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District to open schools in fall About 900 students opt for remote learning, citing concerns cols will be implemented. According to Free por t’s reopening plan, the district will School districts across New not allow all students to return at York state, including Freeport, once, because, officials said, they will be allowed to reopen in Sep- would be unable adhere to socialtember, Gov. Andrew Cuomo distancing guidelines if they did. announced last FriInstead, the disday. He said he based trict is implementhis decision on low ing a hybrid instrucinfection rates tion model, in which recorded in every students will be region. divided into two “Everywhere in groups and attend t h e s t at e, eve r y in-person classes on region is below the alternating school threshold that we days. established,” Cuomo Half the students said during a conferwill come to school ence call with reporton Mondays and ers. “We’ve been sucWednesdays, and the cessful because other half on Tueswe’ve been smart, days and Thursdays. and our school guidMasks will be manance is based on that dated, and students . . . So if anyone can will be required to KiShoRe open schools, we can have one with them KUNchAm open schools.” at all times. The State Educa- Superintendent The district is tion Department is also allowing stuleaving the specifics dents to opt for of how to reopen the state’s 749 remote learning online. Superinschool districts to the districts tendent Kishore Kuncham said themselves. They are empowered that as of Aug. 7, 900 students to make decisions about what in- had selected the remote learning person learning will look like, option. how much remote learning will be offered and how safety protoContinued on page 4

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DozeNS of people gathered at Cow Meadow Park on Aug. 9 to seek justice for Jorge Soto Monge, 25, of Freeport, who died in a boat collision in nearby Freeport Creek.

Freeporters seek justice for boat crash victims By RoNNy ReyeS rreyes@liherald.com

As Long Island began reopening in July, friends Victor Moz and Jorge Soto Monge, both of Freeport, returned to work as delivery drivers for Best Buy and P.C. Richard, respectively. After long days of work, the duo would meet with friends and relax aboard Moz’s boat on Freeport Creek. But their evenings of relaxation were forever disrupted

on Aug. 1, when another boat collided with theirs, killing Soto Monge, 25, leaving Moz and his friend Maura Martinez, 29, hospitalized and injuring four others. Jose and Rosa Soto Monge, Jorge’s parents, and Moz described the ordeal as a nightmare, prolonged by what they said was the Nassau County Police Department’s lack of consideration for the victims. As of press time Wednesday, an NCPD representative

had not responded to the Herald’s requests for comment, and an investigation of the collision was continuing. Friends and family of the victims were joined on Aug. 9 by community leaders at Cow Meadow Park, near the crash site, to demand justice for Jorge and to call on the state to look into the NCPD’s investigation of the case. “To this day, the police have not visited Jorge’s family,” Continued on page 3

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Community criticizes police investigation State Assemblyman Phil Ramos, of Bay Shore, said. “I had to talk to the police myself to get them to even call the family.” Ramos, who was a Suffolk County police officer and detective for 20 years, said investigators told him that the crash would likely be ruled an accident and no criminal charges would be filed against the driver. That, he said, “shows there is a double-standard in place for Hispanic victims and victims of color.” Jose and Rosa said they were upset by the lack of communication with police, but more so that criminal charges may not pressed against the other driver, whose boat ripped Moz’s in half in a 5-mph speed zone. They said they spent days waiting for the police to contact them before calling to find out what happened to their son. They were also upset, they said, that police identified their son as an undocumented immigrant, but had not identified the other driver to date. “My son came here about a year and a half ago from El Salvador to seek asylum and escape all the violence that was happening there,” Jose told the Herald in interview, speaking in his native Spanish. “He was a good person who was trying to make a better life for himself here, and now we’ve lost him. “He and I have the same rights as anyone else, yet we can’t get any answers,” Rosa said, also in speaking Spanish. “That man [the other boater] took everything from us by being irresponsible, and we demand justice.” Attorney Kenneth Halperin, of Wingate, Russotti & Shapiro LLP, said he is representing the Soto Monge family and Vanessa Cornejo, another victim, as they plan a civil suit against the other boater for recklessness and negligence. Halperin said police did not properly interview the victims aboard Moz’s boat. Moz, himself, said he only

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spoke to police once after the crash, and he did not believe officers took down his proper testimony because he does not speak English well, and a translator was not provided. Moz, who attended the Aug. 9 protest in his wheelchair as he recovered from injuries to his back and pelvis, cried as he spoke, saying he wished he could have saved Soto Monge that night. “We were knocked in the water, and as they loaded me

into the ambulance, I kept asking for Jorge,” Moz said in Spanish. “I said, ‘Where is he? Is he OK?’ They told me he was OK, that he was fine, and then I found out he was dead. None of this should have happened.” A GoFundMe page was started by the local community to help the Soto Monge family and to deliver Jorge’s body to his native El Salvador. To donate to the family, visit https://www.gofundme.com/f/en-memoria-dejorge-soto-monge.

Teens donate 10,000 masks to Freeport schools By RONNY REYES rreyes@liherald.com

As the pandemic gripped New York state in March, Sabrina Guo, 14, of Oyster Bay Cove, felt uneasy as she watched Gov. Andrew Cuomo announce that front-line workers were running low on face masks and other Personal Protective Equipment. On March 23, Sabrina founded Long Island Laboring Against Covid-19, or LILAC, to purchase PPE for hospitals, first responders, essential workers and communities throughout Long Island. Through LILAC, Sabrina has donated more than 140,000 PPE items, including a recent donation of 10,000 masks to the Freeport School District on Aug. 7. “I’m honestly touched by this amazing gesture,” said Kishore Kuncham, superintendent of schools. “Despite all the horrible things that have happened during this pandemic, we’re seeing these young people rise to the occasion for our communities.” “It really is inspirational to see these teens giving to our community,” added Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé. Sabrina said she decided to make the latest donation to Freeport because she knew that communities of color were heavily impacted by Covid-19. Freeport, a minority-majority village, was the third-hardest hit community in Nassau, with more than 1,700 cases

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FREEpORt SupERiNtENdENt KiShORE Kuncham, far left, accepted donations from LILAC members Aarjiva Chandra, Yeonwoo Lee, Sabrina Guo and Sarah Razzaq. They were joined by County Legislator Debra Mulé and Board of Education President Ernest Kight Jr. reported as of Aug. 10, according to the county Department of Health. With the help of county legislators Mulé and Kevin Abrahams, Sabrina and her fellow teens at LILAC connected with the school district to donate not only the masks, but also artwork that thanks and supports front-line and essential workers in Freeport. Kuncham said the masks would be distributed to students before the start of the school year in September through the dis-

trict’s “Grab & Go” meal distributions throughout the summer. Sabrina said LILAC’s next mission will be to donate PPE to the Hempstead Farmers Market to black-owned restaurants in Hempstead, as the community has the greatest number of Covid-19 cases in the county, with more than 2.300 testing positive, according to the county DOH. As of Aug. 12, LILAC had raised more than $81,000 for its mission, including $40,000 of Sabrina’s college fund, which

she convinced her parents to donate. “You need to make a sacrifice to show that you’re dedicated to a cause, to show your conviction,” Guo said. “I can’t imagine the pain some people are going through because of the pandemic, so I need to do whatever I can to help.” To donate to LILAC, visit its GoFundMe page at https://www.gofundme.com/f/ LILACovid19, or visit their Instagram account at https://www.instagram.com/ lilacovid_19/.

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FREEpORtERS MaRtha MaRtiNEz, far left, and Rosa and Jose Soto Monge led a protest to demand justice for their children after a boat crash on Aug. 1 killed Jorge Soto Monge, 25, and left Maura Martinez, 29, hospitalized.

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Crime watCh Arrests ■ A male, 50, of Freeport, was arrested on Aug. 6, near North Columbus Avenue and Jay Street for leaving the scene of an auto accident. Police said they were responding to an accident near the intersection as witnesses pointed to a vehicle that had struck a parked car. Police conducted a traffic stop and arrested the suspect. The man was charged with leaving the scene of an auto accident and unlawful possession of marihuana. ■ A male, 27, of Freeport, was arrested on Aug. 7, near Atlantic Avenue and Westend Avenue on a bench and probation warrant. Police had responded to a report of attempted robbery in the area when they spotted the suspect leaving the location on a bicycle. The suspect was arrested and a following systems check found he had a bench warrant and two probation warrants from Nassau County. ■ A male, 21, of Freeport, was arrested on Aug. 7, near East Seaman Avenue for menacing and assault. Police had

responded to a report of a disturbance in the area when they spoke to a victim that said the suspect had approached him with a knife. The suspect was arrested and charged with menacing, criminal possession of a weapon and assault from a previous altercation.

Larceny ■ A Freeport resident reported that his bag was stolen from his car on Aug. 3, near West Merrick Road and South Columbus Avenue.

Unsecure premise ■ Freeport Police officers responded to a report of an unsecure vacant premise on Aug. 4, near Hubbard Avenue and Guy Lombardo Avenue. Officers spoke with the homeowner who stated that the front door was found ajar. Officers conducted a walkthrough of the home and found no signs of force entry. The home was resecured.

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News brief State suspends restaurant’s liquor license Elliot’s Restaurant and Bar, a local favorite on the Nautical Mile, was among 38 establishments that had their liquor licenses suspended by the State Liquor Authority on Tuesday because of alleged violations of pandemic executive orders. In a news release, Gov. Andrew Cuomo detailed an incident that occurred at Elliot’s on Aug. 5, in which investigators with the state’s multi-agency task force found multiple customers walking around and drinking at the restaurant’s outside bar. Investigators also said kitchen staff were not wearing masks, and management was serving patrons alcohol without food. When investigators confronted management about the issue, they said manage-

ment tried to pass off falsified receipts with food orders until they admitted to fabricating them and that Elliot’s was running a bar service. Despite being caught with multiple violations, Elliot’s continued to operate that night, where investigators found the restaurants “crammed” with about 100 patrons, according to officials. The investigators then contacted Freeport Police, who found about 69 patrons there, ignoring social distancing at the outside bar, authorities said. Suspension orders remain in effect, with the maximum penalty including the permanent revocation of the licenses and fines of up to $10,000 per violation.

District readies hybrid instruction model continued from front page “We’re expecting to see more people sign up for it in the coming days,” Kuncham said. “We’ve got a lot of things to do to make sure that both students and staff feel comfortable in going back to school.” Jennifer Melendez, the Caroline G. Atkinson PTA president, said her children were adamant about not going to school in September. She and a majority of her friends chose the remote learning option for their children because they were uncomfortable returning to school, despite the district’s comprehensive plan. Melendez, who has sons at Atkinson and Freeport High School, worried there would be too many students in the buildings at a time to ensure everyone is healthy and the Covid-19 virus does not spread. She added that her family would be unable to drop off both children at their schools on time, so she thought it would be safer and easier to keep them at home. “It’s better to keep them safe,” Melendez said. “But I’m worried about school events, activities. We haven’t heard how that’s going to work, or what’ll happen to all the special events planned if half the kids aren’t going to school. It’s also strange how our PTA meetings can’t happen in person because it’s not safe, yet schools are still reopening.” Danny Jordan, whose two children will attend the New Visions and J.W. Dodd Middle School, said kids are too unpredictable to adhere to safety guidelines. “I can definitely see my daughter trading masks with her friends at school,” Jordan said. “Kids play around and don’t always pay attention, so I’m keeping them home to keep them safe.” Kuncham said the district would continue to prepare its remote-learning platforms ahead of reopening. During the pandemic, the district gave out Chromebooks to students in grades five through 12, and in recent weeks, the district has handed them out to students in grades kindergarten to four to ensure all students can take part in distance learning. At his news conference, Cuomo emphasized that communication between school

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The FreeporT School District has been handing out Chromebooks to students to prepare them for remote learning this fall. districts and their communities is essential to address concerns of families and teachers. He said he was requiring districts to post their plans on their website, and Freeport’s plan is already there. Specifically, he said, plans must provide details addressing three areas: remote learning options, protocols for Covid-19 testing of students and staff, and contact tracing plans if a student or staff member were to test positive for the virus. Cuomo asked school district officials to hold discussions with parents and staff. “Districts have to communicate with parents,” he said. “Parents need an opportunity to be heard, and schools should welcome the opportunity to explain their plans.” He said districts should plan to hold a minimum of three sessions to give everyone the opportunity to take part between now and Aug. 21. “The more communication, the better,” Cuomo said, adding that he was also “asking districts to set up at least one discussion with teachers.”

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Covid-19 testing resumes at Jones Beach after Isaias By J.D. FreDa jfreda@liherald.com

The Covid-19 testing site at Jones Beach State Park reopened on Thursday, Aug. 6 after sustaining significant damage during Tropical Storm Isaias. Isaias, which hit the area with a short, sharp blast of high winds and driving rain left hundreds of thousands of Long Islanders without power, in addition to the damage at the area’s first drive-through test site. The severe winds caused the site’s tents to collapse. The facility was closed Wednesday because of the damage. The site, under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Health, reopened on Thursday at 10 a.m., for those with appointments. Seaford State Sen. John Brooks visited the testing site Friday. “Everything is restored here,” Brooks said. “The equipment was not damaged, just the tents.” The site closed on Tuesday in preparation for the storm, ensuring its medical equipment remained intact. Officials quickly reconstructed the tents for use on Thursday. Since it’s reopening, the Jones Beach test site has seen roughly 100 patients per day. This is slightly less than half of the mobile lab’s typical daily capacity. Although the site was closed for only a full day after the storm, no information was available at press time as to when Wednesday appointments would be rescheduled Brooks has also said he received statistics pointing to a positive testing rate of two percent at the site, an increase from recent months. The rate of infection has ticked up since July Fourth weekend. Nassau County statistics, showed an infection rate of less 1 percent at

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TuesDay’s Tropical sTorm Isaias caused damage at the Covid-19 testing site at Jones Beach, leaving it closed for two days. The site reopened on 10 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 6 and immediately began testing on an average of 100 people per day. the site. As of Aug. 7, Nassau County has a confirmed 43,655 positive cases. Suffolk accounts for 43,786 confirmed cases. Combined, the two counties make up 20.8 percent of the state’s total. Seaford, Wantagh and North

Wantagh had a total of roughly750 positive cases, with a very slight increase in the past seven days. The two hamlets combine for an average of 16.62 cases in every 1,000 residents.

Volunteers remove firework tied to goose By BriDgeT Downes bdownes@liherald.com

An unknown person or persons ducttaped fireworks to the chest of a Canada Goose at Silver Lake Park in Baldwin last month. Photos of the goose circulated on Facebook, and a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, volunteer removed the firework, according to photos shared online. The goose was seemingly unharmed. “The explosive appeared to have been lit but was soaked in water, presumably when the cowardly perpetrator let go and the bird wisely escaped into the water,” representatives of Long Island Orchestrating for Nature, or LION, wrote on Facebook on July 31. Long Island Orchestrating for Nature and PETA are offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction on cruelty charges of the person or persons who committed the “horrific” act. To donate to the reward fund, visit Long Island Orchestrating for Nature on Facebook. If it remains unclaimed, the funds will be redirected to LION’s mission of helping animals on Long Island and beyond, representatives said. The goose was released back into the wild about a week ago a few hours after the rescue, LION representatives said on Facebook, after a veterinarian gave the OK.

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a peTa volunTeer removed the firework from the goose.

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The NAACP FreePorT-roosevelT Branch will host a barbecue fundraiser on Aug. 5.

Cleaning up our park After Tropical Storm Isaias knocked down 10 trees at Bishop Frank O. White Park, kids from the Learning Institute for Tennis, Life Skills and Sportsmanship summer camp gathered on Aug. 8 to clean up the park. The LITLSS, a nonprofit based in

Freeport, provides community-based education enrichment opportunities for youths through tennis and educational programs meant to foster respect and positive leadership in the local communities.

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NAACP to host fundraiser The NAACP Free por t-Roosevelt Branch #2147 will host a barbecue fundraiser at the Church of Transfiguration Parish Hall, 81 S Long Beach Ave., on Aug. 5, from noon to 5 p.m. The fundraiser will focus on the Black Live Matter Movement, 2020 Census and voter registration, as well as the NAACP’s Youth & College Division for students ages seven to 25. There will also be an assortment of

foods that includes hot dogs, burgers, chicken, salads, corn, watermelon, lemonade, sodas and desserts. There will also be a take-out option available. The first 50 adults will also earn a prize at the door. For more information, contact the branch’s coordinator for civic engagement events at (516)-312-9813. Parking will be available at the lot on Pine Street.

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MeMbers oF The Learning Institute for Tennis, Life Skills and Sportsmanship cleaned up Bishop Frank O. White Park in the wake of Tropical Storm Isaias.

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A dozen of Lou Corradino’s friends and colleagues held a car parade in honor of his retirement from Richner Communications Inc. on Aug. 6. Mask wearing and social distancing were musts.

A beloved RCI figure is moving on

Printing Manager Lou Corradino retires after two decades with company ciation to Lou for his time and dedication to Richner Communications,” RCI President Stuart Richner said. Richner Communications Inc., par- “‘Upstairs Lou,’ as he’s known, has ent company of the Herald Community made a positive impact on our company Newspapers, bade farewell to Lou Cor- while becoming a loyal friend and colleague to all of us radino, its director at Richner, as well of commercial as our commercial printing, who print clients. retired last week “We’ll certainly after two decades. miss Lou’s printing And, as is the cusexpertise and t o m t h e s e d ay s, knowledge,” Richmany of his ner continued, friends and col“and his uncanny leagues at the comability to juggle pany held a car many balls at the parade for him in same time without front of his Commissing a beat or a mack home on deadline. What I’ll Aug. 6. miss most, howevThe soft-spoken er, is having Lou as father, grandfather a colleague and and great-grandfafriend.” ther, whose passion I n p a r t i c u l a r, for his work was Richner noted, Corexceeded only by corrAdino wAS rci’S commercial radino was instruhis love for his fam- printing manager for two decades. mental in growing ily, the Yankees and RCI’s commercial the Giants, will be printing and mailing divisions. “Lou missed by all at RCI. Corradino was one of RCI’s unsung oversaw the expansion of the printing heroes, a behind-the-scenes manager division from a newspaper- and publicawho ensured that the company’s presses tion-focused printer to one of Long hummed along according to tight, near- Island’s premier, full-service commerly 24-hour-a-day schedules. He oversaw a cial printers and mailers,” Richner said. Corradino plans to spend more time staff of press operators, mail distributors, binders and drivers, and worked with his wife, Marie, and their family — with RCI’s commercial printing and and they have a lot of family, including mailing clients, including other publish- three daughters, two sons, and many ers, hospitals, schools, municipalities, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. “Lou is the consummate printing prononprofit organizations and corporafessional,” said Michael Bologna, RCI’s tions throughout the tristate region. “I’d like to express my sincere appre- vice president of operations. “I remem-

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corrAdino with rci President Stuart Richner, left, and, Michael Bologna, vice president of operations, right. ber at his interview thinking how lucky we were to have found him. The last 20 years have gone by in a flash. Along with our customers, we’ll miss having Lou and his incredible talents in our stead. His are some pretty big shoes to fill. I wish him well.” Rhonda Glickman, RCI’s vice president of advertising sales, said she had been through a great deal with Corradino, including the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, which upended business operations across Long Island, and a catastrophic fire at RCI’s Lawrence office in 2004, which forced the company to move to an abandoned manufacturing plant in West Hempstead for two years while a new office and printing plant was built in Garden City. “No matter what, Lou always got it done,” Glickman said. “The papers always got out, and he always got it done

with his kind and quiet nature. He was a terrific colleague, and I’ll miss him. Best of luck to him.” Heralds Sports Editor Tony Bellissimo worked with Corradino for 12 years. “He’s a wealth of information and a tremendous problem solver,” Bellissimo said. “I’ll miss popping into his office to talk sports, but our conversations will no doubt continue by phone.” This reporter would like to thank Corradino for all his encouragement over the past 20 years. He often remarked how great the Herald papers looked and how interesting the stories were, and he would always remind me of our mission — that people buy newspapers for the stories inside — even at the car parade last week. So, from all of us at RCI, thank you, Lou, for your outstanding service to the company. You will be missed by all of us at 2 Endo Blvd.

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A pandemic’s effects on mental health By TIMOTHY DENTON

platfor ms are imperfect as replacements for personal contact, however familiar they may be to their users. Days and weeks have turned into For that reason, educators, while months since Gov. Andrew Cuomo insisting that safety is the single most declared a statewide emergency on important consideration for their stuMarch 17, as the coronavirus pandemic dents, agree with Katujian that disgained momentum, closing schools and tance learning does not address their shutting nonessential businesses. Now, students’ needs for social-emotional lear ning as effectively as as families in Seaford and classroom instruction. Wantagh prepare to send “It’s impossible to duplitheir children back to classcate the benefits of the rooms and as parents slowclassroom as a collaboraly re t u r n t o wo rk , t h e tive learning environment effects of Covid-19-related online,” Seaford Superinstress on mental health tendent Dr. Adele Pecora have become a greater consaid shortly before Cuocern. mo’s announcement last The combination of week that schools in New uncertainty, financial catasYork state could open next trophe brought on by busimonth. ness closures and massive “Feelings of isolation or unemployment, bereavewithdrawal, the lack of ment, and the unknown p r o x i m i t y, c a n b e c o m e duration of the crisis is TAMrYN intolerable” in both school now taking a toll in anxiety, KATujIAN and therapeutic environdepression and stress in ments, Katujian said, even many people, and, experts Community for those who have no prior say, needs to be addressed Education history of depression or with healthy habits. Awareness, anxiety. Professionals from backVIBS Eric Walsh, a physician grounds as diverse as eduand public health expert, c a t i o n , f a m i l y t h e r a p y, social work and substance abuse coun- who also took part in Brooks’s webiseling have found that mental health nar, pointed to what he termed “proinissues across the board — domestic vio- flammatories” as contributors to many lence, drug and alcohol addiction coronavirus deaths. “Lack of good nutrition under(including increases in day drinking), depression, sexual abuse and anxiety mines the immune system,” Walsh said. As chief executive — have risen dramatically officer of www.slavefood. during the pandemic, org, a whole-foods advocacy although it is still too soon group, he came down hard to give definitive data. on the side of fresh fruits From the outset, shelterand vegetables, legumes, ing in place and social disnuts and seeds, while forcetancing changed the therafully criticizing the typical peutic relationship in chalAmerican diet, with its lenging ways, according to heavy emphasis on meat, Taryn Katujian, the comcarbohydrates, high-sodimunity education manager um prepared foods and sugat VIBS, a Suf folk-based Dr. Eric Walsh ary soft drinks. organization that addresses Walsh cited a lack of a wide range of family menadequate sleep as another tal health issues. Speaking in a webinar sponsored by proinflammatory, under mining the Seaford Democratic State Sen. John immune system’s ability to fight off Brooks on Aug 6, Katujian said that the Covid virus. “Many people fall telecounseling adds a barrier between asleep in front of their computers,” he counselor and client, making it diffi- said. “The blue light from the screen cult to assess potential problems for prevents the body from falling into the those whose jobs require them to deep-[rapid eye movement] sleep necessary for the immune system to rejureport suspected abuse or signs of mental health issues, like teachers, venate itself.” Third on Walsh’s list of culprits coaches and clergy. For example, “symptoms of depres- was lack of exercise. “Even a 30 minute walk several times a week helps sion or anxiety might include lack of at t e n t i o n t o p e r s o n a l hyg i e n e, a build up our immune system,” he said. change in affect or energy level, or “With nice weather, just taking a walk declining performance in school or at in the fresh air is something that’s work,” Katujian said. Such symptoms available to anybody.” Finally, for those with a spiritual are harder to assess via Zoom or telephone, and may go undiagnosed for focus, no matter what form that might longer periods than in face-to-face set- take, regular contact with spiritual practices in the form of meditation, tings. “Our ability to conduct proper prayer or participation in group meetassessments may have declined by as ings was an area of emphasis. “Science has done study after study much as 50 percent,” she said. Videoconferencing and social media showing how prayer and meditation

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more meetings.” Instead, he attends meetings several times a week via Zoom. “I like the Zoom meetings better than telephone ones,” he said. “At least there, I can see people. But something is definitely lost.” Substance abuse counseling has undergone some significant changes as well in the five months since the lockdown began, said Susan Klein, program director at Southeast Nassau Adaptations Members of such 12-step fellow- Guidance Center in Seaford. “Most of our clients are mandated, ships have adapted to the and because live meetings lack of face-to-face contact aren’t going on, attendees in many of the same ways aren’t required to get court that schools and therapists cards any more [as proof of h ave u s e d . T r a d i t i o n a l attendance].” meeting places and rules of And Klein suggested s o c i a l d i s t a n c i n g h ave other reasons why online closed many traditional therapy or meetings might meeting places, giving way sometimes be less effective. to Zoom, Skype and tele“People might be doing phone meetings. other things at the same “Church basements and Sen. john Brooks time they’re participating schools — that’s like the in therapy sessions,” she typical meeting place in most people’s minds,” one long-time said. “We don’t allow them to drive member said. “Some groups are still during their sessions” — something meeting face to face in parking lots or the 12-step member said he had seen a parks, but none of my meetings are number of times — “but their attenhappening right now, and some of my tion might not be as focused as in regufriends have told me they like the way lar group settings.” videoconferencing lets them go to

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LEGAL NOTICE SITE PLAN REVIEW BOARD MEETING AUGUST 25, 2020 NOTICE IS HEREBY given that a TELECONFERENCE Public Hearing will be held before the Site Plan Review Board on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, at 7:00 P.M., on Site Plan applications as they appear on the calendar; public comment invited. The Board will commence at 6:00 P.M. to discuss cases not requiring a public hearing; open to the public, no public comment. INTERESTED PROPERTY OWNERS and other persons should appear at the above time to have questions answered and to voice opinions. To join the Zoom Meeting on August 25, 2020, please visit https://us02web.zoom.us/ j/9393232084 Meeting ID: 939 323 2 0 8 4 Dial I Number: 1-929-205-6099 SP-3403 - 87-89 South Main Street, Section 55/Block 205/Lot 127. Business B. Meridian Lights Inc. Construct new 3-story mixed use building with 2 retail stores on 1st floor and 8 apartments on 2nd & 3rd floors. SP-3405 - 135 Union Street, Section 55/Block 362/Lot 553. Residence A. Omar Norabuena & Ana Cabrera. Construct a detached 20’ x 14’ x 15’ high garage and maintain 12’ x 12’ gazebo. SP-3407 - 11 Prince Avenue, Section 55/Block 399/Lot 109. Residence A. Crystal Davis. Construct new 12’ x 18’ detached garage. BY ORDER OF THE PLANNING BOARD Pamela Walsh Boening, Village Clerk 122697 Search for notices online at: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF DATE CHANGE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Freeport, scheduled to be held on Tuesday, August 18, 2020, has been canceled and RESCHEDULED to Monday, August 17, 2020, at 6:30 P.M., in the Municipal Building, Main Conference Room, 46 North Ocean Avenue, Freeport, New York, it is anticipated that the Board will adjourn the Legislative Session and enter into Executive Session until 7:00 P.M. Pamela Walsh Boening Village Clerk DATED:August 13, 2020 Freeport, New York 122695 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

LEGAL NOTICE Notice of formation of Gallimore TLC LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on May 19, 2020. Office located in Nassau County. SSNY is designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to 47 Jefferson St. Freeport, NY 11520 Purpose: any lawful purpose. 122306 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF MEETING LOCATION CHANGE FREEPORT LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING Please take notice the Landmarks Preservation Commission meeting scheduled for Tuesday, August 19, 2020 at 7:30 P.M. and all subsequent meetings, will be held at Freeport Village Hall, 46 N. Ocean Avenue, 2nd Floor, Main Conference Room until further notice. By Order of the Landmarks Preservation Commission Pietrina J. Reda Chairperson Issue Date: August 13, 2020 122698 LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that an Order granted by the Supreme Court, Nassau County, on the 22nd day of July 2020 bearing the index number 20/000372, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Nassau County Clerk located at 240 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York, grants me the right to assume the name of Abdus Samad Mauricio Perez. My present address is 25 Holloway St. Freeport NY 11520. The date of my birth is 10/16/76; the place of birth is Rockville Centre, NY; the present name is Mauricio Perez. 122606

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LEGAL NOTICE FREEPORT HOUSING AUTHORITY PUBLIC NOTICE TO BIDDERS INVITATION FOR BIDS Sealed Bids will be received by the Freeport Housing Authority, at 240 South Main St., Community Room, Freeport, New York until 1:00PM. on September 17, 2020, for all labor, materials, and work to be performed under the following contract: Window Replacement (RE-BID) - 100 North Main Street, Freeport, NY Required for: Freeport Housing Authority 240 South Main St. Freeport, NY 11520

In accordance with the Plans and Specifications and Contract Documents on file at the office of the Freeport Housing Authority, beginning at 11:00 a.m., on the 13th day of August 2020. Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at said offices at 1:00PM on September 17, 2020. Each Bid must be accompanied by a DEPOSIT in the form of certified check, cashier’s check, or Bid Bond in the amount of Five percent (5%) of the Bid. Such Bid Bond shall be satisfactory to the Freeport Housing Authority executed and sworn to by Surety Company authorized to do business in the State of New York, and shall be required to qualify in the sum equal to the value of the work as stated in the proposal of the Bidder for whom it is to act as Surety, shall insure the Freeport Housing Authority, in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the amount of the base bid proposal. Electronic Copies of Plans, Specifications and Contract Documents may be obtained by contacting George Bella of GWB Architect P.C. on or after August 13, 2020 at 10:00AM. Contact info is as follows: George Bella, AIA 516.432.3406 Gbella@GWBArchitect.co m **Requests for contract documents should include the following: Company name Company Address C o m pany phone number Contact name Contact e-mail address NOTE: ONLY BIDDERS THAT HAVE IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES TO GWB ARCHITECT P.C. VIA EMAIL WILL BE PERMITTED TO SUBMIT BIDS. BIDDERS THAT HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF A BID PACKAGE FROM A THIRD PARTY WILL NEED TO CONTACT GWB ARCHITECT P.C. DIRECTLY FOR A BID PACKAGE INCLUDING ADDENDUM. Bids must be wholly filled out on the prepared Bid Forms furnished with the Contract Documents, and must be contained in a sealed opaque envelope plainly marked on the outside by the title of the project to which they are relating, the name of the Bidder and his residence or business address, the number of the Contract and the nature of the work as set forth in the Instruction to Bidders. BIDS WILL NOT BE A C C E P T E D ELECTRONICALLY. The Freeport Housing Authority reserves the right to reject any and all Bids or to waive any informalities or irregularities in the Bids.

A Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting to review the scope of work and project procedures will be held at the 100 North Main Sreet, Community Center, Freeport, NY at 10:00AM on September 3, 2020. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FREEPORT HOUSING AUTHORITY 122699

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SPECIAL DISTRICT MEETING OF THE BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IN THE COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Special District Meeting of the qualified voters of the Baldwin Union Free School District will be held on Thursday, October 1, 2020 from 7:00 o’clock A.M. to 10:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) at the District Office, 960 Hastings Street, Baldwin, New York for the purpose of voting upon the following Bond Proposition: BOND PROPOSITION RESOLVED: (a) That the Board of Education of the Baldwin Union Free School District, in the County of Nassau, New York (the “District”), is hereby authorized to undertake the INNOVATION 2020 District-wide facilities improvement project (the “Project”) substantially as described in a plan prepared by H2M Architects & Engineers, which is on file with the District Clerk and available for public inspection, (the “Plan”), including the construction of additions and/or alterations and improvements to District facilities, including construction of new performing arts, gymnasium, innovatrium, technology, kitchen and other space; interior reconstruction and space reconfiguration; airconditioning, cafeteria, auditorium, security, electrical, ADA compliance, building envelope and locker room improvements; resurfacing of pavement and construction of new parking areas; athletic and recreation improvements, including installation of new track and turf fields; and grandstand and outdoor lighting improvements; all of the foregoing to

include the original furnishings, equipment, machinery, apparatus and ancillary or related site, demolition and other work required in connection therewith; and to expend therefor, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the financing thereof, an amount not to exceed the estimated total cost of $158,618,270; provided that the detailed costs of the components of the Project as set forth herein and as detailed in the Plan may be reallocated among such components if the Board of Education shall determine that such reallocation is in the best interests of the District; (b) that a tax is hereby voted in an amount of not to exceed the estimated total cost of $158,618,270 to finance such cost, such tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; and (c) that in anticipation of said tax, bonds of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $158,618,270 and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable. Such Bond Proposition shall appear on the ballot label to be inserted in the voting machines used for voting at said Special District Meeting in substantially the following condensed form: BOND PROPOSITION YES NO RESOLVED: (a) That the Board of Education of the Baldwin Union Free School District, in the County of Nassau, New York (the “District”), is hereby authorized to undertake the INNOVATION 2020 District-wide facilities improvement project substantially as described in a plan prepared by H2M Architects & Engineers, including the construction of additions and/or alterations and improvements to District facilities and to expend not to exceed $158,618,270 therefor; (b) that a tax is hereby voted in an amount of not to exceed the estimated total cost of $158,618,270 to finance such cost, such tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; and (c) that in anticipation of said tax, bonds of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $158,618,270, and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the vote shall be held in accordance with the Rules for the Conduct of Meetings and Elections adopted by the Board of Education. The voting will be conducted by ballot as provided in the Education Law and the polls will remain open from 7:00 o’clock A.M. to 10:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) and as much longer as may be necessary to enable the voters then present to cast their ballots. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to Education Law §2014, personal registration of voters is required, and no person shall be entitled to vote at the Special District Meeting whose name does not appear on the register of the District. Registration shall be permitted in the office of the District Clerk at the District Office, 960 Hasting Street, Baldwin, New York, during the hours of enrollment of children for a school term, and also from 8:00 o’clock A.M. to 3:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) on any school day at any of the District schools not later than five days preceding the day of the Special District Meeting. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the register of the qualified voters of said District prepared for the Annual District Meeting and Election held on June 9, 2020, shall be used as the basis for the preparation of the register for said Special District Meeting to be held on October 1, 2020. Any person whose name appears on such register or who shall have been previously registered for any annual or special District meeting or election and who shall have voted at any annual or special District meeting or election held or conducted at any time since January 1, 2016, will not be required to register personally for this Special District Meeting. In addition, any person otherwise qualified to vote who is registered with the Board of Elections of Nassau County under the provisions of the Election Law shall be entitled to vote at said Special District Meeting without further registration. Immediately upon its completion the register shall be filed in the office of the District Clerk at the District Office, 960 Hastings Street, Baldwin, New York, where it shall be open for inspection by any qualified voter between the hours of 9:00 o’clock A.M. and 2:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) on each of the five days prior to the day of the Special District Meeting, except Sunday, and on Saturday, September 26, 2020, by appointment only.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots may be applied for at the office of the District Clerk at the District Office, 960 Hastings Street, Baldwin, New York, during regular school hours on any school day. If the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, the completed application must be received by the District Clerk no later than Thursday, September 24, 2020. If the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter at the office of the District Clerk, the completed application must be received by the District Clerk no later than Wednesday, September 30, 2020. All absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time), on October 1, 2020, the day of the Special District Meeting. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the office of the District Clerk on each of the five days prior to the day of the Special District Meeting, except Sunday, and on Saturday, September 26, 2020, by appointment only. Only qualified voters who are duly registered will be permitted to vote. BY THE ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION Dated: August 5, 2020 Mary Hobbs District Clerk 122651 LEGAL NOTICE NOTIFICACIÓN SOBRE LA R E U N I Ó N EXTRAORDINARIA DE DISTRITO DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR DE UNIÓN LIBRE DE BALDWIN EN EL CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK POR LA PRESENTE, SE NOTIFICA que, el jueves 1 de octubre de 2020, se celebrará una reunión extraordinaria de distrito de los votantes calificados del distrito escolar de unión libre de Baldwin de 7:00 a. m. a 10:00 p. m. (hora vigente) en la oficina del distrito, 960 Hastings Street, Baldwin, Nueva York, para votar por la siguiente propuesta de bono: PROPUESTA DE BONO SE RESUELVE: (a) Que, por la presente, se autoriza a la Junta de Educación del distrito escolar de unión libre de Baldwin en el condado de Nassau, Nueva York (el “Distrito”), a llevar a cabo el proyecto INNOVATION 2020 de mejora de instalaciones en todo el distrito (el “ P r o y e c t o ” ) sustancialmente como se describe en un plan preparado por H2M Architects & Engineers, que obra en el archivo de la secretaria del distrito y que está disponible para inspección pública (el

“Plan”), e incluye la construcción de complementos o reformas y mejoras en las instalaciones del distrito, como la construcción de instalaciones para artes escénicas, gimnasio, atrio de innovación, tecnología, cocina y otros espacios nuevos; la reconstrucción de interiores y la reconfiguración de espacios; aire acondicionado, cafetería, auditorio, cumplimiento de los requisitos de seguridad, electricidad y de la Ley sobre Estadounidenses con Discapacidades (ADA), mejoras en el cerramiento de edificios y en v e s t u a r i o s ; repavimentación y construcción de nuevas áreas de aparcamiento; mejoras en espacios recreativos y deportivos, incluida la instalación de nuevas pistas y campos de césped artificial, y mejoras en la iluminación externa y de las tribunas; todos los puntos mencionados antes incluirán mobiliario, equipamiento, maquinaria y dispositivos originales, y el recinto auxiliar o relacionado, la demolición u otro trabajo requerido en conexión con ellos; y para ese propósito se invertirá, incluidos los costos preliminares y adicionales a ello y para su financiación, un monto que no excederá el costo total estimado de $158,618,270, siempre y cuando los costos detallados de los componentes del Proyecto establecidos en la presente y enumerados en el Plan puedan reasignarse entre dichos componentes si la Junta de Educación determina que tal reasignación obrará en favor de los intereses del distrito. (b) Que, por la presente, se votará un gravamen por un monto que no excederá el costo total estimado de $158,618,270 para financiar ese costo, y ese gravamen se exigirá y cobrará en cuotas en la cantidad de años y en las sumas que determine dicha Junta de Educación. (c) Que, en previsión de dicho gravamen, por la presente, se autoriza la emisión de bonos del distrito por un monto total de capital que no debe exceder los $158,618,270, y por la presente, se vota un gravamen para pagar el interés sobre dichos bonos en el momento de su vencimiento y exigibilidad. Dicha propuesta de bono aparecerá en la boleta de votación que se colocará en las urnas digitales usadas para votar en la reunión extraordinaria del distrito antes mencionada sustancialmente de la forma resumida a continuación: PROPUESTA DE BONO

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SÍ NO SE RESUELVE: (a) Que, por la presente, se autoriza a la Junta de Educación del distrito escolar de unión libre de Baldwin en el condado de Nassau, Nueva York, a llevar a cabo el proyecto INNOVATION 2020 de mejora de instalaciones en todo el distrito sustancialmente como se describe en un plan preparado por H2M Architects & Engineers, que incluye la construcción de complementos o reformas y mejoras en las instalaciones del distrito que implicarán un gasto que no superará los $158,618,270 para tal propósito. (b) Que, por la presente, se votará un gravamen por un monto que no excederá el costo total estimado de $158,618,270 para financiar ese costo, y ese gravamen se exigirá y cobrará en cuotas en la cantidad de años y en las sumas que determine dicha Junta de Educación. (c) Que, en previsión de dicho gravamen, por la presente se autoriza la emisión de bonos del distrito por un monto total de capital que no debe exceder los $158,618,270, y por la presente se vota un gravamen para pagar el interés sobre dichos bonos en el momento de su vencimiento y exigibilidad. SE NOTIFICA también que la votación se llevará a cabo de acuerdo con las Normas para la

Organización de Reuniones y Elecciones adoptadas por la Junta de Educación. La votación se realizará mediante boleta según lo estipulado en la Ley de Educación y se podrá votar de 7:00 a. m. a 10:00 p. m. (hora vigente). Asimismo, de ser necesario, se extenderá este horario para permitir que todos los votantes presentes puedan emitir su voto. SE NOTIFICA, además, que conforme a la sección 2014 de la Ley de Educación, se requiere que los votantes se inscriban personalmente, y aquellas personas cuyos nombres no aparezcan en el registro del distrito no podrán votar en la reunión extraordinaria del distrito. La inscripción deberá realizarse en la oficina de la secretaria del distrito, en la oficina del distrito, 960 Hastings Street, Baldwin, Nueva York, durante los horarios de inscripción de los alumnos para el período escolar, y de 8:00 a. m. a 3:00 p. m. (hora vigente) en cualquier día lectivo en cualquiera de las escuelas del distrito hasta cinco días antes del día de la reunión extraordinaria del distrito. SE NOTIFICA también que el registro de los votantes calificados de dicho distrito preparado para la reunión y elección anual del distrito del 9 de junio de 2020 se usará como base para la preparación del registro para dicha reunión extraordinaria del distrito que se celebrará

el 1 de octubre de 2020. Todas las personas cuyos nombres aparezcan en dicho registro o que se hayan inscrito anteriormente para cualquier reunión o elección anual o extraordinaria del distrito, y que hayan votado en cualquier reunión o elección anual o extraordinaria del distrito que se haya llevado a cabo en cualquier momento desde el 1 de enero de 2016 no necesitarán inscribirse personalmente para esta reunión extraordinaria del distrito. Además, todas las personas calificadas de otra forma para votar que estén inscritas en la Junta de Elecciones del condado de Nassau en virtud de las disposiciones de la Ley de Elecciones tendrán derecho a votar en dicha reunión extraordinaria del distrito sin necesidad de inscribirse nuevamente. Inmediatamente una vez completado, el registro deberá presentarse en la oficina de la secretaria del distrito en la oficina del distrito, 960 Hastings Street, Baldwin, Nueva York, donde será inspeccionado por cualquier votante calificado entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 2:00 p. m. (hora vigente) en cada uno de los cinco días previos al día de la reunión extraordinaria del distrito, salvo el domingo, y el sábado 26 de septiembre de 2020, solo con cita. SE NOTIFICA, además, que las solicitudes de

votos por correo pueden realizarse en la oficina de la secretaria del distrito en la oficina del distrito, 960 Hastings Street, Baldwin, Nueva York, en el horario escolar habitual en cualquier día lectivo. Si la boleta se enviará al votante por correo, la secretaria del distrito debe recibir la solicitud completa, a más tardar, el jueves 24 de septiembre de 2020. Si la boleta se entregará personalmente al votante en la oficina de la secretaria del distrito, la secretaria debe recibir la solicitud completa, a más tardar, el miércoles 30 de septiembre de 2020. La secretaria del distrito debe recibir todos los votos por correo, a más tardar, el 1 de octubre de 2020 a las 5:00 p. m. (hora vigente) el día de la reunión extraordinaria del distrito. En la oficina de la secretaria del distrito, se pondrá a disposición una lista de todas las personas a las que se les enviaron votos por correo durante cada uno de los cinco días previos al día de la reunión extraordinaria del distrito, salvo el domingo, y el sábado 26 de septiembre de 2020, solo con cita. Solo podrán votar los votantes calificados que estén debidamente registrados. POR ORDEN DE LA JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN Fecha: 5 de agosto de 2020 Mary Hobbs Secretaria del distrito 122653

Positive “opportunity” key drivers ■■ Payroll■and■fringe■savings:■ ■■ +$71.0■million.

Neative “risk” key drivers ■■ Sales■Tax■Revenue:■-$238.8■million

■■ Federal■aid:■+$30.0■million.

■■ Departmental■Revenue:■ ■■ -$65.3■million

■■ Social■services:■+$15.5■million.

■■ State■aid:■-$52.0■million

■■ Debt■service:■+$13.9■million

■■ Fines■and■forfeitures:■-$43.0■million

■■ Local■government■assistance:■ ■■ $13.2■million ■ Total:■143.6■million inherited on assuming office in January 2018. “With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and related shutdown, the positive gain that the County experienced in 2019 may potentially be erased in 2020,” Schnirman cautioned. And the county should expect further losses, particularly if a second shutdown or slowdown occurs. Schnirman emphasized that the county is on track to save an estimated $143.6 mil-

■■ OTB■lottery■terminals:■-$15.2■million ■■ Rents■and■recoveries:■-$13.0■million ■ Total:■$427.3■million lion through payroll and fringe savings; a $30 million grant from the federal government; and savings in social services. He cautioned that these cost savings must be seen against potential revenue shortfalls totaling as much as $526.8 million. The loss of sales tax revenue is the largest single driver of the deficit. The county expects to lose nearly $240 million, with potential losses of as much as $360 million.

Exit 35 on the Southern State Parkway By LaurEN LEv Pandemic or not, paying respects at the cemetery is an ongoing obligation, that for some gives comfort, but for others is daunting and demanding. In our household, we carry that internal sense of responsibility, typically trying to go each summer, and this year, minus the large gatherings of people, gravesites are still accessible. My brother once asked why our dad was laid to rest in Long Island, considering he lived (and we grew up) in Flushing. I didn’t have a perfect answer, knowing simply that the land and availability was due east of Queens. All these years, all these days, and little did I know the journey to Exit 35 on the Southern State Parkway constantly takes us on a journey of memories each time, each mile we drive. On our latest trip, we stopped and searched and relied on some instinct to find our loved ones’ final resting places. Finding my grandmother is usually easy, because she is at rest near the front fences of the cemetery overlooking the traffic. I never liked the sentiment on her stone, but I chuckle about my aunt’s decision and think of their mother/daughter relationship, every time I read it. For my husband, his sense of direction and memory served him well, distinctly identifying the name of the road for finding his paternal grandparents quickly. They had seven children – all with distinct lives and careers.

And no matter where we went searching on that sunny morning we spotted wild bunnies, scampering among the grass, the trees and bushes. Regardless of faith, I believe there is a universality of remembrance and peace that invades every space, with loving efforts to distinguish the people who were in our lives — regardless of location. For some plots there are the remnants of candles and smooth stones. For others, strewn flowers, ceramic figurines and Yankee emblems. When I once worked at a home improvement retailer, the garden department always carried “Christmas in Heaven” grave blankets during December. I came to realize how it wasn’t just the headstone that gave purpose and information, but all the little things left behind that worked to keep memories alive. My mother has always said that it is a blessing to pay respects (in the words of prayer, “may their memory always be for a blessing”) and that those who loved us watch over us. I don’t always know what’s true, but I do believe that no matter where they rest, as long as I remember, they live. A contributing writer to the Herald since 2012, Lauren Lev is an East Meadow resident and a direct marketing/advertising executive who teaches marketing fundamentals as well as advertising and marketing communications courses at the Fashion Institute of Technology and SUNY Old Westbury.

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When the comptroller’s office released its preliminary estimates of the financial impact of the Covid-19 virus in May, proNassau County Comptroller released jected sales tax losses were between $160 his mid-year report on the state of the million and $320 million. However, “The numbers illustrate what county’s finances, along with his department’s projections for the year’s remain- we have all been witnessing: The pandeming two quarters, and the results were ic has been an unprecedented gut punch to our local economy and every bit as bleak as expected. county finances,” Schnirman According to mid-year said in a statement accompafinancial projections, the nying the full report. “As we county will end the current look ahead to the second half fiscal year with a $340.4 milof 2020, the looming questions lion operating deficit and an we must ask are: how can we ending unassigned fund balance deficit of $227.1 million improve the trajectory; how in the primary operating bad can it get; and what if funds, under Generally there’s another shutdown?” Accepted Accounting PrinciThe answers to those quesples (GAAP). This compares tions will determine the size Jack Schnirman to a $145.3 million operating of any eventual deficit, surplus and an ending unasSchnirman said. Additionally, signed fund balance of $112.2 elected officials at all levels are million at the end of the 2019 fiscal year. asking what help, if any, they might expect The county finished FY 2019 strongly and to receive from the federal government. 2020 promised to be another year of The county finished FY 2019 with an rebuilding. unassigned fund balance of $112.2 million. The mid-year financial projections This represented a substantial recovery underscore the county’s current unprece- from the negative $68.8 million newly dented and daunting fiscal outlook. elected County Executive Laura Curran

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t’s becoming more apparent each day that the Unites States will not return to any semblance of normalcy until there is a working vaccine for Covid19. In the meantime, we must face the reality that providing essential services to keep our economy going is job No. 1. Our health care workers are our first line of defense against the pandemic. People who grow and transport our food, as well as the grocery store workers who stock the shelves, are critical. Our police, firefighters, sanitation workers, transit operators and other local alfonse government workd’amaTo ers who provide basic services are keeping America running. Add to this list of essential employees the teachers and school administrators, bus drivers and school workers who will soon be asked to take our children back into school. We are more fortunate in New York than many other states, because the pandemic here seems to have abated to the point at which carefully reopening our schools is possible. It will mean taking extra precautions to maintain the

can’t say I have a perfect track record with the recipes I publish. In fact, here’s an excerpt from a letter to the editor published many years ago. The note, from a Rockville Centre reader, said: “Randi Kreiss’ recipe sent me to the hospital with chest pains. After spending four hours at the emergency room and $70 the next day at my family doctor, I was told I had gas from all those veggies in the soup (which did not taste so great, RandI anyway).” kReIss I don’t know if the old gasbag is still with us, and I’m sorry she suffered chest pains, but I don’t think her issues had to do with my soup. My soup-making skills are considerable, and I’m in the process of compiling the recipes into a book for my kids and grandkids. My granddaughter Sabrina is particularly keen on cooking, and has already added her own culinary flourishes to my vegetarian tortilla soup. I say why mess with perfection, but she felt it needed some queso blanco. Anyway, she’s been pressing me for

health of students, teachers and other school workers, including measures that will add considerably to school budgets. The recent debate in Washington about the next round of federal pandemic relief has centered almost exclusively on helping the unemployed with a continued $600-per-week federal unemployment insurance subsidy. No one can argue that the 30 million unemployed Americans receiving this aid aren’t in need of assistance. They are out of work through no fault of their own. But it’s important to understand that this generous benefit adds up to $18 billion per week. That money is being borrowed by the U.S. Treasury, and will eventually have to be paid back to those who are loaning it to the federal government. And for many workers, their unemployment payments — including state and federal benefits — now exceed the weekly wages they were earning before losing their jobs. It is not unreasonable to ask that this benefit be adjusted to a more realistic and fiscally sustainable level. That doesn’t mean that the federal government should retreat on providing relief to Americans. Billions of dollars are needed to support

the safe reopening of our schools. And billions more should go to helping states and local governments provide the essential services that would be drastically reduced without federal assistance. A fair way to assist states and local governments would be for Washington to help them make up for the sales tax revenue they’ve lost due to the pandemic. These sales tax losses are fairly straightforward to calculate. And since every state collects sales taxes, federal aid making up these losses could be fairly distributed across the country. Red states and blue states would benefit equitably. Another area where more federal aid is needed is for small businesses. Many received aid under the Payroll Protection Act, which extended them loans and grants to help keep their workers employed. Giving these businesses an additional lifeline so they can continue to stay open and provide jobs is a good investment. Economists of all stripes tell us that if these businesses were allowed to sink, many would never come back. The loss to the economy would be enormous. Finally, our hospitals and other medical facilities have been badly wounded by

he postCovid-19 business landscape will be altered for years to come.

the Covid-19 crisis, as almost all other hospital admissions and doctor’s visits dried up these past few months. They should get the extra help they need to continue to provide quality health care. And it’s not too early to begin to think about what the economic future will look like once the virus is defeated. The business landscape will be altered for years to come. The real estate industry may see wrenching change if offices remain empty after the pandemic fades. Malls may never recover the business they’ve lost to online sales. We can expect what amounts to a national reorganization of our economy, with many old and respected businesses failing and many new ones struggling to emerge. Let’s not lose our sense of hope and optimism. The American spirit is boundless. We’ve learned some hard lessons, including that we must bring critical manufacturing home rather than depending on the rest of the world to provide essential medicines and products. The promising race to develop a Covid19 vaccine by our scientists shows that with a concerted effort, even the seemingly impossible can be made possible. Al D’Amato, a former U.S. senator from New York, is the founder of Park Strategies LLC, a public policy and business development firm. Comments about this column? ADAmato@liherald.com.

Top-secret recipe revealed my family chicken soup recipe. It is special. I know every cook in every family makes the best chicken soup, but mine is outstanding. If there were a New York State Fair entry for chicken soup, I would win. I’m not claiming that in the age of Covid-19 it has unusual medicinal properties, but you can judge for yourself. It may not be hydroxychloroquine or bleach shots, but it’s a real comfort, spiritually and physically. Because Sabrina was so persistent, and because she also has a wicked sense of humor, I recently sent her the plans for my Manhattan Project of chicken soups. This was never meant to be published in a newspaper; it was meant to pass from kitchenwarm grandma hands to upturned fingers. It’s a kind of promise-to-keep, whispered mother to child. But in the interest of public health, here goes:

thinking Kosher was tastier. My mother said it was because of all the salt. Invite your chicken into the pot. (Give him a good scrubbing first, using no soap. It’s soup!)

ot to brag, but if there were a New York State fair entry for chicken soup, I’d win.

Dear Sabrina, OK, OK this is the recipe: Find a chicken and a huge pot. Now maybe this chicken has it all together, or maybe he comes in eighths. Could be a pullet or a broiler; equal opportunity here. Could be Kosher or not. I was brought up

Gather: 3 32-oz. cartons of any good organic chicken broth Bunch fresh parsley (well washed) 2 tablespoons chicken bouillon 1/2 cup pearl barley (rinsed and strained) 5 stalks of celery 2 turnips, peeled, sliced and diced 2 parsnips, peeled, sliced and diced 6 carrots or a bag of cut-

up carrots 2 medium sweet onions, chopped 10-oz. bag frozen mixed vegetables (no sauce or butter!) Salt, pepper, a nearly infinitesimal amount of rosemary . . . no, that’s too much . . . such a heavy hand. Now here’s the hard part: Put everything into a huge pot. Cover. Turn up the heat and simmer for an hour and 10. That should soften the toughest old bird. I call it the RBG method. The after part:

Lift the chicken out of the pot. He will not come willingly. And he may fool you by pretending to fall apart. And he may actually fall apart. Round up all his body parts and put them in a separate bowl. Choices here: You can shred the chicken into the soup and dispose of the bones, or you can eat the chicken as an entirely separate experience. Boiled chicken with something — anything — is quite yummy if you give it a chance. You can also cut the boiled chicken into salad or stuff in a taco or toss into a smoothie. (I’m kidding.) Find your soup blender stick and puree just the right amount of time. Depends on whether you like soupy soup, or thick puree, or recognizable pieces, or just vegetables and soup, in which case you won’t need the soup blender at all. You decide. Personally, I like a few seconds of blending, while letting the vegetables keep their identities intact. If you call and visit me, I’ll give you my matzo ball recipe. If you call and visit me often, I’ll give you my matzo ball recipe with all the ingredients. May you enjoy this recipe, and may it nourish all the people you love. Grandma Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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ropical Storm Isaias marched up the Eastern Seaboard Aug. 4 with 70-mph winds that snapped trees in half or ripped them out of the ground, often sending them crashing onto power lines, leaving 420,000 Long Island ratepayers without electricity. PSEG-Long Island had promised to respond faster to restore power than its predecessor, the Long Island Power Authority. Last Saturday, four days after the storm, 60,000 Long Islanders were still without electricity, however, and thousands remained that way through Tuesday — a week after the storm. As Isaias blew through, communications between customers and PSEG-LI rapidly broke down, with people unable to send messages about lost power, despite the $1 billion in taxpayer and ratepayer funds that the utility had invested in upgrading its communications and smartmeter networks in recent years. State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach, plans to hold hearings on the response to Isaias by utilities across the state, including the communications response by PSEG-LI, Altice and Verizon. The question is, what will come of those hearings? Will we vent our anger, and let that be the end of it? Will we seek another utility company to manage Long Island’s electrical system, as we did after Hurricane Sandy in 2012-13? Or will we work toward a more durable solution, one that considers the long-term effects of repeated tropical storms and hurricanes on an

island that juts 118 miles into the Atlantic Ocean, and one that hardens our infrastructure so we never again have to suffer the crippling damage that Isaias, and so many storms before, have left in their wakes? We can upgrade the communications network all we want, but as last week’s storm made clear, that effort would likely prove futile. If $1 billion wasn’t enough to fix the communications system well enough to respond to a tropical storm, then what amount would be needed to prepare for a Category 4 hurricane — with wind speeds double that of Isaias and a million people trying to message PSEG-LI all at once? One possible solution would be to bury the electric and cable wires, ensuring that they would remain stable and protected in hurricanes, tropical storms, ice storms and run-of-the-mill thunderstorms. The trouble is, burying lines is a massive undertaking that would require an investment of billions of dollars. Still, we should at least study it. Consider this case study of one typical little South Shore community. During Isaias, a tree came down on Merrick Road in Merrick, near the Meadowbrook Parkway, cutting power to a .36-mile-long commerce zone just to the east. Within that small business district are two supermarkets, 11 restaurants, a frozen yogurt shop and an ice cream parlor, which had to throw out hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of food that had

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letters Put power lines underground To the Editor: Consumers want cheap electricity. As a result, utility companies have been unable to charge the appropriate rates to allow for capital improvements to upgrade the existing power grid and substations, and burying more power lines. Residents living in low-density neighborhoods want to keep the price of homes low by accepting aboveground power lines rather than burying them. After Tropical Storm Isaias, with limited crews, it was impossible to reach everyone within 24 hours with such a catastrophic loss of power impacting so many customers at once. I would gladly pay to cover costs for burying my power lines to ensure more reliable delivery. Unfortunately, this wouldn’t work unless my neighbors also agreed to do the same. Decades ago, elected officials attacked the Long Island Lighting Company for being overpriced and inefficient. They promised that creation of the Long Island Power Authority would solve all our problems. Having lived in Great Neck from the 1960s to now, I don’t recall LILCO being anywhere as bad as today’s generation of elected leader claim LIPA was. Voters deserve a rebate from the elected officials who committed consumer fraud by

gone bad or melted because refrigeration was lost — in the case of one pizzeria alone, $50,000 worth, on top of the business it lost during the two days it had no power. There are 22 other businesses on this strip, ranging from a clothing shop to a gas station, a dry cleaner, a ballet studio and an insurance agency, as well as offices for a cosmetic surgeon, an attorney, a veterinarian and a pediatric dentist. Now, project all the lost goods and services in this commerce zone across Long Island, and you begin to understand the enormity of the economic hit that comes with even a relatively small-scale storm like Isaias. When we speak of storm damage, we generally talk about the price of repairs. Rarely do we consider the cost of business interruptions. This clearly needs greater deliberation. Burying lines, at an estimated cost of $1 million per mile, would undoubtedly raise electricity rates, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Spreading the project over decades, however, could mitigate the increase, while ensuring that future generations needn’t suffer as we have. Anaheim, Calif., is burying all its lines over 50 years, necessitating a 4 percent customer surcharge — or $4 per month for every $100 of electric use — while the cable TV companies must pay to bury their lines. The program began in 1990. With the climate crisis threatening to bring bigger hurricanes in the future, now, not later, is the time to act.

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Plummeting childhood vaccines: the next health crisis?

PPE. You’ll see people with masks, face ease in the U.S. each year. About 1,000 ly, a potential resurgence of preventable n the midst of a pandemic, the last t’s died. And that’s 1,000 too many. infections resulting from missed vaccines thing we need is another outbreak of tha shields, gowns and gloves, which protect Now that we’re in the recovery phase is also very real. a highly contagious infection like to them — but also protect you. in New York, the risk — to young and old One year ago this month, a measles measles. Unfortunately, the diligent the From the waiting room to the medical — of contracting Covid-19 is much lower outbreak in New York caused a 30-year rooms, frequently touched and trafficked 19. In t work of stopping the spread of Covid-19 than at any point during this crisis. Not high in cases of the highly contagious illareas are regularly cleaned and disinfect- reality has, for many parents, meant falling only are there fewer patients, but the ness — which still kills hundreds of thoukeep ou behind on having their children routinely ed. Some organizations, like Northwell physical spaces are now safer, with measands of people per year globally. That vaccinated. Health, are using ultraviolet light technol- Our sures in place to protect any patient who outbreak occurred because in some comogy to create an additional level of disin- line of Individually, missing one vaccine shot enters a doctor’s munities we have fection. may not seem like a big deal, office. seen the number So, health care offices are but immunization schedules That starts with of people vaccinatsafe, and you shouldn’t be were developed after decades limiting the numed dip below safe afraid to see your pediatriof study, and the sheer number of patients. levels, threatening cian. Vaccinations have ber of missed trips to pediatriOnce in the office, our hard-fought cians during the coronavirus changed the game on so many people remain six herd immunity, crisis has meant a drastic fallillnesses, saving millions of feet apart — six which protects the off in childhood immunizalives. But that progress can beach balls of entire community. tions across the country. unwind, and it can do so space. To avoid When that immuIn fact, the Centers for Disquickly — as it is right now in overcrowding, nity declines, ease Control and Prevention other parts of the world. JosHUa DaVID CHarLes families are somethere’s a greater reports 250,000 fewer doses of Health care’s mission is to roCker FaGan sCHLeIen times asked to call risk for the infecmeasles-containing immunipromote and protect the genfrom their cars tion to spread. zations ordered from March 23 eral well-being of the commuwhen they arrive Last year it was to May 16 than during the nity. We need parents’ help. We and wait to be called in. just the measles we had to worry about. runnin same time period in 2019. And it’s not just can solve this problem together and Frequently, pediatric offices have desAdd measles. There were also about 2.5 million Today it’s every vaccine-preventable illensure that we protect the entire herd. ignated mornings for visits from those ness, because if kids aren’t coming in for fewer doses of all routine non-influenza The time is now. Please don’t wait until the tea one vaccine, they’re not coming in for any. who are well and afternoons for “sick visvaccines. Across Cohen Children’s Mediwe have another outbreak on our hands. bus dri its,” which is another way of assuring the And yes, wash those hands. Measles is our main concern, because of soon be cal Center’s 18 pediatric offices, we saw a how rapidly it spreads and how it can lead health and protection of those visiting the into sc 45 percent drop in all vaccinations for office. Everyone over age 2 must be to dehydration, pneumonia and encephachildren of all ages in that same period. Dr. Joshua Rocker is the chief of pediatric York th masked, and is screened upon entry with litis, or swelling of the brain. But we also The good news is that you and your emergency medicine at Cohen Children’s pandem a symptom checklist. You will be asked if worry about Haemophilus influenzae child can catch up. Pediatricians across Medical Center. Dr. David Fagan is the cen- the poi you have a fever, any symptoms and any Type b, a major contributor to meningitis our sch the country have worked overtime to creter’s vice chair of pediatric ambulatory known exposure to Covid-19, and based on administration. Dr. Charles Schleien is and bacteremia, when the bacteria ing ext ate safe environments, cleaning protocols those answers, you’ll be managed and spreads throughout the blood. Before the and strategies to minimize the risk of senior vice president and chair of pediatric moved within the office appropriately. Hib vaccination, about 20,000 children Covid infection. Fear of contracting the services at Northwell Health. Health care providers are dressed in full younger than 5 developed severe Hib disvirus is understandable, but unfortunate-

Letters selling us a false bill of goods. LARRY PENNER Great Neck

A guest column was short on insight To the Editor: Re Robert A. Scott’s op-ed column, “Of course Black lives matter!” (July 2-8): Scott addressed the removal of President Woodrow Wilson’s name at Princeton University because of his racist views and policies. I say well and good, but wouldn’t the same reasoning apply to Franklin Roosevelt’s internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, and be worthy of similar response? Scott went on to characterize the Native American and Black man at the sides of Teddy’s Roosevelt’s statue at the American Museum of Natural History as representing “colonial expansion and racial discrimination.” Really? Does Scott truly believe that these figures were included in such negative context, rather than representing progress from backwardness and deprivation into a more hopeful future? Scott wrote that Black lives matter because “they were being eliminated by police violence.” Not only was this claim false, is that the only reason, for him, that

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Black lives should matter? That the kind of officer who killed George Floyd could get into law enforcement at all shows a failure in the vetting and training process, with such officers representing only a small part of law enforcement. For Scott to even imply that “police violence” is primarily responsible for Black deaths is absurd. Incredibly, he contends that “Black people are killed in their homes and suburban neighborhoods by white police.” Is he blind to the realities of drive-by shootings, of revenge killings, of assaults, robberies, murders and rapes of innocent Black people — infants, the young, the old — by those who live in these very communities? How many more such crimes, of the most horrific nature, have been reported since his article was published only weeks ago? Why does Scott attribute “failing schools” as the cause of Black social woes? Many of those who have participated in looting and arson are school-aged minors from minority communities. Would Scott dispute that lack of proper guidance and disciplining at home contributes to educational and social deficiencies? He should consider the dedicated students and teachers in these schools, and how their pursuits are impacted by the criminal and antisocial miscreants among them. ROBERT RUBALSkY East Rockaway

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