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Encouraging all to be counted Officials urge communities of color to fill out 2020 census The census is a snapshot of the U.S. population that determines how congressional seats Local elected officials urged are apportioned and how more all Nassau County residents to than $675 billion in federal and complete the 2020 census at a state funds is allocated, and it is news conference on Tuesday in a source of information for busiRoosevelt. nesses, schools, nonprofits, U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice said researchers and journalists. that while Nassau Undercounts in has a 71 percent the census can lead response rate, the to shifts in the U.S. county’s communiHouse of Representies of color contintatives, alter state ue to be undercountlegislative districts, ed. city councils and F re e p o r t ’s re school boards, and sponse rate was 54 change where bilpercent; Elmont and lions of dollars for Roosevelt, 53 persocial services and cent; and the Village aid are sent. of Hempstead, 49 HElEN DoRADo Rice said that a 1 percent. percent difference AlESSI “I cannot stress Long Beach Latino could cost local govenough how critical ernments and it is that we get a Civic Association schools $110,000 in complete and accufederal funding. rate count in the To avoid inaccuracies and 2020 census for Long Island,” ensure that every person is Rice said. “From hospitals and counted, County Executive fire departments to Head Start Laura Curran formed a Comand the National School Lunch plete Count Committee last year, Program, there are countless comprising more than 30 nonservices and programs that have profit, labor, faith-based and their funding levels set by census community organizations to data. Even just a small under- overcome barriers to a full count will cost Long Island much-needed funding.” Continued on page 3

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Next step: students New teachers in the Freeport School District went through the details of the district’s reopening plan and Covid-19 safety guidelines over the course of four days as part of the district’s annual first-year teachers’ orientation. Story, Page 8.

Community raises funds to help 97-year-old WWII veteran By BRIAN STIEGlITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com

Members of the Freeport and East Meadow communities are rallying behind the Rev. Eugene Purvis, a 97-year-old World War II veteran, to help him and his wife, Dr. Sylvia Purvis, with long-overdue home improvements and health care assistance. Purvis, who described himself as a “simple country boy,”

was born in South Carolina in 1923. He enlisted in the U.S. military right before his 20th birthday, and joined the 435th Aviation Squadron, a unit of AfricanAmerican soldiers within the 20th Army Air Corps. His unit served in the Pacific, on Saipan in the Mariana Islands, where they were under constant fire from Japanese bombers. “My motto was always to be obedient,” Purvis recalled, explaining that his commanding

officer would see Japanese bombers approaching and shout, “Get in the foxhole!” This happened so many times that after a while, Purvis was the only soldier to quickly respond to — and it saved his life. He said he was the sole survivor in his regiment after a Japanese attack. Although Purvis and his fellow soldiers faced discrimination, he said he never had any Continued on page 4

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Demanding justice for boat crash victims said Ramos, who has more than two decades of experience in law enforcement in Suffolk. “We even identified six witFreeporters and local elected officials nesses that were never questioned by the gathered at the Nassau County Legisla- police, including the people who saw ture building on Sept. 3 as they continued everything and pulled the victims out of their calls for justice for Jorge Soto the water.” At a news conference on Aug. 14, NasMonge, 25, of Freeport, who died in a boat sau County Police crash on Freeport Commissioner Creek in August. Patrick RySoto Monge der addressed the was aboard Victor case, stating that Moz’s boat with the scene of the friends when incident was not a another boat col5-mph speed zone, lided with theirs, as protesters tearing Moz’s boat claim, and that in half. The crash police never killed Soto Monge, released Soto left Moz and his Monge’s immigrafriend Maura Martion status. Ryder tinez hospitalized, also offered his and injured four condolences to the others. families of the vicState Assemblytims. man Phil Ramos, Although the of Bayshore, led investigation is the news conferJeff Bessen/Herald continuing, Ramos ence and described State aSSemBlYman phil Ramos, back said he had spoken the Nassau County to camera, confronted Nassau County Police with police offiPo l i c e D e p a r t Commissioner Patrick Ryder during a town cials who told him ment’s handling of hall event in the Five Towns to discuss the it would most likethe case as ly be ruled an acci“incompetent” for investigation of Jorge Soto Monge’s death. dent, which failing to arrest Ramos takes issue the driver of the other boat, contact Soto Monge’s parents with, because Moz’s boat was ripped in in a timely manner or use translators to two, meaning there was clear indication interview Spanish-speaking victims and of speeding at the creek. Freeport Creek falls under the Town of eyewitnesses. Hempstead’s jurisdiction. The town’s Ramos and Soto Monge’s family also claim that police released information on General Code Part 6, Article 1, Chapter 155-6, on regulation of boat speeds and Soto Monge’s immigration status. “It boggles the mind why they would water skiing, states, “No person shall go about this case in the way they have,” operate a boat within any waterway of

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FReepORteRS held a protest in August, at Cow Meadow Park, to demand justice for the victims of the boat crash in the nearby Freeport Creek. the Town at a speed which shall cause a wake or wave.” Soto Monge’s parents were especially upset at the fact that it took days before police reached out to them about what had happened to their son. His parents, Jose and Rosa, said they found out about his death from their nephew and their pastor, not from police. The Freeport couple said they had also felt intimidated by an NCPD car parked outside their house for several days. Ryder said that never happened, despite photos of the car the family provided, saying they were taken on several different days. The family has continued to ask that police arrest the driver of the other boat. “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 said in 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 added, also in Spanish. “That man took everything from us by being irresponsible, and we demand justice.” Jose and Rosa, along with Vanessa Cornejo, another one of the victims, plan to bring a civil suit against the other driver for recklessness and negligence. 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/enmemoria-de-jorge-soto-monge.

Fighting inequality through census count continued from front page count. “When it comes to the census, the stakes have never been higher for Nassau,” Curran said at the news conference. “This census is about more than just ensuring we finally get our fair share of federal government dollars when we need it most. This year’s census is a once-in-adecade opportunity for us to directly combat the inequities this crisis has laid bare.” Curran referenced the fact that Covid19 hit hardest in communities of color, such as Hempstead, Freeport and Elmont, demonstrating how great the need for get federal aid is to help lift these communities out of inequality. “Every family in Nassau County counts and must be counted — now more than ever — to enable our recovery from Covid-19 and to catalyze a future of hope and opportunity for every family,” said Rebecca Sanin, president and CEO of the Health and Welfare Council of Long Island. “The continued disparities in response rates will magnify the unjust

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U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, left, joined Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, center, State Assemblywoman Taylor Darling and others to urge everyone to complete the 2020 census by Sept. 30. inequities that already exist across Nassau County,” Yet, despite the county’s efforts, communities of color are behind in the census count.

Helen Dorado Alessi, executive director for the Long Beach Latino Civic Association, said one reason for the low response rate within the immigrant community is because President Trump

pushed for a citizenship question to be included on the census form last year. The Supreme Court, however, denied the inclusion of such a question. Regardless, Dorado Alessi said, the census became a source of fear in the Latino immigrant community. “The fear is palpable for immigrant families on the South Shore,” she explained. “But we need to fill out the census. It only takes 10 minutes to impact the next 10 years in Nassau County.” Although Trump issued another executive order in July not to count undocumented immigrants in the final census count, the move has already faced opposition in the federal courts. Trump also ordered that the census end early, on Sept. 30, rather than on the original deadline of Oct. 31. The order is being challenged by several states, including in New York by State Attorney General Letitia James. To complete the 2020 census, visit my2020census.gov, or call (844) 330-2020 for English and (844) 468-2020 for Spanish. All answers are confidential.

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■ A male, 24, of Freeport, and a woman, 18, of Franklin Square, were arrested on Sept. 2, for assaulting a female victim in a parking lot on E. Merrick Road, in Freeport, on Aug. 24.

■ Police responded to a call near N. Main Street by a tenant who complained that she had no electrical power inside her residence on Sept. 2. Officers, along with Freeport Building Department inspectors advised the landlord that he was obligated to provide electric service to tenants by law. The landlord said he would contact an electrician to find the issue and restore power.

■ A male, 54, of Hempstead, was arrested on Sept. 3, on N. Brookside Avenue, for an open warrant. Police stopped the man for failing to stop at a stop sign when an investigation found that the man had 24 suspensions on his license and an open warrant for aggravated unlicensed operation. He was placed under arrest.

Graffiti ■ Police responded to a graffiti incident at Waterfront Park on Aug. 31. A Freeport Village employee reported that he found spray paint in neon green on the sidewalk in the southeast area of the park.

Fire ■ The Freeport Police and Fire Department responded to a fire on Washburn Avenue on Sept. 4. The homeowner said her shed in the backyard was on fire, and police were able to escort the home’s residents out of the house as the fire department put out the fire. No injuries were reported.

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Local residents, group help Freeport veteran continued from front page hatred for anyone. It was his faith in God, love for others and commitment to following the rules, he said, that led him to live a long and happy life despite the hardships he faced. “I never got angry at anybody,” he said. “When you live long enough, you find the truths in life … and I do feel sorry for those who hate others.” Purvis moved to New York in 1946, after the war, and a few years later he settled in Freeport with his wife, Dr. Sylvia Purvis. The couple have spent their lives serving others, and founded the Children’s World Montessori School, a local private school for students in pre-K through third grade. Courtesy Promise of Hope Inc. Purvis is an active member Freeport and east Meadow residents are raising of Freeport Cares, a community money to fund a health care aide for the Rev. Eugene group that works with the Purvis, a 97-year-old World War II veteran, and his school district and village to promote programs and activi- wife, Dr. Sylvia Purvis. ties for Freeport families. opportunities. Waters said that she “He’s just such a positive person, and everyone wants to make sure thought of connecting the committee he’s OK,” said Christine Waters, who is with Purvis so they could find young peoalso involved in Freeport Cares and ple to help him and his wife. taught at Barnum Woods Elementary Pizzo visited Purvis and enlisted the School in the East Meadow School Dis- help of the committee, which put Purvis trict for 25 years, until 2017. She is now co- in touch with the Promise of Hope Founpresident of the East Meadow Associa- dation, a nonprofit based in Copiague that tion for Retired Teachers and the educa- offers families in need financial and emotion chair of the local branch of the tional support. NAACP. The foundation installed a handiAs Purvis aged, Waters said, she and capped-accessible bathroom on the first other members of Freeport Cares took floor of the Purvis home, and repaired its turns caring for him and his wife. When plumbing. But the Purvises are still in the coronavirus pandemic hit, Waters need of a daily health care aide. Sylvia is said, they delivered meals to the Purvises’ currently under hospital care. home, which, they discovered, was in a “We want to make sure that whatever state of disrepair. years they have left on this Earth, that At the same time, Patrick Pizzo, the they’re comfortable and know that East Meadow School District’s assistant they’re loved,” Waters said. superintendent for business and finance, The Promise of Hope Foundation set invited Waters to join a task force he was up a GoFundMe page last month that has forming called the Economic Opportunity since raised $6,890 of its $50,000 goal. To for All Youth Committee. One of its mis- contribute, visit https://bit.ly/3jBgnAl. sions is to help young people find employment, mentorship and apprenticeship Ronny Reyes contributed to this story.

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Last September, Chris and Michelle Panetta took on an important task. Chris, 42, a New York City Police detective, and Michelle, 34, a Nassau County probation officer, sought to put an end to police suicide, and to begin breaking down the stigma among law enforcement officials of acknowledging mental health struggles. Inspired by the raw emotion of losing NYPD Officer Nick Mencaroni, a close friend of Chris’s, to suicide earlier last year, the Seaford pair started the nonprofit Beyond the Badge NY. Their first event was a softball game held last September at Baldwin Harbor Park to raise awareness of their cause. They Courtesy Beyond the Badge NY called it the Strikeout Suicide MichEllE AnD chRis Panetta are working to comCharity Softball Game. The effort was such a success bat the mental health stigma in law enforcement that, just a few months later, the communities. Panettas started planning the second game at the park, sched“We also added some personal touchuled for Sept. 26. September is National es,” Michelle said. “Last year we had the Suicide Awareness Month, and Sept. 26 is Nassau County Pipes and Drums and CerNational Law Enforcement Suicide emonial Unit. … This year we also have Awareness Day. someone singing the national anthem, They secured the permit to use the and Kristen Clifford will throw out the park before the coronavirus pandemic first pitch.” Clifford’s husband, Steven, struck. “Under Phase 4 there are very was an NYPD and NCPD officer who took strict guidelines, but the Town [of Hemp- his own life in 2017, at age 35. stead] approved our permits, so once they When officers arrive at the park, they approved it, we were good to go,” Michelle will walk through an arch made by the said. “But I have to follow every guideline Baldwin Fire Department. They will also set in place.” march past posters of the faces of fallen “Everyone has to [fill out] a question- officers along the entrance trail. One of naire,” she said. “Everyone has to get those faces will be Mencaroni’s, which their temperature checked. People will Michelle Panetta admitted would be hard have to wear masks. They might not be for her and Chris. happy about it, I know, but it is what it is. “It’s hard to be a cop right now,” she I have disinfectant wipes in the dugout. If said. “Whether you’re a cop, a corrections they share baseball bats like last year, officer, dispatcher, anything in the law bats [will be] wiped down after each use. enforcement field, it’s extremely diffi… As soon as you walk in, there are going cult.” to be markings for when you walk to get “For us, I think we’re all starting to food. The food is all individually feel the effects of Covid-19 recently,” she wrapped.” added. “For the past four months, we’ve Beyond the Badge NY had been brain- been working long, crazy hours. When storming ways to follow up on last year’s things start to slow down, you feel the successful debut, and this year’s Strikeout effects.” Suicide Charity Game will be twice as Making connections with officers big. Last year there were roughly 30 play- while they still have the ability to improve ers, and this year there will be about 60. their frame of mind is Beyond the Badge There will be four teams competing in a NY’s primary concern. The Panettas want bracket-style tournament, instead of just law enforcement officials to understand two teams playing a single game. They that anyone can feel hopeless in a tough will have the use of two fields. And the situation, but they do not have to go Panettas have booked double the pre- through it alone. game ceremonies. “Recently, there was an NYPD suicide, Last year, the two teams were a mix of and we reached out to the cop’s partner,” NYPD officers and civilians, including Michelle recounted. “I said who I was and some spouses of law enforcement offi- that ‘I just want to see how you’re doing.’ cials. This year, the four teams will com- He was so appreciative. He said it was prise NYPD officers, Nassau County nice to have another officer reach out. Police Department officers, Port Authori- Yes, we want to raise awareness, but in ty of New York and New Jersey police order to raise that awareness level, you officers and Suffolk County Police Depart- have to understand it. We need everyone in the job to come together.” ment and corrections officers.

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e were the first local mosque to close back in February when the pandemic first hit America. When you pray, you stand shoulder to shoulder and kneel on carpet so we had to make changes right away. We were told to shampoo the carpet after each use, but that’s five times a day. So, instead, we laid out a tarp that we spray after each use when we reopened. Our imam lives right behind the mosque, so he would preach on Zoom for everyone. We had all prayers and holidays on Zoom and we also continued fundraising and had funerals virtually. And none of our members got Covid-19. Reopening started on July 20, and only men who are younger than 65 come to pray in person. They come and fill out a contract tracing form, we take their temperature, they sanitize their hands, and then they pray. Everyone else joins in from home. We have a capacity of 126 people, but we measured out 60 spots that are six feet apart. Typically, we have about 15 people each prayer. The most we have at a time is around 40 for Jumma prayers on Friday. We’ve also had an infectious disease expert come on Zoom and teach about the coronavirus. Our main goal was to make sure everyone was safe. We were also the last mosque too open because we wanted to make sure no one came in with the risk of sickness.

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n Friday, Aug. 21, we finally had the opportunity to celebrate a more traditional graduation ceremony for the class of 2020. As we were finalizing plans for reopening of school for the 2020-21 academic year, we felt it important to take the time to recognize the accomplishments of the class of 2020 with a formal baccalaureate mass and commencement program. The graduates and their families were invited to the 12:10 p.m. Mass at the Church of Our Holy Redeemer to give thanks to the Lord Almighty for the gift of their Catholic education. Our school community then gathered back at the church that evening in their caps and gowns to commemorate the class of 2020 with a formal graduation ceremony. Awards were presented and diplomas distributed. It certainly was a beautiful and memorable occasion. Of course, all social-distancing guidelines were followed. Good luck to the class of 2020! May their life's journey continue to be unique, filled with curiosity and hope. May they always be graced with the knowledge of God's presence and love. As we make our final preparations to open our school and welcome home our students, we will ensure that classrooms are de-cluttered, cleaned and sanitized, ready to begin the new school year.

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've been involved with the Long Beach Soup Kitchen 10 or 12 years now. I had retired from my job as a sales executive at Take-Two Interactive. They published popular video games like Rockstar. My wife, Joyce, was involved with the soup kitchen for many, many years. I saw an ad in the Long Beach Herald after I had retired that said the soup kitchen was looking for a cook. I love to cook, so my wife said, ‘You should apply.’ We're seeing an increase in guests these days, even though the Covid-19 infection rate is low and some people have been able to go back to work. But many others have not. We serve six days a week and we see 40 to 50 people a day. There is a look of desperation on the faces of many of our guests. We see many of the same faces every day. When I first became involved, I worked one day a week. But since Sandy, I've been with it pretty much every day. There are so many stories. I went to a meeting once recently and a guy came up to me and said, ‘I recognize you. I used to go to the soup kitchen. Now, I got my degree and I'm working.’ He said, ‘You people saved my life.’ The food comes from Trader Joe's, Long Island Cares and Long Island Harvest. The community helps also.

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hen I think about how life has changed over the past six months, the word that comes to my mind is unfathomable. As an emergency manager at a hospital, pandemics are the type of “disaster” for which we prepare. We develop emergency preparedness plans, facilitate tabletop exercises to talk through how we would manage the situation hour by hour, day by day, and we physically practice our response by using volunteers to simulate a sudden surge of infectious patients arriving at the hospital. Theoretically, I was ready for this. I recall going out to dinner with friends shortly before cases were identified in New York. We were discussing the current situation in Europe and Asia and the sprinkling of cases in the U.S. When asked how I thought this was going to affect us in New York, I calmly told them to expect their daily routine to change drastically. Schools will close, public events will be canceled, and many people will be confined to their homes. I recall telling them that this is probably the last time we will be going out to dinner together for a long time. They told me I was overreacting” and “it will not get to that point.” It was unfathomable, even to me! But the unfathomable was also the inevitable. On the day we had our first patient in the hospital test positive for Covid-19, we escalated our emergency plan and shifted preparedness efforts to full response mode. As the cases rose exponentially, we worked hard to stay a few steps ahead.

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The FreeporT high School administration welcomed some of their new teachers during the district’s annual first year teacher’s orientation.

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Leo F. gibLyn Elementary School officials welcomed their new teachers, above. The new Teachers at J.W. Dodd Middle School learned about the district’s reopening plan along with their new colleagues, top-right. The caroLine g. Atkinson Intermediate School also had new teachers, right, join in this year’s orientation.

The Freeport School District welcome its new staff during their annual first year teacher’s orientation on Aug. 24. During the socially distant orientation, the new t e a c h e r s w e r e g ive n Chromebooks and instructed on the districts hybrid-model teaching plan and Covid-19 safety guidelines. “Please continue to bring your passion every single day and don’t let any adversity or negativity define us,” said Dr. Kishore Kuncham, superintendent of schools. “Our students need you. You are the superheroes for them and the ones they look up to. Be a part of our journey and go beyond being the change makers, let’s transform the lives of our children, our community and, most importantly, let’s transform ourselves from within.” The orientation lasted four days as both first-year and second-year teachers went over their schools reopening plan to adhere to all federal and local regulations.

FREEPORT HERALD LEADER — September 10, 2020

Recalling Freeport’s 9/11 victims Eight Freeport residents were among the nearly 3,000 people killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks of 2001. Six Freeporters died in the line of duty as they responded and sprung into action to help get as many people out of the burning buildings as they could. Two Freeporters were starting their work day in Tower One. As Sept. 11 is now an official day of service and remembrance, we dedicate this space to the friends and neighbors we lost on that tragic day.

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Panelists on the latest Inside LI webinar gave crucial advice for homebuyers and sellers in a market that’s been heating up all summer. On Sept. 3, Inside LI, produced by RichnerLive, hosted its third virtual panel discussion on topics related to “new normals” in different aspects of life. It featured real estate experts who discussed Covid-19’s impact on the market and gave tips for buying and selling homes. The 45-minute webinar included panelists Steven Dubb, principal of The Beechwood Organization; Bryan Karp, real estate salesman at Coach Realtors; Annie Meneses, associate Broker at Signature Premier Properties; Joseph G. Milizio, attorney and managing partner of Vishnick McGovern Milizio LLP; and Deirdre O’Connell, chief executive officer of Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International.

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Moderator Skye Ostreicher, of RichnerLive and Herald Community Newspapers, first asked how long the panelists foresaw the high demand for homes continuing on Long Island. “Everything points to a hot market for the next several months,” Dubb said, “at least until there’s a vaccine and it’s safe to go to the city. I think that’s going to be a while.” O’Connell explained that because of the Covid-19 pandemic, people are spending more time at home and reassessing their lifestyles. For many who live in apartments in the five boroughs, that means fleeing east to buy a home with more space. “Housing isn’t just about a place to sleep anymore,” she said. “It’s a place to live, and then you add on the low interest rates, and it makes doing it more afford-

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thiS SPlit-level hoMe in Glen Cove is on the market for $839,000. able no matter what the price point.” Karp agreed, noting a large shift of people moving from Manhattan to the boroughs, from the boroughs to Nassau County and from Nassau to Suffolk counties. However, there is low supply for all that demand, the panelists agreed, because sellers may be uncomfortable having people tour their homes and risk spreading the virus. Realtors and real estate agents have taken this into account, and most house tours are by appointment only. The low supply and high demand is causing the most fast-paced market that some have ever seen, and there are often bidding wars for homes. “It is probably the best seller’s market that I’ve seen in many, many decades,” Karp said, “but we don’t have an unlimited time for this.”

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So what should sellers who want to

take advantage of this hot market do? O’Connell noted that although there are bidding wars, that doesn’t mean sellers should slap a high price tag on their home “just because.” “While we are seeing bidding wars and over-asking, [buyers] are not going into that huge aspirational price point,” she said. “People still will pay market value and slightly over for homes that are in beautiful condition.” Karp advised sellers against doing any major renovations to the home before selling; because the market is moving so quickly, time is of the essence. “As long as you don’t have water pouring down in the kitchen, just sell it the way it is,” he said. “In this market, it’s about time. The quicker you can get to market, the better chance you have to scoop up as much equity as possible.” Meneses noted that in this fast-paced market, the process for sellers typically

takes two to three weeks.

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For buyers, the experts emphasized working with a team of real estate professionals to help with all aspects of the purchase. This includes a local real estate agent and real estate attorney who know the ins and outs of the local market — “do not hire a litigation attorney, do not hire a divorce attorney,” Karp said. “You want someone who is knowledgeable about today’s market and what is OK and what is not OK.” Even after an offer is accepted, Milizio noted, there are still many problems that can arise in the contract phase. The purchase or sale of a home is the largest and most important transaction in most people’s lives, and its purpose isn’t merely transactional—it’s to create a home for a family,” he said. “What I would like to Continued on neXt page

Northwell invests $30M in Covid-19 testing the nation, Northwell Health recently purchased high-throughput diagnostic testing analyzers from Hologic, Roche and Abbott, as well as cartridge-type tests from Genmark, Cepheid, Diasorin, Biomeme and Abbott. Northwell also is using “best-in-class,” in-lab, wet antibody chemistry tests from Roche, Ortho, Abbott, EuroImmune, Diasorin and others. Northwell Labs currently processes about 7,000 molecular nucleic acid amplification tests and an additional 3,000 antibody tests per day, with the capacity for increased volume. Northwell Labs is also focused on eliminating false positives, which at this stage of the pandemic has the potential to close schools, by developing a two-step algorithm for retesting isolated positives versus clustered positives. “Most testing today is for screening purposes, so we need to mitigate the potential effects of sporadic false-positive results,” said Dr. James Crawford, senior vice president of laboratory services at Northwell. “These are more likely to occur now that the New York area positivity rate is below 1 percent.” Northwell Health Labs officials said they are committed to providing ongoing testing during the pandemic, no matter its length or severity. Anyone in need of a Covid-19 test can get one though Northwell Health-GoHealth Urgent Care, Northwell Health Labs patient service center (with a doctor’s prescription) or via inhome testing through the LabFly app.

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Northwell Health Labs announced last week that it has increased its ability to ramp up the number of coronavirus tests it can conduct and reduce disruptions to its laboratory supply chain should a second coronavirus wave strike, this despite New York’s currently low Covid-19 infection rate. Northwell Health has spent more than $30 million since the beginning of the pandemic on Covid-19 testing equipment and lab supplies, including a variety of new automated machines this summer to ensure diagnostic and antibody testing could continue in the event of a new surge this fall or winter. The lab processes tests for 19 Northwell hospitals, 52 urgent care centers and more than 800 outpatient facilities — along with the needs of strategic partners — across Long Island, New York City and the Hudson Valley. “Our goal has been to deploy at scale as much testing as possible, as quickly as possible, so we were among the first labs to implement, validate and evaluate performance characteristics for most of these tests,” said Dr. Dwayne Breining, executive director of Northwell Health Labs. “Early in the pandemic, it was unclear which manufacturer would be able to supply quality testing at scale, so we ran with them all. As various supplychain issues have emerged, maintaining multiple testing platforms has been a successful mitigation strategy.” As one of the largest investors in Covid-19 testing by a hospital-based lab in

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Real-estate market heats up across Long Island continued from PreViouS Page impress upon buyers and sellers is to consult a real estate attorney at the beginning of the process, not the end, which ensures a smoother, quicker and often less costly process.” “We do need a team of professionals to support each other so we can give necessary advice to buyers,” Meneses added. “You don’t have an accepted offer until your contracts are fully executed.” During the virtual event, viewers sent in questions, which Ostreicher read to the panelists. One asked how low-income buyers could navigate the real estate market, especially those who might be unemployed during the pandemic. Panelists agreed that the market is heating up in all areas, from upstate New York to Shelter Island, at all price points, including as low as $200,000. However, some buyers have chosen to wait out this period of low inventory so they have more options, Meneses noted. Meneses also said there are new down-payment system programs available for those with a tight budget. Ultimately, it’s an exciting time for the real estate industry, the panelists said. Though they lost about three months of business in the spring, this change in the market has allowed them to bounce back quickly. “The opportunity is now, the opportunity is in front of us,” Karp said. “It will probably run another six months.” To watch a recording of this webinar, visit richnerlive.com/insideli-realestate. To suggest a topic for a future Inside LI webinar, send an email to insideli@liherald.com.

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Robert Schroeder, 73, of Freeport, died on Aug. 23. He died peacefully surrounded by family after a lengthy illness. He was survived by his loving wife Tracy and sons Gerald (Jackie), Todd (Sarah), Christopher and Patrick (Nancy). Predeceased by sons Keith and Jeffrey, brothers William and Jack and parents Harry and Valerie. He was the proud grandfather of John, Jeremy, Will and Olivia, loving brother to Barbara and Hank. Rob as his family knew him, proudly served his country in the U.S. Army, during the Vietnam War, in the 23rd Infantry (Americal) Division from 1967 to 1969. He started his career at the age of 17 at Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, NY, returning there after his discharge from the service. He worked his way up to asst. vice president for personal insurance, from which he retired. He was a lifelong, avid Rangers Hockey fan. Funeral mass was held at Saint Christopher RC Church, in Baldwin. Interment St. Charles Cemetery.

Robert Baciuska, of Freeport, died on Aug. 26. He was a U.S. Army veteran and retired IT manager for Con Ed. He was the beloved husband of Anna, loving father of Maria and dear grandfather of Anna Cuomo and Gabriella Cuomo. He was also survived by many nieces and nephews. Funeral mass was held at the Our Holy Redeemer RC Church. Cremation private.

Nemesio Abraham Nemesio Abraham, 78, of Baldwin, died on Aug. 24. He was a retired detective for the NYPD. He was the beloved husband of the late Fulvia, loving father of Xavier (Kimberly), Tony (Christine), Marisol (George), Carmen (John) McCormick, Cynthia (Rico) Cruz, Debby, Desiree and the late Fulvia (Ozzie) Carrera. He was also survived by 18 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. Reposing was at the Hungerford & Clark Inc. Funeral Home. Internment St. Charles Cemetery.

Barbara McBride Barbara McBride, of Freeport, died on Aug. 28. She was a homemaker, artist, decorator, textile designer and collector of antiques. She was the beloved mother of Scott and Christopher, loving grandmother of Miles and Carly and dear greatgrandmother of Molly Mae, Eve Olivia and Cole. Cremation private.

Valencia Libet Narvaez Valencia Libet Narvaez, of Suffolk County, died on Aug. 31. She was a pharmacy technician for CVS Pharmacy. Valencia enjoyed life to the fullest, her smile, laughter and outgoing personality made everyone feel welcomed and loved. She was the beloved daughter of Ceferino and Libet Narvaez, loving sister of Nicolette Michaud, Ciera Narvaez and Kiara Narvaez and dear granddaughter of Maria Brand-Flu. Visitations were held at the Hungerford & Clark Inc. Funeral Home. Cremation private.

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Jack Weidinger, the dealer principal of Jaguar Freeport, Land Rover Freeport and North Bay Cadillac Buick and GMC, said he remains as excited about the stateof-the-art dealership today as he was in 2016, when it opened. “Land Rover had not been on the South Shore since 2009,” Weidinger said. The dealership brought “the Land Rover brand back to the South Shore with an extremely high-end design and our reputation for business excellence and customer support.” As a third-generation dealer principal with more than 20 years of experience, Weidinger said, “When we opened our original Jaguar dealership in 1999, there wasn’t a lot of development in our area. Since then, many businesses opened in the surrounding properties, and I hope we had something to do with that. “Since the addition of the Land Rover brand,” he continued, “we have had the same level of success that we have always enjoyed, and this leads to further development in the Freeport area. The Jaguar and Land Rover brands are stronger than ever because consumers really value the combination of style, performance and practicality that Jaguar and Land Rover provide. My team and I are thrilled with the results.” The Jaguar Land Rover Freeport dealership is at 146 Sunrise Highway in Freeport.

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Despite the coronavirus pandemic, business has remained strong at Jaguar Land Rover of Freeport, which was No. 1 in the country for Jaguar sales and No. 9 for Land Rover sales in July, according to officials at the high-end dealership on Sunrise Highway. Car dealerships have traditionally depended on the test drive to sell their vehicles, but the Covid-19 pandemic forced them to rethink that model. Through the Jaguar Land Rover of Freeport website, clients can search new and used inventory, check special officers and schedule service without leaving their homes, allowing the dealership to meet new coronavirus safety guidelines issued by New York state in recent months. Three years ago, Jaguar Freeport and Land Rover of Freeport became one of the first in the country to feature the new conceptual design created exclusively for the Jaguar and Land Rover brands, and now car buyers come from across the New York metropolitan area and as far as Long Island’s East End, dealership officials said. At more than 30,000 square feet, the dealership features a 15-car showroom and a 22-bay service department with a three-lane service drive-up area. Those who have leased or purchased a vehicle from the dealership receive complimentary pick-up and delivery for scheduled maintenance, as well as access to a Jaguar and Land Rover loaner fleet.

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The 2020 edition of the U.S. News & World Report’s annual hospital rankings has recognized Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside as “high performing” in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes and endocrinology, heart failure, orthopedics and urology. “Our ranking is a direct result of our ongoing commitment to excellence in patient-centered care and acknowledges our dedicated team of physicians, nurses and support staff, all of whom worked so tirelessly this year during the Covid-19 pandemic,” MSSN President and CEO Richard J. Murphy said. “Now more than ever, this recognition for our specialized care services is especially meaningful, and I am tremendously proud of our team for earning this honor.” MSSN is the Long Island flagship hospital of the world-renowned Mount Sinai Health System. The Mount Sinai Hospital is ranked No. 14 nationally by U.S. News & World Report. Its Department of Geriatrics earned the No. 1 spot in the nation in geriatrics, and five specialties are ranked among the nation’s elite hospitals: cardiology/heart surgery (No. 6); gastroenterology/GI surgery (No. 9); diabetes/endocrinology (No. 11); nephrology (No. 12); and neurology/neurosurgery (No. 12). New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, America’s oldest specialty hospital — celebrating its 200th anniver-

sary this year and one of the world’s leading facilities for the treatment of diseases of the eyes, ears, nose, and throat — was nationally ranked in ophthalmology at No. 11. Now in its 28th year, the U.S. News Best Hospitals rankings help guide patients who need a high level of care because they face particularly difficult surgery, a challenging condition or added risk because of other health problems or age. To produce the rankings, U.S. News evaluates data on nearly 5,000 hospitals in 16 adult specialties, nine adult procedures and conditions and 10 pediatric specialties. To be nationally ranked in a specialty, a hospital must excel in caring for the sickest, most medically complex patients. “This recognition is a direct result of our team’s collaboration and commitment to excellence,” Dr. Adhi Sharma, MSSN’s chief medical officer and executive vice president of clinical and professional affairs. “The U.S. News & World Report recognition is among the most respected in the industry and is a testament to our mission to treat our patients with leadingedge medical technologies and adhere to the highest standards in patient safety and care.” Mount Sinai South Nassau; compiled by Mike Smollins

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hree-quarters of a year into 2020, let’s all pray that the end of Covid19 is mercifully within view. Great progress is being made on fasttracking a vaccine, and once it is readily available, mass immunizations can begin, hopefully putting this scourge behind us. Let’s hope, too, that the nation can make some real progress in race relations. Everyone should want peace in our minority communities, with better relations between police and the public they are sworn to serve. But even after Covid-19 is defeated and law and jusAlfonse tice advanced, D’AMATo there will remain a huge challenge to America’s leaders. Despite the mainstream media’s fixation on the pandemic and the unrest across our cities, the long-term test we will face is creating a broad-based and sustainable economic recovery. Make no mistake, it’s the economy that New Yorkers are especially worried about. A recent poll listed it as their No. 1 concern. That’s not surprising, given that the latest unemployment rate for New York was 16 percent, compared with 10.5 percent for the rest of the country. In New York City the jobless rate was a stagger-

ing 20 percent. These are deep-recession unemployment numbers that will strain our state’s economy for the foreseeable future. And they hurt our poorest minority communities most. How do we climb out of this economic hole? The first rule should be not to dig ourselves deeper into it. At the height of the greatest recession since the 1930s, economists of all political stripes generally agree that this isn’t the time to slap big new taxes on struggling taxpayers and businesses. Instead, over the past few months, Congress and President Trump — along with the Federal Reserve — have pumped several trillion dollars into the economy to keep Americans afloat. That prevented the economy from falling into a second Great Depression. There’s broad-based agreement in Washington that more economic assistance will be needed to see the nation through the next few financial quarters. The president has indicated that he would support it, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has repeatedly signaled he is ready to negotiate a realistic package with Democratic congressional leaders. This could pump another trillion dollars into the economy, including more help for ordinary Americans to pay for rent and food, and additional assistance to

struggling small businesses to keep their doors open and provide desperately needed jobs. For the rest of this year and into 2021, avoiding mass evictions and further losses of small businesses along with their jobs should be priority No. 1. Americans will also have to decide, on Election Day, what type of economic policies they want to see in Washington for the next four years. Before the pandemic struck, the Trump administration’s lower taxes and regulatory relief had helped produce the highest employment and the best economy in decades. Minorities and women had been especially helped by the rising economic tide. If in 2021 we take a step back to higher taxes, more burdensome business regulations and pie-in-the-sky boondoggles like the Green New Deal, our economy could end up hobbled for years. If you want to see what damage such heavy-handed energy regulation can do, look to California, where radical green-energy policies have left the state without adequate electrical power to keep the lights on. Rolling brownouts like those that plague thirdworld countries have become common across California. Take that ill-considered approach nationwide and the current recession could last until the end of this decade, or

here should be more help for people to pay for rent and food, and for small businesses.

beyond. Raising taxes, imposing economically stifling new business regulation and strangling our energy independence with bans on new energy development would dramatically slow the economic recovery. What will be needed instead for the foreseeable future are economic incentives for businesses and individuals to spur growth. One promising incentive program I’d like to see more widely applied is the socalled Enterprise Zone initiative devised by South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott. This program has broad bipartisan support. It targets tax relief to job-creating investments in some of our nation’s most economically distressed areas, helping lift hard-pressed communities. It should be expanded to cover more of those communities with broader investment incentives, especially for new manufacturing jobs. Right here on Long Island there are pockets of economic distress that could significantly benefit from an Enterprise Zone program. And leaders in Albany should consider adding state tax incentives in these zones as well to amplify the benefit. Because the economy needs emergency attention now. 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.

Deliver the letter. The sooner, the better.

eet at the mailbox, we told our kids when they walked up the block to wait for the school bus. Those were the elementary school years when the yellow bus hauled them off to Franklin and then Hewlett Elementary School in the Five Towns. Of course you met at the mailbox, the ubiquitous blue mailbox, whatever your community and your particular RAnDi adventure that day. kReiss Those were the days, actually until very recently, when mailboxes were just there, as part of the landscape, a reminder of a service that delivered letters despite the climate, political or meteorological. My husband grew up in Lawrence, and he remembers getting mail delivery twice a day. Those were the days before mail sorters and USPS websites, and before mail-in voting became a controversial issue. With the acceleration of technology and advanced security measures, much has been lost, particularly the reassuring

notion we grew up with that the postal service was a dependable agency, not a victim of political infighting and a target of misinformation campaigns. Are mailboxes being carted away in the middle of the night to discourage voting? Is the postmaster general a decent CEO or a tool of a rogue administration? The world we live in is muddied with many disturbing questions. I am setting that aside and thinking today of the romance of mailboxes, which changed to brilliant blue in 1971 from red, white and blue. My first real letter exchange was with a pen pal I had in Israel. I still remember her name, Giza Shalev, and we wrote back and forth for a few years beginning when I was 10. It was the most thrilling and exotic connection in my life. I have love letters, and I have written love letters, and there isn’t a text or email that can compare to the ink on the paper and the intimacy of the handwriting from the person you love. I may have married my husband because of a love letter he wrote to me when we were seniors at Lawrence High School. He said he didn’t

understand his feelings, but he knew he couldn’t resist the “chemistry” between us. The guy wasn’t a writer, but this was real poetry. I still have that handwritten letter, which was delivered by our mailman in 1964. For one year of my life, my senior year in high school, the mail was the focus of all my ambitions. I deposited my college applications in the blue box, and received my answers in our front-door mail slot. How do we decide what to keep? I have a box of letters from other Lawrence High School friends from our first year away at college. Oh my, the drama and depression and yearning for home and for love and for what we had together before we opened our lives to a world away from best friends and yes, lovers. Everything came in the mail, from college grades to teacher’s licenses to job acceptance letters. My husband got his draft notice in the mail in 1967. I got my teacher’s license, and then, later, I branched out and sent freelance articles to newspapers and magazines and got my acceptances by mail.

hope these blue boxes continue to dot the land, and that we support the USPS.

One of the most significant letters I wrote was one to my Uncle Sidney, who was estranged from my family because my mother didn’t welcome his beautiful young wife. He declined the invitation to my wedding. But Uncle Sid had been my loving, funny uncle who took me to the Rockaway boardwalk to play Skeeball. I wrote to him — part supplication, part guilt, mostly loving memories — and begged him to come. He wrote back that he would, and he did. What was your best letter ever? Was there a letter that changed your life? When we married and had kids, there were impossibly worrisome camp letters referencing weird rashes and black snakes lurking in the freezing lake. Later, there were letters from our son’s bike trip in Denmark and our daughter’s long-haul hike in New Zealand. Eventually, sadly, email and texting supplanted personal letter writing. Still, I hope the big blue boxes continue to dot the landscape. I hope mail carriers and postal workers are supported in their work. And I hope every single person who needs to vote by mail can have his or her voice and choice heard. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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This Sept. 11, we mourn more deeply than ever

or those who lived in the New York metropolitan area when the World Trade Center was attacked by terrorists, Sept. 11 is a day that will “live in infamy,” to quote President Franklin D. Roosevelt — a time of somber reflection, remembering the thousands of dead and recalling the anxiety and fear we felt that horrifying day. On 9/11, we learned, or were reminded, that an azure sky could suddenly turn black, as smoke billowed across the Manhattan skyline from the burning twin towers — a literal and metaphorical representation of the times that followed. We learned, or were reminded, that good people could die inexplicably — that they might vanish in a smoldering mass of concrete and steel, covered in fine, white dust that we later learned was highly toxic to breathe. Some 2,977 people were killed at the World Trade Center, at the Pentagon and in a Shanksville, Pa., field, as airliners crashed out of the sky. Another 40,000 people — many of them first responders — now suffer from 9/11-related illnesses because of the air they breathed that day and in the days and weeks afterward, with hundreds dying of rare cancers caused by exposure to the witches’ brew of poisonous fumes and particles at ground zero. Nearly two decades have passed, but for anyone who was in New York at the time, the memory of it all is still raw. This year, though, 9/11 will be more solemn than at

any time in the past 19 years, with the knowledge that every three days, more Americans die of Covid-19 than were killed in the attacks. Much as 9/11 seemingly came out of nowhere, the coronavirus pandemic took us by surprise as well, in what can only be described as a sneak attack — in New York, we thought at first that the virus had spread from Asia to our West Coast, but we now know that it was brought to the metropolitan area from Asia via Europe earlier than believed. According to studies, it spread in our communities in February and perhaps as early as January, without our knowledge, and then exploded across the region in March and April. Thousands of cases arose without warning, overwhelming our hospitals and, as was the case on 9/11, causing widespread alarm and panic, leaving many people shellshocked and distraught. As it did after the attacks, our economy crashed, with businesses closing and the stock market plummeting. Many now wonder what the future will bring. We must remember this: 9/11 taught us not only that the world can be an unpredictable, dangerous place, but also that after a disaster, we can summon our better angels and find the strength to rebuild. We can foster a sense of community by working together to overcome our collective struggle. Sept. 11 was full of tragedy, but its aftermath was also full of hope, found in the heroic volunteerism that followed

the attacks. People reached out to comfort one another through humble acts of kindness. Friends looked out for friends, neighbors for neighbors, strangers for strangers. It was indeed the worst of times, but in many ways it was the best of times, as people’s seemingly unbounded capacity to care for one another, to love one another, shone through. The dark days that we are living through now are no different. We once again see the monumental heroism of our first responders. We see our shared grief turned into volunteer action. We see neighbors looking out for neighbors. We must pause to mourn the dead — the good people taken too soon by an insidious viral invader — but we also must see hope in our humanity, our innate desire to spread good that is too often suppressed by our workaday concerns, but that is unleashed during times of crisis such as this. Each life taken in the attacks and by the pandemic was precious — a light in the world that was extinguished seemingly without reason. That is why this Sept. 11, we must resolve to continue our fight against the coronavirus, to save every life we can. That means getting ahead of the virus by wearing masks, keeping six feet of social distance, washing our hands often and adhering to state reopening guidelines until science at last prevails and a vaccine is discovered.

letters Randi’s too generous in praise of ‘peace plan’ To the Editor: Re Randi Kreiss’s column “Kudos for peace plan, but the prez still needs to go” (Aug. 20-26): Kreiss praises the announcement of the completion of a recent “peace initiative” by the governments of the United States, Israel and the United Arab Emirates. She credits President Trump, Jared Kushner, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed with supporting a “path toward peaceful coexistence” between Arab countries and Israel. It should be pointed out that the United Arab Emirates has never been at war with Israel, and before this recent agreement — exchanging recognition of Israel for what may be only a temporary suspension of Israel’s plans to annex the West Bank — there was already important covert cooperation between the governments of Israel and the UAE. The UAE’s air and missile defense systems are manufactured in Israel and are probably even controlled from there. After the announcement of the agreement, Kushner mentioned that the deal made it more likely that the UAE would receive

the F-35 jets the country is hoping to buy directly from the U.S. This deal seems more of a cynical business deal than a peace accord. It also furthers the military alliance between the U.S., Israel and the UAE against Iran. The trilateral deal between the two Middle

East nations and the U.S. is actually an impediment to real peace in the region, as were the Trump administration’s decisions to move our embassy to Jerusalem and to support the continued building and expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank. It isn’t surpris-

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s the new school year begins, students, teachers and parents are understandably focused on the immediate issue of how schools are reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic. But the pandemic doesn’t let us off the hook. Long Island’s schools are highly segregated and becoming more so, and it is time that we addressed that, too. Long Island is one of the 10 most segregated metropolitan regions in the nation, and the problem is on the rise. As ERASE Racism revealed in 2017, dramatically more eLAine Black and Latinx Gross students on Long Island attended segregated schools then than 12 years earlier. Underlying that segregation is structural racism — the historical and ongoing racial discrimination, segregation and marginalization of African-Americans, in particular, that is typically instigated or sanctioned by government. In this case, it is perpetuated by the fact that Long Island’s two counties have 124 school districts. That fragmentation is not justified by educational priorities; it

is terribly inefficient and wasteful. It simply mirrors Long Island’s segregated residential jurisdictions. As we, as a nation, continue this year’s remarkable public discussion of race in the wake of the tragic killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, we need to come together and plan to end the segregation that has defined Long Island schools for so long. Fortunately, there are steps that we can take, and Long Islanders are already leading the way. ERASE Racism’s Student Task Force, which consists of 47 high school students from 20 school districts in Nassau and Suffolk counties, convenes monthly in an effort to deepen its understanding of structural racism and to develop ways to reduce it in Long Island schools. While it is an extracurricular activity, the students’ insights into how to make curricula more culturally responsive have attracted national attention. The Student Task Force’s members were invited this summer to create and present six culturally responsive virtual lesson plans in the prestigious, four-day Reimagining Education Summer Institute at Teachers College, Columbia University. Three of the students were fea-

istance learning is actually an extraordinary way to bring students together.

Letters ing that the Palestinian National Authority has denounced this most recent development and recalled its ambassador to the UAE. Making self-serving deals with antidemocratic, repressive, absolute monarchies isn’t the way to peace in the Middle East. Unless there’s real justice for the Palestinian people with agreements that restore full rights and sovereignty to them, no true and abiding peace will ever come to Israel and Palestine. JIM BROWN Island Park Brown is secretary of the Green Party of Nassau County.

The MTA’s fiscal viability To the Editor: Financial viability, in dealing with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $12 billion deficit, is a fourway dance among fare-box revenue, City Hall, Albany and Washington. There are $12 billion worth of Federal Transit Administration funding projects and programs in active open grants. The MTA has never initiated and completed a forensic audit to determine unspent available balances. The FTA issued guid-

tured in a sold-out plenary session, titled “Rewriting L.I. Curriculum: Structural Racism,” watched by 1,000 educators nationwide. Before the pandemic, the task force met in person. Its members now convene on Zoom and, in doing so, highlight another opportunity: using distance learning as a vehicle for integration. While distance learning is being implemented by individual school districts, it provides an extraordinary mechanism for bringing together students from across school districts. Students from multiple districts can study together without being constrained by the geographic jurisdictions imposed on them by previous generations and their prejudices. Students might come together, for instance, to take Advanced Placement courses or International Baccalaureate classes. They could broaden their understanding by sharing insights with students from other backgrounds. They would enhance their education by benefiting from a variety of perspectives. In that context and more broadly, new curricula should be developed that are culturally responsive, reflecting the

diversity of race, ethnicities and cultures in our nation and our region. Fortunately, the State Education Department has already developed a “Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework,” into which ERASE Racism had input. It helps educators create student-centered learning environments that affirm diversity, while preparing students for rigorous, independent learning and elevating historically marginalized voices, among other goals. To tackle structural racism in education on Long Island, there must also be engaged faculty, and this is another asset to build on. Over the past three years, 87 Long Island educators from 15 school districts and 37 schools have been named Rauch Foundation Fellows, and have been sponsored to attend the Reimagining Education Summer Institute at Teachers College. There they focused on teaching and learning in racially diverse schools and demonstrated a commitment on which Long Island can build. Long Island has a long way to go to eradicate the structural racism in its educational system, but it has resources to draw from, including student and faculty leaders pointing the way. Elaine Gross is president of ERASE Racism, the regional civil rights organization based on Long Island.

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ance on March 13 that gave all transit agencies, including the MTA, permission to reallocate federal funding from capital projects in existing grants to Covid-19 expenses. The FTA made available $1.4 billion worth of annual formula funding in 2020. It can program these funds toward Covid-19 expenses. The MTA has already received $3.9 billion in CARE Covid-19 funding. On Oct. 1, an additional $1.5 billion in 2021 funds will become available. (This assumes Congress completes passage of a transportation funding bill on time for a change and sends it to the president so he can sign it.) The MTA can program these funds to cover deficits as a result of the coronavirus. Riders and Washington have already done their part. City Hall and Albany must do likewise. LARRy PENNER Great Neck Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office. His work included the development, review, approval and oversight of billions in dollars of capital projects and programs for the MTA, New York City Transit, Long Island Rail Road, Metro North Rail Road and MTA Bus, along with 30 other transit agencies in New York and New Jersey.

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CorreCtion The biographical notes at the end of Senior Editor Timothy Denton’s column last week, “A safe return to class should be the goal,” misidentified the Heralds

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