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LBHS junior leads fundraiser Group known as Long Beach Cancer Crew aims to collect $30,000

By DARwIN YANEs dyanes@liherald.com

Courtesy Long Beach Public Schools

NAtAlIA HAKIMzADEH Is a candidate for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s 2021 Long Island Student of the Year program.

When she was in eighth grade, Natalia Hakimzadeh organized a walk on the Long Beach boardwalk to raise funds for Cohen Children’s Medical Center. She called city officials to obtain the proper permits, led her fellow National Junior Honor Society members on the walk and raised about $1,400 for the hospital.

Now a junior at Long Beach High School, Hakimzadeh, 17,

has taken on another challenge amid the pandemic. After being nominated by Assistant Principal Dr. Francine Newman to take part in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s 2021 Long Island Student of the Year program, Hakimzadeh recruited a group of about 20 volunteers, who call themselves the Long Beach Cancer Crew, to collect donations and raise $30,000 for the society.

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Walsh is sworn in as Long Beach’s top cop

By JAMEs BERNstEIN jbernstein@liherald.com

Ron Walsh, the veteran highranking Nassau County police official who finally received a waiver from the state to become Long Beach’s new police commissioner, was sworn in last Friday.

Walsh’s appointment to the top city Police Department post was delayed for weeks while he waited for a waiver from the state Civil Service Commission that will allow him to work for the city and continue to collect his Nassau County pension.

His salary will be about $185,500 per year. Had he not received the state waiver, he would not have been permitted to earn more than $35,000 per year from Long Beach.

The state initially granted Walsh

a waiver that allowed him to work Some 14 community and relifor Long Beach until Feb. 28, but his gious leaders worked on the reform application for a twoplan, Walsh said, which ye a r w a ive r w a s w i l l eve n t u a l ly b e approved two weeks reviewed and voted on ago. His health and penby the Long Beach City sion benefits will be covCouncil. ered by Nassau County, The basic outline of for which he served 28 the plan, Walsh said, years with the Police will include “more Department. His last transparency and post was chief of supimproving the departport. ment’s website.” The In an interview site, he said, will show before he was sworn in, RoN wAlsH summonses that police Walsh, 55, said that he Police have written, arrests would release Long officers have made, case commissioner Beach’s police reform outcomes and service plan by April 1. Gov. activities that officers Andrew Cuomo has ordered every have undertaken, such as medical or police department in the state to pro- other aid to the public. duce such a plan.

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largely Black North Park community have reached out to him about improving relations with the Police Department. He has held meetings with those residents, and more are planned.

Additionally, he said, he is working on a plan to combine the communications of the police and fire departments, and eventually to cross-train their members in order to respond to calls more efficiently.

Last week, County Executive Laura Curran released Nassau’s 395page NCPD Reform plan, which includes details on improving the collection of racial and ethnic data from traffic stops and implementing a body camera program for county police.

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Cancer fundraiser runs through March 16 ety’s Long Island Student of the Year program, with a philanthropic spirit, positive attitude, col- and Hakimzadeh said she was happy to start the laborative nature, and she has the fortitude to be tradition at the school. Since there can be as able to take on a leadership role during the pan- many as three candidates per school, she plans to work with other candidates to lead next year’s demic,” Newman said.

Hakimzadeh began recruiting her friends to campaign.

She praised her team members for help in the effort last November, and their commitment and hard work. then hung fliers around the school “My team is filled with just remarkand used social media to recruit able and amazing students that are so other students. She also emailed pardriven and committed,” she said. “I ents and other classmates, asking for really want to give credit to my team. their support.

I’m just really excited to see where we “I’m the type of person that if I end up, and I hope for them all to join have an opportunity, I’ll take it,” she next year and continue the legacy.” said. “I was a little bit shaky at first, Hakimzadeh has many dreams, but once Dr. Newman told me about but for now she is focused on preparthe organization and what the caming for the SAT and ACT exams. She paign was about . . . I had to do it.” serves as secretary of the Student The students created social media Organization and is a member of the campaigns, and have partnered with soccer team, the Key Club and the Chipotle Mexican Grill, in Oceanside, National Honor Society. She is also an and Panera Bread, in Island Park, to Dr. FranCine International Baccalaureate diploma help gather donations for the fund- newMan candidate, and hopes to be a pre-med raiser. Part of the proceeds collected Assistant principal, major in college, with a focus on pediby the restaurants will go to the stuLBHS atrics. dents’ fundraiser.

“As a team, I am beyond impressed They have also designed a line of and inspired by what they have apparel that includes T-shirts, crewnecks and hoodies. Students Jasmine Soriano and Robin done,” Newman said. “The team was creative and Xiao collaborated to design a logo for the apparel, innovative in developing new fundraising activiwhich is being sold through Long Island Athletic. ties to reach people during this challenging year, They currently have about 50 orders, and are hop- and they have done it with joy and a big heart.”

For more information, visit the crew’s Instaing for more.

The team has until March 16 to meet its $30,000 gram page, at longbeach_cancercrew, and the link to donate is https://events.lls.org/li/lisoy21/ goal.

This is the first time that a Long Beach student nataliahakimzadeh. will take part in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Soci-

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Courtesy Natalia Hakimzadeh

a Collage Consisting of members of the Long Beach Cancer Crew.

New police commissioner promises reforms continued from front page All police commissioners, Walsh said, would like more officers under their command. Long Beach currently has 65 officers, but he added that any increase in the force would have to be discussed with City Manager Donna Gayden and the City Council. Gayden has said that Long Beach is “ecstatic” to have Walsh as police commissioner.

He succeeds Interim Commissioner Phil Ragona, a 34-year member of the department who recently retired.

Walsh and Ragona made a joint public appearance in late October, with each making the case that he was the best person for the job. Ragona stressed his more than three decades of experience in Long Beach. Walsh said he had helped run a larger department, and was also familiar with the city.

He said at the time that he planned to improve the city’s cybersecurity systems, which were hacked late last year, causing disruptions in phone and computer networks.

Walsh was named commissioner in December, after the field was narrowed to about a dozen applicants. He had been working as a consultant for Long Beach until his two-year waiver was approved.

“Ron really has an incredibly broad and successful professional profile, which makes him eminently qualified for this job,” City Council President John Bendo said in a statement. “We are committed to the kind of progressive contemporary policing and public safety that Chief Walsh advocates for and practices. Policing today is about listening, transparency, respect for the power and pride of diversity within our community, and having law enforcement partners who are committed to serving our community through inclusion practices that build consensus.”

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City Manager Donna Gayden swore in Police Commisioner Ronald Walsh last Friday.

“The Council has high expectations of Chief Walsh and the department,” Bendo added, “and we are delighted that he is ready to begin to serve our community.”

Walsh told the Herald that he initially wanted to be a lawyer, but became a special agent for the U.S. Department of Justice, working for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He served two years there and three years as a New York City police officer, in Far Rockaway, before joining the NCPD in 1992. There he served as a police officer, sergeant, lieutenant, detective lieutenant, captain, deputy inspector, inspector, deputy chief and assistant chief before becoming chief of support.

He is a graduate of the Senior Management Institute for Police and the FBI National Academy.

Years ago, Walsh worked as a “summer special” in Long Beach, helping to police the boardwalk.

Now living in Locust Valley, he said he was planning to buy a home in Freeport.

He said he had fallen in love with being a police officer. “I can’t think of any bad day,” he said of his work through the years. “There isn’t a bad day when you love what you’re doing.”

Purim, a time to pull together On Thursday evening, the festival of On that day, a celebration ensued and Purim is celebrated. This commemo- the anniversary of this moment became rates an event in history, around 565 established as the holiday of Purim.

Typically, Esther is viewed as the herBCE, when the Jewish population of Persia amazingly averted genocide. The oine for her bravery. Indeed, the official details read like a cross between a Holly- annual retelling of the story is from a wood blockbuster and a made for Disney document called the Scroll of Esther.

Mordachai is revered as well for his fairytale.

It begins with an elaborate banquet insight, wisdom and resolve. But this year let us pause to considhosted by King Xerxes, in er the role of the King of his winter palace located in Persia.

Susa. He summons Vashti, Today we are faced with his Queen, but she refuses systemic racism against to attend, and this affront African-Americans, even results in the loss of her though we know that Black title and her removal from lives matter. There has the royal court. recently been an unpreceThe King thus begins a dented increase in antisearch for a new Queen, Semitism, and an uptick in and he casts a wide net random attacks on Asians, throughout his vast empire. and Muslims. DiscriminaHe finally selects Esther tion against the Latino and whom we are told possesses LGBTQ communities magnificent beauty, both ack anerhaft abound, and a wave of negwithin and without. Upon ativity toward all types of her ascension to the throne, immigrants continues.

Mordechai, her uncle, the We should be mindful and motivated de facto leader of the local Jewish community, instructs Esther to conceal her by examples of inclusion and justice by those in power who see the common Judaic heritage.

Shortly thereafter, Haman, a key but humanity in all humans, who demonevil adviser to Xerxes, felt insulted by strate that there really is no “other,” but Mordechai “the Jew”, so he decided to simply an all of “us.”

King Xerxes could have easily exact revenge against all the Israelites demanded that Esther, now exposed as a living in the kingdom.

Haman convinces the King to order Jewess, be killed along with her kinsan ethnic cleansing, to put to death all folk per Haman’s original plot.

However, it did not faze the King that of the Hebrews dwelling in all of the provinces under the King’s rule. The Esther prayed to a different God (he date of the mass murder was picked by believed in a version of Zoroastrianism) chance, through a “lottery”, which in or that she came from a different culPersian is called a “pur”, hence the ture, with customs, rituals, language, clothing and foods that were not similar name Purim.

To prevent the impending annihila- to his.

He saw Esther simply as the woman tion, Mordechai asks Queen Esther to reveal her true identity and lineage to he adored. What an important and relather husband and to request that the able message to us from many millennia Monarch save her people from destruc- ago. In this story the King saw Greek, Jew, Iranian and Ethiopian as equal tion.

R i s k i n g h e r ow n l i f e, E s t h e r subjects under his protection.

For this feature of Purim, all peoples approaches and appeals to the King.

Because of his genuine love for his wife, of all faiths should rejoice.

Xerxes agrees to undo Haman’s edict to wipe out an entire minority demograph- Jack Zanerhaft is the chief rabbi at Temple Emanu-El of Long Beach. ic in his domain.

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State Sen. KaminSKy is asking New York State Department of Transportation Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez to consider replacing the Loop Parkway’s aging drawbridge,

Kaminksy urges officials to study replacing drawbridge State Sen. Todd Kaminsky asked New York State Department of Transportation (“NYSDOT”) Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez to consider replacing the Loop Parkway’s aging drawbridge, which often requires repairs and frequently causes significant delays for motorists entering and exiting the Long Beach Barrier Island. Continuing his advocacy from years past, at today’s Transportation Legislative Budget Hearing, Kaminsky continued to urge NYSDOT to study replacing the antiquated bridge with a structure that will not need to accommodate passing boats.

“The Loop Parkway’s antiquated drawbridge causes significant traffic hassles — a perpetual issue I have continued to press the State Transportation Commissioner about,” Kaminsky said, a member of the Senate Transportation Committee.

“Replacing this relic of the past with an elevated bridge that does not need to be raised and lowered will go a long way in making motorists’ lives easier, and I look forward to working with NYSDOT this

year to finally make that a reality.”

Built in 1934, the Loop Parkway is the main thoroughfare for drivers accessing Long Beach, Lido Beach and Point Lookout from the Meadowbrook Parkway. During the summer months when both marine and automobile traffic are at a peak, the constant raising and lowering of the drawbridge causes massive gridlock in both directions on the Loop Parkway. The bridge has undergone significant repairs in the past few years. In September 2017, Kaminsky secured a $22 million grant for upgrades and maintenance fixes to the drawbridge.

Commissioner Dominguez pledged to look into the Senator’s concerns and make the necessary repairs a priority in the coming year.

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Courtesy State Sen. Todd Kaminsky; compiled by Darwin Yanes.

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MLK re-opens at 50 percent capacity jbernstein@liherald.com

The Martin Luther King Center, a key facility for children, seniors and people in need of food, will reopen at 50 percent capacity beginning Friday, after being closed for nearly a year while it tried to comply with New York State covid regulations.

Negotiations to reopen the MLK Center have dragged on for months, while city and center officials discussed ways to reopen the facility that serves about 300 children and seniors as well as those who are food insecure.

The partial re-opening was announced by the center in a press release Wednesday.

“It is with a high level of excitement and hope that we greet you with this message,” Mack Graham MLK’s executive director, said in a statement.

“We are thrilled to announce that after months of negotiations with the City of Long Beach, that the Long Beach Martin Luther King Center will reopen its doors and program to our community on Friday, February 26,” Graham said.

He said in an interview that aside from permission to operate at 50 percent capacity, the center will also conduct arts and crafts classes, provide homework help to school children, operate a fitness center and offer financial literacy sessions.

“We going for a slow-start,” Graham

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the center has been closed for almost a year while it and LB worked out covid safety procedures. said. He said the center will abider by state covid regulations as to when it is able to open fully.

“Initially, we will be operating at 50% capacity and will not surpass that benchmark at any time until notified that we may do so. Pre-registration is required to participate in weekly programs at the Center. All persons who enter the building must complete COVID screening as well,” the center said in its release.

James Hodge, the chairman of the center’s board of directors, said he was thrilled at the agreement for the center to open, even partially. He has said the center is still seeking a lease.

The center, on Riverside Boulevard, provides educational and recreational activities to children and adults yearround. But since the pandemic took last March, the public has not been allowed inside the building. The center, in con-

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junction with the Long Beach school district, continued to provide food to those in need, but it must be distributed outside.

At times during the closure, relations between the city and the center were contentious.

In May, Hodge James Hodge, took to Facebook early to announce that the city had locked the doors to the and that he was unable to get inside, preventing cooks from preparing meals for some 300 people.

Hodge asked people to call the city to demand the center be re-opened. On the Facebook video, Hodge is wearing a mask and the video is live.

“I just came to the center to open the door this morning,” Hodge said in the video. “The key just doesn’t go in. They changed the lock. Our cooks won’t be able to get in.”

The city said it had closed the MLK Center for fire safety reasons.

The MLK is also seeking financial help and has started “The Dream Continues Campaign.”

The center said its goal is to raise #35,000 to support start-up programs and general operations. The campaign is to run through May 30th.

Donations can be sent via text to LBMLK 44-321.

Donations may also be made through CashApp at ($LBMLK), or mail to Long Beach Martin Luther King Center, Inc.at 615 Riverside Blvd., Long Beach, NY 11561.

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community update Ongoing Library Board Meeting 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.

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.

AIP celebrates Black History Month

Black Jacks: Black Sailors and the Underground Railroad Starring Vienna Carroll and the Folk, you’ll discover the rich and engaging history of pre-Civil War Black sailors in this dynamic presentation which includes slides, storytelling, and song.

Learn the hidden stories of these sailors, how they impacted history, and sing along to the sea shanties sprinkled throughout the presentation. The virtual event will take place from 2-3.m. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Artist In Partnership, Inc. and the Long Beach Library are celebrating the contributions of African Americans to the History of America. Join them on Feb. 27 and March 6 on Zoom.

Sunday, Feb. 28

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, first-served.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.

Thursday, Feb. 25 Fall Prevention Workshop with Lori Ginsberg Every second of the day in the United States, an older adult falls—making falls the leading cause of injury and deaths from injury among older Americans. Taking some simple steps to prevent falls can help you or those you love stay active, confident and independent.The virtual event will take place from 1-2 p.m. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Paltrocast W/Darren Paltrowitz: Long Island Music, Yesterday & Today Miss the music scene? Curious about

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the local history of music in Long Beach and Long Island? Then join our new music discussion panel led by author Darren Paltrowitz, creator and host of the @Paltrowitz podcast, Lido Beach musician Scott Waldman, owner of Waldman Management, and Neil Saini, co-founder of Artist for Artist Management. The virtual event will take place from 5-6 p.m. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Thursday Night Trivia: U.S. History Download the free Kahoot app and join library staff for a fun night of intriguing history questions. The winner will receive a gift card to Starbucks. The virtual event will take place from 7:30 -8:30 p.m. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Purim Megillah reading and festivities Temple Emanu-El of Long Beach invites the community to join them for their Purim Megillah reading and festivities - Megillah: A Traditionally Modern Reading. Children, young and old, are invited to Zoom in wearing costumes (if you choose) as Rabbi Jack Zanerhaft reads the scroll and Cantor Lisa Klinger Kantor and Lori Weinbloom lead you in song as we joyously and safely celebrate the festival of Purim.

Friday, Feb. 26 Film Discussion: The Last Black Man in San Francisco Join Library staff for their Friday Film discussion. This week we’re watching the 2019 drama, The Last Black Man in San

Francisco (Rated R, 2hrs) which is available on hoopla or Kanopy free with your library card! The virtual event will take place from 1-2 p.m. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Saturday, Feb. 27 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.

The library is forgiving fees in February.

Zoning board meets Feb. 25 at 7 p.m.

The library’s Children’s room will be closed until Sunday, Feb. 28.

For snow storm updates, call the Storm Emergency Hotline at 516-431-1000.

Work on the Long Beach Bridge continues this week.

Join us for a special live performance from Lady J of the Sugar & Spice Soul Band featuring Darryl Kendrick on saxophone! They’ll be performing your favorite motown jams with a sweet mix of disco and soul music. The vibe is motown & soul with a mix of contemporary rhythm and blues and jazz. Don’t miss 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.

Monday, March 1 Job Search Workshop: Update Your Resume Are you looking for a new job or career? Long Beach Public Library will be offering a series of free job search workshops to provide you with the tools you need for success.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.

Long Beach Writers’ Circle If you’re a writer and want to join other local writers serious about the craft, then come join our Writers’ Circle on Monday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Boardwalk benches in need of repair again jbernstein@liherald.com

Part of the pleasure of living or visiting Long Beach is sitting on the benches on the 2,2 mile boardwalk. But the pleasure is becoming more of a pain as many of the benches are badly in need of repair. Again.

Tom Canner, the city’s director of operations for the Department of Public Works, told a city council working session two weeks ago that about one third of the 970 benches are in need of repair.

Each year, the benches are lashed by UV rays and salt water. People exercise on them, further weakening the boards.

In an interview earlier this week, Canner said the city spent $63,000 year-to-date to fix a number of benches. By the middle of this past summer, the work was completed. Now, he said, the city could be looking at $110,000 to fix about one-third of the benches.

“Here we are again,” Canner said. “We can’t keep doing this.”

The benches are among Long Beach’s most popular attractions.

Most benches had been purchased from the city by loved ones for about $3,000 each.

People place plaques on the benches to commemorate those they have lost. A number of benches are dedicated to people who died on 9/11, including fire fighters, police officers, other first responders or those who died in their offices in the twin towers.

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aBout one-third of the benches on the boardwalk are in need of repair before spring. years? Assistant city corporation counsel Rich Berrios said he would look into the issue.

Several council members discussed whether a fourth leg could be added to the benches, to make them more sturdy and less prone to damage from people who use them to exercise. But that, too, would be costly, Canner said.

Council members, and city manager Donna Gayden, said they will further consider the issue before making any final

Canner said the benches are then donated to the city for public use. Those who buy the benches assume the city will maintain them, Canner said.

The benches are highly-popular in Long Beach. About 300 people are on a waiting list to buy a bench, Canner said.

At the council working session, council member Liz Treston asked whether the city is “responsible forever” for the benches, or whether those who buy might be responsible for their upkeep after three

decisions.

Ian Danby, chairman of the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce, who along with several others, purchased a bench some years ago, agreed that a number of the benches are in need of repair. He said the city charges too much for the benches and hopes a less-expensive alternative can be found.

Additionally, Danby said, “If you’re going to own a bench, you should pay for the maintenance.”

Roy Lester, a former president of the Long Beach school board who follows city policy closely, said “It is mind blowing mismanaged this has been.” He said city official have repeatedly talked in the past about fixing the benches, and money has been spent before to repair them, and still, the problem remains.

Jim Hennessy, a former city council member, said he also believed people who paid for a bench should be responsible for its upkeep.

“I’d be willing to pay $50, or $100 a year for this,” said Hennessey, who bought a bench in 1999, after his sister, Marybeth Hendery, died.

The benches took their worst beating during Super storm Sandy in 2012 after the boardwalk was destroyed,. The benches were put in storage for a year while the boardwalk as re-built. The benches were placed in their original positions, based on city records.

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Alzheimer’s group funding NYU research The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, headed by former New York State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr., of Merrick, has awarded a $250,000 grant to NYU Langone Hospital in Mineola to expand and accelerate research that it is conducting to uncover the underlying causes of Alzheimer’s disease, with the goal of developing new treatments and slowing the progression of the disease. This AFA award follows a $100,000 grant in 2019 that began the cutting-edge research project.

The NYU Langone clinicians and scientists are seeking to approximate brain behavior by reprogramming human cells derived from Alzheimer’s patients. Based on genetic information collected through voluntary blood donations from many patients, the team can distinguish where Alzheimer’s neurons diverge from healthy neurons, and from there take corrective action. This allows the team to then non-invasively explore the potential development of new treatments.

The study is led by Dr. Allison Reiss, head of the Inflammation Laboratory at the Biomedical Research Institute at NYU Langone Hospital and associate professor of Medicine at NYU Long Island School of Medicine. Reiss is also a member of AFA’s Medical, Scientific and Memory Screening Advisory Board.

“This new funding allows us to quicken the pace of our work and include participants with only mild cognitive impairment, allowing us to study subtle changes in the composition and metabolism of neurons before advanced Alzheimer’s has taken hold,” Reiss said.

“The brain is the body’s most inaccessible and complex organ, making it extraordinarily challenging for scientists to develop new treatments and cures for Alzheimer’s,” Fuschillo said. “This grant enables the NYU Langone Health team to

Courtesy Alzheimer’s Foundation of America

The Alzheimer’s FoundATion of American recently awarded NYU Langone in Mineola a $250,000 grant to conduct research into the causes of and treatments for Alzheimer’s disease. Above, Dr. Allison Reiss, head of the Inflammation Laboratory at the Biomedical Research Institute at NYU Langone Hospital. expand the number of participants, perform additional cutting-edge work and accelerate the pace of this very promising research study. The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America is very pleased to make this investment in hope.”

“Having cared for a loved one with Alzheimer’s, I know the impact this disease has on families and how desperately new treatments are needed,” said AFA founder and Chairman Bert Brodsky.

“We’re hopeful that NYU Langone’s research can make a game-changing scientific breakthrough that will improve the lives of families affected by this terrible disease.”

Reiss and her team have been gathering blood samples from individuals liv-

ing with Alzheimer’s, as well as those without the disease. From each blood sample, the research team isolates exosomes that originated in the patient’s brain. Exosomes are small particles shed from every cell, including neurons in the brain. These extracellular pieces, or vesicles, derived from brain neurons carry key genetic information. Researchers are investigating the differences in this genetic information between healthy people and those with Alzheimer’s.

The aim is to use the information gained to reprogram Alzheimer’s neurons to behave more like those in healthy people. The research team is also testing a number of drugs for possible repurposing and use in Alzheimer’s disease, as

well as seeking new gene-editing approaches to treatments.

The new grant will allow the study to expand the participant pool to include those with mild cognitive impairment. By comparing this group to the original pool of participants who have already progressed to full-blown Alzheimer’s, the earliest deviations from normal can be captured. The study is also being expanded to include first-degree relatives of individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease. Additionally, the grant will allow the team to accelerate the project by using more complex tools to analyze the effectiveness of novel treatments to restore cellular and mitochondrial function.

Reiss is joined by Dr. Aaron Pinkhasov, chairman of psychiatry, and Dr. Irving Gomolin, chief of geriatrics, at NYU Langone on Long Island; Dr. Joshua De Leon, associate professor of clinical medicine at the NYU Long Island School of Medicine; and Dr. Lora Kasselman, assistant professor of foundations of medicine, and Dr. Thomas Wisniewski, the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman professor of the NYU Alzheimer’s Disease Center.

According to Reiss, in the last two decades, only a handful of medicines were approved to treat Alzheimer’s disease, while the vast majority of clinical trials were halted. Trials typically rely on research first conducted on mice or using spinal fluid, and those often fail to replicate the complex neurological activity in the human brain. That contrasts with research to find cures for cancers of the liver, lungs and other vital organs, where it is increasingly common for pieces of tissue to be extracted for biopsies—and for profiling of cancer cells—to develop with optimal treatment regimens.

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Inside LI to host Black History Month webinar By nicole Alcindor nalcindor@liherald.com

In honor of Black History Month, Herald Inside LI will host a webinar featuring Black leaders on Long Island on Feb. 25 at 9:30 a.m.

S p e a ke r s w i l l i n cl u d e P h i l Andrews, president of the Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce Inc.; Regina Armstrong, superintendent of the Hempstead School District; Frederick Brewington, owner, principal, civil rights lawyer and community activist at the Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington; Margo Cargill, CEO of Titanium Linx Consulting Inc.; and Daniel Lloyd, vice president of the of Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce, and founder and president of Minority Millennials Inc. The speakers will by Zoom discuss their industries and the culture of

today’s workplaces. They will also discuss how communities have adapted to social justice and racial equity issues, as well as provide insight on how leaders can best harness their influence to impact Long Island.

To register to watch the webinar on the scheduled date or receive a recording of the event, go to LIHerald.com/BlackHistoryMonth.

To sponsor a webinar or for more information, contact Amy Amato at aamato@richnerlive.com or call (516) 569-4000, ext. 224.

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By James Bernstein jbernstein@liherald.com

Dr. Harriet Curtin Arnone of Long Beach, who earned a doctorate in psychology at the City University of New York and later worked at the Institute for Middle East Peace & Development and other organizations, died Feb. 9 after a long battle with cancer. She was 74 and had lived in both Long Beach and Point Lookout for many Harriet Curtin years. arnone Known as “Hattie,” she earned her doctorate from CUNY in 1975 while pregnant with her son Andrew and raising another son, Chris.

She graduated cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Middlebury college in 1969.

During her career, Arnone worked at the Urban Institute in Washington, DC, The Institute for Middle East Peace & Development, Metro-North Commuter Railroad and the New York Institute of Technology.

She traveled the world both personally and professionally, visiting, among many other places, Soviet Russia, Latvia, Western Europe, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Greece, Israel and Palestine, Egypt, Jordan, Dubai and China.

“She left devotees at every stop,” said her son, Chris, of Long Beach.

“Hattie was trailblazing, open-hearted, wise, tireless, and did not suffer fools lightly,” her son said. “These qualities inspired passionate devotion in many—if not

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always in the aforementioned fools. She was famously intolerant of mischief as perpetrated by her sons and their compatriots, but reversed this position later in life.”

“Hattie refused to correct misbehavior in her grandchildren so Oliver, Max, Amelia, Olivia, Martin and Oriana have only heard the tales of Hattie: legendary disciplinarian,” her son Chris said.

He said she lived a super-turbo charged life.

“Hattie lived life at a higher frequency than most people. She wore a unique, angular hairstyle and had eyes of the most shocking blue. She found fun in the lowest moments, and no one enjoyed the best moments more. ‘Don’t be sad it’s over, be glad it happened’ does not cover the passing of a woman as full of life as Hattie,” he said.

She was pre-deceased by her second husband, Martin.

She was born to Peter and Harriet

Arnone in New York on December 15, 1946.

Aside from her son Chris, she is survived also by her other son, Andrew, of New Jersey; brothers Peter and Paul, of Hicksville, step-children Ariel and Shira, and six grand- and step-grandchildren.

Online memorials are scheduled for February 27 and 28 at 3pm, and a celebration of life is planned for May 1.

For details see: everloved.com/memorial/harriet-arnone.

LONG BEACH HERALD — February 25, 2021

Dr. Harriet Curtin Arnone, psychologist, dies at 74

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Students represent L.B. in exhibition Long Beach High School is proud to announce that seven students had their photography selected for a juried exhibition presented by the Art Guild titled “My 20/20 World.” Their work is featured in an online show that is on display until March 10.

Erick Cisneros, Ariana Cruz, Adrianna Flores, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Liliana Parlakian, Ana Ramirez and Hannah Ramirez were recognized for their respective entries: “Point of View,” “Lonely Soul,” “Sunshine,” “A New Day,” “Hidden Rainbow,” “Red Climax” and “Leaves.” Additionally, a piece by photography teacher Lorraine Levchenko titled “Inside” is included in the show.

The Art Guild accepted portraits, landscapes, photojournalism, macro photography and composite pieces from photographers and artists in high school and beyond. This year’s theme encouraged participants to share creativity that they discovered through the challenges of the pandemic.

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Baby, it’s cold outside Embrace the season — indoors and out

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his winter season, like so much during the pandemic, is very different as Covid-19 is still very much a threat and we’re trying to do our part to stop the spread and stay healthy. The good news is that wintertime offers many opportunities to have some family fun — even during the pandemic.

More good news? Masks to keep you safe from the virus keep your face warm in the winter too! Here is another piece of good news: with vaccinations now underway, the likelihood of a more normal winter next year is high.

Keeping kids busy and focused during the pandemicinduced isolation has definitely taken its toll on all of us. It was burden enough when the weather was nice, but now that we’ve been thrust into our new normal of freezing temperatures, frequent snowstorms, etc., our quarantine life seems more challenging than ever.

So while that family getaway most likely is cancelled this year, there are still plenty of ways to beat the winter blahs. Yes, family activities are a must right now — even getting outside.

Go for a hike! Get your family — and doggo if applicable — and hit a trail or even the beach. Experience the unique appeal of the beach in wibter.

Discover a new board game. Families can bond over the discovery and learning of board games. Newer-age games like The Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, and Carrcasonne offer fresh strategy. But classics like Monopoly and Candy Land are always winners.

Complete a puzzle. Jigsaw puzzles are a great family/ team building exercise. Work as a team on one aspect of the puzzle, or assign a unique part of the puzzle to each family member.

Reenact a favorite movie. With a quick search online, you should be able to find the script to a family favorite movie or favorite scene. Cast family members into their favorite roles and watch the movie magic unfold in your living room.

Bake a new recipe. Find a new holiday recipe and bake it together. It is a great way to teach new skills, reinforce math skills, and start a family tradition. Also, since baking has elements of chemistry, there is an added academic component that is the proverbial — and literal — icing on the cake.

Feed the birds. While plants sit dormant in winter, birds are still active, providing a great opportunity to aid our feathered friends. Kids can have fun making a simple birdfeeder, or buy one that sticks right to your window for up-close viewing.

Put on a performance. Maybe you all learn the same dance, act out a short play, or have a family talent show.

Distant relatives will be thrilled to tune in to a live steam and you’ll create a memory that will last a lifetime (especially if it is recorded!)

Solve a (fictional) murder. For families with older children, you can spice up the traditional family game night with a murder mystery game. Get into the spirit of the whodunit with costumes and accessories, character backstories, and food or decorations to match the storyline. A quick online search will provide ideas to get you started.

Make caring cards. Your family can create hand-made cards that you can mail or drop off to a local nursing home, senior center, hospital, police/fire station, schools, etc. People will appreciate the cards, especially during the pandemic. If you send the cards to schools, teachers will love the support, especially this year!

Campout in the living room. This winter everyone could use a change-of-scene. Why not turn your living room into a bedroom and have a family campout? Create tents with sheets draped over furniture. Make sure to bring some books and read under the tents with flashlights!

Make a list of new recipes to try. Designate one night of the week to test out each recipe. Each family could be in charge of one of the recipes.

Awesome STEM toys Facilitate learning and critical thinking and in a fun, approachable way

Do a room makeover. Or even just rearrange the furniture, in the kid's rooms or playroom so they can have a change of scenery without leaving home Research a new outdoor spot. Explore it and plan a day around it and enjoy the adventure!

Go through clothes and toys and donate to those in need. It will feel good to clean out your closets and help others Host a virtual Bingo night via Zoom. Invite friends or family to join in. Offer prizes you can mail to the winners.

Build a snow fort or a snowperson. Weather allowing of course! Add to the fun by having hot chocolate outside under the stars. Set out chairs at least six feet apart and invite the neighbors.

Research places to volunteer. Helping others will help lift your spirits. Many non-profit organizations are open to having volunteers safely either remotely or inperson. Contact some of your favorite local organizations and ask them how your family can help.

Host a neighborhood food drive. Food pantries now need pantry donations as demand has increased significantly during the pandemic. Post flyers around the neighborhood or put them in mailboxes. Set a goal — maybe one can for each day of winter? Contact your food pantry of choice to find out if they have specific needs and when you can drop off the donations.

Art night! Choose one night (or day) each week to create something amazing together. It could be a large banner with an inspirational message, vision boards, placemats displaying the holiday cards you received this year, a magnificent centerpiece using items from nature — anything goes!

Learn a new sport together. This might be cross country skiing, snowshoeing, skating, speed walking, weight lifting, gymnastics, running, or anything that your family is interested in exploring. Staying active this winter will be important for your physical and mental health. n

Above photo: Winter can be a tough time of the year, even under the best of circumstances. Thanks to the chilly temperatures and lack of sunlight, many people deal with the winter blues on an annual basis — and that was before we ever heard the phrase “social distancing.” With a little creativity (and even a few extra layers), you might even find new reasons to love the wintertime!

If it wasn’t for your grade school children, you may have never heard of the term STEM learning. Initiated by the National Science Foundation, STEM education stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. While the geezers in the back (ahem, that’s us!) played with Barbies and G.I. Joes, this emphasis on instilling an attitude of curiosity and inquiry for children of a young age is quite highly regarded.

As parents, we should be introducing our children to the scientific method, a systematic and logical approach used to answer a question or solve a problem. This lets our children see the world from a different perspective and gives them the desire to learn how things in the world actually work, and why they are the way they are. STEM games for kids are a great way to have a kid or teen's mind practice different ways to solve problems, thinking through each step like a game of checkers. Here are some creative ideas.

Galaxy Rocket Ship Recommended ages: 3 and older MagnaTiles has turned into a household brand, so its partnership with CreateOn just seems like a natural fit. With the Galaxy Rocket Ship, your child can unlock a world of learning about planets and the solar system. Side one builds a rocket ship, while side two includes all the planets of the solar system, two versions of the sun, the moon, and an astronaut.

Botley 2.0 Recommended ages: 5 and older If you’re tired of having your kids sit in front of a screen (I’m talking to you, remote learning), then Botley 2.0 is a great choice.

It lets kids enjoy educational, screen-free STEM fun with handson coding and critical thinking without the need for a phone or tablet. Children will code their way through obstacle courses with simple sequences and explore ways to code through colors and movements.

Kodable Recommended ages: 5 and older Kodable is a STEM curriculum that allows kids as young as kindergarten to learn coding basics. The award-winning learnto-code program provides easy-to-follow lessons and games that can be done at home. With Kodable, kids through fifth grade have the opportunity to think like a programmer and grow to learn how to write JavaScript.

Shashibo Recommended ages: 7 and older Tap into a child’s imagination with Shashibo, which is just as interesting as the name suggests. The shape-shifting box (that sort of resembles origami?) transforms into more than 70 shapes. If you have the opportunity to get more than one, your child will be able to combine several cubes to build even larger shapes, sculptures, and structions. n Above photo: STEM toys help your child dabble in critical scientific fields in a fun way, building mental bridges to move them ahead of the crowd faster.

Celebrating Purim in a time of covid grape juice, and will be left at the doorstep of Grandell, in keeping with New York State covid regulations.

Haman, the evil Persian Empire offiBerlin said about 30 of the children at cial who wanted to murder thousands of the synagogue, ages 5 to 11, wrote cards Jews in ancient times, will not be the for seniors at Grandell to read. only villain around this Purim.

“They may enjoy the cards more than The other will be covid. the food and drink,” Berlin said.

Purim, which commemorates the sav“I hope next year we can bring presing of the Jewish people ents to you in person,” wrote from Haman, will look a little one 9-year-old. different in Long Beach this “Have a happy Purim!” year, because of the covid wrote a five-year-old who pandemic. included a drawing of a The holiday, celebrated on happy face and hearts.

Thursday evening and Fri“Purim is centered day this year, is marked by around joy,” Berlin said. the giving of gifts to friends Benny Berlin “And the great joy is giving and relatives, dressing up in to others. We are trying to exotic costumes and the read- Rabbi reach out to seniors who are ing of the Megillah, the Book isolated because of the panof Esther. demic.”

The pandemic has changed the tradiAt Chabad of the Beaches, this year’s tional indoor celebrations. celebration will be called Frozen Purim The Bach the Jewish Center in Long because of the recent cold and snowy Beach will be delivering 100 holiday weather, said Rabbi Eli Goodman. themed care packages to the residents of The congregation will celebrate outthe Grandell Rehabilitation and Nursing doors due to covid regulations, and the Center, said Rabbi Benny Berlin. The Megillah, which usually takes about 50 number 100 was chosen, Berlin said, to minutes to read, will be read in 20 minmark the synagogue’s growing member- utes by a speed reader, Goodman said. ship, which now totals 100 families, Congregants will be dressed as essenmany of whom joined during the pan- tial workers to celebrate those who demic. worked with covid patients during the The packages will include the haman- pandemic. That will include doctors, taschen cakes, cookies, chocolates and nurses, fire fighters, police officers, and

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Children from the Bach Jewish Center packed Purim gifts for seniors at the Grandell nursing home.

Ahasuerus of Persia, and he planned to kill all the Jews in the empire. His plans were foiled by Mordecai and Esther, his cousin, and adopted daughter who had become Queen of Persia. The day of deliverance became a day of feasting and rejoicing.

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EMTs. Goodman said he will be dressed as an emergency room doctor.

There will be a drive-by Friday. Those in cars will be given Purim packages, and the cars will be decorated Purim style, which means, offbeat.

Haman was the royal vizier to King

The power of reframing What if you realized that if you don’t know something, you’re not stupid? If anything, you’re ignorant, which is fine – as we all know some stuff and we’re ignorant about other stuff. And whatever you need to know, you can learn.

Now imagine that you were asked to teach your colleagues a new software program. If you’re still thinking you’re stupid, your first response is likely to be a host of reasons why you can’t do this. “They shouldn’t have asked me,” “I’m going to make a fool of myself,” “I’m no expert about this program!” Hang on to these negative frames, and you’ll become increasingly anxious and panicked.

Reframe them and see how that alters your inner dialogue. “What an opportunity! It’s great my boss has so much confidence in my tech skills. This could be a chance for me to shine, even though I apadin know I’ll have to put a lot of work into it. Time to get going!”

Hear the difference reframing can make in your personal life?

If you’re looking for creative ways to reframe a situation, listen to how others think of it. Now here’s the hard part.

Squelch your knee jerk reaction to tell them how wrong they are. Or how they just don’t understand. Or how they just don’t get it.

Instead, listen! See if another’s assessment of you (or of the situation) might make sense. Once you get into the habit of reframing, you’ll find it much easier to build up your self-confidence and resolve your inner conflicts.

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We grow up believing that what we assume to be true is true – with little awareness that we actively interpret the world. We view some behavior as natural, some thoughts as normal. If they differ from how we behave or think, we view them as weird, wrong, immoral, crazy or just plain stupid.

How you interpret an experience is called framing. Actively changing your inter pretation is called reframing.

If we, as a society, never reframed our beliefs, we’d still think that women should not be able to vote, own property or voice an opinion that’s independent from their husbands. If we never reframed, we’d still think that children should be seen but not heard and whipped mercilessly if they don’t behave or pay attention. We’d still believe in the horror of slavery and the righteousinda ness of jailing debtors and much more that seems outrageously wrong to us today.

Thank goodness, society has reframed much of what was passionately believed to be right and natural. But it’s not just society that needs to reframe. It’s also you and me. We must not hang on to beliefs if they no longer apply.

An example: Perhaps you were brought up in a family where you were frequently told that you were selfish if you wanted a toy for yourself and stupid if your grades weren’t stellar. Your parents didn’t mean to be mean; they just didn’t know any better as they themselves were brought up that way. You, however, internalized these beliefs, which lowered your self-esteem and self-confidence when you were a kid.

And still today.

Now what if you reframed those beliefs?

What if you realized that to want something for yourself or to speak up for yourself is not selfish? After all, if you’re not at the hub of your own existence, who will be? And you can want for others as well as for yourself.

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rAcing returnS to Belmont Park on April 22 and there’s a chance some spectators will be permitted.

Belmont spring/summer meet opens April 22 By tonY BelliSSiMo tbellissimo@liherald.com

Thoroughbred racing at Belmont Park will resume on April 22.

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) announced the stakes schedule for the 48-day Belmont Park spring/summer meet, which will feature 59 total stakes races worth nearly $17 million in total purses. The meet will conclude on July 11.

On Feb. 10, New York Gover nor Andrew M. Cuomo announced live sports and entertainment venues will be permitted to re-open to a limited number of spectators beginning Feb. 23. In order for qualifying venues to re-open, those sites must gain New York State Department of Health approval and limit the number of spectators to 10 percent of seated capacity.

All attendees must present a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken within 72 hours of the event and adhere to health and safety requirements, including mandatory facial coverings and social distancing.

NYRA is reviewing the newly announced guidelines to determine how they apply to Aqueduct Racetrack, where the first floor is currently the site of a New York State COVID-19 vaccination center, and to Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course.

The Belmont spring/summer meet will offer 11 Grade 1 contests and seven races with purses of $700,000 or higher, with four of those contests coming during the three-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival from June 3-5. The festival will encompass 17 total stakes, including eight Grade 1s on Belmont Stakes Day, capped by the $1.5 million “Test of the Champion” for 3-year-olds in the 1 ½-mile final leg of the Triple Crown.

Tickets for the 2021 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival are not yet on sale to the public. Additional information and the timing of the general on-sale will be released in the coming weeks.

In addition to the 153rd running of the Belmont Stakes on Sat., June 5, that day’s card will include three Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” qualifiers: the onemile Grade 1, $1 million Metropolitan for 4-year-olds and up; the Grade 1, $500,000 Ogden Phipps for older fillies and mares going 1 1/16 miles on the main track [Distaff]; and the Grade 1, $400,000 Jaipur for 3-year-olds and up going six furlongs on turf.

The blockbuster Belmont Stakes Day card will also feature the Grade 1, $750,000 Manhattan for 4-year-olds and up going 1 ¼ miles on turf; the Grade 1, $500,000 Acorn for 3-year-old fillies going one mile; the Grade 1, $500,000 Longines Just a Game for fillies and mares 4-years-old and up at one mile on the turf; the Grade 1, $400,000 Woody Stephens in a seven-furlong sprint over Big Sandy for 3-year-olds; and the Grade 2, $400,000 Brooklyn, a 1 ½-mile test for 4-year-olds and up.

The Stars and Stripes Racing Festival returns July 10 and features a trio of graded stakes headlined by the opening legs of NYRA’s Turf Triple Series.

Launched in 2019, the Turf Triple returns with a pair of races earning Grade 1 status, featuring the $1 million Belmont Derby Invitational for sophomores going 1 ¼ miles and the $700,000 Belmont Oaks Invitational for 3-year-old fillies over the same distance.

Closing Day on July 11 will drop the curtain down on the meet with the $150,000 River Memories before the racing action moves to Saratoga for its 40-day meet beginning July 15.

Car overturns after crash on Long Beach Boulevard The Long Beach Fire Department responded Tuesday to a car crash that resulted into a car overturning on a main road.

According to the Long Beach Fire Department’s Facebook page, firefighters responded at 1:47 p.m. to a two-car crash with a rollover on Long Beach Boulevard and Pine Street.

Arriving units stabilized and transported two patients to South Nassau Hospital in Oceanside. Operations at the scene were performed under the command of the Chief of Department, Richard DiGiacomo.

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LEGAL NOTICE SURROGATE’S COURT NASSAU COUNTY PROBATE CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK By the Grace of God Free and Independent File No. 2016-389585/c To Fabian Rudolph Scott, Wayne Scott, Michelle Scott, Adrian Scott, Anthony Sinclair, Nassau County Public Administrator and any and all unknown persons whose names or parts of whose names and places of residence are unkown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, distributees, heirs-at-law and next-ofkin of the said Sylvia T. Sinclair, deceased, and if any of the said above distributees named specifically or as a class be dead, their legal representatives, their husbands or wives, if any, distributees and successors in interest

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GREETINGS A PETITION having been duly filed by Sabrina Riano of Laurelton Gardens Corp, residing at 131-42 234th St. Laurelton, NY 11422 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Nassau County, at 262 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York, on April 28, 2021 at 9:30 o’clock in the fore noon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Sylvia T. Sinclair, lately domiciled at Beach Terrace Care Center, 640 West Broadway, Long Beach, NY admitting to probate a Will dated November 3, 2010 a copy of which is attached, as the will of Sylvia T. Sinclair,

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A. Your floor is expanding, and the ridges at the seams are rising, because the floor has nowhere else to expand to.

This problem is common, and was caused by the floor being limited from expanding because the cabinets and island, along with heavy furniture placed over the finished floor, keep the floor from expanding when the heat onte eeper is on. Wetting the floor to clean it also causes expansion, and should be limited or not done with water at all.

Solving this problem is easier said than done.

Basically, anywhere the floor is unable to move defeats the purpose, and only by freeing up the floor will the problem work itself out. There’s a simple wall molding that our ancestors used that seems to be generally forgotten. Even though I include this detail in most of the drawings I prepare, I rarely see this last little strip of molding being installed.

What the molding does is act like a gap cover, since properly installed flooring has a quarter- to halfinch gap at the edges of the floor, including around a fixed island and around the room’s perimeter. The whole perimeter will need to be cut so the trim molding will need to be added, unless the vertical trim board has been installed with a space, in which case the flooring has to be able to float (slide back and forth) under the vertical wallboard trim.

Our ancestors were very observant of nature, and skilled finish carpenters passed along their knowledge of the way materials behave. I worked for a finish carpenter while in high school, and learned that molding and trim weren’t just a finishing touch, but also a necessity to hide the places where materials needed room to expand and contract, at ceilings, floors, stairs and doors. Miracle materials have come along since then that were supposed to change the industry, like plastic moldings that are more temperature stable, but nature never disappoints. Natural or not, materials all have to work together, whether it’s the way they react to moisture, sunlight, heat or cold.

You’re going to need to get the contractor to organize the flooring installer and the finish carpenter to coordinate cutting the floor, and either install the shoe molding or space the vertical trim baseboard so the floor moves and adjusts underneath, even at the island and kitchen cabinet bases.

Hopefully, the flooring was installed over a moisture-proof expansion membrane. Then enjoy your floor.

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A year later, lessons learned from the pandemic

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he coronavirus pandemic reached Long Island a year ago next week, at first bringing a handful of cases before it dug in and exploded, wreaking havoc. We failed to see it coming until it was too late. We failed to imagine its destructive power.

Nassau County’s first reported case was a 42-year-old Uniondale man who worked at Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre and was treated at NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola, now NYU Langone.

His case was reported last March 3.

Three days later, Uniondale Schools Superintendent Dr. William Lloyd said in a statement, “The district has been in close contact with Nassau County and New York state health officials, and we have been told that at the current time, there is no reason to take any additional precautionary or preventive measures than those we already have in place.”

By mid-March, schools had shut down.

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran gave the order to close them for two weeks. Students didn’t return to their school buildings until September, learning, as best as they could, virtually, using new and unfamiliar online platforms like Zoom and Google Classroom.

Businesses shuttered, some never to return. Hospitals — and the brave women and men who staff them — were quickly overwhelmed by the coronavirus caseload. So were funeral homes. Death, it seemed, was everywhere.

And so here we are, a year later, battered and bruised, many of us filled with

anxiety because of a job loss, economic issues or simply the uncertainty that the coronavirus has brought to all of our lives.

“Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,” the saying goes. After a full year of coping with a relentless disease, watching too many family members and friends fall prey to it, we are tired, ready for this nightmare to be over. We need to feel normal again.

We are wiser, however.

Our children are learning, albeit at a slower pace than they did. We are more forgiving of students if they miss a homework assignment or fail an exam. We don’t require them, to the degree that we did, to take the seemingly unending battery of state tests they were subjected to for years.

Even the SAT is no longer sacrosanct, with a growing number of colleges becoming SAT-optional.

Maybe that’s how it should have been all along. Perhaps our expectations were unrealistic. Long before the pandemic, young people complained, like no generation before, of the anxiety they were feeling. Maybe we should have listened more closely, understood better.

If we come out of the pandemic with more realistic expectations of our children — and the desire to let them be kids at least part of the time — then some good will have come from this hell that we have collectively experienced. Maybe — just maybe — we will have learned that children’s feelings matter more in the end than their grades.

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leTTers O’Connell was ‘right on the mark’ To the Editor: John O’Connell’s column in the Feb. 4-10 issue, “Agree with me or shut up,” was right on the mark.

I have liberal relatives who still blame President Trump for all our woes, and it’s very difficult to have a reasonable conversation with them, on any subject, because they will always bring up the topic of politics.

Many thanks to O’Connell for speaking up for many of us.

PAT KING Merrick

It was worthy of framing To the Editor: Reading “Agree with me or shut up” was a profound breath of fresh air. Thank you, John O’Connell, for your thoughts. I’m going to frame this article as proof that there are still good people

exposed, like never before, the wide disparities in educational opportunities for children from different communities, based largely on race and socioeconomic forces beyond their control. We should commit, like never before, to closing these gaps so all children are given equal opportunity to learn.

When you’ve had so much taken from you, you start to reassess all that you are.

How much does owning the biggest house on the block or the shiniest car really matter? When you’re on a ventilator fighting for your life, not at all.

We also learned that we’re highly adaptable creatures. Countless businesses have carried on virtually, leaving their owners wondering why they hadn’t tried going remote earlier. It saves time and effort. It also saves gasoline and, thus, money. And, as we have learned, it might be a way of saving the planet — less travel by car means less greenhouse gases sent into our atmosphere, which could help slow the climate crisis, the biggest of the crises facing humanity.

We shouldn’t look back and beat ourselves up. We didn’t know better. We do now, though. The question is, when we are past the pandemic, who will we become?

Will we revert to our old ways or adopt our newfound practices?

We are likely to achieve herd immunity within the next year through a combination of inoculation and infection. Now is a good time to start planning for that day, and to decide how we will live in the years after these difficult days.

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applaud the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent guidance update recommending that people who are fully vaccinated not be confined to quarantine after exposure to a case of Covid-19. Becoming fully vaccinated provides many with a sense of liberation, but it also comes with a deep social responsibility.

According to published research, full vaccination — defined as two weeks after the second dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine — virtually eliminates a person’s Lawrence e. chance of dying the strains of eisenstein from the virus we are currently likely to encounter. The vaccines provide excellent protection for most people from even contracting it.

Nonetheless, a small percentage of vaccinated people will still come down with Covid-19. And researchers continue to study whether someone who has been vaccinated can transmit the virus to others.

While I think they will ultimately find at least some protection against transmission, we can’t yet quantify the risk. Until we have these answers, vaccinated people must assume the responsibility of ensur-

ing they don’t inadvertently spread the virus. Our knowledge of Covid-19 is expanding rapidly, and science should guide our policymaking.

The new CDC guidance is important not because it’s a get-out-of-jail-free card — it isn’t — but because of the accompanying explanation.

The agency didn’t just issue a blanket statement that vaccinated people don’t need to quarantine after exposure; rather, it gave an important medical explanation. It acknowledged that the risk/ benefit ratio, a cherished tenet in medical evaluation, shifts after people are vaccinated. They aren’t completely free of the possibility of contracting or transmitting disease, but the odds of doing so change.

We should acknowledge and even celebrate the fact that vaccinated people are highly unlikely to die of the current predominant strains of Covid-19. But we don’t yet know how long the post-vaccination protection lasts, so the CDC set the quarantine-free policy at 90 days — a period supported by science — as long as people have no symptoms following their exposure.

The other side of the equation is benefits. There are important psychological, economic, sociological and health-related benefits to keeping people active, produc-

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tive and out of quarantine, and there are profound impacts of keeping them in quarantine. The CDC concluded that although there is some risk of vaccinated people contracting and spreading the virus, the risks of forcing them to quarantine outweigh the benefits. I fully support this analysis.

Quarantine, the taking away of someone’s freedom in the interest of protecting the public’s health, must be ordered responsibly. A careful evaluation of the risk/ benefit ratio is the correct way for public health policymakers to proceed. I believe the next step should be a lifting of the domestic travel quarantine for New Yorkers who are fully vaccinated. If we are no longer quarantining fully vaccinated people with a known exposure, why would we take away their freedom just because they’ve traveled — including those with no known exposures?

Using good science, we might find that some locations have more dangerous variants. In those cases, quarantine might become necessary, even for fully vaccinated travelers.

I get asked all the time when I think we will return to life as we knew it before the pandemic. We aren’t going to just flip a switch, and parts of our new normal might be here to stay. I for one will always

eep in mind that parts of our new normal — like masks — may be here to stay.

Letters that are willing to stand up and speak whole truths.

ANThONY ChrIsOsTOMO East Meadow

Doesn’t O’Connell care about facts?

To the Editor: My response to John O’Connell’s column is, wow! Just wow! O’Connell complains that “the individual’s right to freely express ideas . . . true or not . . . or [not] reliably sourced at all” should be allowed to flow freely. really? And he dares call himself a journalist?

The reason that “the percentage of those who don’t trust the media at all went up five points in one year” is because of the absolute outright lies the radical right has fomented on sites like Parler. Thank God big tech stopped that slander. The big lie that the election was “stolen” is exactly what led to the insurrection on Jan. 6.

O’Connell says “half the country is vexed by the prospect of a Biden-harris administration unchecked by the house and senate.” Well, more than half the country was obviously vexed by a Trump-Pence administration whose lies were retold on far-right extremist outlets and went unchecked by the house and senate. Thus,

wear a mask on a plane, because the benefit of not getting sick with Covid-19, influenza or any respiratory virus that could ruin my vacation far outweighs the tiny cost of wearing that mask.

To get back to life as we knew it will require a stepwise series of policy decisions based on benefit outweighing risk, each getting us closer to that light at the end of the tunnel. We don’t have all the answers regarding Covid-19 transmission or variants yet. Until we do, County Executive Laura Curran and I continue to remind residents that it is vital for fully vaccinated people to strike a balance between the activities that become relatively safer following vaccination (reflected in the CDC’s new policy) and the necessary social responsibility for vaccinated people to continue taking protective measures.

They should protect themselves and their communities by wearing masks, social distancing, and staying home and getting tested when they feel ill. Fully vaccinated people should be comforted, even liberated by the knowledge they will surely survive even if they catch Covid-19.

They can enjoy that luxury while protecting their neighbors and loved ones until everyone experiences the exuberance of immunity.

Dr. Lawrence E. Eisenstein is the Nassau County commissioner of health.

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more than half the country voted for truth over lies, and sane governing over the anarchy brought on by the MAGA rioters and the radically dangerous right.

Elections do have consequences, and the people, individuals expressing their individualism, have spoken. so John, take your right-wing group think and weep into your pillow for the next four years as most of America has been forced to for the past four years.

LEE PAsTOrE Seaford

Newspapers aren’t the enemy To the Editor: Now that our nation’s truest “enemy of the people” — Donald J. Trump — is no longer president, I would like to contrast his labeling newspapers and other modern media the “enemy of the people” with what a better, wiser president — Thomas Jefferson — said in 1787 about the press of his era: “Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” rIChArD sIEGELMAN Plainview

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How do you know I’m from Lawn Guyland?

was in Ryann’s Wines in East Meadow around the holidays, standing at the checkout, when a fellow customer, a man in his 70s, called out to a 20-something employee from across the store.

“Where’s yuh bittuhz?” the man inquired loudly. Befuddled, the young man asked for clarification.

“Excuse me?”

I immediately knew what the gentleman was looking for, and probably where he could find it. But rather than clear up the situation, I NICK stood silent. “Yuh bittuhz … bitBuglIoNe tuhz,” the older man exclaimed, growing a bit frustrated.

I should have told the kid what the guy was looking for, but I was enjoying the confusion. After another few moments, the light bulb finally went on in the clerk’s head. “Oh, bittERS,” he said, directing the man to the correct aisle.

I walked out of the store with a halfsmile, because that brief interaction highlighted a notion that has been turning around in my mind for some time: Younger Long Islanders don’t “tawk” like we

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older folks anymore.

I don’t have anything beyond anecdotal evidence of this linguistic shift, but I’m positive it’s been happening for some time.

Ten years ago, I married Jill and became stepdad to Nicolas and Jake. At the time the boys were 6 and 4, respectively. I remember how much it frustrated me that they said the word “orange” wrong. They pronounced it “OR-enge.” It sounded like nails on a chalkboard to me, and I’d correct them over and over, “It’s not ‘OR-enge,’ it’s ‘ARE-inge,’” I’d tell them.

“Say it like ya from New Yawk.”

I wondered where they picked up this mispronunciation. Had they spent time in Florida before coming into my life? No, that wasn’t it. Their dad grew up just a few minutes east of me, and he “tawked” just like I do.

In a few years, Jill and I had Adriana and then Elia and, as soon as they were able to talk, they started saying stuff wrong. It was “wah-ter,” not “wah-tuh” and “hot dahg,” not “hot dawg.”

My friends noticed the same thing with their kids, and you might have, too.

If not, try this. Have your kids say talk, daughter, call and coffee, and see if you notice a difference.

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My interest was piqued after the liquor store encounter, so I set out to find some answers. I contacted Hofstra University to see if they could hook me up with a linguistics professor who could shed some light on the subject. They put me in touch with Ilona Pierce, an associate professor in the Department of Drama and Dance.

It seemed like a curious choice, but Pierce seemed to know her stuff when it came to the “Lawn Guyland” accent.

It’s part of her job to teach budding Long Island actors how to ditch their accent for a more “neutral American” one. “I’m not a linguist, but I do spend most of my time listening to the speech of young actors — from Long Island, but also from all over the country and the world,” she said.

First off, Pierce set me straight on a point of contention. Despite what some locals claim, there is absolutely no difference between the Long Island and the New York City accent. Ours has its roots in New York City, Pierce explained, and it spread out as New Yawk— sorry, New Yorkers moved out to the suburbs.

Second, she confirmed that the Long Island accent is absolutely evolving. “I hear way fewer t-h sounds changed to t/d,” she said. “In the Long Island accent

s soon as our kids were able to talk, they started saying stuff wrong.

of the 20th century, you’d hear ‘wit’ for ‘with’ or ‘dis’ and ‘dat’ for ‘this’ and ‘that.’”

She also said kids aren’t dropping r’s for a’s anymore (turning “ever” into “eva,” for instance) and they have adopted a more “general American” pronunciation of words like “Harry, Gary and marry.” Case in point: my daughter Adriana is currently reading the classic “Hairy” Potter series.

So, what the heck is going on? Well, according to Pierce, accents just naturally evolve over time. Nowadays, people relocate more easily and frequently and, as they move, they bring their sounds with them, she said.

That made sense to me. The more I thought about it, I realized that I didn’t speak exactly like Grandma and Grandpa Buglione did. They came from Brooklyn and didn’t boil water, they “berled” it.

They used the “terlit,” not the toilet. And if they knew a guy named Earl, they probably would’ve called him “Oil.” But I never spoke that way.

It wasn’t all bad news, though. Pierce said she still hears kids calling dogs “dawgs,” and some of them still drink “cawfee.”

Maybe there’s hope for the Long Island accent after awl.

Nick Buglione is a teacher, freelance journalist and former editor of the East Meadow Herald.

A governor bruised by a pandemic mistake

admired Gov. Mario Cuomo so much that I actually bought an old CD of his speeches some years ago, and I actually listened to them. So I am educated in the successes and rhetorical and political skills of the Cuomo boys.

But what to say about Gov. Andrew Cuomo in light of recent headlines? As a longtime supporter who watched his rise through the razor wire of New York politics, I have to say, Governor, you let us down.

According to The New York Times, the Cuomo RANDI administration KReISS did not fully disclose the staggering numbers of Covid-19 nursing home deaths in New York City last spring. The allegation is that the horrific death toll — 15,000 and counting — was, in part, the result of the governor’s order to move Covid patients who had been hospitalized back to nursing homes and long-term care facilities.

The nursing homes weren’t equipped to handle pandemic disease, and they didn’t have sufficient protective gear for their staff. A cascading series of flawed policy

and thinking led to increased infections and deaths.

Remember: Last March 5, Cuomo announced that cases of Covid-19 had doubled overnight from 11 to 22 statewide. By April 1, there were 83,000 reported cases. By May 1, New York state was nearing 375,000 cases.

By late spring, Covid patients were swamping New York hospitals. Refrigerator trucks converted to mobile morgues stood outside some medical centers.

The search for more personal protective equipment and ventilators was desperate, and in that context, Cuomo made the decision to move Covid patients from hospitals back to nursing homes. There were many possible reasons for that decision, from suggested political advantage to the prospect of hospitals having to triage care for all the incoming patients, to conflicting advice from medical experts on how to move forward.

The result was that many thousands of nursing home residents died, almost always alone, almost always without saying goodbye to their loved ones whose grief is now compounded by anger. The people who took care of them, from the

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nurses to the aides to the custodians who washed the floors, also died from the virus as it surged through the facilities.

In recent statements, Cuomo has said that the policy was a mistake, and that there should have been more transparency when reporting the nursing home fatalities. He said the total of deaths reported was “delayed,” but he didn’t say that was intentional or self-protective. He said there was a “void.”

There were many missteps in the early days of the pandemic. Supplies were scarce, and doctors and scientists who are usually in their comfort zone treating disease were shocked by the ferocity of the virus, even in the best hospitals in New York. There was no federal leadership. President Trump played the governors, had them begging for ventilators and masks that he dispensed grudgingly and for which he demanded obeisance.

Cuomo’s nursing home policy was among the many mistakes that were made in those months.

It follows that whenever Cuomo realized that the hospital-to-nursing-homepolicy was a mistake, he should have said so, fully and publicly. Waiting, delaying,

uomo rose to the occasion in those first months. He inspired us. He also let us down.

hiding the real numbers or whatever was done to avoid revealing the full truth was wrong. Attempting to cover up the tragedy, if that’s what was done, only compounded thousands of families’ pain.

Cuomo is also the leader who sat before the cameras and the press every single morning for months and talked us through the wrenching changes in our lives brought about by the pandemic. He was steady and confident and told us we could get through it. He reminded us that we were “New York tough,” and we believed him.

Governor, you rose to the occasion in those first months and provided steady leadership that helped us stay anchored in our lives. You did it while fighting a novel disease that was crushing the city, and you did it without significant support from the federal government. You inspired us, you kept the city going, you were a rock. I will never forget your 11 a.m. fireside chats.

You also let us down. No thinking citizen of this state or country expects simple, black-and-white solutions to problems or leaders who are perfect. But we do expect you to tell us the truth, even when it hurts us. Even when it hurts you.

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

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