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H.S. athletes excited about return to sports cap off my senior year and the years of so many others. I tbellissimo@liherald.com, msmollins@liherald.com couldn’t be happier at the chance to make our last high school Denied the opportunity to memories together.” play for months because of the Less than a week after highcoronavirus pandemic, Lyn- risk high school sports in New brook and East Rockaway stu- York state — basketball, football, dents were gearing wrestling, volleyup for a return to ball and competicompetition, with tive cheer — were practices in several given the OK to sports set to begin proceed by Gov. on Monday and Andrew Cuomo, games and matches Nassau County starting as early as Executive Laura Feb. 8.

Curran relayed the Mason Benvenunecessary guidance t o, a Ly n b ro o k put in place by the High School senior state and approved girls’ varsity basby local health offike t b a l l a n d l a cials. crosse player who At a Jan. 27 has committed to news conference at play lacrosse at Bay Park in East Oneonta next year, Rockaway, Curran GRACE BoDiAN said that her fondannounced the est memories of LHS senior guidelines that will high school include clear the way for being on the field or court with public and parochial schools to her team. begin practicing basketball, “To say that I’m excited to wrestling and cheer. join my friends and teammates “I’m excited to get our kids back on the field would be an back on the fields, courts and the understatement,” Benvenuto rinks they love so much and to said. “So much has changed for bring a little normal back into us these past 10 months. A small return to normalcy would really Continued on page 8

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Courtesy Lee Anne Bisogno-Chiulli

lEE ANNE BisoGNo-ChiUlli, of East Rockaway, has been chalking inspirational quotes on the sidewalk outside her home that have drawn many positive reactions from the community.

Sidewalk inspiration lifts spirits E.R. resident makes a difference with chalk

By MikE sMolliNs msmollins@liherald.com

For months, joggers, dog walkers, motorists and other passersby have stopped and gazed at a sidewalk on Roosevelt Avenue in East Rockaway. Their curiosity has been sparked by Lee Anne BisognoChiulli, who has written inspirational quotes there to lift the community’s spirits during the pandemic.

“T he motivation was because everyone was so

upset about the pandemic and everything else that was going on in the world, and I thought maybe doing this would cheer people up,” Bisogno-Chiulli said. “It really seems to have, because I met so many wonderful people by doing this, people I probably never would have met, and they tell me that the quotes mean a lot to them and to please keep going.”

Bisogno-Chiulli be gan scrawling messages on the sidewalk in April, and that

quickly became a daily routine after the coronavirus pandemic forced her to stop working in a commercial kitchen. She likes to write them early in the morning, she said, so more people can read them. They are taken from various sources, including books, fortune cookies and some of her favorite quotes that she has taped to her refrigerator over the years, because they moved her emotionally.

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place by elected officials. However, he said at the time that he was optimistic for the future.

Lynbrook restaurant owner Frank “We opened for three months, closed Abbracciamento died recently, according for five months and we are trying to build to a post from his family on the business’s back up again,” he said at the time about Instagram. his business. “There are weeks where Abbracciamento’s cause and date of you’re not even covering your costs, but death and his age were not you’ve got to have the strong disclosed at press time, and a will to survive.” call to the restaurant was not Lynbrook Mayor Alan returned.

Beach said Abbracciamento “It is with our deepest sormeant a great deal to the vilrow that we share the passing lage. of our beloved father, son, “My heart goes out to his brother and uncle,” the social family,” he said. “He brought media post read. “He was so a beautiful restaurant to our proud to bring back and share village. He will be sorely the Abbracciamento family missed. When you went into restaurant experience.” his restaurant, he always had A b b r a c c i a m e n t o, t h e Frank Abbracciamento a friendly greeting and kind owner of Abbracciamento’s word.” at 174 Merrick Road in Lynbrook, opened Abbracciamento’s wake was Sunday at the establishment in the village in 2019, Colonial Funeral Home in Staten Island, and had to close for five months after the and his funeral Mass was Monday at St. coronavirus pandemic hit. Upon reopen- Patrick’s Church, and was also live ing, he told the Herald in November that streamed. According to the Instagram his business was down by 70 percent post, Abbracciamento’s in Lynbrook will because of the health restrictions put in remain open in loving memory of Frank.

By Mike SMollinS msmollins@liherald.com

Courtesy Village of Lynbrook

lynBrook MAyor AlAn Beach, left, Officer of Emergency Management Director Rob Cribbin, Lynbrook Fire Department Chiefs Michael Brooks and Danny Ambrosio, and Lynbrook Police Department Chief Brian Paladino came together on Sunday to generate a plan on recovering from the winter storm.

SeverAl incheS oF snow hit Lynbrook and East Rockaway on Monday.

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Lynbrook, East Rockaway hit with winter snowstorm

By Scott Brinton and Mike SMollinS sbrinton@liherald.com and msmollins@liherald.com

A massive nor’easter out of the west swept across Long Island early Monday, and dropped more than a foot of snow across the area, with wind gusts expectreaching more than 30 miles per hour.

Lynbrook and East Rockaway were two areas hit hard by the storm. Both of the school districts closed ahead of the winter blast on Sunday and then announced on Monday that they would remain closed Tuesday. Updates on the status of re-openings will be posted on the Lynbrook and East Rockaway school district websites, as well as on their social media feeds.

Lynbrook Mayor Alan Beach said the village’s Department of Public Works, Office of Emergency Management and police and fire departments met Sunday to discuss their plans to combat the storm. The DPW began salting the roads on Sunday night, while the LFD ensured there was extra personnel staffed at the firehouses in case of emergency.

“Lynbrook is home to many frontline workers, so we want to make sure they are able to get to work safely,

whether it be a local hospital or job site in the city,” Beach said on Monday.

“We’re asking our residents that do not need to be out on essential trips to please stay off the roads.”

Nassau County and town officials urged people to stay off the roads during the storm if they could. Road conditions were already “treacherous” by Monday morning.

“Wind is going to play a significant role in this storm,” said County Executive Laura Curran during a news conference Sunday. “We’re talking about blizzard-like conditions .... It’s going to be heavy, wet snow with a lot of wind.”

The biggest snowfall was expected between 10 a.m. and 11 p.m. Monday.

The South Shore was expected to be “most vulnerable,” the county executive said.

“As the day goes on, conditions are going to get more dangerous for driving,” Curran said.

Two to five inches fell by the time of the mor ning commute at 9 a.m., on M o n d ay, a n d s n ow a c c u m u l a t e d throughout the day after that.

Delays service disruptions also occurred on the Long Island Rail Road and NICE Bus routes.

lynBrook reSidence oF coal dealer and farmer William Haff (street not known)

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Lynbrook historical odds & ends: Instant justice in 1911

By Art MAttSon lyneditor@liherald.com

Editors note: Lynbrook historical odds and ends is a column that takes a look back at some interesting facts and events in the village from over the years.

said. “Then I will shoot!”

Hearing no answer, Haff counted slowly to three and fired. The rustling now increased. Putting down his shotgun, he pulled out his revolver. He pointed it in the direction of the noise and entered the cornfield in quest of the cornthief he had just wounded with buckshot.

Suddenly he was struck in the side with such force that he was thrown quite a distance. As he recovered his senses, he saw his favorite cow exit the cornfield and gallop in the direction of East Rockaway.

As reported in the South Side Observer of July 28, 1911, Mr. William Haff of Lynbrook, a wealthy coal dealer, returned home late one Sunday night and heard a rustling sound in his nearby cornfield.

He went in the house and grabbed his shotgun and a revolver. Returning to his yard Mattson he shouted, “Come out of that Mattson is the official Lyncorn! I’ve got you covered!” brook village historian and the Receiving no reply, he waited a few min- director of the Historical Society of East utes and reportedly again shouted: “I am Rockaway and Lynbrook. Additionally, he not going to tell you again. If you do not is the author of “The History of Lynbrook,” come out, I will shoot!” No response. More which is available on Amazon.com and at rustling. “I am going to count to three,” he local libraries.

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East Rockaway REsidEnt Lee Anne Bisogno-Chiulli, center, with her daughter, Kate, 15, and her husband, Dominick, has been writing inspirational quotes on the sidewalk outside her East Rockaway home during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Her daughter, Kate, 15, a Lynbrook High School senior, often provides illustrations to accompany the quotes, BisognoChiulli said, noting that her husband, Dominick, supports their efforts.

What started as a small gesture has drawn crowds, as dozens of people stop by daily to read the more than 340 quotes that have been chalked. Bisogno-Chiulli said she leaves them until they’re washed away by rain, providing her with a fresh canvas to work on. Some onlookers have even come bearing gifts, including extra chalk, muffins, a box of gourmet ravioli and notes for their new favorite sidewalk artist.

Bisogno-Chiulli said enjoys the gifts, but she was struck most by someone who left a note saying the quotes had restored their will to live during a trying time amid the pandemic.

“It just touched my heart that something like that could affect someone’s life in such a positive way,” she said, “and it really inspires me to keep going, so as soon as the snow clears, I’ll be out there again.”

Her favorite quote is, “Love cures people — the ones who give it and the ones who receive it,” by Karl Menninger. She said she doesn’t always know the authors, but she attributes the quotes whenever she can. She also creates themes, like quotes about being thankful around Thanksgiving in November and, lately, inspirational quotes involving snow and winter.

Bisogno-Chiulli said she planned to continue posting the quotes for as long as she can, and she hoped they would inspire more people.

“I’ve met so many people that I probably never would have known that actually stop and talk to me,” she said. “One man stopped his car and said he came to read the quote, and it’s so nice to see a little good in the world. It just makes me feel so good.”

Those who can’t stop by Roosevelt Avenue can still see Bisogno-Chiulli’s handy work by following @sidewalkinspiration on Instagram.

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Bisogno-chiulli said thE Karl Menninger quote, above left, was her favorite so far. Her work can be found at the Instagram handle @sidewalkinspiration.

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Neighbors iN the News East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School sophomore student-athlete Clare Acuti was selected to be part of the Team Up for Unity Initiative between Section VIII and XI athletics and the Long Island Nets.

Acuti is one of 12 student-athletes selected from across Nassau County.

As part of the initiative, she will assist in moderating a 45-minute virtu-

al discussion in partnership with experts in the field of racism and bias in society.

Before the panel discussions, which will take place between January and June, Acuti will participate in a training session during the week of Jan. 25.

Courtesy East Rockaway School District; compiled by Mike Smollins

Courtesy Lynbrook Public Schools

LHS student-musicians hit the right note Four seniors from Lynbrook High School were recently selected to perform in the National Association for Music Education’s 2021 All-Eastern Honors Ensembles. Earning a spot in the ensembles is one of the most prestigious musical honors a high school senior can receive.

Camilla Bahri will play cello and Emily Bergin will play string bass in the orchestra ensemble, while John Kelhetter will

perform as a bass 1 in the mixed chorus and Ricki Rizzo will perform as an alto 1 in the treble chorus.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the students will participate in virtual rehearsals, master classes and workshops in March.

Each ensemble will then create a final, recorded performance which will premiere in the 2021 Eastern Division Honor Ensembles program on April 23.

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East Rockaway JunioR-sEnioR High School sophomore student-athlete Clare Acuti was selected to be part of the Team Up for Unity Initiative between Section VIII and XI athletics and the Long Island Nets. Above, Acuti with ERHS Principal Richard Schaffer, left, and Director of Athletics David Barth.

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community update Ongoing Covid-19 Testing Lynbrook residents are eligible to get tested for Covid-19 at the Valley Stream Pool parking lot, 123 W. Merrick Road in Valley Stream from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays. Rapid testing is available and no appointments are needed. Stay in your car and wait for directioins, and bring your identification and insurance card.

VFW Thrift Shop in East Rockaway Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3350 in East Rockaway has launched its Veterans’ Thrift Shop. The post is at 164 Main St. Due to the pandemic, the store’s schedule varies, but members are trying to open daily, including Sundays. For thrift shop information and hall rentals, call the post at (516) 887-8170, and ask for Pat, Gary, Tony or Gene.

Monday, Feb. 8 Online Book Discussion The East Rockaway Public Library is hosting an online book discussion at 7 p.m. The featured book is “Daisy Jones and the Six” by Taylor Jenkins Reid.

Download a copy on the Libby app, or pick up a copy at the library in regular or large print. Register with your email address to reference@eastrockawaylibrary.org, call (516) 599-1664 or stop in and a librarian will send you the link to the virtual meeting. The library’s address is 477 Atlantic Ave.

Tuesday, Feb. 9 East Rockaway Board of Education The East Rockaway Board of Education will host its next meeting at 7 p.m. at East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School, 443 Ocean Ave. Live stream recordings will be posted at eastrockawayschols.org. It will also host a budget work session on Jan. 12 at 6 p.m., preceded by a regular work session.

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A happy retirement East Rockaway resident Kevin Reinhard, left, was recently presented with a Challenge Coin by Hempstead Town Councilman Anthony D’Esposito to celebrate his retirement. He served as a special agent in the Office of the Inspector General for 30 years.

Lynbrook Library Board Meeting The Lynbrook Library will host its monthly board meeting at 7:30 p.m.

For more information, call (516) 5998630.

Wednesday, Feb. 10

Thursday, Feb. 11 Cyberbullying Roundtable State Sen. Todd Kaminsky will host a virtual round table on cyberbullying on Feb. 11 at 5 p.m. To access the live stream, visit Kaminsky.nysenate.gov, or facebook.com/senatorkaminsky.

Lynbrook Board of Education The Lynbrook Board of Education will host its next meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Lynbrook High School, 9 Union Ave., Lynbrook. Virtual meetings can be found at lynbrookschools.org.

Tuesday, Feb. 16 Lynbrook Village Board Meeting The Lynbrook mayor and village board of trustees will host its next meeting at Village Hall, 1 Columbus Drive, at 7 p.m. It will also be streamed virtually. Visit lyn-

Low-risk high school sports have been approved to return.

The East Rockaway VFW’s thrift shop is open for business.

The East Rockaway Library hosts a virtual book talk Feb. 8.

Sen. Todd Kaminsky hosts cyberbulling roundtable Feb. 11 Virtual tax grievance workshops are set for Feb. 19.

brookvillage.net or call (516) 5998300 for more information. It will also be Grievance Night.

Friday, Feb. 19 Tax Greivance Workshops Nassau County Legislator C. William Gaylor is hosting two tax greiving webinars virtually at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. The tax grievance filing period is now underway. Anyone who disagrees with the assessed value of their homes covering the 2022-23 year is eligible to file a tax grievance. The filing period was recently extended another 60 days and now runs until April 30. To attend either of the workshops, visit nassaucounty.gov/ld6 and click the link on my home page to register.

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High-risk sports resume, with conditions Continued from front page their lives,” Curran said.

LHS senior Joseph Giovinco, who is a varsity football and boys’ lacrosse player at LHS, said it was “great” to see sports returning.

“It’s something that so many athletes had thought they’d missed out on,” he said. “Especially in a town like Lynbrook, sports bring together the community. As someone who has played football and lacrosse my entire life, I’m so grateful that I will be able to play in my senior seasons.”

Grace Bodian, an LHS senior and three-sport athlete who plays varsity tennis, lacrosse and basketball, said she was happy because she most looks forward to competing in sports in school.

“Each season I form such amazing connections and friendships and make longlasting memories with my teammates,” she said. “I can only imagine how the seniors feel this year with the amount of events taken from them. Sports coming back is an amazing way to bring back some normalcy, and I could not be more grateful and happy.”

Some of the mandatory guidelines put in place countywide by Suffolk aren’t being mirrored by Nassau. Instead, those decisions were left to individual school districts in Nassau. These include weekly Covid-19 testing for participating athletes, coaches and others in daily contact with the teams, temperature monitoring before practices and games, and no more than two spectators per athlete for home teams.

Masks must be worn at all times, unless players are unable to tolerate such a covering for the physical activity, and a minimum of six feet in distance between individuals must be followed at all times, with the exception of participating athletes. No sharing of equipment or drinks will be permitted, and facilities must provide sanitizer for all in attendance and be limited to 50 percent of the maximum occupancy of a particular area, inclusive of employees, patrons, players and spectators.

Curran said the Nassau County Department of Health would conduct spot compliance checks at random schools to ensure safety guidelines are being followed.

On Jan. 26, Nassau’s athletic directors held a meeting with Section VIII, the governing body for high school athletics in the county, to discuss a return to play for basketball, wrestling and cheer. Section VIII also conducted a conference call with school superintendents that same morning.

Section VIII Executive Director Pat Pizzarelli said with athlete participation the primary goal this winter, there would be no playoffs for basketball and no postseason for wrestling. Basketball teams will play an eight-game season, while wrestling will conduct dual meets only.

“We want the largest number of kids playing in the most number of games, and this was the way to do it,” Pizzarelli said.

He added that each school district would make a determination whether to compete in the high-risk winter sports or not. He said only Uniondale, which is in full remote learning mode, has opted out so far. Lawrence flipped its decision on winter sports and will be competing.

“I’m thrilled that we’re going to be starting all of our sports,” Pizzarelli said.

“We haven’t had any Covid spread with the sports that began Jan. 4. Now we’re starting basketball and wrestling. I’ll be honest, I’m concerned about wrestling. I spoke to our athletic administrators.

They need to stress to their coaches they need to be diligent in keeping the safety of our student-athletes as the No. 1 priority, which is what we always do in athletics.”

Traditional fall sports, including football, soccer, girls’ tennis, cross-country, volleyball, field hockey and girls’ swimming, are slated to begin practice March 1. Spring sports, such as lacrosse, baseball, softball, boys’ tennis, track and field, girls’ badminton and boys’ golf, are set to start April 22.

Courtesy Mason Benvenuto

mason Benvenuto, a Lynbrook High School senior girls’ varsity lacrosse and basketball player, said she was excited to reunite with her teammates to compete again.

Courtesy Joseph Giovinco

nassau County exeCutive Laura Curran, at right, said individual school districts could decide on Covid-19 testing for athletes and coaches. senior Joseph giovinCo, above center, who is a varsity football and boys’ lacrosse player at LHS, said it was “great” to have sports back.

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The Covid-19 pandemic caused millions of Americans to lose their jobs in 2020, and as a result, many found that their worst financial fears became their reality.

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“I tell my clients that it’s important to look at where your money is coming from and to make sure they know the risks, recognize strategies and that they should understand what their goals and aspirations are,” Taylor said. “It’s also important that people make sure that they have a financial adviser that is focused on the people they serve. If a financial adviser is not explaining costs or checking on your investments, and they are telling you what they think you need while failing to find out your background information, you might want to get a different financial adviser.”

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Another guest panelist, Veronica Ferrero, who is the assistant vice president and community lending

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HerAld iNside li held a free Zoom webinar on how to reduce expenses amid the coronavirus pandemic last Thursday. coordinator at Emigrant Mortgage Company Inc., said her job involves helping people to create a plan that reviews their credit report to see if it is up to date and without errors. She also looks at credit cards to make sure the interest rate is the lowest possible.

“Whenever someone closes or opens a savings account, it will affect their credit score,” she said. “A lot of people have credit cards that they don’t use, and they don’t realize that this will affect their credit score and that they should be diligent about paying their credit card payments when they are due.”

Ferrero also said she spends time evaluating her clients’ mortgages to aid them in discovering new ways to save in various areas, such as in their utility, phone and car insurance bills. She also aids people in looking at their long-term goals and deciding if taking out a home equity mortgage or line of credit would be the most sensible decision, based on a case-by-case analysis. With the ongoing pandemic, she also said, interest rates are low, and now is an opportune time to refinance and renovate homes.

“In the same way that you would plan a Super Bowl dinner for friends and family, I recommend that people plan if they want to budget, and through my job, I want to help people to realize through an analysis process, specifically where their money goes on a monthly basis,” she said. “This is a challenging process, but most people are glad when they do this, and they are better able to see where they can better save money.”

Taylor and Ferrero both added that people should look for interest rates on their student loans to help budget better.

“It’s important to do research on programs and to look for companies to help you to do this,” Ferrero stressed.

“Speak to someone who will sit down and listen to you and be disciplined about this, and don’t get distracted,” Taylor said.

Tara McDermott, director of customer experience and stakeholder relations at EmPower Solar, said her company serves about 3,000 clients. EmPower Solar aims to help consumers save on electric bills by help-

ing them install solar panels.

“Now, more than ever, people are more conscious of an increase in electric bills because people are spending more time in their homes, and therefore they are using up more energy due to the pandemic,” she said.

“The average home on Long Island pays $250 a month on their electric bill, and our goal is to get homeowners to save money through the installation of solar panels on their roof. About one in every 22 houses on Long Island have solar panels now.”

Having solar panel consultation with EmPower Solar, McDermott said, is free. It will take place over Zoom to discuss how much solar panels will cost on a case-by-case basis and answer any other questions for those considering going solar.

“We stress to our clients that having solar panels does not increase taxes, but third-party studies have shown that it does add about $20,000 to the value of the home,” she said. “Around 15 percent of clients have a battery backup system for their solar panels—which will allow them to power their house during a power outage for an unlimited amount of time. This is great because clients can be prepared for an emergency, similar to another Superstorm Sandy.”

Filing a grievance

As the Zoom meeting was ending, guest speaker Mark Miller, in-house counsel at Maidenbaum Property Tax Reduction Group, made a few remarks. “All residential homeowners should file a grievance, and anybody who has a renovation on their house should file and see if they qualify, but they should keep in mind that solar panels don’t count as a renovation in these instances,” he said. “Also, if you double your house size through renovation, you won’t get the home improvement exemption. You might be considered a whole new property at that point.”

The recording for this cutting expenses webinar can be found at liherald.com/recordings. The next Herald Inside LI webinar will be Thursday, Feb. 4, at 10 a.m., and will look at estate and Medicaid planning.

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Elks host initiation event For many years, the past exalted rulers of New York Elks Lodge No. 1 in Lynbrook have continued to show their talent during the initiation event.

The rulers have been known as the A-Team, and all lodge officers perform their respective parts from memory. The officers believe the most important performance of their positions is to make a

first — and lasting — impression on all new candidates.

The new members of the lodge are honored and proud to stand before its officers and perform initiations. It is a tradition among the Elks.

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Virtual grievance workshops help challenge your taxes link on my home page to register. Participation is capped at 300 people by the Department of Assessment, so reserve As a result of the current administra- spots quickly. For any questions or furtion’s reassessment, property taxes will ther assistance, contact my office at (516) rise for 65 percent of Nassau County hom- 571-6206, or email me at cwgaylor@naseowners. A further decision by the admin- saucountyny.gov. Residents seeking to istration to freeze assessed values means access information on their property can that if a resident’s taxes were calculated visit mynassauproperty.com, and forms incorrectly, they will have and applications can be to pay the amount indicatfound at nassaucountyny. ed on their tax bill unless gov/agencies/ARC/form. they file a grievance chalhtml. lenging the assessment.

Our Legislative majoriThe tax grievance filing ty has fought for fairness, period is now underway. accuracy and transparency Anyone who disagrees throughout the reassesswith the assessed value of ment process that was their homes covering the launched by the current 2022-23 year is eligible to administration in 2018. file a tax grievance. The filUnfor tunately, County ing period was recently Executive Laura Curran extended another 60 days vetoed many of our initiaCounty leGislator C. and now runs until April tives and proposals to William Gaylor 30. improve the process. I will To help residents navicontinue to propose poligate through the tax grievcies and laws to reform the ance process, I will be hosting two virtual county’s reassessment procedures and workshops on Feb. 19, one at 2 p.m. and fight to help our taxpayers get the tax another at 7 p.m. Residents do not have to relief they deserve. pay a law firm or agency to file a tax grievance and these seminars will help Gaylor is a county legislator for Legislaaddress the necessary steps to file on tive District 6, which comprises Malverne, their own.

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This pandemic has disproportionately impacted our communities, communities of color. It’s ravaged and devastated us. The vaccine has been out for more than six weeks now, but Blacks and Latinos have had to go through hurdles to have access to it.

Northwell Health reached out to us last year to open up a free testing facility, so I’m grateful that they came back to us now to ask if we could host a vaccination site for our residents.

We reached out to our communities to let them know what was going on. There’s always been a communication breakdown with Black and Latino communities since the pandemic began. Our communities get overlooked. I live in Elmont, but didn’t even know they had a

vaccination event available at Belmont Park last week.

We called everyone we could to let them know how they can sign up. We had an elderly couple that qualified for the vaccine, but they were having trouble making an appointment.

So we helped guide them through the process, and they’ll be coming to get their first dose of the vaccine today.

I’m a Covid-19 survivor. I got sick and was hospitalized in March. My own father-in-law passed away from this disease. We’ve had members of our congregation get sick, recover or who passed away from Covid.

It means a lot to see people who look like me be able to receive the vaccine.

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We’re making sure we have the logistics together — we support that effort. We’re not the only players, but we certainly play a role. It’s an all-hands-on-deck effort from pharmacists, administration to our nursing staff and environmental staff; everybody is involved in getting this out. We have to set up the vaccination pods, we need support from other departments, and everyone is engaged

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The second factor was that I had a son walk out of the World Trade Center, and this led to me accepting the position of liaison of the Village of Lawrence to the Nassau County Office of Emergency Management.

And because of that, I also joined the Nassau County Medical Reserve Corps.

With that background, last March, Lawrence Mayor Alex Edelman asked me to write an email to residents about this new disease, defining it as I saw it, and with my best

guesses for the future and my best advice for staying safe. My involvement grew from there.

My goal is to have people fully understand what they need to do to protect themselves while trying to live as normal a life as possible, and to have them understand and be a partner in their health care should they be infected.

And of course, to make sure that people know what their options are.

This epidemic has changed me tremendously. It has made me appreciate stability in life. If Covid never came, I would not have appreciated its absence. I now fully understand that things can always be worse, and I’ve learned to be thankful that they're not, even if I don't know from what I have been spared.

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Throughout this time, I’ve realized that the hospital is really a microcosm of society. The hospital isn't just in the community — we are the community. So, these very long days don’t feel like a chore or a drag, because getting the vaccine is so important. We feel, at the end of the day, we’ve achieved something that is well-meaning and good for everyone.

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've been helping Howard Jacobson get our stores ready to get the vaccines delivered and to get set up with all the new requirements to be able to distribute this vaccine, because it’s definitely very different than any of the others we’ve done before.

We plan to do it in all of our stores if we can, but we just started it out in Rockville Centre, just to kind of gauge how we’re going to be doing this going forward.

We’re really happy that it’s actually going to be all the seniors that are going to be getting it from us, because they're the ones who are going to have the hardest time getting to the clinic and waiting in line at the medical center for hours.

It’s been difficult for me, mostly because my parents aren’t able to help out with my

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E.R. students build a snowy con’trap’tion Centre Avenue Elementary School second grade students in Kallen Maguire and Kathleen Rottkamp’s class read the book “How to Catch a Snowman” and created their very own snowmen traps.

They looked at a variety of materials and crafted a step-by-step procedure for constructing their traps.

While following these steps, some students realized they needed to adjust their plans. Once completed, they shared their traps and reflected on the process.

Courtesy East Rockaway School District; compiled by Mike Smollins

CenTre avenue seCond-grader David Adigun was hard at work constructing a snowman trap.

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sCarLeTT Quiroz showed her completed trap.

West End students aim to change the world Third-graders from West End Elementary School recently learned how to write persuasive speeches as part of their newest unit, Changing the World.

They explored the power of persuasion and how to convey the way they think about a topic or issue through word choice and examples.

“Students are learning that they can change the world not just by looking at what is broken, but also by looking at what is beautiful, teacher Corinne

Teichman said, according to a district news release.

As a result, the students decided to write about the noteworthy people that make up the school community. They wrote speeches about administrators, the custodial staff, nurses, service providers and others to start the new year, as students thanked those who help to make students’ lives better, safer and happier.

Courtesy Lynbrook Public Schools; compiled by Mike Smollins

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Third-graders LiLy eLena, top left, and Maggie Bowler wrote their persuasive speeches about West End Library Media Specialist Heather LaBarbara, center.

MeLanie deBernardo, near left, shared her speech with school monitor Maureen Fraser, the inspiration behind her writing piece. addison Casey, righT, wrote her speech about reading teacher Laura D’Achille.

NFL invites four MSSN staffers to Super Bowl

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In recognition of their tireless efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic, the NFL is sending four Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital employees to participate in the league’s Super Bowl experience for frontline workers.

The four hospital employees — two physicians, an Emergency Department nurse and a respiratory therapist — are among the 7,500 vaccinated health care workers who will receive free tickets from the NFL to the big game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Tampa on Sunday as part of the NFL’s salute.

A Rockville Centre resident and grateful patient of MSSN is helping to make the trip possible by sponsoring the hotel and travel expenses for the nurse and respiratory therapist.

The four hospital employees who will participate in the game day experience are Emergency Department Nurse Eileen Carolan, Director of Respiratory Therapy Iris Halem, Dr. Frank Coletta, the chief of critical care and pulmonary medicine and MSSN Chief Medical Officer Dr. Adhi Sharma.They all have received their first and second doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.

“This is a dream come true,” Carolan said, according to a news release. “I’m a big football fan and I never thought I’d get to attend a Super Bowl. After the challenges of the last year, this will be a welcome break.”

MSSN President and CEO Richard J. Murphy said the four employees represent the best of the hospital.

“They have been leaders in the fight against the virus since the start of the pandemic last February and we are proud they will be able to represent Mount Sinai South Nassau at the Super Bowl,” he said, according to the news release. “Like so many other members of the hospital’s staff, they worked tirelessly, sometimes around-the-clock, putting the needs of our patients before their own family and putting themselves in harm’s way to provide care for our community. We are very grateful to the NFL for recognizing them and all health care workers at the Super Bowl.”

The facility’s staff members will be

Courtesy MSSN

Larry Ferazani, a Rockville Centre resident and grateful former patient of Mount Sinai South Nassau and his wife, Christine, made a special visit to the hospital to thank health care heroes after covering travel and hotel expenses for them at the Super Bowl. Above, from left, MSSN’s Director of Respiratory Therapy Iris Halem, the Ferazanis, MSSN Chief Medical Officer Dr. Adhi Sharma and Dr. Frank Coletta, chief of critical care and pulmonary medicine. included among the about 7,500 other health care heroes at this year’s Super Bowl and around the country that the NFL will recognize through a variety of special moments both in the stadium and during the CBS broadcast of the game.

Each of hospital’s four staff members chosen played a different role to support the more than 1,600 Covid-19 patients treated at MSSN during the pandemic.

A full-time Emergency Department nurse for the hospital since 1990. Carolan cancelled a planned vacation last spring so that she would not miss a single shift during the height of the first patient surge. Throughout the duration of the pandemic, she has served at the hospital’s on-campus and Long Beach-based emergency departments.

When the first Covid-19 patients arrived, Halem’s role as director of respiratory therapy took on a new urgency.

She worked side by side with nurses and doctors to provide respiratory treatments

News brief Virtual round table on cyberbullying set to be live streamed on Feb. 11 State Sen. Todd Kaminsky will host a virtual round table on cyberbullying on Feb. 11 at 5 p.m.

The forum will address the causes and manifestations of the cyberbullying threat to students and provide recommendations on how to best address the issue.

“Cyberbullying is a serious threat to our children in today’s world, and I am committed to doing all I can to stamp out this menace to our youth and their wellbeing,” Kaminsky said, according to a news release. “At my Senate roundtable, we will convene an expert panel of educators, students, law enforcement officials

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and other stakeholders to discuss this serious issue in our schools — and how we can put an end to it.”

A 2020 study conducted by the Cyberbullying Research Center found that one in five students between the ages of 9 and 12 had seen, perpetrated or been a victim of cyberbullying. Kaminsky is the sponsor of legislation to establish a commission on the effects of cyberbullying in New York as well as measures that can be taken to address it.

To access the live stream, visit Kaminsky.nysenate.gov, or facebook.com/senatorkaminsky.

to severely ill patients. During the height of the pandemic in April,. Halem was coordinating the care of 97 patients on ventilators and 110 on bi-pap therapy.

As chief of critical care and pulmonary medicine, Coletta oversees the treatment of the most critically ill Covid-19 patients. He has spearheaded the training of hospital physicians, physician assistants and medical residents from all medical disciplines to assist critical care, emergency medicine and respiratory physicians as they treated the more than 1,600 hospitalized Covid-19 patients.

Sharma has provided steadfast leadership in MSSN’s ongoing response to Covid-19, overseeing the medical staff ’s response to the pandemic and coordinating with the Mount Sinai Health System to ensure the hospital’s patients and staff had access to the latest therapies, equipment and research. Sharma helped lead the hospital and its clinical staff to meet daily unforeseen challenges, reallocating resources and redeploying staff to MSSN as needed during the yearlong and unprecedented public health crisis.

According to the NFL, all the health

care workers at the Super Bowl will have received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. It is using this special initiative as an opportunity to promote the importance of vaccination and appropriate health practices, including wearing masks in public settings.

The limited attendance for Super Bowl weekend and the game itself has been cleared by public health officials, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Florida Department of Health, and area hospitals and health care systems. The officials reviewed and provided feedback on the NFL’s comprehensive plans to enable the league to host vaccinated health care workers and fans safely and responsibly.

Super Bowl Covid-19 protocols include mandatory mask wearing, social-distancing, podded seating, touch-less in-stadium experiences at concessions, restrooms and security checkpoints, as well as controlled entry and egress.

Courtesy MSSN; compiled by Mike Smollins

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Must be able to do light plumbing and carpentry. 4-day work week. $700 per week. 100% Medical & Dental, 401K, Uniforms, Paid Vacations, Sick and Holidays. Apply in person: MondayFriday between 9am & 7pm At: CALL-A-HEAD CORP. 304 Crossbay Blvd., Queens, NY 11693 LOGISTICIAN, FAMILY SERVICES Program Analyst, Hempstead, NY. Bachelor Degree required+ 1 year experience.

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Taxes: $12,578 Island Park $490,000 Brighton Road. Colonial. 4 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms.

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Taxes: $9,402.04 Long Beach $650,000 Monroe Boulevard. Duplex. 6 bedrooms, 2.55 bathrooms.

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Baldwin $465,000 Grand Terrace Avenue. Fieldstone/brick Cape. 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms. Partial finished basement. Updated eat-in kitchen with custom cabinets, granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. Formal dining room. Den/family room.

Oak floor in living room. Open front porch and brick patio.

Park-like backyard.

Taxes: $11,674.67 Bellmore $575,000 Florin Court. Contemporary. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Eat-in kitchen with quartz countertops and stainless steel appliances. Open layout. Entry off kitchen to Trex deck. Master with full bathroom, walk-in closet and bonus room. Home office.

Deeded dock rights. 2 car garage.

Taxes: $9,307.31

Malverne $435,000 Nassau Avenue. Ranch. 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom. Eat-in kitchen. Large formal dining room. First floor master bedroom. Taxes: $12,145.77 Rockville Centre $950,000 Berkshire Road. Colonial. 4 bedrooms, 4.555 bathrooms.

Finished basement. Eat-in kitchen. Formal dining room.

Den/family room. First floor master bedroom. Skylight.

Taxes: $35,391.23 Valley Stream $775,000 Kearny Drive. Split Level. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms. Eatin kitchen. Formal dining room. Den/family room and home office. Near shopping and transportation.

Taxes: $16,718 Woodmere $563,000 West Broadway. Colonial. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms. Eatin kitchen. Taxes: $16,816.54 Source: The Multiple Listing Service of Long Island Inc,, a computerized network of real estate offices serving Nassau, Suffolk, Queens, and Brooklyn.

Q. Why do my replacement steps need to be lower than my house foundation? I live near the water, and we dug a hole to put in a new foundation for the front steps that will be bigger than the old ones. We found the groundwater came up at 30 inches, so we stopped digging, but the inspector said our plans showed 36 inches minimum. The house foundation is at 30 inches also, so why are we digging lower?

They did it, but I can’t understand.

A. This is a very uplifting topic. The deep question and answer are actually simple and not too deep after all.

Science, if followed, can aid in survival against the forces of nature that perpetually exist.

The reason your foundation needs to be lower is that water, when it freezes, expands as ice.

So what does that have to onte eeper do with a big ol’ heavy chunk of concrete, you may ask? Well, the ground absorbs rain droplets, humidity and underground streams, all various forms of water just waiting to expand when the temperature drops below 32 degrees Fahrenheit or 0 degrees Celsius. Frost begins to form, first at the surface and then further and further down below ground level the longer the air temperature remains at or below freezing.

In this part of the world, the average depth of freezing consistently reaches 3 feet, and only slowly thaws when the air temperature rises. The foundation should always have a wide base, or footing, that spreads out at the bottom, and needs to be below the 3-foot depth to resist the phenomenon of heaving. This is because, as the frost builds and expands, the moisture, in all its various forms (I just mentioned), begins to expand and crowd out the foundation of your home, or front steps, or anything else in its way.

Think of it like a big zit being forced to the surface from all directions.

When this happens, all the man-made structures in the ground begin to lift, sway, crack and separate in different directions. You have about as much chance of preventing it as you would of standing against a strong tidal wave on the beach, but since the heaving happens in slow motion, it seems to not be well recognized, because this problem comes up all the time on construction sites. Believe it or not, even large buildings, like skyscrapers and shopping malls, are vulnerable to uplift from soil expansion, so it’s not just your front steps or your comparatively smaller building. Workers who don’t understand the science can create some easily avoidable problems.

The reason your house foundation is closer to the surface is probably because it’s tied to deep piers, called piles, that may go down 25 feet below the surface. The adjacent concrete foundation, anchored to the piles, should still have gone down to 36 inches, but at least the existing footings are held to something that may resist the uneven lifting.

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f you spend any portion of your day watching the news on television, you’re no doubt confused about what is taking place in Washington. In a moment of reflection, it dawned on me that we are living in two worlds. One world is the happenings in Congress, and the other is the real world.

While President Biden is busy trying to launch his new government, the Senate will be tied up for weeks deciding whether to convict former President Trump JERRY for his conduct on Jan. 6, the day KREMER of the riot at the Capitol. The final result is totally predictable. Most of the Republican senators, who worry only about their careers, will not vote to convict him.

By and large, Congress is detached from people on the street. Politicians like Senators Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell are focused on protecting Trump, who has threated to promote

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primary contests against anyone who displeases him.

But at the impeachment trial, all those cowards who won’t vote to convict Trump will, along with the public, be forced to watch hours of video of the horrors of the Jan. 6 mob attack. And they will have to hear witnesses who will state, “President Trump told me to do it.”

To paraphrase the late, great boxer Joe Louis, they can run but they can’t hide.

So let’s turn to the real world. Thanks to the courage of Twitter and Facebook, Trump is without a platform to continue his lies about a stolen election. There has been no public uprising against the social media platforms. It’s really comforting to have a day without tweets from an out-of-control narcissist. And it feels good to have a president who is showing up for work each day.

Unlike Trump, Biden isn’t hiding from the Covid pandemic. The federal government is taking over the responsibility of getting vaccines out to people. We are hearing what the govern-

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ment is doing to tackle this plague, and not ignoring the dangers of a virus that has killed over 400,000 people. Biden will tell us the truth, which is a welcome change.

It is clear that the 74 million people who voted for Trump aren’t just sitting around, mourning their loss. In the weeks after the Capitol uprising, 30,000 Republicans reportedly changed their party registration in disgust over Trump’s conduct. That may not seem like a big number, but many of them were residents of Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Arizona, key political states.

Many of the same people who refused to wear masks, and made fun of Biden during the campaign when he appeared in one, are lining up to get their vaccinations, while anxiously awaiting new legislation that will provide stimulus money for struggling businesses and increased unemployment benefits. And in the near future, Biden will be offering a new health insurance proposal.

Trump will likely escape any penalties for the Jan. 6 attack, but many of

hanks to the courage of social media, Trump is without a platform to continue his lies.

his people who broke into the Capitol will face the possibility of prison terms. Many Trump voters may have second thoughts about sticking with a man who encouraged an event that resulted in the deaths of five people.

The talking heads on TV speak as if Trump voters are some sort of solid block, but most of them want the same things that Democratic voters want.

The rural red states have plenty of areas badly in need of a little love.

They are suffering with limited resources. They lack internet access and are saddled with poor schools, just like inner cities. Their local hospitals are overwhelmed and in danger of failing. Their need for a little TLC can be met by a caring president, and the dynamic will change.

So I’m not going to let the immoral conduct of 45 senators distract me. I’m focused on the real world.

Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm.

Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.

Creating your pandemic time capsule

f time is really relative and there are time travelers out there from the future thinking about where to visit, do not, I repeat, do not go back to 2020.

We just closed the door on that baby, and it was hard to get on with our lives.

If you don’t believe me, just open the time capsules we leave behind.

We’re preserving the artifacts of our lives so that people in the future can better understand who they are and what brought them to their moment.

RANDI I’ve been thinkKREISS ing about what I will put into my pandemic time capsule, which is a big cardboard box in my bedroom closet.

Into it goes anything that I think is evocative of living through the pandemic.

Some of the things I put in the box are what you’d imagine: a roll of toilet paper, pictures of us and our friends in masks, a bottle of hand sanitizer, an envelope with several strands of hair, eight inches long and gray. I started keeping a pandemic diary over the summer, and I threw that into the cardboard

capsule in August, when I was depressed by the numbers and didn’t feel like writing daily entries anymore.

I tossed into the box some of the newspaper front pages I saved: “CDC details first U.S. case of novel virus spreading in China.” “FDA grants historic authorization to a Covid-19 vaccine.”

“Winter is coming: Why America’s window of opportunity to beat back Covid-19 is closing.”

We cannot be reliable memory keepers if we don’t include politics. The ferocity of the pandemic was fueled by President Trump and his people.

They hid the truth from the American people, fudged the alarming numbers, silenced the scientists and failed to do what was necessary to get ahead of the surges. So, I would put into my box another front page, from The New York Times: “Biden Beats Trump.” The world changed in a moment.

I would also save my “screen use” statement from Verizon, indicating an average of 60 minutes a day pre-pandemic, and six hours a day as of last week.

I asked some friends and family what they would put in a pandemic time cap-

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sule. Photos of people in ICUs on ventilators, my sister said. My grandson suggested something with the Netflix logo, a friend suggested photos of her grandkids, with and without masks as the year progressed, and another friend suggested a can of tuna and a packet of yeast. Someone said she’d put an old paintbrush in the capsule, since it helped save her life. I’ll include the hard-copy calendar I keep with notations for Zoom meetings and virtual doctor’s appointments and copies of our living wills, executed as the pandemic surged.

I will include photographs — real, printed photographs — of the loving friends who died this year, some of Covid-19, some of other diseases. I have the receipt from some enterprising death company welcoming me to a “virtual shiva.”

I will toss in my appointment card for my second Pfizer vaccine shot, as soon as I get inoculated.

When I surveyed some friends about what should go into the time capsule, one suggested Trump himself. Another said she would like to bury the anxiety and constant fear many felt as the former president bungled the response to

’ll put in pictures of us and our friends in masks, a bottle of hand sanitizer . . .

the pandemic, and we realized the unthinkable: that upward of a half-million Americans could die. One friend said he would put in Hershey’s Chocolate Nuggets, which he swears are better than Xanax.

Food has loomed large for everyone — getting it, hoarding it, cooking it, donating it. What time capsule would be complete without takeout menus and a list ranging from GrubHub to UberEats?

These were companies I never heard of before 2020.

I would save the books I picked last year at random for my Zoom book group this winter. Somehow, they’re all relevant to living through a pandemic. I suppose that’s because all good literature distracts us and helps heal our fractures.

For a few weeks, I kept a notepad at my bedside and wrote down the dreams I was having in the worst days. They were all the same: I walk into a room and no one is wearing masks, and I know, I absolutely know, that I will get sick. I couldn’t have had that dream in 2019. I’ll put the notepad in my time capsule.

My best hope is that we can seal our capsules very soon and leave their memories and lessons to history.

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

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Recalling injustice during Black History Month

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uring February, Black History Month, we celebrate the great African-American political and civil rights leaders, scientists, artists, poets, movie stars and athletes.

But we must also pause to recall America’s dark past, stained by horrific acts against Black and brown people, at times perpetrated by our own government.

As the Covid-19 pandemic rages on, it’s critical that we look back at the “Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male” to understand the distrust that many African-Americans feel toward our government and medical institutions.

That distrust may be a contributing factor in the significantly higher Covid-19 infection rate and death toll seen among Black and brown people.

The Tuskegee study was supposed to last six months. It carried on for 40 years, from 1932 to 1972, a collaboration between the U.S. Public Health Service and Tuskegee Institute, a historically Black college in Alabama. The study of 600 poor Black sharecroppers examined 399 with syphilis and 201 without the disease. Study participants were told they were being treated for “bad blood,” a colloquialism for syphilis, anemia and fatigue, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In truth, they weren’t being treated at all — even after 1945, when penicillin was accepted as “the treatment of choice for syphilis.”

In fact, the study looked at what would happen if syphilis were to go untreated — but the participants never knew that. It wasn’t until 1972, when an Associated Press story disclosed the study, that it

ended.

Is it any wonder that many AfricanAmericans might distrust the continual exhortations of our federal, state and local governments to be inoculated against the coronavirus as soon as they can?

According to the CDC, nationally, there have been 1.4 times more Covid-19 cases among African-Americans than white people over the past 11 months. The hospitalization rate is 3.7 times greater among Black and brown people. And the death rate is 2.8 times greater.

There are reasons for these dispiriting statistics beyond distrust of government and the medical system — systemic racism is chief among them, the CDC says.

Lack of access to health care is another, and occupation is another: Many people of color work in the service industry, requiring them to show up in person rather than work from home via Zoom and email. Finally, there’s the question of housing. Many Black and brown people live in tighter quarters, in more densely populated areas, than white people. The coronavirus requires density to spread widely.

In 2019, the Herald undertook a yearlong investigative series examining the many forms that systemic racism takes in Nassau County. We called it “The Racism Around Us.” Infant mortality is a leading indicator of a community’s well-being, according to the county Department of Health. When children are dying in high numbers at birth, there are probably myriad other health concerns in a community.

In the majority of white communities

letters Vote for Ryder To the Editor: I would like to share my endorsement for Laura Ryder as village trustee in Lynbrook.

I have genuinely objective reasons to put forth this recommendation, despite the fact that Laura is my beloved daughter.

No one loves the Village of Lynbrook more than Laura, no one has the ability to devise sound ideas for the uplifting of the village, and no one has the ability to “get things done” with the skill of Laura Ryder.

For example, when Mayor Eugene Scarpato wanted someone to develop the concept for a Lynbrook 9/11 Memorial, he sought Laura, who worked to provide the village with the beautiful 9/11 Memorial on the back lawn of Village Hall. Then, when Mayor Brian Curran needed someone to head the Lynbrook Community Chest to bring it back to life, he appointed Laura to do the job. In the last 10 years that she has served as chair of the Community Chest, close to $100,000 has been distributed to Lynbrook families in need.

across Nassau, the infant mortality rate ranged from 0 to 3 in 1,000 births in 201416, according to the New York State Department of Health. In most communities of color, the infant mortality rate was three to nine times that.

County officials identified nine communities of color as well as those with large minority populations — Elmont, Freeport, Glen Cove, Hempstead, Inwood, Long Beach, Roosevelt, Uniondale and Westbury — each with measurably greater health concerns than nearby white communities. They have been disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, mirroring national statistics for infection and death rates.

“Blacks are bearing a disproportionate burden of Covid-19 in Nassau County,” said Elaine Gross, president of the Syosset-based ERASE Racism, “and the county must address two related challenges.

First, it must increase health care access and Covid-19 testing in Black communities. Second, it must combat the structural racism that fuels the disparities.”

Sarika Kuman, Long Island regional organizer for the National Institute of Reproductive Health, put it this way: “One’s quality of life should not be determined by your zip code, but in Nassau County it is. From infant mortality to pandemic fatality rates, the common thread is Long Island’s structural inequities.”

During Black History Month, we must never forget the racial injustices of our collective past so they are never repeated again, and so we might commit to rooting out the daily injustices — large and small — in our present society.

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our hundred years ago, the Catholic Church — then the arbiter of what ideas could be expressed and promulgated — banned books by scientists who claimed the Earth revolved around the sun because that theory conflicted with the orthodoxy of the time, i.e., the Bible and the Magisterium, the teaching authority of the pope and bishops.

Even if astronomers’ heliocentric theories were true, the powerful elite could not allow such disturbing words to be read — at least not in the JoHn vernacular — for such heresies o’ConneLL fear would confuse the masses and undermine the authority of those in charge.

These days it isn’t the princes of Rome that rule on what ideas are true and what news is allowed to be heard, but rather a decidedly secular hierarchy: the doyens of Silicon Valley, the media masters in New York and California, and their agents in Congress and government offices in Washington.

The current ideological conflict is often described as a battle between liberals and conservatives, but that’s last century’s war. Today’s cancel-culture college of cardinals shouldn’t be confused with liberals.

Real liberals aren’t hate-filled, intolerant, angry anarchists, no more than real conservatives are rich, white supremacist nativists. Genuine liberals are First Amendment absolutists ardently supportive of our liberties: a free press, freedom to practice our religions, freedom to peaceably assemble, the freedom to petition the government to better serve us, its sovereign, and to speak freely without fear of violent attack or suppression.

Authentically liberal Americans wouldn’t tolerate censorship of disagreeing — even disagreeable — voices. They’d defend those voices.

The indisputably liberal Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis wrote in 1927 that “If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence.” A monopoly-busting, free-speech advocate, Brandeis would, I’m sure, see today’s corporate social media lords’ cancel-culture censorship as antithetical not only to the Constitution but to American civil liberties.

Traditional liberalism fights for an individual’s right to freely express ideas, popular or unacceptable, commonly believed or held only by that individual, true or not, whose supporting “facts” are from presumably credible sources or

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ruly liberal Americans wouldn’t tolerate censorship of disagreeing voices.

Letters When Mayor Alan Beach needed someone to come up with a comprehensive plan for a village Oktoberfest, he assigned Laura to the task. As is well known, over 3,000 individuals came to Lynbrook’s Oktoberfest in 2019 when the hope was that at least 300 people would show up.

When Beach needed someone to create a committee to assist Lynbrook seniors and veterans with volunteer services, he appointed Laura, and the Lynbrook Cares Committee was born. Over the past 10 months during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Cares Committee has provided free-ofcharge services to over 50 Lynbrook seniors, veterans and families in need.

The list of her accomplishments is long. If you want a creative leader and one who can get things done, you want Laura Ryder as a Lynbrook trustee.

PETER K. LEDWITH Lynbrook

Executive orders are no help To the Editor: Last week, President Biden signed

aren’t reliably sourced at all.

Some of President Biden’s inaugural speech was right out of a traditional liberal’s handbook. In his president-as-conciliator role, he said, “We can see each other not as adversaries but as neighbors.

We can treat each other with dignity and respect.

We can join forces, stop the shouting and lower the temperature.”

Eschewing the inciteful far-left rhetoric of many of his party-mates in Congress, the press and Hollywood, the president warned: “[W]ithout unity, there is no peace, only bitterness and fury. No progress, only exhausting outrage. No nation, only a state of chaos. … Let us listen to one another. Hear one another. See one another. Show respect to one another. Politics need not be a raging fire destroying everything in its path.

Every disagreement doesn’t have to be a cause for total war.”

Left-wing extremists hope Biden’s words are just political speechifying.

Unlike reasonable liberals — and conservatives, for that matter — who are committed to social justice, equal opportunity and free speech, the goal of the radical left is to redefine what’s just, to tilt the playing field based on group identity, to amplify the speech of loud leftists and to silence contrary voices.

How fairly the national press reports on the Biden presidency will be important

to the future of the nation and to the survival of journalism itself. According to a Gallup survey five months ago, only 9 percent of Americans trust the media “a great deal.” Sixty percent trust them “not very much” or “none at all.” According to Gallup, the percentage of those who don’t trust the media at all went up five points in one year.

News consumers have turned to social media for information. Some wanted to connect on the new social app Parler before Big Tech suppressed it. Yes, the same Big Tech, the new Magisterium, that decides what can be posted and who can post.

I would have preferred that Biden had lost, but the election is over. That virus has left the lab. Disappointed, I must now only hope that he will serve America as a true liberal and reject many Democrats’ condescending intolerance. A sovereign people will oppose authoritarian politics that orders citizens to agree or shut up.

Half the country is vexed by the prospect of a Biden-Harris administration unchecked by the House or the Senate.

That situation can be changed in two or four years. But many Americans are even more troubled by the anarchy brought by Antifa and the radial left, which revels in “woke” group-think and seeks to crush the individualism that has made America great.

John O’Connell is a former executive editor of the Herald Community Newspapers. Comments about this column? OConnell11001@yahoo.com.

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numerous executive orders that will end thousands of union jobs. One of them orders the closure of private federal prisons contracted by the U.S. Department of Justice. The idea of privately contracted federal prisons came from a previous Democratic administration. It was part of Vice President Al Gore’s so-called “reinventing of government” plan that instituted contracted federal prisons.

It was Gore’s and President Bill Clinton’s idea that paying a contracted facility would reduce costs, cut the federal work force and save retirement money, because federal workers wouldn’t be employed at these facilities. With these closures, private prison guards will be on the unemployment lines, and joining them will be construction workers building the border wall and Keystone pipeline employees.

And it was reported that another signed executive order ending drilling on federal lands will result next year in still more lost union jobs.

So much for helping hard-working middle-class Americans.

STEVE GROGAN Lynbrook Grogan is a retired Department of Justice employee.

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