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Area veterans drive up to Stand Down

By REINE BEtHaNY rbethany@liherald.com

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NaSSau CouNtY VEtERaNS Service Agency Director Ralph Esposito, far left (with his deputy, Paul Vista, behind him), accepted an appreciation award from Assemblywoman Judy Griffin, with Mayor Robert Kennedy, second from right, and Veterans Counselor/Rolling Thunder President Bill Byrne.

H u n d re d s o f ve t e r a n s attended the 35th Nassau County Veterans Winter Stand Down at the Freeport Armory on Tuesday, where they received food, shoes, clothing and personal items from a large team of veteran support organizations.

The line of vehicles containing veterans at the drivethrough event was accompanied by the music of the Statue of Liberty Band, a group of former military band musicians from Pennsylvania.

“It really is a testament to the men and women who serve our country in an increasingly dangerous world,” said Conor Kirwan, executive director of the Freeport Human Relations Commission.

Kirwan emceed the news conference at the event, while a double line of cars rolled past and volunteers rapidly handed bags of food and clothing into car windows.

“Supporting our fellow veterans and protecting this country,” Mayor Robert Kennedy said, “and providing you and I the right to vote, freedom of Continued on page 14

Long-awaited vaccines for children come to Freeport

By REINE BEtHaNY and atHENa DawSoN rbethany@liherald.com

Freeport School District officials, working in partnership with Northwell Health and Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside, acted quickly to make the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine available to Freeport students after the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved its use on Nov. 2 for children ages 5 to 11.

“I encourage you to educate yourself about the safety and benefits of the vaccine to make an informed decision,” wrote Schools Superintendent Dr.

Kishore Kuncham in a Nov. 5 message on the district’s website. “Arm yourself with knowledge. Learn more about the safety and efficacy of the Covid-19 vaccines. Get all facts you need to know about the Covid-19 vaccines by visiting the New York state vaccine hub.”

A Northwell Health webinar was made available to families of Freeport students Nov. 9.

Three days later, the first of three one-day vaccine clinics, called “vaccine pods,” took place at a Mount Sinai South Nassau site in Rockville Centre. Two more pods were held Nov. 18 and 19. Parents could sign up for the pods via links on the district

where to learn more For more information on Covid-19 vaccines, visit the New York state vaccine hub at https://covid19vaccine. health.ny.gov/ website.

Dr. Helen Kanellopolous, Freeport’s assistant superintendent for pupil personnel services and special education, has seen a great deal of parent interest in the Covid-19 vaccine. “We have received an overwhelming amount of requests from the par-

ents,” Kanellopolous said. “Not only now with the ages 5 to 11, but also last school year when [the CDC] approved 12 and up, we had many parents wanting us to bring the vaccine to the school district.”

Many parents felt more comfortable bringing their children to the familiar ground of the school district rather than a CVS

or Walgreens, Kanellopolous said. Northwell Health and Mount Sinai South Nassau both partnered with Freeport Schools to bring vaccinations to the district. On Monday, Northwell Health held a vaccine pod for children ages 5 to 11 in the cafeteria of Freeport High School, and on Nov. 30, Mount Sinai Continued on page 16

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Overcoming teen pandemic depression Today’s column is written by Marcia Caton, PhD, a Freeport resident with expertise in education, parenting, and social media’s impact on families. She is also on the staff of Molloy College.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) states that suicide attempts among adolescents have increased during the Covid-19 pandemic, with a particularly alarming spike among girls -51% vs. 3.7% for boys.

A source of anxiety for many adolescents during the pandemic has been the sudden separation from friends and extended family caused by pandemicmandated lockdowns, leading to feelings of isolation and loneliness. On July 22, 2021, CNN reported that “the pandemic has pushed children’s mental health and access to care to a crisis point.” This statement points to the scarcity of resources for mental health. Anxiety can be a precursor to depression and suicide attempts.

One unique reason for anxiety in teens has been the omnipresent smartphone with its buzzing, vibrating, and beeping social media notifications and texts, coupled with fear of missing out.

Dr. Jean Twenge, author and professor of psychology at San Diego State University, suggested in a 2015 study that the rising use of social media impacts mental health.

In addition, the findings reveal that depression and suicide-related outcomes increased between 2010 and 2015, especially among females, concurrent with increased use of smartphones among youth. One explanation for the spike in depression is that unlimited screen time could cause less emotionally satisfying relationships, leading to a threatening sense of isolation.

Teen suicide is strongly associated with cyberbullying. Over the years, we have heard the heart-wrenching stories of cyberbullied teens who became hopeless and took their lives. Audrie Pott committed suicide in 2012 after being sexually assaulted by four boys at a party, who posted pictures of the incident online. In addition, in 2021, Riley Basford befriended a girl on Facebook, to whom he sent embarrassing photos.

Subsequently, she tried to blackmail him for $3,500.

The dire shortage of mental health specialists in schools and family practice, coupled with chronic underinvestment in training more specialists, reduces the availability of mental health services. Parents can fill the gap by assisting their young-adult children in managing anxiousness aroused by virtual and offline worlds:

may find it easier to talk about their feelings outside of the home when they do not maintain eye contact. It would be helpful if the adult could listen more than speak. Adolescents may not want to problem-solve; they may want to be heard and accepted.

1. Chat regularly with teens about healthy ways to use social media. Some healthy habits include engaging in offline activities, putting away the smartphone at least an hour before bedtime, and participating in phone-free meals.

3. Create a healthy eating schedule.

A c h i ev i n g t h i s m ay b e d i f f i c u l t because teens often have poor eating habits. Nonetheless, if teens eat erratically, their brain chemicals may become uneven, impacting feelings and behaviors.

5. Establish a weekly activity with teens, such as cooking a meal together.

2. Take a walk together. Some teens

4. Parents should speak to adoles-

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State aG scrutinizes instagram attorney General’s Press office, nov. 18, 2021 New York Attorney General Letitia James today [Nov. 18] announced that she and a coalition of attorneys general from around the nation are investigating Meta Platforms, Inc. — formerly known as Facebook — for providing and promoting the social media platform Instagram to children and young adults despite knowing that such use is associated with physical and mental health harms.

“Doesn’t make a difference if you call it Instagram, Facebook, or Meta, the fact still remains the same: These social media platforms are extremely dangerous and have been proven to cause both physical and mental harm in young

people,” said Attorney General James.

The investigation targets, among other things, the techniques utilized by Meta to increase the frequency and duration of engagement by young users and the resulting harms caused by such extended engagement.

Meta’s own internal research shows that using Instagram is associated with increased risks of physical and mental health harms on young people, including depression, eating disorders, and even suicide.

In May, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 44 attorneys general, Attorney General James urged Facebook to abandon its plans to launch a version of Instagram for children under the age of 13. cents about cyberbullying and share with them the following ste ps to respond to cyberbullying: Stay calm, take a deep breath, walk away from the device, and do not engage with the cyberbully, because the cyberbully wants to infuriate and aggravate you.

Instead of falling into the cyberbully’s trap, take a screenshot of the abuse and share it with a trusted adult.

Some apps specifically support teen mental health:

one’s mood. Positive aspects of the app include adaptability based on goals, daily reminders, and progress tracking.

However, be forewarned that adding advanced features may incur extra costs, and tracking one’s mood can become time-consuming.

■ MoodMission, developed by mental health professionals, allows users to learn effective methods of dealing with anxiety or depression. The app is free and offers mood-boosting activities for anxiousness. However, some teens may find the activity options time-consuming or difficult.

■ Talkspace connects youths with licensed mental health professionals.

Therapy occurs through digital devices.

For privacy and security, conversations are encrypted. Users should be aware that the app is not free, and the therapists’ communication styles may not meet the needs of all youths.

■ Savello provides cognitive behavioral therapy tools to treat anxiety and depression. The app teaches mindfulness, tracks mood and health, and offers guided journeys to help users feel more in control of their lives.

■ Bearable is a mood-and-symptom organizer designed to track moods, mental illness symptoms, sleep patterns, medications, exercise, and food. It displays the impact of activities on attitudes and gives teens information to share with mental health professionals.

Teens’ mental health challenges will not disappear in the future. Therefore, parents should support youth by remaining proactive in assisting teens during this challenging time.

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iSolation and lonelineSS in teens, often related to overuse of social media during the pandemic, can be addressed through sensitive parental intervention.

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Columbus Ave. principal crosses finish line For the 30th time, Freeport resident Alma Rocha crossed the finish line in the TCS NYC Marathon –- and for the third time as a member of United Way of Long Island’s Team Mission United.

At the same time, she raised over $2,100 in support of the not-for-profit’s veterans programs.

United Way of Long Island was named an Official Charity Partner of the 2021 TCS New York City Marathon, which took place on November 7.

Theresa A. Regnante, president and CEO of United Way of Long Island, said this was the sixth year the not-forprofit has been invited to join the race under Team Mission United.

“United Way of Long Island is pleased to once again be named an official charity partner of the 2021 TCS New York City Marathon,” Regnante said. “We were so proud to cheer on Alma and all of the members of Team Mission United on their journey to the iconic finish line as they raised important funds to benefit Long Island veterans.”

United Way’s Team Mission United is a dedicated group of athletes who run to help over 95,000 veterans and military families on Long Island.

Mission United is a critical initiative of United Way of Long Island that focuses on supporting veterans’ services. This includes the areas of employ-

ment readiness and training, emergency financial assistance, case management, and housing development.

Alma, Team Mission United runner

Rocha, now 56, joined 12 other runners on Team Mission United. As a runner, she brought with her many years of experience. At age 26, she immig rated to New York City from Mexico City. It was then that she ran her first New York City Marathon, and she has run every year since.

Running provides a way to clear her mind and create Alma solutions as an elementary school principal, Rocha said.

“Our school district is delighted to see Alma run in the 2021 TCS New York City Marathon. Alma is passionate about giving back to the veterans who served our country, and we are proud to support her,” said Dr. Kishore Kuncham, Superintendent of Freeport Public Schools and United Way of Long Island board member.

Rocha herself was inspired by veterans from her earliest days in the United States.

“The first time I ran the Long Island Half Marathon,” she said, “was the

first time I saw veterans running with just one limb. In Mexico, [where I grew up] war was something far from me. So when I ran the half marathon, the impact that it had on me was significant. ... I thought, if they have the courage to do this, why can’t I?” Rocha runs the marathon specifically to raise funds in support of those who selflessly served. She ran, she said, “Not for recognition but to contribute.”

The 2021 Team Mission United runners collectively have raised over $31,000 for United Way of Long Island’s Rocha veterans programs. Leading sponsors include the AARP, BottomLine Technologies, Hiram Cohen & Sons Insurance, National Grid, New York Community Bank Foundation and Royal Star Associates.

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About United Way of Long Island

United Way of Long Island advances the common good, creating opportunities for a better life for all by focusing on three key building blocks: health, education, and financial stability.

It is United Way’s priority to create equity across Long Island by investing in partnerships, helping the most vulnerable and at-risk through organizations and programs that demonstrate raising the bar for fairness and equal access to services.

The organization provides a united solution and impact, fighting for families across Long Island. For more information about United Way of Long Island, please visit UnitedWayLI.org, or follow on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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Isles fans raise the roof on their new ‘Barn’ UBS Arena opening ends a 20-year battle for team’s home base

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Islanders fans from across Long Island made the pilgrimage on Saturday to the team’s new home at UBS Arena in Elmont. Despite a disappointing game result — the Islanders lost to the Calgary Flames 5-2 — fans were elated to finally have a home for their favorite hockey team after years of uncertainty, recreating the exuberant cheering that so defined games at Nassau Coliseum, known affectionately as “The Barn.”

The $1.1 billion arena at Belmont Park already means a great deal to fans who have watched the team through years when the Nassau Coliseum fell into disrepair and the Barclays Center in Brooklyn offered obstructed seating. The fanbase survived rumors of the team’s move to Quebec City or Kansas City in the 1990s and 2000s and has STeven finally been Ferraro rewarded with an Islanders fan arena that pays homage to both them and the players of yesteryear.

“I’m 26 years old, and I’ve been waiting my entire life to see this building open,” Steven Ferraro, of Rockville Centre, said.

“It was the Lighthouse and then whatever after, but the [new] building [is] absolutely fantastic, just gorgeous.” Ferraro said his favorite aspect of the structure so far is the Heineken Terrace above the main entrance, saying it’s unusual to have clublike atmosphere at a hockey game.

The late John Kempf was remembered at the game by his wife and son, Christine and Sean Kempf, who carried around a cardboard cutout of him. A detective in the Suffolk County Police Department, John died in April 2020 after a battle with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease — a rare degenerative brain disorder. During his tough fight, Kempf got to speak to his all-time favorite Islander, John Tonnelli, on the phone.

“It means everything to be here,” Sean Kempf said. “[My father] was a lifelong fan, and he passed that down to us.” Sean also said that his father was a huge fan of both Zach Parise and Zdeno Chara and would have been blown away if he had seen them both acquired by the Islanders in the off-season.

Mark Martinez, of Levittown, said he became an Islanders fan along with his school friends when the team visited Summit Lane Elementary School when they were children. “When we were little, tickets were cheap and we would go to every game, and now we still go to every game. It’s a part of our friendship now,” Martinez said.

In the upper deck, signs with the logos of Islanders fan meetup groups from San

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more Than 17,000 Islanders fans brought the old Nassau Coliseum energy to their new home at UBS Arena in Elmont.

The Blue and Orange Army in Section 329 brought soccer-style chanting throughout the game.

ISleS FanS goT pumped up before entering UBS Arena for the first time.

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Diego to the United Kingdom were placed above the raucous Section 329 crowd. The section, carried over from the Coliseum, serenades the team with soccer-style chants and drum playing throughout the game.

The much-touted low roof of the building traps the noise, giving amazing moments like when the crowd sang along with Nicole Raviv during the national anthem. There were glimpses of what the atmosphere can be like when the team gets going, like when Richard Panik laid the first big hit or when the referees announced Brock Nelson’s first goal.

Superfans Jake Basile and Nicholas Constantinidis, from Plainview, came to the game carrying cardboard cutouts of Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech’s face.

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UBS Arena opens Nov. 20 to much fanfare years ago, now even selling merchandise to the over 8,000 followers of their Instagram page, “Bathtubjake.”

“A lot of guys from the Barn days were kind of concerned about this not being home, but it really felt like it tonight,” Basile said. “This is genuinely a dream come true. It’s so surreal. The atmosphere was great. Not the result we wanted from the game, but the arena was absolutely amazing,” Constantinidis said. “It

felt like this is ours, this is our amazing, 21st-century arena. We finally joined the club.”

Co-owner Jon Ledecky, who purchased the team with business partner Scott Malkin in 2016, spoke to and took pictures with fans outside the arena before the game.

“You can hear the fans are so excited and they’re saying, ‘Thank you,’ which is great, but we’re saying it back, because without them and their support, this building doesn’t happen,” Ledecky said.

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NiCholas CoNstaNtiNidis aNd Jake Basile of the “Pelech Posse” with cutouts of their favorite Islanders defenseman, Adam Pelech.

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Freeport High School students recently heard a surprise announcement from Principal Gisselle Campbell-Ham as she officially shared the names of the Class of 2022 top 10 students. One by one, the following outstanding students heard their names and rank announced: valedictorian Elise Smith, salutatorian Karina Rios, Vanessa Mendoza (3), Keyla Romero (4), Sameerah Lawal (5), Brenna Igneri (6), Bryant Pena (7), Gilbert Rosario Acevedo (8), Arianna Martinez (9) and Jillian Igneri (10).

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Friday, Nov. 26

Cantanno, mcantanno@freeportlibrary. org or (516) 507-7338.

Reykjavik: An Icelandic adventure This virtual tour is available on the Freeport Memorial Library website during November. Visit Iceland’s capital and nearby areas! There are majestic falls, geothermal pools, black sand beaches, shooting geysers, several UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and spectacular volcanoes. With such a diverse and compelling landscape, it’s no surprise Iceland has been the backdrop of TV shows and movies, including Game of Thrones and Star Wars. To get the link, contact the ASK Department at (516) 379-3274 or ask@freeportlibrary.info.

Saturday, Dec. 4

Black Friday in Freeport

Freeport Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Holiday Boat Parade starts along Woodcleft Canal at 7p.m. Boats travel around toward Waterfront Park and down Randall Bay Canal and back. Ride in the parade on one of the many party boats or enjoy the view warm and toasty from a restaurant dining room. Call The Freeport Chamber for more info: 516-223-8840

Holiday tree lightings Mayor Kennedy till conduct three tree lightings: 5 p.m. in the Sunrise HJighway Triangle between Church and Main Streets; 6 p.m. at the Freeport Recreation Center, 130 E. Merrick Rd.; and 6:30 p.m. in the Esplanade on Woodcleft Avenue (Nautical Mile).

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Don’t forget Freeport businesses on Black Friday!

Saturday & Sunday, Nov. 26 - 27 Otto’s holiday boutique Otto’s Sea Grill at 271 Woodcleft Avenue on the Nautical Mile will have an indoor holiday boutique starting on Nov. 27 and Nov. 28, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and each weekend thereafter through the third Sunday of December. On Saturday, Dec. 4, instead of the boutique, the grill will have a Nautical Mile Holiday Boat Parade Dinner Buffet, 5-9 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 29 Out of this world story time From 10-10:30 a.m. at the library, join Miss Rose for an out-of-this-world adventure featuring songs, rhymes, and stories about outer space. For children ages 2-4.

Understanding Alzheimer’s and Dementia From 2-3 p.m. at the Freeport Memorial Library, learn about detection, causes, risk factors, stages, and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Contact Maryellen Cantanno at (516) 379-3274 or mcantanno@freeportlibrary.info.

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Freeport Nautical Mile Holiday Boat Parade Freeport Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Holiday Boat Parade starts along Woodcleft Canal at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 4, after the holiday tree lightings. Boats travel around toward Waterfront Park and down Randall Bay Canal and back. Ride in the parade on one of the many party boats or enjoy the view warm and toasty from a restaurant dining room. Call The Freeport Chamber for more info (516) 223-8840 Drumming for adults with George Schultze From 7-7:45 p.m. at the library, George Schultze, professional drummer, will conduct this class and explain the benefits of drumming. It is a great way to reduce stress, depression, and anxiety while meeting others. Class size is limited. Register online, by phone, or in person at the ASK Desk. Contact the ASK Department at 516-379-3274 or ask@ freeportlibrary.info.

Tuesday, Nov. 30 Thanksgiving storytime and craft Join Miss Rose, 10-10:45 a.m., for a program of stories, songs, and a Thanksgiving craft. For children ages 2-4. Please preregister with the library’s Youth Services Department,

(516) 379-3274, or youthservices@ freeportlibrary.info.

Wednesday, Dec. 1 Ugly sweater weather at the library Throughout December, from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., it’s UGLY SWEATER weather! Come to the library during operating hours wearing your ugliest “family friendly” holiday sweater! We will post your picture on our Ugly Sweater Board. The last day to “ugly pose” will be December 31. Staff and patron will vote between January 4 and 8. The sweater with the most votes will win a prize. For all ages.

Defensive driving at the library Please visit the ASK Department to register for these courses. Freeport resi-

dents can register on November 1.

Nonresidents may register for the December class on November 15.

Enrollment is limited. Payment is due at registration. One check/money order per person. No cash, please. You must have a valid New York State driver’s license to enroll in these courses. Cost: $30; by check or money order payable to TAAH Inc. Contact Marilyn Dore-Pignataro at 516-379-3274 ext 226 or mpignataro@freeportlibrary.info.

Current events in perspective Professor D’Innocenzo-Libresco offers his insightful perspective on the people and events that shape our world today.

Audience participation is encouraged.

This program is made possible by a donation from the Hildegarde D. Becher Foundation, Inc. in memory of the late Alan Berg. Contact Maryellen

Dinner buffet at Otto’s On Saturday, Dec. 4, instead of the boutique, Otto’s Sea Grill will have a Nautical Mile Holiday Boat Parade Dinner Buffet, 5-9 p.m.

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(Rabbi Abe Lebovic is the spiritual defended their right to practice their leader of Congregation Beth Israel at religious rituals against an oppressive re gime (the Syrian-Greeks). They 151 Hilton Ave. in Hempstead.)

As a new year beckons once again fought back valiantly, both militarily and we are heading toward the second and with a war of ideas. And they won.

The victory culminated anniversary of the Covidwhen they found a jug of 19 pandemic, there have uncontaminated olive oil been, thankfully, markers with which to ignite the and symbols along the way special candelabra (Menothat have helped us cope w i t h t h e s t re s s o f t h e rah) in the Temple in Jeruscourge that has upended salem, with the one-day our lives. supply miraculously lastThose markers might ing for eight (hence the have been a family geteight days of Chanukah together in one of the pantoday, where we light an demic lulls; a joyous event additional candle each that helped us forget the night). sorrow for a while; the vacIn the Chanukah story, cine that is the way out of hope is the one thing that abbi this for us; or, perhaps, it comes to mind. And hope is was a religious and faiththe necessary ingredient be ebovic based event, telling us for getting through our there’s a governing hand days, weeks, the year—and that is greater than we are. now almost two years.

The Jewish holiday of Chanukah, Like the vaccinations that have which starts this Sunday night and sprouted a beautiful vision of post-panlasts for eight days, is exactly such an demic life, Chanukah sprouts a new event: a burst of spirit and warmth spiritual perspective in our souls: We onto a world that can seem dark and know we will live to see a better, more uninviting. illuminated day (and night).

Chanukah commemorates the occaA happy Chanukah and holiday seasion 2,000 years ago, when a small son to all. group of Jews, called the Maccabees,

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Chanukah is the Festival of Lights. rate homes and buildings throughout During the darkest part of the year, we our community with Christmas lights light candles for illumination and as a are also taking part in this beautiful and symbol of spiritual enlightenment. A important endeavor. Wherever we find f a m o u s H e b r e w C h a n u k a h s o n g darkness, injustice, intolerance, illness, deceit, hopelessness, sadinspires us to send away the ness, despair, political and darkness from the light. military str ug gles that Similarly, the Dead Sea seem to go on forever, bruScrolls, ancient Jewish tal dictatorships, oppresscrolls, describe an epic batsion, and hate, it is upon us tle between light and darkto struggle for a better ness. world. To help us remember We are survivors of one to engage in this important of the darkest periods in mission, we light Chanukah moder n human history. candles to ward off the And yet, our holidays and darkness and bring in the their extraordinary meslight (a metaphor for the sages purposely shed light good overcoming the bad). on our predicament.

A central message of Thanksgiving inspires us to abbi Chanukah is never to give remember those people and up hope and to always conaspects of our lives for oyi haffin tinue the struggle to make whom and for which we are things better – to bring light grateful. The holidays that follow open our eyes to the light in the into the world. The Chanukah songs, the world, to hope for the future and to the latkes (Chanukah potato pancakes), and promise of the fulfillment of prophecy the dreidel games are always delightful.

This year, especially, however, I hope and of redemption.

The lighting of the Chanukah meno- and pray that we can embrace the misrah (candelabra) is not just a physical sion that the holiday presents us with: act. It is a metaphor for lighting candles go forth and bring light into the world. to battle the darkness. Those who deco-

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Marty Hinds was born May 17, 1983, and died on Nov. 19. A visitation service will be held at the Hungerford and Clark Funeral Home at 110 Pine St., Sunday, Nov. 28, 4-8 p.m. A virtual Homegoing Service will be conducted via Zoom on Monday, Nov. 29, at 10 a.m. The Zoom link is https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81941774637 and the meeting ID is 819 4177 4637.

Michael P. (Mary) and Kristin Induisi (Rob), the dear grandmother of Meghan, Michaela, Anthony, Mackenzie, Nicholas and Melissa, and the proud sister of Bob Curran. Patricia is also survived by many loving friends, nieces and nephews. A funeral Mass of Christian burial took place on Nov. 23 at Our Holy Redeemer R.C. Church in Freeport, followed by interment at Holy Rood Cemetery in Westbury.

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Patricia A. O’Connor (b. Oct. 22, 1947), age 74, of Freeport, died on Nov. 20. She was the beloved wife of Michael O’Connor, the cherished mother of

Patrick Henry (b. March 6, 1939), age 82, of Freeport, died on Nov. 20. Services were private.

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■ A suspect was arrested on Nov. 17 by Freeport police officers. The suspect had assaulted a female without provocation.

The suspect fled the scene of the assault, but was located blocks away by officers.

The victim was transported to Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital for treatment of her injuries. The suspect was charged with third-degree assault and criminal obstruction of breathing.

■ On Nov. 16, a Freeport police officer secured a case report of lost or stolen property from a residential home. The complainant reported that she ordered an item online and that the tracking information for it stated that the product was delivered. The complainant said that she never received the item and believed it was either lost in transit or stolen from her porch. She filed the case report for documentation purposes.

■ A suspect was arrested by Freeport plainclothes officers on Nov. 19. The officers had conducted a vehicle stop in Freeport for a Vehicle Traffic Law infraction. Upon further investigation, the officers discovered that the driver was in possession of a white powdery subject, believed to be cocaine. The driver was arrested and charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance in addition to being issued two VTL summonses.

■ A suspect was arrested on Nov. 21, when Freeport police officers responded to a local drug store for a report of a larceny in progress. Upon arrival, officers saw the subject inside of the store. The officers were able to retrieve the stolen merchandise, which was still in sellable condition. The suspect was placed under arrest and transported to Freeport police headquarters for arrest processing.

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Hundreds of veterans at Stand Down continued from front page speech, liberty and justice for all, and freedom of religion, is what this is all about.”

Kennedy thanked the participating organizations, including the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, General Needs, Covanta, Long Island Cares, Island Harvest, Veterans of Nassau County and Association of the Disabled.

“It’s phenomenal to be here today,” State Assemblywoman Judy Griffin said.

“I really am so grateful to Mayor Kennedy, Ralph Esposito, County Executive Laura Curran and all these many organizations who come together to put this event on each year, and really give our veterans the support they need and deserve.”

Ralph Esposito, director of the Nassau County Veterans Service Agency, said, “I want to thank the mayor for making it possible for our veterans to have a place to come to receive some of the things that we hand out. It’s very hard, especially with this pandemic, for our veterans. …

We leave no one behind.”

Members of donating organizations sat amid bags of goods or stood behind tables loaded with shoeboxes, shirts, winter jackets, food boxes and Thanksgiving pies.

Two veterans who identified themselves only as Frank and Frank directed cars along their route. “You have to understand,” said one Frank, “if it wasn’t for veterans, you would not be here right now. You’d be talking Japanese or German.”

Andrea Nordquist, president of Military Blue Star Mothers of Nassau County, stood behind a table, handing out blueand-white patterned shirts in response to shouts of “Small! Double X!” Blue Star is composed of “mothers, step-mothers, grandmothers, foster mothers and female legal guardians who have children serving in the military, guard or reserves, or children who are veterans,” according to its website. The organization offers many types of support to veterans.

“My son is just burying one of his friends today who committed suicide,” Nordquist said. “Suicide is an epidemic with veterans who have post-traumatic stress disorder or who are just coming back from active duty. So we’re erecting a sign in Albert F. Klestinec Park in Massapequa to raise awareness of the 22 vets a day that kill themselves.” Klestinec was the first soldier from Massapequa to die in the Vietnam War. Suicide among veterans is of growing concern. Susan Schirmer of General Needs stood beside a sign that read “General Needs 1342 Mission. Boot project recognizing the 22 per day. From Maine to DC Nov.-Dec. 2021.”

“So we’re doing 1,342 boots from November to December,” Schirmer said, “to recognize the 22 per day that commit suicide.” November has 30 days and December has 31, which means that during these two months, 1,342 veterans nationwide will die by their own hands.

“We’re giving boots to homeless shelters here today and our usual shelters that we visit monthly,” Schirmer said.

Ralph Esposito chatted with two colleagues, Bill Byrne and Chris Baktis.

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RepResenting thRee nassau County veterans organizations were, from left, Ralph Esposito, of the county Veterans Service Agency; Bill Byrne, president of Rolling Thunder Chapter 6; and Chris Baktis, of Nassau County Firefighters-Operation Wounded Warrior.

BoB RoBeRtson, of the Vietnam War Veterans Association of Nassau County, left, helped organize bags of personal items and food that the association handed out. andRea noRdquist, pResident of Military Blue Star Mothers of Nassau County, far left, oversaw the distribution of hundreds of shirts.

Byrne is president of Rolling Thunder Chapter 6, an advocacy group for prisoners of war and U.S. service members missing in action. He is also a veterans counselor with the county. Baktis is a member of Nassau County FirefightersOperation Wounded Warrior, which is different from the national organization called the Wounded Warrior Project.

“You know,” said Esposito, speaking of joining the military, “you go in and sign a check, but you don’t know what the amount is. You come back whole, or you come back in pieces, or in a box maybe you come back. So we make sure the guys that came home get what they deserve.”

Esposito puts in long hours at his job with the county. “We do housing, we do benefits for vets when they come home from war, all kinds of veterans, aid and attendance,” he said. “There’s nothing we don’t do. I even fix oil burners and deliver

oil to people if they need it. Me and my deputy, Paul Vista, some of it comes out of our pocket. We don’t mind doing that because we know what it’s like. We were both in the service. He was in Afghanistan, I’m Vietnam, so I know what it’s like for these poor guys.”

The Veterans Stand Down operation is finishing its 18th year. Its distributions are held in July and November. The pandemic canceled this past July’s event.

Esposito rapidly named some of the participating organizations, which Mayor Kennedy had listed, but added, “Firefighters, they’re always here helping us. The [Nassau County] Office of Emergency Management, they work with us. The Freeport Police — there isn’t an organization that don’t do things for us. I just make it happen with their help. Without them, I’m nobody.”

Baktis explained Nassau County Fire-

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Baktis and his wife travel to military posts like Fort Belvoir, Fort Bragg and Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, delivering donated items to veterans, including, he said, “iPads, laptops, shirts, socks, underwear, whatever they need,” even cooking utensils.

Esposito, whose husky voice is a result of surgery for throat cancer after he served for weeks as a volunteer firefighter at ground zero, is 77, but he doesn’t foresee quitting his work anytime soon.

“I gotta make all veterans welcome,” he said. “It comes from the heart. You don’t do this like a job. If you go by my pay, I make two dollars an hour … but I love it. You do what you gotta do and you make things happen.”

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Schools offer pediatric Covid-19 vaccine continued from front page South Nassau will do the same. Parents can register for the pods on the district website.

At Monday’s vaccine pod, administrators registered children as parents brought them up the steps from the rear door of the school cafeteria. A Spanish interpreter assisted any parents who required it. Upon registration, parents and children were taken behind white-cloth partitions on rolling metal frames, where the vaccinations were administered.

A parent or guardian had to accompany the child, and bring proof that the child was of eligible age, such as a birth certificate or passport.

Lance Brown, a Northwell administrator, said he had been with the Northwell team since the start of the pandemic, helping to bring masks, Covid-19 testing and vaccinations upon request to public venues such as nursing homes, high schools and airports. Brown has had a sense of mission about the work since experiencing his own bout with the coronavirus.

“I got Covid-19 in November 2020,” Brown said. “My eyes hurt the most, especially when I was looking left or right. I spent three days in the dark.” Brown recovered within two weeks, but when the first vaccines became available a few

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The federal CenTers for Disease Control and Prevention recently approved the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, and the Freeport School District is helping to distribute it. months later, “I was probably one of the first in line for vaccination.”

Watching the children come from behind the partitions to sit at school desks with their parents for 15 minutes to monitor possible reactions to the vaccine,

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Brown said, “I have hope that this [pandemic] will end. I do have a sense of purpose that this will help historically for humanity. Maybe in the history books, I’ll be a person named who helped end this thing.”

A Freeport parent, Ivania Osorio, sat at a school desk with her son, Byron Lopez-Osorio, 7, after his vaccination.

“I think it [the vaccine] is impor tant,” Osorio said.

“Everyone should think about getting it. It’s for everyone’s safety and health.”

“The vaccine is good,” said energetic, quick-moving Byron.

“The shot didn’t hurt.”

A brother and sister seated at the desks during their 15-minut observation caught the eye of an administrative nurse, who asked, “Do you need help?”

“Me and my brother are Courtesy Ivania Osorio bored,” the sister said. The Byron lopez-osorio reCeived his Northwell nurse played Simple Simon Health vaccination on Monday at Freeport High with them until their 15-minute School. He attends Archer St. School. observations were up.

Kanellopolous spoke with appreciation of the district’s partnerships with Northwell Health, in particular Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, and Mount Sinai The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vacSouth Nassau — health organizations cine was tested successfully in about that have supplied webinars and other 3,000 children and deemed safe for resources to the district for about five years. ages 5 to 11 before the federal “Who knew that this would be part of Centers for Disease Control Prevention the education system?” Kannellopolous allowed its use among children. The said. “We do more than just educate childose for children, 5 to 11, is one third dren now. It’s really the whole child, the strength of the adult dose. socially, emotionally and now their health According to a Northwell Health needs as well as academics.

FAQ sheet, children ages 5 to 11 are “We know if everyone’s healthy, then less likely than adolescents and young those around us will be healthy as well,” adults to experience side effects to she continued, “so that’s been a major the vaccine like fever, fatigue, headgoal of Dr. Kuncham and the district — to ache and muscle aches. make sure that we’re making [the Covid19 vaccine] is accessible to everybody.”

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LYNEER STAFFING SOLUTIONS Hiring Mail Sorters, Data Entry $15.00, Forklifts $17.50, Mystery Shoppers Ages 21-25 $20.00. 860 Long Island Ave., Deer Park NY 11729 631-586-4699 PRESS-ROOM/WAREHOUSE HELP Long Island Herald has IMMEDIATE openings for a FULL-TIME Pressroom/warehouse helper in Garden City. We are a busy print shop looking for a motivated and reliable individuals to assist in various duties in the shop. Forklift experience is a plus and heavy lifting is required. Hours vary, so flexibility is key.

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A. There is a lot of misinformation and misunderstanding about levels of purification and, depending on the source of the information, like an advertisement instead of research reports, the facts are unclear. I couldn’t tell anyone, definitively, what works best, or even the specifics as to why, only that there are systems that are required and units that do have benefits for employers onte eeper and homeowners, according to industry reports.

For example, it almost always comes up during the design phase of offices and retail spaces that the owner wants to put in a bottled-water cooler instead of a drinking fountain, but the plumbing code, which is a law, states that two drinking fountains or a dual unit, the high and low kind, are required to be installed. (The reason for the low drinking fountain is to avoid discrimination, along with many other regulations, in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, signed into federal law by President George H.W. Bush in 1990.) A bottle station is nice to have but not required.

Water purification will be a healthy solution for your employees and family, since it removes chlorine, sediments and multiple trace minerals. There are many different types of purifiers on the market. For commercial purposes, consider a cartridge-type purifier specific to your commercial space, and for a residence, a whole-house system such as the ones from PurifiedSolutions.net, which use a seven-stage reverse-osmosis process. Just remember, these systems all require the replacement of filters, so factor in replacement costs so you aren’t surprised later.

As for the bigger question, air purification, it is a much broader and more questionable issue, since different systems filter air in different ways, and even though advertisements tout all the wonderful particulates that can be removed, virus particles aren’t necessarily one of them. Smoke from cigarettes and dust have a much larger mass, and are more easily removed with high-efficiency particulate air, or HEPA, filters than bacterial or viral-laden particles.

Even though microscopic-sized allergens can be removed, unless they are treated with either damaging light or chemical containment, just catching the allergens doesn’t necessarily get rid of them. Make sure you find out what the filtration unit will do from an independent testing source report before spending the money on one.

Recent studies do show the workplace benefits for having enhanced ventilation and filtration. Some 90 percent of maintenance costs are for keeping people productive at work, increasing profits by reducing infection, sickness and missed days by employees.

Choose systems wisely and it will benefit you. Good luck!

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“The Event” is a hopeful but strangely haunting film that I watched last week on Zoom. Hofstra University’s Department of Comparative Literature, Languages and Linguistics and the History Department presented it, with a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Ben Rifkin, a Hofstra professor of Russian.

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chilling effect the coup attempt had on many Bulgarians, who worried about a sudden return to hardline communism. I wondered what, precisely, had happened in Moscow and other Soviet cities from Aug. 18 to 21, 1991, as the coup unfolded. I had never seen images of it before.

The good people of Leningrad were concerned that Soviet Armed Forces tanks might roll against their city, and a sea of tens of thousands of people rallied, placing themselves in mortal danger to preserve the democratic reforms enacted under Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev.

The fear of a possible attack on Leningrad was not irrational. Eight communist hardliners calling themselves the Committee on the State of Emergency, and various factions within the Soviet military, were behind the putsch, seeking to halt the impending breakup of the Soviet Union that would give sovereignty to its 15 outlying republics. Soviet tanks, in fact, rolled into Moscow, where tens of thousands of demonstrators stood in their way. Among them was Boris Yeltsin, the man who succeeded Gorbachev as president of Russia when the Soviet Union dissolved in December 1991.

I was on a train somewhere outside Sofia, Bulgaria’s capital, with my then fiancée, Katerina, who was born and raised in Sofia, when we first heard the news of the coup attempt. Katerina’s face turned sullen. What

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would we do if it succeeded?

Most Americans cannot understand the fear of the then Soviet Union that many, if not most, Eastern Europeans carried with them in the backs of their brains. They risked limb and life to secure their freedoms from the USSR in the late 1980s and early ’90s. They stood in solidarity, marching en masse in their capitals’ squares, demanding sovereignty. Then, seemingly in an instant, all their hard-won reforms appeared to be in jeopardy.

If Bulgaria lost its newly won democratic freedoms to the communists, would the old-school apparatchiks “cleanse” Bulgaria of any American “sympathizers”? In that case, anyone who had had contact with an American like me would have been in grave danger of just disappearing.

These were not wild conspiracy theories.

They were valid questions based on nearly five decades of iron-fisted Soviet rule. Katerina and I planned an escape route to the U.S. through Greece if the coup held, which, thankfully, it did not. We were in our mid-20s at the time. We recently celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary, living, peacefully, on Long Island for the past 28 years, returning every few years to Sofia. Bulgaria remains a democracy to this day.

The Soviet coup plotters were not especially well organized, according to various

he USSR in 1991 and the U.S. in 2021: similarities I never would’ve imagined.

reports, and most of the SAF military was not a party to the conspiracy. It’s said that the plotters spent most of the three days of the coup drunk. Seven of the eight organizers were imprisoned, and one committed suicide.

Ilya Vinitsky, chair of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Princeton University, was among the panelists last week. He was 22 and living in the Soviet Union at the time of the coup. It was a seminal moment in his life, a point of demarcation — there was life before the coup, and after.

Now he asks his students, “Have you ever felt you lived through a historical moment?”

Yes, I would respond, more than once.

Most recently was the disorganized insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, when thousands of pro-Trump rioters besieged our very seat of democracy to try to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election — that is, to attempt to overthrow our nation’s duly elected president, Joe Biden. Having lived through such a coup attempt while in a foreign land, I never imagined one here, particularly not one as violent as that of last January.

Democracy is clearly a fragile thing. It requires an active, engaged citizenry that respects the rule of law. If it is not respected, then it must be enforced.

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.

Year of wonder, one Thanksgiving to the next

ast Thanksgiving we dined alone.

I’m remembering an over-roasted turkey leg with a side of anxiety for me, a wedge of spinach pie for the vegetarian, hold the Thanksgiving cheer. We tried not to make too much of the day.

We were veterans of isolation by then, still months away from our first vaccine. To see our kids and grandkids, someone would have had to risk flying, and the infection rates were daunting.

Nevertheless, we watched millions RANDI of people choosing KREISS to travel, weaving through airport lines and hoping for the best. Spikes and surges followed.

Sorry for the ruminating, but sometimes you must go back to appreciate how far you’ve come. A few months after Thanksgiving, our son and grandson caught Covid.

We missed birthdays, anniversaries, proms and graduations. We were lucky; the nightly news featured Covid crises cascading across the country. Who will ever forget the pictures of refrigerator trucks parked outside New York City hospitals?

Today (and I won’t say fast forward, because it wasn’t), all of us have had vaccines and boosters. We’re all back to our jobs. Kids are back in school. As I swayed from despair to hope and back to trepidation, I coped, and that feels like enough.

This Thanksgiving we will sit down with our family to start reweaving the ties that have stretched thin over the months of this pandemic.

I have often written about gratitude for the small things that charge our days with interest and pleasure. This year my gratitude is singular, profound and unending. I am so thankful to the researchers and scientists and companies and governments and leaders who took on the virus and dug in for the fight.

There were missteps and political machinations and failures along the way, but the development of vaccines, 90-plus percent effective, in only 11 months has been the stunning achievement of our lifetime.

When we encountered a novel coronavirus transmitted easily through the air by breathing, talking and coughing, the World Health Organization said it did not expect a vaccine to become available in fewer than 18 months. Many virologists have said that the development of a safe and effective vac-

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cine within 11 months was an extraordinary achievement.

Please read “A Shot to Save the World,”

by Gregory Zuckerman. Zuckerman tells the story of the unlikely heroes who worked together and separately, driven by the mission to find a vaccine.

He describes the false starts and missteps, but also all that went right as researchers took on the challenge of their lives. It required unprecedented devotion, selflessness, fierce dedication to the job and a vision of success that transcended any one person’s ambition.

It is a thrilling story. One of the salient points Zuckerman addresses is the idea that the new vaccines are too “experimental.” He says these discoveries are not one-day wonders, but blocks of research that came together over many years. They found daylight in the time of the pandemic because of the money and dedication and leadership that supported the effort. The work on AIDS informed this medical moon shot, and the Covid vaccines will inform research going forward.

Zuckerman tells the story of Jason Schrum, the Moderna scientist who had worked at the company for only a short time. He came up with the actual modifica-

his year my family will gather again, and my gratitute is profound and unending.

tion to the mRNA molecule that is currently used in Moderna’s vaccine, Zuckerman writes. “That modification is the one that BioNTech uses also. It’s not the one from Katalin Karaka and Drew Weissman at the University of Pennsylvania. They’re really pioneers, and I’m not sure we would have these vaccines without them.”

Zuckerman writes that not enough attention has been paid to the Chinese scientist who struggled in the early days of the pandemic to share the genetic sequence of the virus. “The guy’s a hero,” he writes.

“He risked so much …”

I thank them all, from the doctors and nurses to the supermarket workers to the teachers and parents of young children, to the bench researchers who put in the hours, day after day and month after month.

This year at our Thanksgiving, there will be a too-big turkey and stuffing and cranberry sauce. Leaves and grains for the vegetarian. We will hug and kiss our kids and grandkids, feeling safe enough with our jabs and boosters. Then we will feast on my apple cranberry crumble with a topping of gratitude for this country and countries everywhere where scientists are educated, supported and honored for their work.

Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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UBS Arena is a win-win for Long Island

he social media posts generated by Long Islanders at the very first Islanders game at the new UBS Arena, the linchpin in a $1.3 billion transformation of Belmont Park, came fast and furious on Saturday, showing an excitement not seen since the Islanders’ four straight Stanley Cup wins in the early ’80s. The state-of-the-art arena is indeed a crown jewel of the New York metropolitan area sports scene.

“Today is a monumental day for New York and the Islanders as we cut the ribbon on the world-class new UBS Arena,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said last week. “This is the first step in the newly redeveloped Belmont Park, which will serve as an internationally recognized destination for sports, entertainment, retail and hospitality.”

It was only a few years ago that the

home of the Islanders was a real question mark. The team had moved out of the Nassau Coliseum in the Hub for the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, and Long Island fans largely hated the venue, not only because of the distance they had to travel for games — it could be a four-hour round trip from points out East to Brooklyn and back — but also because the venue was made not for hockey, but for basketball.

The new UBS Arena, finished on time and on budget, was constructed specifically for the Islanders, in Elmont, on Nassau County’s border with Queens, making it convenient for hockey fans from both Long Island and New York City.

At the same time, the revitalization of Belmont Park is, no doubt, a boon for Long Island. The project, which will also include a 350,000-square-foot entertain-

LIRR, NICE Bus move toward greener future

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he Long Island Rail Road and Nassau Inter-County Express Bus are making significant strides to reduce their carbon footprints, with the LIRR testing battery-powered trains on its Oyster Bay branch to replace the diesel locomotives that have rumbled across the North Shore in the past, and NICE planning to bring six electric buses online to replace compressed-natural-gas models.

While on the electrified portion of the Oyster Bay branch, the LIRR trains run on the third rail. When they reach the non-electrified portion, they switch to battery power.

At the same time that NICE adds the

electric buses, it will switch all 150 vehicles in its paratransit fleet to electric.

Excellent!

All of this was discussed last Friday during an hour-long talk on public transportation at Vision Long Island’s annual Smart Growth Summit, at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury. We can only say bravo to Phil Eng, the LIRR president, and Jack Khouz, CEO of NICE Bus, for demonstrating a commitment to the environment by moving away from dirty fossil-fuel transportation to electric rail and bus lines.

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ment and retail complex, a 250-room hotel and a community center in the future, is expected to create 10,000 jobs and generate $2.7 billion in economic activity when all is said and done. By 2024, the project is projected to sustain 3,200 full-time jobs, produce $858 million in annual economic activity and generate tens of millions of dollars in new yearly tax revenue for the region.

We recognize that not everyone in Elmont is happy. Local residents have said they worry about increased traffic caused by the arena. Planners, however, have worked to mitigate traffic, building a new Long Island Rail Road station in Elmont, the first new full-time station in 50 years.

Overall, the UBS Arena is a win-win for Long Islanders, whether or not you’re an Islanders fan.

letters Many thanks on Thanksgiving To the Editor: During this season of gratitude, I want to offer my heartfelt thanks to all our neighbors who make helping others a priority in their lives.

Whether responding to the devastation caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida, offering relief after the destructive home fires that occur nearly every day in Nassau and Suffolk counties or supporting others who need extra aid during Covid-19, our neighbors raise their hands to help in countless ways.

Every day I am humbled by our Red Cross volunteers who share their time to help the most vulnerable prepare for and recover from life-changing disasters in their communities. And when needed, these selfless people put their lives on hold for weeks to lend a hand far from home after relentless hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and historic wild-

cinogenic substances on the planet, according to numerous federal agencies.

Diesel trains simply shouldn’t exist in the 21st century.

The LIRR began testing battery-powered trains on the Oyster Bay branch in April. Let’s hope the eight-month test period is successful, so the other three diesel branches — Montauk, Port Jefferson and Ronkonkoma — can become fully electrified as well.

Of course, we must ask ourselves how the electricity to power our trains and buses is being generated — from fossilfuel power plants or renewable resources such as solar, wind and geothermal?

Renewable is the way forward.

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fter watching a boring sci-fi movie, I stared at the blinking orange hand signal outside the Lynbrook movie theater, waiting to cross heavily trafficked, four-lane Peninsula Boulevard. The white stick figure flashed, the seconds counted down to zero, and I found myself halfway across the road, wondering if this would be how I would die.

I had just undergone my fourth knee surgery a few weeks before, and a fullleg brace and crutches were docCristinA ArroYo tor’s orders. The first time I had my roDriGUeZ ACL swapped for a cadaver ligament, I was a first-year doctoral student in industrial and organizational psychology, more than happy to return to class in person two weeks post-surgery, against doctor’s orders.

“At least it’s your leg that’s the problem, and not your brain,” my program chair said by way of welcoming me back.

Not only was this statement ableist in that it dismissed the worth of neurodivergent people, but also it showed a lack

of understanding in our leadership and institutions of what it means to live with or be a person with a disability.

“I no longer want the disabled population to be an afterthought,” Nadia Holubnyczyj, the first person in a wheelchair to run for the Nassau County Legislature, said during this fall’s campaign. With the founding of the county’s new disability-awareness advisory group, she called for government “to shift their entire mindset, their language, planning and execution.”

Indeed, my temporary mobility disability didn’t only affect my leg, but also changed my relationship with the world, and vice versa.

First, I was following a pain management schedule that included prescription opioids, which affect memory, focus and cognitive speed. When you’re hugging a toilet bowl between fits of vomiting or falling asleep from chemically induced fatigue three times a day, it’s difficult to decide whether Edward Lawler or John Stacey Adams best explains reactions to pay inequity.

Second, the cognitive labor of navigating a world not built for you, and even

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temporary mobility issue changed my relationship with the world, and vice versa.

Letters fires out West.

I am also grateful for our partners who share a common purpose and community spirit to connect more people with critical humanitarian support. And our financial supporters allow the Red Cross to deliver emergency relief 24/7, 365 days a year.

A final word of thanks to our first responders — police, fire and EMS — whom we are proud to support as they protect and assist our communities every day.

Wishing you all a happy and safe Thanksgiving. Let’s continue to look out for one another.

JOSE DOMINguEZ CEO, American Red Cross on Long Island

Keep up the cancer reporting To the Editor: Regarding Scott Brinton’s column “A famed journalist enlightens us on cancer reporting” (Nov. 11-17): I want to thank Brinton and commend him for his cancer reporting. Although no cancer clusters have been officially designated on Long Island, I have found that there is a high incidence of cancer in communities here.

I was diagnosed with acute myeloge-

built against you, is taxing. Where are the elevators in this Long Island Rail Road station? Are they currently in service? Will my crutches slip on the sidewalk? Where can I elevate my leg when at work? How much earlier do I need to leave? What detours should I take to avoid tripping and falling?

Even though Holubnyczyj said she believes “there is no specific area of need that the county should be focusing on that would benefit the disabled,” she makes an exception for inequities in public transportation, which is one of the “hot spots” that need to be addressed.

Besides planning the logistics of navigation, there is also the emotional strain of being treated as an inconvenience, a burden. “If it’s important to you, you’d attend,” an elected official said of whether to allow public meetings to be held on Zoom. “If you loved your children, you would make time,” said the president of a school club who holds monthly meetings exclusively in the evening.

According to the 2018 American Community Survey, about 2 million New Yorkers, roughly 11 percent of the state’s

population, have a visible or invisible disability. And even after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, over 30 percent of reports filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission were claims of disability discrimination. In the past five years, Nassau County has spent almost $1 million in ADA settlements, even though only about one in five report this kind of discrimination.

My Ph.D. program chair accurately recognized that there was a problem, but it wasn’t my leg. My leg wouldn’t have been a problem if public transportation had reliable access, if workplaces provided proper accommodations, if public meetings offered remote participation and if that pedestrian crossing signal lasted a few seconds longer. The disability doesn’t lie within me, Nadia, or within the community of people with disabilities, but within our institutions.

Cristina Arroyo Rodriguez is editor of the Baldwin Herald and has been a nonprofit organizational consultant in the areas of pay equity and diversity, equity and inclusion. She has lectured in psychology at Baruch College, Bronx Community College and the City University of New York, and has taught Master Executive classes for NYPD leadership at John Jay College.

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nous leukemia two and a half years ago.

In my square-block area in North Merrick, there were four other people diagnosed with cancer. One of them lost her life. In Merrick, I know of five other people with blood cancers besides me. In the office where I worked in Roosevelt Field, there were two others besides me diagnosed with blood cancers. One of them lost her life. We were an office of only about 75 people.

This is all anecdotal, but unless responsible reporters like Brinton and Dan Fagin bring this to the public’s attention, dangerous cancer-causing situations will not be addressed. Thank you for the work you do.

PATRICIA FIFE North Merrick

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