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First in line Franklin Square Lidl Store Manager Tom Regan honored Melissa Wetenkimp, of Fire Island, for being the first person in line at the store’s grand opening ceremony on March 10. Story, more photos, Page 3.
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F.S. man helps boxers with brain injuries recover By NAKEEM gRANT ngrant@liherald.com
When former professional boxer Michael Corleone, of Franklin Square, opened his gym, Kayo Boxing, in West Hempstead in 2018, his goal was to help others become wellrounded individuals through boxing. Over the past month, his gym has attracted attention thanks to one of its boxers, Lorenzo Thom-
as. Thomas, 26, was hit in the head in by a stray bullet in Hempstead in August 2013. He was taken to NYU Langone Hospital–Long Island, in Mineola, and survived despite having suffered a traumatic brain injury. After starting rehab that October, he returned home in December, but many of his motor functions were affected. His mother, Stacey Tucker, said Thomas had to relearn simple things such as walking and talking.
“He tried to do many different things as part of his recovery,” Tucker, of Roosevelt, recounted. “He tried playing the piano, the guitar, but then he decided to take up boxing a few years ago.” Tucker said that Thomas, who lives in Suffolk County, looked up numerous boxing gyms on Long Island before he stumbled on Kayo Boxing in 2019. Corleone acknowledged Continued on page 10
Walking along Hempstead Turnpike in Elmont earlier this year, Brian McHale counted more than 50 ads for businesses and services hung from utility poles and street signs — against Town of Hempstead code — in the quarter-mile between the Cross Island Parkway exit and Plainfield Avenue. So McHale posted photos of the signs — which advertise real estate firms, SAT tutors, boxing classes, junk-removal services — and the damage that have done to street signs on an Elmont community Facebook page, calling the thoroughfare a “complete littered mess,” with Nassau County and Elmont signs “crooked and covered in graffiti” and the sign for Belmont Park showing “signs of fire damage from years ago.” “It’s just shameful,” McHale, of Floral Park, told the Herald, noting that he had contacted Hempstead officials about the problem for years, but nothing had been done under the past three administrations. “I don’t think they fine anyone,” McHale said, with Virginia Amato, of Elmont, adding that she was “constantly picking up” the half-eaten food and dog feces that people leave on Biltmore
How to report a violation Residents, business owners and property owners who see signs that violate the law can call the Hempstead Town Building Department Code Enforcement Officers at (516) 538-8500 Mondays to Fridays from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. After hours, reports can be filed with the Department of Public Safety at (516) 5381900. Avenue. Now, the two are again calling on town officials to do more to enforce town code, which states that it is illegal to litter or hang solicitations on “fences, trees, utility poles, or similar supporting devices or to vacant or unoccupied structures.” Anyone who litters in the town can face a $500 fine or 15 days of jail for each offense, both of which can be repeated every day that the violation continue, and the town can levy a $250 fine from any business owner or individual found responsible for illeContinued on page 16
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Hundreds were lined up outside the new Lidl store on Dogwood Avenue last Wednesday to get a first glimpse of the new supermarket.
Lidl opens new store on Dogwood Ave. By Melissa Koenig mkoenig@liherald.com
Hundreds of people were already lined up to see what the new Lidl supermarket on Dogwood Avenue has to offer by 7 a.m. last Wednesday morning, a good half an hour before its official grand opening ceremony. “It’s going to be brand-spanking-new,” said Christine Straub, of Franklin Square, who had previously shopped at the Germany-based supermarket’s East Meadow location where Kristina Mills, of West Hempstead, would buy seasonal goods at a low price. “I think they’re going to do very well,” Straub said. The supermarket chain first opened in Ludwigshafen, Germany in 1973, with only three employees and about 500 products, but by the 1990s, there were a number of Lidl stores popping up throughout Europe. It established a headquarters in the United States in June 2015, and in 2018, Lidl acquired 27 Best Market locations in New York and New Jersey. Its mission, according to the Lidl website, is to offer customers high-quality fresh produce, meat, baked goods and household products at the lowest possible prices. The Franklin Square location also offers a bakery, an international foods section, baby items and everyday groceries, as well as items that are not usually found at supermarkets, such as clothing, toys and home decor. “We can not wait to get you all inside the store and introduce you to our high-quality, fresh products and low Lidl prices,” Store Manager Tom Regan said, after he introduced the staff to the crowd, adding, “We are so proud to be a part of this vibrant community and open another store in this area.” As part of the grand opening ceremony — which was promoted by the Morton Civic Association and the Community League of Garden City South to welcome the store into the community and show their support for the business — each of the more than 100 shoppers received free bags and gift cards as a disc jockey played upbeat modern and 1970s hits. The staff then introduced themselves with a choreographed dance, and local officials were able to get a private tour of the facility before it officially opened to the public. “It’s looking very good,” said Town Councilman Thomas Muscarella, with Town Clerk Kate Murray adding that she was “super impressed” and “super excited to see another great store come into this neighborhood.”
THe sTaff perforMed a dance routine to introduce themselves to the community. sTore Manager ToM Regan welcomed the crowd. nassau CounTy legislaTor Vincent Muscarella, Town Councilman Thomas Muscarella and Town Clerk Kate Murray honored Regan, second from left, with a citation.
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Edward Tutak, former Sewanhaka assistant super, dies at 96 Edward Tutak Jr., who served during After returning, Tutak worked for the both World War II and the Korean War, Sewanhaka High School District and by and who worked as an assistant superin- the time of his retirement in 1981 had tendent of business for the Sewanhaka been made assistant superintendent of High School District, died in Montauk business. Known to be a dedicated family man Court Palm Coast, Fla. on March 9. He and lover of baseball, he was 96. played for the championship Tutak was born on Navy team during World June 21, 1925 in Wyoming War II, and later in the Valley, Pa. to parents “Sand Lot” leagues of Edward Sr. and Stella Brooklyn upon his return Tutak. During World War from the war. He loved playII he served at a yeoman ing bridge at the Palm Coast 2nd class aboard the Bridge Club. Landing Ship Tank 375 Tutak is survived by his and as an ensign during son and daughter-in-law, the Korean War at the Edward and Grace Tutak of Philadelphia Naval Yard. Palm Coast, Fla.; grandchilW h i l e i n t h e N av y dren, Hannah Tutak of New Reserve he reached the Orleans, La. and Edward rank of lieutenant junior Edward Tutak Jr. Zachariah Tutak and his grade. wife Anna of St. Augustine, Tutak received both Fla.; great-grandchildren his bachelor’s and master’s degree from New York University, Raegan and Taylie Tutak of St. Auguswhere he was also a member of the col- tine, Fla. Visitation was on Sunday, March 14 at lege’s baseball team. Later, he and his wife Rosalinde served in an educational the Clymer Funeral Home & Cremations. diplomatic mission to Turkey from 1954 to A Mass and Christian burial took place 1957, and there he was said to be instru- on March 16 at at St. Elizabeth Ann mental in developing the first Turkish Seton Catholic Church, Palm Coast, Fla. and a graveside March 16. language typewriter keyboard.
F.S. library sets library, trustee vote The Franklin Square Public Library will hold its budget vote and trustee election on May 18 as a proposition on the Franklin Square school district’s budget. There is one five-year trustee position open. Candidate petitions are available at the library and must be submitted to the library director no later than April 16 at 5 p.m. A budget hearing will be held on May 10 at 6:30 p.m. Please visit the Franklin Square library’s website for more information on the proposed 2021 - 22 budget. Voters must be residents of the school district, a citizen of the United States and at least 18 years old. To regis________
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Franklin Square gas station robbed at knifepoint Nassau County police are looking for a suspect involved in a knifepoint robbery at the BP gas station in Franklin Square on March 15 at 7 a.m. According to police, a black male suspect entered the store that morning and went behind the counter. He then allegedly approached a 63-year-old male employee with a knife and demanded money from the register, before fleeing the scene on foot with an undisclosed amount of
Elmont man pleads guilty to bribery charges An Elmont man pleaded guilty on Monday to taking bribe money from Hempstead restaurant owners and delivering them to former Village Trustee Perry Pettus, who allegedly used his position of power to solicit more than $50,000 in bribes from Hispanic restaurant owners between February and May 2018. According to Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, Pettus used William Mendez, a 50-year-old from Elmont who owned a bar and restaurant in the area, as an intermediary with Hispanic restaurateurs by threatening to have summonses issues against them, which would jeopardize their business’ cabaret and liquor licenses and put them out of business. In return, she said, Pettus used his authority to “fix tickets” for one of Mendez’s employees. “William Mendez tormented numer-
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ous Hispanic-owned businesses with the threat of ticket blitzes and closures if they didn’t pay bribes to him and former Village of Hempstead Trustee Perry Pettus,” Singas said in a statement. “Small, family-owned businesses are the backbone of our communities, and these defendants exploited immigrant owners simply out of personal greed.” Mendez is charged with two counts of bribe-receiving in the second degree, two counts of grand larceny in the second degree by means of extortion, conspiracy in the fourth degree, as well as two counts of tampering with public records in the second degree and conspiracy in the first degree. He is expected to be sentenced to 1 1/3 to four years in prison, and is due back n court on May 17. Pettus, meanwhile, was sentenced to 2 1/3 to seven years in prison in 2020.
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Make a spring wreath Children in kindergarten through thirdgrade can celebrate spring by listening to a story and making a springtime wreath they can hang on their front door in this Zoom program from the Elmont Memorial Library on March 22 at 7 p.m. Registration is required, and all participants will be notified when they can pick up their supplies.
Show some library love Teenagers in grades seven through 12 can earn two hours of community service by filling out a short survey about why they love the Elmont Memorial Library and showing a Young Adult librarian their confirmation at any time through March 31.
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Girls in grades six through 12 can learn basic coding skills every Saturday from 12 to 1:30 p.m. until April 17. Please visit the Elmont Memorial Library website to sign up. Registration is required.
Make sunflower cookies Adults can register with their email to receive the recipe for sunflower cookies, which will be posted on the Elmont Memorial Library’s Adult Services page at www.elmontlibrary.org on March 23. Registration to receive the recipe ends the day before program.
Sew a potholder Teenagers in grades seven through 12 can learn all about the women of the Freedom Quilting Bee who used their sewing skills to support the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s and make thier own potholder using the women’s techniques and design. Registration is required to reserve a kit between March 16 and March 31.
Swing into spring Turtle Dance Music’s “Swing into Spring” program, which will be available on the Franklin Square library’s website from March 22 through April 12, engages children in preschool through second-grade with comedy, swing music, jazz music, songs, poems, music technology, and stories.
Thursday, March 18 Improve your resume Join Grow with Google Speaker Petia Abdur-Razzaaq and learn to read a resume like a hiring manager in an online program from the Franklin Square Public Library on March 18 at 4 p.m. Abdur-Razzaaq will provide guests with four strategies to improve their resume and a checklist of tips to help them communicate their strengths. Registration is required.
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The Sewanhaka Central High School District will hold is next public Board of Education meting virtually on March 23 at 8 p.m.
Todd Schlitt will share information about the available Covid-19 vaccines, how to access the New York State Covid-19 vaccine website, eligibility and how to make an appointment in a virtual walkthrough from the Elmont Public Library on March 22 at 7 p.m. Registration is required. online program from the Elmont Memorial Library on March 18 at 7 p.m. and earn prizes. Registration is required, and participants will be notified when they can pick up their cards and chips.
Saturday, March 20 Make paracord bracelets Teenagers in grades six and up can pick up materials to make paracord “survival” bracelets for troops and first responders from the Franklin Square Public Library on March 20, and return their completed project for one hour of community service. Registration is required.
Beginners chess tournament Teenagers in grades seven through 12 can learn from chess experts as they
guide participants through a beginners chess virtual tournament from the Elmont Memorial Library on March 20 at 2 p.m. Registration is required.
Sunday, March 21 ‘The Diana Ross experience’ Deanna Carroll will perform Diana Ross’ greatest hits in a virtual concert from the Elmont Memorial Library on March 21, from her time with The Supremes to her solo career. Registration is required and a link will be emailed to all participants prior to the program.
Monday, March 22 F.S. library board meeting The Franklin Square board of trustees will hold its next public meeting virtually on March 22 at 6:30 p.m. The agenda and participation information can be found at www.franklinsquarepl. org/board.
Vaccine website walkthrough Todd Schlitt will share information about the available Covid-19 vaccines, how to access the New York State Covid-19 vaccine website, eligibility and how to make an appointment in a virtual walkthrough from the Elmont Public Library on March 22 at 7 p.m. Registration is required, and a link will be emailed to all participants prior to the program.
March 20 marks the first day of spring. Passover begins at sunset on March 27. Transportation applications for students attending private school are due April 1. Sewanhaka officials are encouraging students to take AP exams in person. MRA Engineering P.C. is moving into an office space in Franklin Square.
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Sixteen months after capturing its fourth straight Nassau Conference II football championship, Garden City began its title defense in style last Saturday afternoon with a 34-0 victory at Carey in a long-anticipated opening week for high school teams across New York State. The Trojans, the preseason No. 1 seed, scored three touchdowns within the first nine minutes and didn’t allow Carey’s first-team offense inside the red zone. Junior quarterback Luke Schmitt had two touchdown passes and one rushing score, all in the first half, to help the visitors build a 27-0 lead. The Seahawks will look to get back on track when Sewanhaka visits this Saturday for a 2 p.m. kickoff. “It was great to be back out there [on the field],” Carey head coach Mike Stanley said. “I was excited for our players to get the opportunity to play again.” Garden City scored 1:57 into the season after six straight running plays set up a play action pass resulting in a 44-yard touchdown reception by senior Pierce Archer. Its next possession began at the Carey 24 and took only two plays — a 13-yard catch by Cascadden and 11-yard run by Cascadden — to double its advantage. “Obviously, we struggled a bit early and fell into a hole against a great program,” Stanley said. “We’ll fix the mistakes and get better.” Carey’s offense features senior running back Anthony DeNicola, senior receivers Joseph Todaro and Nick Cowan, and junior quarterback Dean Metzger.
In DeNicola, the Seahawks have their first fourth-year starting back under Stanley and someone who’ll be counted on to produce on both sides of the ball. He was All-County in 2019 after leading the defense in tackles as an inside linebacker and leading the ground attack. He gained 51 yards on 7 carries in the opener. “He’s a strong and intelligent player,” Stanley said of DeNicola, who was named captain along with Todaro and Cowan. Todaro is in his fourth varsity season as well and serves as a defensive end and slot receiver. He was down on the turf for a few minutes in the third quarter last Saturday with an apparent injury but was able to return. Cowan is another target in the passing game and a key to the secondary along with senior cornerback Jimmy O’Connell. Senior Mike Farone and junior Joe Binelli start along the defensive front with Todaro, while junior Ray Bedian forms a dynamic linebacker duo with DeNicola. The offensive line, though inexperienced at the varsity level, possesses size and athleticism. The group will need to improve off the opening performance and give Metzger time to operate in the read-run game. Metzger broke off a few nice runs against Garden City but only completed a couple of short passes, including one to Cowan. Junior Kyle Lewis, another option for Metzger, showed some flashes on special teams in the opener with a couple of strong kick returns. “Dean stirs the drink,” Stanley said of Metzger. “He’s an absolute double threat and can do a lot of good things.”
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For the first time in Nassau Police Department history, a Black woman has been promoted to the position of chief of support. Lorna Atmore, a 25-year member of NCPD, was promoted to the chief support position on Feb. 25. She succeeds Chief Ronald Walsh, who recently left to serve as Long Beach police commissioner. Atmore is now commander of the Support Division, one of the department’s
largest units that includes the 911 center, information technology and the upcoming police body camera program. With the new position, Atmore is fifth in line for command of the department. “I really appreciate the support of Commissioner Patrick Ryder and County Executive Laura Curran for their confidence in my abilities,” Atmore said. “I’m just really excited to step into the role and hopefully do a good job.” Ryder said she is well qualified for her new role. “The promotion of Assistant Chief Lorna Atmore to three-star chief of support was an easy decision, as she is known to be one of the most dedicated and intelligent professionals in the executive ranks,” Ryder said in a statement. “I have great confidence in her ability to get the job done and to serve the residents in Nassau County.” Curran said that she was pleased to promote Atmore to her new role. “I’m proud of the efforts Nassau continues to make to ensure our law enforcement reflects the rich diversity of our communities – especially for positions of leadership,” Curran said in a statement. “Chief Atmore’s dedication to the department and her command experience have defined her as a true professional, a leader and a trailblazer.” Atmore began in the force as an officer and eventually rose to sergeant in the 3rd Precinct. She also led the 7th Precinct’s Detective Squad and was later promoted to captain, inspector and deputy commanding officer in the 4th Precinct, before being promoted to deputy chief of the support division. Family members who were in the New York City Police Department inspired her initial interest in a law enforcement career. “I really thought the job wouldn’t be a fit for me at first, but my cousins assured me that I would enjoy the job and to give it a chance,” she said. “I took their word for it, and by the time I got done with the police academy, I was in love with the job.” Atmore noted she wants to inspire young people of color who might be interested in a law enforcement career. “I hope that young people look up and see myself and other people of color in prominent positions and see what we’ve accomplished so they can visualize themselves as future leaders in law enforcement,” she said. “I think that we represent these opportunities that exist that young people may not know about.” Atmore added that she hopes in the future that more people of color are promoted to prominent law enforcement posts. “I understand and appreciate the excitement of my promotion and its uniqueness,” she said. “In my mind, I’m hoping that in the next five to 10 years that promotions like this will be more commonplace.”
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Continued fRoM fRont that when Tucker began training there, he was reluctant to take him on, because he didn’t want to make false promises. “I didn’t know what to expect, and I don’t want to take someone’s money if I can’t provide the services that I promised,” Corleone said. “Now he’s walking over to the speed bag, the double-end bag, and he’s talking to everyone in the gym.” Corleone began posting videos of Thomas’s progress on the gym’s Instagram page last year. Last month, one of the videos went viral on social media after it was reposted on ESPN SportsCenter’s social media accounts. “We’re humbled by this experience,” said Tucker, who is an independent contractor. “I didn’t even know until Mike told me, and then my other son told me that Lorenzo is all over social media.” Corleone’s step-by-step approach, Tucker said, helped Thomas improve his motor functions. Thomas, who was a senior at Upper Room Christian School in Dix Hills at the time of the shooting, didn’t finish high school due to his injury, but he still has hopes of earning his GED. “He was already walking without the walker at times,” Tucker said, “but now he’s gotten a little bit stronger through
boxing with Mike. Lorenzo has been an street, and landed on his head. He was inspiration to many people, and he’s even taken to South Side Hospital in Bay pushing his siblings and I to stay active Shore, and was later transported to Cohen’s Children’s Medical Center in and to better ourselves.” New Hyde Park. Similar to Thomas’s viral video has Thomas, his motor functions attracted other boxers to Kayo were affected, and he was Boxing, including 18-year-old legally blind at one point. Donovan Maldonado, of As his health slowly Brentwood, who is also recovimproved each year, Maldoering from a traumatic brain nado said, he had an interest injury. His parents, Laura in taking up boxing or marGarces and Matthew Maldotial arts. “I’ve always wanted nado, said that Corleone’s to learn how throw a punch,” patience with Thomas drew he said, “and now I’m glad them to the gym. that I actually know how to “We were nervous, because punch correctly thanks to of the brain injury, about putKayo Boxing.” ting him in something like “I became a big crybaby that,” said Garces, an admin- Matthew watching his progress every istrative assistant in Syosset. day,” his father said. “From “Then we saw the video of Maldonado being told that your child Mike working on Lorenzo one- Brentwood isn’t going to make it to now on-one. He was very careful in dealing with Lorenzo’s balance and hand- seeing him hitting the pads and throwing eye coordination. Something as simple as combinations, it’s just a blessing.” Maldonado, who works in the linen turning your shoulder when you’re jabbing, it’s a lot for people with a brain inju- department at South Side Hospital and as a night custodian in the Brentwood ry.” Maldonado was walking home from School District, said that his family was North Middle School in January 2016 concerned about some of the state’s prowhen he was hit by car while crossing a posed budget cuts. They include seven
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Care Coordination Organizations/Health Homes that were created in 2018 to support people with intellectual disabilities. Maldonado is among the thousands of New Yorkers with developmental disabilities who would be affected by the cuts. “We’ve learned that the more stimulation they get, the better they recover,” his father said. “Everything that’s happening now at Kayo Boxing is bringing awareness. It’s a constant battle. They’re sick, they’re healing and we’ll get them back if everybody plays their part.” Matthew Maldonado added that he would like to create a facility or clubhouse on Long Island in which people with physical disabilities could socialize and grow with one another. His son graduated from Brentwood High School last year, and hopes to attending college. As for Corleone’s newfound popularity, he told the Herald that he had finally found his calling in life. “To find the joy in training somebody who is just looking to be better than they were yesterday, that’s the best,” he said. “It brings me joy, but I don’t want to take credit or let my head blow up and let people think that I’m the next messiah. I’m just the vessel that’s carrying them along.”
Team Haiti captain to teach lacrosse in Elmont By Melissa Koenig and Ronny Reyes mkoenig@liherald.com
Stevens Cadet had not even heard of lacrosse until he was a freshman at Elmont Memorial High School, where he wanted to play football and baseball, but the coaches decided that lacrosse would be a better fit for him than baseball. He has since become the captain of Haiti’s first national lacrosse team, and is now spreading his love for the sport by partnering with the Elmont Police Activity League and the Elmont and Sewanhaka high school lacrosse teams for a one-day lacrosse clinic at the fields behind the Elmont Memorial Library and an eightweek lacrosse program at his alma mater, the Gotham Avenue School. He had wanted to start such a grassroots lacrosse program since he was 19, he said, to teach children discipline and “create a pipeline” of skilled lacrosse players to both of the high schools. He finally got his chance recently, when Jon Johnson, the president of the Elmont Cardinals Sports Club put him in contact with Nassau County Police Officer Kenneth Brown to create a lacrosse clinic with the Elmont PAL program, which began earlier this year to prevent juvenile delinquency and build positive relationships between police officers and the children in the community. Johnson had lobbied the Nassau County Police Department for the program in 2019, and called Cadet, whom he said he knew for most of Cadet’s 28-year life, an “integral part” of the program because he could connect to the children of Elmont with his humble beginnings. When he first joined the Elmont
Memorial High School lacrosse team more than a decade ago, the team was not doing very well, varsity lacrosse coach James Carretta previously told the Herald, but after Cadet and his friends joined, it started to thrive. “He was one of the foundations that we needed to bring the program back to life,” Carretta said. In his junior year, Cadet became an offensive and defensive powerhouse, and played in the Martin Luther King Tri-State All Stars Tournament, which earned him multiple scholarships from Division I and II universities throughout the country. He was about to give up the sport soon thereafter, however, because his father died of a sudden heart attack, and, as his family’s only son, Cadet felt it was his responsibility to help provide for them. But the staff at Ohio Valley University in West Virginia did not give up on him, sending him condolence cards and asking him to visit the school, which he was supposed to look at with his father. Cadet found it welcoming and enrolled in the university, becoming the school’s first African-Amercian lacrosse player. Then one day, he said, a teammate hurled racial slurs at him, and officials’ failure to react made him feel uncomfortable, and so he left for Genesee Community College in upstate New York. He was not allowed to play lacrosse in his first season there under Division II protocols, but spent his nights practicing alone, until one night a security guard saw him play and spoke to the school’s lacrosse coach, who signed Cadet up to play for the GCC Cougars. He was soon surrounded by several top players in the National Junior College athletic Associa-
tion, and his competitive spirit led the team to face the Onondaga Community College Lazers in the 2012 NJCAA Lax Championship game in Nassau County. The team lost, but Cadet said, he felt honored to play his first championship game back home. After finishing his studies, he attended the University of the District of Columbia, where a new lacrosse program had recently been started by professional lacrosse players Scott Urik and Roger Colbert, who went on to become the team’s coach. He called Cadet one of the program’s prime founders, who helped the team beat the nationally-ranked Mercy College Mavericks in a conference game. Upon graduation, Cadet volunteered at a training camp run by Paul Rabil, who suggested he play for Team Haiti rather than the Long Island Lizards. He was selected as the team’s first pick in 2018, and has since traveled the world for competitions. But through it all, Cadet said, he “had to work 10 times as hard as the next kid” because he did not start playing until he was a teenager, unlike some of his competitors, who had been playing the sport since they were children. So, to better prepare Elmont children for a future in lacrosse, Cadet will work with lacrosse players from Elmont and Sewanhaka high schools to teach boys and girls in first- through sixth-grades the sport in a 30-minute clinic and a hardestshot competition on March 27. Each participant will get a free t-shirt, and no equipment is required. Children will also be able to attend an upcoming eight-week clinic that Cadet is spearheading with the support of both
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stevens Cadet, a former Elmont High School lacrosse player who went on to be the captain of Haiti’s lacrosse team, will lead a one-day lacrosse clinic on March 27. high schools and the Elmont PAL. It will feature lessons by some of Cadet’s college teammates. “Even if one kid gets a scholarship, or even just becomes a successful lacrosse player in high school” as a result of these programs, Cadet said, “that would warm my heart.” To register for the free clinic, visit www.ElmontPAL.website.sportssignup.com.
News briefs America Lodge No. 2245 Sons and Daughters of Italy recently donated to the Society of St. Vincent De Paul Food Pantry in Elmont, after previously donating to St. Catherine of Sienna’s food pantry and partnering with the Community League of Garden City South and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 325 in Garden City South and West Hempstead to donate meals to the Fifth Police Precinct. Additionally, President Andrew Monteleone reached out to the Elmont Chamber of Commerce about joining the organization, which is already an active member of the Franklin Square Chamber of Commerce. He is hoping to get the community organization more active in
Elmont and West Hempstead. The lodge was chartered in 1971 to serve the Elmont, Franklin Square and West Hempstead communities. It added 40 new members in 2019 and 26 in 2020, with six new members already waiting to join in 2021. It is part of a national organization comprising an estimated 26 million Americans of Italian heritage who are dedicated to promoting Italian culture, traditions, language, legacies and the country’s contributions to the United States and to the world. Membership is now open for those from the Elmont, Franklin Square and West Hempstead communities. Just reach out to Andrew Monteleone at monteleoneandrew@gmail.com.
Inside LI to host webinar on pandemic anniversary By Nicole AlciNdor nalcindor@liherald.com
The coronavirus pandemic came to Long Island the first week in March last year. With no clear end in sight to the pandemic, many Long Islanders now wonder what the future of the Island will look like moving forward. To shed light on many pandemic-related questions and concerns that Long Islanders are pondering, Herald Inside LI will host a free live webinar over Zoom on Thursday, March 18. Starting at 6 p.m., the webinar, titled “The Virus and the Vaccine: One Year Later,” will feature Nassau County Executive Laura Curran; Jennifer Cona, a part-
ner at Cona Elder Law; Dr. Larry Eisenstein, Nassau County Department of Health commissioner; and Dr. Aaron Glatt, chairman of the Department of Medicine at Mount Sinai South Nassau. The panelists will discuss the past year and next steps to deal with the pandemic in the near future. Panelists will also discuss infection rates, variants, scheduling testing and vaccine appointments, and continued plans to keep people safe. Cona Elder Law and Mount Sinai South Nassau are sponsoring the webinar. To register, go to LIHerald.com/VaccineUpdate. To sponsor a webinar or for more information, contact Amy Amato at aamato@richnerlive.com or call (516) 569-4000, ext. 224.
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Itgen’s Ice Cream Parlor founder dies at 88 in two places at once as Itgen shuttled between the Malverne and Freeport restaurants. Walter Itgen, a German immigrant, In 1967, looking to expand his business master chocolatier and businessman who ventures, Itgen purchased the Valley founded Walt Itgen’s Ice Cream Parlor, a Stream location from its previous tenant, Valley Stream institution on Rockaway and after building out the storefront to Avenue for more than half a century, died include a dining and chocolate room, business there took off, Michael said. on Jan. 31. He was 88. “The place just exploded,” he said. Itgen was defined by his hard work and All the while, Margaret worked alongdedication to the businesses that he operated with his late wife, Margaret, according side him. “My father couldn’t have done it to his sons, Michael and Walter Jr. He without my mother,” Walter Jr. said. “They were like a power couple,” came to the United States in the mid-1950s in pursuit of the American dream, leaving Emeish said. Business at the Valley his life behind there after helping to Stream Itgen’s became such that in the rebuild his war-torn home country as a early 1970s, the two decided to sell the Malverne location to dedicate their entire bricklayer. In his early 20s, Itgen worked at various attention to the Rockaway Avenue store. Later, they sold Long Island delis Viebrock’s as well. after gaining sponThe family sorship from an would work 70- to uncle who lived in 80-hour weeks, and G a r d e n C i t y, Itgen took his work Michael said. He ethic seriously. also worked setting “The business up pins at a bowlcame before anying alley at one thing,” Walter Jr. point, and in 1956 said. “The business he enlisted in the was his life.” Army for two years Chocolate seaas a paratrooper in son, which ran the 82nd Airborne more than half of Division, stationed the year from Halin North Carolina. loween to Mother’s W h e n h e re Day, was the shop’s turned, he was left busiest, and Itgen with the choice of took great pride in either attending itgen continued to help with the choccrafting the chococollege with the olates and confections at his parlor even late and confecm o n e y h e h a d after he had sold it. tions, often preparsaved or going into ing and decorating business, Walter Jr. them months in advance. Easter was the said. He chose the latter. Itgen met his future wife, Margaret biggest holiday of them all, with up to Magner, an immigrant from Ireland, at a 5,000 pounds of handcrafted chocolate bundance in Mineola. “That’s what you did nies and Easter eggs sold during the seaback then — you went to dances to meet son, according to previous Herald reportpeople,” Walter Jr. said. “My father loved ing. Itgen was constantly lookih to hone his to dance.” craft, Emeish said, seeking the best ice The two fell fast in love and were married in 1959. Around that time, they moved cream and chocolate recipes. From 1981 to 1993, he served as president of the Confecto Malverne, where they spent the rest of their lives together. Michael was born in tioners’ and Ice Cream Manufacturers’ Association of the State of New York. “He 1960, and Walter Jr. in 1962. The week he got married, Itgen pur- was like a visionary,” she said, “and a true chased an ice cream parlor on Hempstead self-made man.” Although often engrossed in his work, Avenue in Malverne called Schumacher’s. He had originally planned to keep the Itgen did make time outside the parlor. In name, but was angry when he discovered the 1970s, he worked as a volunteer ambuthat the former owner, Fred Schumacher, lance driver for the Malverne Fire Departhad failed to maintain the food stocks, so ment, was a longtime member of the Malhe changed the restaurant’s name to Wal- verne Rotary Club, and from the 1990s until shortly before his death, he served on ter Itgen’s Luncheonette. In addition to the luncheonette, in 1961, the board of Plattdeutsche Park in FrankItgen became a partner with two others at lin Square, doing stints as president, vice a restaurant called Viebrock’s on Main president and treasurer for the catering Street in Freeport. The restaurant was hall, restaurant and beer garden. He was renowned as one of the first locations in also a philanthropist, Emeish said, at one New York to serve Col. Harlan Sanders’ point making a $300,000 donation to PlattKentucky Fried Chicken recipe, with an deutsche, which named a wing of the hall advertisement in a 1961 edition of the Long after Margaret, featuring a bust of her. Over the years, business at Itgen’s Island Graphic newspaper touting the KFC dine-out kits, which in addition to the began to decline as the demographics of chicken, included coleslaw, potato salad, the area changed. In 2017, the family sold the parlor, but even after the sale, Itgen and biscuits, gravy and coffee. Margaret was instrumental in his busi- his wife continued to work in the back to ness endeavors, Reine Emeish, Walter Jr.’s the end of their lives. “That generation fiancee said, essentially allowing him to be was always doing something,” Michael
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itgen’s ice cream Parlor during its heyday in the 1970s. itgen on the cover of a magazine in 1997 with one of his famous jumbo Easter bunnies.
said of his parents. “My mother worked hand in hand with him . . . I said, ‘I hope they enjoyed their lives,’’ Walter Jr. said, noting that they both died within a few years of selling their business. In October 2019, Margaret died at 84, and after that, Itgen continued to work at his former parlor until his health forced
him home. “He worked there until the end,” Michael said. In addition Michael and Walter Jr., Itgen is survived by his brother Lother, in Germany; seven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Itgen was buried at Pinelawn Cemetery with his wife. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the American Cancer Society.
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My Brother’s Keeper comes to Elmont By Melissa Koenig mkoenig@liherald.com
Michael Jaime had been working with state and county officials for more than a year to get the My Brother’s Keeper program started in the Elmont Union Free School District, until finally, on March 3, S u p e r i n t e n d e n t Ke n n e t h Ro s n e r announced that the school district would be the first in Nassau County to participate in the nationwide program. The initiative was founded by Pres. Barack Obama in 2014 as an inter-agency effort focused on “closing and eliminating the opportunity gaps faced by boys and young men of color so that all young people have the chance to reach their full potential,” according to the New York State Education Department website. The state became the first in the nation to accept the then-president’s challenge and enact the My Brother’s Keeper program into law with the passage of the 2016 - 17 New York State budget. It is funded by the New York State Office of Access, Equity and Community Engagement. As part of the program, the two districts will adopt national and state policies, standards and programs that would expand children of color’s opportunities within the district. The students will also work with other students in the program to affect change in the education system, and one fellow from each high school will participate in national and statewide workshops, and teach district officials what they have learned. “This program will allow students to learn that no individual has a singular story, and that resilience from our experiences will determine outcomes,” Jaime, the president of boh the Elmont and Sewanhaka Boards of Education, adding, “Being the first elementary in Nassau County will mean that our youngest scholars will benefit from the MBK program at an early age and learn the strategies to successfully navigate school and beyond.” The students will be exposed to various career paths under the program — which stresses building partnerships with local governments, colleges, universities and private businesses — he explained, but in order to do that, the district had to write a letter of intent to the State Education commissioner and get
The program’s goals at the national level, MBK focuses on getting students: 1. Entering school ready to learn. 2. Reading at grade level by thirdgrade. 3. Graduating high school ready for college or careers. 4. Completing post-secondary education or training. 5. Successfully entering the workforce. 6. On track and giving them second chances. additionally, the program in new York is committed to: 1. Ensuring equitable access to highquality schools and programs. 2. Expanding prevention, early warning and intervention services. 3. Using differentiated approaches based on need and culture. 4. Responding to structural and institutional racism. 5. Making comprehensive and coordinated support services widely available. 6. Engaging families and communities in a trusted and respectful way. County Executive Laura Curran’s letter of endorsement. “Due to Covid-19 and the fact that we are the first Nassau school districts to attempt this,” Jaime said, it “took longer to complete. But now, after all that, district officials announced that the program will begin in the Elmont and Sewanhaka school districts next fall, with a kickoff meeting next month.
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ManY of THe signs illegally posted on utility poles include businesses’ phone numbers. blocked. “We’re simply asking the Town of Hempstead to enforce the good law they passed . . . and collect the fines from those violating the law, which will absolutely lead to a decline in follow-up violations,” Solages said at a news conference about the issue in 2016, when he urged then Supervisor Anthony Santino to increase code enforcement on the Nassau CountyQueens border. “If we’re going to be committed to revitalizing our versions of Main Street like Hempstead Turnpike, then we must make real change by sending the message that it is no longer business as usual and that the town will enforce important qualityof-life laws.” The town will begin its street sweeping program over the next few months.
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year ago, we faced many new challenges as the coronavirus threw the world into a panic. Many unanswered questions made us fearful of both the known and the unknown. Despite this heightened level of stress, we adjusted, and new approaches to cope with the pandemic arose. We Zoomed from room to room, and country to country, without having to pack our bags or experience jet lag. We found a new dress code for our virtual meetings: ROBERT mullet outfits with “business on GOLDMAN the top, party on the bottom,” and made sure to turn off the cat filter. Masks became more than just a protective measure: They became a fashion statement, or an advertisement or promotion for a business, product or cause. For some of us, reality TV became an escape: Joe Exotic was anointed the “Tiger King,” as the mystery of who killed Carole Baskin’s husband still lingers. Speaking of lingering, some of us put on the pandemic
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pounds as we binged on series and food. All of the changes emerging from the pandemic are linked to our human need to stay connected during times of adversity. Fads are an expression of belongingness. Sadly, the social deprivation that we all experienced left a hole in this fundamental human need for contact and connectedness. As we had to increasingly remain socially distant, our need for emotional connectedness grew stronger. As an attorney and practicing psychologist, I witnessed firsthand how many of my attorney colleagues reported on social media feeling stressed. This was a shocker, as attorneys are known for being loath to admit they struggle. I felt a call to action, and started offering resiliency training over Zoom to my fellow attorneys. Little did I know that this group would offer me support as I mourned the passing of my father during the pandemic, when public gathering was prohibited. The Virtual Lawyers Lounge continues to be relevant, and is more than 500 members strong. The pandemic was a rare event in which human distress was universal, as
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we learned early on that Covid-19 does not discriminate. Our common experience of living through the pandemic created a space for empathy across the world, even if we couldn’t give a hug or wipe a tear for those who needed it the most. The buzzword born out of our universal experience is resilience: the ability to overcome adversity. By our evolutionary nature, resilience is tied to our need to survive. We survived by finding new ways to connect. These new ways should not be forgotten, but rather incorporated into our “new normal,” whatever that is. Now, as the vaccines roll out and the new world opens up, questions stoke our fears. Is the new world safe? What will the new normal look like? This anxiety is the reality for adults and children who were abruptly thrown into a new lifestyle, without any mental or emotional buffers. For example, the child who will awaken from his Covid-19 slumber of gaming and return to a classroom setting where he will barely recognize his classmates through the mask-covered mouths and protective Plexiglas that separates them from one another.
ow, as the vaccines roll out, new questions stoke our fears. Is the new world safe?
As we venture into the new normal, I envision a world of hope and reprioritized values. For a resilient march to this new normal, we must acknowledge that much of what we believe in having control over is just an illusion; we need to remain present in all that we do and appreciate the temporary nature of all circumstances. When the inevitable, unpredictable event happens, embracing it with optimism, fortitude and courage helps us through the rough patch and aids us as we move forward to where we want to be. Most important, in the resilient march to the new normal, we must never forget the need and value of hugging one another, rebuilding our personal connections, wiping away a tear and offering an approving smile that may be seen with or without a mask. As of this writing, 2.65 million people across the world have died because of the coronavirus. In honoring those we lost and keeping alive the lessons learned, we must become more vigilant about tending to our health, physically and mentally. Dr. Robert Goldman is the chief psychologist and co-CEO of TLC Virtual Resiliency and an adjunct professor at Hofstra University and St. Joseph’s College. Learn more at tlcvirtualresiliency.com.
Fragments: surviving a season of loss
didn’t tune in to the news at all yesterday, and that was a happy change from one year ago, when I couldn’t not watch, but when I did watch, the grim predictions from epidemiologists, juxtaposed with the misinformation coming from the White House, had me worried sick. Doctors told us to wear masks, stay at home, close schools and avoid contact even with our parents and children and grandchildren. At the same time, the president rolled out his RANDI no-big-deal mesKREISS sage. He promised that the coronavirus would just go away. Yet people were dying, and refrigerator morgue trucks were parked on New York City streets. For me, not trusting our highest elected officials to keep us safe in the face of a historic pandemic was psychologically destabilizing. The message was: You’re on your own. We did what we had to do. No kids, no supermarkets, no friends and no communal events of any kind.
Now, one year later, I don’t need to hear the news because I trust that the government is going about its business, fighting the best fight it can against the virus. What does this pandemic anniversary mean to us? My husband and I are just past two weeks since our second vaccine. I think we’ll be fine, but there is a definite process to reemerging and rebooting a full life. With the second jab, it isn’t as if this dreadful year gets erased. Just a glance in the mirror reminds me that I’m not the same person I was last March. I made a joke in a column last year about my own personal silver lining as my hair turned gray. Now it’s even more so, and very long, a kind of metaphor about time and change and a new acceptance of mortality. I’m thinking about my friends of the heart who died over the past year, Marlene and Marty and Don. I mention their names to write them into my world and honor their memory. They didn’t all die of Covid-19, but they left this world too
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soon and without the comforting rituals of traditional funerals and visiting among family and friends after the loss. Letting them go is more difficult because there was no way to say a real goodbye or hold the hands of their loved ones. My husband has photos of these buddies pasted on a full wall in his office, like the man without a country, yearning for “home.” Living through this year, with plenty of food and access to the Internet and the ability to work online, reminded me that good fortune shines on only some people. More than 530,000 of us died, many because they had to go to work, or lived in large family groups or couldn’t figure out the byzantine vaccine rollout protocols. I don’t know their names, but I want to carry them with me into the post-pandemic world, with a kind of “never forget” mantra. They shouldn’t just disappear. In the beginning I was Zooming with the grandkids pretty often, and then less often, and then we had hardly anything to share because we weren’t doing anything all day. I thought from the begin-
ven friends who died of something other than Covid were deprived of comforting rituals.
ning that the teenagers suffered most from the isolation and emotional vacuum that can follow months of down time with no other kids around. I have faith in their resilience, though, and history teaches us that young people have survived other deprivations, especially during wartime. We ventured out the other evening for the very first time, to sit in an outside tented area of a restaurant. It wasn’t perfect. It felt strange to wait for food, and I was impatient. I realize I have to give this new normal some time. One year after the pandemic began surging across America and the world, my freezer is still packed. I have more toilet paper than I need. I remember some of my parents’ behaviors, which I called a Depression-era mentality, and I know we have adopted some slightly irrational habits as a result of our anxiety during the worst days of Covid-19. I expect all of this will evolve as our faith in the future — any future — is restored. I would like to live long enough to read the great books that will surely be written about this year, especially the fiction, which so often touches the most profound truths. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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assau County got some very good news last week after passage of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan: The county will receive $397.7 million in federal aid to pay for expenses after it fell into a deep budget hole caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Covid-19 has not only killed more than 530,000 people in the United States, but also has ravaged the finances of our state and local governments and school districts. States and counties — which depend heavily on sales taxes for funding — were particularly hard hit over the past year. People haven’t been shopping at local businesses the way they did before the pandemic, in part because many fear contracting the virus in public, and many simply haven’t the money to shop. We hope and trust that the ARP will be a vital shot in the arm to reignite the economy, both here in New York and across the country. It is certainly giving local elected leaders the opportunity to breathe easier, knowing they won’t have to lay off essential workers, including police officers and emergency medical technicians. In total, New York state will receive $12.6 billion in aid, which will be used to mitigate the spread of the virus and enhance the vaccination effort, as well as balance the state’s budget so it, too, can avoid layoffs. School districts will also benefit from the funding allocation.
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letters Stimulus bill delivers relief To the Editor: Congressional passage of the most recent stimulus bill, called the American Rescue Plan, is great news for all Americans, regardless of your politics. Beyond delivering much-needed relief to people struggling to make ends meet, this bill also provides the bold federal investment necessary to accelerate vaccine distribution, ensure that schools fully reopen and support struggling small businesses, like our restaurants. I am especially pleased that this bill funds local governments like Nassau County, particularly as we continue to hold the front line in our fight to defeat the coronavirus once and for all. LAURA CURRAN Nassau County executive
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No doubt, the ARP is far-reaching. We should all be thankful that state and local governments will be made whole after a historically devastating year. Leaving them to fend for themselves — essentially the plan of Republican leaders like Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell — could have, and likely would have, been disastrous. Mass layoffs of front-line workers would have meant a double whammy for the nation: We would have lost not only many people entrusted with protecting our safety during the pandemic, but also their spending power and tax dollars. The first round of federal pandemic aid provided by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES, was a $2.2 trillion economic stimulus bill, passed last March, that provided aid to states and, in a more limited way, local governments, as well as loans to businesses. It saved tens of thousands of businesses, especially small ones, and many, many lives, in particular through vaccine research. The trouble was this: Any aid that state and local governments accepted could be used only to fund coronavirus mitigation efforts. There was no aid to those governments to continue operations while the economy was tanking last spring. State and local elected leaders pleaded — practically begged — for greater aid beyond funding for coronavirus mitigation, but the Republican-controlled Senate and President Trump would not budge.
The second round of aid, a hotly contested bill signed late last year, provided $900 billion, again without unrestricted aid to state and local governments. With this third round of federal aid, we are seeing the load lifted for state and local elected leaders. At the same time, the American Rescue Plan will increase funding for vaccination programs, and provide $1,400 in direct aid to a majority of working families and individuals and greater funding for small businesses. Yes, we continue to add to America’s debt — a debt that will one day have to be repaid. U.S. debt now stands at $27 trillion — or 128 percent of our gross domestic product. Only 10 years ago, we worried that our debt had surpassed 90 percent of GDP. So yes, we will have to cut back in the future. Now, however, is not the time. In the here and now, we must focus on economic recovery, and the only way to lift ourselves out of our current fiscal quagmire and jump-start spending is through federal aid. Going forward, we will have to work harder than ever — and we will have to do so together, united as one country, Republicans and Democrats. And we will have to innovate, which means we will have to focus more than ever on providing educational resources not only to our children, but to people of all ages. As a nation, we will survive, but we will have to do a lot better than we did in 2020.
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uring the coronavirus pandemic, many of us have needed to get outside, and have rediscovered the joy of walking or riding a bike to see friends and exercise. Should this trend continue — and record bike sales suggest that it will — then New Yorkers will be healthier, traffic will be less congested and air quality will improve. But for walking and biking to be realistic options for most people, we first need to invest in safe and adequate infrastructure, just as we have Carter done for every mode of striCkLanD other transportation. This is a critical public safety issue for Long Island. Today, our roads are too risky — Nassau and Suffolk counties were ranked second and third most dangerous in the state, as measured by the number of fatalities, personal injuries and property damage resulting from traf-
fic crashes. In fact, in 2019, Long Island accounted for over a quarter of all bicycle fatalities in New York. Too many lives have been lost because of dangerous roads. Safe places to bike and walk are also part of a holistic economic recovery. Civic leaders seeking to attract and retain young professionals with amenities comparable to any major city and to solidify a strong “sense of place” across the Island have already invested in revitalizing downtowns with walkable communities and affordable multi-family housing. The missing commercial part of that mix may follow even faster than expected now, as many people who have worked from home for more than a year question the value of long commutes. In fact, the large redevelopment areas proposed for Long Island are mixed use, with the intention of creating live-work-play communities — and future residents and workers will look for recreational opportunities and better connections to parks.
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Letters beyond troubling, and describe a disturbing pattern of behavior that also now includes a potentially criminal act. The gravity of these claims makes it clear to us that the governor cannot lead the state while faithfully responding to multiple investigations. This is especially true in light of the impending state budget deadline, the need to continue guiding the state through the coronavirus pandemic and the fragility of the state’s economic recovery. The New York State Constitution demands that if the governor is “unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office of Governor, the Lieutenant-Governor shall act as the Governor until the inability shall cease.” We call on the Cuomo to step aside, at least until such time that the state attorney general’s investigation is complete. We are confident that the lieutenant governor would ably serve the people of New York. JoHN BRookS, JAMES GAuGHRAN, Todd kAMINSkY, ANNA kAPLAN and kEvIN THoMAS New York state senators
Was the chopper really necessary? To the Editor: Was it really essential for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to travel from Albany via helicopter to visit the round-the-clock Covid-19 vaccination center at the Javits Convention Center recently? The event was little more than a career politician’s photo op.
The good news is that both Nassau and Suffolk counties have started to invest in safe biking and walking trails. There are first-class bike paths in Eisenhower Park and Bethpage State Park, as well as several trail systems in parks and a few northsouth trails. What is missing is a main artery to tie this all together, much as the Long Island Expressway did for an earlier generation that wanted to drive their cars to the post-war suburbs. A proposed Long Island Greenway would provide this connectivity and jumpstart a true network of trails for point-to-point travel across the Island. Stretching 175 miles from Manhattan to Montauk, the greenway would be a multi-purpose trail that would be mostly off-road along power lines, connecting downtown redevelopment areas such as Innovation Park and the Nassau Hub, 26 parks and 46 train stations. It would make walking and biking safe for people on Long Island and a real option for exercising, visiting friends, even picking up gro-
ceries. And it would be good for downtown business as well: Trail users spend about $250,000 per mile annually on trailrelated local businesses, according to a 2012 study by the Rails to Trails Conservancy. This project could be shovel-ready and provide jobs in the near term while setting the foundation for Long Island’s success over the long term. The state has already built the Empire State Trail from Buffalo to New York City, and has invested in preliminary engineering studies to extend it across Long Island. According to a study released recently by New Yorkers for Clean Water and Jobs, 65,000 jobs could be created by the $3 billion New York State Environmental Bond Act, which would support projects like the Long Island Greenway. We need those jobs now to help our economic recovery, and those investments would pay back health and economic dividends for years. Long Islanders should call on their elected officials to support investments in park infrastructure. Carter Strickland is the New York state director for the Trust for Public Land.
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Why couldn’t Cuomo ride Amtrak from Albany to Manhattan? upon arrival, it would have been a quick five-minute walk through the $1.6 billion Moynihan Train Hall to the Javits Convention Center. Perhaps Cuomo didn’t want to rub shoulders with constituents while riding Amtrak and walking to his news conference. He might have also run into reporters, who were banned from the Javits Center event. They might have asked some embarrassing questions dealing with his ongoing nursing home and sexual harassment scandals. The day before his visit, u.S. Representatives Carolyn Maloney, Jerry Nadler and Nydia velazques, along with Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, conducted a news conference at the Manhattan 30th Street Heliport. They called for the elimination of non-essential helicopter rides, like the one that Cuomo took. Before he became president, Joe Biden was known as “Amtrak Joe.” He regularly commuted from his delaware home to Washington, d.C., via Amtrak for decades. Why couldn’t Cuomo emulate Biden? Forget the helicopter trips to and from Albany to the Big Apple. Lead by example. He should show his support for transit just like Biden and become “Amtrak Andrew.” LARRY PENNER Great Neck Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Office.
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