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Future of MLK Center remains up in the air As relations chill, meeting was set for Thursday to iron out differences public’s help in reopening the center and discussing its future. The City of Long Beach and “This is a blatant lie, seemrepresentatives of the Martin ingly intended to confuse and Luther King Ceninflame the pubter have been quilic,” the council etly holding onsaid in its stateand-off talks for ment, and called months aimed at on Moore to reopening the retract it. facility, which norLong Beach mally serves chiland MLK officials dren, adults and have lately been seniors but has discussing offerbeen closed since ing the center, on March for failing Riverside Bouleto provide a corovard, a lease n av i r u s s a f e t y arrangement that plan. would require it O n T u e s d a y, t o p ay m o d e s t however, relations rent. The center grew testy when uses the building, the City Council which is owned by a c c u s e d A n i s s a City CounCil the city, but has Moore, its former statement not been paying president, of rent. The officials “intentional fabriwere set to meet cations” and making an “outra- on Thursday in the hope of geous claim that the council finalizing an agreement. intends to convert the building Moore expressed outrage at into condominiums.” the council’s statements. She A few weeks ago, Moore said she had sent out a petition issued a petition asking for the Continued on page 3

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Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel . . . The Dancing Dreidel Duo, Yaakov Shaul Weinfeld and Moshe Goodman, entertained the crowd with their moves while the menorah was lit at Kennedy Plaza in Long Beach on Sunday.

New top cop in Long Beach By James Bernstein jbernstein@liherald.com

The City of Long Beach made it official Tuesday night, saying it had hired Ron Walsh, a veteran Nassau County police official, as its next police commissioner. City Council President John Bendo announced Walsh’s hiring at the council’s regular meeting. Walsh, chief of support for the NCPD, replaces interim commissioner Phil Rag-

ona, who announced his departure last week. Ragona had come out of retirement five months ago to head the 60-member force. In all, Ragona had been with the Long Beach department for 34 years. He resigned when it became apparent that Walsh would be getting his job. “We extended an offer to a police commissioner candidate,” Bendo said at the virtual meeting. “Ron Walsh will be joining

us from the Nassau County Police Department. He will be our next police commissioner.” Bendo said that Walsh, 55, hadn’t even been added to the city payroll last week when he “sprang into action” after Long Beach’s computer systems were hacked, offering advice and support to get them working again. The City Council also voted to make use of more advanced Microsoft systems in the hope of Continued on page 3

nissa Moore made intentional fabrications and outrageous claims that the council intends to convert the building into condominiums.

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Walsh replaces 34-year Long Beach veteran Ragona In a statement Wednesday morning, Bendo said that Walsh “has an incredibly broad and successful professional profile, which makes him exceptionally qualified for this job, but most important is that he is deeply committed to the kind of community-based policing and public safety that Long Beach deserves.” According to the city, Walsh is a Massapequa resident but has many family connections in Long Beach, where he spent most of his formative years, and where he continues to spend his summers to this day. Long Beach is also where Walsh began his law enforcement career, serving as an Auxiliary Police officer and as a “summer special,” augmenting the policing effort on the boardwalk and on the beach.

avoiding any such breaches in the future. The hacks were being investigated by the state Department of Homeland Security. Walsh and Ragona had appeared before the public in late October, with each making the case that he was the best man for the job. Ragona stressed his more than three decades of experience in Long Beach. Walsh said he had helped run a larger department, but was also familiar with the city. Members of the department’s Police Benevolent Association expressed their support for Ragona in a poll, according to people in the city, saying they preferred the police chief they knew to one they did not. Other business JOhn BendO They also said they believed Ragona had At the meeting Tuesday night, the City President, done a good job as the city’s top cop. Council also approved a series of bonds to Neither Bendo nor other city officials City Council finance two lawsuits filed against Long explained on Tuesday night why Walsh was Beach, one by a contractor who had chosen for the job. worked on an aging firehouse, and the In a brief statement, Walsh said, “I want to extend other by a man who said he had slipped and injured my thanks to the board and I look forward to working himself on city property. with you.” Roy Lester, a former president of the Long Beach Walsh has said he graduated from the Senior Man- Board of Education, questioned the increased borrowagement Institute for Police and the FBI National Acad- ing, saying it would negatively impact the city’s finances. emy, and that he was “an accomplished lecturer, trainer City officials have been trying to improve Long Beach’s and educator.” financial situation after years of what they say has been

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ROn Walsh, Long Beach’s new police commissioner. gross mismanagement by previous administrations. There are also worries about the rising number of Covid-19 cases, confirmed by John McNally, executive assistant to City Manager Donna Gayden. “We are well into a second wave,” McNally said. “With the holidays coming, we expect the numbers to rise.” Indoor dining is still permitted in the city’s restaurants, but Gov. Andre Cuomo has said he anticipates another statewide shutdown of nonessential businesses if positivity rates continue inching upward.

Talks continue on reopening center cOntinued fROm fROnt calling on residents to oppose the city’s plans. “I said [the center] is going to become condos,” Moore said in an interview with the Herald, adding that several developers had told her the building would someday be converted into condominiums. “Apparently the city decided to place my name in this article without calling me, without telling me,” Moore said. She said she would not retract her statements. “The city should deny” that the center will become condos, she said. Moore said she was meeting with attorney Fred Brewington, who has represented the center in talks with the city, and that she planned to elaborate on her comments to the Herald after that meeting. The MLK Center has not devised a plan to institute safety protocols to limit the spread of Covid-19, and only administrative personnel have been allowed to work inside the building. In order to operate, the building must adhere to coronavirus safety guidelines ordered by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The discussion of a lease arrangement appeared to signal the center’s potential reopening. The City Council said that the city “seeks to continue its relationship with the MLK Center Inc.” But it added that it was “deeply disappointed” by Moore’s remarks. “We can’t be clearer about this: the city is fully prepared to partner with the MLK Center Inc. to bring

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programs and services to the residents, especially our youth and seniors,” council President John Bendo said. “The City and MLK Center Inc. have a long history together that we want to see thrive.” The MLK Center has been a focal point of the city;’s efforts to feed, educate and cloth people in need since it opened more than 35 years ago. Several hundred children make use of the center during the week for tutoring, recreation and counseling services. The center provides food packages to many of the city’s low-income residents, and seniors are offered health education services and space for meetings,

the mlK centeR has been closed to the public since the start of the pandemic. anissa mOORe, fORmeR City Council president, said the city should deny that the center will be replaced by condominiums.

New rabbi at Young Israel was student of synagogue’s late leader

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Young Israel of Long Beach, Silver has instituted classes in Jewish law and is working on increasing the synagogue’s Most people have enough trouble man- membership, which currently has about aging one professional career. Binyamin 75 families as members. Silver manages two -he is a tax lawyer Nelson Spiess, Young Israel’s presiand is now the newest rabbi in Long dent, said Silver has been uniting memBeach. bers. Spiess noted Silber has also started Silver took over in September as the a program, Coffee with the Rabbi, “You rabbi of Young Israel of Long Beach, see people all the time, but how often do replacing a giant in the Jewish world of you really get to know them? Rabbi Silver the city - Rabbi Chaim interviews people and we Wakslak, who served as get to know who threy are the synagogue’s spiritual and what they think,” leader for over 30 years Spiess said. and was a psychologist. Spiess has a broad Wakslak died in February. knowledge of Jewish conSilver, who gives his age gregations. He was raised as “mid-30s” knew he had in Caracas, Venezuela and large shoes to fill. He took came to the U..S in 1988. He over just at the beginning is a financial advisor with of the High Holidays and Morgan Sytanley, and travas the pandemic spread els widely on business, usurapidly. ally checking in at local “Becoming a rabbi just synagogues. He and synabefore the High Holidays gogue board members saw and during a pandemic, is something in Silver they not the most opportuner instantly liked. thing in the world,” Silver First, Silver had saisd in an interview earliinterned at Young Israel er this week. Because his of Long Beach under Wakcongregation is Orthodox, slak “We knew him,” services on the High HoliSpiess said. “We found him days or on Shabbos cannot to be very knowledgeable, not be held electronically. very creative.” So Silver held services outThe new rabbi had also doors, with congregants s t u d i e d u n d e r R abb i raBBi Benyamin spaced apart, Moshe Shternbuch, the “While services are silver executive vice president of important, health is the the Rabbinical Court of most important thing of Jerusalem, in 2010. He received a bacheall,” Silver said. “There are many ways to lor’s degree in Talmudic law at Ner Israel pray to God. Usually, during Rosh Hasha- Rabbinical College in Baltimore, in 2007. nah, we have food and dancing. This year, In 2013, Silver received a law degree from there was no food and no dancing.” Hofstra Law School. Silver, who was formally installed as Silver and his wife, Esther, a nurse, live the synagogue’s rabbi at a remote ceremo- in Long Beach with their two children, ny Tuesday night, has moved quickly to Gavi, 5, and Herschel, 1 1/2. They are fill the void left by the death of Wakslak, expecting a third. who was his mentor when he served as a “Young Israel has a long history rabbinic intern from September 2009 to of being very prominent in the communiSeptember 2011. After that, he became an ty,” Silver said. “But a lot of people have assistant rabbi at Young Israel Shom- moved on from Long Beach and the synarai Emunah of Greater Washington, in gogue “My long-term goal is to bring back Silver Spring, Md. the glory days of Young Israel of Long In the few months he has been at Beach.”.

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HERE’S WHAT WE BROUGHT YOU THIS YEAR: AUGUST 12: K-12 Education: Back to School AUGUST 21: Higher Education: Back to School SEPTEMBER 3: LI Housing Market, Buy or Sell? SEPTEMBER 9: Lockwood College Prep Virtual Event SEPTEMBER 17: K-12 Education Update SEPTEMBER 23: A Fall Without Sports OCTOBER 8: Home Buying 101 OCTOBER 14: Health + Wealth Virtual Event OCTOBER 15: Pink Power: Breast Cancer Awareness OCTOBER 21: Next Steps in Nassau: An Update from Elected Officials OCTOBER 29: Economic Development NOVEMBER 10: Coping for Kids: Mental Health Awareness NOVEMBER 12: Not-for-Profit Summit NOVEMBER 19: Applying to College DECEMBER 3: Power of 5G Part I DECEMBER 10: Power of 5G Part II Missed an episode or want to re-watch? Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all past episodes at LIHerald.com/Recordings. The first episode of Season 2 airs Thursday, January 7* at 10am to discuss the spike in prospective college students opting to stay local, rather than leave the area for their higher education. To sign up, go to LIHerald.com/StayingLocal.

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Hempstead Town’s IT’S FREE! Winter Movie Festival

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Sunday, December 20 2 p.m. Council Members Dorothy L. Goosby Bruce A. Blakeman Anthony D’Esposito Dennis Dunne, Sr. Thomas E. Muscarella Christopher Carini

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The Town of Hempstead is teaming up with Toys for Tots this holiday season. We are asking residents who attend one of these drive-in movies to bring an unwrapped gift to donate to Toys for Tots to help underprivileged children.

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Wednesday, Dec. 23

Library Board Meeting

Low-Impact Cardio with Lori

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.

Do you have questions about privacy or freedom of information? Have you heard of malware and ransomware but want to know more? Join Long Beach Library’s Tech Guy for a talk every Wednesday at 2pm on all things tech. They’ll discuss how to avoid digital scams, what companies like Apple, Microsoft, and Zoom are up to, and so much more. 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.

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

Thursday, Dec. 24

Kaminsky holds annual toy drive

Christmas Eve

State Sen. Todd Kaminsky is hosting his annual toy drive. Donations of unwrapped gifts will be accepted at the Senator’s district office located at 55 Front Street, Rockville Centre, NY 11570 through December 18th.

In observance of Christmas Eve, the Recreation Center will close at 3 pm. The Ice Arena, Magnolia Senior Center and YFS Day Care are closed.

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Thursday, Dec. 17 Zoning Board Meeting City Hall, 1 W. Chester St. All meetings are held at 7 p.m. on the sixth floor. Live streams of meetings available at www. longbeachny.gov.

$avings $olutions $eries: CUTTING THE CORD WITH CABLE Cable TV can be really expensive, but it’s not the only option out there. Find out what it means to “cut the cord” with cable and discover if it’s right for you. Join Phil, the Tech Librarian, to discuss other streaming options that might work for your household as well as the implications for letting go of telephone land lines. The virtual event will take place from 6:30-7:15 p.m. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Firefighters collaborate to untangle a flag Tower Ladder 72 firefighters untangled a flag atop a pole in front of the Hagen-Kavanagh School of Irish Dance and Edwin J. O’Toole Insurance Agency on Park Avenue on Monday Dec 7.

Friday, Dec. 18

Saturday, Dec. 19

Monday, Dec. 21

Intergeneration Book Discussion Group

Yoga for Health & Peace

Strength Training & Ab Conditioning with Pat Cappeto

The Intergeneration Book Discussion Group--led by Outreach Librarian Joan Yonish--will explore the ways books direct and change people’s lives this Fall. Copies of each book will be available at the Circulation Desk three weeks in advance of the meeting for the following title: Friday December 18 from 2-3:30 p.m.: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

This advanced beginner Hatha yoga class is designed to strengthen and lengthen your muscles and free your mind. Instructor Stephanie Durso will guide you into each pose and provide alignment cues for holding the pose and breathing deeply. The virtual event will take place from 10-11 a.m. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

This challenging workout is for active adults looking for a full-body workout. We will target multiple muscle groups, from your arms and abs to your calves and thighs. The virtual event will take place from 9:30-10:30 a.m. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

Friday, Dec. 25 Christmas Day LB City Hall, Magnolia Senior Center, Rec Center, Ice Arena & YFS Day Care will be closed in observance of Christmas Day. There will be no YFS Holiday Care, no sanitation pick up, and LB Buses will be running on a holiday schedule.

Saturday, Dec. 26 Yoga for Health & Peace This advanced beginner Hatha yoga class is designed to strengthen and lengthen your muscles and free your mind. Instructor Stephanie Durso will guide you into each pose and provide alignment cues for holding the pose and breathing deeply. The virtual event will take place from 10-11 a.m. on Zoom, visit the Long Beach Library’s website www.longbeachlibrary.org for more information.

l Kwanza is on Dec. 26. l The L.B. Latino Civic Association is hosting a toy drive. Contact lblatinocivic@yahoo.com to

donate. l The Long Beach Soup Kitchen serves hot meals Monday through Saturday, starting at 11:45. l The Town of Hempstead is hosting holiday drive-thru movies. l The Long Beach Public Library is up for Bethpage Best of L.I. program: Best Public Library.

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St. Francis Heart Center Care is Now at Mercy Medical Center.

When It Comes to Matters of the Heart, It Matters Where You Go.

For more information, visit CHSLI.org/PCI or call 516-62-MERCY.

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Led by world-class interventional cardiologists from St. Francis Heart Center, access to the lifesaving percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedure is now within easier reach at Mercy Medical Center. Within just 90 minutes, cardiac specialists will be able to open an artery, restore blood flow and save heart muscle. Because your heart should never have to wait for the best interventional care.

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After the SweAring-in, Police Benevolent Association President James McDermott, right, at lectern, offered words of advice for the recruits.

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NCPD swears in one of its largest cadet classes By Scott Brinton sbrinton@liherald.com

Nassau County officials swore in 185 cadets at the Police Academy in Massapequa Park last Friday morning — one of the largest classes to enter the county’s tough, seven-month officer training program ever. It was a socially distant affair, with 49 of the masked cadets seated on aluminum folding chairs in the auditorium of the former Hawthorn Elementary School, which Nassau leases from the Massapequa School District. The remaining recruits were separated in groups of 15 or 16 and spread out among surrounding classrooms to watch the ceremony via livestream. The county police force now stands at 2,259, without the new recruits. The cadets will study both in the classroom and through a series of intense simulations at various venues, which will imitate policing on the streets, including car chases, said one of the trainers, Chris Boccio, who grew up in Lynbrook. He stood by fellow trainer Joe Monez, of Mineola, in a hall as cadets sat in their classrooms nearby after the swearing-in. The two noted that the NCPD requires a significantly more rigorous training program than New York state mandates — Nassau puts cadets through 1,050 to 1,200 hours of training, compared to the minimum 639 hours that the state requires for basic police training. County Executive Laura Curran greeted the cadets during the ceremony. “Welcome to our Nassau County family,” she said. “We will have your back,” adding, “Your success is our success.” The age of the Hawthorn building was apparent in the auditorium where Curran spoke, with its dim lighting, worn linoleum floor and exposed heating duct above, wrapped in silver insulation. A $54 million, 89,000-square-foot academy is now under construction on the campus of Nassau Community College in Garden City and is expected to be complete in May. The current class will be the last to train at the Massapequa Park facility and the first to graduate at the new Garden City center, said Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder, who grew up in Lynbrook

and now lives in Wantagh. He also noted it is the first to enter the academy amid a pandemic, and will be the first to graduate under new state policing reforms enacted after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, which stress the need for community policing that requires officers to understand and engage with people at the local level. At the same time, the reforms made the use of a chokehold a felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison if an officer injures or kills a person, and opened police misconduct records to the public, among other measures. It’s also expected that the cadets will wear body cameras when they patrol the streets after graduation, Ryder said. The county and Police Benevolent Association recently came to terms on the requirement. Officers are to be paid a $3,000 annual cash stipend to wear the cameras. The union membership, county Legislature and county fiscal control board must still sign off on the agreement. Ryder, now in his 38th year in policing, said he “embraced the culture here” during his time at the academy in 1986, after having spent four years in the New York

cAdet MichAel ShAnnon was among the 185 recruits who were sworn in to the NCPD’s academy on Friday. Police recruit chelSeA Penn was joined at the swearing-in by her brother, Derrick Penn, an officer with the NCPD’s 8th Precinct.

Police Department. The NCPD’s culture, he said, is one “of community service.” Cadet Chelsea Penn, 26, who was not permitted by academy rules to give her hometown, said, “I’m a little nervous but super-excited” about starting police training. She had been at the academy since

early that morning and had gone for a run before the swearing-in. She stood beside her brother, Derrick Penn, 28, an officer in the 8th Precinct in Bethpage, who has been with the department four years. “She’s a perfect asset to this department,” Derrick said, smiling.

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Herald sports Nassau H.S. football approves 6 games By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

Nassau County high school football, slated to begin practice March 1 of 2021, announced it will play six regular-season games, down from the standard eight, and also eliminate scrimmages and one round of playoffs. In addition, no Long Island championships will be played against Suffolk County, which will conduct only five regularseason games. “We’re preparing for the season as if it’s going to happen and will have some things to address such as transportation and spectators as we get closer to March,” said Nassau football coordinator Matt McLees, who noted the decision to pass on the LICs was made with all 50 programs in mind. “We like the model we’re using,” he added. “It was most important to play six meaningful regular-season games above all else. With the power rankings we use, at least six games are necessary.” Playing six games, as opposed to five, also gives each team three home games and three road games, instead of an unbalanced schedule, McLees explained. “The football committee deserves a lot of credit for the effort they put in,” he said. “In the end, all the decisions will benefit hundreds and hundreds of kids.” The season is scheduled to kick off Saturday, March 13, though McLees said some games could be played on the 12th if teams wanted to give up a day of practice. Freeport (Conference I), Garden City (II), Plainedge (III) and Seaford (IV) are the defending county champions. Freeport, which has captured back-to-back Long Island Class I titles, is the only one of the four not seeded No. 1 after losing some key contributors who transferred out of state to play this fall. Oceanside is the top seed in Conference I and will open on the road against Farmingdale. “I think the six games is good,” Oceanside head coach Rob Blount said. “It appeals to the majority of schools, rather than catering to the top of each conference with more playoff games. I hope we can get the season in. A small percentage of kids will continue to play in college, but most will play their last games. It’s something they will cherish for the rest of their lives.” Garden City, which has won four straight county crowns, opens at Carey. MacArthur, the 2019 runners-up in Conference II, is seeded second and will take on South Side in the opener. Other local matchups in Week 1 include Calhoun at Mepham, Valley Stream Central at Long Beach, and Kennedy at Elmont. “It’s always fun lining up against one of the other teams in our district,” Mepham head coach Anthony Cracco said. “We didn’t have the opportunity to play either of the Bellmore-Merrick teams last year so our seniors are really looking forward to it.”

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MEphaM aNd CarEY will renew their Nassau Conference II football rivalry on April 10. Plainedge, which nipped Freeport in the 2019 Rutgers Cup voting, kicks off at Lynbrook. Seaford opens at North Shore. The regular season is scheduled to conclude Saturday, April 17. The number of playoff teams in each of Nassau’s four conferences has been cut in half, from eight to four. The semifinals are scheduled for April 24, followed by the county championship games May 1-2.

eight teams switched conferences Of the eight programs taking on new conference rivals for the upcoming season, half were part of Conference III a year ago. Runner-up South Side jumps to Conference II, while perennial powers Wantagh and Lawrence, along with North

Shore, bounced to Conference IV. New to Conference III are Manhasset and Valley Stream South. East Meadow and Herricks are back in familiar stomping grounds in Conference I after competing in Conference II in 2019.

Jv remains on saturday mornings The majority of Nassau’s junior varsity football games in 2018 kicked off Monday afternoons, but last year the action returned to traditional Saturday mornings at the opposite location of that day’s varsity game. It’ll remain that way in 2021. Should any freshmen, sophomores or juniors not step on the JV field on a particular Saturday morning, they would be eligible to play in the varsity game.

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Hofstra selects first female president bstieglitz@liherald.com

After a yearlong search with 270 candidates, the Hofstra University Board of Trustees has unanimously selected Susan Poser as its ninth president — making her the first woman to fill the role. Stuart Rabinowitz, who has been the university’s president for the past 20 years, announced his retirement at the end of last January. In search for his successor, the university formed a committee of 13 members, including representatives from the Board of Trustees, university faculty and Student Government Association. “In Dr. Poser, we have found a higher education leader of exceptional experience, a collaborative and visionary person, and a scholar of great depth and intellect,” said Board Chair Donald Schaeffer, who made the announcement on Dec. 9. Poser, who will begin her tenure on Aug. 1, recently spoke to the Herald about her experience in education, goals in her first year as president and plans for a postpandemic Hofstra. “I was really amazed by what’s going on at Hofstra,” Poser said. “It’s also incredibly well-managed financially and in a really great place coming out of the pandemic.” Poser lauded the advancements Hofstra made during Stuart Rabinowitz tenure, including the university’s partnership with Northwell Health to create the Zucker School of Medicine and Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. Analogous in Poser’s leadership was UIC’s acquisition of the John Marshall Law School, which established the first and only public law school in Chicago. What also stands out to Poser about Hofstra is its commitment to liberal arts and the humanities. “Students need to be encouraged to pursue a liberal

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SuSAN PoSER wILL be Hofstra University’s ninth — and first female — president. arts education and also need to know that they could get a job with it,” she said, adding that Hofstra provides this to students through internship opportunities, five-year

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Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords stood outside the Safeway supermarket northwest of Tuscon, Ariz., on Jan. 8, 2011, chatting with constituents about Medicare reimbursements, when a 22-year-old gunman opened fire, killing six and injuring 11, including Giffords, who was the target of the attack. A bullet sliced through the left side of Giffords’s head, and she was placed in a medically induced coma to ease swelling on her brain. When she awoke, she could not speak. She needed two months of speech therapy to mouth the words, “Twinkle, twinkle, little star,” according to USA Today. Nearly 10 years later, her speech is still labored. “Words once came easily, but today I struggle,” she told the audience at Northwell Health’s second Gun Violence Prevention Forum last Thursday, broadcast over the internet. Some 1,200 people from throughout the country registered for the event, which was intended, in part, to reframe the debate over gun control from a battle over the Second Amendment right to bear arms to one of public safety. The two-hour event featured a long line of speakers from the government, the medical community and private industry, including former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, long an outspoken proponent of gun control, and U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat of Connecticut. Nearly 40,000 Americans die of gun

Former U.S. rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was nearly killed in a 2011 shooting, was among the featured speakers during Northwell Health’s two-hour virtual Gun Violence Prevention Forum last Thursday. Joining her was U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, a Republican of Pennsylvania. violence annually — more than a hundred a day — two-thirds by suicide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Michael Dowling, president and CEO of Northwell Health, said Americans must recognize that the country is — and has been for a long time — in the middle of a “pandemic of gun violence.” At Northwell’s first Gun Violence Prevention Forum, held last December in Manhattan, the health system pledged $1 million to fund gun violence research and prevention, and Dowling called on other major health systems across the country to join in the effort and provide funding as well.

Last December, Northwell established the Center for Gun Violence Prevention, headed by Dr. Chethan Sathya, a pediatric surgeon and associate trauma medical director at Cohen Children’s Medical Center on the Queens-Nassau border. “We have to get behind the root causes” of gun violence, Sathya said at the Dec. 10 forum. To that end, Northwell is undertaking a major research study at three of its hospitals, asking patients questions about the firearms they might have in their homes to help determine their risk of injury by gun. The study is funded by a $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

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Nassau County hospital officials and elected leaders are moving fast to prepare for distribution of the first doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine after federal emergency-use authorization for it was approved last Friday. New York is slated to receive 170,000 doses in the first batch. The first dose in New York state — and perhaps the nation — was given at Northwell Health’s Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, on the Nassau-Queens border, on Monday morning. It went to a 52-year-old critical-care nurse, Sandra Lindsay, of Port Washington. The pharmaceutical companies Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca have each developed vaccines that are more than 90 percent effective in preventing Covid-19 infections. Experts say that a vaccine or vaccines might be widely available to the public by April or May. In the meantime, the first doses will go to essential workers, in particular hospital employees, long-term care facility workers and emergency medical technicians, as well as nursing home residents, as per State Health Department protocols. Dr. Dave Neubert, the Town of Hempstead’s emergency medical director and an attending emergecy physician at NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola, said the town would be using Facebook Live town halls to promote the coronavirus vaccine to residents so they would be ready and willing to take it when it becomes available. Neubert said the sessions would help explain how the vaccine is administered and assure people that they will not become ill when they take it. None of the vaccines use the live virus, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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workers who regularly interact with residents.” In a Truth in Medicine poll conducted by Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital in Oceanside in October, more than half of respondents said they would not take the vaccine or were unsure if they would, said Dr. Aaron Glatt, chairman of MSSN’s Department of Medicine and chief of infectious diseases. Recent national polls have indicated that the number willing to take it may be climbing, and is now closer to 60 percent. The vaccine, Glatt said, “is something that will be very important in stemming the terrible spread of this epidemic, and hopefully lead to the end of this epidemic.” David Nemiroff, president and CEO of Long Island Federally Qualified Health Centers, said there were already many people who were skeptical about vaccines before the pandemic, so it may be difficult to persuade everyone that this one is safe, but he believes public support will grow. Nemiroff said that his group of family health centers, with locations in Elmont, Freeport, Hempstead, Oceanside, Roosevelt and Westbury, has asked community leaders, including legislators and church pastors, to encourage people to get the vaccine. “There is a light at the end of the tunnel,” he said, “and people should feel pretty optimistic about that.” The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines must be stored at temperatures well below freezing, while the AstraZeneca vaccine must be chilled. Northwell Health has obtained medical-grade freezers to hold the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, according to Dr. Bruce Hirsch, an infectious disease physician at the health care system. Meanwhile, a smaller organization, like LIFQHC, will potentially have to partner with a hospital like Nassau University Medical Center, in East Meadow, for vaccine storage. Jill Nossa and Mike Smollins contributed to this story.

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On Dec. 7, the City of Long Beach and the Long Beach VFW honored the more than 2,400 Soldiers, Marines and Seamen who lost their lives when the Japanese Air Force attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941. Dan MacPhee, Commander of the Long Beach VFW, led the ceremony. Alana Ayala sang the National Anthem, while Gerald Haber led the Pledge of Alliance. Some special speakers included: Jackie Ervolina, Vice President of the American Legion, Nassau County Legislator Denise Ford, City Council President John Bendo and Gerald Haber, commander of the American Legion.

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“Wherever LiBerty needs to be preserved we will be there” said VFW Commander Dan MacPhee. He spoke of the many who gave their lives fighting for freedom. navy veteran and VFW member Alana Ayala performed the National Anthem while VFW Commander Dan MacPhee saluted the flag. vFW honor guard Mike Voges and Bob Ervolina stood at attention during taps. Earlier in the ceremony they fired off three shots before having a moment of silence in remembrance of those lost in Pearl Harbor.

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Long Beach Bridge Work Nassau County DPW contractors are scheduled to begin work on the Long Beach Bridge on Monday, December 14. The work will take place in three phases. During the first phase one lane will be closed daily to allow for structural steel repairs under the bridge. The first phase will take approximately nine days to complete. Phase two will begin Monday, January 4 and is scheduled to be completed Friday, January 22. The second phase requires one

southbound lane to be closed daily and moving all traffic to the northbound side of the bridge from 8:00pm to 6:00am for nighttime work. The third and final phase will begin Monday, January 25. T his phase requires one northbound lane to be closed daily and moving all traffic to the southbound side of the bridge from 8 p.m. to 6: a.m. for nighttime work. The bridge work is scheduled to be completed on Friday, February 12.

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Alexandra Porter, Licensed Real Estate Salesperson formally with Laffey Fine Homes in Manhasset, is thrilled to be selected as one of the newest agents to join the new office of Douglas Elliman in Rockville Centre. Under the leadership of fellow Sacred Heart Academy alumni, Donna O'Reilly Einemann, Alexandra will be working as a dedicated full-time agent targeting new buyers and home sellers in Rockville Centre and surrounding communities. Alexandra is local expert! She is a Rockville Centre resident, was born and raised in Garden City, and attended Adelphi University where she graduated with a BFA in Acting. She most recently was pursuing a career in the performing arts in Manhattan before utilizing the downtime she had during quarantine to pursue a Real Estate career. She became a licensed Realtor in August. She believes her unique experiences will give her the advantage she needs to stand out as an agent. She plans on applying the skills she's learned and nurturing the relationships she's built over the last decade to excel as a real estate professional. Alexandra loves taking on challenging work so that the client does not have to. She wants to be a superstar in the eyes of those who know her and that means working harder than anyone else. We are thrilled to have Alexandra's passion, humor, work-ethic, and commitment on our Team. You can reach Alexandra at 516.238.3455 or at alexandra.porter@elliman.com.

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ew York state is facing a $9 billion budget deficit due to the coronavirus pandemic, with severe cutbacks and tax hikes likely on the way. Although there should be some relief coming at the federal level once President-elect Joe Biden takes office, New York definitely needs to develop some new revenue streams, and fast. Nearly two years ago, I argued in a Herald op-ed that the state should legalize the recreational use of marijuana, and that Nassau County leaders Nick and residents BuglioNe shouldn’t be so quick to shoot the notion down, as they so frequently do. I also wrote that it was about time the state legalized sports gambling, an activity that so many people take part in illegally already. Not surprisingly, two years have passed and little has changed. The recreational use of marijuana is still illegal. And while the New York State

Gaming Commission made sports gambling legal about six months after my first op-ed ran — you’re welcome — bets can only be placed at a handful of upstate casinos. Nobody is getting off their couch on a football Sunday to drive to the Catskills so they can bet that the Jets are going to lose again. Now, more than ever, we need to legalize marijuana and online sports gambling. Obviously, we desperately need the tax revenue. But more important, both are now legal in nearby New Jersey. Two years ago I pointed out that a friend of mine who lives in Jersey City was taking my bets all football season long. He still does. I send him cash through Venmo and text him my bets. He keeps a ledger, and at the end of the season we settle up. But two years ago, recreational marijuana use was illegal in New Jersey. Not anymore. In an Election Day referendum, New Jersey residents voted overwhelmingly to legalize pot. Now, before I propose this scenario,

I would like to make clear that I don’t smoke marijuana. But if I wanted to, what would stop me from calling my friend and asking him to pick up some weed for me at his local dispensary? Maybe we could meet at Penn Station, have a bite to eat, catch up on our lives and make a quick transaction. And couldn’t any enterprising person who has a friend in New Jersey place an even larger marijuana order, pick it up and sell it on the streets of Nassau County at a markup? To be clear again, I’m not suggesting that anybody do this. I’m merely pointing out the obvious: Now that marijuana is legal in New Jersey, it is tantamount to being legal here. The stuff is going to pour in over the border anyway, so why don’t we join the party, so to speak? The same thing goes for online sports gambling. If people want to do it, they’re going to do it, regardless of what the law says. So let’s legalize it and cash in. I’m not alone in my thinking. I was heartened to hear Gov. Andrew Cuomo

he stuff is going to pour in over the border anyway, so why don’t we join the party, so to speak?

recently say he thought marijuana would be legalized soon. Meanwhile, State Sen. Joseph Addabbo, a Queens Democrat, likes his odds of getting State Senate Bill 17d passed, which would legalize online sports betting. Although neither measure would pull New York state completely out of its fiscal crisis, it’s safe to say that both would generate billions of dollars in revenue. Oh, but I can almost see the Nassau County curmudgeons seething as they read this. I sure felt their wrath two years ago, when I first weighed in. One Herald reader wrote in and all but called me a drug addict. I even got an email from Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, who wrote that, while she enjoyed reading my columns (I’m kind of a big deal), she respectfully disagreed with my opinion. Look, write your letters. Call me names. Say whatever you want to say. It isn’t going to change the fact that the recreational use of marijuana and online sports gambling are here to stay. So let’s legalize them. New York sure could use the cash. Nick Buglione is a teacher, freelance journalist and former editor of the East Meadow Herald.

Lost and found in the pandemic

think somewhere around the end of October, my husband and I ran out of things to say. Sitting across the dinner table from each other over plates of Costco soup and a homemade Greek salad with wimpy lettuce, our eyes met and … that was it. Our eyes met. At breakfast we had already covered news about the grandkids and news from the news. We have a rule about no TV during meals, so we ate in companRaNdi ionable silence, kReiss which felt both OK and a little sad. When you’re out and about, seeing friends, going to an office, getting your hair cut or your car serviced or planning a weekend away or going to weddings and funerals, there is an ongoing narrative to your days. Normal life is grist for the conversation mill. But these days we’re not cutting our hair or mingling or going shopping. We walk our dog, but don’t stop to chat with the neighborhood dog friends out for a stroll. Conversation requires material, and our material is growing

thin: “Did you speak to the kids?” “Do you want pepperoni or mushrooms?” “Did you sign the health care proxy?” We have lost more, too. Underpinning our lives is the sense that things will work out OK. We have believed in ourselves, that we can work through problems and survive life’s challenges and even tragedies. But the pandemic has eroded some of that confidence in ourselves and in the future. We wobble a bit from time to time. After 52 years of marriage, after decades of living in one community and creating friendships that form the fabric of our lives, that fabric is fraying, as friends are lost. At our age, we expect that people will get sick and some will die, but during a pandemic there is no satisfying way to grieve as a community of friends. Three dearest friends died since we began isolating ourselves, and we didn’t get to see them within weeks or months of their passing. We said what we could in messages and emails and photos, but one hug would have obviated the need for words. My grandkids, ages 10 to 17, are spinning in their own galaxies of online school and virtual reality and friend

bubbles and much too much downtime and isolation. No one can give them back this year, and while they have learned patience and resilience, I wouldn’t suggest global pandemics to teach character building. I miss them. I find I work hard to catch their attention with nottoo-annoying texts and offers with homework and pitches for group activities and games. They’re a tough sell, and nothing virtual compares to seeing them face to face. It is important, I think, to be honest with ourselves and authentic with our kids and grandkids, not just cheerleaders for pandemic silver linings. I will say, however, that much has been found during this time. Reference the same patience and resilience, which all of us have had to summon. “New York tough” resonates these days. I am more disciplined about getting out and exercising, between clouds and raindrops, whenever I find a patch of blue. Just about every day, I move, somehow and somewhere, just to change the scenery and push away unwelcome thoughts. I keep close with friends nearby and far away, giving more time to more

e’ve lost time with family and dear friends, but found the time to try new things.

expansive emails and the sharing of photos and memories. It helps. All these threads weave the fabric tighter. I have started crafting books. What an incredibly satisfying thing it is to begin by folding papers and adding photographs and snippets of poetry and passages from old letters and collaging together something meaningful in an original book. It absorbs my free time, of which I have a lot. I appreciate the luxury of time to do art. What I also place in the “found” column is the challenge of baking complex desserts, like the cranberry lemon bars I made from a New York Times recipe. Every part, from the fresh cranberry puree to the lemon curd to the crust, had to be prepared separately and then composed. Now I have 24 bars in the freezer. Since I eat them only occasionally, they should last me until we get the vaccine. If you’re reading this, and since I am writing it, we are still here, and still riding this crazy wave. As a new year approaches, even as we grieve for what has been lost, it feels exhilarating to watch the first people getting vaccinated, offering us all the promise of a healthy 2021. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

LONG BEACH HERALD — December 17, 2020

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It’s time for America to come to its senses over guns

istening to Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords speak, you’re quickly overcome by the urge to cry. The former congresswoman was once known for her incisive rhetoric, delivered with a magnetic smile. Then, at age 40, she was shot one sunny January day in 2011 outside Tucson, Ariz., while chatting with constituents in front of a Safeway supermarket. The 22-year-old gunman, angered by Giffords’s political views, had targeted her. Six died in the attack, and 10 others besides Giffords were injured. Giffords may have survived, but her speech did not. Her words once flowed easily, but now she measures each one, rehearsing phrases to string them together in coherent sentences before speaking in public. It is a miracle that she is able to utter a word. The bullet that struck her pierced the left side of her brain, leaving her unable to talk for two months. Through speech therapy, she regained the ability to speak, but only in short, labored bursts. That challenge was obvious during Northwell Health’s second Gun Violence Prevention Forum, a two-hour meeting of gun safety experts, medical practitioners, policy makers and elected leaders from around the country on Dec. 10. Giffords spoke alongside U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, a Pennsylvania Republican who supports a federal universal background check for firearm purchases, and whom Giffords, a Democrat, has endorsed for Congress. We applaud Northwell Health — in particular Michael Dowling, its presi-

dent and CEO — for taking a leading role in fostering dialogue about gun safety, while also funding gun violence research: Northwell put up $1 million last December to study America’s “pandemic of gun violence,” as Dowling calls it. We also applaud Giffords, who, despite the physical pain and mental anguish she endures, has been an outspoken proponent of common-sense gun laws that are intended not to take away anyone’s right to bear arms, but rather to enact safeguards — like background checks — to ensure that guns do not end up in the hands of criminals or those suffering from mental illness. No doubt, we need to understand the root causes of our nation’s crisis of gun violence, which kills an average of 110 people a day — two-thirds by suicide. With a $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, Northwell is conducting a major research study at three of its hospitals, asking emergency room patients about the presence of guns in their homes to assess their risk of injury or death by a firearm. Our nation desperately needs studies like this one. From 1996 to 2019, Congress, tied up in knots by the powerful gun lobby, refused to fund firearms research. Only recently, thanks to the monumental efforts of gun safety activists like Giffords, is Congress starting to parcel out research funds. In its 2020 budget, it earmarked $25 million for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health to study gun violence. Over the past two and a half decades,

letters How did we almost re-elect Donald Trump? To the Editor: Thanks to Randi Kreiss for being brave enough to write about the man currently in the White House (“We’re on Trump time for seven more weeks,” Dec. 3-9). I doubt he will ever go to prison, although I agree that he should, with almost 300,000 people dead. What a shame that he was almost voted back into office had we not pulled out all the stops to educate and organize. Happy to hear that not everyone on this island is a Trump supporter! CAROLANN PEREz Freeport

LIRR should rethink its plans To the Editor: In our new Covid-19 world, Amtrak, Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Rail Road and New Jersey Transit must re-evaluate anticipated future ridership growth projections. The

roughly a million people have died by gun in this country, with about 170 mass shootings. After the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in 2012 — in which 26 died, including 20 6- and 7-year-olds — Giffords and her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, who was recently elected in Arizona to the U.S. Senate, founded a nonprofit, simply called Giffords, to raise funds for gun violence research, lobby government to enact sensible gun legislation and educate the public about firearms safety. Writing recently on Giffords.org’s blog, Kelly Drane noted that gun sales have surged during the coronavirus pandemic. We see this at any time of potential unrest in our nation — fear drives firearms sales to ever higher levels. In November, some 2 million gun sales were recorded — a 48 percent increase over the same month last year. More guns, Drane rightly noted, do not make us safer. Quite the opposite. We know that economic calamities such as the Great Recession of 2007 to 2010 increase the likelihood of suicide, according to the medical journal The Lancet. We also know that people who die by suicide are significantly more likely to use a gun than any other means. At the same time, according to Harvard University School of Public Health, more guns bring more homicides. Therefore, stemming our nation’s all-too-easy access to firearms should — and likely would — reduce gun violence. The best way to effect change, Giffords noted last Thursday, is to “vote, vote, vote.”

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ews about an FDA approval for the coronavirus vaccine is monumental, but we must not allow it to lull us into a false sense of complacency. This war isn’t over — in fact, there are still a few battles ahead. We are not immune to the nationwide Covid19 surge, and in the past month we have seen positivity and hospitalization numbers that are the highest they’ve been since we reopened in May. Our data is beginning to show a more even distribution of disease activity among all age groups across the county. This Laura virus doesn’t disCurraN criminate, and its reach is once again widespread across all our communities. I know that this has been a long and tiring battle, but now is not the time to let our guards down. We can’t allow Covid fatigue to get the better of us when we’re so close to the finish line. We have reached a clear point of community

spread that calls for increased vigilance from all of us. I continue to ask all residents to stick with the common-sense measures we know will keep us, and our loved ones, safe: Wear a mask, stay six feet apart and avoid unsafe gatherings. These simple measures can prevent us from going backward. Furthermore, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, has said that Covid-19 will continue to disrupt lives until an “overwhelming majority” of people get the vaccine. Polls show, however, that as many as half of Americans have reservations about the shots. In response, Nassau County is launching the “We Can Do It, Nassau” campaign, a public-awareness campaign promoting confidence in the U.S. vaccine effort, emphasizing unity and patriotism and the importance of the vaccines to ensure that schools return to normal and we continue on the path toward a strong economic recovery in the county. The campaign is a tribute to Rosie the Riveter, the cultural icon representing women

who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II. During the war, defense workers on Long Island turned out hundreds of military planes a month for Grumman, in Bethpage, and Republic Aviation, in Farmingdale. The county’s campaign seeks to remind the public of the extraordinary challenges that Americans — including Long Islanders — have overcome in the past and inspire residents to likewise step up for their country today. As county executive, I’ve made keeping schools and businesses open one of my highest priorities. As we manage the increase in cases because of the holidays and cold weather, the county will do everything in its power to keep education and commerce operating, but we need your help. Robust testing is key, and I am committed to continuing to assist schools in meeting testing requirements so we can keep our kids in school safely and keep our business community open through the winter. At the moment, hospital capacity isn’t a pressing threat in Nassau County, but

’ve made keeping schools and businesses open one of my highest priorities.

Letters same applies to any new proposed system capacity-expansion projects. Clearly, more people are going to telecommute from home on a permanent basis. Add the increasing crime and the declining quality of life in New York City, making working in Manhattan less desirable. Many Manhattan-based corporations, including some in the Wall Street area, are considering relocating some employees to satellite offices in the surrounding suburbs. The ridership growth for LIRR when the $11.8 billion East Side Access to Grand Central Terminal opens in December 2022 will be thousands less than anticipated. That start date assumes there are no more delays in the most recent project-recovery schedule. Our new commuting world calls into question the value of investing $8 billion or more in Governor Cuomo’s proposed Penn Station South project, comprising four new platforms and eight new tracks. LARRY PENNER Great Neck Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office.

Stay strong, New York To the Editor: The federal Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine last Friday, and New York received its initial allocation of 170,000 doses over the weekend. As part of the distribution, the state is setting up 90 cold-storage sites as regional distribution centers that are capable of storage at the required temperature. This vaccine distribution will be a massive

the trend is in the wrong direction. To save lives and prevent further restrictions on restaurants and other businesses, we must do everything we can to hold the line. At the peak of the pandemic, we had almost 2,600 patients hospitalized with Covid-19, and 505 of them were on ventilators. As of Monday, we had 419 people hospitalized, with 36 on ventilators. We expect those numbers to go up, and the county is ready to increase capacity for hospital and ICU units as needed. I’ve been in constant conversation with hospital executives to ensure preparedness for a potential surge cases as well as the upcoming pivot to vaccine storage and distribution. I know that the holiday season brings unique challenges, but if we follow the guidance of our trusted public health professionals, we can save lives and keep our businesses and schools open while we eagerly await the distribution of the vaccine, our light at the end of the tunnel. We have worked so hard to contain this virus — let’s not lose our progress now. Lauran Curran is the Nassau County executive.

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undertaking. At the same time, we will need to manage our hospital capacity and continue to stop the spread of the virus. The vaccine is the weapon that will win the war. We will get it produced, we will get it distributed and we will be successful. But it will take months for the entire vaccination process to be completed. Meanwhile, New Yorkers should continue to wear masks, social distance, and avoid small and large gatherings. On Dec. 10, I announced new metrics by which micro-cluster focus zones will be determined to help control Covid-19 spread and ensure hospital capacity. Red zone: A red zone will be implemented when a region, after the cancellation of elective procedures and a 50 percent increase in hospital capacity, is 21 days away from reaching 90 percent hospital capacity on the current seven-day growth rate. Orange zone: A geographic area will be designated an orange zone if it has a 4 percent positivity rate (seven-day average) over the previous 10 days, and it is located in a region that has reached 85 percent hospital capacity. Alternatively, a geographic area may also become an orange zone if the state Department of Health determines that the region’s rate of hospital admissions is unacceptably high and a zone designation is appropriate to control the rate of growth. Yellow zone: A geographic area will be designated a yellow zone if it has a 3 percent positivity rate (seven-day average) over the previous 10 days, is in the top 10 percent in the state in hospital admissions per capita over the previous week and is experiencing week-over-week growth in daily admissions. GOv. ANDREW CUOMO

Celebrating the holidays patriotically — Freeport

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