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More students set to return District prepares to welcome back second- and fifth-graders ing for students and staff, and we believe that this next step will help our students’ development,” Almost a month has passed Kuncham said. since the Freeport School DisAs the district was preparing trict reopened, and its schools to reopen in early September, he are now preparing to welcome explained, it appeared that only more students back, with the a fraction of students would opt Covid-19 infection for the remote-only rate remaining low learning model — in the village and about 1,200 stuNassau County. dents district-wide. Initially, only But by Sept. 25, students in kinderthat number had g a r t e n t h ro u g h shot up to 2,800, first grade, as well about 41 percent of as special-needs all district stuand English as a dents. Second Language Wi t h s u c h a s t u d e n t s, c o u l d large portion of the attend in-person student body electclasses four days a ing for the remoteweek. All other stuonly model, there dents were split was available space into two groups in the schools to and had to alterwelcome more stunate the days they KiShoRE dents who chose could attend the hybrid model school, with Fri- KuNChaM for in-person classdays serving as Superintendent es. remote lear ning District officials days for all. said that secondSuperintendent Kishore Kun- graders were given priority to cham said last week that stu- join the four-day, in-person dents in second and fifth grades school week, because they were could go to school four days a the youngest. Fifth-graders were week starting Oct. 13. “We’ve had a smooth reopenContinued on page 11

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DaNiEl BuRGESS, lEFT, was joined by fellow USTA Long Island Region board members Sunny Fishking, Craig Fligstein and Mike Pavlides when Burgess received the Fran Osei Community Service Award in 2018.

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Freeport tennis guru Daniel Burgess dies at 67 By RoNNY REYES rreyes@liherald.com

Renowned tennis coach Daniel Burgess, of Freeport, died on Sept. 28. He was 67. He was the husband of Agnes Ford-Burgess, a nurse at the Leo F. Giblyn Elementary School; the father of Shawn Conyers, Daniel Burgess Jr. and Kevin Burgess; and the grandfather of six. Burgess was Freeport’s own tennis guru, devoting decades of his life to teaching

the sport at the Daniel Burgess Indoor Tennis Academy, Freeport Indoor Tennis, the Hempstead Lake Indoor Tennis Center, the Carefree Racquet Club in North Merrick, the Point Set Racquet Club in Oceanside, and the Learning Institute of Tennis, Life Skills and Sportsmanship, a nonprofit that he founded. “He always committed to teaching tennis and helping his community,” said Jacki Binder, a friend of almost 20 years. “It’s a terrible loss, as

he touched the lives of so many people.” Burgess fell in love with tennis when he was 12, learning from a community volunteer in his native Rainbow City, Panama. He became an accomplished player, ear ning a scholarship to Long Island University in Brooklyn when he was 18. He practiced at the New York Health and Racquet Club, near the Staten Island Continued on page 16

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Firefighters put out house fire

Two injured in Baldwin bar shooting Nassau County police are investigating a shooting in which two people were injured that took place early Sunday morning at around 2 a.m. in Baldwin. According to detectives, First Precinct officers and Hempstead police responded to a call for shots fired at D’Ambiance Bar and Lounge, located at 1177 Grand Avenue. Police said there was an altercation inside the bar that spilled outside into the parking lot. Once outside, an unidentified man fired a weapon, striking a male and

they were met with smoke coming from the two-story building and fire was visible at the rear of the residence. The Freeport and Oceanside fire departments also responded. All occupants made it safely out of the home and the scene was placed under control within forty minutes, according to fire officials. One occupant of the home was treated for smoke inhalation and burns. The cause of the fire is under investigation and operations were under the command of Baldwin Chief of Department Lee Streithorst. Compiled by Bridget Downes.

FireFiGhters worked to put out a house fire on Sept. 16.

female victim, both 31 years old. The suspect fled in an unknown direction, police noted. Both of the victims were transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and the investigation is ongoing. Detectives request anyone with information about the shooting to contact Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous. Compiled by Bridget Downes. Courtesy Jerry Brown/Facebook

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nassau County leGislator Debra Mulé donated blood at the Coral House during her autumn blood drive on Sept. 24.

The Caroline G. Atkinson Intermediate School held a school supply distribution event on Sept. 18. The event was for students participating in remote-only learning for the 2020-21 school year. The remote-lear ning students

stopped by the school to receive their textbooks, folders, pencils, pens, art supplies and other classroom supplies to aid their at-home learning. Staples, in Freeport, donated the supplies to the Atkinson School.

Caroline G. atkinson Intermediate School Principal Gisselle Campbell-Ham, left, helped distribute school supplies to remote-learning students on Sept. 18.

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Mulé hosts blood drive Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé, of Freeport, partnered with the Coral House to host an autumn blood drive on Sept. 24. Mulé, along with dozens of other residents, donated 60 pints of blood to support the New York Blood Center, which helps replenish blood supplies at local hospitals. “Now that Nassau County has

emerged from the hardest days of the Covid-19 pandemic, I am happy to see that more residents are heeding the urgent call and doing their part to replenish our regional blood supply,” Mulé said. “I’m proud to continue my partnership with the Coral House and the New York Blood Center to ensure that the gift of life is available for anybody in need.”

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nassau County and Hempstead police responded to the scene early Sunday morning.

Tragedy was averted on Sept. 16 when two firefighters fell through a burned out floor while responding to a house fire, Baldwin fire officials said. One of the firefighters was able to transmit a mayday over his portable radio and the two were quickly extricated by fellow firefighters. The firefighters were returned to duty shortly after without serious injury, fire officials said. In the early morning hours of the day, the Baldwin Fire Department was called to the house fire at a private dwelling near the corner of Park Avenue and Church Street. When firefighters arrived on the scene,

Two district staff members test positive for Covid

October 1, 2020 — FREEPORT HERALD LEADER

The Nassau County Department of Health confirmed that a staff member at the New Visions School had tested positive for Covid-19 prior to the school’s reopening on Sept. 8. District officials said a following investigation found that there was no exposure to staff or students as the final day the employ worked within the district was on Sept. 4, when no students were present in the building. Following state and county guidelines, the employee needed to stay out of the district for 10 days and could return once a negative Covid-

19 test result could be provided. The school was cleaned and sanitized prior to the in-person reopening day. Kishore Kuncham, the superintendent of schools, also confirmed two other positive test cases in the district. One involved a remote-only learning student testing, which the county DOH found no action needed to be taken aside from quarantining the student’s sibling. The other case occurred recently on Sept. 25, with another staff member testing positive. Kuncham said

the district worked with the county DOH to conduct contact tracing tests. Officials found that no building needed to be closed because of the incident and that the staff member undergoes quarantine until a negative test is returned. “As always, the health and safety of our students and staff is our first priority,” Kuncham said. “We will continue to work closely with the Commissioner of Health and the Nassau County Health Department and take all necessary precautions to ensure the health and safety of our school community.”

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Advocates seek justice for Breonna Taylor By Briana Bonfiglio bbonfiglio@liherald.com

Black women were front and center at the latest Black Lives Matter protest outside the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola on Sept. 24. The protest primarily sought justice for 26-year-old Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was fatally shot by a Louisville police officer in March. Officer Brett Hankinson was indicted on Sept. 23 on three counts of wanton endangerment for bullets that flew into a neighboring apartment. There were no charges in relation to Taylor’s death. One protester held a sign that read, “They charged the bullets that missed.” Others said, “Jail killer cops,” “Shut down racism and white supremacy” and “No justice no peace.” Another said “Defund the police” on the front and “Refund social services” on the back. Several local advocacy groups banded together to organize the rally, including the Long Island chapter of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, LI United to Transform Policing and Community Safety, Nassau County Democratic Socialists of America, Long Island Black Alliance, NY02 Indivisible, Long Island Activists and Young Long Island for Justice. The protest began around 5:15 p.m. and led into a march about two hours later, after several Black Long Islanders spoke emotionally at the microphone. Nia Adams, a Long Island organizer, said she took the death of Taylor “very personally” — “the last 24 hours have been very hard for me,” she said. “The lesson that we are hearing out of Louisville is it is OK to break into a Black woman’s home,” she continued, “it is OK to murder a Black woman in her sleep, and it is OK to then attempt to slander and criminalize a Black woman after her death, and you will not be held accountable.” She added that Taylor’s death is not an isolated incident. “This is a culture that needs to change,” she said. “We need to … divest [from police departments] and reinvest in community solutions — into health care, housing and education. These are the things that matter. These are the things that keep us safe.” Shanequa Levin, founder of Women’s Diversity Network and member of LI United to Transform Policing and Community Safety, said she is “tired of having to give my kids ‘the talk,’” referring to the conversations Black parents have with their children to “teach them how to behave differently” when approached by a police officer. “I can’t take my Black skin off,” she said, shouting. “I can’t do that. I’m Black every damn day, and you see that as a threat.” Couple Devon Toney and Latoya Bazmore, community organizers from Brentwood, spoke about their own alleged experiences with police brutality. They said that they were beaten by Suffolk County police officers on the evening of Aug. 30 while hosting a barbecue at Ross Memorial Park in Brentwood for home-

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Many held signs in support of Black community members feeling hurt by the persistence of police brutality cases across the country.

shanequa levin, founder of Women’s Diversity Network and member of LI United to Transform Policing and Community Safety, vented her frustrations about how Black people are viewed in the United States. less, addicted and mentally ill community members. “I’m still traumatized by what went on that night,” Bazmore said, adding that she often sees people who are on the streets struggling being “brutalized by police.” Protest organizers made several demands, including dropping charges made against Toney that night; charging, arresting and convicting “all killer cops”; divesting from Nassau County police; reinvesting in community safety programs; and providing slavery reparations for Black citizens. Throughout the protest, the crowd took part in call-and-response chants, such as “Say her name, Breonna Taylor,” “When Black lives are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back” and “The people united, will never be defeated.” “All I want us to do is continue what we doing,” Bazmore said. “Don’t ever lose the fight in you.”

PeoPle of all ages, but mostly young people in their 20s and 30s, gathered outside a Nassau County legislative building in Mineola to protest the lack of charges against Louisville police officers for the death of Breonna Taylor. nia adaMs, a racial justice advocate on Long Island, spoke candidly about how the Breonna Taylor case has affected her emotionally.

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Coaches talk high school, college sports delays By Briana Bonfiglio bbonfiglio@liherald.com

High school and college sports coaches on the latest Herald Inside LI webinar discussed how Covid-19 has affected their programs — including new recruiting methods, alternatives to competitive gameplay and staying positive through it all. The virtual panel was live-streamed on Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. and produced by RichnerLive, a division of Richner Communications Inc., publisher of Herald Community Newspapers. Herald Inside LI is a webinar series that aims to educate the community about navigating different aspects of life during the coronavirus pandemic. Local athletic coaches and officials joined the most recent conversation, including Chuck Priore, head football coach at Stony Brook University; Danielle Santos Atkinson, head women’s basketball coach at Hofstra University; Michael Rubino, head football coach and athletic director at Valley Stream Central High School; and David Viegas, director of health, phys. ed. and athletics in the Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School District. Tony Bellissimo, sports editor of Herald Community Newspapers, offered opening remarks about the delay of fall sports because of Covid-19. “This has serious effects on schools and student-athletes,” he said, “especially the student-athletes in high school with an eye on playing at the next level.” Skye Ostreicher, of RichnerLive and Herald Community Newspapers, moderated the event and asked the panelists questions — first, about their reactions to the delay of high school and college sports. “It tears me apart to not see our kids and be at their games,” Viegas said, “but I think the focus had to be on getting us back into school, and now that we’re there, staying there, staying open.” The other panelists agreed that though it must have been a tough decision for university officials to make, health and safety must be the top priority. “We need to make the most out of it and figure out how to move this process forward,” Priore said. A big concern among high school athletes is losing game time that could be recorded and sent to college coaches, or

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CloCkwise from top left: David Viegas, director of health, physical education and athletics at Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School District; Skye Ostreicher, Herald Inside LI moderator; Michael Rubino, head football coach and athletic director at Valley Stream Central High School; Danielle Santos Atkinson, head women’s basketball coach at Hofstra Universit;y and Chuck Priore, head football coach at Stony Brook University discussed how Covid-19 has impacted the college sports recruiting process on Sept. 23. that recruiters could attend to watch them play. However, the panelists each gave advice to those student-athletes looking to continue their sport in college. “We have learned different ways of recruiting and outreach,” Priore noted. This means using online platforms to connect with colleges, rather than in-person meetings, tours or visits with college officials at competitions. Both Priore and Atkinson said they use social media to learn more about prospective players. They also said that they would accept videos of players demonstrating their skills, even if they are not in a game and are recorded by a friend or family member. College tours are also available virtually, Priore noted, as well as a wealth of information about the schools. Now that

prospective student-athletes are diving deeper into Stony Brook’s online information, “I honestly think the kids that we’re recruiting are benefitting from knowing Stony Brook better,” he said. Priore added that being able to hop on a Zoom call for recruiting purposes has been advantageous for his football players looking to enter professional leagues. “Today, we had 32 NFL teams on a Zoom call with [our athletics officials], showcasing our kids,” he said. “We’ve never had 32 NFL teams visit our campus, so our kids got more exposure this year than they normally would.” For high school students, Atkinson encouraged Zoom calls for getting to know potential teammates and coaches at colleges. “They’re able to get on a call and

come face to face with our academic adviser, strength coach and student-athletes, which was a great change,” she said, “because that’s one of the most important things — who are the people that I’m going to be surrounded by during my time in college?” Rubino said that Twitter is a great place for high school students to present themselves to coaches, as well, by adding information about the student’s academics and sports background. “It’s about marketing yourself in the best possible light,” he said. “Let [coaches] know what class you are and make it as easy as possible for them to recruit you.” Although games are not being played, college student-athletes have already begun training in small groups within their teams, while following health and safety protocols, with practices on the horizon. The college coaches noted that during the shutdown, not all the players had access to a gym to continue conditioning before playing. Thus, they are still getting all players on the same page before they start playing in January. “We had to stay in small groups as a football program, social distance and wear masks indoors,” Priore said. “From a training standpoint, our kids have really benefited.” High school student-athletes, however, are mostly still waiting to practice with their teams. Coaches are formulating plans to make this happen in the future. The panelists noted that without competitive sports in the fall, there is plenty of time to focus on academics, as well as maintain relationships with college officials to get recruited. “It’s not canceled; it’s just postponed,” Viegas said. “They’ll get their opportunity; they just have to be patient.” The panelists acknowledged that for student-athletes, many of whom have played every year since they were young, the change in plans could be overwhelming. Atkinson encouraged coaches and parents to discuss mental health with their student-athletes and to shed a positive light on the situation. “Everyone is just trying to stay positive, follow the rules, wear your mask,” Rubino said, “and then hopefully in the next few weeks, we’ll start to see some high schools generate plans where we can follow [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] guidelines and get [teams] back together a little bit.”

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The Herald reached out to both incumbent Taylor Darling and challenger Cherice Vanderhall for this Q&A. Vaderhall did not reply to multiple requests for response from the Herald.

Herald: The coronavirus pandemic has

negatively impacted our local economy, shutting down businesses and causing steep losses in revenue. What can you do to help the economy recover and get the funding to the people who need it the most?

Darling: I can ensure that we have the most thorough assessment of the actual needs in my district, which was one of the districts that endured the most during the pandemic. Once the actual needs are determined I will work with the various layers of government to properly allocate funds to meet the identified needs. Finally, I will follow up and perform an evaluation so I can verify the funds were in fact distributed and are meeting the previously identified needs. Herald: Schools are struggling to balance their budgets after the smallest increase to Foundation Aid this year, and school officials are worried about possible cuts from the state coming

later in the year. How can you help local schools get the funding they need?

Darling: Education is and will always

be one of my top priorities. Education has been the civil rights issue since the birth of this country. Where there is mis-education or inadequate education poverty is usually close behind and where there is poverty crime is usually present. It is our children’s constitutional right in the state of New York to receive an education. Now even though educational standards vary greatly across neighborhoods in New York State, one thing is certain-funding is always necessary. I will continue to actively advocate for educational funding and ensure the Governor is aware that we cannot afford to lose one dollar from education as we all require additional resources for our new post pandemic learning models. I am writing an op-ed to release to the press opposing any educational tax cuts and including alternative cost cutting measures. We must ensure we are utilizing every single resource afforded to us while simultaneously fighting for past due formula aid.

Herald: What would you like to see

FREEPORT HERALD LEADER — October 1, 2020

It’s Darling versus Vanderhall in the 18th Guard Armory?

Darling: I would like for the Freeport Armory to be utilized in a way where it best serves the beautiful residents of Freeport. I would love to see a daycare, community center (with amazing youth and vocational [services]) and a place that fosters daily physical activity.

Herald: Seniors are a large demographic on Long Island who need help to simply afford the homes they’ve lived at for years. What can you do to help bring economic relief to those seniors living on fixed incomes?

Darling: You can tell a lot about a society by how they regard their senior members. I value the great contributions of our senior members and think of ways that we can honor them and make retiring on the island a feasible goal. I feel we must ensure we are connecting our seniors with the resources we do offer. Many times communication barriers cost our seniors a lot of money and missed opportunities. I plan to work on specific items this term that will provide economic relief for the wonderful people who built our community.

Taylor Darling Hometown: Village of Hempstead Age: 36 Party: Democrat Occupation: NYS Assemblywoman Education: Uniondale High School, Spelman College and Hofstra University

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October 1, 2020 — FREEPORT HERALD LEADER

It’s Judy Griffin vs. Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick the 180-day threshold.

By Bridget downes bdownes@liherald.com

Herald: Baldwin is undergoing the Down-

Former Malverne deputy mayor and village trustee Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick is challenging incumbent New York State Assemblywoman Judy Griffin for a seat representing the 21st Assembly District. The Herald asked Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick and Griffin questions focusing on issues pertinent to the residents of several South Shore communities.

town Revitalization Initiative, for which it received a $10 million state grant to revamp the long-struggling downtown area. How can you help bring about positive development, and encourage developers to build, in not just Baldwin, but other areas blighted with empty storefronts?

Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick: The manner in

Herald: The coronavirus pandemic has

devastated our local economy, shutting down businesses and causing steep losses in revenue. What could you do, especially as federal aid is unlikely moving forward, to help the economy recover and help get the funding to the people who need it most, like local business owners and residents?

Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick: Clearly, coro-

navirus has devastated our communities with its health consequences, as well as its economic impacts. Pressing the governor for the responsible reopening of society, especially businesses, is crucial to our recovery. Consistency in policy is also important to help many businesses that are suffering rebound and survive. With regard to making funding available to businesses, I will press governments, including New York State and Nassau County, to follow the Town of Hempstead’s example on the disbursement of CARES funding and other relief. Hempstead Town has used CARES funding to open pop-up food pantries, deliver meals to senior citizens, furnish PPE kits to area businesses, outfit hospitals with Covid safety supplies, establish Covid testing sites, and more. Sadly, some other governments are merely utilizing CARES monies to plug their budget deficits.

Judy griffin: Covid-19 has negatively impacted us in many ways. First and foremost the many lives lost is a tragedy for our community, state and country. Secondly, the economic impact and fiscal crisis that we are facing as a result is unprecedented. We still have not received the essential aid we need from the federal government. All efforts must be made to explore and develop new revenue streams that can fund schools, municipalities, health services, etc. While we wait for the federal government to act, it is imperative to assess our spending and revenues in real time in order to make informed decisions. A mid-year fiscal report from Comptroller Tom DiNapoli in mid-October followed by a fiscal report from Governor Andrew Cuomo will provide essential information. Residents, especially our seniors and essential workers, have been the hardest hit by the pandemic. I will continue to work diligently on unemployment issues, advocate for tax and rent relief as well as helping to fund health insurance initiatives to assist those that lost their benefits due to job loss as a result of Covid-19.

Judy Griffin Age: 57 Party: Democratic education: Bachelor of Science in Business Economics with minors in Political Science and Communication from the State University of New York at Oneonta Individual Assistance is vital during these times. I established a routine set of protocols for my staff to assist people with unemployment claims and other issues that adversely impacted their lives. We also did continuous outreach to senior citizens via wellness checks and provided support where needed. Established businesses throughout A.D. 21 have been hit extremely hard. We are so fortunate on Long Island to have organizations that advocate strongly for our local businesses and economic development. I regularly initiate communication with organizations such as LI Vision, Chambers of Commerce and many others to address our local needs at the state level. I initiated and hosted a series of Small Businesses Conferences on Zoom in collaboration with these organizations. I advocated directly to the governor for the reopening of bowling alleys, health clubs and malls and was successful. Next, it is imperative that we open movie theatres, comedy clubs, smaller live concert venues and increase seating in restaurants now that our Covid-19 numbers have flattened. Although the State Liquor Authority has to perform due-diligence on overseeing that guidelines are followed, we must remain vigilant in ensuring that fines and closures are not punitive or excessive. These hard working businessmen and women need our support and we must make sure that executive power is not overreaching. I co-sponsored a bill that was signed into law in June that establishes a state disaster emergency loan program.

Herald: Schools are struggling to balance

their budgets after seeing a small increase to Foundation Aid this year, and school officials are worried about possible cuts from the state coming later in the year.

Patricia CanzoneriFitzpatrick Age: 55 Party: Republican, Conservative education: Bachelor of Science in Accounting from St. John’s University College of Business Administration, Juris Doctor from St. John’s University School of Law How can you help local schools get the funding they need?

Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick: The Foundation Aid did not increase at all from 2019-20 to 202021 and the formulas have not been fully funded for years. The process of assigning school aid has become arbitrary. At the same time, Long Island homeowners cannot afford the property tax increases that will likely result if our state legislators cannot successfully fend off prospective education aid cuts. In the alternative, Long Island’s top-quality schools would confront severe cost cutting, which would erode our quality of education. New York State’s budgets cannot be balanced on the backs of students. All other alternatives must be explored, including the restructuring of state debt, allocation of federal CARES funding to our school districts, reordering the state’s spending priorities and more. griffin: Supporting our schools is one of

my main priorities. In the 2019 budget I was able to secure a record $198 million in funding to schools in the 21st Assembly District. I also got an additional $1.3 million for municipalities throughout the district. This year’s budget was much more difficult for obvious reasons. If we do not receive emergency assistance from the federal government, we have to look closely at options to fund schools. As a result of schools closing, we had to take legislative action to ensure payments of state aid when schools fell below the required 180-day threshold. This enabled schools to get the essential funding they needed and was signed into law in June. I am also cosponsoring a bill to make sure that religious and private schools are also able to receive state funding despite not meeting

which we approach downtown revitalization and development must change if our region is going to move forward and realize the promise of economic prosperity. One of the biggest obstacles to downtown revitalization is the uncertainty that developers face with respect to zoning, as well as local and state assistance. I am an advocate of creating Economic Development Zones, that would set zoning, as well as governmental assistance parameters for entire neighborhoods or blocks, as opposed to the outdated practice of piecemeal redevelopment of individual parcels. Under an Economic Development Zone program, developers and the community would be made aware of the full package of proposed development inducements, zoning parameters and other factors (i.e. Industrial Development Agency benefits, federal revitalization grants, local government investment such as the complementary use of adjacent underutilized municipal/state parcels). Piecemeal and traditional revitalization approaches have proven cost ineffective for developers and arduously slow for those who live in surrounding neighborhoods. Baldwin residents have endured several downtown revitalization efforts, including the current overlay district, but I believe the more comprehensive approach which is detailed in the aforementioned Economic Development Zone approach would elicit a more prosperous result.

griffin: I was so proud to have a role in securing the $10 million DRI project for Baldwin. This wonderful community has been advocating for this for years. I am pleased to see all levels of government collaborating with the Local Planning Committee. NYS, Nassau County, and the Town of Hempstead have all played an active role. My staff and I will remain in close contact to see this project through. The pandemic has not slowed development activity. Development in multi-family housing, shared office space, and health care facilities has been constant. There is a growing demand, especially from our younger residents, for affordable, walkable communities with a mix of retail, business and access to mass transit. I am pleased to see the progress Bartone Development is making at the former Capri Motel. I will continue to find ways to encourage community and local government supported projects in our downtowns. Note: Answers have been edited and shortened for brevity. For the complete text visit liherald.com

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More students to join four-day school week that while she was worried about the also chosen because they attend the Caro- ever-changing nature of the pandemic, line G. Atkinson Intermediate School, and the district had worked hard to keep stuthus would not overcrowd the elementary dents and staff safe. Jordan-Awalom said the remote model schools. School board Trustee Gabriella Castil- was working well for her family, and if lo said she was happy to have her two the Covid-19 infection were to continue to drop, she would reconsider daughters, a second-grader allowing her children to and fifth-grader, return four take part in the hybrid days a week. While remote model. learning was manageable The district will continue for her family in the spring, to monitor Covid-19 cases in when she and her husband the district and the stateworked from home and wide infection rate as it concould help their children, tinues with its reopening keeping up with the hybrid plans, officials said. model proved challenging District officials urged with both parents back at students and staff to be work, Castillo said. mindful of their hygiene “I was nervous when I and the “MSW” motto, first heard that they would which stands for Masks, be going back to school four Social distancing and Washdays a week,” she said, “but gabriella ing hands, to combat the after looking at the numbers spread of the coronavirus. and seeing my girls excited Castillo Parents and guardians for it, I felt this was safe and Board trustee are urged to stick with their the right move. It returns students’ current education stability and normalcy to model until the next marking period, their lives.” Kuncham added that the change would when they can switch from remote to benefit not only the students attending hybrid learning, or vice versa. The Board of Education will hold its the in-person classes, but also their remote-model classmates, because they next meeting online on Sept. 9. The district will also continue to host would be able to take advantage of four its Wellness and Health Family Series days of learning with their peers. Trustee Maria Jordan-Awalom was webinars in partnership with Cohen Chilmore reserved, as she kept her two children’s Medical Center. The links will be posted on the disdren, an eighth-grader and a 10th-grader, at home. She acknowledged, however, trict’s website at freeportschools.org.

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hree years ago, Austin Glickman of Long Beach, a New York City police officer, started the organization Law Enforcement Officers Weekend, dedicated to taking the families of officers killed or injured in the line of duty on free weekends to Lake George and Long Beach. When the Covid-19 pandemic began spreading in March, Glickman started another effort, to provide hot food to officers in New York, New Jersey and Maryland who were working shifts to help protect the public against the disease. His Law Enforcement Officers Being Law Enforcement Officers delivered over 4,000 meals. The food was donated by restaurants in the three states. Glickman, who grew up in Long Beach and graduated from Long Beach High School, will on Oct. 17 lead his annual Ride for Remembrance, a motorcycle drive from Point Lookout to Heckscher Park in East Islip. The drive, open to the public, is to remember those who died of Covid-19, suicide or any type of illness. Anyone wishing to participate must register at www.leoweekend.com. Law Enforcement Officers Weekend was unable to take families to Lake George this year because of the Covid-19 pandemic. But it did take three families to Long Beach the weekend of July 30 to Aug.2. The families stayed at the Allegria Hotel, enjoyed water sports and a barbecue. Glickman got the idea for the weekend getaways while he was still a cadet at the Police Academy in 2014.

have been with the fire department for years now, and luckily, I have the support of my family behind me. I have my wonderful husband of 35 years, and four children — three of them are fire responders themselves. I also have the support of a wonderful fire department. As a first responder in my local fire department, I have seen the Covid-19 breakout firsthand. Upon arrival to the hospital, we are greeted with a very long line and hospital personnel donned in their own [Personal Protective Equipment] and the patient on a stretcher looking around, scared, because their loved ones cannot be with them in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. Loved ones are scared because they cannot sit with the patient in the hospital. This has had such an impact on me because I would see families crying because they don’t know what is going to happen to their loved one; I would see the nurses and doctors and [physician assistants] just burnt that they would be near tears themselves and that would shake me to my core. It has had a lasting effect on me, but there was one time during the height of the virus, I took a patient to the hospital about 3 o’clock in the morning, and I was able to just walk in. I released my patient to the hospital, and while I was making up the bed, I was standing next to the nurses’ station and the nurses were sitting there, and they were just laughing. That made my night and my whole next day.

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he coronavirus brought with it trying times in our village, the greater metropolitan area and across the globe. Many of us have felt a mixture of emotions over the past several months as our way of living has dramatically transformed. We were supported by front-line workers and first responders ensuring the safety of our communities and by the essential workers keeping the basics of our economy functioning. Lynbrook is home to many of these workers, and I join with all our residents in thanking them for all that they have done and continue to do. At the height of the pandemic, we also did our part here at Village Hall to ensure continuity of services while activating modified working arrangements in accordance with guidance from our federal and state partners. Our public works, fire, police, and various other departments made the necessary accommodations to maintain operations in a safe and sound manner, while ensuring most services can continue operating remotely or online. We have continued to engage with our local business community and have looked at ways to support them by fast-tracking certain accommodations, such as outdoor dining. Despite the obvious health and economic impacts this crisis had on our village and across our country, I have never been more proud to call Lynbrook home. Every day, I am amazed at the outpouring of support our residents have for each other.

he Farmers Market runs every year [since 2012], from the week after the Fourth of July until the end of October. We buy the produce from local farms out east. We provide summer jobs and career training to local kids. It’s a win-win for the community, for our farmers and our youth. We didn’t know if we’d be able to run the market this year, but we decided to open this year on a hope and a prayer. Because of the pandemic, we changed things up and decided to do a drive-through market. Customers line up in the parking lot while our young workers take down their orders and do the shopping for them. We’ve had long lines, of course, but people are still willing to wait for the fresh food. And the youth have done a great job adjusting to all the new protocols. They’ve taken workshops on Covid safety. They even got certified by Nassau County after completing a six-hour course on contact tracing. We hire those between 14 to 22 years old. A lot of times, this is the first job they get. The goal of this program is to prepare our youths for the workforce. We teach them all we can, give them letters of recommendation and serve as references — anything we can do to help them. This Halloween, if the county’s infection rates continue to drop, we’re hoping to host a trunk-or-treat event for the local kids. We do everything we can to make sure our communities benefit...This isn’t just a farmers market. This is a community.

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Mount Sinai South Nassau raised more than $280,000 for the Oceanside hospital’s Covid-19 relief fund at its 36th annual golf outing. The sold-out event was a socially distanced affair and honored MSSN’s entire 3,565-person staff who worked and cared for patients during the worst of the coronavirus outbreak in the spring. “It was truly a great day in recognition and celebration of our dedicated and courageous health-care professionals,” said Richard Murphy, president and CEO of Mount Sinai South Nassau. “I commend our golf committee for organizing an outstanding event and thank our sponsors for their generous and steadfast support.” The golf outing’s co-chairmen, Rockville Centre residents Tony Cancellieri and Jeff Greenfield, led a 40-person committee of volunteers to organize the event, which was more challenging than the past 35 years. “We wanted to try to make people feel comfortable coming to the outing,” Cancellieri said. “And boy, did we hit a home run. It was a wonderful outing.” The event attracted 280 golfers with strict health and safety protocols in place. There was no barbecue like in past years, but instead, a grab-and-go breakfast and a grilled lunch. Four separate golf sessions were held at the Seawane Club in Hewlett Harbor and the Rockaway Hunting Club in Lawrence — a morning and afternoon session at each location. “We were very pleased with the turnout and the community’s continued support for the hospital, especially during this challenging time,” Cancellieri said. “After the long lockdown, many of our players were eager to get out on the course, and we demonstrated that you can have a safe outing if you put in place the proper procedures.” Cancellieri also noted that it was only fitting to honor the hospital staff this year. Long Island’s South Shore was among the areas hardest hit by Covid-19. MSSN has treated more than 1,400 Covid-19 patients. Hospital beds surged to more than 500 during the pandemic’s peak in April. Now, the hospital has transitioned back to near-normal operations, with cleaning and safety measures in place. The golf outing served to celebrate MSSN workers and raise money for the hospital’s Covid-19 fund, as the pandemic has brought on numerous extra expenses. In the past eight to 10 years, the golf outing had raised money for the hospital’s upgraded emergency department and exceeded the goal of $10 million. The event’s major sponsors were L.E.B. Electric, Ltd., Signature Bank, Jeffrey Frisch, Long Beach Nursing & Rehabilitation, Neurological Surgery PC, Parking Systems, Park Strategies LLC, Professional Maintenance of LI, Ropes & Gray LLP and Squad Security Inc. Joe Calderone, MSSN’s senior vice president of corporate communications, said that beyond raising money, the show of support at the event was encouraging. “We didn’t really know how many people would participate,” he said. “It helps the morale of everybody here to know that the community supports them.”

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timothy s. dRiscoll, justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York; Anthony Cancellieri, vice chairman of MSSN’s Board of Directors; Joe Calderone, MSSN’s senior vice president of corporate communications; and Michael Sapraicone, president and CEO of Squad Security, enjoyed the pleasant weather.

AdAm GlAss, of Advance2000, hit the green. RobeRt timpeRio, of EW Howell, golfed at the event. tim mAtejkA, executive director of development at MSSN, left, and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Adhi Sharma attended the golf outing.

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About 20 young people took part in the annual LITLSS tennis summer program with Burgess from July through August.

Spreading a love of tennis children. “I never met a person who didn’t love Ferry, and at the Lincoln Plaza Racquet Club, near Times Square. Burgess offered him right away,” Fishkind said. “He’d to clean the courts in exchange for more jump at any opportunity to teach.” “He was a ray of sunshine,” said Herb playing time so he could practice outside Harris, another board member. of school. Harris recalled first meeting Burgess Despite his best efforts, Burgess ran out of money to pay his tuition, and his in 2004, when he learned even more about scholarship was not enough to cover his tennis from Burgess. The two attended studies, so he left school to play on the matches at the U.S. Open, where they enjoyed games and converprofessional circuit. sations. After his professional “There was always this career, he settled in Freegreat sunset during the port and started a coaching evening matches, and he business, the Daniel Burwould say, ‘I hope that sungess Tennis Academy, on set never ends today,’” HarMill Road. He focused on ris said. “Now I hope that teaching young tennis playhis sun never sets either, ers, including his three and that everyone can sons, and his talent for remember him.” coaching became evident L a s t ye a r, B u r g e s s as he taught throughout founded the Learning Instithe South Shore. tute of Tennis, Life Skills “Daniel had a heart of dAniel burgess and Sportsmanship to fosgold and was a true volunter a love of tennis, selfteer,” said Kathy Miller, manager of the Carefree Racquet Club, respect and leadership among local youth. Through LITLSS, Burgess trained where Burgess was a senior staff instructor. “His goal was to get as many people young people at the very tennis courts he on the tennis court as possible, where he helped establish at Bishop Frank O. White was always encouraging and made sure Park, which is less than a minute away everyone had fun. He loved what he did from his Parson Avenue home. The players, ages 4 to 16, not only learn and shined through his big smile.” “We could literally write a book with tennis, but also they study and take part the outpouring of messages we have in career-building workshops and characreceived from students and players that ter-building activities. Despite worries that the summer camp have been touched by Danny in the decades that he has been teaching ten- would be canceled this year because of nis,” added Ben Marks, director of junior the coronavirus pandemic, Burgess and tennis at Carefree. “He truly was a once- his team secured grants and donations to finance the program, which ran in July in-a-lifetime tennis coach.” As he coached, Burgess became an and August. On the camp’s last day, Aug. 14, Buractive member of the U.S. Tennis Association, serving as a board member and pres- gess told the Herald that one of his bigident of the Eastern Section Long Island gest joys was watching his students develRegional. He also served the U.S. Profes- op as athletes, to the point that even they sional Tennis Association as a certified were surprised by their achievements. “It’s not just about learning to play tentrainer for 15 years. For his commitment to the local tennis nis, but about working on improving community, the USTA Eastern Tennis yourself and seeing some growth,” BurConference honored Burgess with the gess said. Visitation was scheduled for Thursday, Fran Osei Community Service Award in 2018, an honor named after Burgess’s late from noon to 2 p.m., at the Hungerford & Clark Inc., Funeral Home. Funeral serfriend. Sunny Fishkind, a fellow board mem- vice were set to begin at 2 p.m. A private ber of the USTA Long Island, said Bur- cremation was planned. gess was extraordinarily committed to the organization and loved working with

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LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS TRUSTEE FOR CIT MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, 2007-1, Plaintiff against MARIE BIENVENU; CARL BIENVENU; VICKY BIENVENU; PEGGY BIENVENU, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on September 25, 2017. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction in the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. on the 27th day of October, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Said premises known as 19 West Roosevelt Avenue, Roosevelt, N.Y. 11575. (Section: 55, Block: 427, Lot: 50, 51, 52 & 253). Approximate amount of lien $ 563,243.45 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 009997-13. Justin Perri, Esq., Referee. Stern & Eisenberg, PC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff Woodbridge Corporate Plaza 485 B Route 1 South Suite 330 Iselin, NJ 08830 (732) 582-6344 For sale information, please visit www.auction.com or call 800-280-2832 123178 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the meeting of the Site Plan Review Board, scheduled to be held on October 13, 2020 at 6:00PM at the Municipal Building, 46 North Ocean Avenue, Freeport, New York, HAS BEEN CANCELLED. BY ORDER OF THE PLANNING BOARD Pamela Walsh Boening, Village Clerk 123321

LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS OWNER TRUSTEE OF THE RESIDENTIAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES TRUST V-D, Plaintiff against GERARD JEAN-ANTOINE A/K/A GERARD JEANANTOINE A/K/A GERARD J. ANTOINE; MAJORIE JEAN-ANTOINE A/K/A MARJORIE DAV JEANANTOINE A/K/A MARJORY DAVID A/K/A MARJORY C. DAVID, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on March 5, 2020. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction in the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. on the 27th day of October, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Freeport, County of Nassau and State of New York. Said premises known as 276 Babylon Turnpike, Freeport, N.Y. 11520. (Section: 55, Block: 352, Lot: 517). Approximate amount of lien $ 235,431.39 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 605551-19. Ellen Durst, Esq., Referee. Stern & Eisenberg, PC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff Woodbridge Corporate Plaza 485 B Route 1 South Suite 330 Iselin, NJ 08830 (732) 582-6344 123180 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING The Freeport Housing Authority will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 5:00 P.M. The meeting will be held at 100 North Main Street, Community Center, Freeport, NY 11520 with limited seating. 123320 LEGAL NOTICE NASSAU - INDEX NO.: 009948-2013 - SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS. Plaintiff designates NASSAU COUNTY as the place of trial based upon the

location of the premises herein described having tax map Section 55, Block K, Lot 138 AND 139, ROOSEVELT, NY, County of Nassau - STRATEGIC REALTY FUND, LLC, PLAINTIFF, -againstRUBEN GERMAN MONTENEGRO, if living, and if he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or generally or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirsat-law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through, or under them and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs-at-law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff, KENSINGTON REALTY DEVELOPMENT LLC, RAFFERTY SPECIALTY FINANCE COMPANY, LLC, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (MERS), AS NOMINEE FOR SUNTRUST MORTGAGE INC., TYRELL EDWARDS, ROMELL EDWARDS, CYNTHIA TORRES, SHAWNA EDWARDS, NASSAU COUNTY CLERK, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, DEFENDANTS. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney

within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered against you and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: Syosset, New York, September 21, 2020. Roach & Lin, P.C. F/K/A Peter T. Roach & Associates, P.C., attorney for Plaintiff, 6901 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 240, Syosset, NY 11791. Tel: 516-938-3100. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Thomas A. Adams, a Justice of the Supreme Court, State of New York, dated March 4, 2020 and filed with the Nassau County Clerk together with the supporting papers thereon. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage held by Plaintiff on the premises known as Section 55, Block K, Lot 138 AND 139, ROOSEVELT, NY, County of Nassau as described in the complaint on file and commonly known as 55 HENRY STREET, ROOSEVELT, NY 11575. 69182 123242

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A. Sometimes trying to make things simpler makes things more complicated. Not filling in all the blanks means that if the blanks are ignored, just like a student with a half-answered test paper, you’re going to fail in onte eeper your objective, which is to get the permit, get the plumbing, electrical and final building inspections and get the final certificate of completion. Although you may think this involves just making a few calls, what it really involves, if done legally and correctly, is accurate measuring, drawing and code documentation. What does that mean, and why do you need all that? The original dormer permit, more correctly described as an “addition to the second floor,” was handled as an unoccupied shell (from the drawing you emailed me). That typical ploy was done to avoid paying taxes since it was considered storage by your town, which granted the permit, and your county, which taxes you for the character of the building. By not being habitable space, like bedrooms, it was believed that the taxes would be lower, which they may have been until the house was reassessed. Building officials, if they review your expediter’s documents consistently with their safety requirements for a habitable second floor in 2020, not the 1970s, will require that the window openings meet current, larger sizes. Had the addition been previously approved as habitable space, or if the reviewing plans examiner allows the windows under a code for existing buildings, you may be able to avoid putting in larger windows before you can get a sign-off and sell. In a quirky twist of logic, since the house plans don’t show any insulation, you may be required to meet the current New York State Energy Code, dictated by federal energy mandates. That means more insulation than would even fit in the small rafters — undersized, according to the current code, for the addition. You may be of the belief that an expediter, whom you believe will get this done more quickly and without meeting all the requirements, can get around all this, but they don’t, really. Expediters still need an architect’s or engineer’s signature and seal on plans, because expediters aren’t legally responsible if things are incorrect. Architects, unlike most other professions, are regularly circumvented, and nobody, officially or unofficially, says anything. Barbers no longer pull teeth instead of dentists. Would you do the same with lawyers, doctors or even airline pilots? Would you want to? Good luck!

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y soul is aching. As the Covid-19 death toll surpassed 200,000 last week, we mourned Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of America’s greatest daughters — an incredible mind with a voracious appetite for learning, a fearless, indomitable advocate for women’s rights and, quite simply, a good and decent human being, with an oldschool sense of politeness that enabled her to deliver a penetrating verbal jab without personal insult. Her death at age 87 came only two months after the sCoTT passing of U.S. Rep. BRinTon John Lewis, who was 80. Together they represented a particular brand of leadership: strength obtained not through bullying, but through the depth of their moral conviction, their sense of justice and their commitment to telling the truth under all circumstances. Each helped create a more equal society and a more perfect union, though they would likely say their work was far from over at their deaths. That would explain why they continued working through the pain of terrible illness. Surely they will go down in the annals of history as truly monumental figures. Their lives should serve as models for our own.

Lewis spoke of “good trouble,” agitating not simply for the sake of agitating, but to move the “arc of the moral universe,” as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called it, further toward justice. For both Lewis and Ginsburg, advocacy meant always speaking their minds, telling the truth as they saw it, without reservation, no matter the reaction, and the reaction was often harsh, brutal even. Lewis was beaten more than once during the 1960s civil rights movement for marching peacefully. Both were ridiculed, mocked. Yet always they maintained their composure. For both, a deep and abiding religious faith — Ginsburg, Judaism, and Lewis, Christianity — informed their responses. They showed love and understanding toward even the most vehement of their detractors. Lesser leaders might have thought of their critics as enemies, but not Ginsburg and Lewis. To them, their detractors were people who needed persuading, and they held out the hope that, with enough time and patience, those critics might realize the error of their ways. The nation could learn a lesson or three from Ginsburg and Lewis. For decades, our political system has become increasingly partisan, to the point that people hate others without ever having met them, for no reason other than they belong to another

political party. As a society, we no longer take the time to reflect on the possible merits of one another’s positions. We assume hostile intent. That must end. I know that’s a big ask in the middle of the most contentious presidential race in memory, but we should, at least, try, if only to honor the memories of Ginsburg and Lewis. That doesn’t mean we cannot disagree with one another’s positions. That doesn’t mean we cannot criticize candidates’ policy platforms, or their records. We can. We should. There is no greater exercise of one’s civil liberties than to speak and write freely, as is one’s First Amendment right. We should, however, train our slings and arrows on policies and practices, not on people. All liberals are not communists, any more than all conservatives are corporate raiders and robber barons. We should never throw around such invective in our political discourse. We should, like Ginsburg and Lewis, assume that those on the other side of the political aisle love their country, too, until proven otherwise. And we should be prepared to forgive those who trespass against us. I was reminded of this last week. I recently wrote a column titled, “A maddening take of two presidencies,” criticizing President Trump’s response to the corona-

he nation could learn a lesson or three from Ruth Bader Ginsburg and John Lewis.

virus pandemic and comparing it with President Obama’s approach to battling the H1N1 flu pandemic early in his first term, noting that Trump admittedly lied to the American people about the deadliness of the Covid-19 virus, while in a speech at the start of H1N1, Obama laid out the facts, calmly and truthfully. Five letters from Trump supporters came fast and furious, with three asking why I hate America, and one, as expected, calling me a communist. Three were unsigned. Their vociferous nature shouldn’t have surprised me given how heated the presidential race is, but it did. I was inclined to cry, not at the letters themselves, but at the state of our politics. I thought, my goodness, these writers have no idea who I am — the proud son of a World War II Navy veteran, a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer who taught English and American democracy for two years in the Republic of Bulgaria, a formerly communist nation, and an Eagle Scout who learned right from wrong at the earliest of ages. As a Peace Corps volunteer, I swore allegiance to the U.S. Constitution in the garden of the American ambassador’s stately residence in Sofia, Bulgaria, in August 1991. That sacred document guided me then, and it guides me now as a journalist. Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@liherald.com.

The porch: not just a place, but a place in time

early 50 years ago, we bought our house in Woodmere because it had a back porch. The seller was very clever. She whisked us through the front of the house and straight out to the porch, where she was sipping coffee and reading a book, as pink and white magnolia blossoms tapped against the screens. It was love at first sight. Our porch is our summer place. The pine walls let in the first chill Randi winds of autumn, kReiss so our porch season is limited. The limitation adds to its charm, since we begin thinking in April about the many dinners we will enjoy alfresco once summer comes. It is my favorite room in the house. Although we have perfectly good beds and couches inside, a porch nap, with the overhead fan stirring the air, is dreamy. These warm autumn mornings, I drink my Bustelo brew and read the newspapers in my back porch, looking

out at the garden and listening to the birds and thinking how lucky I am to have a place that brings me such peace. Sitting out there moves me out of the house and into the day, quietly, the way I like to begin. From the porch I can barely see any other homes; the privacy is complete. When I sit out there, I notice things. Last week I saw cardinals sweeping back and forth across the yard and watched, day after day, until I spotted their nest nearby. I see other things, too, that aren’t there anymore, like my little kids screaming and jumping in and out of a kiddie pool. In recent years, community developers have started building new “old-fashioned” towns in an effort to recreate one of the most precious pieces of Americana — the small, hometown neighborhood. The new communities have clean, narrow streets, variety in the home styles, built-in green space and — most important — ample porches. The builders might as well save their money. Architects may erect nostalgic wraparound porches in darling Disneyesque communities, but there undoubtedly

will be more Pelotons than rockers on those porches, and more cellphones and TV’s than pitchers of lemonade. There is such a thing as porch culture, and I advocate strict adherence to its traditions. You simply cannot fake an oldtime porch. Our porch has no TV and no electric light. In the evening, if we have dinner there, we experience the gradual fading of the day. We light candles. This has led to a remarkable phenomenon, which I refer to as porch therapy. In the glow of the candles, as the sun fades and the moon rises, people who sit in our porch are given to personal revelation. The mood invites intimacy, and we have heard, and told, our share of secrets. The essence of porch culture was captured eloquently in an old favorite novel, “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood” by Rebecca Wells. She writes of four girls growing up in Louisiana in the late 1930s and early ’40s, and at one point she talks about their porch life: “An afternoon of iced tea and idleness. Those Ya-Yas aren’t going anywhere . . . They are lazy together. This is comfort.

n new ‘oldfashioned’ towns, more Pelotons than rockers on the porches.

This is joy . . . Not one wears a watch. This porch time is not planned. Not penciled into a DayRunner. . . . People took porches and porch time for granted back then. Everybody had porches; they were nothing special. An outdoor room halfway between the world of the street and the world of home. . . . And in the evening when the sun went down, the fireflies would light up over by the camellias, and that little nimbus of light would lull the Ya-Yas even deeper into porch reveries. Reveries that would linger in their bodies even as they aged.” According to the website This Old House, “In American literature, the porch is a stage where the symbolism is often as thick as the summer air — a transitional space between the cocoon of home and the cacophony of the outside world.” Another perfect example is the porch in “To Kill a Mockingbird.” For me, an ideal summer day begins with breakfast on the porch, includes a spell of reading and inevitably a nap, and then dinner with cicadas chirping their song into the twilight. Here we are in October, and that song feels ever more precious. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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e have to wonder what President Trump has against giving people more time to fill out the U.S. census, particularly given that it must be tallied amid the global coronavirus pandemic, making inperson interviews difficult, if not dangerous. But Trump apparently wants the census over with sooner rather than later. The census was scheduled to end on Oct. 31, but in August, the U.S. Census Bureau suddenly reduced the time frame by a month. Last Thursday, however, U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh, in northern California, issued an injunction requiring the Census Bureau to continue tallying people through the end of October, according to NPR. The Trump administration filed an appeal in federal court Friday.

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Koh said that the administration’s shortened census time frame was likely to produce errors in the count. We agree. We say this: Complete the census ASAP. No one, regardless of status, should be afraid to fill out it out. Federal law prohibits the Census Bureau from sharing any information it collects with any other government agency. Its sole purpose is to count the number of people living in each state to apportion the correct number of U.S. representatives to the states and allocate the proper amount of federal funding to them. According to the Census Bureau, you should be counted where you were living and sleeping most of the time as of April 1. If you’re responding for your home, count everyone who lives and sleeps there

most of the time. That includes children, foster children, roommates, and any family members or friends who are living with you, even temporarily. If someone is staying with you because of the pandemic, however, they should be counted where they usually live. This includes college students, who should still be counted at school. If they live in student housing, the college will count them. If they live off campus, they should respond for their off-campus addresses. Completing the census takes no more than 10 minutes, and you can do so securely online at www.2020census.gov. To reach the U.S. Census Bureau for help, call (844) 330-2020 for English speakers and (844) 4682020 for Spanish speakers. Representatives are available daily from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Restoring tax fairness for Long Islanders

n December 2017, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, pushed by President Trump throughout his first year in office. The act limited the deduction for state and local taxes — previously unlimited — to $10,000. That section of the legislation alone cost middle-class taxpayers on Long Island and other hightax areas thousands of dollars, and in some cases, more than that. Thanks to intrepid reporting by The New York Times, we now know what Trump paid in federal income taxes that year — $750. The year he was elected, he also paid $750. For 10 of 15 years before that, he paid nothing. That is to say, while Trump was hurriedly ramming through a tax measure with little public debate, he was benefiting from a vast array of loopholes to evade paying his fair share of federal income

taxes. Ask yourself how much you paid in federal income taxes those two years — likely thousands more, if not tens of thousands more. Should you not be entitled to a deduction as basic as the one previously offered for payment of state and local taxes? We have editorialized on the unfairness of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act before — and we will continue to until it is addressed. Essentially, the measure forces taxpayers on Long Island and in other high-tax areas to pay taxes on the state and local taxes they have already paid. The deduction was originally enacted to ensure that taxpayers would not be charged twice. The act also nixed deductions for unreimbursed employee expenses, tax preparation fees and other miscellaneous deductions, according to the Tax Policy Center

letters Worried about bail reform To the Editor: Each day, as I scroll through the news on Facebook or Twitter, I am stunned by the incessant rioting and chaos across the country, but I am especially concerned about how it has impacted New York state. In fact, The New York Times recently reported that the murder rate has increased 30 percent in New York City over last year. In my opinion, the increase in crime has occurred because of bail reform in New York. The original intent of this bill was to create a fairer criminal justice system, but because of its careless authorship, all it has accomplished is a drastic increase in criminal behavior, because hundreds of suspected criminals have been released from jail and can continue their lawless behavior. As a result, New York residents, especially in cities,

at the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution. In short, the act eliminated some of the only deductions that middle-class Long Islanders had depended on in the past, while the president employed a litany of deductions available only to the rich — the rich who, we might add, sustained business losses. Congress should have already rescinded the poorly considered SALT provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, but it hasn’t. Democratic representatives like Tom Suozzi, in Glen Cove, and even members of the president’s own party like Republican Peter King, in Seaford, who is retiring at the end of the year, have spoken out, calling for a restoration of the SALT deduction. Ensuring that happens, however, will require sustained pressure on Congress and the White House.

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ecently, a unique mobile rally and car parade commemorated the 33rd anniversary of the closure of Willowbrook Psychiatric Hospital on Staten Island. Opened in 1947, Willowbrook was, by today’s standards, a horrific institution that warehoused people with developmental disabilities, mental illnesses or any other condition that made them look, act or learn differently. For those unfortunate enough to have been born with or develop a disability or mental illness during that era, placement at Willowbrook HaRVeY a life of weisenBeRG meant neglect, abuse and horrifying, inhumane conditions. I have my own personal horror story of how mentally disabled people are treated. When I married Ellen, she had a son, Ricky, who could not speak or cry and who is now blind. I married Ellen because of the love she had for Ricky, who eventu-

ally had to be placed in a special school, Wassaic, in upstate New York. That broke our hearts. A few weeks after we left Ricky there, we went back to visit him. He had lost half his body weight, was wearing four diapers and had a black tongue. We took him to a pediatrician, who cried when he saw Ricky’s condition. He was later placed in another facility, where he was put in a steaming hot tub and scalded. Ricky is now 62 and living in a group home, where I visit him often. But I can never forget his wretched treatment, or what it did to him — and to all the members of his family, who love him. The unconditional love for a developmentally disabled child is like no other love imaginable. Thankfully, we have evolved far from that unenlightened time, and have become a more empathetic human race. On Long Island alone, there are about 5,000 people with developmental disabilities living in smaller group homes and

he fight for this often forgotten population of special people continues today.

LetteRs now live in fear for their safety and their lives. What really concerns me, however, is that both State Assemblywoman Judy Griffin and Sen. Todd Kaminsky voted for the bail reform bill, which has driven the drastic increase in crime. I am a Democrat, and I voted for these individuals, but I will not vote for them again in the upcoming election because they have kowtowed to their party’s reckless progressive agenda, which has prioritized the rights of recidivists while jeopardizing the safety of law-abiding, taxpaying residents. On Nov. 3, by voting for Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick and Victoria Johnson, we would have a chance to rectify the incumbents’ irresponsible decisions. This is a critical election for the residents of this state, inasmuch as it may literally be a matter of life or death for our families and loved ones. REGINA A. ROCHFORD, ED.D. Malverne

Trump perpetuates unfair housing To the Editor: The Discriminatory Effects Standard (commonly known as Disparate Impact) of the federal Fair Housing Act prohibits unjustified policies or practices that have a disproportionate adverse effect (disparate impact) on protected class members, even if those policies or practices were not motivated by a discriminatory intent. The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development states that the

receiving care that far exceeds anything we could have hoped for in the past. But these changes didn’t come about by accident. The strides forward in the treatment of our special children and adults came only after a lengthy, wellfought battle, beginning with a recognition of this population as human, deserving of basic considerations. That fight continues today. Organizations and individuals have taken on the challenging role of caring for and housing people with developmental disabilities who can no longer be cared for at home. It is the state’s responsibility to adequately fund those organizations and to ensure that these vulnerable people are cared for and protected, and have some quality of life. Over the past several years, it has seemed as if state funding for this priority has been anything but a priority. Caregivers who choose a career in nurturing and providing basic care to our special people are so underpaid that they are

new rule “. . . still recognizes disparate impact as a viable theory of discrimination.” But it carefully and thoroughly sets such a high bar for plaintiffs seeking to use a disparate impact claim that, in reality, with this new rule, the Discriminatory Effects Standard is effectively neutered. Thus, HUD has taken another disgraceful and mean-spirited step to dismantle fair housing protections. When this new rule was first proposed last year, ERASE Racism and other civil rights advocates warned that it would likely sanction discrimination and perpetuate racial segregation. The final rule is even more damaging than we thought. The new rule dramatically shifts the burden of proof to the plaintiff in housing discrimination cases and makes it much harder to bring cases to court. It aids defendants by neither requiring nor encouraging data collection. How convenient. No data, no proof. Perpetuating segregation has been removed from the text as a component of the Discriminatory Effects definition. Long Island is still one of the most racially segregated metropolitan regions in the country. That fact should not surprise anyone. Real estate agents and brokers recently testified at a joint hearing of three State Senate committees that they had not discriminated based on race against prospective homebuyers of color, despite undercover videotapes capturing discriminatory actions against people of color. ERASE Racism’s own lawsuits captured similar behaviors, in which white people were shown apartments and encouraged to apply, while black people were not, and were thus denied housing.

forced to work second jobs. What has happened to the progress we made and the empathy we gained? We are living in a time when fast-food workers are paid more than those who bathe, feed and dress those who can’t do it for themselves. If this trend continues unchanged, we will certainly slip back to a time that we must vow never to return to. Willowbrook closed in 1987 — not that long ago, and certainly well past the time when we all should have known better about what gives us our humanity and how it is inextricably tied to how we treat the most vulnerable among us. If you agree with this and understand this message, please let your voice be heard by making sure Gov. Andrew Cuomo continues to make our special people a priority in the state budget. We all know times are tough and spending is tight. But we simply can’t afford to return to one of our darkest hours. Cuomo can be contacted at https://www.governor. ny.gov/content/governor-contact-form, or by phone at (518) 474-8390. Harvey Weisenberg, a longtime resident of Long Beach, served in the State Assembly from 1989 to 2014.

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Disparate Impact is one of the few tools available to combat systemic racism that is perpetuated by governments and businesses. HUD’s new rule on Disparate Impact is a major step backward in fighting housing discrimination. It removes an important standard that has been used in key cases on Long Island and across the nation to combat residential discrimination. In a famous housing discrimination case in Huntington, for instance, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld use

of the Disparate Impact standard. A recent federal District Court ruling in Garden City showed that the use of exclusionary zoning ordinances reinforced residential segregation. With this new rule, the Trump administration is substantially undermining fair housing. It is depriving opponents of housing discrimination of an important and vital tool. ELAINE GROSS President, ERASE Racism

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