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‘Walking into a lot of unknowns’ Long Beach parents unsure how schools will look in the fall pandemic would drag on, she made adjustments to help her son stay on top of his schoolAmanda Moore, a single work, while also taking care of mother of two boys and a co-own- her younger son, who attended er of Long Beach-based Wolf & day care. Wing Interior Design, had to G o v. A n d r e w C u o m o make adjustments back in announced last week that schools March, when the in New York state coronavirus pancan open in Septemdemic forced schools ber, thanks to the to close, leaving state’s low Covid-19 many students at the infection rate. With mercy of an unprovthe guidance of a en online learning reopening task force model. — made up of Moore’s 15- yearadministrators, parold son, whom she ents, teachers and declined to name, students — the Long will be a sophomore Beach School Disat Long Beach High trict released its School. Moore said reopening plan, givshe had to make an SAM PiNTo ing many parents extra effort to help Board of Education the option of inhim during the pans ch o o l l e a r n i n g , trustee demic. remote learning or a “As a single mom hybrid model. and a business owner, there’s not Middle and high school stua whole lot of extra time as it is, dents will follow the hybrid plan, so I had to quickly figure out switching between remote learnwhat he needed and how I was ing and in-school classes every going to make the time every day other day. Elementary school stuto help him,” she said. “Most of dents have the option of attendthe time it was just that I needed ing classes in person every day. to motivate him, and I needed to Parents who choose to opt out of keep him on schedule and to in-person learning must let the check on him.” district know this week, school When Moore realized that the Continued on page 3

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Mo CASSArA, who owns two restaurants in Point Lookout, is contemplating closing one of them.

Point Lookout, a ‘summer place,’ worries about the fall By JAMeS BerNSTeiN jbernsten@liherald.com

Point Lookout may be tiny, in geographical terms, covering less than two-tenths of a square mile at the very eastern tip of the Long Beach barrier island, but it seems to have always had a giant sign hanging overhead, proclaiming “Summer.” The unincorporated hamlet, with a population of 1,219, is all about bicycles and tricycles, swimsuits and san-

dals and ice cream pop sticks tossed about the sidewalks. It’s about yawning sunrises and orange sunsets. But in these days of Covid19 and the shakiest economy in decades, Point Lookout has taken on a different feel. It is now also about anxiety for restaurant owners who have already scaled back and are losing money; concerns about the coming fall, when many summer residents will l e ave ; a n d q u i e t , d a rk thoughts of businesses clos-

ing for good and life never being the same again. “A lot of the businesses have been holding on by a thread,” said Steve Merola, president of the Point Lookout Chamber of Commerce, who was born and raised in the place residents sometimes refer to as PLO. Merola’s parents ran a grocery store in town decades ago, and he remembers playing handball against the store’s Continued on page 3

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Parents ponder schools’ new guidelines officials said. Moore said she had mixed feelings about allowing her son to go back to school, and about the hybrid model. “I want all the kids to be healthy and safe, and I want all the teachers to be healthy and safe,” she said. “But I really do think a kid like mine learns best in person. I think we’re walking into a lot of unknowns.” Moore said she was concerned not only about how her son might suffer academically, but also about the social implications of students wearing masks, having to keep their distance from one another and being unable to see their friends who are on a different schedule. She also questions the safety of prolonged mask wearing for children, even though the district plans “masks breaks” throughout the school day. During the spring, when her boys were home full time, she said, they developed a schedule, but she worries about having to do that all over again if the schools have to shut down again. “We don’t need any more unknowns at this point in the year,” Moore said. Cory McLaughlin, president of Lido Elementary’s PTA and co-president of the Central Council PTA, said she would not send her 8-year-old son, Max, back to Lido Elementary next month. McLaughlin, 48, said that as an older parent, she is taking more precautions. “I do trust the district is doing the best they can under the situation,” she said. “I know they’ve been working really hard in making arrangements and preparations, but that’s just not a risk I’m personally willing to take for our family.” McLaughlin, who was a member of the reopening task force, added that her son might struggle in the remote learning model, but she hopes things will get back to normal soon so he can catch up. “My son does not thrive in an online learning environment,” she said. “. . . I feel like he can get over quicker missing his friends and missing school than losing a parent.”

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long BeAch SchoolS will look vastly different this fall. Like Moore, McLaughlin lamented the restrictions on students’ social interactions, and said that her son’s favorite time in school before the pandemic was recess, which won’t be the same. “Yes, I definitely think it’ll take a toll, but I don’t think it will be a lasting toll,” she said. “I think kids are very resilient, and they bounce back. I think it’ll be somewhat traumatic for some of the younger kids to go back to a building where everyone’s in a mask and they’re in one room all day. It feels like a lose-lose.” McLaughlin said she would feel more comfortable sending Max back to school when there was an effective vaccine. District Superintendent Dr. Jennifer Gallagher said that the district has been working hard for months to make it possible to bring students back to school safely,

and added that Cuomo made the right decision. “I believe that the governor’s decision is the correct one, in that the infection rate in this area is very low right now, and the vast majority of students, teachers, and parents would prefer for students to be back in school as much as possible,” Gallagher wrote in an email. “The tricky part,” she added, “is to do so in a way that ensures safety precautions for students and staff, works for working families, and provides a high quality instructional model in both in-person and remote settings.” Board of Education President Tina Posterli said she also agreed with Cuomo’s decision, and that the district’s plan followed the state’s guidance, focusing on health, safety and equity. “It is a living document,” Posterli wrote in an email, “with many facets that can change at any point based on the infection rates in our district, meaning it can change to an all-remote implementation in the worst case scenario, or to all in person should a vaccine or other effective modality become available in the spring.” Posterli said she hoped the district would be able to hold events like the prom and graduation in person next year. She also said that she had concerns about her daughter, a 2019 graduate of Long Beach High School, starting her sophomore year at college. But she lauded the district’s efforts, and said she would have “no qualms” about sending her daughter to a Long Beach school under the plan the district created. Sam Pinto, a school board trustee who has two children attending district schools, echoed Posterli’s sentiments, and noted that the district was focused not only on making in-person instruction safe, but also on optimizing the virtual class structure in case the district needed to go fully remote again. Pinto also stressed the need for social interaction. “I think safe interaction is important for their emotional and social growth,” he said of the students.

Businesses worried about stability in future continued from front page wall. “I always look on the good side,” Merola said. But he acknowledged deep concern, adding, “There’s a bad feeling about winter.” Despite the yellow, red and blue beach umbrellas and laughing children playing at a day camp at Ted’s Fishing Station off Reynolds Channel, Point Lookout has a somber tone these days. Laura Shockley, owner of Point Lookout Yoga & Wellness, expanded before the coronavirus pandemic began, adding two more storefronts, the Yoga Store and Joyful Treasures. But these days she is not allowed to conduct indoor classes, and has had to reduce other class sizes. She still offers 1½-hour meditation classes aboard the Freeport Ferry, which docks at Point Lookout, as well as outdoor yoga. “This has been a struggle,” said Shockley, who gave up a career in corporate law to become a yoga and wellness teacher. She maintains a large following because she treats people in physical and mental distress. “We continue to offer that,” she said, adding that she wouldn’t consider going back to a career in law. “This is what I was meant to do,” she said. Like many other business people in PLO, Shockley said she has put all she had into her business. “I’m going to make it work,” she said. “My contingency plan is

3½-year-old and a 1-year-old,” he said. “I to have faith it all works out.” Mo Cassara owns two restaurants, the have no choice but to keep going. I’m Point Ale House and Mo’nelisa. Cassara doing this for my family.” coached the men’s basketball team at HofLongtime residents easily recall bright stra until he was fired in 2013 after the yellow summer days filled with swimteam went 7-25 and six players ming, fishing and boating. were arrested for off-the-court Some recall that the actress incidents. But he rebuilt his Marlene Dietrich maintained life, opening the restaurants a summer home in Point and becoming a CBS college Lookout, as did the bodybuildbasketball analyst. His wife, er Charles Atlas and the Elisa Marie DiStefano, is a musician Harry Chapin. television journalist. Chapin even wrote a few But the future that once songs about Point Lookout. seemed so secure for the couClaire Curtin, a poet and a ple no longer has the same retired public relations execufeel. Cassara hopes to reopen tive, came to Point Lookout the Ale House, which has Steve MerolA with her family from their been closed for months, but President, home in Bayside beginning in like other restaurant owners, Point Lookout the late 1950s. It was a quieter he is unsure how people will town then, with fewer cars, Chamber of feel about dining inside once more parking spaces and capacity is increased from the Commerce houses farther apart. But, current 50 percent to 100 perCurtin said, it has never lost cent. its cohesive feel. Her son, Mo’nelisa never closed, and does a Paul, a guitarist, decided to settle near her. brisk takeout business. Once fall comes, “It was always a place of warmth,” however, people are unlikely to want to eat Curtain said. “If people had a problem, outdoors. And, Cassara said, the basket- there was a bottle of wine stuck in their ball season is uncertain this year as the door, or a cake. A lot of Broadway people Covid crisis drags on. used to come here” for the summer. “Some “Come January, all three of my jobs of the Broadway women would walk may be gone,” Cassara said. But he refus- around without their tops. My mother es to live with the idea of defeat. “I have a used to say, ‘Use your napkin over your

lot of the businesses have been holding on by a thread.

eyes,’” she recalled with a laugh as she sat on her front porch. But for businesses, Curtain said, things have been different. “They’ve been struggling,” she said. At Ted’s Fishing Station, a popular hangout, there’s a day camp, Camp Curiosity, with 30 children dashing around by the seashore under the watchful eye of owner Karen Brown and her 22-year-old daughter, Mairead. It adds to the cozy atmosphere of Ted’s, said co-owner Ted Wondsel IV. Ted’s Fishing, which has gone by other names over the years, has been around since the 1930s. It’s a place of interlocking pieces. There are four tables on the patio, where there used to be eight before the virus. There are surfboards and rowboats, a room of fishing gear, and there’s takeout food. Business has been down, Wondsel said. But the Point Lookout community, he said, has pulled together, with one business helping another. Ted’s Fishing, he said, has been selling pizzas made by Mo’nelisa. It has been selling beer from the Bright Eye Beer Co. in Long Beach, instead of buying from large, out-of-town breweries. But Wondsel’s concern is about the future, even beyond this fall and winter. “What’s life going to be like next year?” he said. “Will the Covid go away? What if it doesn’t?”

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Friday, August 14

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Chair Yoga

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.

The essence of yoga is to serve, love, give, purify, meditate, and realize. This virtual Chair Yoga class will focus on a full-body practice from head to toe and will help strengthen your nervous system and reduce stress and stiffness. Kathleen Regan has been practicing yoga since 1993. She is certified in Hatha/Raja Yoga and is a certified Kundalini instructor. Please wear comfortable clothing. The virtual event will take place from 9-10 a.m on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www. longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Farmers Market The Kennedy Plaza Farmers Market will be held in front of City Hall, 1 W. Chester St. It will be open Saturdays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, visit ligreenmarket.org.

Beach passes on sale Beach passes are on sale at the Recreation Center gazebo. For more information, call (516) 431-1021. Lifeguards will be on duty between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. The beach park will be open daily June 27 through Labor Day. Non-resident beach passes will not be sold or accepted from Thursay to Sunday.

Thursday, August 13 Movement for Flexibility and Balance with Stephanie Durso This class begins with breathing techniques to help relax and relieve stress by focusing on breath (pranayama) and the present moment. The class is for anyone who wishes to improve flexibility, balance, and concentration as we coordinate our breath with stretching and fluid movement. The exercises can be performed while standing or seated, so it is ideal for anyone that wants to enjoy the benefits. There will be a short guided meditation at the end of the class to leave you feeling peaceful, inspired, and prepared to take on the challenges of everyday life. The virtual event will take place from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www. longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Saturday, August 15 Yoga for Health & a Peaceful Mind with Stephanie Durso It is an advanced beginner class, so please note that many of the poses will require the participants to sit or lie down on the floor for core strengthening, and sometimes flow from a kneeling or downward dog position to a standing position. If you are not comfortable being on the floor, you can perform some of the poses seated in a chair. The virtual event will take place from 10:30-11:30 a.m. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Monday, August 17 Long Beach Writers’ Circle If you’re a writer and want to join other local writers serious about the craft, then come join the library’s Writers’ Circle on Monday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. visit the Long Beach Library’s website www. longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Tuesday, August 18

Meditation with Lisa Unplug from the news and learn to relax and unwind in this unique online meditation class with Lisa Wisel, MS, BC-DMT, LCAT. Re-center with an “embodiment” meditation which focuses on the senses and aliveness. Feel the benefits immediately. 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.

Stretch & Tone with Barbara This full-body workout class is designed to engage every major muscle group in your body - all from the comfort of your chair! Learn to use your body as resistance to effectively strengthen and lengthen from head to toe. Beginners are welcome! The class is designed for all fitness levels looking to stretch and tone their bodies. Wear comfortable

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clothing and bring a towel or belt to this online class if you want to maximize your workout. The virtual event will take place from 9-10 a.m. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www. longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

the pain of loss and gently explores the path to recovery and healing. 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.

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Adult Online:Thursday Night Trivia: ‘80s Movies

Join Miss Nicole and Miss Tanya as they discuss the 1963 Newbery Medal award winning novel “A Wrinkle in Time” by Madeleine L’Engle The virtual event will take place from4-5 p.m.. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Wednesday, August 19 Craft and Chat Whether you’re knitting, crocheting, cross-stitching or any other craft, join library staff working on their own craft projects and chat. 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.

Bueller? Bueller? If you look Pretty in Pink, like hanging with the Breakfast Club, or want to be a part of the Neverending Story, then you might be ready to compete in this month’s Thursday Night Trivia: 80’s movies! For fans of the Brat Pack, Indiana Jones, John Hughes, Chevy Chase, Steven Spielberg, and so much more. Join us for the greatest decade of movies ever 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. You must login by 7:40 at which point the meeting will be locked and the game will begin.

Friday, August 21

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Gaming Hour

Chair Yoga

Do you have Nintendo Switch Online? Do you have Super Smash Bros. Ultimate?Then join Tanya and Tom for online play in “The Library” arena. Just e-mail your friend code to tsuarezmatos@ longbeachlibrary.org. Must have Nintendo Switch Online access and the game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.The virtual event will take place from 3:30-4:30 p.m.. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Thursday, August 20 Low-Impact Cardio with Lori If you’ve been sedentary all day, get your blood flowing with Lori’s low-impact cardio class! Beginners welcome. Light weights are optional, or you can also use water bottles or other household items if you’d like. The virtual event will take place from 9-10 a.m.. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Bereavement, Grief, and Loss Is there a way to recover from grief and loss? If you’ve experienced the pain of losing a loved one, you don’t have to go through it alone. Please join Rev. Debbie Nardozzi as she helps us understand

Saturday, August 22 Yoga for Health & a Peaceful Mind with Stephanie Durso It is an advanced beginner class, so please note that many of the poses will require the participants to sit or lie down on the floor for core strengthening, and sometimes flow from a kneeling or downward dog position to a standing position. If you are not comfortable being on the floor, you can perform some of the poses seated in a chair. The virtual event will take place from 10:30-11:30 a.m. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

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Elected leaders call for PSEG reimbursements U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, a Democrat reimbursements for spoiled food, medfrom Garden City who is up for re-elec- ication or other perishable items to tion this year, and Nassau County customers who have experienced proExecutive Laura Curran, a Democrat longed outages in the wake of Tropical Storm Isaias. from Baldwin, are calling “More than 400,000 cuson PSEG-Long Island to tomers lost power in the refund the previous month’s after math of this stor m. utility bill and reimburse W h i l e m a n y h a d p owe r for spoiled food, medicarestored within the first 24 tion, or other perishable hours, more than 140,000 items for customers who customers were still left endured power outages lastwithout electricity over 24 ing over 24 hours. More hours later. PSEG’s website than 400,000 Long Islanders has repeatedly crashed and lost power in Tropical calls and texts from customS t o r m I s a i a s, a n d s o m e Kathleen Rice ers have gone unanswered. 35,000 were still without “A prolonged power outpower on Sunday. age is difficult under normal circumIn a letter to Daniel Eichhor n, stances, but in the midst of the coronaPSEG-LI’s president and chief operatvirus pandemic, it can be disastrous. ing officer, Rice and Curran wrote: Families have stored food in their “Dear Mr. Eichhorn: refrigerators to limit trips to the gro“We write to you today to urge cery store, and these items have now PSEG-Long Island to offer refunds on had to be discarded. Access to electricthe previous month’s utility bill and ity, especially the internet, is critically

important to Long Island residents at this time. New Yorkers working from home depend on consistent and reliable utility services. Not only is it vital to have air conditioning available during the hottest month of the year, but also inter net access is a necessity to clock in for work and to visit with doctors from the safety of one’s home. “Because of these hardships, we urge you to offer our constituents who have endured outa g es lasting Laura more than 24 hours financial relief in the form of a refund on past bills. At least one of your local competitors, Con Edison, is offering reimbursements for spoiled food, medication or other perishable commercial merchandise. Taking these steps immediately would show compassion to a region that is still recovering from past storms and an

unprecedented health crisis and could be facing more storms this hurricane season. “When PSEG-Long Island took over from the Long Island Power Authority in 2014, our constituents were promised better service, better communication and more accountability. After the failures we have witnessed from your handling of Isaias, we sincerely urge you to provide Long Island residents with financial relief. We thank you in advance Curran for your consideration and prompt response. Sincerely, Kathleen Rice Member of Congress Laura Curran Nassau County Executive

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PSEG-LI’s lackluster performance was frustrating Editor’s note: Clavin is the Town of Hempstead supervisor. Few things are more frustrating that PSEG-Long Island’s bungled efforts to restore power to its customers in a timely manner. Perhaps the only thing more maddening than the utility’s lackluster energy restoration efforts has been the electric provider’s unmitigated failure to furnish accurate information to customers and the company’s inability to simply answer phone calls from power-deprived customers. Adding insult to injury, nothing has better demonstrated PSEG-LI’s misunderstanding of how it dropped the ball last week than an Aug. 6 “To our customers” email sent by PSEG President and CEO Ralph Izzo. All evidence to the contrary, the utility’s chief executive claims to understand the importance of power in supporting family lifestyles and the urgency associated with an energy provider’s accuracy when communicating with customers. In that message, Izzo neglects to recognize that PSEG-LI’s greatest shortcoming last week was in frustrating customers’ ability to communicate with the utility. In fact, more than long restoration times and inaccurate estimated times of restoration, Long Island customers were most angered by their inability to contact the company in any way dur-

ing the storm to report that power was out. T his, despite re peated emails and text messages from PSEG ahead of the storm assuring customers of the company’s preparedness to deal with upcoming weather and reminding them that they could report outages by calling a particular telephone number, sending a text message to the company, filing a report through the PSEG app or the company website. None of those methods worked. As a result, customers tur ned to other authorities, none of which could reasonably be thought to have any way of getting the power back on or tellDon i n g c a l l e r s wh e n t h a t might happen. Switchboards exploded at local police departments and at county, town and village offices across Long Island. When those efforts proved unproductive, residents tur ned to social media, where they learned – many for the first time – that they were not the only ones who could not get through. Nobody without power could be sure that PSEG-LI even knew that they were in the dark. If they had entered the Federal Witness Protection Program, PSEG-LI customer service representatives would not have been harder to reach.

In his Aug. 6 email, Izzo pointed out that Isaias was one of the most powerful storms to strike the Northeast in years, which is true. However, it was precisely this type of storm that PSEG was hired to handle. One need only think back to National Grid’s post-Sandy failures to recall that it was the Long Island Power Authority’s dissatisfact i o n w i t h t h at p e r fo rmance that led to the management contract’s transfer to PSEG. Izzo pointed out, “At its peak, more than 1.7 million homes and businesses lost power across Long Island and New Jersey – including 420,000 PSEG Long Island customers.” Clavin W hy a re we b e i n g linked to New Jersey? Is it because an af filiate of PSEG-LI services the Garden State? That’s the company’s problem – not ours. In fact, at the time the company was being considered for the LIPA contract, it argued that the availability of crews in nearby New Jersey would enhance PSEG’s emergency response capabilities on Long Island. It apparently never occurred to management that geography made it likely that both areas would someday be affected by the same storm. In his email, Izzo wanted us to know, “PSEG-Long Island under-

stands how critical it is to share accurate and timely infor mation with our customers.” If that’s true, it’s hard to understand why a host on talk station WLIR (107.1 FM – Hampton Bays) was left on Wednesday wondering why the promised call from a PSEG-LI spokesman didn’t come during his show. It’s also hard to accept Izzo’s claim of understanding the importance of sharing information that is accurate and timely when, as of this writing, the energy provider’s communication systems were still replying to many customers with error messages, and the PSEG outage map appeared under a banner that read, “Map Data May Contain Inaccuracies.” Finally, Izzo wrote about reports of tor nadoes “and wind gusts topping 100 mph in some places” as a cause of PSEG’s post-storm troubles. No tornadoes or 100 mph winds were experienced in PSEG-LI’s service territory, so that claim is dishonest. PSEG-LI has been fortunate that, until this week, its stewardship of the Long Island electric system has occurred under mostly blue skies. The first real test of its professionalism under pressure came with Isaias. The test came, and PSEG failed. The utility failed to restore power in a timely fashion, it failed to provide accurate and useful communications to its customers, and it even failed to answer the phones.

Covid-19 testing resumes at Jones Beach after Isaias

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TuesDay’s Tropical sTorm Isaias caused damage at the Covid-19 testing site at Jones Beach, leaving it closed for two days. The site reopened on 10 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 6 and immediately began testing on an average of 100 people per day. the site. As of Aug. 7, Nassau County has a confirmed 43,655 positive cases. Suffolk accounts for 43,786 confirmed cases. Combined, the two counties make up 20.8 percent of the state’s total. Seaford, Wantagh and North

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The Covid-19 testing site at Jones Beach State Park reopened on Thursday, Aug. 6 after sustaining significant damage during Tropical Storm Isaias. Isaias, which hit the area with a short, sharp blast of high winds and driving rain left hundreds of thousands of Long Islanders without power, in addition to the damage at the area’s first drive-through test site. The severe winds caused the site’s tents to collapse. The facility was closed Wednesday because of the damage. The site, under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Health, reopened on Thursday at 10 a.m., for those with appointments. Seaford State Sen. John Brooks visited the testing site Friday. “Everything is restored here,” Brooks said. “The equipment was not damaged, just the tents.” The site closed on Tuesday in preparation for the storm, ensuring its medical equipment remained intact. Officials quickly reconstructed the tents for use on Thursday. Since it’s reopening, the Jones Beach test site has seen roughly 100 patients per day. This is slightly less than half of the mobile lab’s typical daily capacity. Although the site was closed for only a full day after the storm, no information was available at press time as to when Wednesday appointments would be rescheduled Brooks has also said he received statistics pointing to a positive testing rate of two percent at the site, an increase from recent months. The rate of infection has ticked up since July Fourth weekend. Nassau County statistics, showed an infection rate of less 1 percent at

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A dozen of Lou Corradino’s friends and colleagues held a car parade in honor of his retirement from Richner Communications Inc. on Aug. 6. Mask wearing and social distancing were musts.

A beloved RCI figure is moving on

Printing Manager Lou Corradino retires after two decades with company ciation to Lou for his time and dedication to Richner Communications,” RCI President Stuart Richner said. Richner Communications Inc., par- “‘Upstairs Lou,’ as he’s known, has ent company of the Herald Community made a positive impact on our company Newspapers, bade farewell to Lou Cor- while becoming a loyal friend and colleague to all of us radino, its director at Richner, as well of commercial as our commercial printing, who print clients. retired last week “We’ll certainly after two decades. miss Lou’s printing And, as is the cusexpertise and t o m t h e s e d ay s, knowledge,” Richmany of his ner continued, friends and col“and his uncanny leagues at the comability to juggle pany held a car many balls at the parade for him in same time without front of his Commissing a beat or a mack home on deadline. What I’ll Aug. 6. miss most, howevThe soft-spoken er, is having Lou as father, grandfather a colleague and and great-grandfafriend.” ther, whose passion I n p a r t i c u l a r, for his work was Richner noted, Corexceeded only by corrAdino wAS rci’S commercial radino was instruhis love for his fam- printing manager for two decades. mental in growing ily, the Yankees and RCI’s commercial the Giants, will be printing and mailing divisions. “Lou missed by all at RCI. Corradino was one of RCI’s unsung oversaw the expansion of the printing heroes, a behind-the-scenes manager division from a newspaper- and publicawho ensured that the company’s presses tion-focused printer to one of Long hummed along according to tight, near- Island’s premier, full-service commerly 24-hour-a-day schedules. He oversaw a cial printers and mailers,” Richner said. Corradino plans to spend more time staff of press operators, mail distributors, binders and drivers, and worked with his wife, Marie, and their family — with RCI’s commercial printing and and they have a lot of family, including mailing clients, including other publish- three daughters, two sons, and many ers, hospitals, schools, municipalities, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. “Lou is the consummate printing prononprofit organizations and corporafessional,” said Michael Bologna, RCI’s tions throughout the tristate region. “I’d like to express my sincere appre- vice president of operations. “I remem-

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corrAdino with rci President Stuart Richner, left, and, Michael Bologna, vice president of operations, right. ber at his interview thinking how lucky we were to have found him. The last 20 years have gone by in a flash. Along with our customers, we’ll miss having Lou and his incredible talents in our stead. His are some pretty big shoes to fill. I wish him well.” Rhonda Glickman, RCI’s vice president of advertising sales, said she had been through a great deal with Corradino, including the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, which upended business operations across Long Island, and a catastrophic fire at RCI’s Lawrence office in 2004, which forced the company to move to an abandoned manufacturing plant in West Hempstead for two years while a new office and printing plant was built in Garden City. “No matter what, Lou always got it done,” Glickman said. “The papers always got out, and he always got it done

with his kind and quiet nature. He was a terrific colleague, and I’ll miss him. Best of luck to him.” Heralds Sports Editor Tony Bellissimo worked with Corradino for 12 years. “He’s a wealth of information and a tremendous problem solver,” Bellissimo said. “I’ll miss popping into his office to talk sports, but our conversations will no doubt continue by phone.” This reporter would like to thank Corradino for all his encouragement over the past 20 years. He often remarked how great the Herald papers looked and how interesting the stories were, and he would always remind me of our mission — that people buy newspapers for the stories inside — even at the car parade last week. So, from all of us at RCI, thank you, Lou, for your outstanding service to the company. You will be missed by all of us at 2 Endo Blvd.

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The luxury hotel Allegria was set to open Wednesday, about a week after it was forced to close because it lacked sufficient power after a severe tropical storm swept across Long Island. A person who answered the phone at the front desk said air-conditioning and hot water would be operating at the hotel, one of Long Beach’s best-known inn. “We will be fully operational,” he said. The Nassau County Industrial Development Agency is set to hold a live hearing at the Allegria Aug. 19 at 3 pm regarding a proposal by Garden City developer Engel Burman to build hundreds of condos and apartments on Long Beach’s Superblock. The IDA said social districting protocol will be followed. No advanced registration is required, but admissions will be on a first-come firstserve basis. The Allegria voluntarily closed Aug. 6, according to the Nassau County Health Department, after power went out. At the time, Allegria officials said they were having difficulty-reaching PSEGLI.

Mary Ellen Laurain, spokeswoman for the Nassau Health Department, said the hotel decided on its own to close. “We didn’t close them,” Laurain said. “They closed themselves.” She said the hotel had “partial power” but declined to close anyway. Some Long Beach residents remained without power earlier this week following the tropical storm Tropical Storm Isaias crashed into the Island, tearing down trees and power lines and putting hundreds of thousands in the dark for days, The 143-room Allegria went through a bankruptcy proceeding a few years ago, but remained open to guests. According to records, it is now part of the Highgate Hotel Group. Highgate officials could not be reached. The Allegria, which opened in 2009, suffered damage from Tropical Storm Irene and superstorm Sandy and “did not return to ‘normal’ operations until 2014,” hotel officials had previously said. Its amenities include a restaurant, lounge and bar, conference and wine rooms, a 3,100-square-foot ballroom, 4,600-square-foot penthouse and a rooftop pool and a fitness center.

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hen we had to close in March, it was such a shock. Our mission for 40 years has been to bring people together, and we had to quickly adapt from being site-based to home-based, while still making sure we were supporting our members and continuing to provide services. We have an amazing staff who made a tremendous effort to reach out to every single member. Initially, we needed to make sure they had food and medicine, but soon we were concerned about loneliness and isolation. Some people don’t have computers, and we were concerned about further isolation without access to technology. Soon, I realized we had all of the content and resources to create a show, which we launched in April. It airs daily at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Optimum channel 18 and Verizon/Fios channel 37, so those without Internet can still watch Sandel TV, which has fitness classes, interviews and guest demonstrations. I also made a pledge to help everyone who wanted to learn how to use Zoom and other technology. We also hold conference calls for the low-tech members as a way to connect; we hold discussion groups or ask trivia questions, and the members love it. Our social worker makes calls and is still helping people. We’ll gradually start to phase people back in — the bad effects of isolation are well known. We’ve been able to reach everyone and have gotten positive feedback. Our doors are locked, but we’re still here.

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hen asked how the pandemic has affected me, I truly did not know where to start. I guess I should start by saying it was a relaxing vacation for me. When the pandemic hit, the Nassau County Police Department suspended all auxiliary service; that meant that for two months there were no patrols, no details, no meetings, no recruitment opportunities and so on. I was finally able to catch up on some of my favorite television shows that were on DVR for months, and I alas discovered the much talked about Netflix! For anyone who watches it, I’m sure you can attest to how amazing it is, yet how addictive it can become, and you can easily binge-watch an entire series in one sitting, which I may or may not have done — LOL. Another big deal during quarantine is that I finally got a new puppy in my house. An idea my family had considered for a while but never acted upon until a month ago. So far so good. Though I’m definitely open to any potty-training tips. All these novelties changed, however, on June 2, when the threat of potential riots arose with the protest march in Far Rockaway. Everyone assumed the protesters would cross over 878 and come into Lawrence and the rest of the Five Towns, so the NCPD changed their minds and put us back on duty. We’ve stayed on patrol and are slowly resuming some pre-Covid activities. I hope everyone stays safe and healthy during these crazy times, and please remember to always wear your mask in public. It can only help everyone.

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o Bring More Inc. hosts programs throughout the year to help empower young students, and we had an event planned out for the summer back in January. We had reserved our parking lot, so when the pandemic hit, we were thinking of ideas of what we can do in that space. We didn’t want it to go to waste. Our options were limited because of social distancing and regulations we had to follow, so I got to thinking, maybe we can do a pop-up shop for young vendors. I’m a candle maker, and I love attending these kinds of events to sell my products and network. I thought it would be a good idea for our youth to experience this type of event. It would give them business experience, and for some of them, it would help promote the businesses they already have. I was surprised to see so many young entrepreneurs on board with this idea and signing up for the event. We had about 20 vendors interested, and we were able to keep everyone’s shops six feet apart. Ultimately, we want to create a community center for these types of events. In Freeport, all we really have is the rec center, so if we had a proper space of our own, we could host more events like this for our students and our community.

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orking in a very busy Mount Sinai South Nassau emergency room has always had its challenges. Then the coronavirus hit, and it hit it hard and fast. In the worst of the patient surge, March and April, we confronted a whirlwind of unknowns. Patient volume was nonstop off the charts, like nothing I have ever experienced. Working head-to-toe in personal protective equipment — caps, gowns, N95 masks, shields, goggles and gloves — made our mission to ensure that every single patient received the compassionate, quality care that they deserve even more strenuous. In the beginning, we were unsure how this virus spread, its incubation period, its risk to co-workers, our families and ourselves. Despite the uncertainty and concern, we showed up at the hospital every day and gave everything we had to our patients and their families to fight this battle. My most difficult memories from this time are of holding the hands of people who were in their final hours, dying alone without their loved ones showering them with love. We did our very best to ensure that the patients and their loved ones received the dignity and honor they should have in those moments using FaceTime or Skype so that they could see each other one more time and say their last goodbyes. This will be etched in my memory forever.

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TOH, EGP ‘Back the Blue’ By Mike SMollinS On a sunny, war m night on July 31, residents, police officers and Town of Hempstead officials flocked to EGP Land & Sea in Island Park as par t of the “Back the Blue” initiative. The event was part of “Law Enforcement Officers Weekend” from July 30 to Aug. 2, where local police officers were saluted. It included a free barbecue for the officers, games of cornhole and music. Courtesy Town of Hempstead Attendees included E G P o w n e r T i m HeMpStead town SuperviSor Anthony D’Esposito, left, O’Hagan, Hempstead and EGP Land & Sea owner Tim O’Hagan grilled food for Town Supervisor Don police officers as part of the “Back the Blue” outing in Clavin and Town Coun- Island Park on July 31. cilman Anthony D’Esposito, a New York tin Glickman, who was an NYPD recruit City police detective, who grilled the food when police officers Wenjian Liu and for the officers. Rafael Ramos were gunned down in “Particularly during this time of Brooklyn just days before Austin’s police growing anti-police sentiment, it is more academy graduation. The festivities proimportant than ever to support the men vide a weekend getaway for law enforceand women of law enforcement,” Clavin ment officers and their families. Honorsaid in a statement. “I salute Tim ees this year included Nassau County O’Hagan of EGP Land & Sea and Hemp- Police Department Officer George Day, stead Town’s own Councilman Anthony NYPD Det. Brian O’Donnell, Port D’Esposito for providing free food and Authority of New York/New Jersey Offienter tainment for police of ficers cer Peter Siano III and Philadelphia throughout America’s largest township.” Police Department Officer Jesse HartEGP has hosted several events to nett. salute law enforcement workers, first D’Esposito said that as a police officer, responders and essential and front-line he was proud to host the event. “The workers in the wake of the coronavirus recent harassment and attacks on police pandemic. O’Hagan said he was proud to officers are unacceptable,” he said in a partner with local elected officials “to statement, “and I am honored to stand in give back to our police officers and other support of my brothers and sisters who first responders.” make our township a great place in Law Enforcement Officers Weekend is which to live, work and raise a family.” a nonprofit organization founded by Aus-

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Former Nassau County Judge Samuel Levine, 91, By JaMeS BernStein jbernstein@jbernsteinliherald.com

Samuel Levine had lost so many elections for a judgeship in Nassau County in the 1990s - five in all - that on his sixth attempt in 1995 - his wife Lee did not even bother to go with him to watch the results at Democratic headquarters as she always had. Levine had spent only a piddling $1,000 on posters and flyers, and expected to go home vanquished once again for a seat as a Nassau District Court Judge. But when the results came in, Levine was stunned, recalled long-time friend Harvey Weisenberg, of Long Beach, a New York State Assemblyman, who was at Democratic headquarters that night. But Levine, a Democrat, had won, defeating a Republican judge in then heavily Republican Nassau County. It may have helped that the popular president, Bill Clinton, was heading the ticket that year. “He was very surprised, shocked,” said Weisenberg, now retired from the assembly. Levine, described as a passionate jurist who a deep interest in causes to aid the poor and disabled, served as a Nassau District Court judge until 1999, when he retired at the mandatory age of 70. He had lived in Long Beach since the mid-1960s. Levine died July 26, at age 91. He had been hospitalized for kidney failure, family members said. Although Levine served only three years as a judge, associates said he had worked at a private law practice for

decades, helping the underdogs, particularly the elderly poor. Law associates said he would often work without charging a fee. But veteran Garden City attorney Thomas Liotti, a long-time friend of Levine’s, said he may be best remembered for a lawsuit he filed in 2010 against Nassau County, challenging the constitutionality of the county’s red light program after his wife received two $50 tickets for violations. “Sam felt there was no room to plea,” Liotti said. “You basically were at the county’s mercy. He felt it wasn’t fair and that it was a bad process.” Levine also noted that the cameras were maintained by an out-of-state company, further limiting someone’s chances of fighting the charges. Nonetheless, he lost the case. “Personally, he was a mensch,” Liotti said. “He was a very good guy, a gentleman. If he saw an injustice, he would try to make things better.” Nonetheless, Liotti said, Levine’s Republican colleagues on the bench kept Levine out-of-the-loop, assigning him to court duties in out-of-the-way locations in Nassau County, while most of the action was in Mineola. Levine was born in Syracuse in 1929 and was graduated from Syracuse University and Brooklyn Law School. He wife pre-deceased him. He is survived by two sons, Gary, of Island Park and Don of Sarasota, Fla, and a daughter, Judie Altman of Dallas, Tx. A private graveside ceremony was held at Wellwood Cemetery in Babylon.

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LEGAL NOTICE The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application and Draft Remedial Action Work Plan from 180 Park Ave LLC for a site known as the Former Nu-Clear Cleaners Site, site ID #C130221. This site is located in the City of Long Beach, within the County of Nassau, and is located at 180 East Park Avenue. Comments regarding this application must be submitted no later than October 3, 2020. Access the application and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/d ata/DecDocs/C130221/.

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new inspector of sanitation sworn in Long Beach City Manager Donna M. Gayden recently swore in Jake Jacobi as an inspector in the Sanitation Department. Mr. Jacobi also serves the city as Assistant Chief in the Long Beach Fire Department.

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t’s becoming more apparent each day that the Unites States will not return to any semblance of normalcy until there is a working vaccine for Covid19. In the meantime, we must face the reality that providing essential services to keep our economy going is job No. 1. Our health care workers are our first line of defense against the pandemic. People who grow and transport our food, as well as the grocery store workers who stock the shelves, are critical. Our police, firefighters, sanitation workers, transit operators and other local alfonse government workd’amaTo ers who provide basic services are keeping America running. Add to this list of essential employees the teachers and school administrators, bus drivers and school workers who will soon be asked to take our children back into school. We are more fortunate in New York than many other states, because the pandemic here seems to have abated to the point at which carefully reopening our schools is possible. It will mean taking extra precautions to maintain the

can’t say I have a perfect track record with the recipes I publish. In fact, here’s an excerpt from a letter to the editor published many years ago. The note, from a Rockville Centre reader, said: “Randi Kreiss’ recipe sent me to the hospital with chest pains. After spending four hours at the emergency room and $70 the next day at my family doctor, I was told I had gas from all those veggies in the soup (which did not taste so great, RandI anyway).” kReIss I don’t know if the old gasbag is still with us, and I’m sorry she suffered chest pains, but I don’t think her issues had to do with my soup. My soup-making skills are considerable, and I’m in the process of compiling the recipes into a book for my kids and grandkids. My granddaughter Sabrina is particularly keen on cooking, and has already added her own culinary flourishes to my vegetarian tortilla soup. I say why mess with perfection, but she felt it needed some queso blanco. Anyway, she’s been pressing me for

health of students, teachers and other school workers, including measures that will add considerably to school budgets. The recent debate in Washington about the next round of federal pandemic relief has centered almost exclusively on helping the unemployed with a continued $600-per-week federal unemployment insurance subsidy. No one can argue that the 30 million unemployed Americans receiving this aid aren’t in need of assistance. They are out of work through no fault of their own. But it’s important to understand that this generous benefit adds up to $18 billion per week. That money is being borrowed by the U.S. Treasury, and will eventually have to be paid back to those who are loaning it to the federal government. And for many workers, their unemployment payments — including state and federal benefits — now exceed the weekly wages they were earning before losing their jobs. It is not unreasonable to ask that this benefit be adjusted to a more realistic and fiscally sustainable level. That doesn’t mean that the federal government should retreat on providing relief to Americans. Billions of dollars are needed to support

the safe reopening of our schools. And billions more should go to helping states and local governments provide the essential services that would be drastically reduced without federal assistance. A fair way to assist states and local governments would be for Washington to help them make up for the sales tax revenue they’ve lost due to the pandemic. These sales tax losses are fairly straightforward to calculate. And since every state collects sales taxes, federal aid making up these losses could be fairly distributed across the country. Red states and blue states would benefit equitably. Another area where more federal aid is needed is for small businesses. Many received aid under the Payroll Protection Act, which extended them loans and grants to help keep their workers employed. Giving these businesses an additional lifeline so they can continue to stay open and provide jobs is a good investment. Economists of all stripes tell us that if these businesses were allowed to sink, many would never come back. The loss to the economy would be enormous. Finally, our hospitals and other medical facilities have been badly wounded by

he postCovid-19 business landscape will be altered for years to come.

the Covid-19 crisis, as almost all other hospital admissions and doctor’s visits dried up these past few months. They should get the extra help they need to continue to provide quality health care. And it’s not too early to begin to think about what the economic future will look like once the virus is defeated. The business landscape will be altered for years to come. The real estate industry may see wrenching change if offices remain empty after the pandemic fades. Malls may never recover the business they’ve lost to online sales. We can expect what amounts to a national reorganization of our economy, with many old and respected businesses failing and many new ones struggling to emerge. Let’s not lose our sense of hope and optimism. The American spirit is boundless. We’ve learned some hard lessons, including that we must bring critical manufacturing home rather than depending on the rest of the world to provide essential medicines and products. The promising race to develop a Covid19 vaccine by our scientists shows that with a concerted effort, even the seemingly impossible can be made possible. Al D’Amato, a former U.S. senator from New York, is the founder of Park Strategies LLC, a public policy and business development firm. Comments about this column? ADAmato@liherald.com.

Top-secret recipe revealed my family chicken soup recipe. It is special. I know every cook in every family makes the best chicken soup, but mine is outstanding. If there were a New York State Fair entry for chicken soup, I would win. I’m not claiming that in the age of Covid-19 it has unusual medicinal properties, but you can judge for yourself. It may not be hydroxychloroquine or bleach shots, but it’s a real comfort, spiritually and physically. Because Sabrina was so persistent, and because she also has a wicked sense of humor, I recently sent her the plans for my Manhattan Project of chicken soups. This was never meant to be published in a newspaper; it was meant to pass from kitchenwarm grandma hands to upturned fingers. It’s a kind of promise-to-keep, whispered mother to child. But in the interest of public health, here goes:

thinking Kosher was tastier. My mother said it was because of all the salt. Invite your chicken into the pot. (Give him a good scrubbing first, using no soap. It’s soup!)

ot to brag, but if there were a New York State fair entry for chicken soup, I’d win.

Dear Sabrina, OK, OK this is the recipe: Find a chicken and a huge pot. Now maybe this chicken has it all together, or maybe he comes in eighths. Could be a pullet or a broiler; equal opportunity here. Could be Kosher or not. I was brought up

Gather: 3 32-oz. cartons of any good organic chicken broth Bunch fresh parsley (well washed) 2 tablespoons chicken bouillon 1/2 cup pearl barley (rinsed and strained) 5 stalks of celery 2 turnips, peeled, sliced and diced 2 parsnips, peeled, sliced and diced 6 carrots or a bag of cut-

up carrots 2 medium sweet onions, chopped 10-oz. bag frozen mixed vegetables (no sauce or butter!) Salt, pepper, a nearly infinitesimal amount of rosemary . . . no, that’s too much . . . such a heavy hand. Now here’s the hard part: Put everything into a huge pot. Cover. Turn up the heat and simmer for an hour and 10. That should soften the toughest old bird. I call it the RBG method. The after part:

Lift the chicken out of the pot. He will not come willingly. And he may fool you by pretending to fall apart. And he may actually fall apart. Round up all his body parts and put them in a separate bowl. Choices here: You can shred the chicken into the soup and dispose of the bones, or you can eat the chicken as an entirely separate experience. Boiled chicken with something — anything — is quite yummy if you give it a chance. You can also cut the boiled chicken into salad or stuff in a taco or toss into a smoothie. (I’m kidding.) Find your soup blender stick and puree just the right amount of time. Depends on whether you like soupy soup, or thick puree, or recognizable pieces, or just vegetables and soup, in which case you won’t need the soup blender at all. You decide. Personally, I like a few seconds of blending, while letting the vegetables keep their identities intact. If you call and visit me, I’ll give you my matzo ball recipe. If you call and visit me often, I’ll give you my matzo ball recipe with all the ingredients. May you enjoy this recipe, and may it nourish all the people you love. Grandma Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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To bury the power lines, or not?

ropical Storm Isaias marched up the Eastern Seaboard Aug. 4 with 70-mph winds that snapped trees in half or ripped them out of the ground, often sending them crashing onto power lines, leaving 420,000 Long Island ratepayers without electricity. PSEG-Long Island had promised to respond faster to restore power than its predecessor, the Long Island Power Authority. Last Saturday, four days after the storm, 60,000 Long Islanders were still without electricity, however, and thousands remained that way through Tuesday — a week after the storm. As Isaias blew through, communications between customers and PSEG-LI rapidly broke down, with people unable to send messages about lost power, despite the $1 billion in taxpayer and ratepayer funds that the utility had invested in upgrading its communications and smartmeter networks in recent years. State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach, plans to hold hearings on the response to Isaias by utilities across the state, including the communications response by PSEG-LI, Altice and Verizon. The question is, what will come of those hearings? Will we vent our anger, and let that be the end of it? Will we seek another utility company to manage Long Island’s electrical system, as we did after Hurricane Sandy in 2012-13? Or will we work toward a more durable solution, one that considers the long-term effects of repeated tropical storms and hurricanes on an

island that juts 118 miles into the Atlantic Ocean, and one that hardens our infrastructure so we never again have to suffer the crippling damage that Isaias, and so many storms before, have left in their wakes? We can upgrade the communications network all we want, but as last week’s storm made clear, that effort would likely prove futile. If $1 billion wasn’t enough to fix the communications system well enough to respond to a tropical storm, then what amount would be needed to prepare for a Category 4 hurricane — with wind speeds double that of Isaias and a million people trying to message PSEG-LI all at once? One possible solution would be to bury the electric and cable wires, ensuring that they would remain stable and protected in hurricanes, tropical storms, ice storms and run-of-the-mill thunderstorms. The trouble is, burying lines is a massive undertaking that would require an investment of billions of dollars. Still, we should at least study it. Consider this case study of one typical little South Shore community. During Isaias, a tree came down on Merrick Road in Merrick, near the Meadowbrook Parkway, cutting power to a .36-mile-long commerce zone just to the east. Within that small business district are two supermarkets, 11 restaurants, a frozen yogurt shop and an ice cream parlor, which had to throw out hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of food that had

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letters Put power lines underground To the Editor: Consumers want cheap electricity. As a result, utility companies have been unable to charge the appropriate rates to allow for capital improvements to upgrade the existing power grid and substations, and burying more power lines. Residents living in low-density neighborhoods want to keep the price of homes low by accepting aboveground power lines rather than burying them. After Tropical Storm Isaias, with limited crews, it was impossible to reach everyone within 24 hours with such a catastrophic loss of power impacting so many customers at once. I would gladly pay to cover costs for burying my power lines to ensure more reliable delivery. Unfortunately, this wouldn’t work unless my neighbors also agreed to do the same. Decades ago, elected officials attacked the Long Island Lighting Company for being overpriced and inefficient. They promised that creation of the Long Island Power Authority would solve all our problems. Having lived in Great Neck from the 1960s to now, I don’t recall LILCO being anywhere as bad as today’s generation of elected leader claim LIPA was. Voters deserve a rebate from the elected officials who committed consumer fraud by

gone bad or melted because refrigeration was lost — in the case of one pizzeria alone, $50,000 worth, on top of the business it lost during the two days it had no power. There are 22 other businesses on this strip, ranging from a clothing shop to a gas station, a dry cleaner, a ballet studio and an insurance agency, as well as offices for a cosmetic surgeon, an attorney, a veterinarian and a pediatric dentist. Now, project all the lost goods and services in this commerce zone across Long Island, and you begin to understand the enormity of the economic hit that comes with even a relatively small-scale storm like Isaias. When we speak of storm damage, we generally talk about the price of repairs. Rarely do we consider the cost of business interruptions. This clearly needs greater deliberation. Burying lines, at an estimated cost of $1 million per mile, would undoubtedly raise electricity rates, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Spreading the project over decades, however, could mitigate the increase, while ensuring that future generations needn’t suffer as we have. Anaheim, Calif., is burying all its lines over 50 years, necessitating a 4 percent customer surcharge — or $4 per month for every $100 of electric use — while the cable TV companies must pay to bury their lines. The program began in 1990. With the climate crisis threatening to bring bigger hurricanes in the future, now, not later, is the time to act.

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Plummeting childhood vaccines: the next health crisis?

PPE. You’ll see people with masks, face ease in the U.S. each year. About 1,000 ly, a potential resurgence of preventable n the midst of a pandemic, the last t’s died. And that’s 1,000 too many. infections resulting from missed vaccines thing we need is another outbreak of tha shields, gowns and gloves, which protect Now that we’re in the recovery phase is also very real. a highly contagious infection like to them — but also protect you. in New York, the risk — to young and old One year ago this month, a measles measles. Unfortunately, the diligent the From the waiting room to the medical — of contracting Covid-19 is much lower outbreak in New York caused a 30-year rooms, frequently touched and trafficked 19. In t work of stopping the spread of Covid-19 than at any point during this crisis. Not high in cases of the highly contagious illareas are regularly cleaned and disinfect- reality has, for many parents, meant falling only are there fewer patients, but the ness — which still kills hundreds of thoukeep ou behind on having their children routinely ed. Some organizations, like Northwell physical spaces are now safer, with measands of people per year globally. That vaccinated. Health, are using ultraviolet light technol- Our sures in place to protect any patient who outbreak occurred because in some comogy to create an additional level of disin- line of Individually, missing one vaccine shot enters a doctor’s munities we have fection. may not seem like a big deal, office. seen the number So, health care offices are but immunization schedules That starts with of people vaccinatsafe, and you shouldn’t be were developed after decades limiting the numed dip below safe afraid to see your pediatriof study, and the sheer number of patients. levels, threatening cian. Vaccinations have ber of missed trips to pediatriOnce in the office, our hard-fought cians during the coronavirus changed the game on so many people remain six herd immunity, crisis has meant a drastic fallillnesses, saving millions of feet apart — six which protects the off in childhood immunizalives. But that progress can beach balls of entire community. tions across the country. unwind, and it can do so space. To avoid When that immuIn fact, the Centers for Disquickly — as it is right now in overcrowding, nity declines, ease Control and Prevention other parts of the world. JosHUa DaVID CHarLes families are somethere’s a greater reports 250,000 fewer doses of Health care’s mission is to roCker FaGan sCHLeIen times asked to call risk for the infecmeasles-containing immunipromote and protect the genfrom their cars tion to spread. zations ordered from March 23 eral well-being of the commuwhen they arrive Last year it was to May 16 than during the nity. We need parents’ help. We and wait to be called in. just the measles we had to worry about. runnin same time period in 2019. And it’s not just can solve this problem together and Frequently, pediatric offices have desAdd measles. There were also about 2.5 million Today it’s every vaccine-preventable illensure that we protect the entire herd. ignated mornings for visits from those ness, because if kids aren’t coming in for fewer doses of all routine non-influenza The time is now. Please don’t wait until the tea one vaccine, they’re not coming in for any. who are well and afternoons for “sick visvaccines. Across Cohen Children’s Mediwe have another outbreak on our hands. bus dri its,” which is another way of assuring the And yes, wash those hands. Measles is our main concern, because of soon be cal Center’s 18 pediatric offices, we saw a how rapidly it spreads and how it can lead health and protection of those visiting the into sc 45 percent drop in all vaccinations for office. Everyone over age 2 must be to dehydration, pneumonia and encephachildren of all ages in that same period. Dr. Joshua Rocker is the chief of pediatric York th masked, and is screened upon entry with litis, or swelling of the brain. But we also The good news is that you and your emergency medicine at Cohen Children’s pandem a symptom checklist. You will be asked if worry about Haemophilus influenzae child can catch up. Pediatricians across Medical Center. Dr. David Fagan is the cen- the poi you have a fever, any symptoms and any Type b, a major contributor to meningitis our sch the country have worked overtime to creter’s vice chair of pediatric ambulatory known exposure to Covid-19, and based on administration. Dr. Charles Schleien is and bacteremia, when the bacteria ing ext ate safe environments, cleaning protocols those answers, you’ll be managed and spreads throughout the blood. Before the and strategies to minimize the risk of senior vice president and chair of pediatric moved within the office appropriately. Hib vaccination, about 20,000 children Covid infection. Fear of contracting the services at Northwell Health. Health care providers are dressed in full younger than 5 developed severe Hib disvirus is understandable, but unfortunate-

Letters selling us a false bill of goods. LARRY PENNER Great Neck

A guest column was short on insight To the Editor: Re Robert A. Scott’s op-ed column, “Of course Black lives matter!” (July 2-8): Scott addressed the removal of President Woodrow Wilson’s name at Princeton University because of his racist views and policies. I say well and good, but wouldn’t the same reasoning apply to Franklin Roosevelt’s internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, and be worthy of similar response? Scott went on to characterize the Native American and Black man at the sides of Teddy’s Roosevelt’s statue at the American Museum of Natural History as representing “colonial expansion and racial discrimination.” Really? Does Scott truly believe that these figures were included in such negative context, rather than representing progress from backwardness and deprivation into a more hopeful future? Scott wrote that Black lives matter because “they were being eliminated by police violence.” Not only was this claim false, is that the only reason, for him, that

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Black lives should matter? That the kind of officer who killed George Floyd could get into law enforcement at all shows a failure in the vetting and training process, with such officers representing only a small part of law enforcement. For Scott to even imply that “police violence” is primarily responsible for Black deaths is absurd. Incredibly, he contends that “Black people are killed in their homes and suburban neighborhoods by white police.” Is he blind to the realities of drive-by shootings, of revenge killings, of assaults, robberies, murders and rapes of innocent Black people — infants, the young, the old — by those who live in these very communities? How many more such crimes, of the most horrific nature, have been reported since his article was published only weeks ago? Why does Scott attribute “failing schools” as the cause of Black social woes? Many of those who have participated in looting and arson are school-aged minors from minority communities. Would Scott dispute that lack of proper guidance and disciplining at home contributes to educational and social deficiencies? He should consider the dedicated students and teachers in these schools, and how their pursuits are impacted by the criminal and antisocial miscreants among them. ROBERT RUBALSkY East Rockaway

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