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First responders get their shots L.B. emergency workers set to receive second Covid vaccines emergency services were among those who were vaccinated. These first responders have Hours before the ball dropped come in contact with many peoon New Year’s Eve, Scott ple in Long Beach who had fullKemins, Long Beach’s fire com- blown cases of the virus. There missioner, drove to Mount Sinai are currently more than 2,000 South Nassau Hospital in cases in the city, the most since Oceanside, walked into a lobby the pandemic began in March. area, rolled up his This week, Mount sleeve and was given Sinai South Nassau the Moderna Covidh a d 9 9 C ov i d - 1 9 19 vaccine. patients. Last spring Soon a f t e r, it had as many as Kemins’s arm was 400. sore, he developed “The process [at what he described as MSSN] was flawflu-like symptoms less,” Kemins said. and he went to bed. sCott Kemins He reported for his “ I m i s s e d N e w Fire commissioner shot at 8 a.m. on Dec. Year’s Eve,” he said. 31, and was on his But he is happy way back to Long that he now has at least 95 per- Beach by 8:30. cent protection against the coroDavid Woolfe, who has been navirus. In the days that fol- an emergency-services worker in lowed, 45 of Long Beach’s emer- Long Beach for about a decade, gency-services personnel were also got the Moderna vaccine on also vaccinated at MSSN. New Year’s Eve at MSSN. He felt Kemins and the others will get nothing more than some soretheir second inoculation soon. ness in his arm for a few hours, Some will get the Moderna vac- and is due for a second dose in cine, and others the Pfizer-BioN- two weeks. Tech version. Woolfe said he did not feel sigKemins said that some of his nificantly protected after just colleagues have had mild Covid one shot, but predicted he would symptoms, but all have recov- after the second one. “This is like ered. Ambulance drivers and firefighters who are trained in Continued on page 3

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Hometown heroes Orazio Taddeo, of Oceanside, left, and Salvatore Mastracchio, of Long Beach, were awarded Hometown Hero and Distinguished Service awards by Town of Hempstead officials for saving the life of a man who fell into frigid waters while duck hunting recently. Story, Page 5.

Sanitation workers go full-time

First eight of 33-man crew get pay raises, benefits By James Bernstein jbernstein@liherald.com

Week after week, Long Beach’s sanitation workers, some of the most invisible of the city’s employees, make the malodorous contents of often backbreakingly heavy garbage cans disappear at curbside, in belowfreezing temperatures or stifling summer heat. Yet for years, most of the department’s workers have been

classified as part-time, and paid that way. They have worked without medical benefits, paid vacation or sick days. At a City Council meeting two weeks ago, council President John Bendo said that the way the city had treated its sanitation workers “was a bit disgraceful.” They were working “excessive hours,” he said, and some were making less than minimum wage. The council voted to upgrade

eight of those employees to fulltime status, raising their pay to as much as $19 an hour, from about $12 an hour for some, and providing them with medical benefits and paid holidays. Eventually, when more city funds are available, all of the department’s 33 employees will be elevated to full-time status. The average salary for city sanitation workers is about Continued on page 3

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Hospital has vaccinated hundreds of EMTs priming the pump,” he said. Wo l f e , a vo l u n t e e r, explained that he changed his clothes each time he had to interact with someone with Covid symptoms, and that he would continue to take such precautions even after his second shot. Joe Calderone, a spokesman for the hospital, said that hundreds of emergencyservices personnel across Nassau County had been vaccinated there, and that the hospital had set up a special “pod area” in the lobby Christina Daly/Herald where vaccines are adminisLong BEach EmErgEncy medical workers responded tered. in these vehicles to calls in recent months to care for Those now eligible for the vaccines, according to the people with Covid-19, in a city where over 2,000 have state Department of Health, become ill with the virus. include hospital emergency room workers and ICU staff, Yorkers over 65 are eligible as well, in line residents and staff of nursing homes, with new guidance from the Centers for EMS workers, medical examiners and Disease Control and Prevention. certain funeral home workers, dentists, A complete list can be found on the others in the health care industry and state DOH webside, dohweb@health.ny. child-care providers. On Tuesday, Gov. gov. Vaccinations are given by appointAndrew Cuomo announced that all New ment only.

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More sanitation workers to be upgraded later continued from front page $40,000 a year. The new policy was the work of the new administration of City Manager Donna Gayden, a municipal finance expert who assumed the position last February. “While this administration is focused on sustainably turning the city’s finances around without overly burdening our residents, we also acknowledge the moral and human element, and that our StEphEn JonES employees are more than just Sanitation worker budget numbers,” said Gayden. “Elevating these workers to fulltime status is simply the right thing to do.” At a city sanitation garage earlier this week, there was a sense of joy among the eight workers who have been upgraded. Bills could be more easily paid, decent medical insurance would be provided, better apartments could be rented, and dinners out are now possible — as are vacations. “I’ll be able to do more,” said Brian O’Farrell, a laborer who has been with the department for about seven years. “I’ll be able to go out, maybe buy a car, go on a vacation, everything.” As a part-timer, O’Farrell worked a

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Eight Long BEach sanitation workers were upgraded to full-time status, increasing their pay and providing them with medical benefits., Some 30 others will be upgraded sometime this year. 60-hour week, for $12 an hour. Now he will be working an 80-hour week, for close to $19 an hour, plus the new benefits. The addition of medical insurance is perhaps the most major improvement of all. Frankie Alvarado, a driver who has worked for the department for about nine years, recently had a medical emergency in his family, when his 4-year-old son, Trey, swallowed a toy. Frankie and his wife, Maureen, rushed Trey to the

hospital, where surgeons had to operate to remove the toy from his stomach. Maureen works for a real-estate management company and has some medical insurance for her family members, but Frankie said, not much of their son’s treatment was covered by her minimal benefits. Now, Frankie said, the bulk of such costs will be covered. Stephen Jones, began working as a laborer for the Sanitation Department

about nine years ago. Now, he said, he will have coverage for dental appointments. “There will be an increase in everything,” Jones said. “This will mean a big improvement in our lives.” He said he was now looking for a better apartment in the city. Asked what he might do with his pay increase, another laborer, Terence Moon, broke into a wide grin. “I’m going to Disney,” he said.

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L.B. liable for $131M in Haberman case By Darwin Yanes dyanes@liherald.com

A Supreme Court judge in Nassau County Monday found the City of Long Beach liable for $131 million in damages in a case that goes back 31 years, brought by a Manhattan developer after the city revoked a building permit for a luxury condo project. The developer, Sinclair Haberman of Haberman & Haberman, sought to recoup more than $50 million in damages and profits — as well as interest and legal fees — he claims he lost when Long B e a ch ’s Z o n i n g B o a rd o f Appeals revoked permits to build three oceanfront condominium buildings on Shore Road in 2003, a project that dates back to the 1980s. Haberman lawyers later argued that the city owed them triple the amount they orginally requested based on lost revenue. In 2015, the State Supreme Court granted Haber man a motion for a default judgment after Long Beach failed to file a timely response in 2012 to the suit’s amended claim for John BenDo damages in a case that has been wending its way through City Council the courts for 15 years. President After more than five years o f l i t i g at i n g t h e d a m a g e claims, Nassau County Supreme Court Justice Jack Libert declared the $131 million judgment for Haberman on Monday. City officials said in a statement that they plan on appealing the judgment. “First and foremost, we are strongly considering an appeal of the decision because, respectfully, we believe it should be reversed,” said Long Beach City Manager Donna Gayden said. “So there is no immediate impact to our residents in terms of their property taxes or City services.” She added that financial consultants and both internal and external legal counsel to the City are examining all potential pathways to mitigate the impact to the City and its taxpayers if the damage award is not ultimately drastically reduced or overturned. “I want our Long Beach taxpayers to know that we are studying all facets of this issue and will do everything we can to minimize its financial impact on the City and its residents,” Gayden said. “This case has

e will be examining all available options to safeguard the financial interests of our residents to the greatest degree possible.

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CitY offiCials saiD they will appeal the judgment of damages. been hanging over the heads of our City’s residents for the past three decades, waiting for financial resolution, especially since 2017 when the City lost the case.” In 2014, the City Council scrapped a settlement that former Corporation Counsel Corey Klein had reached with Haberman a year earlier. That agreement would have allowed Haberman to seek the zoning board’s approval for a revised project on Shore Road that would include two 19-story apartment buildings instead of the previously proposed trio of 10-story structures. If the zoning board were to deny the application, the developers could continue with the lawsuit. If the board were to grant the application, Haberman would drop the suit. However, several board members said Klein was not authorized to make that agreement. The court’s decision now puts the city in tough financial position as it may have to bond to pay the damages. “This is a very old matter that far predates the involvement of the current members of the Council, city leadership, and almost all of the other parties that have been involved over the three decades of litigation,” City Council President John Bendo said in a statement. “It is another challenge from the past that

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Town of hempsTead officials honored Salvatore Mastracchio, second from left, and Orazio Taddeo, third from right, on Tuesday.

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Two Hempstead Town Bay Constables were honored Tuesday for their quick action in saving the life of a man who fell into frigid waters while duck hunting near the Curtis E. Fisher West Marina in Point Lookout. At a news conference, Hempstead Supervisor Don Clavin, along with other members of the Town Board, awarded Orazio Taddeo of Oceanside, and Salvatore Mastracchio of Long Beach, a Hometown Hero Award and Distinguished Service award. “On behalf of all of us in the Town of Hempstead, all the board members and all the residents, we want to thank you for getting the job done,” Clavin said at the marina. “We’re lucky to have individuals, law enforcement and first responders like you.” Taddeo said that around 2 p.m.on Sunday Bay Constables received a call about a kayaker in distress. The kayaker, who was duck hunting, fell into freezing cold water. The kayaker was able to call 911 before his cell phone died and alerted the authorities. After a quick search, the constables found the man visibly shaking and brought him on board. The constables loaded his kayak, secured his firearm and rushed him to the marina where EMS

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officers were waiting for him. “When dealing with cold water, cold temperature, every second counts,” Taddeo said. “We were very fortunate in that we located the gentleman very quickly.” Taddeo, who has 13 years on the force, told reporters that “First and foremost we’re here for the protection and safety of the residents of the Town of Hempstead.”

Councilman Anthony D’Esposito also praised the constables and noted their hard work year-round. “Twenty four seven, 365 days a year Town of Hempstead Bay Constables are out on our waterways, whether it’s the Fourth of July weekend or a cold windy day in January, they are out there living the oath they took to protect and serve

America’s largest township,” D’Esposito said. “It’s a time where you see ordinary individuals do extraordinary things.” When asked whether they considered themselves heroes, after receiving the recognition, Mastracchio, who has been a constable for four years and has 18 years of fire department experience, calmly replied “No, we’re just doing our job.”

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Sunday, Jan. 17

Library Board Meeting

The Beatles: From Liverpool To Abbey Road

The Long Beach Public Library Board of Trustees meets at the library, 111 W. Park Ave., on the third Monday of every month. For more information contact info@longbeachlibrary.org.

Join Beatles scholar and Sixties Rock Historian Vincent Bruno in this exciting lecture that follows the Beatles as they embark on their historic journey starting from their early days as a cover band in Liverpool and Hamburg, into the excitement of Beatlemania, including concert performances and films, through their creative groundbreaking studio albums (Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Peppers) to the formation of Apple Corps and finally to their remarkable final recordings at Abbey Road Studios. The virtual event will take place from 2-3:30 p.m. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Covid-19 Food Pantry Distribution Center The Nassau County-supported Covid-19 Food Pantry Distribution Center, located at 650 Magnolia Boulevard, will be open every Monday from 12-4 p.m. for those in need. The Pantry is sponsored by Long Island Cares, Inc., the Harry Chapin Food Bank. Families are welcome back monthly for food support.

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Beginner’s Bridge Learn to play bridge in this fun virtual bridge class designed for players with little (or no) knowledge of the game. It is ideal if you want to understand the game basics or relearn bridge using more modern techniques. Instructor Anne Bass--who has been teaching bridge for six years and playing for many more--will show us basic bidding conventions, as well as guidance in playing sample hands. The virtual event will take place from 10-11:15 a.m. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Movement for Flexibility & Balance Designed to help relax and relieve stress by focusing on the breath (pranayama), Stephanie Durso’s popular class will help improve flexibility, balance, and concentration. The exercises are done in a standing position, but seated chair modifications are available. You’ll finish off with a short guided meditation leaving you feeling peaceful and inspired. Please wear comfortable clothing and have a chair available. 1-3 pound weights are optional for a more challenging workout. The virtual event will take place from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s

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MLK Shabbat On Friday Jan. 15 at 7:30 p.m., Temple Emanu-El of Long Beach will honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King with their annual MLK Shabbat service. The guest speaker will be Ronnie Myles, a local teacher, community activist and man of faith. The entire community is invited to attend this virtual service. Visit their website (www.templeemanuellongbeach.com) for more information to attend. website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Friday, Jan. 15 Movin’ to Motown! Move and groove to your favorite tunes from the 1950s through the 1970s, including Motown classics and Latin hits in this new class from Lisa Wisel, a board-certified Dance/Movement Therapist. Designed to activate, integrate, and heal the body and mind, this class is open to all, whether you’re seated in your chair or singing on your feet The virtual event will take place from 2-2:45 p.m. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Oh, My Aching Joints: All You Need to Know About Arthritis Rheumatologist Dr. Maria Labarca of Northwell Health will discuss the risk factors for getting arthritis and advice if you already suffer from it. The virtual event will take place from 2-3 p.m. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Saturday, Jan. 16 Yoga for Health & Peace This advanced beginner Hatha yoga class is designed to strengthen and lengthen your muscles and free your mind. Instructor Stephanie Durso will guide you into each pose and provide alignment cues for holding the pose and breathing deeply. The virtual event

will take place from 10-11 a.m. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Take & Make Craft: Diy Glass Winter Magnets For the library’s January craft, they’re making beautiful glass winter magnets. Chase away the winter blues and learn how to make these pretty homemade magnets guaranteed to make your fridge a prettier place. For adults and teens ages 13 and up. Craft bags are limited. Registration closes Jan. 15. The virtual event will take place from 2-2:30 p.m. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, City Hall will be closed. LB Buses will be running on a holiday schedule. The Recreation Center and Ice Arena will be open. There will be regular East End Sanitation Pickup, Zone 1 Recycling and Commercial pickup.

Public Speaking 101 Whether you’re looking to brush up your interview skills or gain more confidence in your next presentation, then don’t miss this dynamic 5-week Public Speaking 101 series with trailblazing public speaking coach, Kyle Savage. The virtual event will take place from 2-3:15 p.m. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Tuesday, Jan. 19 City Council Meeting City Hall, 1 W. Chester St. All meetings are held at 7 p.m. on the sixth floor; good and welfare held at all meetings. Live stream of meetings available at www.longbeachny.org.

City will be closed on Jan. 18 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Library’s Children’s Room will reopen on Jan. 18. Restaurants can apply for the “Raising the NYS Bar Restaurant Recovery Fund.” The third and final phase of the Long Beach Bridge will begin Monday, Jan. 25. Christmas Trees will be picked up on Wednesdays. Place your unbagged tree with no lights, ornaments and decorations.

Calls for mental health help soar for Reach The sessions are for individuals couples, groups and children. But Long Island Reach, at a time when Joe Smith, a clinical psychologist, has its services are so desperately needed, been providing mental health and drug faces a 20 percent cut in state funding abuse services for 40 years, but he said his under Gov, Andrew Cuomo’s proposed organization – Long Island budget this year. If the proReach – has seen a staggering posed cuts go through, Smith increase in the number of said, Long Island Reach would telehealth sessions it conducts be forced to cut staff and sersince the covid 19 pandemic vices. The org anization began last March. employees about 70 people, But its services could be including socialworkers, and sharply curtailed by proposed psychologists. state budget cuts this year. The organization, estabLong Island Reach, a nonlished in 1970 as Long Beach profit headquartered in Long Reach, changed its name in Beach with offices in Port 2019 when it expanded to two Washington and Franklin other communities. Smith Square, has held about about joined the organization in 25,000 telehealth sessions for 1981. people seeking mental health todd Long Island Reach, Smith and abuse care in the past said, last year spent $125,000 to year. Smith said Long Island KaminsKy help its clients, money that it Reach’s telehealth sessions State Senator would normally receive back have been about 10 percent from the state. That may not higher in the past year. happen this year. “There’s nothing that matches this in Cuomo, who delivered his State of the its enormity,” said Smith, Long Island State address Monday, has been saying for Reach’s director. He said that included tele- months that portions of the state budget, calls for help during Super Storm Sandy which funds everything from schools to and the 9/11 terror attacks. substance abuse treatment providers, face Since the pandemic began, Long Island 20 percent funding cuts. Reach conducts most sessions virtually. The state, Cuomo said, faces a massive

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e have a great deal of work to do in the state to make sure there are not cuts.

deficit due to the covid 19 pandemic. Already, a battle is shaping up in the legislature to fight the governor’s proposed cuts. State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Long Beach Democrat, said he is hoping the new Biden administration will come through with funding for mental health and substance abuse services. “We have a great deal of work to do in the state to make sure there are not cuts,” Kaminsky said. “We feel we have help in Washington now, ut we have to be creative” In the way we secure funding. “It’s not only stacving off cute, but also supporting other things. I consider mental health very important.” “While I understand that the state has an enormous deficit, I am wholeheartedly against the cuts to our most vulnerable individuals,” said State Assemblywoman Melissa Miller, a Republican from Atlantic Beach. “Especially with the pandemic still being an overwhelming factor in all of our lives, out state should be prioritizing money for mental health services, not cutting.” The covid 19 infection rate in Nassau County is about 9 percent, according to the County health department’s most recent report. “All of the ‘data’ that the governor likes to base his decisions on, point to anincrease in mental health issues - depres-

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Joe smith, director of LI Reach. sion, anxiety, hopelessness, exacerbation of prior mental health issues that are not able to be effectively treated,” Miller said in a statement. Smith said telehealth calls come from people worried about their jobs, how to pay bills, or from people who feel isolated and lonely. “They worry, ‘Will I ever get my life back’? ‘What happens if I get sick’? They are cut off from family and friends. This whole (covid 19) thing is anti-human.”

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Nassau lawmakers react to Capitol violence By Laura Lane, andrew Garcia and Scott Brinton llane@liherald.com, agarcia@liherald.com, sbrinton@liherald.com

“For those asking, my staff and I are safe,” tweeted Congresswoman Kathleen Rice at 4:03 p.m. Wednesday, as she and others barricaded themselves within the chambers of the U.S. Capitol against a mob of insurrectionists. Lawmakers were scheduled to spend the day debating the certification of Electoral College results in the presidential election — a usually uneventful day in Congress. It was interrupted, however, by thousands of supporters of Presi d e n t D o n a l d T r u m p who stormed the Capitol, overrunning police barricades, scaling walls and invading the structure. Sometime between 3 and 4 p.m., Congress members were instructed to retrieve gas masks from under their chairs. “Tear gas had been used in the Rotunda,” said U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, of Glen Cove, during a Kathleen rice call to the press from an undisclosed area. His voice was measured and calm when sharing his experience. “The chaplain of the Congress said a prayer. The doors in the chamber were locked, but then people began banging on them.” The rioters had forced security to barricade the doors to the House chamber with furniture, their weapons drawn, prepared to fire. Republican and DemoGregory meeks cratic lawmakers huddled together, said Suozzi, a former Nassau County executive. One insurrectionist broke through the glass on the main door, which the president enters through for the State of the Union. “The glass is broken, but I don’t know if it was shots or banging,” Suozzi said. “I did hear a ‘pop, pop, pop.’” “My staff and I are safe and andrew Garbarino currently in lockdown,” U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said in a statement during the melee. “The storming of the U.S. Capitol is a stain on American democracy. Make no mistake—this disgraceful violence will not stop the inauguration of Joe Biden on Jan. 20.” Lawmakers in both houses of Congress later reconvened after a 6 p.m. curfew, during which time police escorted the insurrectionists out of the Capitol. The Congress members voted to certify the Electoral College results that declared former Vice President Joseph Biden as the president-elect. Several representatives and senators have placed the blame of the attempted insurrection squarely on Trump, who for weeks had sown discord and spread lies about false instances of fraud in the November election. Protesters in and outside of the Capitol were clad with Trump merchandise. “The president incited a domestic terror attack on the Capitol,” Rice, who represents the 4th Congressional District, wrote on Twitter. “He is an imminent threat to our democracy, and he needs to be removed from office immediately. The cabinet must invoke the 25th Amendment.” Rice later re-tweeted a video from U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a Republican from Illinois, who joined the call for Trump’s removal. Invoking the 25th Amendment would require the support of Vice President Mike Pence and a majority of the president’s cabinet. Pence would then assume the role as president if Trump were found

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u.S. rep. tom Suozzi, a former Nassau County executive, was in the House of Representatives chamber when violence broke out at the Capitol last Wednesday. He is shown here in the early morning hours on Thursday, after lawmakers voted to certify the election of Joe Biden as president of the United States. unfit for office. Last Thursday, Rice again tweeted, questioning where Chad Wolf, the head of Homeland Security, was during the protests. “Absolutely unacceptable for him and the entirety of [the Department of Homeland Security] to be completely absent during this domestic terror attack,” she wrote. Local reaction to last Wednesday’s events was swift. “For hundreds of years, the peaceful transition of power has been a foundation of our country,” Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said. “It doesn’t matter who you voted for — violence like what we are seeing in Washington today should never be accepted in a free society. This is not about politics. This is about safety, freedom and decency. I am lending my voice in support of law enforcement who are keeping everyone safe.” U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks, who represents the 5th Congressional District on the southwest Queen-Nassau bor-

der, spoke to the history of the moment on Twitter. “The world is watching as the greatest democracy braces against an attempted coup.” Referring to President Trump, he continued, the day’s events were “stirred by its leader who’d rather watch the country burn than transition power. “Our ability to advocate for democracy around the world,” Meeks said, “will be significantly hurt after this tragic day in America.” Andrew Garbarino, the newly elected representative from the South Shore’s 2nd District, had only been in Congress four days when the Trump protesters stormed the Capitol. At a little before 4 p.m., he tweeted, “It doesn’t matter which side you support — violence is never the answer. This must stop now.” He added, “Thank you to the law enforcement at the Capitol for working diligently to keep everyone safe.”

L.B. has no excuse not to help MLK Center Guest Column

and long-term planning continues. The hiring of a new Executive Director and complying with the submission of financial information and up to date program plans leaves the City with no excuse for helping to uplift the Center, which is an asset within the community. This year’s calls for justice and equality have been loud and impossible to ignore. Now more than ever, it is crucial for the City to commit to assisting MLK and its leadership in developing and distributing resources and programming that the community is in dire need of. The City Council and its President need to roll up their sleeves, commit to

opening this Center not by giving lip service and one-liners aimed at those deemed political opponents. Any politico can do that! Critically important is the announcement of a hard reopening date and a detailed plan, outlining a list of resources that will be infused to the single nonprofit that bears the name of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the City of Long Beach. The City should also prove its intention to leave this valuable resource in the community’s hands by assigning a long-term lease to MLK as a conduit to the people. Anything to the contrary would prove the City Council and its President is being disingenuous

in their commitment to serve the community. Our neighbors, the seniors, youth, and families served by MLK, Inc., deserve better, as do we, the City of Long Beach residents. Sergio Argueta is a long time community activist and advocate for racial justice and youth empowerment. He is the Founder and Chairperson of STRONG YOUTH, Inc, an agency that aims to reduce gang involvement and youth violence. He also serves as the Dean of Students and Academic Affairs of a Nassau County High School.

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I was disheartened by the article titled “Future of MLK Center in Long Beach remains up in the air.” The article, vague in context and content, left any reader concerned with this invaluable resource’s wellbeing, demanding the need to know more. Even more frustrating was the lack of transparency on behalf of the President of the City Council, John Bendo, who unequivocally stated that “the City is fully prepared to partner with the ergio rguetA MLK Center Inc., (MLK) to offer programs.” He did so without proffering a single action step the City has taken or will take to open the Center immediately. Suppose the City is fully committed to the partnership with MLK. Why did they decide not to move heaven on earth to help them open the most critical resource to the North Park Community during a worldwide pandemic? When our most vulnerable populations’ social and emotional wellbeing is critically important, why not prioritize this critical lifeline for seniors and youth? Did the City of Long Beach offer MLK their expertise, guidance, and leadership to provide a blueprint and implement the safety plans needed to open the Center in a building they own? What resources has the City of Long Beach offered MLK, its sole tenant, over the past few months, years, or decades in growing its capacity to service a community for which the City has long abdicated any responsibility or commitment? The City of Long Beach and the residents pride ourselves on living in a community whose richness is complemented by the populace’s beautiful diversity. Yet, we develop amnesia disregarding the Center’s historical relationship with the MLK and the greater North Park Community, an organization whose very existence was bor n out of the need to address the underserved’s needs for decades. We fail to acknowledge the benefit bestowed on the entire City by the provision of services in North Park. Compounding traumatic experiences felt by citizens who suffer from inequality daily are exacerbated when you take what little resources exist for them away, especially during crisis moments. Adding insult to injury is inflicting blame on the under-resourced nonprofits like MLK, that do the best they can to meet the demands of working with little governmental support. The continued failure to honor and acknowledge that history is a form of violence to the community’s self-determination and attempts to a path forward rather than being dictated to and occupied. The MLK continues to work with the City to ensure that quality programming

January 14, 2021 — LONG BEACH HERALD

Coliseum may see concert surge later this year NASSAu coLISEum IS expected to see a spike in concert activity in late 2021 and early 2022, according to a report from the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency.

By BRIAN STIEGLITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com

Nassau Coliseum may see a surge in the number of concerts that it hosts late this year and early next year, according to a report from the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency. The IDA hired consulting firms Camoin Associates and RMG SportsVentures, which conducted the 13-page report last month to forecast the Coliseum’s economic impact once coronavirus pandemic restrictions lift. The consultants predicted that demand for live music would surge in the fall of 2021, during which Madison Square Garden, the Barclay’s Center and other large music venues are booked with acts that had to reschedule during the pandemic. Such high demand could “create a short-term positive” for the Coliseum by drawing in more acts that could not secure a spot at the larger venues, according to the report. The Coliseum may not see the same success with hockey games, however. The Islanders are expected to start playing games at the Coliseum this month, if the 2020-21 NHL seasons commences. Then, in late 2021, the team will relocate to its new home at the UBS Arena at Belmont Park. The report states, however, that “it is not clear whether there will be in-person attendance, and at what capacity, for games at either location.” The consultants developed the report from a series of interviews conducted in November with executives and officials from the music and sports industries. The report does not take into account other events that the Coliseum offers, such as LI Nets basketball games and family entertainment shows. All of the consultants’ findings depend on the venue’s ability to meet certain Covid-19 guidelines, such as proper ventilation, vaccination availability, and rapid testing of employees and talent. The report also states that the Coliseum is “a secondtier venue” and may have a slower economic recovery

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than the larger venues like MSG and the Barclay’s Center. Once the pandemic ends, the consultants predict, it may take another four to six months before the Coliseum is back to normal. Before the coronavirus pandemic, the Coliseum generated about $4 million in annual revenue to the county. In August, the Coliseum’s former tenant, Onexim Sports and Entertainment, defaulted on payments and handed control of the arena and the Nassau Hub development to its lender, the U.S. Immigration Fund, which is running the Coliseum under the name Nassau Live. The deal reached between the two parties recovers $2.2 million in overdue rent owed to Nassau County by Onexim, which temporarily shuttered the Coliseum two

months before because of the toll the venue took from coronavirus restrictions. USIF is based out of Jupiter, Fla., and run by Nick Mastroianni II. Although not directly tied to the U.S. government, USIF created a $100 million loan for the Coliseum renovation, soliciting 200 Chinese investors through a federal program that grants visas for job-creating projects. Bruce Ratner, owner of Forest City Ratner, sold the Coliseum lease to Onexim in 2015 and developed the financing program. Mastroianni then secured the loan under another company called Nassau Coliseum Funding 100.

Staying home for college amid the pandemic By NIcoLE ALcINdoR nalcindor@liherald.com

When college doors reopened in the fall and fears of spreading the virus were widespread, many Long Island colleges adopted a hybrid model of in-person and online classes and extracurricular activities— which changed the academic and physical dynamic of the college experience for many. With new social-distancing guidelines also being applied colleges, Long Islanders attending university from home or those living in college dorms experienced many social, emotional and psychological changes and challenges. With only a few weeks before the spring semester begins, and with the second wave of the pandemic in full effect, many college-aged Long Islanders are faced with the decision to return to their dorms for school or transfer to local schools. Herald Inside LI hosted a free live Zoom webinar, sponsored by Molloy College, last Thursday to discuss many of the questions that college-aged students and their parents have about staying local for college. During the webinar, representatives from Molloy College, Adelphi University, Nassau Community College and the New

York Institute of Technology provided insight about how their schools have become more flexible because of the pandemic, including their recent decision to accept students on rolling admissions to accommodate those making last-minute decisions to stay local for the spring semester. “We went test-optional by eliminating the requirement of applicants having SAT and ACT scores for admissions, and now we are only looking at academic scores,” said Marguerite Lane, assistant vice president of enrollment management at Molloy College. “They can send ACT or SAT scores if they want, but Molloy College won’t use students’ scores for their disadvantage, but only to their advantage, because many students might not have been able to test more than once or take a review course because of the pandemic.” Molloy College will start the spring semester Jan. 20, and students still interested in applying have up to two weeks into the beginning of the semester to apply. “Most of our students had a good experience in the fall semester at home doing school, and I know they are continuing with that in this upcoming spring semester because our admission numbers for the spring are where we expected,” Lane

said. “People have been resilient, and college students, particularly new ones, have adapted well to the hybrid model for events and classes, but we hope to return to a normal college experience in the new year.” Nassau Community College went 90 percent online for the fall semester, and it will continue that way in the spring. For the community college, SAT and ACT scores have always been optional. For the spring semester, NCC has adopted a late start semester to allow students to apply later than usual and start later than usual. “Even though we have seen an uptick of 22 percent more students taking winter classes, we are under the normal enrollment for spring semester,” said Dave Follick, dean of admissions at Nassau Community College. “We are doing more initiatives to get more people to enroll, but we think a lot of people are not returning because they did not like online school.” In the new year, Nassau Community College will offer in-person sports options and mostly virtual clubs and extracurricular activities. For Adelphi University, the vice president of enrollment management and university communications, Kristen Capezza, said enrollment has been the same for spring semester; however, she said she

has noticed a shift in students who are participating in clubs, with more students than ever joining virtual clubs. “People can still remain connected if they want to, and we offer dorms, as well as virtual tours where students interested in applying can provide commentary and receive feedback while getting an online tour,” she said. “This past semester, we also saw students who had stellar grades, and then because of the pandemic, we saw a fall in their grade point average. We know that the pandemic affected them, so we just asked those students to share what happened, and we are doing our best to be understanding.” In the same way, Karen Vahey, the dean of admissions and financial aid enrollment management at New York Institute of Technology, said students at her college have been more involved in virtual events. “Even though I worry about students getting bored with virtual events, [many] more students are getting involved in virtual activities than they ever did before with in-person campus activities,” Vahey said. “We pushed back our deadlines for enrollment and waved the standardized testing to get in. We just want to get these students over the finish line, despite the pandemic.”

LONG BEACH HERALD — January 14, 2021

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At one time or another, just about every young person in Long Beach spent a summer or two working for Anthony Perretta’s GiGi Moving and Trucking Co. in Island Park. “He hired every guy between the ages of 25 to 60,” said his widow, Rosemary Perretta. “During the summer months, everybody worked for him.” Perretta, 79, died January 7 at NYU Langone Hospital (formerly Winthrop) in Mineola. The cause was complications of covid 19. He started GiGi 53 yeas ago, funding the company with an unemployment check and an $8,000 loan from a bank, his widow said. “At 79, he went to work every day,” Rosemary Perretta said. His company moved furniture and other items from Maine to Florida. He was a regular at the Laurel Diner in Long Beach, a popular eating spot where he would often rub elbows with political leaders and Long Beach government officials. He made friends easily and enjoyed sports and anything by Frank Sinatra. GiGi Movers at one time sponsored a softball team. In 1974, one of the players

was the famed Monday night football analyst Tony Kornheiser. Mitch Levin, who worked for GiGi in the mid-1970s, when he was a teenager, said “I was one of many young men who worked for him. He was a wonderful guy He sponsored sports teams and use to hold picnics for his workers.” Walter Lynch, currently GiGi’s operations manger, began working for the company 35 years ago. “He was always there for me,” Lynch said of the man who became his friend. Working for the company, Lynch said, “was like being part of a family.” Perretta was born in Queens and moved to Long Beach 53 years ago. He and his wife lived in Lido Beach. Rosemary Perretta is a clinical psychologist at South Nassau Mount Sinai Hospital in Oceanside. She also has a private practice. Aside from his wife, Perretta is survived by a daughter Tracey Landry, a grand-daughter, Hannah Landry. A sister, Mimi, and 15 nieces and nephews. Services were Monday and Tuesday at the Christopher T. Jordan Funeral Home in Island Park. Cremation followed. At the services, relatives played Sinatra’s “My Way,” saying He really did it his way, his widow said.

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Character brunches provide entertainment others. To keep patrons safe, group times are spaced out, tables are placed six feet apart and have Plexiglas dividers and the With many residents stuck indoors number of attendees is limited to no more and having to social distance during the than 35 people at a time. coronavirus pandemic, an Island Park Seven seatings will be offered each Satbusinessman has launched character urday and Sunday throughout January to brunches for children and families. ensure that guests are safe and in compliThe Milleridge Inn in Jericho hosts ance with Covid-19 guidelines. Characters weekend brunches and staff also wear throughout Januface masks and ary, which includes observe social disvarious character tancing guidelines. themes for patrons Brunch items Jan. 16 and 17: Brunch with to enjoy. include fresh fruit, Beauty Princess “We felt it’s a danishes, muffins, good way that we pancakes, waffles, Jan. 23 and 24: Pups on Patrol can offer something toast, yo gur t, Jan. 30 and 31: Brunch with the good and safe for omelettes, French Snow Sisters and the Reindeer families who are toast, cereal, fresh stuck at home,” juices, coffee, tea Prince said Butch Yamali, and soft drinks. All owner and presibrunches are dent of the Milpriced at $37.95 for leridge Inn. “Every day we hear about adults and $27.95 for children between the schools closing or having to quarantine ages of 2 and 12. Children under the age and people out there have no where to go. of 2 are free. We want to make it safe and fun for chilYamali said his businesses have been dren to have a bit of children time. heavily impacted by the coronavirus panThere’s nothing to do and it’s cold outside, demic and that he went from having 500 so extracurricular activities are can- people at a time for catered events to 50, celed.” and from having six available party Yamali, who owns Peter’s Clam Bar in rooms to only being able to use one at a Island Park, started organizing the time. He said with many families strugbrunches in December and they feature gling and unable to leave home, he characters from Paw Patrol, Barbie and thought the brunches were a good way for

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iSland Park BUSineSS owner Butch Yamali also runs the Milleridge Inn, in Jericho, which has offered character brunches to patrons during the pandemic. them to have fun amid the pandemic. “It’s for everybody,” he said. “We’re happy that we can provide a safe place because a lot of people are struggling out there. It’s a place they can go and it’s safe, it’s fun and that’s the pleasure we get out of this, and it keeps people working and

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New Year’s resolutions are typically repetitive. You’re going to lose those extra pounds, exercise more, save money, organize your stuff and get to the tasks you’ve been putting off. Hmm, what else is new? Weren’t you going to do that last year and the year before? Well, maybe the problem is you. You’re just weak-willed. You lack the fortitude and character to stick with your resolutions. May as well give up believing you can change, right? Wrong. Since our world has tur ned upside down, it’s more important than ever that we do our own personal restorative work. But how? Last year, I shared with you some of my ideas. This year, I’ve asked an esteemed colleague what he thinks. Dr. F rank Farley, (who is a professor of inda psychological studies in education at Temple University and former president of the American Psychological Association) has given me permission to share with you his ideas on how to keep your New Year’s resolutions. Savor his words of wisdom. “The ending of one year and the beginning of another is a reasonable point at which to take stock of one’s life, evaluate the good, the bad, and the ugly, and make some decisions about one’s life and one’s future. Business, government, politics and sports do it, reviewing/assessing the year just ended, and projecting forward. Why not try it concerning one’s own life – which is certainly more important than those entities. As Charles Darwin argued, the species that survive are those most responsive to change. In the spirit of the hopeful dawning of the Post-Pandemic Era, I list here my Resolve Model for anyone who might try personal resolve and commitments in helping alter aspects of their life in a new era (... as I plan to do!).”

R = REALISTIC goals for 2021. Put a SPECIFIC plan in place (e.g. saving money and exactly how) E = EVALUATE your progress. Stay on top of it as the year proceeds. S = SHARE your plans and efforts with others. Social motivation. O = OPTIMISM Don’t start off pessimistically. It needs a can-do attitude. Failures will happen, but keep at it. As Zig Ziglar said, negative thinking = “stinkin’ thinkin’.”

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L = LISTS. Lists help you stay organized and on top of it. Cull from your list repeatedly failed resolutions. Learn from them. V = VALUE what you’re doing. Give this significant priority in your life.

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E =EMBRACE CHANGE! It’s a survival skill in this fast-moving century. Dump the bad stuff in your life, expand the good stuff. Remember, Darwin said the key survival factor is responsiveness to change! When you create realistic goals, when you evaluate your progress, when you share your plans with others, when you maintain an optimistic attitude, when you use lists as a guide, when you value what you’re doing, and most importantly when you embrace change as a survival skill - not only will you achieve your goals, you’ll dance with joy at becoming the person you wished you could be!

Never can tell In so many contexts, there is a neverending repletion of the expression “never say never.” All too often, however, we still hear folks announce, “I’ll never speak to you again,” or “I’ll never do that,” or “I’ll never go there,” though as it turns out, such is never the case. Nevertheless, in my own situation, I can utilize the word “never” and never regret doing do. Thus, I’ve never been drunk (thought I did get somewhat dizzy when the pseudo-sophisticated parents of a girl I dated in college insisted I taste some “enchanting” wine.) I’ve never been arrested nor given a traffic ticket (albeit in 53 years of driving, I’ve been stopped twice – poo-poo.) I’ve never broken on my word (except when its been in connection to abstin e n c e f r o m c h o c o l a t e, though, that, as everyone who has ever encountered a Nestle Crunch Bar, sevenlayer chocolate cake or chocolate chip cookies will agree, is forgivable), and I never broke a bone until I slipped on ice that I never slipped on before. I’ve never missed a plane, never lost a library book and never been ungrateful. I’ve never eaten an item prohibited by religious dietary laws, and have never lied for my own benefit or gain or to avoid punishment. (Note: I don’t include fibbing to protect others or to preserve the public peace, or to white lies to preserve my own private peace.) I cannot say I’ve never been disrespectful or hurtful or just plain dopey, and no matter the circumstance, I can’t say “I’ve never been so embarrassed in my entire

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life,” because I probably have been. I also can’t say I’ve never missed an opportunity or never wished I hadn’t said or done something. I’ve never been disloyal and never smoked anything (except I did burn a frozen pizza while left along when I was 12.) Though I have been a pest and annoying, I’ve never been deliberately tortured anyone (except an opponent in a college legal argumentation class.) I’ve never knocked a man when he was down or looked a gift horse in the mouth. Perhaps because my income has never necessitated the effort, I’ve never cheated on my taxes, and on any test except an unsuccessful attempt in seventh grade to write answers to a H e b rew g r a m m a r q u i z oLdman water soluble ink on my sweaty (guilty) palm. (Which proved cheaters never win.) Regrettably, I never forgot an offense, and never forgot a face, though I never remember the name that goes with the face. I never look good in photos though I never fool myself into believing the photos aren’t accurate. I never complain except when I do, and never admit I’m wrong except when I must and then I never hear the end of it. I try to never mind, never look back, never give up and never have a dull moment. Having grown up in the city that never sleeps, I’ve watched a pot that never boils, and can only hope I’m never too old to learn or to write a never-ending column.

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Q. I’m so confused. I keep seeing programs on TV where it looks much simpler and the cost is so much lower than I’m getting estimates for. I also notice that there are no building inspectors, architects or permits. Why is this? Are we living in a police state? What is the real situation? I need to save time and money.

A. I’ve noticed, over the years, the difference between the generation that trusted architects and engineers to advise them and the Information Age clients, who get their answers from TV shows and cellphones, even if the media information is staged, exaggerated and inaccurate. It really all comes down to money, and it always has. Unless cononte eeper sumers understands that they know only a tiny amount of the full equation, they feel emboldened by the misinformation being fed by inexperienced or uneducated people offering opinions without substance. You need to realize that the shows you see on TV are paid for and starred in by people who aren’t licensed professionals, and even when they’re pouring their heart into how nice-looking they can make the home or how much they can get for their investment, they’re often creating issues that would not pass in your state or climate region. What I experience, weekly, are people who are given wrong advice by non-professionals who have generally never experienced having to put their name on the project, legally, and haven’t had to accept responsibility, either personally or professionally, for the unknowing problems they create. In just a single week, I encountered multiple problems with people making bad decisions. Many media shows are made in places where there is minimal regulation. States where some shows are filmed require no professional input. Many shows never include anything official in the form of licensed professionals, building officials, regulations, permits or even the mention of permits. While permits don’t make buildings stand up, shows mislead people into thinking of how easy or fast a project can get built. Thus, the reality upsets people who, in some cases, refuse to accept the truth. People feel empowered to defy the law. During only one day, a contractor decided to ignore the hours when construction work could be done, another told the client he could change the structure, and another tried to defy the zoning requirements by changing the height. The next day, a potential client showed me their foundation-less deck, intending for it to be documented for a permit so they could sell. They weren’t expecting to be told they would need to invest in foundation piers under each post, which the law requires. Then there are the contractor and plumber who were willing to do the work and take the money, during the pandemic, just not to cooperate with filing for the permit when the building department reopened. Hollywood is based on myth and illusion. Reality actually saves time and money, if you get caught or things have to be done over again.

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spent last Wednesday afternoon scurrying up and down the stairs at home, rushing between my desk upstairs and the TV downstairs. I flipped between CNN, MSNBC and Fox, my pulse, as measured by my watch, racing faster as the afternoon went on. I was reporting on the insurrection at the Capitol for liherald.com, shooting emails to editors and reporters, talking with them on the phone and typing as fast as my fingers could move. By 4:30, we had published a story in which U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi sCoTT recounted the horrifying details of BRInTon the Capitol takeover by a violent mob. He had escaped unscathed, but he was clearly shaken. The afternoon was the ignominious end to the Trump presidency, a final, inglorious melee that concluded with five people, including one Capitol Police officer, dead. President Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani and Rep. Mo Brooks spoke at a rally that preceded the Capitol takeover, stoking anger. And so, only days before Trump will leave office, he is, it appears, once again under investigation. Karl Racine, the attorney general for Washington, D.C., told ABC News Friday that his office would examine the president’s

alleged role in inciting the violence. “Clearly, the Capitol was ground central in the mob’s behavior,” Racine told “Good Morning America.” “Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani, even the president were calling on supporters and hate groups to go to the Capitol, and in Rudy’s words, ‘exercise combat justice.’ We’re going to investigate not only the mob, but those who incited the violence.” It was all unfathomably shocking, but unsurprising, given the angry messaging that Trump had telegraphed ever since he ran for president in 2015. Since Wednesday, officials and pundits, both Democrats and Republicans, have spoken out, calling the president a clear and present danger to the American people. Trump is, and has been, a destabilizing force, continually acting to divide rather than unify, they correctly noted. What we often lose amid Trump’s rapidfire tweets and fire-and-brimstone rally speeches, though, is the direct effect of his policies on the American people, in particular his dismantling of many environmental regulations enacted over decades to protect our health and our world. Before the insurrection, I had intended to write this week on all that President-elect Joe Biden must do to clean up Trump’s disastrous environmental policies, beginning with rejoining the Paris Agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions, which the

U.S. adopted in December 2015, President Obama signed in August 2016 — and Trump withdrew from in June 2017. The accord was signed by 196 nations before the U.S. pulled out. To date, the U.S. has been the only country to withdraw. It might seem incongruous to write about Trump’s environmental policy on a week when insurrectionists, egged on by the president, stormed the Capitol. It might, but it’s not. Both are directly related to the well-being of the American people. The invasion of the Capitol desecrated one of our most sacred government institutions and posed a direct threat to our democracy. Loosening environmental regulations while defiling our sacred lands — our national forests and parks — poses a direct threat to the planet. Humans — and all life forms, for that matter — require clean air and water. That was of little consequence to the Trump administration, however. According to the World Resources Institute, a Washingtonbased environmental think tank, Trump, nearly from the start of his presidency, targeted the Obama-era Clean Power Plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. Under Trump, the Environmental Protection Agency repealed the plan — which, according to an EPA internal analysis, could result in 1,400 premature deaths because of air pollution and $30 billion in

an. 6 was an ignominious end to the Trump presidency.

health damages, with the worst effects in the industrial Midwest. Imagine that: The federal agency vested with protecting our environment and our health actually rolled back a policy that would help protect our planet and save lives. Let that sink in. That was Trump’s macro approach to our environment — a wholesale reduction in sound standards — but he also took a micro approach. He blocked a U.S. Department of Energy policy, established under the Bush administration in 2007, to phase out energy-inefficient light bulbs. The rollback, according to WRI, is expected to cost the average American household an extra $100 a year, and in the aggregate, families and businesses will spend an additional $12 billion a year. Imagine that: The federal agency charged with improving energy efficiency actually rolled back a policy aimed at doing just that. Why? The only answer is greed. Such rollbacks, of which there were dozens more under Trump, benefited not the American people, but the president’s corporate cronies. Yes, we must pay very close attention to the dangers before us in the here and now, but we also must address the slow-burning fires that Trump quietly set while distracting us with his Twitter tirades. 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.

When it comes to Trump, newspapers go BIG

have seen my share of heart-stopping headlines. In The New York Times, I read “MEN WALK ON MOON,” “NIXON RESIGNS,” “U.S. ATTACKED” and the one-word, stand-alone headline from Nov. 5, 2008: “OBAMA.” These bold, 96-point headlines are saved for momentous, ground-shifting news. One editor famously said that if a headline writer wanted to go bigger than 96 point, it better read, “THE SECOND COMING.” Last week, the day after armed RAndI Trump supporters kReIss stormed and invaded the Capitol building, the Times blasted, “TRUMP INCITES MOB.” The San Francisco Chronicle went with one word, “INSURRECTION,” and The Guardian, in England, wrote, “ANARCHY IN THE USA.” Even though I saw the mob storming the Capitol in real time on television, I still could not fully absorb the impact of what was happening. Trump followers were incited by the president of the United States to loot and damage the Capitol building because inside, a fully legitimate election

was about to be formally signed and sealed. The raging violence of the mob was shocking, even though, in hindsight, it was inevitable. The president has been stoking this fire for years. But “anarchy” in the USA? Photos flashing around the world of crazed vandals desecrating our cherished monuments, breaking through windows to ransack the speaker’s desk? It looked like a Halloween melee gone berserk, complete with weird hats and freaky masks. One man wore a T-shirt that read “Camp Auschwitz.” They were clownish and rabid, rather than organized in any way. They got lucky, because law enforcement agencies weren’t organized, either, and so the mob raged for way too long, before the cavalry arrived. These people are Trump’s posse. He owns them; he owns the events of Jan. 6. And I sure hope we do more as a society than take away his freaking Twitter account. No one knows what will happen in the coming days, but in order to set the country right, every one of the thugs in the Capitol building that day, and every single one of the enablers and inciters, up to and including Trump himself, have to be held accountable for their parts in the riot. Otherwise, what has been undone,

what the mob did to destabilize our government, can never be reconciled. It won’t do to wipe off the fingerprints and pick up the broken pieces. How can we feel good about ourselves as a country until the violators are brought to justice? We Americans have always known our story. It is part of our national narrative. It goes like this: We are winners. We are optimists. We have a can-do attitude that allows us to face down our enemies and conquer any challenge that life presents. We invent things, fix things and help others. We are smart as hell, and we don’t come in second. Slowly, that narrative has unraveled. It didn’t happen last week when the Trumpers stormed the Capitol; it has been happening since Trump took office. Our pride and position have been diminished, and our reputation has been sullied. Serendipity played a part as well, with a worldwide pandemic landing on our doorstep, crushing us into small, isolated spaces. So, the new narrative is: In a creepy confluence of circumstances, a charismatic but fatally flawed leader rose to power in America at the same time that millions of people

nd I sure hope we do more than take away his Twitter account.

were drifting, feeling disenfranchised as the rich got richer and more powerful. A match was struck in the weeds of this discontent, and the conflagration began. It is still consuming our nation. Witness the events of Jan. 6. We have become reactive rather than proactive. Our leaders have had a failure of imagination. Rather than foreseeing and avoiding problems, we’re in the business of doing patches and fixes and cleanups. Wasn’t anyone reading Trump’s tweets when he was urging followers to come to Washington? Couldn’t anyone in the National Guard or the Capitol Police possibly have foreseen the danger ahead? We begin to reclaim our dignity by finding and arresting the people who ran amok last week. We begin by giving our new president and his people a chance to do the right things. People can disagree. They can raise their voices loud and long and vote their hearts and minds, but they cannot break windows in the people’s house or plant pipe bombs around the capital of the United States. Something has permanently shifted in our collective consciousness. Something unthinkable is possible that was not possible before: TRUMP INCITES MOB. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

LONG BEACH HERALD — January 14, 2021

A day of reckoning after four frightful years

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n Monday, New York entered Phase 1b of the state’s Covid-19 vaccination program, meaning first responders, public safety and transit workers and anyone 75 or older can now get the vaccine. Phase 1a started in mid-December, with vaccinations first offered to health care workers and longterm care facility residents. By all measures, the vaccines are safe and effective. If you can sign up, you should seriously consider doing so. Getting the vaccine is a personal decision. No one can be forced to receive it. If we want to beat this virus, however, the vaccine is the way to do it. In Nassau County, we clearly need more vaccination sites, working around the clock, to get this job done. Social distancing and mask wearing are critical, but these measures were never intended to defeat the virus, only to slow

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its progression until a vaccine could be developed and administered. Even after we have reached “herd immunity,” when 60 to 70 percent of the population has been vaccinated, we will likely have to continue preventive measures for some time to ensure that we are doing all we can to eradicate this viral invader. Last week, Nassau’s Covid-19 test positivity rate hovered around 5 percent — among the lowest in the country. Only three states — Alaska, Hawaii and Vermont — and the District of Columbia reported positivity rates below that. We must continue working to drive the rate down, remembering that it was less than 1 percent just over three months ago. New York state’s positivity rate last week was 7.9 percent, which was good compared with many other states — only 12 had lower rates. Still, it wasn’t good to see New York’s rate rising. Only a month ago,

the state had the fourth-lowest positivity rate in the country. In New York, and particularly downstate, we have suffered more than many other parts of the country, in large part because of our population density — the coronavirus breeds among people who are in close proximity to one another. When you’re wearing a mask in public, don’t let it drop down below your nose. The mask does little to no good if your nose is exposed. When you’re in line anywhere, respect social-distancing protocols. Stand six feet apart. We know, people are tired of hearing this again and again. It’s been 10 months since the coronavirus broke out in New York. We have to say it, though. If we can’t keep the positivity rate down, then the alternative is another shutdown, which no one wants.

It’s high time truth prevails once again

oseph Goebbels, Nazi Germany’s short, mercurial, ruthless propaganda minister, was known to many as the “poison dwarf.” By all accounts, he was insanely obsessive and manipulative, practicing the dark art of disinformation distribution like no one else. “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it,” Goebbels was quoted as saying, according to the Holocaust Research Project. We have been told any number of big lies — again and again — in recent years. The biggest, undoubtedly, was the one perpetuated by President Trump that he won November’s election. He did not. Joe Biden won — by a lot — as affirmed by our

courts, our state legislatures and now Congress. Last week, however, that lie cost five people their lives, after Trump riled up an angry mob of insurrectionists with fiery rhetoric and they stormed the Capitol, smashing through doors, stealing government property and pushing, shoving and striking members of the understaffed and overwhelmed Capitol Police force. During and after the melee, conservative news pundits and Republican lawmakers baselessly — and falsely — claimed that members of the left-wing, anti-fascist group Antifa were responsible for the riotous behavior of the loosely affiliated mass of Trump supporters, white supremacists and conspiracy theorists. That lie was

letters Hasn’t Trump done enough damage? To the Editor: In my six decades of being a U.S. citizen, never have I been more ashamed than after the events that occurred on Jan. 6. Just as we are anticipating good things for 2021 — Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the White House; vaccines to eradicate, or lessen, the effects of Covid-19; the end of social distancing, working remotely and mask wearing; being able to hug family members who don’t live in the same household; sharing birthdays and holidays and any days with our friends and family — Trump trumps it all! It’s obvious he wanted to go out with a bang. But to incite a riot? He couldn’t have left bad enough alone? Hundreds of children separated from their parents at the border, still possibly never to be reunited? Downplaying the danger of Covid-19, even when he and his family members

amplified by hundreds of thousands of retweets. Last Wednesday, many have said, was a day of reckoning for Trump, and he now must own up to what he has done: peddled lies for political gain. It should also, though, serve as a day of reckoning for all of us — an inflection point when we decide, once and for all, to disown the disinformation campaigners and restore normalcy to our media stream. Truth, based on knowable facts, must be our hallmark. It is a tough ideal to live up to, for sure, but we must do better than we have in recent years. The alternative, as we saw last week, is to descend into chaos and demagoguery, and we know how that turned out for Germany.

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nauguration Day, Jan. 20, will bring much-needed change in our country. President-elect Joe Biden has made controlling the coronavirus pandemic a priority, and for the first time, the incoming administration will have a presidential adviser who will focus solely on health equity and pandemic-related racial health disparities. Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, a Yale physician and researcher, will lead a new White House task force that will focus on equitable access to testing, treatments and vaccines, parmartIne ticularly in communities hardest Hackett hit by Covid-19. This national strategy promises to give the appropriate attention to the longstanding issue of health inequity that existed long before the pandemic began. An effective approach will need to be adjusted based on place, because where you live plays a role in your health. More than half of Americans live in suburbs, and health equity will look different here.

Even with the political influence that suburban voters had in recent elections, there has been little attention paid to understanding the significant role that suburban spaces have on the health of their residents. On Long Island and across the country, Black and Latino residents have disproportionately been infected by and died from the coronavirus. The reasons for their increased risk include working in “essential” in-person jobs, taking public transportation, living in more crowded housing, and lacking access to quality health care and respectful treatment. Though the task force’s immediate focus will be targeting medical resources and vaccines to vulnerable communities, members will also tackle the underlying social and economic inequalities that put them at risk in the first place. Nunez-Smith said that “what’s needed to ensure equity in the recovery is not limited to health and health care. We have to have conversations about housing stability and food security and educational equity, and pathways to economic oppor-

new task force will focus on equitable access to treatment.

Letters finally got the disease? Perhaps if “the people” he represents got the same VIP treatment and the same medicinal cocktail he received, then we could all say it’s nothing. But the staggering number of deaths in the U.S. indicates otherwise. Last Wednesday, as the chaos unfolded, Trump’s hoards of followers were rampaging through the Capitol, trying to stop his chosen vice president, Mike Pence, from doing his job, and the members of Congress from doing theirs. Seeing photos of them cowering under chairs sadly reminded me of the awful images we have seen or heard about too many times in our country, of schoolchildren, religious worshippers and others being in that same unfortunate situation. Some were lucky enough to be led out of harm’s way, but too many were not. We have seen so much ugliness in our country thanks to this “leadership.” I would be fired from my job if I ever referred to a colleague as “Pocahontas.” Yes, racial tensions have been around for a while, but they have escalated under Trump’s watch: BLM, anti-Semitism (yes, one of the rioters was wearing a “Camp Auschwitz” T-shirt). I could go on and on, but why? Until the powers that be open their eyes, I fear that things like this may just be allowed to happen, as they have been for the past four years. Now we are hearing about the rioters being arrested and eventually prosecuted to the “full extent of the law.” The followers are already being pursued, but

tunities and promise.” This comprehensive health equity approach needs to be understood in suburban regions like Long Island. Though we saw an outpouring of response to food insecurity in our communities as hundreds of distribution sites were set up, many of our fellow suburbanites used these services for the first time. The need for healthy and affordable food will persist when the pandemic has passed. Housing stability in the suburbs requires shifting from traditional singlefamily homes to multifamily housing and overcoming community resistance to supportive housing. Zoning changes will be required. At the same time, educational equity on Long Island is a fundamental suburban challenge as residential segregation and local control has restricted the quality of schools. Even something as basic as having local data publicly available to quantify health disparities so actions can be targeted is often missing in the suburbs. Nowhere on Nassau County’s daily “Covid-19 by the Numbers” tracker, for

example, is there a count of coronavirus cases, hospitalizations or deaths segmented by race and ethnicity. We cannot address what we do not see. Creating health equity in the suburbs will require a shift in how we approach what it means to be healthy. We cannot use the same approach and expect different results. The pandemic may have provided the push we need. Consider that the approved Covid-19 vaccines are based on a new approach to protecting against infectious diseases. Instead of putting an inactive germ in our bodies to trigger an immune response, mRNA vaccines teach our cells how to make a protein that produces antibodies to protect us from infection. This approach has been around for decades, but it took a crisis to push it into reality. The incoming Biden administration’s stated commitment to combating health care injustice during and after the pandemic is an opportunity for the suburbs to shift our approach to finally attain health equity. Dr. Martine Hackett is an associate professor in the Master of Public Health and Community Health Programs at Hofstra University.

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what about the instigator? Why is the president still the president? SUSAN WALD North Bellmore

Taxpayers and commuters deserve accountability To the Editor: There is more to State Sen. Todd Kaminsky’s call to speed up repairs to the East River railroad tunnels. U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer said in June 2016 that the Federal Transit Administration provided $432 million in Superstorm Sandy funding to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for repairs to the East River Tunnel. Almost five years later, there is no evidence that any of the funds have been used for their original intended purpose. The MTA and LIRR have yet to complete negotiations with Amtrak to start this work. Are there any other FTA grantfunded capital projects still not under contract, behind schedule, over budget or with excessive change orders to base contracts? Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Senators Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, MTA board members and other elected officials, including Kaminsky, and transit advocates need to look at how the billions of dollars in previously approved federal funds are being spent before complaining about future

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levels of Washington financial assistance being insufficient. Taxpayers and commuters deserve accountability. LARRY PENNER Great Neck

Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Office.

LONG BEACH HERALD — January 14, 2021

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