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bout a week after Superstorm Sandy devastated the barrier island in 2012, Liz Nachman sprang into action. Her then college-age son, Geoffrey Noss, who’s now 28, suggested selling T-shirts emblazoned with the slogan “Rebuild the Beach.” Nachman, busy with her own branding and marketing business, wasn’t sure she had the time. But within a few days, her son had received orders for 100 shirts. “It exploded,” Nachman recalled. She dived into ordering and selling the shirts, and gave all the proceeds to the Long Beach School District for needy children. She began donating the money in November 2012, and the donations continued throughout the school year. In all, about $45,000 went to the school district. The apparel has been sold in stores and businesses around the city, including Synergy Gym and Tutti Frutti. “She’s always giving before she takes,” Noss said of his mother. He is now an assistant guidance counselor at Syosset High School, and was a substitute teacher at Long Beach High. “She takes care of others before herself,” he said,“and always gives back to the Long Beach community.” Nachman has never stopped volunteering. For all of her efforts, the Herald has proudly named her its 2021 Person of the Year. A decade ago, Nachman established an annual scholarship for the high school. The money, between $250 and $300, goes to a student for an essay he or she writes. Each year, Nachman comes up with a question — for example, who played a major role in your high school life? A student can choose from a number of scholarship programs, including Nachman’s. She reads every one of the submissions and decides on a winner. Nachman, 59, was raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio, a well-to-do suburb of

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Cleveland, the daughter of a mechanical engineer and a homemaker.“I didn’t need for anything,” she said. “But I came from a family of volunteers.”

Her parents, she said, were involved in a host of community and civic organizations. She went to Ithaca College in upstate New York, and during one summer vacation, she shared an apartment with friends in Long Beach. After she graduated, she returned to the city, and never left. Three years ago, she started a business, Brand Strategies, which operates out of her home in Long Beach and the home of her business partner, Erik Hilliker, of Bayville. Nachman says her work with the company can occupy seven days a week, with long hours every day. Hilliker explained that he and Nachman worked for another branding bonding company for about a decade before they started their own business. At the outset, they agreed that, at least in part, it had to be about giving back. They donated to animal rights organizations and to soup kitchen. This year they donated clothing and other items to three soup kitchens, two of them in Long Beach. “Food pantries on Long Island and in Long Beach are stressed these days,” Hilliker said.“[Liz] is a mom, and she’s doing all these things. She just believes in giving back.” Robert Blau, founder of the Long Beach Soup Kitchen, at 140 West Pine St., on said Nachman has played a key role in the nonprofit’s operations for years now. Just before Christmas, Blau said, she donated dozens of hats, gloves and scarves. “She does anything we need, when we need it,” he said.“She has been a considerable asset to the community.” Nachman also donates and contributes her time to Arts in the Plaza, said the organization’s director, Sammi Metzger. Nachman was one of the first to donate to Continued on page 9 Christina Daly/Herald

Liz Nachman began making “Rebuild the Beach” T-shirts to support needy students at Long Beach High School.

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L.B. new top cop makes first public appearance Ron Walsh, was sworn in as Long Beach’s new police commissioner and appeared before the public for the first time since he was chosen for the post, at a virtual meeting of the city council Tuesday, Jan. 5. Walsh, 55, was chief of the Nassau County Police Department’s Support Division, and was selected by the city council over about a dozen candidates, including Phil Ragona, who had been with the Long Beach department for 34 years and had come out of retirement September to head the 60-member force. Walsh thanked the council and Long Beach City Manager Donna Gayden for putting their “faith and

trust” in him. He said he had been attending some community meetings and will attend more to meet residents.“There’s a lot to learn,” Walsh said. He also said the website needs to be updated in terms of informing the pubic about police activities and how many arrests the department has made. “I feel I’m going to be able to hit the ground running,” Walsh said.

A Supreme Court judge in Nassau County found the City of Long Beach liable for $131 million in damages in a case that goes back 31 years, brought by a Manhattan developer after the city revoked a building permit for a luxury condo project. The developer, Sinclair Haberman of Haberman & Haberman, sought to recoup more than $50 million in damages and profits — as well as interest and legal fees — he claimed he lost when Long Beach’s Zoning Board of Appeals revoked permits to build three oceanfront condominium buildings on Shore Road in 2003, a project that dates back to the 1980s. Haberman lawyers argued that

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the city owed them triple the amount they orginally requested based on lost revenue. In 2015, the State Supreme Court granted Haberman a motion for a default judgment after Long Beach failed to file a timely response in 2012 to the suit’s amended claim for damages in a case that had been wending its way through the courts for 15 years. City officials said in a statement that they planned on appealing the judgment.

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The sight of the superblock before construction began in Spring 2021.

City made Juneteenth a paid holiday

Schnirman doesn’t seek re-election For some time now, Jack Schnirman mulled whether to bow out of the race for re-election to another four-year term as Nassau County’s comptroller. He made his decision public: The beleaguered former Long Beach city manager, who was elected Nassau County comptroller in 2017, decided against running again this year, he announced in a letter to supporters, which was released to the media. Schnirman did not specify a reason in the letter.“It is with sincere gratitude for this incredible opportunity to serve and excited anticipation for what the future holds that I have decided not to run for reelection this year,” he wrote on Feb. 4.

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Jay Jacobs, chairman of the Nassau Democratic Party, said in a statement,“I know Jack Schnirman has been considering [whether to run again] for a while, and I fully understand it. “I think he has done a great job as comptroller and certainly has a record to be proud of,” Jacobs continued. “I think he will be back in some capacity, and I look forward to that in the future.” Jacobs did not mention a candidate to replace Schnirman.

The Long Beach City Council approved a resolution to designate Juneteenth — a celebration of Black freedom — an official city holiday, following a number of Long Island municipalities in recognizing the day that slaves in Texas finally learned they were free after the Civil War — June 19, 1865. The council also unanimously authorized City Manager Donna Gayden to enter into an agreement with the city’s Civil Service Employees Association and the Commanding Officers Association to add Juneteenth to the list of paid holidays, at no additional cost to Long Beach. City Council President John Bendo said that city employees now have

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paid holidays on Lincoln’s and Washington’s birthdays. Beginning next year, Bendo said, they would give up Lincoln’s Birthday and have a paid holiday on Juneteenth instead. Council Vice President Karen McInnis said she was proud of the city for taking the step. Many Juneteenth observances include public readings of the Emancipation Proclamation, the singing of traditional songs and parties.

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City Manager Donna Gayden.

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The race was on for three seats The race for three seats on the Long Beach City Council this year had all the makings of a donnybrook, with Nassau County Democrats fielding three candidates who were being opposed by a slate of three members of the new Long Beach United Party. One candidate ran as an independent. The Democrats competed in a June 22 primary.

Three Republicans vied for the seats, but there was no plan by the Long Beach Republican Party for a primary. The general election was held Nov. 2.

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The City Council race this year featured three open seats.

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Bob Carroll, dies at 91 Everyone in Long Beach, it seems, knew Bob Carroll. His stature in the city was so great that the city a few years ago named the recreation center for him. Carroll had been superintendent of the rec department for about 30 years. His many friends and associates shared memories of Carroll, who died Tuesday, March 9 at age 91. “Everyone knew Bob and Bob knew everyone in LB,” said Darlene Tangney,

president of the Independent Democratic Club of Long Beach. ‘’He was a dedicated and loving family man, a true blue and proud Democrat, a teacher, a public servant, a devout Catholic and for me personally, I was lucky enough to call him my friend.” Carroll was heavily involved with a number of civic organizations. Courtesy Carroll Family

Bob Carroll, former rec center supervisor, died at age 91.

Long Beach City Council considered raising beach fees The Long Beach City Council held a work session Tuesday, March 30, and much of it focused on the beach. Council members considered raising beach fees to help make up for a deficit in the last fiscal year amid ongoing financial woes. No vote was taken and no final decisions were made, but the matter is certain to come up at future meetings. “We know the beach is running a big deficit, and we can raise fees” slightly, council President John Bendo said. The council also considered raising fees nominally on permits for contractors, building permits and other items. But the beach and the 2.2-mile boardwalk are prime attractions for

residents and non-residents alike. Bendo noted that beaches in the Rockaways are free, and that amenities like restaurants and grab-and-go places are popping up there.“It’s nice there now,” he said. City Comptroller Inna Reznik said that lower-than-normal attendance at the beaches because of the coronvavirus pandemic in the summer of 2020 created a $1.7 million deficit for the fiscal year.

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The City Council had considered raising fees for Long Beach beaches.

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spectators, then held a virtual home meet where only parents were permitted to attend. The Marines also hosted the Nassau individual championships on Feb. 13 and were led by senior Allison Cohen and freshman Kirsten Lilly. Courtesy Jessica Baker

Freshman Kirsten Lilly brought talent and a fun element to the Marines.

Long Beach reaches Sweet 16 Anybody who watched the Long Beach boys’ soccer team play down the stretch of the regular season wouldn’t have given them much of a chance in the postseason. The Marines didn’t score in any of their last four regularseason games and dropped to fourth in the conference to earn a No. 16 seed Their fortunes would soon change in dramatic fashion. In a span of three days, Long Beach went from also-rans to putting together a Cinderella run in the Nassau Class A playoffs after beating No. 17 Kennedy 3-0 on Oct. 20 and then shocking topseeded South Side 3-2 in a thrilling shootout two days later to advance to the Round of 16. Against Kennedy, Aran Corbett scored the Marines’ first goal in over two weeks and Yeris Miranda added two more in the victory. Arthur Quezada added two assists for the host Marines. Against South Side, Michael Contreras, Arthur Quezada, and Ryder Moore-Lukaszewski scored on their penalty kicks and goalkeeper Avie Mann made two huge saves during the session, which was tied 3-3 heading into the fifth and final shooter spot for the Marines. Because of injuries, Palacio had to decide who will take that shot

scored for the Marines, who finished in fourth place at 5-5-3 and went on to upset Friends Academy in the playoffs.

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Eighth-grader Ava Kolb, left, contributed a couple of goals and 7 assists to help the Marines reach the playoffs and upset Friends Academy.

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Long Beach gymnasts were in rare company last winter with nearly all of its meets being in-person with an opponent present. The Marines, who captured a conference title in undefeated fashion in coach Jessica Baker’s first year at the helm, got a taste of both meet options right off the bat. They opened with a traditional in-person competition at Cold Spring Harbor, albeit without

In a lot of ways, the Long Beach girls’ soccer team’s season mirrored that of their boy counterparts. Both started off strong, struggled down the stretch, made the playoffs and had a thrilling shootout win over a favored opponent after getting there. The Marines’ 3-0-2 start seemed to be business as usual for the girls’ team that went 12-0 last spring, but a likely playoff appearance was in jeopardy after a 1-5-1 slump that dropped Long Beach in the Conference A3 standings. The team still controlled their own destiny but would need help from other teams if they lost the season finale. Facing winless Island Trees on Oct. 15 seemed to be the perfect tonic for Long Beach, but the teams were tied 1-1 at intermission. The Marines recovered and scored four times the rest of the way for a 5-1 win. Samantha Kolb had three goals and two assists and Samantha Addeo and Sophia Roa also

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Helping rebuild a city with T-shirts and more the program, which offers shows of paintings and other crafts on weekends outside City Hall. “She’s always been a great community supporter,” Metzger said. In any other free time she has, Nachman said, she works with the Kiwanis Club, and serves on the Chamber of Commerce’s Health and Wellness Committee. Chamber Chairman Ian Danby, who has known OF Nachman for about eight years, said he sees her “all over town,” and described her as a “doer and a wonderfully positive person.” Nachman is a chamber board of directors nominee, Danby said, adding that she plays a vital role on the health committee, including getting key videos for “Wellness Wednesdays,” on which the chamber offers clips to help with anything and everything in general health. “She’s a wonderful person who only wants to help the community,” Danby said. The ongoing Rebuild the Beach project offers not only T-shirts, but sweatshirts, hats, blankets, beanies and baseball caps. Much of the sales are generated on social media and by word of mouth, and most of the pro-

ceeds go to one of several charitable causes Nachman supports. The T-shirts sell for $25 to $50. “I like to donate wherever I can,” Nachman said. “There’s need everywhere.” She can often be spotted on the beach during cleanups. She tagged along last summer when Fabien Cousteau, a grandson of the legendary French ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau, visited Long Beach to promote a THE major beach cleanup. Nachman said she is following the example set by her parents. “I just like to continue what they did,” she said. “I like to pay it forward.” City Council member Liz Treston, who has known Nachman for years, said, “Liz is one of the most generous, kind-hearted people I know in the City of Long Beach. I don’t know what motivates her to do what she does. But every time I see her on Facebook doing something, I post, ‘Be like Liz.’”

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‘Alcohol-infused’ ice cream and cookie shop comes to L.B. The council approved the variance for Tipsy Scoop, 3-2, but only after a flurry of questions from residents at a virtual Zoom meeting. Melissa Tvass, who owns two Tipsy Scoop shops — one in Williamsburgh, Brooklyn, and the other in Manhattan — applied for an off-street parking variance to open a seasonal shop at 891b West Beech St. Tvass said her shops also sell ice

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cream without alcohol, that her products all contain warning labels, that customers must show proof of age and that her shops are not required to have a liquor license. Her employees, she said, are all 21 or older. Courtesy Melissa Tavvs

Tipsy Scoop, an alcohol-infused ice cream and cookie shop, came to Long Beach.

$25 million suit against city over racy flag

A Long Beach Republican and ardent supporter of former President Donald Trump filed a $25 million lawsuit against the city on May 6, claiming that his rights were violated in March when he was issued a $40 summons for flying pro-Trump flags from his home and car that sported an expletive directed at President Biden. Michael Wasserman said in papers

filed in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn that his rights were violated March 16 when Long Beach police officers, including Police Commissioner Ron Walsh, asked him to remove the flags because they violated a code against displaying flags on public property. Darwin Yanes/Herald

A Trump supporter filed a $25 million suit against the city, saying his rights were violated.

Schumer secures funds to dredge Jones Inlet Fire ravages through building in Long Beach An early morning fire ravaged through a building on West Park Avenue in Long Beach on May 26. At 4:26 a.m., the Long Beach Fire Department received a call for a Building Fire at 255 W. Park Ave., which houses Sorrento’s and Abyss Tatoo. Chief John Marino was on scene within 4 minutes and reported heavy smoke from the building. Chief Jacobi arrived shortly thereafter and trans-

Sen. Charles Schumer announced at a news conference in early June that $19 million was allocated in President Joseph Biden’s proposed 2021-22 budget to complete a project to dredge the Jones Beach Inlet. At the news conference at Point Lookout, Schumer, however, said the project could be pushed back until 2023 because of “red tape.” He urged the Army Corps of Engineers to “cut the red tape” adding that the project needs to be completed “asap” before the hurricane season. Local officials said the inlet hasn’t been dredged since 2014, which has created dangerous conditions for boaters. “This is an ASAP project that has

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mitted the “Working Fire”. City officials said in a statement that Engine 2343 arrived on the scene and stretched a 2-1/2” line into the fire building, Engine 4 was the 2nd due engine and also stretched a 2-1/2” hose line.

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A fire swept through Sorrento’s and Abyss Tattoo Parlor in early June.

urgency for safety, climate and the economy,” Schumer said. “We depend here, on the south shore, on tourism and boating.” He was joined by State Sen. Todd Kaminsky and Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin, along with local boaters who frequent the inlet. In May 2020, Kaminsky penned a letter to Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite of the Army Corps of Engineers, stressing “the near impossibility to navigate the inlet under certain weather conditions.”

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Sen. Chuck Schumer said funds were collected to dredge Jones Inlet.

On the morning of June 22, Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital celebrated the groundbreaking for its J-Wing on its Oceanside campus. The wing will serve as the cornerstone of hospital’s $400 million capital expansion to increase health-care services. Projected to open in 2023, the $130 million J-Wing will stand at four stories and 100,000 square feet. The chairman of Mount Sinai’s board of directors, Joe Fennessy, said the board re-evaluated old plans for the facility, updating the infrastructure to match the evolving trends in health care. “We began to re-imagine what this hospital should be, and we realized to best serve the needs of our community, we had to be something different,” Fennessy said.“And that’s an entity that

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Superblock project could start soon

really focuses on more advanced and tertiary type services.” The expansion wing will feature larger operating rooms that can fit the state-of-theart equipment needed to perform advanced cardiac surgery. The ground floor of the J-Wing will expand the emergency department by 12,000 square feet. Combined with the renovations currently being done on the existing department, the improved ED is designed to serve 80,000 patients a year, which will more than double the current 36,000.

Construction of the Superblock project, the largest development in Long Beach in decades and the focus of discussions among city officials and builders for nearly 40 years, was to begin by the end of summer. Scott Burman, principal of Engel Burman, the Garden City-based developer, said that “many of the elements required to move forward by the end of summer are coming into alignment.” The Nassau County Industrial Development Agency approved the project last summer, after years of fits and starts. “Since IDA approval, the Engel Burman team has been hard at work to check the many boxes

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Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital broke ground on new wing.

required to achieve that milestone,” Burman said. “We are confident that we will be able to make that announcement before autumn arrives.” “It’s been a long time coming,” Richard Kessel, chairman of the IDA’s board of directors, said at a July 22 meeting. “I am very optimistic the closing is imminent It’s possible construction could begin before the end of summer,” Kessel added. He said that Engel Burman had been “very cooperative about the need to secure as much union labor as possible.” Christina Daly/Herald

Hours of debate preceded approval of the superblock project.

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Superblock project got final approval The four-decade-long effort to build residential apartments and condominiums on Long Beach’s Superblock came to a successful end. The Nassau County Industrial Development Agency approved the sale of the property by iStar, a Manhattan-based company, to the Engel Burman Group of Uniondale, the final step in an ongoing bureaucratic process that has involved government officials, political figures and residents for 40 years. Engel Burman will build two ninestory condo buildings and a 10-story apartment building on six acres between Riverside and Long Beach boulevards. The site has been largely abandoned for years and was an eyesore for the City of Long Beach.

Torahs stolen from local synagogue

Gary Lewi, a spokesman for Engel Burman, said groundbreaking for the project may have begun as early as fall. “This is an extraordinary chapter in the economic renaissance of a community and a county,” Engel Burman President Jan Burman said. The $369 million project will include 6,500 square feet of boardwalk-level retail, a restaurant and two levels of 1,100 parking spaces.

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, well-lit 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

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Plans for the superblock finally came to fruition with a ground-breaking ceremony.

Michelle O’Neill Volley Ball Tourney was back One of Long Beach’s best-attended events, and biggest fun-raisers for cancer patients and their families – the Michelle O’Neill Volleyball Tournament – returned this year, after its cancellation in 2020 because of the covid pandemic. This will be the event’s 25th year. The tournament, held in honor of Michelle O’Neill, who died of cancer on October 28, 1996 at age 24, registered 330 teams to participate, totaling about 3,000 players, Carol O’Neill, Michelle’s mother and president of the Michelle O’Neill Foundation, said. The event was scheduled to begin at about 9 am on Saturday, Sept. 11. The main tent was at Laurelton Boulevard beach, but the volleyball courts stretched between Magnolia

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Searchers scowered beaches for missing Torah and religious articles.

Irish painted Nickerson Beach green

and Lafayette. The tournament was split into three divisions –– a four man competitive division, a six-man competitive division and a six-man recreational division. A moment of silence was observed for the victims and families of those killed in the 9/11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Attendees and participants were invited to post messages on cards. The tournament has always been on the first Saturday after Labor Day.

There was a lot of emotion at the 49th annual Feis, which was canceled last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. This year, accordions played Irish music all day as girls and boys showed their moves on makeshift green wooden stages set up around the site. This year’s honoree was John O’Connell, who retired in 2016 as executive editor of the Heralds after 18 years with Richner Communications. He is now the editor of the National Hibernian Digest in Floral Park. “John has been involved with the AOH for many years,” said Michael Byrne, chairman of the Feis committee. “He’s a great man, and he’s also a gentleman.”

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Long Beach’s biggest volleyball tournament made a comeback.

boardwalk on Monday, Aug. 23, the holiday season will be tinged “with a little bit of darkness.” 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 torahs are stored when not in use was broken, one of its doors ripped off. The crowns and silver pieces that adorn the torah were also missing. Long Beach Police Commissioner Ron Walsh said on Sunday that a suspect had been arrested — Hunter McElrath, 23, who Walsh said is homeless.

“Today this is a center of IrishAmerican culture and heritage,” O’Connell said. The day also included a parade, an Irish Gaelic football clinic, and baking and singing competitions. “Whenever you see Irish people, they remember their heritage and they pass it along,” said Aggie O’Leary, president of the New York State Ladies AOH. The day seemed to belong to the young dancers from across Long Island and the metropolitan area. There were also dancers from the Hagen-Kavanagh School of Irish Dance in Long Beach. Christina Daly/Herald

Hundreds turned out for Long Beach’s 49th annual Feis.

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Hodge stepped down as MLK chairman James Hodge, a community leader and activist in Long Beach for decades, told the City Council Tuesday, Oct. 5 that he would step down as the Martin Luther King Center chairman after 16 years in the post. Hodge, 44, who has become the face of the center on Riverside Boulevard, said he was “tenured out,” but would continue to work for the organization as an advocate.

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At a stormy school board meeting in August, a few weeks before school began, about 200 parents gathered at Lindell Elementary School and many of them voiced strong opposition to masks. But the state’s new governor, Kathy Hochul, had already mandated mask-wearing in New York schools. The Board of Education voted, 4 to 1, to conform to the governor’s mandate. The lone “no” vote came from Trustee Sam Pinto. He has not explained his vote. While students and faculty members must wear masks in all school buildings, there was an alternative for parents who do not want to send their children to school with masks. A virtual alternate instructional program was offered from 3 to 5

p.m. each day to students whose parents have opted them out of mask-wearing. Teachers were also asked to make sure students are outside for at least two periods a day. “Our buildings are doing lots of outdoor activities to give students substantial mask breaks during the day and quick mask breaks during class,” district Superintendent Dr. Jennifer Gallagher said. “During days of beautiful weather, you can see students eating lunch outside, having phys. ed. classes on our fields and playgrounds and reading under the trees.” Christina Daly/Herald

Long Beach schools ended debate about masks, offering parents an alternative.

Bendo based his campaign on efforts by the city to return Long Beach to fiscal stability after years of decline. The city hired a financial firm that is working to settle fiscal issues. Republicans argued that not enough had been done to resolve the problems. Democrats gathered at the Anchor Tavern on Park Avenue to celebrate their victories.

Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital said Monday, Nov. 22 that it would close its Emergency Department in Long Beach temporarily “due to staff shortages occurring as a result of the state vaccine mandate.” As of press time Wednesday, Nov. 24, the department remained closed. The announcement provoked alarm and anger in Long Beach, and a rally outside the closed facility on a chilly Tuesday, Nov. 23 night attended by about 60 people. City Council President John Bendo told the crowd that hospital officials claimed they had a shortage of qualified nurses. The surprise announcement came in a news release on Monday, Nov. 22. The hospital said that the Emergency

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Department would close at 3 p.m. “The decision to temporarily close the facility was made after all other options were exhausted,” MSSN’s statement read. The hospital said that Long Beach patients in need of emergency care would be directed to the main campus in Oceanside. An ambulance would be stationed around the clock at the closed Long Beach facility for the duration of the closure, the hospital said. It added that the closure would continue for up to four weeks, and could be extended, depending on staff availability. Christina Daly/Herald

Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital shut down it’s E.R. in Long Beach for several days.

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Bendo, Delury re-elected, Lester wins Long Beach voters gave City Council President John Bendo another term on Tuesday, Nov. 2, and elected another Democrat, newcomer Roy Lester, to the council. But incumbent Republican Mike DeLury and his Democratic challenge, Tina Posterli, were locked in a tight battle for the third council seat late on election night. Although two Republicans besides DeLury who ran for council seats did not win, the party scored significant gains in a city where Democrats outnumbered them by about 4 to 1. There were about 26,000 registered voters in the city; about 5,000 were registered Republicans.

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Reactions to mask mandate are mixed For a number of bar owners, Covid19 restrictions were already a headache. Several said that since they advised patrons of mask requirements and posted notices about vaccinations, they have received telephone threats or been called “Nazis.” Those who reported the threats asked not to be named for fear of retribution. Long Beach Police Commissioner Ron Walsh said he had not received any complaints about threats. But he said he planned to meet with bar owners this week to discuss the regulations and other Covid-related matters. With the Covid-19 infection rate rising again — it was about 6 percent in Nassau County, compared to 4 percent in mid-August — Hochul said the state would require masks to be worn in all

indoor public spaces that do not require vaccination for entry. The mandate took effect Dec. 13. It means that unless employees check for proof of vaccination, offices, shops, restaurants and other businesses must require that patrons be masked. Those that do not comply could face civil and criminal penalties, including fines of up to $1,000 per violation, and local health departments are responsible for enforcement. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said she would enforce the regulations until the end of her term on Dec. 31. Christina Daly/Herald

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS Pursuant to New York State Town Law Article 16, New York State Public Officers Law Article 7, and the Town of Hempstead Building Zone Ordinance, NOTICE is hereby given that the BOARD OF APPEALS of the Town of Hempstead will hold a public hearing in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Town Hall Plaza, One Washington Street, Hempstead, New York on 1/5/22 at 9:30 A.M. to consider the following applications and appeals: --------------------------------THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 9:30 A.M. 20/22. POINT LOOKOUT Joseph Whaley, Variances, lot area occupied, side yard, side yards aggregate, rear yard, construct 1-story & 2-story additions attached to dwelling., E/s Garden City Ave., 275’ S/o Lido Blvd., a/k/a 62 Garden City Ave. N.C.P.C. Local determination. ALL PAPERS PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE HEARING ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN HALL, 1

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LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC AUCTION NOTICE OF SALE OF COOPERATIVE APARTMENT SECURITY BY VIRTUE OF DEFAULT in a security agreement executed on December 03, 2010 by Stephen Rosendale, and in accordance with its rights

as holder of the security, WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., by Kim CarrinoAuctioneer License # 1004275, Auctioneer, will conduct a public sale of the security consisting of 769 shares of common stock in Neptune Towers Cooperative, Inc. and all rights title and interest in and to a proprietary lease between corporation and debtor for UNIT 5L in a building known as and by the street address, 25 Neptune Boulevard, Apt 5L, Long Beach, NY 11561 together with fixtures and articles of personal property now or hereafter affixed to or used in connection with UNIT 5L on January 13, 2022 at 10:00AM on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, in satisfaction of an indebtedness in the principal amount of $279,954.79 plus interest from August 01, 2019 and costs, subject to open maintenance charges. The secured party reserves the right to bid. Ten percent (10%) deposit by bank or certified funds required at Auction, payable to the attorneys for the secured party. Closing within 30 days. Such sale shall be subject to the terms of

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Q. I just rented a retail space, and I’m planning changes with my architect. The architect says I have to “upgrade” the restroom to handicapped-accessible, which will cost at least $8,000 and maybe more, depending on whether the old pipes can be reused where they are. I don’t understand why other stores around me have original restrooms but I have to change mine. We were only moving a couple of walls and installing a new ceiling. Can you tell me if the architect is right about the change?

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A. You would think the answer is an easy one, that it would be either yes or no. Unfortunately, the answer is that the decision in these matters is discretionary, left to the plans examiner, who either strictly interprets the code and the federal and state laws based on the Americans with Disabilities Act (which was signed into law by onte eeper President George H.W. Bush in 1990), or determines that the physical upgrade of the restroom isn’t necessary. The law states that businesses with 15 or more employees must comply, but is overridden by the fact that establishments cannot discriminate against people with disabilities, patrons or employees. I once had a meeting at which the attorney for my client was challenging my advice to our mutual client that an upgrade — a renovation — would be necessary. The attorney appropriately pointed out exactly the same argument that you’re making, that nobody else has had to upgrade, and therefore you shouldn’t have to, either. My guess is that your neighbors may have been in that location for many years, and as long as nobody brings their location up to an official, we leave well enough alone, or that the official interpreted that the upgrade wouldn’t be necessary. I’m willing to bet that your neighbors, for the most part, moved in without anyone filing anything formally, with plans and permits, so the proprietors think they have no issue to deal with. You, on the other hand, operating honestly and legitimately, probably feel that even though you can’t discriminate against a person with a disability, you’re being unfairly discriminated against. Although I agree that you are being unfairly judged differently than your neighbors, your architect and any licensed professional, including the attorney, swore to uphold the laws of the state they practice in. If officials choose not to investigate every location, that is the governing bodies’ choice. Your architect is only trying to do what is right under the law. Coincidentally, that very morning, when the attorney was making the case that others were not in compliance, there was an incident in lower Manhattan in which an attorney had his heels slashed by a homeless man on a subway platform, and was instantly debilitated. I pointed out to the attorney that that poor guy was now disabled, and that we humans are all vulnerable, by age or accident, and need to be considered. He answered, “You should have been an attorney.”

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he Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pa., set off a cascade of worldwide catastrophes over the subsequent two decades — the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and many other terrorist attacks, in multiple countries. September 2001 seems like a lifetime ago, but for those old enough to remember that terrible year, it remains a haunting memory, a fever dream that we try to lock in the backs of our brains but is ever-present. For those of us in Nassau County that day, we could only watch in horror as grayblack smoke plumes spiraled out of the twisted, crumbled remains of the twin towers upward into an otherwise perfect azure sky. The plumes were visible from points across the county. Shortly after the attacks, people started to gather on the beach in Lido and at the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick — the highest point on the South Shore — to watch the billowing smoke, staring silently in stunned disbelief. The United States homeland was under attack for the first time since World War II, and at that moment, we had no idea who the invader was, or the future suffering in distant lands that the attacks would bring. It was all incomprehensibly terrifying. In a front-page story in the Heralds’ Sept. 13-19 issue, “Terror at the Towers,” reported by Scott Brinton, Carrie James, Laura Lane, Jeff Lipton, Larry Maier and Cindy Roth, this is how we described the scene: “A wave of fear and despair raced across [Nassau County] Tuesday morning

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’m really scared. It’s so scary if we have something of a World War III. I’m really, really scared. Rollen Cajoles after terrorists slammed two hijacked jetliners into the World Trade Center, sending the Twin Towers crumbling into Lower Manhattan. “In the afternoon, surviving victims of the attack filtered into Nassau by Long Island Rail Road, like refugees from a war zone. Many, who were still shaking dusty, white debris from their clothes, were not from the area but had taken the first train they could out of the city and gotten off at the first possible stop.” We sent our reporters to the train stations to meet the survivors of the attacks. Sylvia Melendez, who worked in Lower Manhattan, described the chaos after the towers crashed to the ground. “The rush of clouds of debris forced everyone out into the streets,” she said. “Everyone was running away.” Here in Nassau, people were glued to their TVs and radios, watching and listening, hoping for the best but fearing the worst. “I’ve been listening all morning,” Luisa DeGirolamo, who worked at La Margherita Pastry Shop in Bellmore Village, said. “I’m devasted. I can’t get over it.” Rollen Cagoles, of East Meadow, said, “I’m really scared. It’s so scary if we have something of a World War III. I’m really,

really scared.” Many parents rushed to their children’s schools to pick them up and take them home, fearful of further attacks. “A lot of people came and pulled their kids out because they didn’t want them to be in a place with a large group of people,” said Pat Brace, PTA president of Bowling Green Elementary School in East Meadow. “They thought they would be a target.” Nassau police doubled patrols around municipal buildings, schools, houses of worship and transportation lines. Police also diverted westbound traffic away from New York City. Motorists who had to travel major throughfares were advised to stay home. The military closed down the airspace over Long Island, with unlighted F-16 fighter jets streaking overhead above John F. Kennedy International Airport into the night of Sept. 11 to 12. Nearly 500 Long Islanders died in the attacks at the World Trade Center or later succumbed to 9/11-related illnesses. Each one was a life extinguished too soon. We must remember all of them — their essential goodness, their essential humanity. In the coming days, there will be solemn ceremonies in remembrance of the dead. Consider attending one to show your support for the victims, or stop and pause for a moment at 8:46 and 9:04 a.m. on Saturday and reflect on or say a prayer for the victims. In this way, you will help to keep their memories alive for generations to come. “Never forget” should never become a trite slogan. It should be a motto by which we live.

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A letter to Governor Hochul To the Editor: Congratulations and good luck to Gov. Kathy Hochul. She has been thrust into a role that is critical to the 19.45 million people who live, work and play in the Empire State. Here on Long Island, we are especially hopeful for her good work. The challenges on Long Island are many. Our aging infrastructure needs serious attention. As the nation’s first suburb, we are living with an antiquated system that requires an upgrade. Our increasingly overburdened roadways, bridges and tunnels are dismal. The environmental infrastructure is failing. Drinking water has challenges, including the quality and quantity. Surface water contamination is rampant from nitrogen and other pollutants entering our creeks, bays, harbors and the Long Island Sound. Our air is polluted with toxins too small to see with the naked eye. We are vulnerable to sea level rise, climate change and the inevitable next big storm. The fact is, we aren’t ready. Our environment is too important for the noaction tendencies of the past to continue. Our

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Opinion columns We publish three columns every week. Columns represent the views of the writers themselves, not of the Herald. Each writer works independently and chooses his or her own subjects. Among our regular contributors are the Heralds’ executive editor, Scott Brinton, and the Nassau Herald’s former executive editor, Randi Kreiss, both of whom have won numerous awards for their opinion writing. We also feature columns by prominent political figures, including former State Assemblyman Jerry Kremer, who is now a consultant. And we regularly invite guest columnists to offer their views.

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hen talking with my grandkids about returning to school this fall — to the building, with other kids, not the dining room table — I was reminded of a school day of my own years ago. “Bobby.” I heard my name called on the second-floor landing of A. B. Davis High School in Mount Vernon, N.Y. The caller was Mr. Leone, Joseph Leone, my biology teacher and college adviser. “Why haven’t you signed up for ALAn the SATs?” he asked. sinGer Neither of my parents had attended college, my mother had died eight years earlier, and my father, a vacuum cleaner salesman, had his hands full with two active kids. When I think about the controversies surrounding school openings this fall, I think, too, of the critical role of teachers in the lives of their students. That certainly was the case for me. Mr. Leone wasn’t alone in affecting my life for the better. I was going to drop out of college after my first year not only because of the cost, but also because I

questioned why I was there. I entered to be a minister, but had become disillusioned with organized religion. My college adviser, Mildred Martin, helped me sort through the financial and philosophical questions and urged me to appeal my financial aid award, and I continued as her student. Other teachers stand out as well. Miss Calabrese and Miss King, in elementary school, “Pop” Phillips in high school, Mark Ebersole in college, and Kay Moore and Robin Williams in graduate school. The past year of living and learning with Covid in our path and in our shadows revealed the inequalities of access to teachers like the ones I’ve known. When teachers are diverted from their main responsibilities, teaching and advising, they can’t fulfill their roles to the fullest. It is especially difficult for them to be effective when students lack access to broadband and Wi-Fi, a quiet place to study, and supportive adults to help them with difficult assignments. A distinguished psychologist once said that we human beings are the “teaching species.” All species must learn enough to leave the nest, but humans turned teaching into a “calling,” a vocation dedicated to preparing the next generation

was going to drop out of college after my first year. I questioned why I was there.

Letters looming issues need real solutions, not lip service. We need to address the Island’s solid-waste crisis, illegal dumping and the associated increases in disposal costs. Hochul hasn’t been handed the reins of the state at our finest hour. New Yorkers suffer with an unsustainable tax burden that’s accelerating the exodus of high-net-worth people, employers and job creators. The growing disparity in income and wealth, an increasing immigrant population and the associated educational and health care challenges are monumental. And our young workforce and empty-nesters are leaving because of a lack of affordable housing. Leaders in the past have forsaken us in favor of book deals, their own selfish agendas and their next election. Indeed, some are in prison for their bad behavior, but the reality is, the good people of New York have been sold out, and that’s why we require Hochul’s earnest leadership. We have hope in her vision, fortitude and ability to make the really tough decisions. We’re counting on her. Most important, please know that we are here for you, governor. Long Island and the state of New York have immense resources, none greater than their residents. There will be vocal naysayers who attempt to stop Hochul from addressing these vexing challenges. There are people who talk a lot, and there are people who get stuff done. To Hochul, I say this:

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Robert A. Scott, Ph.D., is president emeritus of Adelphi University; the author of, or contributor to, 18 books and monographs; and the author of hundreds of articles on higher education and social issues. His latest book is “How University Boards Work” (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018; Eric Hoffer Prize awardee, 2019).

Special features The op-ed, or opposite the editorial, page features a weekly Framework photo, which is chosen by our photo editor. The Framework offers a creative, at times humorous outlet for our photography staff. In this spot, we also publish photos sent to us by readers featuring them on vacation, reading the Herald at various international landmarks. We call it Herald Around the World. At times, a correction might appear on the op-ed page. We strive each week for the highest standards of accuracy and accountability. When we make mistakes in our reporting, we believe we must own up to them and correct the record.

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Cuomo should be impeached To the Editor: Re Robert Rosenberg’s column “History repeats itself in Albany — again and again” (Aug. 26-Sept. 1): I agree with Rosenberg’s opinions, and would add that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo would indeed get the last hurrah and make “the State Legislature and state government look like a ship of fools” if it gave him a free pass on the nursing home deaths scandal and his subsequent cooking of the books to make it appear less egregious than he would have had us believe. Interestingly, Gov. Kathy Hochul revealed immediately that these deaths were undercounted by some 12,000. By ordering nursing homes to accept Covid-19 patients, Cuomo, threatening owners with penalty if they did not comply, exposed many more confined elderly to the virus, potentially causing their deaths. With all due respect, I consider manslaughter to be an even more serious

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to the nation. They believed that education should be public; is critical to democracy because it prepares an informed citizenry, able to ask questions; is important because it prevents aristocracy and promotes meritocracy; should be free from religion and ideology; should be equal and equally available to all citizens; and is a public investment that is worth the cost. While the ideals of the Founders foundered on the compromises made to create a republic, they nevertheless created within the Constitution the mechanisms for correcting early mistakes and providing the means for continuing the pursuit of a “more perfect union,” which we have shown the ability to do. As we help our kids and grandkids, or relatives or neighbors’ kids, prepare for a new school year, let us acknowledge the noble profession of teaching, perhaps by remembering our own teachers, and do what we can to fulfill the Founders’ aspirations for true equality of education in America.

Please be the latter. Be bold. We heard you say you’d “fight like hell for New York,” and that’s exactly what Long Island needs.

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with knowledge, skills and values. As a result, teachers have a moral, social, civic and historical responsibility for not only educating each new generation but also, in this way, creating the future. We must remember the vocation, the calling, of teaching. As the historian Jacques Barzun said, “Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.” At the beginning of our nation, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson stated that public education was at the heart of democracy. “The whole people must take upon themselves the education of the whole people and be willing to bear the expenses of it,” Adams wrote. “There should not be a district of one mile square without a school in it, not founded by a charitable individual, but maintained at the public expense of the people themselves.” Jefferson expressed similar sentiments. It is unfortunate, therefore, that some local school boards see teachers simply as employees, instead of as those who inspire discovery and awaken students’ imaginations, as Mark Van Doren and Robert Frost said. But while the Founders argued that schooling was a local responsibility, they were adamant about the public benefits

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crime than the sexual harassment charges that forced Cuomo’s resignation. Given the present state of affairs, it is now the State Legislature (and, ultimately, the State Senate) that is on trial, and it remains to be seen whether playing politics will take precedence over what must be done in the name of justice. How can

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