old son, s i o n o f m y p r iv a cy. she has established rules Instead of taking away for when he can use his your children’s phones, device. adults need to teach “My son is not on them, so that they can social media,” she said. “I recognize the good and bad on social media.” State Sen. Todd Kaminsky also don’t give him the passwords to his iPod. Their views differed More parents need to get from those of others on the panel who advised that parents on board in this way.” Laura Campbell, director of educashould have strict oversight over their children’s social media use and severe- tion at the Long Island Crisis Center ly restricted access to electronic devic- agreed that parents need to establish structure for their children’s screen es, particularly at a young age. “Kids in elementary school don’t time, however, she also expressed conneed any kind of social media and mid- cern about the possibility of parents dle school is a hard time in develop- becoming too strict, which could have ment, so that’s not a good time for them the opposite intended effect. She said to get phones because they are not parents need to work on finding a bal-

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isaBella galeano, Keziah Joseph, Nia Balgobin, Ashna Balroop, Tyesha Devil, Shania King and Lucila Mathieu stood outside Rockefeller Plaza last year to commemorate FCCLA Week, and the importance of a Family and Consumer Sciences curriculum.

Sewanhaka students become leaders, virtually Byv Melissa Koenig mkoenig@liherald.com

Keziah Joseph, ashna Balroop and Isabella Galeano earned awards at STAR Events in 2019, above. aMelia gangapersaud, an infection control specialist at North Shore University Hospital, right, recently received one of the FCCLA Club’s Valentine’s Day cards.

The students in Sewanhaka’s Family, Career and Community Leaders of America club have always focused on their futures by learning personal and professional skills they will need as adults, but this year the students in grades seven through 12 have also learned leadership skills first-hand, as they have taken the helm in deciding which organizations to support, how they would conduct their fundraisers and which topics to discuss at their Friday meetings. “They pretty much blow me away,” Club Advisor Daisy Amaris, a teacher in the school’s Family and Consumer Sciences program, said of the 18 club members, all of whom are learning remotely this year. “They’re just hungry to do things.” Over the past few months, the FCCLA members have held TED Talks and professional development programs, and just recently, its members made Valentine’s Day cards for local hospital employees and raised money for the BAARK Animal Rescue in Valley Stream. As part of the fundraiser, students at the school could share a photograph of their dogs for $1 and enter a raffle for prizes. It raised a total of $80 for the organization over the course of a week. “We’re doing what we have to each week,” said Secretary Feba Saji. The club falls under the school’s Family and Consumer Sciences program, and its members are able to compete in various Students Taking Action with Recognition events, encompassing environmental awareness research, hospitality, public speaking and career-related projects, at the state and national level each year. “It’s probably one of the most underrated clubs at Sewanhaka,” said member Steiger Devil, with others adding that it has helped them learn valuable career skills, meet new friends and “come out of their shells.”

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The state Department of Public Service will hold a series of virtual hearings later this month as part of a study that will look into the feasibility of municipalizing New York American Water, the privately owned utility whose service and water bills have long been decried by Nassau County customers. On Feb. 3, Gov. Andrew Cuomo appointed Rory Lancman, special counsel for ratepayer protection, to oversee the study, which will assess different ways to reduce customer costs, including a public takeover. The study is set to be completed by April 1. The proceeding includes three virtual hearings at which residents and elected officials can offer public comment. Lancman said each hearing will address a different part of NYAW’s Nassau operation, which includes the Lynbrook, Merrick and Sea Cliff service areas. “Public forums give ratepayers the chance to directly communicate their concer ns and share their ideas for improving water delivery, so that Governor Cuomo, the commission, legislators, local government officials and the public can make an informed decision on how best to reduce water rates and provide safe and reliable drinking water in the long term,” Lancman said in a news release. “I urge everyone concerned with the future of water delivery on Long Island to participate in the forum for their area.” The hearings will take place from Feb. 23-25 at 6 p.m. Ratepayers are asked to attend the hearing within their service area. (see box). Those wishing to comment on the record must pre-register by 12 p.m. on the day of the hearing. Participants can register by phone

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Linda Sapadin “I’m going to make a fool of myself,” “I’m no expert about this program!” Hang on to these negative frames, and you’ll become increasingly anxious and panicked. Reframe them and see how that alters your inner dialogue. “What an opportunity! It’s great my boss has so much confidence in my tech skills. This could be a chance for me to shine, even though I know I’ll have to put a lot of work into it. Time to get going!” Hear the difference reframing can make in your personal life? If you’re looking for creative ways to reframe a situation, listen to how others think of it. Now here’s the hard part. Squelch your knee jerk reaction to tell them how wrong they are. Or how they just don’t understand. Or how they just don’t get it. Instead, listen! See if another’s assessment of you (or of the situation) might make sense. Once you get into the habit of reframing, you’ll find it much easier to build up your self-confidence and resolve your inner conflicts. ©2021 Linda Sapadin, Ph.D., psychologist, coach and author specializes in helping people overcome procrastination and debilitating anxiety and fear. Contact her at DrSapadin@aol.com. Visit her websites www.BeatProcrastinationCoach. com and www.PsychWisdom.com.

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We grow up believing that what we assume to be true is true – with little awareness that we actively interpret the world. We view some behavior as natural, some thoughts as normal. If they differ from how we behave or think, we view them as weird, wrong, immoral, crazy or just plain stupid. How you interpret an experience is called framing. Actively changing your interpretation is called reframing. If we, as a society, never reframed our beliefs, we’d still think that women should not be able to vote, own property or voice an opinion that’s independent from their husbands. If we never reframed, we’d still think that children should be seen but not heard and whipped mercilessly if they don’t behave or pay attention. We’d still believe in the horror of slavery and the righteousness of jailing debtors and much more that seems outrageously wrong to us today. T h a n k g o o d n e s s, s o c i e t y h a s reframed much of what was passionately believed to be right and natural. But it’s not just society that needs to reframe. It’s also you and me. We must not hang on to beliefs if they no longer apply. An example: Perhaps you were brought up in a family where you were frequently told that you were selfish if you wanted a toy for yourself and stupid if your grades weren’t stellar. Your parents didn’t mean to be mean; they just didn’t know any better as they themselves were brought up that way. You, however, internalized these beliefs, which lowered your self-esteem and self-confidence when you were a kid. And still today. Now what if you reframed those beliefs? What if you realized that to want something for yourself or to speak up for yourself is not selfish? After all, if you’re not at the hub of your own existence, who will be? And you can want for others as well as for yourself. What if you realized that if you don’t know something, you’re not stupid? If anything, you’re ignorant, which is fine – as we all know some stuff and we’re ignorant about other stuff. And whatever you need to know, you can learn. Now imagine that you were asked to teach your colleagues a new software program. If you’re still thinking you’re stupid, your first response is likely to be a host of reasons why you can’t do this. “They shouldn’t have asked me,”

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A. Your floor is expanding, and the ridges at the seams are rising, because the floor has nowhere else to expand to. This problem is common, and was caused by the floor being limited from expanding because the cabinets and island, along with heavy furniture placed over the finished floor, keep the floor from expanding when the heat onte eeper is on. Wetting the floor to clean it also causes expansion, and should be limited or not done with water at all. Solving this problem is easier said than done. Basically, anywhere the floor is unable to move defeats the purpose, and only by freeing up the floor will the problem work itself out. There’s a simple wall molding that our ancestors used that seems to be generally forgotten. Even though I include this detail in most of the drawings I prepare, I rarely see this last little strip of molding being installed. What the molding does is act like a gap cover, since properly installed flooring has a quarter- to halfinch gap at the edges of the floor, including around a fixed island and around the room’s perimeter. The whole perimeter will need to be cut so the trim molding will need to be added, unless the vertical trim board has been installed with a space, in which case the flooring has to be able to float (slide back and forth) under the vertical wallboard trim. Our ancestors were very observant of nature, and skilled finish carpenters passed along their knowledge of the way materials behave. I worked for a finish carpenter while in high school, and learned that molding and trim weren’t just a finishing touch, but also a necessity to hide the places where materials needed room to expand and contract, at ceilings, floors, stairs and doors. Miracle materials have come along since then that were supposed to change the industry, like plastic moldings that are more temperature stable, but nature never disappoints. Natural or not, materials all have to work together, whether it’s the way they react to moisture, sunlight, heat or cold. You’re going to need to get the contractor to organize the flooring installer and the finish carpenter to coordinate cutting the floor, and either install the shoe molding or space the vertical trim baseboard so the floor moves and adjusts underneath, even at the island and kitchen cabinet bases. Hopefully, the flooring was installed over a moisture-proof expansion membrane. Then enjoy your floor.

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anxiety because of a job loss, economic issues or simply the uncertainty that the coronavirus has brought to all of our lives. “Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,” the saying goes. After a full year of coping with a relentless disease, watching too many family members and friends fall prey to it, we are tired, ready for this nightmare to be over. We need to feel normal again. We are wiser, however. Our children are learning, albeit at a slower pace than they did. We are more forgiving of students if they miss a homework assignment or fail an exam. We don’t require them, to the degree that we did, to take the seemingly unending battery of state tests they were subjected to for years. Even the SAT is no longer sacrosanct, with a growing number of colleges becoming SAT-optional. Maybe that’s how it should have been all along. Perhaps our expectations were unrealistic. Long before the pandemic, young people complained, like no generation before, of the anxiety they were feeling. Maybe we should have listened more closely, understood better. If we come out of the pandemic with more realistic expectations of our children — and the desire to let them be kids at least part of the time — then some good will have come from this hell that we have collectively experienced. Maybe — just maybe — we will have learned that children’s feelings matter more in the end than their grades. At the same time, the pandemic

leTTers O’Connell was ‘right on the mark’ To the Editor: John O’Connell’s column in the Feb. 4-10 issue, “Agree with me or shut up,” was right on the mark. I have liberal relatives who still blame President Trump for all our woes, and it’s very difficult to have a reasonable conversation with them, on any subject, because they will always bring up the topic of politics. Many thanks to O’Connell for speaking up for many of us. PAT KING Merrick

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exposed, like never before, the wide disparities in educational opportunities for children from different communities, based largely on race and socioeconomic forces beyond their control. We should commit, like never before, to closing these gaps so all children are given equal opportunity to learn. When you’ve had so much taken from you, you start to reassess all that you are. How much does owning the biggest house on the block or the shiniest car really matter? When you’re on a ventilator fighting for your life, not at all. We also learned that we’re highly adaptable creatures. Countless businesses have carried on virtually, leaving their owners wondering why they hadn’t tried going remote earlier. It saves time and effort. It also saves gasoline and, thus, money. And, as we have learned, it might be a way of saving the planet — less travel by car means less greenhouse gases sent into our atmosphere, which could help slow the climate crisis, the biggest of the crises facing humanity. We shouldn’t look back and beat ourselves up. We didn’t know better. We do now, though. The question is, when we are past the pandemic, who will we become? Will we revert to our old ways or adopt our newfound practices? We are likely to achieve herd immunity within the next year through a combination of inoculation and infection. Now is a good time to start planning for that day, and to decide how we will live in the years after these difficult days.

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applaud the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent guidance update recommending that people who are fully vaccinated not be confined to quarantine after exposure to a case of Covid-19. Becoming fully vaccinated provides many with a sense of liberation, but it also comes with a deep social responsibility. According to published research, full vaccination — defined as two weeks after the second dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine — virtually eliminates a person’s Lawrence e. chance of dying the strains of eisenstein from the virus we are currently likely to encounter. The vaccines provide excellent protection for most people from even contracting it. Nonetheless, a small percentage of vaccinated people will still come down with Covid-19. And researchers continue to study whether someone who has been vaccinated can transmit the virus to others. While I think they will ultimately find at least some protection against transmission, we can’t yet quantify the risk. Until we have these answers, vaccinated people must assume the responsibility of ensur-

ing they don’t inadvertently spread the virus. Our knowledge of Covid-19 is expanding rapidly, and science should guide our policymaking. The new CDC guidance is important not because it’s a get-out-of-jail-free card — it isn’t — but because of the accompanying explanation. The agency didn’t just issue a blanket statement that vaccinated people don’t need to quarantine after exposure; rather, it gave an important medical explanation. It acknowledged that the risk/ benefit ratio, a cherished tenet in medical evaluation, shifts after people are vaccinated. They aren’t completely free of the possibility of contracting or transmitting disease, but the odds of doing so change. We should acknowledge and even celebrate the fact that vaccinated people are highly unlikely to die of the current predominant strains of Covid-19. But we don’t yet know how long the post-vaccination protection lasts, so the CDC set the quarantine-free policy at 90 days — a period supported by science — as long as people have no symptoms following their exposure. The other side of the equation is benefits. There are important psychological, economic, sociological and health-related benefits to keeping people active, produc-

tive and out of quarantine, and there are profound impacts of keeping them in quarantine. The CDC concluded that although there is some risk of vaccinated people contracting and spreading the virus, the risks of forcing them to quarantine outweigh the benefits. I fully support this analysis. Quarantine, the taking away of someone’s freedom in the interest of protecting the public’s health, must be ordered responsibly. A careful evaluation of the risk/ benefit ratio is the correct way for public health policymakers to proceed. I believe the next step should be a lifting of the domestic travel quarantine for New Yorkers who are fully vaccinated. If we are no longer quarantining fully vaccinated people with a known exposure, why would we take away their freedom just because they’ve traveled — including those with no known exposures? Using good science, we might find that some locations have more dangerous variants. In those cases, quarantine might become necessary, even for fully vaccinated travelers. I get asked all the time when I think we will return to life as we knew it before the pandemic. We aren’t going to just flip a switch, and parts of our new normal might be here to stay. I for one will always

eep in mind that parts of our new normal — like masks — may be here to stay.

Letters that are willing to stand up and speak whole truths. ANThONY ChrIsOsTOMO East Meadow

Doesn’t O’Connell care about facts? To the Editor: My response to John O’Connell’s column is, wow! Just wow! O’Connell complains that “the individual’s right to freely express ideas . . . true or not . . . or [not] reliably sourced at all” should be allowed to flow freely. really? And he dares call himself a journalist? The reason that “the percentage of those who don’t trust the media at all went up five points in one year” is because of the absolute outright lies the radical right has fomented on sites like Parler. Thank God big tech stopped that slander. The big lie that the election was “stolen” is exactly what led to the insurrection on Jan. 6. O’Connell says “half the country is vexed by the prospect of a Biden-harris administration unchecked by the house and senate.” Well, more than half the country was obviously vexed by a Trump-Pence administration whose lies were retold on far-right extremist outlets and went unchecked by the house and senate. Thus,

wear a mask on a plane, because the benefit of not getting sick with Covid-19, influenza or any respiratory virus that could ruin my vacation far outweighs the tiny cost of wearing that mask. To get back to life as we knew it will require a stepwise series of policy decisions based on benefit outweighing risk, each getting us closer to that light at the end of the tunnel. We don’t have all the answers regarding Covid-19 transmission or variants yet. Until we do, County Executive Laura Curran and I continue to remind residents that it is vital for fully vaccinated people to strike a balance between the activities that become relatively safer following vaccination (reflected in the CDC’s new policy) and the necessary social responsibility for vaccinated people to continue taking protective measures. They should protect themselves and their communities by wearing masks, social distancing, and staying home and getting tested when they feel ill. Fully vaccinated people should be comforted, even liberated by the knowledge they will surely survive even if they catch Covid-19. They can enjoy that luxury while protecting their neighbors and loved ones until everyone experiences the exuberance of immunity. Dr. Lawrence E. Eisenstein is the Nassau County commissioner of health.

Framework by Christina Fraser

more than half the country voted for truth over lies, and sane governing over the anarchy brought on by the MAGA rioters and the radically dangerous right. Elections do have consequences, and the people, individuals expressing their individualism, have spoken. so John, take your right-wing group think and weep into your pillow for the next four years as most of America has been forced to for the past four years. LEE PAsTOrE Seaford

Newspapers aren’t the enemy To the Editor: Now that our nation’s truest “enemy of the people” — Donald J. Trump — is no longer president, I would like to contrast his labeling newspapers and other modern media the “enemy of the people” with what a better, wiser president — Thomas Jefferson — said in 1787 about the press of his era: “Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” rIChArD sIEGELMAN Plainview

For a dog named Charlie, a playground coated in white — Bayville

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So now that you’re vaccinated . . .

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How do you know I’m from Lawn Guyland?

was in Ryann’s Wines in East Meadow around the holidays, standing at the checkout, when a fellow customer, a man in his 70s, called out to a 20-something employee from across the store. “Where’s yuh bittuhz?” the man inquired loudly. Befuddled, the young man asked for clarification. “Excuse me?” I immediately knew what the gentleman was looking for, and probably where he could find it. But rather than clear up the situation, I NICK stood silent. “Yuh bittuhz … bitBuglIoNe tuhz,” the older man exclaimed, growing a bit frustrated. I should have told the kid what the guy was looking for, but I was enjoying the confusion. After another few moments, the light bulb finally went on in the clerk’s head. “Oh, bittERS,” he said, directing the man to the correct aisle. I walked out of the store with a halfsmile, because that brief interaction highlighted a notion that has been turning around in my mind for some time: Younger Long Islanders don’t “tawk” like we

older folks anymore. I don’t have anything beyond anecdotal evidence of this linguistic shift, but I’m positive it’s been happening for some time. Ten years ago, I married Jill and became stepdad to Nicolas and Jake. At the time the boys were 6 and 4, respectively. I remember how much it frustrated me that they said the word “orange” wrong. They pronounced it “OR-enge.” It sounded like nails on a chalkboard to me, and I’d correct them over and over, “It’s not ‘OR-enge,’ it’s ‘ARE-inge,’” I’d tell them. “Say it like ya from New Yawk.” I wondered where they picked up this mispronunciation. Had they spent time in Florida before coming into my life? No, that wasn’t it. Their dad grew up just a few minutes east of me, and he “tawked” just like I do. In a few years, Jill and I had Adriana and then Elia and, as soon as they were able to talk, they started saying stuff wrong. It was “wah-ter,” not “wah-tuh” and “hot dahg,” not “hot dawg.” My friends noticed the same thing with their kids, and you might have, too. If not, try this. Have your kids say talk, daughter, call and coffee, and see if you notice a difference.

My interest was piqued after the liquor store encounter, so I set out to find some answers. I contacted Hofstra University to see if they could hook me up with a linguistics professor who could shed some light on the subject. They put me in touch with Ilona Pierce, an associate professor in the Department of Drama and Dance. It seemed like a curious choice, but Pierce seemed to know her stuff when it came to the “Lawn Guyland” accent. It’s part of her job to teach budding Long Island actors how to ditch their accent for a more “neutral American” one. “I’m not a linguist, but I do spend most of my time listening to the speech of young actors — from Long Island, but also from all over the country and the world,” she said. First off, Pierce set me straight on a point of contention. Despite what some locals claim, there is absolutely no difference between the Long Island and the New York City accent. Ours has its roots in New York City, Pierce explained, and it spread out as New Yawk— sorry, New Yorkers moved out to the suburbs. Second, she confirmed that the Long Island accent is absolutely evolving. “I hear way fewer t-h sounds changed to t/d,” she said. “In the Long Island accent

s soon as our kids were able to talk, they started saying stuff wrong.

of the 20th century, you’d hear ‘wit’ for ‘with’ or ‘dis’ and ‘dat’ for ‘this’ and ‘that.’” She also said kids aren’t dropping r’s for a’s anymore (turning “ever” into “eva,” for instance) and they have adopted a more “general American” pronunciation of words like “Harry, Gary and marry.” Case in point: my daughter Adriana is currently reading the classic “Hairy” Potter series. So, what the heck is going on? Well, according to Pierce, accents just naturally evolve over time. Nowadays, people relocate more easily and frequently and, as they move, they bring their sounds with them, she said. That made sense to me. The more I thought about it, I realized that I didn’t speak exactly like Grandma and Grandpa Buglione did. They came from Brooklyn and didn’t boil water, they “berled” it. They used the “terlit,” not the toilet. And if they knew a guy named Earl, they probably would’ve called him “Oil.” But I never spoke that way. It wasn’t all bad news, though. Pierce said she still hears kids calling dogs “dawgs,” and some of them still drink “cawfee.” Maybe there’s hope for the Long Island accent after awl. Nick Buglione is a teacher, freelance journalist and former editor of the East Meadow Herald.

A governor bruised by a pandemic mistake

admired Gov. Mario Cuomo so much that I actually bought an old CD of his speeches some years ago, and I actually listened to them. So I am educated in the successes and rhetorical and political skills of the Cuomo boys. But what to say about Gov. Andrew Cuomo in light of recent headlines? As a longtime supporter who watched his rise through the razor wire of New York politics, I have to say, Governor, you let us down. According to The New York Times, the Cuomo RANDI administration KReISS did not fully disclose the staggering numbers of Covid-19 nursing home deaths in New York City last spring. The allegation is that the horrific death toll — 15,000 and counting — was, in part, the result of the governor’s order to move Covid patients who had been hospitalized back to nursing homes and long-term care facilities. The nursing homes weren’t equipped to handle pandemic disease, and they didn’t have sufficient protective gear for their staff. A cascading series of flawed policy

and thinking led to increased infections and deaths. Remember: Last March 5, Cuomo announced that cases of Covid-19 had doubled overnight from 11 to 22 statewide. By April 1, there were 83,000 reported cases. By May 1, New York state was nearing 375,000 cases. By late spring, Covid patients were swamping New York hospitals. Refrigerator trucks converted to mobile morgues stood outside some medical centers. The search for more personal protective equipment and ventilators was desperate, and in that context, Cuomo made the decision to move Covid patients from hospitals back to nursing homes. There were many possible reasons for that decision, from suggested political advantage to the prospect of hospitals having to triage care for all the incoming patients, to conflicting advice from medical experts on how to move forward. The result was that many thousands of nursing home residents died, almost always alone, almost always without saying goodbye to their loved ones whose grief is now compounded by anger. The people who took care of them, from the

nurses to the aides to the custodians who washed the floors, also died from the virus as it surged through the facilities. In recent statements, Cuomo has said that the policy was a mistake, and that there should have been more transparency when reporting the nursing home fatalities. He said the total of deaths reported was “delayed,” but he didn’t say that was intentional or self-protective. He said there was a “void.” There were many missteps in the early days of the pandemic. Supplies were scarce, and doctors and scientists who are usually in their comfort zone treating disease were shocked by the ferocity of the virus, even in the best hospitals in New York. There was no federal leadership. President Trump played the governors, had them begging for ventilators and masks that he dispensed grudgingly and for which he demanded obeisance. Cuomo’s nursing home policy was among the many mistakes that were made in those months. It follows that whenever Cuomo realized that the hospital-to-nursing-homepolicy was a mistake, he should have said so, fully and publicly. Waiting, delaying,

uomo rose to the occasion in those first months. He inspired us. He also let us down.

hiding the real numbers or whatever was done to avoid revealing the full truth was wrong. Attempting to cover up the tragedy, if that’s what was done, only compounded thousands of families’ pain. Cuomo is also the leader who sat before the cameras and the press every single morning for months and talked us through the wrenching changes in our lives brought about by the pandemic. He was steady and confident and told us we could get through it. He reminded us that we were “New York tough,” and we believed him. Governor, you rose to the occasion in those first months and provided steady leadership that helped us stay anchored in our lives. You did it while fighting a novel disease that was crushing the city, and you did it without significant support from the federal government. You inspired us, you kept the city going, you were a rock. I will never forget your 11 a.m. fireside chats. You also let us down. No thinking citizen of this state or country expects simple, black-and-white solutions to problems or leaders who are perfect. But we do expect you to tell us the truth, even when it hurts us. Even when it hurts you. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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