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Torahs stolen from local synagogue By jAMES BERNSTEiN jbernstein@liherald.com

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loCAl offiCiAlS joiNED residents in searching for religious items stolen from the Chabad of the Beaches on Saturday.

The upcoming Jewish holiday season was expected to be particularly joyous for the Chabad of the Beaches, an Orthodox synagogue in Long Beach: The congregation was looking forward to moving into its first permanent home, on Walnut Street, a spacious, welllit place with play areas for the children and plenty of room for prayer. There will certainly be holiday services at the synagogue, beginning with Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, Sept. 6.

But an act of vandalism two weeks before the holidays begin will leave an imprint on the congregation’s collective memory. As Rabbi Eli Goodman, the synagogue’s spiritual leader, said at a news conference at Lindell Boulevard and the boardwalk on Monday, the holiday season will be tinged “with a little bit of darkness.” Last Saturday afternoon, the new synagogue, where carpets were still being laid in preparation for the holidays, was attacked. Two torahs were stolen, and two others tossed to the floor. The ark where the Continued on page 12

Long Beach school board votes to follow mask mandate By DARwiN YANES Dyanes@liherald.com

By a vote of 4-1 on Tuesday night, the Long Beach Board of Education affirmed a statewide mandate issued by Gov. Kathy Hochul that all school students must wear masks to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus when classes start next month. Many of the approximately 50 people in attendance at the Lindell school auditorium appeared to strongly disagree with the board’s action. The board’s vote came only hours after Hochul was sworn in as governor, and announced the mandate.

Trustee Sam Pinto, who cast the lone dissenting vote, declined to explain his decision after the meeting. The vote came as the Covid-19 positivity rate in Nassau County has risen to 4 percent, and the positivity rate in Long Beach among children ages 5 to 17 has climbed to 9 percent. Schools Superintendent Dr. Jennifer Gallagher presented the plan, and noted that community stakeholders and health experts had been consulted, and surveys and studies were taken into consideration. Parents also weighed in at a prior board meeting, and responded to a survey. “Our goal is to provide a joyful, exciting, as normal of a year

t this point, we’re making a decision on the information we have. AlExiS PACE

Board of Education trustee as possible, but also following the state guidelines,” Gallagher said. She added that the plan would be re-evaluated periodically as positivity rates change and vaccines become available for younger students.

Besides masks, the plan mandates three feet of space between desks in classrooms. The district will provide clear masks for speech and literacy classes, there will be frequent outdoor breaks, and field trips, PTA events and sports will return. Sean Hayden was the first, and most vocal, parent to voice his disapproval of the proposed

mandate before the board voted. “Our kids should not be wearing masks in schools,” Hayden said. “It’s our choice. Not yours or the CDC’s. It’s ridiculous.” His comments were followed by the first of many bursts of applause from some members of the audience, although board President Dr. Dennis Ryan tried to maintain Continued on page 5

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OBITUARY a forklift to make his way around an entire painting, according to numerous articles about his work. What people in and out of the art Hammer met Close around 2015, at the world will remember most about Chuck Farmers Market on Kennedy Plaza outClose is his face. side City Hall. “I introduced myself, and That’s because the renowned artist, we talked about food,” she recounted. who died Aug. 19, at Mount Sinai South Hammer was working at a Long Beach Nassau Hospital in Oceanside, at age 81, restaurant, Lost and Found, at the time, was most famous for his gigantic, black- and invited Close to visit. and-white “Big Self-Portrait,” which “He would come a lot with friends and shows in stark relief his unkempt hair assistants,” she recalled. “I made space and a white beard hanging for him with little notice. I low on his chin. showed him the artwork I Over the decades, Close, was doing.” who lived in Long Beach at Hammer said she also got least part of the year and in to see Close’s art gallery in Florida the remainder of the Long Beach. “I saw how he time, became one of the broke down the process” of world’s best-known portrait his work, she said. “It was painters. mind-blowing.” “It was like having Picasso Close was not only a paintliving in your town,” said Eve er, but also a photographer. eve hammer Hammer, a Long Beach artist He took pictures of Hollyand the director of develop- Long Beach artist wood movie stars, and ment for the Long Beach became so well known that he Council for the Arts. “I want once painted former Presihim remembered as a Long Beach neigh- dent Bill Clinton. bor,” Hammer said. “A lot of my friends Johanna Mathieson-Ellmer, executive knew him. A lot of storeowners knew director of Artists in Partnership Inc., him. He was very soft-spoken, very ener- heard Close give a talk at the Long Beach getic.” Public Library in 2013. “He talked about Close was best-known for the big heads the creative process,” she said. he created in a process that astounded the Close had moved to Long Beach from art world: He divided photographs into East Hampton. “The thing that stays with tiny grids and then blew them up, repro- me is he talked about the light in Long ducing them square by square into giant Beach,” Mathieson-Ellmer said. “He had canvasses. He used a chair, a platform and lived in the Hamptons, and he noticed”

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ChuCk Close at his home in 2017. Photos Long Beach Public Library

ChuCk Close spoke at the Long Beach Public Library in 2013, and is pictured here with Johanna Mathieson-Ellmer, executive director of Artists in Partnership Inc. the same type of light there. “That has stayed with me,” she said. “He said that was the thing that impressed him here, the light.” Mathieson-Ellmer said she found Close “very present. He was very now. You had his full attention.” Close could be seen on the streets of Long Beach in his wheelchair. In 1988 he suffered a collapsed spinal artery, which left him paralyzed from the neck down. But he regained movement in his arms, and was able to paint using brushes attached to his hands. He had other medical problems, and dealt as well with accusations by several women that he had sexually harassed them at different times between 2005 and 2013. “If I embarrassed anyone or made them feel uncomfortable, I am truly sorry,” he told The New York Times. “I didn’t mean to. I acknowledge having a dirty mouth, but we’re all adults.” In 2013, Close was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, described later as frontotemporal dementia. The Mayo Clinic’s website says the disease can cause

“increasingly inappropriate social behavior.” His work was removed from some museums. Close was born in 1940 in Monroe, Wash., and attended the University of Washington in Seattle. He later entered the Master of Fine Arts program at Yale University. He moved to Manhattan in 1967, and had his first gallery show in New York in 1970. He later served on the boards of museums, including the Whitney Museum of American Art. His work was on exhibit at museums in New York, Hong Kong, Moscow, Germany, Madrid and other European cities. In 1975 it began to be shown regularly at the Pace Gallery in Manhattan. Close’s work was not always easy to define, and it changed over time, some of it because of his physical challenges. In an interview with The Times about his work, Close said, “I don’t predict what I’m going to do. I don’t plan ahead that much. It doesn’t matter what or where the whole art world is going. I’ve got my own little trajectory.”

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Chuck Close, Long Beach’s ‘Picasso,’ dies at 81

NeigHbOrS iN tHe NewS Resident named NY outstanding CS The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research has announced that Sarah Schnepf is the 2021 Outstanding CSR of the Year recipient for the state of New York. To qualify for this top state honor, Schnepf submitted the winning essay on the Challenges in the Insurance Industry. Additionally, Schnepf was selected for having demonstrated outstanding service and professionalism within the insurance community. Schnepf started her career working in the insurance industry in 2005. She began as a CSR in Life Insurance and then switched over to Property and Casualty in 2013. She is a Senior Commercial Account Manager at Mackoul Risk Solutions and has received her Property & Casualty License, Accident, Life and Health

License as well as her ACSR designation while employed at Mackoul. She is currently working towards her CPCU Designation and continues to educate herself so she can provide the best service to her clients. “Schnepf was chosen as a state winner for exemplifying the characteristics and qualifications required to be eligible for the prestigious National Outstanding CSR of the Year Award,” stated Dr. William T. Hold, President of The National Alliance. “She represents the backbone of the insurance community, those customer service representatives distinguished for providing exceptional service on a daily basis.” Schnepf is now one of 30 individuals eligible for the national honor.

NewS brief Sen. Kaminsky holds school supply drive State Sen. Todd Kaminsky has organized a back-to-school supply drive to ensure that students who do not have access to necessary supplies are prepared for their first day of school. Suggested donations include new backpacks, No. 2 pencils, pens, notebooks, folders, crayons, colored pencils, rulers, safety scissors and binders. “Many students do not have access to the essential supplies needed to start the school year successfully,” Kaminsky said. “And we all know that when communities band together, great things happen.” Donations will be accepted until Sept. 3 and can be dropped off at Kaminsky’s district office, 55 Front St., Room 1, Rockville Centre. For more, contact Kaminsky’s office at (516) 7668 3 8 3 o r k a m i n s k y p re s s @ nysenate.gov.

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Long Beach athletic department earns awards The Long Beach High School athletic department had a successful 2020-21 school year and received numerous recognitions that reflect the dedication of student athletes and coaches. The high school earned the NYSPHSAA’s ScholarAthlete Team School of Excellence Award, and four coaches received special distinctions. The School of Excellence Award is presented to schools in which 75% of varsity teams ear n Scholar Athlete Team status. The boys and girls badminton, girls basketball, boys and girls bowling, boys and girls cross country, boys golf, gymnastics, boys and girls lacrosse, girls soccer, softball, boys and girls swimming, girls tennis, boys and

girls indoor track, boys and girls outdoor track and boys and girls volleyball teams all achieved Scholar Athlete Team honors based on the number of students on each team attaining average student GPAs of 90 or higher. Boys badminton coach Andrew Rossi, girls soccer coach Michael Santoro and girls swim coach Lynn Volosevich earned Coach of the Year Awards from each sport’s Nassau County Coaches Association. Varsity girls indoor and outdoor track coach Megan Grahlfs was presented with the Sam Santay and Irv Gold Memorial Award, which is given to the district’s varsity coach of the year as determined by Long Beach varsity coaching staff.

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given to students whose parents choose to keep them at home. After more than an hour of comments from parents, the board voted to pass the measure. Most of the crowd walked out. Shortly before casting her vote, Trustee Alexis Pace tried to reassure them that their voices were being heard and their opinions considered. “At this point, we’re making a decision on all information we have,” Pace said. “We’re making a decision on how we can keep all of our students in school as much as possible and as safe as possible.” She also stressed that regardless of the school board’s decision, the governor’s mandate must be followed. School is scheduled to start on Sept. 9.

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A concert-goer put her hands in the air as former “The Voice” contestant Wé McDonald performed a redition of “Rise Up” by Andra Day at the Never Forget Concert at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater on Saturday.

Never Forget Concert remembers 9/11 McDonAlD strucK A victory pose after the audience cheered following her performance of the national anthem at the concert.

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Even an impending tropical storm can’t halt America’s pride. Despite rain caused by the approach of Henri, the Never Forget Concert at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater – a music festival to honor the nation’s military, first responders and 9/11 victims — went off as planned Saturday night. All proceeds from the concert went to the Tunnels to Towers Foundation, a nonprofit created in 2001 that works to provide mortgage-free houses and other benefits to injured veterans, Gold Star families and first responders. Around 7 p.m., the show kicked off with the bagpipe groups Emerald Society and NYPD Pipes and Drums, made up of active and retired New York City Police Department members. Two American flags on the stage waved in the wind as the national anthem was performed by “The Voice” contestant Wé McDonald. The CEO and founder of Tunnels for Towers, Frank Siller, then took the stage. “We can never forget what happened 20 years ago,” Siller said. “The foundation makes sure we never forget by honoring the sacrifice, and we honor the sacrifice by doing good. Let us do good for the greatest of all Americans: those who are willing to die for you and I.” Siller founded the nonprofit to honor his brother, Stephen, a New York City firefighter who strapped 60 pounds of gear to his back and ran two miles through the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel to the twin towers, where he died in the effort to save others. Sporting an FDNY T-shirt, “American Idol” contestant Jax performed “My Hero” by the Foo Fighters. It was followed by a performance by Danny Rodriguez, a former New York City police officer who said he was two blocks from the World Trade Center when it collapsed. He devoted his cover of “Into the Fire” by Bruce Springsteen to those who lost their lives

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during the attacks. Rapper Flo Rida later hit the stage with his track “My House.” During a brief technical issue, the audio for “Wild Ones” cut out. Flo Rida invited Jax back to the stage to help him finish the 2011 tune. As the rain began to intensify, Flo Rida encouraged the crowd to keep dancing. “To see you all out here smiling for something so purposeful – my hat goes off to you guys. This is a moment to cry tears of joy, so DJ hit it,” he said, leading into his “I Cry.” After he motivated the crowd to shout “Tunnels to Towers” several times in unison, he ended with his chart-topper “Low.” Additional performances by Journey, The Chainsmokers, Wyclef Jean, the Steve Miller Band, Gavin DeGraw, John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Ann Wilson of Heart and Lee Greenwood rounded out the night.

Former Heralds editor to be honored at Irish Festival

LONG BEACH HERALD — August 26, 2021

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The 49th Nassau County Ancient Order of Hibernians Feis and Irish Festival is set for Sunday, Sept. 19, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Nickerson Beach in Lido Beach, and this year’s honoree will be John O’Connell, the former executive editor of Herald Community Newspapers, who retired in 2016. “It’s such a high honor to have been chosen as the honoree of this year’s Nassau County Ancient Order of Hibern i a n s Fe i s a n d I r i s h Fe s t iv a l , ” O’Connell said. “Having participated in the Nassau AOH Feis for many years, and knowing all the wonderful, hardworking Hibernian volunteers who give of themselves each year to promote and sustain the best of Irish heritage and culture that this feis and festival represents, I am truly blessed and humbled to be selected by those Hibernians as the 2021 honoree.” At the feis and festival, there will be Irish step dancing and live music by Bangers and Mash. There will also be Irish vendors, bagpipers, children’s games, Irish language demonstrations, an art competition and a raffle. Catholic Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. The entrance fee is $10 per person.

Children under 16 will be free. All local, state and federal Covid-19 safety precautions will be adhered to. For more information, go to www.NassauAOHFeis. com, or email MikeNYAOHsports@ gmail.com. Nickerson Beach is at 880 Lido Blvd in Lido.

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the 49th naSSau County Ancient Order of Hibernians Feis and Irish Festival will be held Sept. 19 in Lido Beach, at which John O’Connell, left, the Heralds’ former executive editor, will be honored.

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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.

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.

City honors junior lifeguards Last week, the City honored the achievements of a number of Junior Lifeguards. On August 3, 2021, nine of Long Beach’s Junior Lifeguards competed in the USLA Junior Lifeguard National Championships. The entrants traveled to South Padre Island, Texas, to compete in events against other Junior Lifeguards from across the country. The following competitors who placed in the top 10 of their age groups; Shaun Muety, Una Diaz, Matthew McCaffrey, Molly Thornton, Ella Thornton, Jessica Bassett, Aaliyah Trichter, Casey Kemins and Vin Franco.

Thursday, Aug. 26

Saturday, Aug. 28

Zoning Board Meeting

Arts and Crafts Fair

The City of Long Beach Zoning Board will meet at City Hall on the 6th floor at 7 p.m. For more information, visit, www.longbeachny.gov.

The Long Beach Historical Society, 226 W. Penn St., is sponsoring an Arts and Crafts Fair on the Boardwalk at Riverside Blvd., on Saturday, August 28th and Sunday, August 29th, from 10:00AM-5:00PM. For more information call 516-432-1192.

Friday, August 27

Farmers’ Market The Kennedy Plaza Farmers’ Market will be held at Kennedy Plaza in front of Long Beach City Hall every Saturday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. For additional information, visit ligreenmarket.org

Arts in the Plaza Arts in the Plaza features handcrafted art by local artists including custom jewelry, unique handmade gifts, photography and fine art. The weekly art festival will be in Kennedy Plaza every Saturday from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. through Oct. 30. For more info visit artsintheplaza.comfacebook.com/ artsintheplaza1.

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Film Friday: Long Weekend [In Person] Join the library staff for this week’s film, Long Weekend (2021, Rated R, 1hr 31mins) a romantic comedy featuring Zoë Chao and Finn Wittrock. A down-on-his-luck struggling writer meets an enigmatic woman who enters his life at just the right time. Priority will be given to registered attendees. Maximum capacity is 30 people.

Free movie- Jaws The West End Neighbors Civic and Eastholme Civic Associations in cooperation with the City of Long Beach present Movies on the Beach with support from local sponsors. The next Movie on the Beach is Jaws on Saturday, August 28th at 8 p.m. on Grand Boulevard beach.

Monday, August 30 Long Beach Writers’ Circle (Zoom) 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.

Tuesday, August 31 Low-Impact Cardio With Lori (Hybrid) If you’ve been sedentary all day, get your blood flowing with Lori Rozell, a certified group fitness instructor. Beginners are welcome in this lowimpact cardio class which includes ab strengthening. This is a hybrid class. You can either join in person at the library or on Zoom. For more information, visit longbeachlibrary.org.

Wednesday, Sept. 1 Free Summer Concert on the Beach The Department of Parks and Recreation is pleased to announce the return of the very popular “Music on the Beach” summer concert series. The concerts began Wednesday, July 7 and

will take place every Wednesday night at 8 p.m. on rotating beaches, including New York Avenue, Riverside Boulevard and Neptune Boulevard. September 1: That Motown Band (Motown Cover Band) on Neptune Boulevard Beach.

West End Book Club: The Farm by Joanne Ramos (In Person) Live at the West End Library. Join Library Trustee Gemma Tansey for the book discussion of The Farm by Joanne Ramos. Nestled in the Hudson Valley is a sumptuous retreat boasting every amenity: organic meals, private fitness trainers, daily massages—and all of it for free. In fact, you get paid big money—more than you’ve ever dreamed of—to spend a few seasons in this luxurious locale. The catch? For nine months, you belong to the Farm. Physical copies of the book are available at the Main and West End branches.

All Block Party Applications must be returned to LB Police Department. Everyone must wear masks in the Library. Historical Society Arts & Crafts Fair on Saturday & Sunday, Aug. 28 & 29. The L.B. Arts Council, in collaboration with Arts In The Plaza, is looking for Performance Artists. Free movie on Aug. 28.

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don’t take away from the validity of anyone’s career path but I chose mine because I believe in mine, I believe in science. I want to heal my community. That’s why I’m in healthcare. There were months where we were shortstaffed to literal bones. People worked every single day, no exaggeration, seeing patient after patient. My site, specifically, was seeing 300 patients a day. We were burned out. There were days I took on other positions because of the lack of staff, I was the site manager, front desk, lab results, you name it. What made Covid bearable were my staff and coworkers. Holding one another up when the others were falling down. Being able to cry with one another because we couldn’t see our mothers. We held on to the shreds and strings of hope in the form of bagels and pizza.

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Rabbi Eli Goodman, far right, took part in a news conference Monday on the boardwalk with Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin, at lectern, and other town officials. an investigation linked McElrath to the break-in. What looked like a fishing rod, Walsh said, turned out to be a yad, known as a Torah pointer, used by a reader to follow the text during a Torah reading. Other items, including crowns, were found on the beach near Lindell Boulevard, near where McElrath was seen naked by some residents on Saturday, Walsh said. He was rearrested on the new and more serious charges.

Police are looking for the stolen items. Two news conferences were held Monday. In the morning, in Lido Beach, Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin and Town Councilman Bruce Blakeman said they would lead “a coastline patrol” to search for the religious items that Long Beach police said were thrown onto the beach and possibly into the ocean after the attack. On Monday afternoon, County Execu-

tive Laura Curran; State Sen. Todd Kaminsky and County Legislator Denise Ford, both of Long Beach; and Walsh stood at a lectern at Lindell Boulevard, where they were joined by Rabbi Goodman.“We have a First Amendment,” Curran said. “Our houses of worship have to be protected.” Kaminsky, who lives in Long Beach and attends services at the Chabad of the Beaches, said he found the incident “very troubling” at a time when people are often attacked because of their racial or religious background. “Today we rally around the Chabad,” he said.Ford said she could not recall another incident in Long Beach where a religious institution was attacked so violently. “This crime has hit the soul of all of us in Long Beach,” she said. Goodman is asking for help in seeking funding to replace the stolen torahs, which cost between $50,000 and $60,000 each. On Monday he posted a plea on Facebook, saying, “we must also face the devastation. As members of our beloved community, many of you have very kindly reached out, asking how you can help restore our Ark. One way to help is to donate to our ‘Go Fund Me’ page https:// gofund.me/614d8383.” Goodman said that holiday service would be held nonetheless.“For those who want to be inside,” he said, “we will make it happen.”

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST MICHELE AVILA AKA MICHELLE ANN GOMEZ, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated January 29, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100

Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on September 07, 2021 at 2:30PM, premises known as 328 EAST CHESTER STREET, LONG BEACH, NY 11561. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the City of Long Beach, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 59, BLOCK 139, LOTS 49 and 50.

Approximate amount of judgment $383,969.90 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 612184/2017. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the Court System’s COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the

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t’s hard to believe that the Cuomo dynasty has come to an end, but New York now has a new governor, Kathy Hochul. I use “hard to believe” because for nearly 11 years, Andrew Cuomo had such a dominant role in the daily life of all New Yorkers. To the best of my recollection, no governor in my lifetime was in your face as much as Cuomo was. As I look back over the past 55 years, there have been eight governors occupying the Albany mansion. At least five JERRY of them served four or more KREMER years. But none of them was as powerful a figure as Cuomo. During the height of last year’s coronavirus crises, New Yorkers — and people around the world — looked forward to his daily briefings on how New York was coping with the pandemic. For that brief period, Cuomo was a 24/7 presence. If you think back on past governors,

whether Nelson Rockefeller or Mario Cuomo, you realize that none of them was as front-and-center as Andrew Cuomo. If it wasn’t an update about Covid-19, the news would carry a story about the almost daily feud between Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. No matter what media you followed, there was a daily story about some Cuomo initiative. It seemed for some time that the only place the governor didn’t inhabit was your bedroom. But the days of a Cuomo in the news are over, at least for now, and many in the political arena consider this a blessing. Hochul may be surprised to find out how many people are ready to welcome her with open arms. As much as Cuomo accomplished — and he did do a lot — the state was ready for a respite with a new face on the Albany scene. It’s a historical fact that New York governors and New York City mayors have a hard time getting along. They view the political stage as having only one spotlight, and they will do anything

to grab it. Of all the feuds that I recall, none was as nasty as the Cuomo-de Blasio wrestling match. If de Blasio announced that he was lifting some Covid restriction, Cuomo would immediately step in and say not so fast. In the run-up to her swearing in, Hochul met privately with de Blasio, and they exchanged pleasantries. In addition, she spoke extensively with de Blasio’s likely successor, Eric Adams. Don’t be surprised if, in the coming weeks and months, the new governor takes the extra time to make nice with any politician who had been scorned by Cuomo. At the top of his hit list were the two leaders of the State Legislature, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins. No one has ever written a love story about a New York governor and an Albany legislative leader, but Cuomo’s relationship with the current legislative leaders was especially hostile. Both would sit down with him and hammer out state budgets, but the level of dis-

ut Hochul will have only a short window of time to attack a host of issues.

trust was always high. Every legislative leader has a pretty strong ego, but none could eclipse Cuomo’s. In the weeks ahead, Hochul will no doubt go out of her way to establish a close working relationship with both state leaders, and they, in turn, will shower her with compliments and pledges of harmony and good things to come. That is a welcome change of atmosphere, because the new governor has a lot on her plate, and she’ll only have a short window of time to attack a host of issues. At the same time that she’ll be wrestling with new challenges, there will be a handful of politicians plotting to challenge her next year in a primary contest. For now, though, New Yorkers can look forward to their state government functioning normally, with no sign yet that former Governor Cuomo is planning a return to power. Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.

Heading west, into smoke and wildfire hell

confess, the headline is hyperbolic, but for a Long Island woman on her first cross-country road trip, the wildfires and smoke demand purple prose. We arrived in an area of California that is designated “purple” because conditions are “extremely unhealthy,” according to the weather service. It rained ash. We sea-level dwellers are accustomed to clean air and no elevation issues. Right now I am at 6,700 feet and I can’t see the mountains in front of me. We RANDI knew the West KREISS was in a wildfire and air-quality crisis, but we needed to move, to change the scenery and mostly to see our kids and grandkids who live out here. We started planning this trip last year during the lockdown, and the planning itself was liberating. Driving cross-country has been my dream. My husband has always put it off, dreading the endless driving days through the middle. But that’s what I wanted, to experience the unchanging open prairie and the nothingness. How can you really know it’s all out there if

you don’t drive through it? Like most dreams, I got just a piece of it, but these days that counts. Early last week we flew to Denver, picked up a rental car and drove to Cheyenne, Wyo., then Park City, Utah, then Elko, Nev., before we arrived in California. The experience has been both better and worse than expected. The flight was great and the car was waiting for us. This sounds matter-of-fact, but as an obsessive planner, I had spent dozens of hours scrolling through hotel and car websites, trying to find the best — and the most cancelable — plans. We heard all the horror stories of people being stranded at airports with no cars available. The day we landed, Denver had the worst smoke and air quality of any place in North America. We headed out, stopped at a Walmart to buy a cooler, a small bed for Lillybee the dog and enough water for a Sahara crossing, and then we drove to Cheyenne. In the months since we first planned this adventure, the Delta variant has overwhelmed the hotel experience. Everything that can be is online. Breakfast buffets are masked affairs with no real buffet, just grab and go. No house-

cleaning services unless requested. Cheyenne itself is hot, dry and seemingly the center of the American military complex. Streets are named for generals. We drove by a life-sized missile on display in the park. The only surprise in Cheyenne was Mort’s Bagels in the center of town. The drive to Park City made me think of the movie “North by Northwest,” in which Cary Grant gets strafed by a crop-duster out in the middle of nowhere. We drove through featureless high plains studded with occasional red rocks. The openness can feel disorienting. We stayed in Park City for two nights. I’ve wanted to visit ever since Robert Redford brought the Sundance Film Festival to the area. As it turns out, we should have gone 25 years ago. Today, Park City is emblematic of all the overdeveloped mountain towns overrun by rich folks who want seasonal mega-mansions on the slopes. Two days into the trip, the Delta surge necessitated that we wear masks indoors everywhere and eat only at restaurants with outdoor tables. On a personal level, we were doing well. Lillybee turns out to be a roadie. Eight hours in the car is doable. She isn’t picky about

he day we landed, Denver had the worst air quality of any place in North America.

sleeping arrangements. We felt good just being let loose, but there were new constraints, and we knew we were losing ground to the virus. Our luggage comprised two huge bags, one carry-on and Lillybee’s bed. We were quite well organized, and only lost one Kindle along the way, although we thought we’d lost the car keys and our phones too many times to count. News of the world popped up along the way on the phones and in headlines splashed across newspapers. It was all disturbing: masking meltdowns, Governor DeSantis of Florida on the ascendancy, Cuomo self-destructing and then, suddenly, Biden hitting a wall in Afghanistan. Fortunately, the TVs in our hotel rooms didn’t work and we wouldn’t let a repairman in, so no TV. Our last night on the road was in Elko, and it must have been forgettable because it was just three nights ago and I forgot the highlights. The big takeaway so far is the smoke and the intense heat around the country. Driving along the Great Salt Lake felt like traversing Mars. Nothing but shimmering heat as far as we could see, the salt flats stretching in all directions like a prophecy. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

LONG BEACH HERALD — August 26, 2021

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ew York’s new governor, Kathy Hochul, made it clear in the days leading up to her ascension to the state’s highest office that she would like to see a statewide mask mandate for schoolchildren and their teachers. Thank you, Governor. We need you to work toward, and enact, such a mandate, by way of the State Department of Health, in order to end the partisan bickering that we have seen at Board of Education meetings of late. Anti-maskers, extolling the virtues of personal freedom, clash with parents who are concerned that their children may be next to fall victim to the coronavirus, and often older teachers who are worried that they might get sick and perhaps die. On June 15, then Gov. Andrew Cuomo, believing the vaccines had tamed the viral invader, lifted all Covid-19 restrictions. For the schools, that was a mis-

take. Children under 12 are now most vulnerable to the disease because they cannot, as yet, receive the Covid-19 vaccines. Their only forms of protection are vigilance and masks. Kids tend not be vigilant, so, really, masks are it for them. Infection rates — and even hospitalizations — are soaring across the country among children. We have a sacred obligation to protect them. That is the primary reason the state should require students to wear masks at all times in school. Otherwise, what we will get is a hodgepodge of rules. The Massapequa School District came out last week to say it would not require masks, but rather recommend them. Recommend them? Who are officials there kidding? Meanwhile, the Baldwin, Roosevelt, Jericho and Riverhead school districts have all said they would continue to

require masks. Good for them. That’s the right thing to do. No single Board of Education should have to make this decision, however. That’s why the state must step in. In June, we thought we had beaten back Covid-19. Then along came its close cousin, the so-called Delta variant, which is significantly more infectious and potentially more deadly for the unvaccinated than the original strain of the disease. The variant had been with us for months, but it hadn’t really taken hold in New York until recently. Let’s face it: We have a ways to go before we eradicate this disease. No one is suggesting that we return to the restrictions that we saw in the early days of the pandemic. We should, however, take every reasonable precaution to limit the spread of the virus. That begins with requiring masks for all students.

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fficials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said last week that those who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus will likely need a booster shot after eight months — meaning that those who were first in line to be vaccinated in January are already coming due for their boosters. CDC officials said that the Food and Drug Administration is now reviewing the efficacy and safety of booster shots, but they will probably become available this fall. We say this: Be prepared to get a booster if and when it is offered. All of us must do all that we can to eliminate this terrible scourge and restore normalcy to this country. Vaccines, masks and social-distancing requirements are our only real defenses against the coronavirus, for which there is no known cure. The Covid-19 vaccines are extraordinarily effective in keeping people out of the hospital and preventing death. We are, however, seeing an increasing number of “breakthrough” cases, in which vaccinated people are testing positive for the coronavirus and even getting sick. But their symptoms are most often mild to moderate, officials say. The overwhelming majority of people who are on ventilators (97 percent) and who are dying (99 percent) are unvaccinated. As of last Friday, the seven-day Covid-

19 infection rate for Long Island had crept up to nearly 4 percent — that is, the Island is now seeing four times as many cases as it did at the start of the summer. Officials attribute the spike to the Delta variant, which has spread across the country like wildfire, particularly in states like Florida and Texas, where peo-

ple tend to eschew basic safety precautions like masks and social distancing, and the vaccination rate is significantly lower than in the Northeast. Bottom line: If you haven’t been vaccinated, now is the time. If you have been, be ready for a booster.

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ndrew is out and Kathy is in — a stunning political tale that seems to have taken everyone by surprise. Unless you have a long memory, that is, and have lived in Nassau County for a generation or more. Remember Karen Burstein? She’s still alive and well, and as far back as 1970, when she was 28, she ran as a Democrat for Congress opposed to the Vietnam War. She lost that contest. In 1972 she was elected to the State Senate from the Five Towns, and ended up serving three ronALD J. terms. The long comrosenBerG mute to Albany must have given her plenty of time to think — and seethe. Burstein has since revealed that she found herself immersed in a misogynistic world where male chauvinism was just a prelude to sexual harassment, and where high skirts and low blouses were often the requirements for staff advancement. In an era when demands for equal pay for equal work

were met with smirks, and staying after office hours wasn’t about reviewing legislation, Burstein has said she found it a toxic, demeaning and corrupting environment. She confronted it publicly, condemning it for what it was. The result was indifference. Albany’s sexist culture crossed partisan divides, Senate districts and generations of politicians. As late as the 1990s, political consultant Dick Morris told the Village Voice, “Our image of the Empire State is as a bastion of liberalism, feminism and good will to women who seek higher office. In fact, it is one of the most sexist political environments in the nation.” And now here we are, solidly in the 21st century, when we have made enormous progress in creating genuine equality in the workplace — unless you review the predatory actions of one Andrew Cuomo. Let legions of therapists try to analyze his tortured person. This was a man who, at the same time he was signing legislation empowering women to speak out against sexual harassment in the workplace, was

sexist culture crossed partisan divides, Senate districts and generations.

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Cuomo wasn’t that great

Enjoyed Brinton’s column on his yard

To the Editor: In August 2018, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, “America was never that great.” He forgot about the millions of immigrants who have come here to seek a better life and live the American dream. During his administration, scandals included sexual harassment, several thousand nursing home deaths from the coronavirus, and the alleged use of state employees on the taxpayers’ dime and time assisting in ghost-writing his book, for which he was paid $5 million. With ever-increasing taxes and long-term debt, job losses, a failed public education system and declining public transportation, it is the Empire State that was never that great, as it declined under Cuomo’s watch. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Governor.

To the Editor: Re Scott Brinton’s column “Restoring a lost habitat in our backyard” (Aug. 19-25): I was smiling throughout the whole thing. I also have certified my yard as a wildlife habitat with the National Wildlife Federation. However, my property is 30 by 50, which includes my little bungalow, so I’ve had to squish a lot of plants in here, which I have done. After Superstorm Sandy in 2012, most of my neighbors went to grass with a couple of flowerpots, and one neighbor took out the entire yard and put in cement, much to my horror. At my age, it’s getting a little more difficult to rein everything in, especially since I’m so close to other people here in East Rockaway, but I do my best to keep everyt h i n g s o m e wh a t c o n t a i n e d (although my neighbors would beg to differ, I’m sure). I’m so glad Brinton wrote this column. Great to see like-minded people.

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engaging in inappropriate, unwanted behavior that would have fathers of daughters lying in wait outside the governor’s mansion to pop him in the nose. Now, New York’s first woman governor has taken over the office. Kathy Hochul has an urgent agenda that ranges from ever-changing coronavirus issues to public works to a progressive State Legislature that is pushing jobs, investments and entrepreneurs out of state. Oh, and she also has to raise tens of millions of dollars to run what may be a primary followed by a general election. She also needs to clean house of Cuomo staff loyalists who would like nothing more than for her to fail. It still remains a rocky road for women in New York state politics. Geraldine Ferraro ran for U.S. senator twice and never got past the primaries. Elizabeth Holtzman was another Senate race loser. Burstein ran and lost the race for state attorney general. Kathleen Rice didn’t survive the primary for that job. There are other names as well, like Mary Ann Krupsak, who are known only

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to students of arcane state politics, but their experiences reflect the difficult life of women in an Albany distilled by Cuomo’s most recent actions. There is an axiom in politics that says if you aim for the king, your shot better be fatal. In the case of Cuomo, a punitive, vindictive, abusive politician who has fallen from grace is far from mortem. Consider his interview with New York Magazine. “I feel like I did the right thing,” he said. “I did the right thing for the state. … I’m not gonna drag the state through the mud, through a three-month, four-month impeachment, and then win, and have made the State Legislature and the state government look like a ship of fools, when everything I’ve done all my life was for the exact opposite. I’m not doing that. I feel good. I’m not a martyr.” This is surely not the voice of a penitent man. Karen Burstein would probably ask us, “And just what were you expecting?” Ronald J. Rosenberg has been an attorney for 42 years, concentrating in commercial litigation and transactions, and real estate, municipal, zoning and land use law. He is currently with the law firm he founded in 1999, Rosenberg Calica & Birney, in Garden City.

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