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Council votes on Haberman lawsuit letter a parking lot. Haberman had filed a $131 million suit against the city, and with penalties over Saying it was the best deal it the years, the amount had risen could have gotten, the Long to about $149 million.

Beach City Council took its bigLong Beach will have to borgest step yet last week to settle a row from the bond markets to multi-million-dollar lawsuit by a pay the $75 million, and that is developer that has been ongoing expected to result in a propertyfor three decades. tax increase, City The council voted Council members unanimously to said at a Dec. 28 speapprove a non-bindcial meeting. If the ing letter of intent to city and Haberman negotiate with the are unable to reach a developer, Sinclair final a g reement, Haberman, to settle Long Beach could a suit over a buildhave to pay the $150 ing permit. The let- Chris million. ter was negotiated McGrath Maria DiConza, a by two consultants Haberman attorney partner at O’Melhired by the city — veny, and Brian O’Melveny, a law Griffith, of M3, laid firm, and M3 Financial Services. out the terms of the letter of Chris McGrath, of Garden intent. DiConza said the consulCity, the attorney for Haberman, tants had considered a host of said Monday that while the options to help the city get out agreement was only “an agree- from under a crushing lawsuit, ment to agree,” he was pleased including filing for bankruptcy. that the City Council “took this But she said the agreement that seriously enough to stop kicking was reached would result in the can down the road. This is a “good faith effort to reach a way for the city to move on.” final” settlement.

The letter calls on the city to Griffith said debt service on pay $75 million to Haberman and the bonds could be $5 million to draw up zoning regulations that $6 million annually for 15 years. would allow the developer to Roy Lester, a frequent combuild two 13-story buildings and Continued on page 16

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loNG BeaCh MiDDle School and pre-K went virtual this week, a result of staff shortages caused

by Covid. The buildings did not have enough employees to operate normally.

L.B. Middle School, pre-K go virtual after Covid spike

By BreNDaN CarpeNter bcarpenter@liherald.com

Covid-19 swept through the Long Beach School District this week, shutting down inclass learning for middle school and pre-K students, who were moved to remote instruction. More closings are possible.

Schools Superintendent Dr. Jennifer Gallagher said the decision was made because of the high number of staff absences.

The plan was to keep the

schools open after the high school went virtual the week before Christmas, on a day-byday, school-by-school basis. In the case of the middle school and pre-K, the district “truly had no choice,” Gallagher said.

The superintendent said every school has reached a critical point in terms of staffing, and additional buildings may have to go remote in the future.

The high school went virtual the week before Christmas because of staff and stu-

dent infections. At the time, some 387 students were absent and 100 students and faculty members were in quarantine, most of whom who had not tested positive but were exposed to someone who had.

Long Beach officials said Monday morning that there were 702 new cases of Covid infection in the city during the week ending Dec. 28, the highest seven-day number since the pandemic began in March 2020. The city is followContinued on page 15

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By Kepherd daniel kdaniel@liherald.com

Town of Hempstead officials began their new term Jan. 4 at Town Hall. During the nearly two-hour inauguration, Supervisor Don Clavin, Town Clerk Kate Murray, Senior Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, and Councilmen Anthony D’Esposito and Dennis Dunne were sworn in following their re-election this past November.

After the invocation by Rabbi Mordechai Kamentzky of Yeshiva of South Shore in Hewlett, Clavin was sworn in first by Nassau County Republican Committee Chairman Joseph Cairo.

Months into Clavin’s first term as supervisor, the coronavirus pandemic erupted and took a toll on Hempstead.

Clavin secured tens of millions of dollars in federal CARES Act funds that went to the community, including millions for hospitals, schools, food banks, villages, fire departments and community organizations. The Town Board also rolled out the first mobile vaccination unit in New York state, which has provided nearly 10,000 vaccine and booster shots to residents to help fight the coronavirus pandemic.

Clavin thanked many of the government officials in attendance for the help that they have given him during his time in local government. “Today is really about just saying thank you,” he said.

“We work together and for the betterment of all the residents, from the town’s finances to bond upgrades to services through the pandemic. And it’s not just that it’s the men and women that I work within the town. We do it together because we’re one big team in the Town of Hempstead.”

Murray, who was sworn in next, led creation of online accessible parking permits, posted one-stop passport shop events and established outdoor service trailers where residents can continue to access clerk’s office programs. Murray became the first elected official in New York to conduct weddings using online video conferencing. In October, she reached a milestone when she performed her 500th wedding ceremony.

After reflections were offered by the Rev. Dr.Calvin Butts of Abyssinian Baptist Church, Attorney General Letitia James swore in Goosby, who is the firstever African-American woman on the Town Board, now entering her 22nd year representing the 1st District.

During her last term, Goosby assisted in supplying free PPE kits for businesses and churches, secured personal air filters for residents at risk, aided in launching the outdoor dining initiative to help residents stay open during the pandemic and sponsored food pantries that donated more than a million meals to residents in need.

Goosby discussed her tenure in government and the plans that she has for her district moving forward. “I’m going into my 22nd year, as I was elected seeking representation from my community via a historical lawsuit,” Goosby said.

“I’ve been sworn in on my plaza and

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SuperviSor don Clavin gave a speech following his inauguration. that’s progress,” she noted. The Town Hall plaza was recently named for her.

“My colleagues are of a different party,” she continued, “but it didn’t matter to them that I’m a Democrat and they aren’t. I’ve worked with wonderful people, and I respect them and they respect me. We made a lot of progress in this town.”

D’Esposito was then sworn in by State Assemblyman Edward Ra. D’Esposito, a retired New York Police Department detective, has taught his Narcan training program to town employees, community groups and residents throughout Hempstead.

And he has helped expand the Narcan training program, with the town recently announcing distribution of 10,000 Narcan kits in Hempstead.

D’Esposito reflected on the town’s accomplishments in recent years.

“The last four years we’ve delivered budgets to save taxpayers money, holding the line or lowering taxes,” he said. “We’ve been lauded by Wall Street, earning outlook upticks and credit upgrades. We expanded programs and invested in our parks, beaches and marinas. Just this year, we’ve invested $75 million in our roads. While other municipalities were unable to collect garbage and recycle at the height of the pandemic, our sanitation crews stepped up and kept the town moving.”

Dunne, who served with the U.S. Marines during the Vietnam War, remains a leader among local American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars organizations, and has been pivotal in crafting legislation to create a permanent property-tax exemption for Cold War era veterans, providing a tax reduction for eligible recipients. He has also sponsored several pieces of legislation to restict vaping and vape products.

hempStead town CounCilman Anthony D’esposito was sworn into office on Jan. 4. town ClerK Kate Murray being sworn in.

Senior CounCilwoman dorothy Goosby was sworn into office by State Attorney General Lettita James.

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Dr. King’s visits to L.B. recalled via Zoom

By James Bernstein jbernstein@liherald.com

The voice of Deanna Cruse, 83, is strong and steady as she recalls, in a taped interview, meeting the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. when he visited Long Beach in the late 1950s.

She said she saw him as he spoke to a crowd and managed to shake his hands.

“He had warm hands,” she said, as she sat in the kitchen of her Long Beach home.

Cruse was taped in December as part of a program on the three separate times King visited Long Beach – in the late 1950s, 1965 and 1968, just a somBer gathering in Long Beach after the 1968 weeks before he was assassination of Martin Luther King. assassinated in Memphis nam war in the -1960s. on April 4, 1968.

But, he said, King remained strong in The program, composed of live interviews of others who saw King in the city his beliefs.

Jean Zeigler, the first Black to sit on as well as slides and news stories of his visit, was a joint effort of the Long Beach the board of commissioners of the Long Beach Housing Authority, Public Library and the North recalled that in ’58, King visPark Civic Association. It was ited the city and wanted to be shown on a Zoom meeting photographed outside some Monday. of the dilapidated homes in The one-hour program Long Beach. King had begun was on the Library’s site and to equate racism with poverwill be shown again, beginty, she and others said. ning in about a week on YouIn ’65, Zeigler said, King tube, said librarian Eileen was on a tour of Nassau Pollis, who put the exhibit together. anissa moore County and stopped by Long Beach again. “He was asked The program comes a few Poem on Martin a question ,”she said. “Why weeks before King’s life is to not wait to make changes?” be celebrated by the MLK Luther King Jr. His answer, she said, was: Center in Long Beach, begin“We have waited 340 years for ning Jan. 16. The center plans prayer services, panel discussions, and a our Constitutional and God given rights.”

In ’65, King also visited the Christian parade.

But independently, the Library and the Light Baptist Church.

His last visit, in ’68, Zeigler said, King North Park Civic put on the Zoom exhibit.

Dr. Patrick Graham, a former director spoke to a large crowd of Blacks and of the MLK Center from 1997 to 2001, said whites. Pollis later showed newspaper in a live broadcast on the Zoom that some photos of people climbing up light poles Black leaders distanced themselves from to get a glimpse of him.

Simon Portee, a retired Long Beach King after he came out against the Viet-

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news photo of Dr. King’s visit to Long Beach when he wanted to see rundown section of the city. a newspaper clip of the time when Dr. Martin Luther King’s visit was greatly anticipated.

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police officer and among the first Blacks on the force, said he had come to the city from the South in 1960, to escape segregation. But he said he “found problems” in Long Beach back then. His cousin, Alonzo Merkerson, was the first Black to make sergeant in the LBPD. Anissa Moore, a leader in the North

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gender inclusive definitions

On her second-to-last day in office, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran issued an executive order on Dec. 30 to create a nine-member Nassau County ■ sex: biological status that is typiAdvisory Committee for Gender Inclucally categorized as male, female, or sivity to address gender identity disintersex. crimination in the county’s charter, administrative code and other regula■ gender: attitudes, feelings and tions. The combehaviors that a given culture assomittee would ciates with a person’s biological sex. report to the county executive.

■ gender identity: deeply felt, Bruce Blakeinherent sense of being a boy, a man man, who or male; a girl, a woman or female; became county or an alternative gender. executive Jan. 1, said he would not ■ gender expression: presentation, start the commitincluding physical appearance and tee, saying the executive order behavior that communicates aspects Laura Curran was intended to of gender or gender role. play to the press.

Instead of cre–American Psychological Association ating the committee, “this administration will respect the [LGBQT] community by placing important stakeholders on the Human Rights Committee,” Blake- duced to end discrimination against man said, citing the 15-member human this vulnerable population.” rights commission chaired by Bobby Indeed, the policy was the first in Kalotee.

Nassau’s history to protect in EEO poliCurran’s executive order came three cy a class of “sex” against gender-idenyears after she enacted an Equal tity discrimination in the workplace.

Employment Opportunity Commission The policy also protects employees who policy that upgraded sexual harassment report harassment and/or discriminaprevention measures, tion from retaliation and including having a separate provides interactive traincomplaint form for sexual ing to educate all employees harassment and prompt in identifying and reporting investigations into discrimiinstances of discrimination nation or harassment allegaand/or sexual harassment. tions.

Kilmick. however, also “We are working to eradinoted that, despite these polcate all forms of discriminaicies, transgender workers tion in the workplace and to may still face discriminaensure equal employment tion. opportunity for all members “Across our nation, memof our team,” Curran said bers of the transgender during a 2019 news briefing. community continue to “This new policy will do endure elevated levels of more to protect the civil poverty, housing discriminaarnoLd W. rights of our employees tion, workplace bias and a than has ever been done druCker risk of suicide and mental before.” health challenges. They are Legislator The chief executive of the victims of fatal violence t h e L G B T N e t wo rk i n with infuriating frequency,” Hauppauge, Dr. David Kilmnick praised Legislator Arnold Drucker, a Democrat, Curran’s work in making the county said. safer and more inclusive throughout her He then added that Blakeman has tenure as county executive. “This long- publicly expressed his commitment to overdue policy change for Nassau’s helping all Nassau residents, so Drucker transgender people and families sends a asserted, “Following through on the forclear message that all county employees mation of this committee would put the are entitled to work in an environment power of action behind his words and that is safe and free from harassment bring us one step closer to fulfilling the and discrimination,” he said at the news promise of ‘liberty and justice for all.’” briefing.

In October, Curran also signed into Jay Kaplan, the LGBTQ youth servic- law a bill that created a 15-member dises manager at the Bellmore-based Pride abilities advisory council, comprising for Youth, echoed the sentiment, saying, members with disabilities and people “This policy is the first in Nassau Coun- representing organizations that serve ty’s history to explicitly protect trans- and advocate for those with disabilities, gender people, and it is hopefully the tasked with providing recommendafirst of many policies that will be intro- tions to the county executive and legis-

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events and activities

Ongoing

Thursday, Jan. 13

Library Board Meeting

Meditation

The Long Beach Public Library Board of Trustees typically meets on the third Monday of every month. Check the website for specific dates and times, www.longbeachlibrary.org.

The public library will be having a meditation class on zoom from 2:00 to 2:45 pm.

Cooking Class The public library will be having a cooking class showing how to make dumplings on zoom from 7 to 8:30 pm.

Long Beach Soup Kitchen The Long Beach Soup Kitchen, 140 West Pine Street, is open 6 days a week 11:15 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. They offer Hot and Cold Meals TO GO. They offer a full pantry with canned goods and fresh produce. Mondays and Thursdays. All are welcome.

Children’s Play Hooray Class The public library will be having a children’s play hooray class in the auditorium from 10 to 10:45 am.

Test Country Kitchen Lab

Meet The City Manager City Manager Donna M. Gayden will be holding “Meet The City Manager” virtual chat sessions. These meetings are an opportunity for residents to engage in a one-to-one dialogue with the City Manager; ask questions, share concerns, or express ideas on how to enhance the quality of life in our community. The virtual meetings will take place on Tuesdays from 2-4 p.m. Appointments are needed and are given on a first-come, firstserved basis. Please call the City Manger’s Office to make an appointment at (516) 431-7202 or email citymanager@longbeachny.gov.

Information on how to meet will be provided after the appointment is confirmed.

Friday, Jan. 7 Movin’ to Motown The public library will be having a dance class featuring Motown classics zoom from 2 to 2:45 pm.

The public library will be having a cooking and recipe class about pancakes in the program room from 5 to 5:45 pm.

Friday, Jan. 14 Courtesy Facebook

Music and dancing comes to Anchor Tavern The Anchor Tavern will be much more than a restuarant on Saturday, Jan. 8. Live music will be performed by Unwined and there will also be line dancing lessons from 7 to 10 pm.

Saturday, Jan. 8 Food, Music and Dancing Anchor Tavern will be hosting live music with Unwined and line dancing lessons with Maryanne Cook Taylor from 7 to 10 pm.

Monday, Jan. 10 Writers’ Circle

Chair Yoga The public library will be having a chair yoga class on zoom from 9 to 10 am.

The public library will have a writers’ circle on zoom from 11 am to 1 pm.

Movie Monday

Youth Drawing Club The public library will be having a youth drawing club session on zoom from 4 to 4:45 pm.

The public library will host a movie Monday with “Ball of Fire” in the auditorium from 2 to 4 pm.

Gentle Yoga The public library will have a gentle

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yoga class in the auditorium and on zoom from 10 am to 11 am.

Children’s Class The public library will have a children’s class with Molly Mouse on zoom from 9:30 to 10 am.

Tuesday, Jan. 11 Afternoon Games The public library will host an afternoon games session with boardgames and cards in the auditorium from 1:30 to 4:30 pm.

Low-Impact Cardio The public library will have a lowimpact cardio class in the auditorium and on zoom from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm.

Film Friday The public library will be having a film friday showing “Roadrunner” in the auditorium from 1 to 3 pm.

Elder Law and Medicaid The public library will host a session discussio elder law, Medicaid, Medicare and others with attorney Beth Polner Abrahams on zoom from 7 to 8 pm.

Children’s Storytime

The public library will have a children’s pajama storytime on zoom from 6:30 to 7 pm.

Wednesday, Jan. 12 Ask The Tech Guy The public library will have a session where people can ask the “tech guy” any technology-related questions in the second floor lobby from 2 to 3 pm.

West End Visual Arts Guild The West End Visual Arts Guild will have a meeting in the public library’s meeting room from 6:30 to 7:45 pm.

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Keep an eye out for upcoming events.

Families with students in the public school district will be receiving take-home Covid tests.

The city council will soon start considering a new budget for the next fiscal year.

The public library will be having an art exhibit through Jan, 28.

The L.B. Arts Council, in collaboration with Arts In The Plaza, is looking for Performance Artists.

Bruce Blakeman takes the oath of office

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Hundreds packed into the lobby of the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City on Monday as new County Executive Bruce Blakeman, County Comptroller Elaine Phillips and County Clerk Maureen O’Connell took their oaths of office.

In his first remarks after taking leadership over one of the country’s most populated counties, Blakeman made it clear that he would not abide by Governor Hochul’s mask mandate, which was implemented in early December amid a new wave of cases caused by the highly contagious Omicron variant.

“Starting today, Nassau is normal ag ain,” Blakeman told a largely unmasked crowd. “We have seen the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic, but we can no longer be afraid. Yes, we still have challenges, but they are manageable.”

According to The New York Times’ online tracker, Nassau’s hospitalization rate had increased by 47 percent in the previous 14 days, with 58 deaths in that same period. The seven-day positivity rate climbed to 24 percent, as well.

Blakeman said the county would continue to encourage and support free vaccinations and testing for residents. He said

this approach would account for the economic, social, and mental health consequences of lockdowns and mandates.

“Nassau County is not in crisis,” Blakeman continued. “Our hospital admissions are rising by a manageable and predictable rate. Reason and common sense must supplant hysteria.” Blakeman promised to lobby Albany to keep students in class without masks.

Blakeman also took aim at the previous administration’s approach to the tax reassessment system, describing it as “unfair” and “secretive,” alluding to the algorithm used by Laura Curran’s office.

Blakeman pledged to provide transparency by investigating the previous system with Comptroller Phillips.

“There is no reason why millionaires should pay zero taxes, and then homes that are identical in the same communities pay vastly different tax rates,” Blakeman said. “It’s broken and we will fix it.”

Reducing taxes to retain young people and keep older adults comfortable would be another major focus of the new administration, Blakeman said.

Blakeman closed by saying he and new District Attorney Anne Connelly would demand the repeal of the state’s bail reform bill.

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Kennedy Sophomore Wrestling ON DEc. 11, Goldstein helped the Cougars to a 4th-place finish (out of 13 teams) in the 45th annual Sprig Gardner Tournament hosted by the Bellmore-Merrick District. He captured the 285-pound title with a 6-4 overtime decision against Lawrence’s Andres Valle. Goldstein, who is ranked third in Nassau in the weight class, also had a big semifinal win over Mepham’s Miguel Rivera in the two-day event on the way to earning Kennedy’s George Munnich Most Outstanding Wrestler award.

gaMES TO waTch Friday, Jan. 7

Wrestling: Lynbrook at V.S. North...........................4:30 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Lynbrook at V.S. South ..................... 5 p.m.

Wrestling: Baldwin at East Meadow ........................... 6 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Syosset at Freeport ......................... 7 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Farmingdale at Oceanside .............. 7 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Clarke at Wantagh ........................... 7 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 8

Wrestling: Calhoun Tournament.............................9:30 a.m.

Girls Basketball: Sewanhaka at Elmont....................... 10 a.m.

Girls Basketball: Hewlett at South Side......................... 12 p.m.

Girls Basketball: MacArthur at Mepham...................... 12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: South Side at Hewlett ...................... 12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: North Shore at Lawrence ................... 12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: G.N. South at Long Beach ................. 12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Elmont at Sewanhaka ........................12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Seaford at Carey ..........................12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Roosevelt at Kennedy ......................... 2 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 10 Boys/Girls Bowling: Oceanside at Baldwin ..................... 4 p.m.

Gymnastics: South Side at Long Beach .......................... 5 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Hicksville at V.S. Central .................6:30 p.m.

Girls Basketball: C.S. Harbor at West Hempstead.......... 7 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Carle Place at Malverne ................. 7 p.m.

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JuNIOr MIchaEL BEruBE is looking for an All-County season for the Marines, who captured the South Side Tournament last month.

By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

Long Beach kicked off the wrestling season with its annual Battle at the Beach Tournament, which was forced to take a hiatus last winter due to the pandemic as Nassau County conducted a dual-meet only condensed campaign.

The Marines, who went 8-1 in dual meets last season, finished a solid third in the 12-team event held Dec. 4 and followed with a runner-up finish in Hewlett’s King of the Mat one week later and then captured the Frank Giampaolo Tournament at South Side on Dec. 18.

“We’re off to a pretty good start wrestling some of the best competition out there,” Long Beach coach Ray Adams said. “The kids put in as much work as they could during the offseason. We traveled to Pennsylvania numerous times and also New Jersey, Virginia, Oklahoma and North Dakota.”

Massapequa, with four finalists including two champions, won the Battle at the Beach with 228.5 points. Wantagh had three champs and was runner-up with

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221. The Marines had 204.5.

Long Beach teammates Dunia Sibomana (8th grade) and Mason Franklin (senior) met in the 102-pound final at the Battle at the Beach, with the latter coming away with a hard-fought 5-2 decision.

Both then captured tournament titles at South Side with pins in the finals as Franklin bumped up to 110.

Franklin was runner-up at King of the Mat as well. “He’s been competing for many years undersized but he’s primed to make a run in the county tournament,” Adams said.

Sibomana won the Hewlett tournament and is “immensely talented,” Adams said.

Sophomore Maceo Eramo (118) placed second in the South Side tourney after a fourth-place finish in the Battle at the Beach. He’s competing with sophomore Konnor Rosenzweig for the starting role in dual meets.

At 126, junior Michael Berube is eyeing an All-County finish after falling just short two seasons ago. He was runner-up at South Side.

Senior Wyatt Parker and sophomore

Greg Milone are both making noise at 132.

Parker captured the Hewlett tournament and was third at South Side. Milone brings a rugged style and was second to Parker in the King of the Mat. Adams said junior Jack Valentin (138) is seeing his “astronomical amount of work” pay off, and his run to the Battle at the Beach finals out of the gate is proof.

Senior Oscar Davila won his first-ever tournament, taking the South Side event at 145. Junior Freedom Excel, also at 145, took third in the Battle at the Beach.

The Marines have no shortage of depth in the upper weights. Juniors Luke Anfossi, Jack Wachs and Hector Morrobel, and senior Yehuda Bitton are all between 152 and 160. Senior Martin Webster and junior Hayden Sofield handle 172, junior Jack Miller and sophomore John Sofield are at 189, sophomore Tyler Colclough has a pair of dual meet pins at 215, and junior Ben Shapiro and sophomore Charles Rosenthal compete at 285.

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Local restaurants struggle amid surge in Covid cases

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Valley Stream restaurants and bars are feeling the effects of the new wave of Covid-19 cases caused by the highly contagious Omicron variant. From supply-chain shortages to declines in the inflow of dinein customers to having to adapt to the constantly changing mask mandates and social distancing rules, these businesses have their hands full.

“The past few weeks have been a lot slower,” said Valley Stream native Michael Labeck, owner of bar & grill Charlie Meaney’s. “Almost all of our food orders have been to-go. At first, we thought maybe it was because of the holidays, but we’re seeing now that it’s definitely a part of the pandemic.”

Labeck said that this is a major setback for his business because January is usually one of his busiest months.

“January is our bread-and-butter season,” he said, “because of football and the Super Bowl coming up . . . It’s always a really big time of year, but unfortunately I think this month is going to be rough.”

Labeck added that one of the biggest challenges that his business faces is pandemic-induced supply-chain shortages.

“Our biggest concern is the supply-chain shortages and the huge increase in the prices of food,” he said. “I haven’t been able to get a lot of things on our menu from supply stores. There’s much less of what we need, and it’s much more expensive when we do acquire things.”

Labeck explained some of the price increases that are affecting his eatery most.

“The price tag is a little bit stickershocking when it comes to some of the basic things we serve,” he said. “For example, we’re known for our wings. Before the pandemic started, chicken wings were $2.25 a pound. Now, they are $4.40 a pound.

But we can’t raise our prices too much because we are a local neighborhood bar and people won’t want to come here anymore if they’re being overcharged.”

Owner of La Perla De Oriente Restaurant & Bar on Merrick Road, Santos Gutierrez, of Rosedale, also commented on the financial challenges that his business has

faced over the past nearly two years because of the pandemic.

“I just hope that this year is a better year,” he said, “because we have been struggling and it hasn’t been easy for our business . . . I’ve had to cut employees, and even though I applied for the [Paycheck Protection Program] federal loan, it didn’t give us much.”

Another situation that is affecting neighborhood restaurants is the mask requirement.

While Gov. Kathy Hochul issued a mandate Dec. 13 requiring masks to be worn in all indoor public places, new Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, who was sworn in Jan. 3, said he would not enforce the state’s mask mandate or require proof of vaccination in the county.

“It does make it easier for us to run our business,” Labeck said of Blakeman’s policies, “but public health-wise, it could be a cause for concern.”

Toni Clifton, a Valley Stream native and a co-owner of Pretty Toni’s Cafe, on Merrick Road, said that despite Nassau County’s change in mask requirements, she would err on the side of caution and still require masks to be worn at her restaurant.

“We are just reopening our dine-in section this week for the first time since March 2020,” said Clifton, “which we have been apprehensive about because of the rising number of cases. We’re requiring all customers and employees to wear masks, and we’re making sure to have our tables six feet apart. We also have signs encouraging customers to maintain social distance.”

Toni and her Pretty Toni’s co-owner, Gary Clifton, added that they wished there was a more definitive protocol on what to do in terms of masks, vaccines and social distancing in Nassau County.

“We’re running a fine line between having to run our business but also be our own police,” Gary Clifton said.

Despite the challenging circumstances, the owners of the three restaurants said they remained optimistic that the number of Covid cases would fall and things would get easier for their businesses in the new year.

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Legislation brings relief to pharmacists Gov. Hochul signs three pieces of four-part Pharmacy Rescue Package

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After several independent pharmacists pushed for Gov. Kathy Hochul to limit the influence pharmacy benefit managers have over them, she recently signed three pieces of legislation included in the four-part Pharmacy Rescue Package.

The parts of the bill Hochul approved expanded authorization for pharmacists to administer vaccines sanctioned by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, regulated pharmacy benefit managers and prohibited PBMs from forcing patients to fill prescriptions using mail order pharmacies.

She did not sign the fee for service parity bill, but pharmacists are hopeful her administration will include it in the 2023 budget.

The bill pushes PBMs to follow duties and obligations when performing services to enable the department of financial services to enforce the law and receive complaints from consumers, pharmacies and health care providers.

“In the midst of a global public health crisis, it’s crucial that we take every opportunity to improve the health care system and reduce costs for New Yorkers,” Hochul said in a statement. “This landmark law creates the most comprehensive regulatory framework in the country for pharmacy benefit managers, increasing transparency for consumers and shedding light on the cost of prescription drugs. Navigating costs associated with medications and insurance can be difficult, so I am proud to sign this legislation to make it that much easier.”

PBMs act as middlemen between pharmacies, on one side, and drug manufacturers and insurance companies, on the other. A lack of oversight of the managers costs independent pharmacies across the state, which often face financial hardship because of low reimbursement rates from the managers, which are not legally required to disclose their revenue streams in New York.

Currently, PBMs such as OptumRx, Express Scripts and CVS Caremark have the power to determine how much money pharmacies are reimbursed for the prescriptions they dispense. A survey of more than 300 independent pharmacies earlier this year, conducted by the Pharmacists Society of the State of New York, found that

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roCkville CenTre PharMaCy owner Howard Jacobson advocated for Gov. Kathy Hochul to restrict the influence of pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs. 98 percent of respondents had their reimbursements cut during the pandemic, and 97 percent feared they would have to lay off employees, reduce store hours or close due to those cuts. At the same time, PBMs have seen record-breaking revenue increases.

While Hochul approved parts of the Pharmacy Rescue Package, she vetoed the centerpiece of the bipartisan bill, which passed by the Senate and Assembly in June 2021, noting that it would have a negative fiscal impact

on the Medicaid program.

The legislation that Hochul did approve requires licensure for pharmacy benefit managers and specifies their duties and obligations as service providers. It also enables the department of financial services to receive complaints when a PBM violates the law and will ensure PBMs abide by standards established by law and regulation. Additionally, the bill prohibits PBMs from forcing patients to fill prescriptions through mail-order pharmacies.

In a statement, Karl Williams, the president of the Pharmacists Society of the State of New York, said the entity applauded Hochul for passing the legislation, which helps expand patient choice and keeps PBMs from raising drug prices.

“While there is much more to be done, this is an important first step toward reclaiming our broken prescription drug distribution system from the powerful corporate middlemen that control it today,” he said in the statement. “We are grateful . . . to all the pharmacists, patients, allies and lawmakers in both parties whose tireless advocacy made this possible. We look forward to working with the governor to address pharmacy reimbursements as part of the state budget.”

Rockville Centre Pharmacy owner Howard Jacobson was among many independent pharmacists in the state who pushed for Hochul to sign the Pharmacy Rescue Package, which overwhelmingly passed through the Senate and Assembly. He has been a pharmacist for 42 years and has owned Rockville Centre Pharmacy for 35.

“We’re offered one-sided contracts, and it’s take it or leave it,” he said last month, “and if you leave it, then not only are you telling your patients you don’t care about them, [but] you’re [also] leaving a network. You’re not going to see those people anymore.”

Jacobson could not be reached for comment at press time after the bills passed.

Hochul signed one part of the Pharmacy Rescue Package bill into law in early 2021, which enabled pharmacies to administer vaccinations recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The three other parts of the legislation set a minimum reimbursement level for prescriptions, created oversight and regulation of pharmacy benefit managers; and prevented them from forcing patients to use mail-order pharmacies.

Murray takes charge of the Conference of Mayors

By ToM Carrozza tcarrozza@liherald.com

On Monday evening, Rockville Centre Mayor Francis Murray was sworn in as the 96th president of the New York State Conference of Mayors during a meeting at Village Hall.

Mur ray will hold the role until May 18, 2023.

“I am very proud to acce pt the presidency of the New York State Conference of Mayors,” the mayor said “Local government is the government closest to the people. This fact has been proven more clearly than ever before over the course of the past 22 months, as municipal officials have been in the forefront of ensuring the safety of our residents and restoring economic opportunity in New York.”

Mur ray has served as Rockville Centre mayor since 2011 and is now in his third term.

“Cities and villages play a critical

role in the economic prosperity of our state,” NYCOM Executive Director Peter. Baynes said in a statement.

“Mayor Murray’s successful experience as the leader of New York’s 10th largest village, along with his strong backg round in downtown development, will be put to g reat use in NYCOM’s ongoing efforts to infor m and eng age our members in their capacity as New York’s frontline leaders.”

The Conference of Mayors represents 575 cities and villages in New York. NYCOM has been in existence since 1910.

Mayor FranCiS Murray, center, was sworn in by his daughter Susan Boland, right, as the 96th president of the New York Conference of Mayors alongside his wife, Barbara, on Monday at Village Hall.

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Jewish community in the city each week. ing state and county guidelines that man- “There have been a few minor cases,” date the wearing of masks in indoor pub- Rabbi Eli Goodman said. “Thankfully, we lic space, but Bruce Blakeman, who was haven’t had a major outbreak.”

Goodman said the organization has sworn in as the new county executive taken precautions to keep people healthy, Monday, said he would not enforce the noting that the center is large mask requirement in Nassau enough “so people can be sepCounty. arated and safe.” There are According to Gov. Kathy also designated mask and noHocul’s office, as of Sunday, mask areas for people, giving Long Island had a 25 percent them a choice. positivity rate, the highest in Goodman said he acknowlthe state. edges some people like to play “The confounding part of it extra safe and stay fully virthis latest surge is that it tual, especially when they seems to be affecting vaccihave family members who nated staff as well,” Gallaghcannot get the vaccine or are er said. “If they are vaccinat- Eli Goodman at high-risk. Despite that, ed and test positive, they canRabbi, there has only been about a 5 not come to school.” percent drop-off in weekly Gallagher said in a letter Chabad of the participation.

Tuesday that the district Beaches Classes are held in person received a shipment of takeand on Zoom. Goodman said home Covid tests for families.

Each family will receive one test kit that the number of people attending in person contains two tests. There is no require- and on Zoom is “pretty much split evenment to take or use the test, Gallagher ly.”

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The main branch, on Park Avenue, reopened Monday, while the West End and Point Lookout branches reopened Wednesday. All library branches will operate on their normal hours.

Christina Daly/Herald Overdue fines for all branchThE puBliC liBrary reopened all branches this es were postponed during the closings, but virtual programs week after having to close due to staff shortages. remained on schedule. All library events and programs Also, people are only allowed inside for 30 will stay virtual for the remainder of the minutes per day. There is currently no month with hopes to go back to at least limit to the number of people allowed some in-person events next month. inside at once.

“It feels like it needs to be day to day,” Lannen-Stanton said the library has Lannen-Stanton said of the future of in- mostly fared well with the precautions person events. “However, I do not like the put in place. constant back and forth for patrons.”

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City Council votes to OK lawsuit letter continued from front page mentator at City Council meetings who was elected to a council seat in November and was to be sworn in with two others Jan. 1, strenuously objected to the vote on the letter of intent.

“Why the rush with this?” Lester said. “There’s a new council coming in in three days.” Lester said “there are so many questions” about the agreement that were not answered. “It might be a great deal and it might not,” he said, “but we don’ t know enough roy lester about it.”

City councilmanDiConza said the ag reement elect was not rushed but had been hammered out over the last six months.

She said council members would have ample time to consider the agreement in the coming months.

City Council President John Bendo took issue with Lester. “The people voting on this non-binding agreement are the people who have been working on this,” he said. “The new council will have input on the formal agreement.

What we’re doing now is voting on a framework.”

Nassau County Legislator Denise Ford, a Republican from Long Beach, and State Assemblywoman Missy Miller, a Republican from Atlantic Beach, said they supported the letter.

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Chris mCGrath, attorney for Sinclair Haberman, said the letter of intent was a first step toward settling the developer’s lawsuit against the city. ment. “This is not an easy decision,” Posterli said. “It’s an important step in taking an albatross off our backs.”

Bendo said the agreement was “the best deal the council could get.

“This is a vote none of us wish we had to take,” he said. “But this was dumped in our laps 30 years ago.”

He said the city has struggled to stabilize financially over the last two years, the result of poor decisions and ineptitude by previous city administrations.

Councilwoman Liz Treston said, “There were a lot of times we thought this day was not to be.”

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McInnis succeeds Bendo as City Council president on for 30 years.

He also presided during the last stages of the planning for the Superblock, The Long Beach City Council elected which will be developed into condos Vice President Karen McInnis its new and apartments along the boardwalk.

Bendo was criticized by some mempresident Tuesday night, re placing John Bendo, who has held the post bers of the MLK Center in Long Beach last year for failing to show up at a for the last two years.

Councilwoman Liz Treston was cho- march in honor of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He said the march viosen as the new vice president. lated Covid rules at the time McInnis, who has and had turned into a prolived in Long Beach for the test against the city. last 16 years, ran for a counHe also got into a dispute cil seat in 2019 on the Demolast summer with some cratic ticket, along with members of the LGBTQ Treston.

Network, who wanted to put New council memtheir flag on the boardwalk bers Roy Lester and Tina John BenDo near a popular restaurant.

Posterli took their seats for Former council Bendo argued only city and t h e f i r s t t i m e T u e s d ay president American flags could fly night. They were sworn in, there. along with Bendo, who ran A City Hall source said council for re-election in November, at a special members thought it was time for a new meeting Jan. 1.

John McNally, a spokesman for the council president.

It took only a few minutes for Lester, city, noted that for the first time in its history, the council is dominated, 3-2, who has been a council critic for years, to take aim at the city corporation by women.

McInnis is an accounting profes- counsel’s office over the transfer of sional and works as vice president of about $8,000, some of it to cover the finance and strategic planning for the cost of law books., but Lester asked why they could not be purchased for Association of American Publishers.

“All hail the new chief,” Bendo said less. Lester, a bankruptcy attorney, said after the council had voted. Neither his own law officer makes frequent use Bendo nor any other council members of the internet.

City Manager Donna Gayden sugoffered reasons for the switch.

Bendo had presided as council presi- gested Lester meet with department dent over a tentative arrangement, heads to learn why they were spending reached just before the New Year’s holi- for various items.

“You didn’t think I was going to do day, to settle a $131 million lawsuit filed against the city by the developer Sin- that, Donna?” Lester said. clair Haberman. The suit has dragged

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There are 3 new full baths along with a family room with sliders. The master bedroom is enormous with a full bath, walk in closets, a vaulted ceiling and crown molding. There is a laundry room on the 2nd floor, redone hardwood floors and new stairs. This home has in-ground sprinklers and is newly landscaped with an oversized yard and large deck . It is a great home for entertaining. Asking $849,000

Q. I’m confused about the whole process of doing work to my home. I want to add a room and deck at the back of my kitchen, plus a second floor at the front of my Cape Cod-style home. Do I interview contractors first, architects first, ask an interior designer, ask my building department? What should I do, in what order?

A. The most important thing to understand when beginning the process is that each of the many people who will have input has a particular set of abilities, and approaches your project from his or her particular perspective. When you take the wrong advice from the wrong person, communication begins to fail, which is what you’re onte eeper trying to avoid. The contractor has a specific perspective, for example, which involves budgeting and getting the work constructed. Unfortunately, without training in codes that govern what can legally be done, they will still often advise the customers, and this can go awry, because they don’t have the responsibility to stand behind the advice they give.

The same can be said for interior designers, whose perspective should be within their scope of expertise, which is interior selections and knowledge of finishes and furnishings. Where the interior designer oversteps is when they plan the shape and location of spaces without the knowledge and expertise to determine the multiple issues of engineering, whether it’s the structure or other types of building systems like electric, plumbing and mechanical (heating, ventilating or air conditioning).

As an architect, I regularly struggle to work out problems when a contractor has altered something on a construction site or an interior designer has made a change that involves great cost to undo.

Examples of this could fill a book, but here are a few common ones. As I write this, I am preparing a case to present to a zoning board because a contractor was told, quite specifically and in front of the owner, that a second-floor addition had to be a specific roof angle and the structure had to sit on top of the first-floor walls. The contractor altered the roof angle and raised the addition 10 inches above the top of the first-floor walls. He even told the owner that the inspector “would never notice.” He did.

An interior designer advised a client that they could violate the laws of nature, building codes and zoning regulations when they recently took a copy of architectural plans and reconfigured them, telling the client that the architect didn’t have the artistic acumen or skill that the designer uniquely possessed. So a column ended up going in place of a sink, the roof structure had to be rebuilt, and there was no place to run the plumbing and air conditioning ductwork vertically. The cost for slender steel beams to accommodate the design decimated the budget as well.

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he 2019 documentary “Biking Borders,” chronicling the ninemonth, 9,320-mile cycling adventure of two college friends, Max Jabs and Nono Konopka, from Berlin to Beijing, opens with the pair struggling to stay upright as they pedal down a snowcovered road in eastern Turkey shortly after Christmas 2018.

These guys are just nuts, I thought. Immediately, I was hooked. I had to watch this travelogue — twice.

Following its opening scene, the sCoTT film, recently released on NetBrinTon flix, cuts to Germany and thereafter follows the pair’s journey chronologically, starting in the summer of 2018 at the Brandenburg Gate and ending at China’s Tiananmen Square in the spring of 2019.

Viewers quickly learn that their trek was far more than a sightseeing tour of Europe, the Middle East and Asia. It was fundraiser to build a school in Guatemala, which has the highest illiteracy rate in Central America — roughly 25 percent.

We also learn that the two, despite attending university in the biking capital of the world, the Netherlands, had barely

pedaled anywhere before their epic trek.

Apparently, Jabs had ridden a little while in school, but Konopka not at all. In fact, the two undertook no special athletic training for their journey. According to a Forbes article on them, they figured they would get in shape on the way.

As noted, these guys just seemed nuts — but in the best of ways.

The two 20-somethings, both German, graduated together with degrees in international marketing from Fontys University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands in 2018, and set out on their journey only months later, headed to some of the most remote, inhospitable, potentially dangerous places on the planet. Yet they were all smiles, veritable fonts of infectious positivity.

Chalk it up to irrational exuberance or youthful naiveté, but they just went for it — and succeeded — continually promoting their trek via social media along the way to bolster donations for their cause.

If you watch anything on Netflix this winter, be sure to catch this film. For starters, it just makes you feel good. With so much pain in the world these days, it reminds us that there is hope for humanity, that we are not all irredeemably greedy, self-centered creatures. We can, through the power of belief and teamwork, do enormous good for the world.

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f you watch anything on Netflix this winter, be sure to catch this quirky film.

LeTTers Traffic headaches on Austin Blvd.

To the Editor: The Austin Boulevard Road project in Island Park is creating traffic havoc. The project reduces the number of southbound lanes from three to two to create a parking lane in an industrial area.

The project dates back to a proposal from 2011, over 10 years ago, when the traffic flow was different. In 2022 there are more cars on Austin Boulevard, because more people are working from home with flexible schedules, and avoiding public transportation because of Covid-19.

The new traffic pattern is already creating constant backups. As a result of the lane reduction on Austin Boulevard, more people are driving down Long Beach Road in Island Park, where there’s a chronic double-parking problem. Cars are crossing the double yellow line to get around the double-parked vehicles, which is making this business district even more dangerous for pedestrians.

Jabs and Konopka started out hoping they might raise 50,000 euros (about $56,500) to build a one-room, cinder-block school in Guatemala. By the time they reached Iran, they had collected that sum and more. As of press time, the project had raised 288,700 euros (about $326,400), enough to construct five schools.

Their new goal is a million euros — enough for 20 schools in Guatemala, Ghana and Laos.

Jabs and Konopka partnered with the New York City-based nonprofit Pencils of Promise, which builds the schools. Adam Braun, 38, a Brown University graduate who worked on Wall Street, started the organization in 2008, prompted by a conversation he had had with a little boy on a street in India while in college. The boy was begging for money. What he wanted, though, was a pencil so he could write and learn. Braun gave him one. Later, feeling unfulfilled in high finance, Braun recalled that chance meeting and left behind his safe, well-appointed world for international nonprofit work, starting Pencils of Promise with $25. The organization has since raised $75 million for education in the developing world.

I knew none of this before watching “Biking Borders.” When I learned the story behind the film and Pencils of Promise, I just had to donate to the cause,

Framework by Joe Abate

The Austin Boulevard project was proposed to make the road safer for pedestrians, but now it has created another problem, because Long Beach Road is more dangerous. We implore the powers that be to go back to the way it was, with three lanes of traffic in each direction on Austin Boulevard.

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The gift of a kidney To the Editor: Re Randi Kreiss’s column “Kidney donor tells story of the gift she gave”: The donor sure augmented the meaning of giving of oneself. For her kidney she must have received a heart — not only one. This was a heartwarming story. She sure was courageous and generous. What a nice story for the season. May an extra-big star keep smiling on her. dIANA IhMANN Valley Stream

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which can be done at bikingborders.com.

The site is in German, but Google Chrome can translate it into English.

Whether or not you donate, you should watch this documentary. The scenery is stunning, and on the road Jabs and Konopka encounter many kindhearted people who offer them aid when they need it most. And yes, things go awry from time to time, despite all their optimistic planning.

Jabs and Konopka just embrace the people they meet, and people embrace them back. The two seem unafraid, no matter the circumstance, even in countries that are known to be hostile to westerners. In Iran they are met as something like heroes, with people waving to them, cheering for them and pouring food into their hands — and strangers welcoming them into their homes for a night’s rest and a rice-filled Persian meal.

As an avid cyclist, I am at once envious of and fascinated by their trip. You needn’t love cycling, though, to enjoy this hour-and-a-half-long film. At its core, it’s really about our shared humanity, and these days, we can use all the humanity that we can muster.

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.

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Nassau should enforce state’s mask mandate

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ruce Blakeman’s first public act as Nassau County executiveelect, in the second week of December, was one of rebellion.

Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, had ordered mask use in indoor spaces where people gather to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. Blakeman, a Republican, said he would defy the order, refusing to enforce it once he took office Jan. 1. The governor had left enforcement to the counties.

We understand Blakeman’s reluctance to reinstate a mask mandate. People have grown tired of obeying orders.

Most of us just want our freedom back.

We want our old pre-pandemic lives. We crave normalcy.

Apologies for the blunt language, but the coronavirus doesn’t give a damn about our desire to return to the way things were before all hell broke loose. It is a virus. It has an innate need to replicate, and to replicate it requires host bodies. Nature has granted the virus a seemingly incalculable ability to mutate to avoid eradication.

That is why we must do all in our power to eliminate the coronavirus — including wearing masks in public spaces. That is why the state mandate is necessary.

Blakeman has said there is little scientific evidence to demonstrate that masking reduces transmission of the coronavirus. That is not true. He only need look to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Science Brief from Dec. 6, titled “Community Use of Masks to Control the Spread of SARS-CoV-2,” to find it.

The CDC cites numerous studies, conducted over the past two years in a variety of settings, demonstrating that mask wearing, when carried out properly, can reduce the transmission of Covid-19.

According to the CDC, at least 10 studies have “confirmed the benefit of universal masking in community level analyses.” The agency, considered one of the world’s leading authorities on infectious diseases, further states, “Each analysis demonstrated that, following directives from organizational and political leadership for universal masking, new infections fell significantly.”

Data from 200 countries, including the U.S., demonstrated reductions in the death rate as well.

Furthermore, the CDC concludes, “increasing universal masking by 15 percent could prevent the need for lockdowns and reduce associated losses of up to $1 trillion, or about 5 percent of the gross domestic product.”

If Blakeman is sincerely concerned about protecting the interests of Nassau businesses, as we firmly believe he is, then he will enforce the mask mandate to ensure that they stay open. No one — no one — wants the type of lockdowns that we are increasingly seeing in other countries. At some point soon, however, they could become inevitable if patients were to overwhelm our hospitals once again.

The Omicron variant, clearly far more transmissible than previous strains, has spread like wildfire across the U.S. over the past month. As of press time Monday, Long Island’s daily positivity rate stood at nearly 25 percent — the

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letters Let’s wait and see on marijuana To the Editor: Re “L.B. opts out of retail marijuana program” (Dec. 23-29): I agree with the vote to opt out for now, and support holding a referendum to allow residents to decide the matter once the State Office of Cannabis Management lays out specific rules and regulations.

Marijuana use in Long Beach is rampant—some days, I could get a contact high just out walking my dog. I believe it would be preferable for people to get their marijuana from a well-regulated dispensary, as opposed to on the street.

So let’s wait and see. Marijuana isn’t going away, the prospect of tax revenue and job creation is worth considering, and Long Beach residents should have the right to make the decision.

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highest in the state, despite our high vaccination rate.

Preliminary data indicate that Omicron, which is fueling this most recent surge, may be less virulent and less deadly than previous strains. Given the exponential growth of this new form of the virus, however, we are seeing hospitalization rates rising fast, which, once again, is straining our health care workers, who are already worn out by nearly two years of battling a relentless foe. At least one president of a major Nassau hospital has asked the public to consider staying home for two weeks to minimize spread.

When Hochul enacted the indoor mask mandate on Dec. 10, it was supposed to last until Jan. 15. She recently extended it to Feb. 1. We urge Blakeman to consider enforcing it.

The county mustn’t fine businesses that are earnest in their efforts to carry out the mandate — as many have been.

Without enforcement for egregious violators, however, there will be those who disregard the law entirely, and therein lies the problem.

To defeat this terrible, highly transmittable disease once and for all, we need a far greater sense of unity and resolve than we have shown to date. As a nation, we have always managed to summon our better angels and come together for a cause greater than ourselves.

Now we are faced with yet another crisis of epic proportions that requires us to think beyond ourselves and do what is best for the greater good.

Mask up!

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ith 2021 behind us, I’m trying hard to be optimistic about 2022. When you’ve lived past your 70s, you have the benefit of having seen multiple ups and downs in our country, and those experiences give you some insight into what might lie ahead.

The coronavirus pandemic has taken a big toll on most of America.

Our daily rhythms have been scrambled. We’ve been forced to work from home, and have patiently suffered through JERRY lockdowns and the loss of social KREMER interaction. But because we are such an innovative nation, by the end of 2022, it’s likely that we will have tamed this disease and possibly be better prepared for any new health challenge.

Last year was a tough one for the business world. The lockdowns around the world and the constant flare-ups of Covid-19 caused shortages of critical products. Some manufacturers who have

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ample inventory have taken advantage of the shortages and have raised their prices unnecessarily. Oil refineries with large inventories have joined the parade and jacked up the price of gasoline. Millions of small businesses have been forced to close, and in many cases they will never return.

2022 promises to be a better year for our long-suffering industries. Our strangled shipping ports are likely to catch up with the backlog of containers, and the uncontrolled buying of 2021 will slow down. By midyear, many members of the workforce who stayed home will finally find new job opportunities, or bargain their way into better-paying positions.

I’m thinking optimistically about the challenges we face, except for one. Surveying the scene from Minnesota or Montauk, I am most pessimistic about the political world. I have served over 30 years in state and local government. I have seen bold new programs, and marveled at political stars in both the Democratic and Republican parties.

For the most part, today’s crop of

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elected officials is as different as night and day from my time in state government. Once upon a time, leaders in my political world were willing to sit down and discuss the needs of the people, and got things done with simple handshakes.

The backroom meetings were about the next 10 years, not the next 10 minutes. Quite a few of today’s incumbents, especially those in Congress, are interested only in getting re-elected, and are willing to say and do whatever it takes to hold on to power.

It doesn’t make you a socialist if you believe in child care tax credits, more day care, pre-K programs and relief for young people struggling with college debt. Pollsters will tell you how widely accepted these initiatives are. But a handful of entrenched politicians will tell you they aren’t worth the cost or are being abused.

Those same ideologues will eagerly vote for tax cuts for the rich and the purchase of more military equipment, needed or not.

The biggest threat of 2022 will be the ongoing attacks on our voting system.

Republicans in more than a dozen states

’m thinking positively about the challenges we face this year, except for one.

have passed laws putting state legislatures in charge of their voting systems.

Dedicated independent professional election workers are being supplanted by party hacks whose only job is to protect their political base. It’s possible that hundreds of actual winning Democratic candidates will be denied victories under these new systems. These machinations should be the target of a real 2022 Stop the Steal campaign.

Do we have any political heroes left on the national stage? Some of the 10 Republican House members who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump have been willing to give up their seats in the name of protecting the nation. A few in that brave group are seeking re-election, and were willing to take the risk.

These are just random thoughts about the new year from a mostly optimistic columnist. I am eternally hopeful that the better angels will prevail in 2022.

Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years.

He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.

Readers tell their Covid stories in 50 words, or more

n the Dec. 2-8 issue, I invited readers to say how they were getting through the coronavirus pandemic so far, noting that all eyes were on the Omicron variant, and that our stories would surely evolve. Thank you so much for sharing these snippets of your lives. * “Friendship got me through Covid.

I would not have made it through this unexpected plot change in life without my peers.

The sudden death of my dog put a wave of grief over me for months. My RANDI best friend KREISS brought light into my shadowy sadness.” — E.K. * “‘So far’ are the operative words. No crystal ball here but by late February [2020] you could see it coming. Was still shocked by the incompetent and misleading, politicized government response and the willing denial by so many that killed and threatened. Read ‘The Great Influenza,’ spent months on the terrace and stayed as isolated as we could. Got a puppy.” — T.G. * “During the early days, I would take long walks in the early morning to clear

my thoughts. As time went on, I would run into other walkers, with many of us stopping to say hello and ask if everything was OK. On Thanksgiving 2020, a group of us got together outside and set up our tables six feet apart. We couldn’t be with family, but were happy to have found new friends.”

— Anonymous * “I was reminded of all the things I used to love about myself. I read more than I had in years. I had genuine conversations with my family, who, despite living in the same house for years, never were quite on the same page. Most important, I was aware of all I had taken for granted: I was finally satisfied with the life I had created for myself. I was reminded of the little girl who smiled and laughed and loved herself.” — R.G. * “I feel blessed just being here in Merrick with my mom, Rose, after losing my dad, Fred, to mantle cell lymphoma during the pandemic. As a resident of Australia, I had to secure a Travel Exemption from the Australian government to be allowed to board a flight to New York.” — L.H. * “I temporarily moved next door to my daughter and her family in July 2020.

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They were expecting a baby in August. I was there to help them out and they were there, providing precious moments at a time I would have been isolated and anxious.” — Anonymous * “We were three couples, close-by neighbors living in comfortable condos on the beach. We met every evening to talk, swim, have drinks and share extra supplies we were able to find. I painted every day. I have 42 completed paintings, three of which I sold. I let my hair grow out and am no longer a slave to my roots. My husband and I played board games.” — C.T. * “I not only ‘got through’ the pandemic, I rather enjoyed the peace and serenity afforded by the lockdown. My life revolved around a few people with whom I really love doing things. I enjoyed cooking, reading, card and game playing, long walks. I see a definite beauty in stepping off the world, albeit temporarily.” —A.C. * “At first I thought Covid would disappear quickly, but when I realized it was here to stay, I felt resentful. I’m 74, and I felt that a year and a half of my time was stolen from me while I locked myself inside. But I came to realize I was lucky.

My family was healthy, and I didn’t have

read more than I had in years.

I had genuine conversations with my family.’

to go off to work. I just had to stay alive!”

— B.C. * “Minus side: masking, no city, travel, theater, movies, felt restriction of movement. Plus side: more quality time to spend with family and friends, read, needlepoint, dining al fresco, a slower pace and longer phone conversations, spending less but giving more.” — B.G. * “Morning: television and telephone to family, friends. Afternoon: taking walks with husband through Cedarhurst. Evening: paint and write in a journal. I have kept seven journals — and I have tossed out two with the most negative thoughts.”

— L.M. * “Volunteering at the People Loving People Food Pantry in Oyster Bay was rewarding: It proved that during the most difficult times, people share with those less fortunate.” — K.G. * “Dealing with the pandemic is a slam dunk when you’re never alone. Lola and Mackenzie are my two small, hairy best friends. Never more than a few feet from wherever I am, they are great listeners.

We rarely disagree, and they think I’m a brilliant conversationalist.” — Anonymous Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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Some things to look forward to, and some to be scared of

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