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In Lynbrook, board opts out of pot sales several residents who opposed dispensaries in the village, and she could not vote to allow mariCiting potential danger to the juana sales while thinking about community, the Lynbrook vil- parents who have lost their chillage board unanimously voted to dren to drug overdoses or anybar marijuana disone who has chilpensaries and condren who struggle sumption shops with drug addiction. from being built or New York state set up in the village passed the Marijuad u r i n g a p u bl i c na Regulation and h e a r i n g M o n d ay Taxation Act, or night. MRTA, on March 31, “It comes down to but villages, counmorals when you see ties and towns can o v e r d o s e s h av e vote to ban sales increased over the within their municilast 15 years or palities. New York more, and when I became the 18th know that marijuastate to legalize marna is a gateway drug ijuana use, and offito other more sericials for med new ous drugs,” Trustee agencies within the Laura Ryder said. state government to “We can’t prevent lAuRA RYDER control it. Lynbrook anyone coming into Lynbrook village officials previously our village with trustee discussed opting out drugs, but we can of sales last month, limit it to a certain but voted on the extent within our borders.” measure after Monday’s public She added that it was the hearing. board’s “moral obligation” to opt Lynbrook officials had until out of selling marijuana in the Dec. 31 to opt out, and can opt in village, adding “there is no tax again at any time. The decision revenue that justifies the chal- is still subject to a permissive lenge that we’re facing.” referendum, for which any resiRyder said she spoke with Continued on page 5

By MikE SMolliNS msmollins@liherald.com

Courtesy East Rockaway School District

EASt RoCkAWAY DEFEAtED Carle Place, 3 sets to 2, on April 26 to win the Nassau County Class C volleyball championship.

Rocks net volleyball title East Rockaway tops Carle Place, 3-2

By MikE SMolliNS msmollins@liherald.com

Not even having its season delayed by Covid-19 could keep the East Rockaway girls’ volleyball team from banding together to capture the Nassau County Class C championship. “The whole team had a r e a l l y h a r d ye a r w i t h Covid,” junior Katy Howard said, “so it was great to get back to sports and win.” East Rockaway defeated Carle Place, 3 sets to 2, on April 26 to capture its first county championship since 2018. Junior Theresa Lynch

shined for the Rocks (4-5), notching 13 digs and five aces. Gianna Mancusi (four blocks, three kills), Alyssa Walsh (10 assists) and Adrianna Polizzi (16 assists, seven digs) also came up big for East Rockaway. After dropping two of the first three sets, Lynch said, team members lifted one another’s spirits in a huddle and won the next two, adding that she was proud of their chemistry. “It was amazing, especially going to five games,” she said. “It was really crazy. I’m going to miss the seniors next year, and hopefully we win again.”

Coach Ksenia Brito said she was proud of her team for bouncing back after a sluggish first set and a tough third set. The Rocks dropped the first stanza, 28-26, then won the second, 25-18, before losing the third, 25-17, and winning the final two, 25-19 and 25-17. Brito said she was anxious because volleyball is usually the first sport student athletes prepare for coming out of summer vacation, but things were different this year because of Covid-19. The season typically runs from August through Continued on page 3

e can’t prevent anyone coming into our village with drugs, but we can limit it to a certain extent within our borders.

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The Lynbrook village board unanimously voted on Monday to set May 17 for a public hearing on a 210-unit apartment complex that has been proposed for the site of the vacant Mangrove Feather factory, and to make itself lead agency on the project. David Orwasher, chief development officer for the Garden City-based Breslin Realty, is seeking to build the complex after years of negotiations with the village and property owner Barry Singer. He hosted two meet-and-greets with the community — one of which was also held virtually — on April 1 and 6. Before the meetings, Mayor Alan Beach said the board was keeping an open mind about the project. “We’re very excited, and the board is open to all interesting projects that come to our village,” Beach said last month. “We look forward to the public hearing.” Though the former factory has long been a blight on the village, many residents said they were concerned about the traffic that an influx of new residents might create, among other issues. Most said they would support a smallerscale apartment project, or advocated for other ideas, such as using the site to construct senior housing or a brewery. They will have the chance to voice their opinions publicly at the May 17 hearing. The one-time Mangrove Feather factory has been dormant since 2008, and several village administrations have sought to develop it, but it took many years to persuade Singer to sell the property, which residents and village of ficials have called an eyesore. Orwasher and Singer began negotiating a deal in November 2017, and finally reached one last month. Orwasher said he thought the site was a perfect spot for housing because of its proximity to the Long Island Rail Road station and

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A puBlic heAring on the proposed 210-unit apartment complex proposed for the site of the former Mangrove Feather factory is set for May 17. the downtown. “This is a classic transit-oriented development,” he said last month. “It’s literally across the street from the village train station. It’s also going to replace a derelict building that has been vacant for over a dozen years. This particular location occupies what we believe is a pivotal location within the fabric of the village downtown.” The building would also include a parking space for each unit, with the first two stories serving as a garage.

The complex would comprise a mix of studio and one- and two-bedroom apartments. Among the amenities would be an outdoor recreation deck, sun deck, chess table and more, Orwasher said. If

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The SiTe hAS been vacant since 2008, and elected officials have sought to develop it for many years.

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November, but the coronavirus pandemic forced its delay until March, and East Rockaway played a condensed two-month schedule. “I was nervous that the girls wouldn’t be so into it this year, but that was not the case,” Brito said. “The girls were ready to go, and every day they showed up. We had fun and we worked hard.” After the third set, Brito told her team to relax and remember they were playing on their home court. They had worked too hard, she said, to let the title go. “I was so proud,” she said. “I knew they could do it. I didn’t want to leave anything out there, and if leaving things out there meant that they were giving points away and not making Carle Place earn them, that would be the worst part.” Typically, East Rockaway would go

on to play for the Long Island championship for a chance to compete for the state title after winning the county crown, but because of coronavirus delays and the shortened season, the campaign ended with the county final this year. Brito said she was excited for the future because 13 of her 17 players on the roster will return next season. As for winning the county championship, Brito said, it was the culmination of the team’s season-long aspirations. “Going into the year knowing that that was the ultimate championship — there’s not a Long Island championship or states this year — it probably put a little more pressure onto that game,” she said. “We worked all year for Monday the 26th. We were going one step at a time, but also really looking at what would make us the most prepared for that one game.”

Lynbrook historical odds and ends 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.

Guarding chickens in 1895

Courtesy State Sen. Todd Kaminsky

Former east rockaway Board of Education President Keith Gamache, center, was recently recognized for receiving the Nassau BOCES Education Partner Award, and received a proclamation alongside his wife, Michelle, second from left, and children, Atticus, third from left, and Everett, second from right. Gamache was recognized by State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, left, and Assemblywoman Judy Griffin, right.

Former East Rockaway BOE president honored Former East Rockaway Board of Education President Keith Gamache was recently honored with the Nassau BOCES Education Partner Award for his contribution to public education on Long Island. The East Rockaway school board and Superintendent Lisa Ruiz recognized

Gamache last month for his accomplishment. The accolades continued recently when the former board member was presented a proclamation by State Sen. Todd Kaminsky and Assemblywoman Judy Griffin in honor of his award.

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murder in Lynbrook in 1906

Sadly, violence is not new to Lynbrook, as this article in the New York Times, dated June 18, 1906, reveals: “Lockwood Pearsall, 74, one of the oldest residents of this village, was beaten and choked to death last night, and two young men who live nearby, are locked up, charged with his murder. It is charged that the men went on a spree in the afternoon, and by night were intoxicated and in an ugly mood. rt Attson They called Pearsall to the Lynbrook’s 1930 tong wars door of his house and Wat Son Eng was a Chinese laundry- demanded a drink. When he refused, one man with a store on Merrick Road. He was man seized him by the throat and another a member of the Hip Sing Tong. (“Tongs” rained blows on his head. Pearsall died were feuding Chinese American gangs.) almost instantly.” In 1930, when his cousin in Newark was found with a hatchet buried in his skull, Mattson is the official Lynbrook village hisEng got nervous and bought a shotgun. torian and a director of the Historical SociBut he didn’t need it. When four members ety of East Rockaway and Lynbrook. Addiof a warring tong, the On Leong, drove tionally, he is the author of “The History of repeatedly by his store, he simply dashed Lynbrook,” which is available on Amazon. next door to the police station. com and at local libraries.

On July 30, 1895, The Brooklyn Eagle reported the following: “A large number of Lynbrook residents raise poultry, either for supplying local boarding houses or for private use. Lately, dogs on the prowl have killed a great number of chickens, usually in the early morning. The chicken owners have been up at daylight watching their coops, with a loaded shotgun.”

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Officials call pot dispensaries a danger dent seeking to overturn the board’s decision would have to present a petition with signatures from 20 percent of registered voters in the village, of which there are roughly 14,000. Should that happen, the measure would then go to a village-wide vote. Atkinson said there were two reasons behind state officials voting to allow legal marijuana sales, including to regulate and tax the cannabis industry to generate revenue, as well as to rectify social and economic justice issues. He noted that the way marijuana will be regulated is similar to how New York and other states regulate alcohol sales and consumption. The new law does not take effect until 2022, and new dispensaries are not expected to come online until mid- to late 2022, and perhaps 2023. In New York, residents will be able to possess up to 3 ounces of marijuana and 24 ounces of concentrated cannabis, and there will be other regulations for oils. An adult 21 and older will also be permitted to cultivate three plants and no more than six per residence if multiple adults live there, but regulations for cultivation of marijuana plants likely will not be completed until the fall. Though Lynbrook would have seen a percentage of sales tax from marijuana, officials said they believed that the dangers of permitting marijuana sales in the village outweighed the potential for added revenue. Smoking marijuana remains outlawed in businesses and places of employment, such as libraries and restaurants, much like cigarettes

and vaping are prohibited. Trustee Ann Marie Reardon explained that she did not favor legalization of marijuana for many reasons, including concerns that people would smoke in public places or disturb their neighbors with the smell. “I don’t want to be walking down Atlantic Avenue or the bike walk at Greis Park and smell that,” she said. “It’s a concern.” Before the vote, Lynbrook Police Chief Brian Paladino voiced opposition to New York officials’ decision to legalize marijuana, noting that 3 ounces of cannabis equals about 90 joints. He called the sweeping legislation a “money grab” by state officials, and said there was still nothing invented to test motorists for marijuana consumption akin to a Breathalyzer, which measures blood-alcohol level. “New York state was very serious that they wanted marijuana made legal,” he said. “You’re going to smell it in your backyard. You’re going to smell it everywhere. That’s the reality you’re going to experience.” The East Rockaway village board opted out of marijuana sales on April 15 and planned to schedule a public hearing to gather resident feedback in June. “First of all, we don’t want it in our community,” Mayor Bruno Romano told the Herald last month. “Second of all, I grew up in East Rockaway, and I certainly don’t want this happening. This is a quality-of-life issue for all of us. This doesn’t belong here. This will increase crime and becomes a safety issue for everyone.”

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Lynbrook Mayor aLan Beach and the village board unanimously voted to opt out of allowing marijuana sales in the village after a public hearing on Monday.

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on a recent Thursday at the Nassau County Police Academy in North Massapequa, recruits practiced arresting a suspect during a felony car stop, in which the vehicle that was pulled over had reportedly been used in a crime.

Photos by Scott Brinton/Herald

An arresting lesson in N.C. police work By Scott Brinton sbrinton@liherald.com

Part three in a photo series on the Nassau County Police Academy. A Signal 15 comes in over the radio: A stolen vehicle used in a felony — perhaps a bank robbery, maybe a kidnapping — has been pulled over. Officers must quickly assess the situation: Is the vehicle occupant armed? Hostile? Ready to run? With so many unknowns, officers are trained to follow step-by-step procedures to take the suspect into custody without a fight. The objective of this high-stakes, potentially deadly scenario is to “keep everyone safe,” Officer Arthur Zanelli, a Nassau County Police Academy instructor, said on a recent Thursday, just before academy recruits ran through a mock felony car stop. “You want [the suspect] to have his day in court.” De-escalation, talking a suspect through the car stop with specific instructions that leave no room for error, is the key to everyone walking away unharmed, according to Zanelli. The recruits practiced talking suspects through a stop, instructing them precisely how and when to leave their vehicle. There were four recruits in two police cruisers, whose objective was to bring in two suspects in a single vehicle, one of whom ran off, while the other stayed and was captured. It was a mock exercise, but the nervous tension was palpable as of ficers approached the vehicle, their dummy guns drawn. Communications is key in this scenario, Zanelli said, and the recruits called out to one another throughout the exercise. Once a suspect is handcuffed, then the Continued on neXt page

officerS practiced drawing their guns. The objective, police academy instructors said, is to avoid firing a weapon, to ensure that police, the public and the suspect all stay safe. officer arthur Zanelli, above ran recruits through their paces during the mock exercise. officerS muSt give suspects step-by-step instructions on how to proceed when exiting a vehicle during a felony car stop.

Recruits practice to make the perfect arrest detective work begins. Who is this person? Did he or she commit the felony in question? It might very well not be the bad guy, Zanelli noted. It could, for example, be a relative who had nothing to do with the crime in

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question, but that person must be treated as a suspect until proven otherwise. The felony car stop, he noted, is among the most dangerous scenarios that a police officer might encounter in the field.

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the tension of a felony car stop was palpable even during a mock exercise.

A recruit prActiced placing handcuffs on a suspect, who was played by an actual police officer for this exercise.

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With the number of Covid-19 vaccinations increasing at Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital and the number of coronavirus cases decreasing, physicians and administrators at the facility are making a push for more county residents to get inoculated. “Anyone out there who’s vaccinated who knows somebody who’s hesitant, if they could get two people who are hesitant to get vaccinated, we’ll give them that challenge,” the hospital’s chief medical officer, Dr. Adhi Sharma, said, “and hopefully we can get everyone a shot in their arm.” Sharma appeared with Dr. Aaron Glatt, the chair of MSSN’s Department of Medicine and chief of infectious diseases, and Joe Calderone, senior vice president of corporate communications, on Facebook Live last Thursday, fielding questions and addressing misconceptions about the vaccines. It was the hospital’s 28th such event since the pandemic peaked in March 2020, and the facility has inoculated more than 32,000 patients and staff members since getting its first doses in mid-December. There have been over 146 million vaccinations administered in the U.S. and more than 1 billion worldwide. Last week, MSSN had just 13 patients with Covid-19, and the count had been below 20 for a full week. “It seems we’re really beginning to turn a corner with Covid,” Calderone said. Nonetheless, Glatt and Sharma both urged residents to remain vigilant, even as the number of cases drops and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines loosen. People should still wear masks in public and protect themselves, their families and their neighbors, they said, and those who haven’t been inoculated should make an appointment at MSSN’s vaccination center, at 519 Merrick Road in Rockville Centre, which has plenty of openings and can be booked through the hospital’s website. Additionally, the facility has partnered with the Town of Hempstead for a “vaxmobile,” which visits various communities to help inoculate those who struggle to get around. Glatt noted that the data is constantly changing, and that the CDC decision to ease up on mask wearing when in small

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Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital’s chief medical officer, Dr. Adhi Sharma, left, and Dr. Aaron Glatt, chair of the Department of Medicine and chief of infectious diseases, addressed questions about Covid-19 vaccines. Above, the doctors at a pre-pandemic event. gatherings of vaccinated people was based on sound science. The CDC, he explained, looks at data and takes in account the vaccination rate before making any changes. Glatt called it “critically important” for the public to understand that it controls these factors based on its behavior, and emphasized that it is vital to get vaccinated. He said he agreed with the guideline that if fully vaccinated people who know one another are around one another and outdoors, they don’t need to wear masks. He cautioned, however, that masks are recommended for large public events, even those that are outdoors. The doctors also addressed the recent issues with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, whose distribution was paused by the federal government after blood clots were found in a small number of patients. Glatt said the vaccine was “wonderful,” and that there was a small percentage of people who didn’t respond to it, which led to its temporary pause. “It is an undisputable fact that you won’t die from Covid if you get that vaccine,” Glatt said. “The vast majority of people will not get very sick from Covid, and if they do, they won’t die. No vaccine or medicine is perfect. People have risks with all kinds of medications, and each has potential side effects.”

The risks were mostly found in women ages 18 to 48, Glatt said, and fewer than 20 people out of 8 million who received Johnson & Johnson shots developed complications. He said that anyone who was concerned could get the Moderna or Pfizer doses, and that the overall risk of complications from a vaccine pales in comparison to the risks of contracting the coronavirus. Sharma and Glatt also addressed issues

with pregnancy, noting that data has proven that pregnant women can safely get vaccinated. Glatt cited the New England Journal of Medicine, which published a study showing that there was no difference between the outcomes of 35,000 vaccinated pregnant women and a control group. “That should be really reassuring to pregnant women,” Glatt said, “because pregnancy and Covid don’t go well together, but pregnancy and a Covid vaccine go very well together.” The doctors said that the vaccine has also been shown to be safe in children and teens aged 12 to 15, and they hoped to start inoculating them soon. However, there is “no magic number” for herd immunity, Sharma said, adding that the goal is to get every eligible person vaccinated, and inoculate upward of 90 percent of the population to stop the illness from spreading. Glatt said that even though things change on a regular basis, the vital thing is for people to follow guidelines, put safety first and get vaccinated. “It’s critically important for everybody out there listening to understand that we control all these factors,” he said. “It’s not the government, the county executive or the hospital. It’s what’s going on out there, and the vaccines have allowed the CDC to say deaths across the country are down, thank God, hospitalizations across the county are down, especially in older, highrisk people, and we have to stay vigilant.”

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Tuesday, May 25

Free Hearing Screenings

East Rockaway Board of Education

In honor of Better Hearing and Speech Month, Comprehensive Audiology is offering free hearing screenings from May 1 to 31. Call (516) 387-4000 for an appointment at 261 Broadway, Lynbrook to see Dr. Esther Fogel.

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.

VFW Thrift Shop in East Rockaway

Wednesday, June 9

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.

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.

Thursday, May 6 Romp & Stomp The East Rockaway Library hosts a romp and stomp event at Memorial hensivePark at 10:30 a.m. for children ages 2 to 5 with a caregiver. You must register to attend and social distancing rules will be followed. Masks are required and the event is weather permitting. Visit eastrockawaylibrary.org for more information and to register.

Tuesday, May 11 Lynbrook Library Board Meeting The Lynbrook Library will host its monthly board meeting at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call (516) 599-8630.

Storytime in the Park The East Rockaway Library hosts a storytime event at Memorial Park at 11 a.m. The outing is open to people of all ages. You must register to attend and social distancing rules will be followed. Masks are required and the event is weather permitting. Visit eastrockawaylibrary.org for more information and to register.

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Saturday, May 22

Lynbrook Village Board Meeting

School Board and Budget Votes

Safety Expo

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 lynbrookvillage.net or call (516) 599-8300 for more information.

Polls will be open for Lynbrook and East Rockaway school board trustee and budget votes. Ballot and voting information can be found at the district websites, eastrockawayschools. org and lynbrookschools.org.

The East Rockaway Kiwanis Club is hosting a free safety expo with the Nassau County Police Department and East Rockaway Fire Department from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Oxbow Park, 517 Ocean Ave. in East Rockaway. The event will cover bicycle registration, bike and helmet inspections and crosswalk safety. For more information, contact Stephanie at stephaniepaul0217@gmail.com.

The East Rockaway VFW’s thrift shop is open for business. Comprehensive Audiology offers free screenings in May The E.R. Library hosts events in the park on May 6 and 11. The Lynbrook Library board meets May 11. School board and budget votes are set for May 18.

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State Sen. Kevin Thomas, Ernest Catanese, and County Executive Laura Curran shoveled earth around a newly planted magnolia tree in Uniondale last Friday. an environmental issue, it’s also an economic issue.” Thomas spoke to the meaning of Arbor Day, saying it “calls attention to the increased importance of reforestation, not only in our national forests, but also

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On April 30 — Arbor Day — a 93-yearold Uniondale resident named Ernest Catanese joined Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and New York State Sen. Kevin Thomas to kick off the new Nassau County Tree-Planting Campaign. The location was the Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Park in Uniondale. Curran started the day’s ceremony by thanking Catanese, saying, “Ernest Catanese and his wife are really the reason this park is here.” In 2009, Catanese and his wife, Marie, won a five-year fight to turn the trashy northwest corner of Uniondale Avenue and Nassau Road into the flowering little park. The pretty, well-maintained space is only one of many civic projects that the couple had taken part in since moving to Uniondale in 1955. Marie died in 2019. On Arbor Day, after thanking Catanese, Curran outlined the campaign, which aims to plant 500 trees in Nassau County during 2021. “As we speak right now,” she said, “of those 500 trees, we already have 207 in the ground. We expect to have 233 in the ground by the end of today, and by the end of Tuesday, 270.” Evergreens will be planted in the fall. Each new tree, Curran said, will yield “three to five times their initial cost in benefit to the community, so it’s not just

every accolade . . . She was an endless worker on this.” Tree Advisory Board Chairman Lawrence Fernandez further explained the planting campaign: “We’re studying and putting together recommendations for trees that will grow in narrow sidewalk areas.” Trees die, he said, “because they’re living in a space that’s too small, or if they happen to do well, they break the sidewalk.” As part of the campaign, tree experts are inspecting locations around Nassau to deter mine which types of trees will best fit different surroundings. For sunny MLK Jr. Peace Park, the board chose a Southern magnolia, native to King’s home state of Georgia. “This is a hardy Southern tree,” Curran said, “and I think it will carry forward that spirit of perseverance that is embodied by the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” Paul Gibson, president of the Uniondale Community Land Trust, was asked by Curran to add a few words. The UCLT rehabilitates blighted homes to create affordable housing, and said Gibson, “We preserve the trees that we can, and if we can’t, we plant new ones.” The day’s ceremony concluded with Curran, Thomas and Catanese shoveling dirt into the prepared pit where the magnolia sat, its buds full with the promise of blossoms to come.

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LHS journalists expand horizons with honor Members of Lynbrook High School’s newspaper, Horizon, were recently honored with top awards in the New York Press Association Better Newspaper Contest. The paper’s staff, led by editorin-chief of Horizon Online Emily Bergin, earned second place for their news website, lhshorizon. com, while junior and Horizon managing editor Elizabeth DiFiore took home third place in the Best Feature Story category for h e r p i e c e, “ T h e Pa n d e m i c through the eye of an ER nurse.” In addition, junior Julia Swerdin, editor-in-chief of Horizon print editions and a Lynbrook/ East Rockaway Herald contributor, placed in two categories. She was recognized with the honorable mention award in the Best Feature Story category for her piece, “LHS students take a seat to make a stand” and received second place in the Best Sports Story category for her story, “Lynbrook kicks off intramural sports season.” Courtesy Lynbrook Public Schools; compiled by Mike Smollins

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Horizon, tHe student-run newspaper at Lynbrook High School, was recognized during the New York Press Association Better Newspaper Contest. Above, from left, senior and editor-in-chief of Horizon Online Emily Bergin with fellow winners Elizabeth DiFiore and Julia Swerdin.

ERHS student named ‘Best Young Artist’ East Rockaway High School junior Leslie Madera was selected by the Heckscher Museum of Art as a winner of the Long Island’s Best Young Artists. The annual exhibition features works of art created by Long Island high school students. With 331 submissions from young artists across 56 high schools in Nassau and Suffolk counties, 83 works were selected by a jury.

Her work, “Boys Don’t Cry,” is on display at the Heckscher Museum, as the show opened to the public virtually and in-person on April 24. All of the exhibition’s components, including artist statements written by each student, images of artwork from the museum’s exhibitions that inspired students, and videos about selected artwork, will be available.

“Boys don’t cry,” by Leslie Madera.

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east rockaway HigH School junior Leslie Madera was selected by the Heckscher Museum of art as a winner of the Long Island’s Best Young Artists.

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My amazing sister, Eva Jones, RN, is the exemplary model of a nurse who is compassionate, caring and expertly skilled. With 35 years of dialysis experience, working for both major national dialysis companies, Davita and Fresinius, Eva offers the ultimate level of competence, bringing heart and kindness to ensure her patients’ smoothest and most comfortable sessions three times per week. They feel her love and confidence and are glad Eva’s in charge. Through pandemic Eva worked in a Covid-only outpatient dialysis clinic every day, sometimes up to 105 hours in a twoweek period, perpetually short staffed because other staff called out. She opened the clinic at 4 a.m., leaving at 10 or 11 p.m. Think about that. When a situation lands in your lap and you step up to the plate to do what is necessary, that’s an extraordinary person with a conscience. Thank God for nurse angels like Eva Jones!

Kayla Rein is my hero, my nurse, You may consider me biased because Kayla is my granddaughter. She worked tirelessly, 12 hour overnight ER shifts throughout the height of the pandemic and continues to do so today! I was there for her offering moral support along the way. Little did I know I, myself, would become an ER admittance in mid-January — due to a DVT. I witnessed first-hand the arduous, hard-working nursing staff. Needless to say, I was the “lucky” one, having granddaughter to attend to my unexpected needs. Thank God for our outstanding nurses and all other health care workers who routinely go above and beyond — day in and day out! — Virginia Rein-Biehl, Oceanside

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Phyllis Imbriano was honored by Tiegerman Schools at their gala on March 25. Phyllis has worked with Tiegerman for 21 years; as the school Nurse at Tiegerman Preschool, Elementary School, UPK and A.L.L. for Kids, also serving as the full-time nurse at Glen Cove Preschool/ Elementary School. Among the many tributes to Phyllis: “When my daughter Grace was younger, she attended Tiegerman Elementary School. Nurse Phyllis took great care of her and the other students. As a parent of a special needs child, you are always anxious when you get a call from the school! The first thing Nurse Phyllis would say is,“Grace is fine. I am calling about...”. I loved how aware she was and I can imagine she had the same sensitivity for the other students. I never worried about my child in school because I knew how supportive Nurse Phyllis and the staff were.”

Healthcare heroes don’t just touch the lives of their patients, but also the lives of their loved ones. From the perspective of a family member and also a future wife, we are amazed at the dedication, commitment and sacrifice Ross Rieman has devoted to saving lives, not only in the emergency room as a nurse practitioner at both Northwell LIJ and Northwell Forest Hills, but also as a volunteer (Second Assistant Chief) in the Woodmere Fire Department. In a hospital located at the epicenter of the pandemic, Ross tirelessly attended to Covid-19 patients in an overflowing emergency room without regard to his own welfare. He took extra shifts when his dedicated colleagues were ill with Covid-19. When not treating patients, Ross served his community through the fire department, ensuring that people who experienced Covid-19 symptoms received the care they needed. Ross is the epitome of what a true healthcare hero represents.

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NYU Langone Winthrop Hospital Jennifer Ryan, my wife, was a true a beacon of selflessness and compassion throughout the grimmest days of the Covid-19 pandemic. Jennifer provided outstanding to patients afflicted with Covid-19 in a homecare setting. The courageous, compassionate care delivered by Jennifer and her homecare colleagues was instrumental in reserving local hospital capacity and resources for the most critically ill patients at the apex of the pandemic. I salute and commend these true American heroes! — Brendan Ryan, North Merrick

My mother, Mary Stillwagon (BSN-BC, MS, Lac.), retired from a 40+-year tenure at Glen Cove Hospital Northwell Health in May 2020. She started her healthcare journey in the ICU at Glen Cove Hospital and continued her career there up until last year, amidst the pandemic. Mary also went on to receive her Masters in Science and became a Licensed Acupuncturist in 2005, all while working full time at the hospital. What nurses do for the world is truly amazing. Mom worked hard and sacrificed to ensure the comfort, care and treatment of each patient she oversaw. She treated countless patients, worked alongside hundreds of other healthcare professionals and always did it with grace, relentless dedication, and love in her heart. On behalf of our family, her friends, and associates, Thank You, Mary. Your retirement is well deserved! Now it’s time for us to take care of you. — Laura Stillwagon, Glen Cove

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South Shore University Hospital I am so proud of the selflessness and dedication my daughter, Priti Chohan, BSN, MBA, RN, Patient Care Services Manager at South Shore University Hospital, has shown throughout the pandemic. She has stepped in countless times to assist her team on the front-line, maintaining order in such a hectic environment, and sacrificing time on the personal and familial front to give to caring for those affected. Most importantly, she has given her time to support her team, who were exposed to the virus and on the front-line daily. Healthcare is truly a special calling, deeply rooted in compassion and empathy Therefore, I would like to extend my gratitude to all the courageous essential workers who have helped to support our community throughout this tumultuous time. — Sudesh Chohan, Huntington

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Mount Sinai Hospital Susan Atwell is a special person in my life. She is a registered nurse, RN BsN, who works in the PACU (Recovery) Department of Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. She has been the most dedicated and determined nurse for her patients for the past 11 years at Mount Sinai Hospital. She began her nursing career 36 years ago with that same determination to help others in need, and it has only grown stronger through the years. In addition, Susan, who lives in Woodmere, is a devoted mother of three incredible children, Robert, Christine and Matthew. She raised them by herself while holding a fulltime nursing job. She is the happy grandmother of an adorable 1-year-old little guy, Daniel, too! Susan is my real hometown hero. I am very privileged to be her friend. — Donna Shulman, Hewlett

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s a nurse in the Population Health Department of St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, Kerinth Afflick follows up with patients after they are discharged from the hospital and helps to make sure they are getting and taking their medications and they are making and getting to their follow up visits to doctors. “When you first become a nurse you are so young, and a little ignorant,” said Afflick, who will admit to being in her early 50s. She has been a nurse for 28 years. “You learn. You learn patience, learn to listen, listen to problems and follow up. You become a psychiatrist as the patients need someone to speak with and you become a great listener.” There was one patient, she said who was undocumented that Afflick assisted to ensure they were aware and used all the resources available to them for more than two years.

There are some other patients who, because of the coronavirus pandemic, are alone. “One patient didn’t use our pharmacy (St. John’s has an in-house pharmacy), they were isolated because of Covid,” she said. “They tried to rely on CVS and we called CVS and asked them to please deliver the meds.” Which was done. Afflick said for her being a nurse is about giving back. “It’s not about the thank you so much as making sure that [the patients] are OK."

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’ve been a registered nurse for just over a year, I entered the field after many years as a short story writer, translator, teacher, even a bartender. Originally from Louisville Ky., I met my girlfriend and moved to Manhattan about 10 years ago. I entered an accelerated nursing program at Mount Sinai about 18 months ago — before Covid happened — but recognized this capacity for being a nurse about 10 years ago by caring for my dying father. So, I got my license in February 2020, Covid happened, and we moved out here. My girlfriend has a home in Locust Valley. That means I’m new to nursing and at 45, working in what has essentially become a Covid ward, keeping up with younger nurses. I don't know if that’s good luck or bad, however, with the experience and expectations of someone at my stage in life, it wasn’t a shock. Anyhow we

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eing an emergency room nurse Sarah Avis said is like “trying to thrive in controlled chaos. You have zero patient info, teamwork is critical and you trying to find the missing piece of a puzzle.” When Avis, 34, was young her mother was very ill. “I like how there was people to help in my mother’s time of need,” she said, explaining why when she went to college she chose nursing as her profession. Now eight years in, Avis views the role of nurse as multifaceted. “It means just being there through an extreme time and making someone as comfortable as possible and being someone they can trust,” she said, “especially during Covid. Families are limited. We play the role of caregiver, friend, family member. It can be hard. As a nurse you are supposed to have an emotional barrier. We see so much certain

trauma and a lot of grief, it’s emotional. As a nurse you also want to be there. It is very challenging.” Recently, Avis witnessed “a young life lose. “It was extremely emotional,” she said, describing how a family member sank to the floor. There was hugging to console this person and more family handholding and hugging. Sometimes just being a presence is very challenging for a very busy ER.” St. John’s emergency department serves nearly 49,000 patients annually.

don't choose the time for things. As a Covid ward there are peaks and troughs. It’s busy, it's chaotic, but we make our way through it. Now that there are protocols and we've been vaccinated, the world’s gotten used to a new normal. But people are sick, hundreds are dying, every day. Becoming a nurse, I’ve learned we're all human. Our time on earth is precious and finite. And I’ve learned that it’s possible to be removed, dispassionate, but remain passionate about treating people with humanity.

always wanted to be a nurse. My uncle was a physician, so growing up I used to go into work with him and see him taking care of all the patients. At 14-years-old I was a candy striper, later I volunteered in a local hospital feeding babies, and then I went and started as a PCA. And through that, I put myself through nursing school. My first job was at an Ob-Gyn office and there were a lot of young women there with teen pregnancies in the community I was working in, and I just really took a passion to it. So, I grew in it and became a part of the Nassau County Perinatal Service Network, where we focus on the underserved communities to make sure they have easy access to prenatal care. Covid hit our population very hard. A lot of our patients are living in multi-family

households, and Covid just ran rampant. A lot of them don’t have access to healthcare, so we really made sure we advocated for them. Through a grant, we were able to provide our patients with PPE. We were also able to provide our patients with food. A lot of patients were out of work because of Covid, so there was no food for their families. Not only do we treat the patient, but we treat the family. We watch the children grow and then they have kids again and they trust us and want to come back to us.

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e had always known that nurses were heroes; the women and men who offered us a modicum of comfort at our darkest hours while quietly monitoring our heart rate, blood pressure and medications prescribed by our doctors. They watched over us, soothed our pain with a smile. We never really knew, however, what heroes they were until the coronavirus pandemic struck Long Island in March last year, sending already tired hospital staffs into overdrive. Nurses were at the very front lines of the crisis, and the physical and mental toll that they endured was unimaginable to most. Nurses were, of course, accustomed to death. It is part of medicine. No amount of training, however, could have prepared them for the onslaught of Covid-19 cases that they would see between March and June 2020 — or the rapidly rising death toll. With family and friends barred from entering hospitals during this grave period, nurses were often the very last people that the dying saw before they took their last breaths. 2020 and 2021 have very much been a battle for survival, and our nurses have fought it valiantly. Many of them have been infected with Covid-19 themselves. Some have died. We cannot thank our nurses enough for all that they did for us last year, but we should try. In this photo essay by Herald Photo Editor Christina Daly, we make the attempt, showing you, our readers, some of the faces who carried on through all the confusion and fear and heartache to protect and preserve life. For more photos, see liherald.com.

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3: At Northwell Health LIJ Hospital in Valley Stream, nu educator Savita Amin reviewed notes with nurses De Pellitteri, Christine Luongo and Emily John, of the Pa Services Unit.

4: Taking in a lighter moment outside Northwell Health Hospital were Patient Services nurses Villaflor Andre Pascual, Ivana Klanac-Stern, Ann Marie Distanislao, Sheleema Harinandan, Benyanoot Rodthong, Emily Jessica Ruggierro, Debra Pellitteri, Saige Amoruso an Catherine Naranjo.

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5: At Mercy Hospital in Rockville Centre, nurses Jeanne Colamussi and Claire Odayan, nurse manager Meghan Clark, and nurses Bincy Mathew and Jennifer Okoye celebrated their profession. 6: Nurse Mary Sloane held a newborn in the Mercy Hospital Maternity Unit.

shortly after, with her family still in the parking lot. Asha said the experience made her cherish her time with her family. 10: Chris Frasco, left, and, Frank Masi, nurses at NYU Langone Hospital in Mineola.

7: Curtis King, a transporter, at Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside. 8: Nurse April Dones, of the Maternity Unit and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Mount Sinai South Nasau, was all smiles behind her mask recently. 9: Nurse Asha Ali, of NYU Langone Hospital, spoke of a 40-year-old patient who arrived at her unit struggling to breathe. The patient grasped her hand and told her, “You are you my angel.” The patient died of Covid-19

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started off in banking, but switched to nursing because I love taking care of people. Today, nursing is very challenging due to the pandemic. At the beginning, during spring 2020, we nurses were in-service constantly, getting educated by our supervisors about Covid-19. That’s what pulled us through. On the job, we wear a mask, goggles, surgical headwear, and a disposable gown. Every time we leave a patient’s room, we discard the mask and gown, and wash the goggles. It’s uncomfortable, but to fight the virus, we have to start with our first-line workers for the protection of the residents. Our staff members are all tested for Covid-19 twice a week, in a little unit that does the nasal swabbing here on site. Not having family members of patients visiting the facility makes our job a lot easier,

Emergency Nurse, Long Island Jewish Valley Stream because we have to control interaction from the outside. But we do help our patients communicate with loved ones virtually. The virtual chats are scheduled with our recreation person. A nurse or aide can hold a cell phone so a patient can speak using FaceTime. We can also have the family members visit on-site, but not inside the facility. They stand in the entrance foyer between the double glass doors. The inner glass door is locked and the resident is brought down to sit on the inside. Then they talk with their loved ones on cell phones while smiling at them through the glass. We are trained to let our residents know what’s going on, but to keep them comfortable, and to give them respect and dignity at all times. Remember, this is their home.

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have a brother with Down syndrome so I was kind of a nurse even in my childhood, and I kind of grew up with him, favoring caring for people with a personal touch. I went to nursing school and graduated in 1987, during the AIDs epidemic. I graduated from St. Vincent’s School of Nursing, and worked in the East Village where the AIDs epidemic was really fired up, so I had seen a lot of death and dying back in the 1980s. I thought I’d never see it again. And then Covid came. The first wave was very heavy in our Emergency Department, but we pulled through. The Northwell Health system quickly got it together, and we were very organized. We have a tiny Emergency Department, and as the volume increased we transferred out to the North Shore facilities. The wisdom that I brought having had been

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chose to become a nurse because I wanted to work in the medical field and be at the bedside caring for patients. Growing up, I was inspired by the nurses I met and saw first-hand how they took care of people, not only physically, but also emotionally. The nursing profession means teamwork. I am beyond lucky to work in an area that has incredible teamwork. I would not be able to provide the best care without the help of our amazing patient care technicians and unit clerks, also amazing doctors and physician assistants who have taught me so much over the years. I have been an Emergency Department nurse at MSSN for nearly 10 years, also a member of the ED’s Unit Based Council and ED Trauma Committee for more than five years. We are always working on creating new ways to provide excellent nursing care for our patients. The nursing profession has taught me a

lot about life. I enjoy helping people and find myself helping others inside and outside of the hospital. I see first-hand how fragile life can be, so I try to keep a positive mindset and take care of myself physically and emotionally. We never know what is going to come through those ED doors and we must be prepared for anything and everything. We laugh together and we cry together. We lift each other up when we are feeling down or scared and celebrate the happy moments with each other. Nursing has always been a profession that is challenging yet rewarding. Emergency nursing is typically fast-paced and can be stressful. When the Covid-19 pandemic arrived in March 2020, we were challenged in ways we had never imagined. Our team came together — we cared for our patients, we cared for their family members and we cared for each other.

through something terrible like this before was that I knew I had to dress in the full PPE, the personal protective gear. Back in the 1980s we didn’t know it was sexually transmitted so we were wearing all sorts of hats and gowns and face masks. So I guess that was the little bit of wisdom there that I had. I also gave a little support to the newer nurses, letting them know that we’re going to get through this. But it was also very overwhelming for myself. People were coming into triage and they could barely say their name, and then they would just drop dead in front of you. It was very scary. We did the best we could with what we had. But even when it got overwhelming you still had to stop and give that extra personal touch, whether it was giving my phone charger to them so they could try and call a family member.

’m from Harlem and lived in Queens near Valley Stream. My first degree was in finance, but when my father went into a hospital with a stroke it struck me that hospital workers had good intentions, but there was not enough help, and I was drawn to nursing. It helps that I come from a family with a lot of doctors and nurses in it, so I asked a lot of questions, did some research, and seven years ago became a licensed nurse. For me nursing is a great field if you are the kind of person who cares. The money’s good, you can go anywhere in the country and you can help a person just by holding their hand. I worked at the Nassau County Correctional facility, and then two years ago I came to work at the Emergency Room at Nassau University Medical Center. We get it all. Helicopters come in and out, drownings, stabbings, shootings,

car accidents. In the last year Covid took over. That was challenging in part because I took the pandemic personally. My cousin, Marilyn Howard, a mentor to me, was the first school nurse in New York City to die of Covid. Emergency room work has made me an even more compassionate person. You need a tough exterior, but still care. But I have plenty of support for that at home. My wife is also a nurse. We talk to each other about all these issues.

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MITCH MARAVILLA

Director of Nursing, Lynbrook Restorative Therapy & Nursing

Medical/Surgical/ Oncology Unit, Mount Sinai South Nassau

’ve been in long-term care nursing for 28 years, and Director of Nursing for 15 years. I consider being a nurse as a calling. It requires dedication and compassion because, while we take care of patients' and residents’ physical needs, we must also address their emotional and spiritual needs. During this pandemic, our dedication to our profession was put to the test. We could not stay home from work to avoid the deadly virus. Some of us isolated ourselves from our families for fear of exposing them. Many of us got Covid and some died. As the Director of Nursing, I had to care for my staff. They feared catching Covid and infecting their own families. I ensured that they were educated and had enough PPE, encouraged them, cried with them when they were emotionally drained, and sometimes bought them food or sewed masks for them.

For our residents, I crocheted hats and scarves during the winter, which made them smile. When nursing homes were closed to visitation, nurses brought phones and tablets to Covid-positive patients so that their families could say goodbye to them. I once held a patients’ hand as she took her last breath and told her son who lived in another state that she died peacefully. One day I had to “sneak in” a priest to administer a patient’s last rites. Now our facility is Covid-free. We have passed several inspections and continue to follow all infection control guidelines from the CDC and the New York State Department of Health. We have vaccinated most of our employees and residents, and hope the public will do the same so this pandemic will end soon.

hen I was in high school, my dad was sick and in and out of the hospital. I had to help my mom take care of him, and that’s when I decided to take up nursing in college. The nursing profession is a calling. It is indeed a tough and stressful job. You need to have a certain virtue to become a good nurse. We call those virtues “TLC,” tender, loving care. It requires a lot of patience and dedication. Even if you are an experienced nurse, you don’t assume that you know everything. Every day is a continuous learning process. I’ve learned a lot in two decades of being a nurse. It’s made me stronger, resilient and appreciative of those people around me, such as my friends, family and co-workers, as well as my patients and their families. When the pandemic started, our floor was turned into one of the Covid-19 units. I was so scared. I’ve never been in this kind of

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overwhelming situation in my entire career. I was physically, mentally and emotionally drained. There was a time when one of my patients could barely breathe, and I remember him saying, “Help me. Help me. I feel like I’m drowning.” As I waited for the rapid response team, I held his hand and encouraged him. I felt hopeless and prayed for him. I was his only support. It was also devastating when some of my co-workers got sick with Covid, including my husband, who is also an employee at the hospital. Our unit has remained the Covid floor for the hospital, but this year has been more manageable. I’m proud and privileged that I am a part of the process. Nursing is tough, but when you think of the lives you have touched, the lives you saved, it’s such a wonderful feeling. It’s priceless.

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TRUE In HEROES: IN THEIR OWN WORDS TheIr own words DIANE PAEZ

LYSTRA BULLEN

Glen Cove Hospital ER/ Northwell Health

Oceanside Care Center

’ve been a nurse for 33 years, first at St. Vincent in Manhasset on a ventilator floor, labor and delivery, post-partum care and in the emergency room at Glen Cove the last decade. I know it’s a cliché, but I think nursing found me. I was an average student in high school and didn’t have a lot of confidence. That all changed in nursing school. I felt like this was where I needed to be. The book part’s a large component, but taking care of people is not something you learn in a book. It comes from having empathy for others, understanding that it’s not just people, it’s somebody else’s mother, somebody’s child. This whole last year has been difficult. It’s the first time I felt I don’t know if I can make it. I have another eight years and I hope I can get through it. We’re not a trauma hospital, but an emergency room sees everything, and beginning

last March Covid is all we saw. It was scary at first — new information every day about PPE, about treatment. But we got better at it. And the community support was really special, like a parade. Maybe the parade’s moved on, but we’re still here doing the work. Still, nursing is an excellent career, so many kinds of jobs. It doesn’t have to be all high drama. Financially it’s great, you can’t be outsourced. There will always be a place for nurses.

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y job as a Certified Nursing Assistant is really a story about my dad. After my father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, my sister took him in, but he would do unpredictable things like leaving the house unannounced. Within a short time after we put him in a nursing home, he was totally different. When I visited him, he would say, “I ain’t givin’ no trouble,” and I could tell he was getting good care. About a year after he entered the nursing home, I decided to help others like the home helped my father, and I became a CNA. My job is hands-on. I bathe the patients, feed them, take them to the bathroom, talk to them, and learn the little things that help them feel calm. My work takes dedication because, when people can’t do self-care anymore, they go through a kind of depression. They miss their families. They may have underlying medical

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BARBARA SIMMS Nurse Practitioner, Mercy Hospital

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was a medical assistant for 20 years in a family practice office in Seaford. When my daughter went to college I decided to go back to school to be a nurse. Everyone thought I was a nurse, anyhow. I managed to get my degree and 15 years ago, became a regular staff nurse at NUMC’s pediatric unit. I just got this position as assistant nurse manager at the end of January. I love going to work. It's a job that I wouldn’t mind being at forever. In a pediatric unit, we get a little bit of everything. I also float to the nursery, neo-natal. So, I’ve gotten to see a variety of patients, newborn to age 21. When I was a medical assistant I dealt with adults, but in pediatrics you’re dealing with the parents too, making sure they’re knowledgeable ofwhat’s going on with their child. When Covid hit there was so much we didn’t

conditions. We have to be very patient and sensitive. We approach each one individually and build bonds, step by step. When the pandemic began, everyone’s heart was bleeding for our patients. Families couldn’t visit in person anymore. Patients coming back from the hospital had to be isolated for Covid testing. But the patients understood because they watched the news, and they respected our explanations. They wanted their families to be safe, so they accepted window-side visits, video chats, and phone calls. These protocols are still in effect at this time. The nurses and CNAs have had to work extra hard to give the patients what they need. It’s been trying, but because we know our patients so well, everyone has adapted.

know. I took out my sewing machine and made caps and masks for whoever needed them. The load was so heavy, we were stressed out, but we had to put that aside. But the pandemic also put us in the public eye in an incredible way. Recently I pulled into a gas station in my scrubs and a man at another pump, a total stranger, shouted out, “Thank you!” That’s the kind of thing that makes you feel appreciated as a nurse.

worked in the airline industry in human resource management and I had a sister that worked here (Mercy Hospital) as a nurses’ aide. My sister was diagnosed with cancer while she was an employee here, and she had a tough battle for seven years. She was an employee here, a patient here, and she passed away here. After she passed away, I made the decision to become a nurse. And going to nursing school, I knew that I only wanted to work at Mercy because I felt that it was paying back for what I felt they did really well for my sister. I started nursing school in 2005 when I was 39, and I came straight here in 2008 and I’ve been here ever since. My mother went into nursing at the age of 40, so I think that let me know that no matter what the age, if you want to change, you can change. When Covid hit, my patient was the first

patient on the floor to get it. For me I think it was just trying to do the best that you can to keep your patients OK. And Covid was an eyeopener as far as seeing how fast a patient can decline, unfortunately. I think for most nurses, when you go into nursing you don’t go into it looking for someone to praise you for what you do or sacrifice. You do it because it’s something in your heart.

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BEHIND EVERY LIFE WE SAVED, THERE WAS A TEAM OF DEDICATED NURSES. THANK YOU.

We are pleased that the Year of the Nurse has been extended from 2020 through 2021 in recognition of your hard work, bravery, and commitment to save lives. Thank you. This Nurses Week, we thank you for showing up, stepping up, and putting our patients before yourselves during this pandemic. Behind every life we saved, there was an extraordinary team of dedicated nurses.

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Neighbors iN the News thE East rockaway School District’s administrators and former and current Board of Education members held a groundbreaking ceremony for construction of its JuniorSenior High School athletic complex. Also in attendance were representatives from Park East Construction and The LandTek Group, Inc. Photos courtesy East Rockaway School District

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS will hold a WORKSHOP on Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 7:00 P.M. in the Board Room at the Village Hall, One Columbus Drive, Lynbrook, NY 11563, to discuss the following cases: #987 –49 Whittier Street, Lynbrook. All interested parties that would like to appear must adhere to COVID 19 requirements. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS Ginger Fuentes, Chairperson of the Board of Zoning Appeals Brian Stanton, Superintendent, Department of Buildings 125827 LEGAL NOTICEPUBLIC HEARING INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF LYNBROOK PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Lynbrook will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, May 17, 2021 at 7:00 PM at the Village Hall, One Columbus Drive, Lynbrook, New York 11563, in order to receive public comment upon the following: APPLICATION OF 43-47 BROADWAY PROPERTY LLC FOR A PETITION FOR INCLUSION OF CERTAIN PREMISES IN THE ARTS AND CULTURAL OVERLAY DISTRICT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 252 OF THE CODE OF THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF LYNBROOK, ENTITLED “ZONING”, SECTION 252-46.2 ENTITLED “AREAS OF APPLICABILITY”, SUBSECTION (B) AND SECTION 252-46.3 ENTITLED “PERMITTED USES AUTHORIZED IN DISTRICT”, SUBSECTION (F)IN ORDER TO PERMIT THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 201 UNIT MULTIPLE DWELLING UPON THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 43-47 BROADWAY, 90-96 SAPERSTEIN PLAZA AND 17 & 21 LANGDON PLACE, LYNBROOK, KNOWN AND DESIGNATED ON THE VILLAGE OF LYNBROOK

LAND AND TAX MAP AS SECTION 24, BLOCK 3, LOTS 15-18 AND ON THE NASSAU COUNTY LAND AND TAX MAP AS SECTION 24, BLOCK 519, LOTS 13, 14, 117-124, AND 213. The Village of Lynbrook does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped status in administration or access to or employment in its projects and activities. John Giordano has been directed to coordinate compliance with non-discrimination requirements of the Federal Revenue Sharing and Fair Housing regulations. A copy of the application is on file in the Building Department, Village Hall, One Columbus Drive M-F 8am-3:30pm, and at lynbrookvillage.net, and may be examined by any persons interested. The meeting will also be broadcast live on Verizon Channel 33 and Cablevision Altice Channel 20, and streamed on YouTube; those interested in participating remotely can by phoning 516-599-2828 as authorized by Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Order 202.15 and subsequent extensions including Executive Order 202.102. Participants can also attend in person or comment by mail to the Village Clerk, One Columbus Drive, Lynbrook NY 11563 prior to 4:00pm on May 17, 2021 or submitted in person, or via email to jgiordano@lynbrookvillag e.com At the aforesaid time and place, all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard, in which social distancing and masking will be observed for those attending in person. By Order of the Board of Trustees John Giordano, Village Administrator Dated: May 3, 2021 125825

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LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE VILLAGE OF EAST ROCKAWAY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Incorporated Village of East Rockaway, Nassau County, New York, will hold a Public Hearing at the Village Hall, 376 Atlantic Avenue, East Rockaway, NY on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 8:00 PM on the following application: ?#03-2021 Application of Nourollah Hourizadeh, Owner, requesting a variance of: Section 288-55 – Permitted Uses. of the Village Zoning Code to convert an existing gym space to a warehouse and retail space where warehouse space is not permitted. Section 288-56 – Special Exception Uses. of the Village Zoning Code to convert an existing gym space to a warehouse and retail space where warehouse space is not permitted. Section 288-57 – Prohibited Uses. of the Village Zoning Code to convert an existing gym space to a warehouse and retail space where warehouse space is not permitted. Section 101-97 Restrictions. of the Village Zoning Code to install security gates on the exterior at entrances and windows where No security gate shall be installed, erected and/or maintained on the exterior of any structure or building. The premises are located at 510 Ocean Avenue as described on the Official Tax Map as Section 19, Block 1, Lot 202. TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that all interested parties will have the opportunity to be heard at the aforesaid time and place BY ORDER OF the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Incorporated Village of East Rockaway. Juan A. Garcia, P.E. Acting Superintendent Department of Buildings

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LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE VILLAGE OF EAST ROCKAWAY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Incorporated Village of East Rockaway, Nassau County, New York, will hold a Public Hearing at the Village Hall, 376 Atlantic Avenue, East Rockaway, NY on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 8:00 PM on the following application: ?#02-2021 Application of Milazim Pulatani, Owner, requesting a variance of: Section 288-7 Uses. B. (2) of the Village Zoning Code to construct an Accessory Building (Gazebo), with an outdoor fireplace, with a height of 14 feet 3 inches high where 9 feet 6 inches high is permitted. Section 288-7 Uses B. (2) of the Village Zoning Code to construct an Accessory Building (Gazebo), with an outdoor fireplace, and a floor area of 256 square feet where 120 square feet is permitted. Section 288-12-Rear Yards. of the Village Zoning Code to construct an Accessory Building (Gazebo), with an outdoor fireplace, and a rear yard setback of 2 feet 0 inches where a minimum of 25 feet 0 inches is required. The premises are located at 2 Emmet Avenue as described on the Official Tax Map as Section 14, Block C-1, Lot 5. TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that all interested parties will have the opportunity to be heard at the aforesaid time and place BY ORDER OF the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Incorporated Village of East Rockaway. Juan A. Garcia, P.E. Acting Superintendent Department of Buildings Dated: May 6, 2021 125828

Board of Education Trustee Joseph Kilgus, left, Vice President Kristen O’Hagan, President Dominick Vulpis and Trustees Daniel DeMatteo and Peter McNally appeared at the groundbreaking.

E.R. breaks ground on athletic facility The sun was shining bright over the East Rockaway School District, as administrators and former and current Board of Education members held a groundbreaking ceremony on April 13 to celebrate the start of construction of the Junior-Senior High School’s new athletic complex. Representatives from Park East Construction and The LandTek Group, Inc., including LandTek Vice President of Public Relations and Marketing Marty Lyons, a former New York Jets player, also attended the event. The facility is part of the district’s bond project that was successfully passed by community members in November 2019. Thanks to funding through Living With the Bay, construction on a bulkhead began in November 2020 and was completed last month. Now, the work has begun to transform the fields into a state-of-the-art athletic complex, which will be enjoyed not only by district students, but the community as well. It will include adding synthetic turf fields and a drainage system, concrete block dugouts, backstops and fencing for new baseball and softball fields, new bleachers and a press box, perimeter safety netting around the track, 10 pole lighting around the entire field area and more. Board of Education President Dominick Vulpis said that although Covid-19 has brought a lot of changes to the world, the beginning of construction has been a positive outcome for the district. “It’s a beautiful thing to see this dream come true,” he said, according to a news

release. “This was worth waiting for and will be a great opportunity for the students and the community.” Former Board of Education President Keith Gamache and former Trustee Patti Nicoletti both worked on the bond committee and shared their excitement on the project coming to fruition. “I appreciate the existing board inviting all of us here because it has been a long project in the making so it’s nice to see it,” Gamache said, according to the release. “I’m really looking forward to coming down and actually running on the track myself, so it’s very exciting.” Nicoletti added that the completion of the project “is going to add a lot of value, not only to our students’ experience but also to community involvement.” Superintendent of Schools Lisa Ruiz shared her enthusiasm by thanking the community for their support throughout the process. “This is a wonderful step forward to be able to offer our students and our community the services and facilities that they deserve. We are looking forward to the continuation of this construction and we’re very excited to see the end result realized in the fall.” As the work progresses into the spring and summer months, a ribbon cutting is slated to be held in the early fall 2021-22 school year. Courtesy East Rockaway School District; compiled by Mike Smollins

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covered the Bellmore-JFK High School Homecoming parade in the fall of 2004, photographing the revelers and floats as they headed from the Bellmore Long Island Rail Road station off Sunrise Highway to the Bellmore Avenue school. It was a sunny day, full of carefree teenagers. I could never have imagined then that day would haunt me still. All journalists who’ve been in the profession a while have stories they can’t shake. You might think you SCoTT had locked them away at the back BRINToN of your brain, but they reappear without warning, leaving you in a state of disbelief or sadness or anger. Thinking back on that Homecoming parade leaves me feeling all three. Covering the recent West Hempstead Stop & Shop shooting, in which 49-yearold Ray Wishropp, a father of seven from Valley Stream, was killed and two others were injured, sent the memories of that parade streaming back. That day, I snapped photos of Carol Kestenbaum, a 17-year-old JFK senior, as she drove the Homecoming king and queen in her white convertible. A little

more than two years later, Kestenbaum was shot dead while studying education at the University of Arizona. She had warned a friend that the young man she was dating seemed unhinged. The 22-year-old found out about the warning, killed Kestenbaum and her best friend, Nicole Schiffman, another Kennedy High graduate who was studying journalism at the University of Maryland, and then took his own life. Schiffman had come for the weekend to celebrate Kestenbaum’s 20th birthday. They were among the tens of thousands of Americans who have died in a perpetual cycle of gun violence in this nation. I held back tears when I covered their funerals on a cold winter day in 2007. They were buried side by side at New Montefiore Cemetery in West Babylon. I knew Carol’s mother, Rita Kestenbaum. In 1999, she won a seat on the Hempstead Town Board. She lost it in the next election, but remained active in local politics for years after that. At the JFK Homecoming parade, she walked behind her daughter’s car from the train station to the school, beaming with pride. Her daughter was the first person I knew to die of gun violence. Her death leaves me feeling unsettled to this day, understanding how suddenly and sense-

lessly a life can be taken in this country. Wishropp was a Stop & Shop manager. Nassau County police said his alleged killer, a 31-year-old Hempstead man, had sought a transfer to another supermarket. When he didn’t get it, he left the store, but returned 40 minutes later and started shooting. I’m a runner. Last Saturday, I ran to the top of the giant hill at the Town of Hempstead’s Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick, where there’s a human sun clock dedicated to Carol Kestenbaum. You stand in the middle of the circle, where a rectangular stone block forms the centerpiece of this hallowed ground. The 12 months are marked on it. On a sunny day, if you stand on the month you’re in and raise your hand straight to the sky, your shadow will point to a number from one to 12, giving you the approximate time of day. “The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time,” reads the plaque in honor of Kestenbaum. I sat enjoying the 63-degree weather on a sunny, windless day. The azure sky stretched out before me, with wispy cirrus clouds high above. I could hear the creaky windmill to my left spinning, its moving blades forming a frenetic shadow on the seashell-coated path before me. In a grassy patch to my right, a family — a mother and father, their children and the

he deadly Stop & Shop shooting took me back to a Bellmore Homecoming.

kids’ grandparents — had spread out a blanket to sit and talk and laugh. It all felt so normal, peaceful, a world away from the chaos of gun violence that had erupted at the West Hempstead Stop & Shop April 20 and in Arizona all those years ago. Kestenbaum, who wanted to become a teacher, would have loved the sound of children at play, I imagined. Then a loud shot rang out, I believe from the gun range just across the Meadowbrook Parkway in Freeport, piercing the quietude, an eerie reminder that guns are never far away in America. As I ran down the hill to head home, I heard three more pops of a gun in rapidfire succession. Then again, and again. The shots continued as I ran out of the park. I had heard them many times before while at the preserve, but had never paid much attention to them. Now I wanted them to just go away, never to be heard again. I only wish our elected leaders at the federal and state levels might sit in Carol Kestenbaum’s circle, soaking up the normalcy of everyday life and imagining this young light of the world extinguished in a heartbeat. How would they vote on gun-control legislation then? Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@ liherald.com.

Why are young girls mean to one another?

ime-travel with me. The year was 1957. We had just moved to Cedarhurst from Queens, and it was the first day of class at Number Three School on Broadway. I slid into my chair in Mrs. Haggerty’s sixth-grade classroom, and knew I would fall out of the same chair, dead, in a minute if I couldn’t get away from the stares and whispers of the other girls. After a few minutes of mounting distress, I burst into tears, thus condemning myself to an entire school year of teasRANDI ing and ostracism KREISS and bullying. You can’t cry. It just feeds the frenzy. In 1957 there was no counseling, no help, just day after day of preteen hell. I was actually one of the few, possibly the only, sixth-grader in America to get the “black spot” from a clique of girls in the class. Do you know your “Treasure Island”? The pirates passed a piece of paper with a black spot on it to someone about to be killed. So, did It make it better that I was the target of a literary group of

mean girls? When I opened the folded-up note left on my desk and saw the black spot, I knew I was doomed. I wasn’t your regulation kid. I couldn’t help that. The other girls were consumed with “American Bandstand,” a daily live TV dance show out of Philly. They followed that program, and the real-life teens who appeared on the show, with a devotion I could neither fathom nor fake. I just wanted to come home after school, cut up a few oranges and retreat to my room with a book. Reading “Gone With the Wind,” I consumed a small grove. Eventually I made friends and kept friends and got married and had children and then grandchildren. What is a troubling issue in my granddaughters’ lives? Mean girl power plays, cliques and the popularity drama humming beneath the radar of most parents and teachers. Girls are still forming exclusive groups in elementary and junior and senior high school; they are still finding someone to be “it”; they are still causing other girls enormous emotional stress and anxiety. And it is mostly girls. Boys interact in entirely different ways. Of course, there

are bullies and guys’ cliques, but girls seem to deploy meanness in more creative and devastating ways. I asked a few of my friends if they remember if they were mean girls in school, and every one of us recalled whether we were in the cool, mean group or with the uncool outsiders. And everyone who copped to being mean acknowledged that they knew it was wrong, but they were afraid that if they didn’t join the power clique, they would become a target. Pretty savage equation, isn’t it? Meanness equals survival. In the decades since I survived the black spot, psychologists, educators and parents have studied the relationships among young girls and defined the behaviors and the interactions. But the meanness still exists in the whispers and the pacts to leave someone out and the comments on someone’s unacceptable clothes or habits or affect. There are attempts at discussion groups and sensitization groups and psychological services in the schools, but the toxic comments have leapt to the internet, where it is so much easier to target a classmate, anonymously and persistently.

hen I opened the note and saw the black spot, I knew I was doomed.

“Mean Girls,” the show and the movie, was hilarious, intuitive and sharp in its send-up of the popular girls who reigned supreme at a typical American high school. The production, which was, first of all, entertainment, glossed over the real pain young girls feel as victims of a meangirl power surge. Rosalind Wiseman, author of “Queen Bees and Wannabes,” urges parents to look at their own behavior, how they talk about neighbors or friends and the capacity they model for accepting people into their circle. Other suggestions she offers: Stay engaged with your child. Realize it isn’t only other kids who are the mean girls. Contact the school and calmly convey your concerns. Band together with other parents to discuss the issues. I’m not sure what to say to my own granddaughters. Perhaps remind them to keep talking to the trusted adults in their lives. Perhaps remind them that they are surviving a once-in-a-generation pandemic with courage and grace, and they can survive this, too. Look at me. I got the black spot 64 years ago and I’m still here. I don’t even remember the names of the girls who tried to ruin my sixth-grade life. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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e’re steadily getting there — herd immunity, when a minimum of 60 to 70 percent of Americans will be vaccinated against Covid-19. As of press time this week, about 34 percent of New Yorkers had been fully vaccinated, a number roughly equal to the national percentage. That’s good, but not necessarily great. Here’s why: Officials at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the vaccination rate has slowed in recent weeks, and if the percentage of inoculated Americans continues to drop each week, we may be unable to reach herd immunity by summer’s end. That would be bad. So much of what we held dear during pre-pandemic times — the ability to work and earning a living, visit family members and friends, take in a ball game or concert — hangs in the balance. Mercifully, we have seen a major drop in the number of infections across New York state over the past month. That trend, officials said, is due in large part to widespread vaccination of New Yorkers. It also may partly be a function of the slowing spread of the virus as warmer weather sets in. Officials had predicted that winter would bring the highest levels of infection and death, and it certainly did, peaking on Jan. 8, when the U.S. saw 259,564 new Covid-19 cases. Following that peak, health officials said, we would see a decrease in cases, with summer predicted to bring the lowest levels of infection since the pandemic erupted here in March of last year. Already we have seen the overall infection rate across the state fall below 2 percent, with only the Finger Lakes and western New York seeing rates slightly above that figure. The infection rates in the Capital

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letters Voting for Paskoff To the Editor: As the lawn signs around Lynbrook begin to multiply ahead of the school board election on May 18, I want to share my strong support for candidate Rob Paskoff, who has served on the Lynbrook Board of Education for 15 years. Almost everyone knows Rob and his wonderful wife, Jayne. They are at every Lynbrook event I have ever attended, whether it’s sports or music or science-related. They have stayed connected long after their three children graduated from Lynbrook High School. I know that Paskoff ’s passion in supporting Lynbrook schools and the families who live in this community is genuine. He has been part of leadership as the beautiful new

Walk in or schedule an appointment All New York state mass vaccination sites are now open to eligible New Yorkers ages 16 and over for walk-in vaccinations on a first-come, first-served basis. Walk-in appointments are reserved for first doses only, with second doses to be scheduled automatically after administration of the initial shot. All vaccine providers are encouraged to allow walkin appointments for those eligible. People who would prefer to schedule Region and Southern Tier have already fallen below 1 percent, with Long Island not far behind, at 1.4 percent. All of this, of course, is excellent news. But will it lead to vaccine complacency, with unvaccinated New Yorkers falsely believing that the virus is gone for good, leading them to think they don’t need the shot? To be clear, even if we see the positivity rate drop below 1 percent — as it did last summer — the virus will not be gone unless we reach herd immunity. Unless a substantial majority of the state is vaccinated, we will risk the possibility that the virus will lurk among us and return with a vengeance, as it did this past winter. So, we are pleading with those who are on the fence about whether to be vaccinated to get the shot. This is truly a matter of life and death for thousands of your fellow citizens. Beyond that, all of our livelihoods depend on our ability to earn a living in a thriving economy. Our economy will not be fully rid of the current governmental constraints until the virus is at last vanquished.

an appointment at a state-run mass vaccination site can do so on the Am I Eligible app or by calling (833) 6974829. They may also contact their local health department, pharmacy, doctor or hospital to schedule an appointment where vaccines are available, or visit vaccinefinder.org to find information on vaccine appointments near them. Source: Office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo

State vaccinations by the numbers Total doses administered: 15,643,329 Doses administered over the previous 24 hours: 93,940 Doses administered over the previous seven days: 1,208,303 Percentage of New Yorkers with at least one dose: 46.5 Percentage of New Yorkers with completed vaccine series: 34.9 Statistics as of Sunday, May 2. Source: New York State Department of Health

Each of us will play a small but integral part in defeating the coronavirus. Winning the war will depend on whether average New Yorkers cast aside their lingering doubts and political allegiances and get the shot, which is free and accessible to anyone over age 16.

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t was recently reported that a group of Rockville Centre parents accused a high school social studies teacher of criticizing police during class, and wanted her to be reprimanded. The district superintendent, without referring to the specific incident, wrote to parents, “Lessons and activities that create divisiveness or that marginalize anyone have no place in our schools.” The teacher did not attack police officers or call for police departments to be defunded. To aLan engage students in a discussion sinGer about police actions after the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, she shared statistics about police killings of Black men. The superintendent is right that no lessons should marginalize a racial, ethnic or religious group, but it had better be OK to “marginalize” neo-Nazis and white nationalism. If the superintendent’s policy were implemented, that would mean eliminating from discussion any controversial issue that might challenge students to think, like women’s reproductive rights, racism in American society, climate change denial or citizenship opportunities for Deferred Action

for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, recipients. It would allow a small group of parents to censor the curriculum, intimidate teachers into silence and cripple students’ education. The irony is that the Rockville Centre teacher was following guidelines outlined in the New York state social studies framework. An essential component of social studies education is teaching students to “respond thoughtfully to diverse perspectives; synthesize comments, claims and evidence made on all sides of an issue, and resolve contradictions when possible; and determine what additional information or research is required to deepen the investigation or complete the task.” The Rev. Dr, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at South Side High School in March 1968. Would he be banned today because his ideas on racism, militarism and poverty would make certain parents uncomfortable? Other cases involving teachers’ rights and responsibilities have recently been in the news. In San Clemente, Calif., a fourth-grade teacher was investigated after she took part in the Jan. 6 protest at the Capitol in Washington. She was temporarily suspended, and then reinstated after an investigation found no evidence that she acted illegally in Washington or

e can’t eliminate controversial subjects that challenge students to think.

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Keep up the vaccinations To the Editor: Last week Nassau County reached a vital milestone in our quest to defeat the pandemic: Half of the county population had received at least one shot, including two-thirds of adult residents. I am proud of the collective effort being made by the Nassau Department of Health, hospitals and community partners to get shots into the arms of residents. If we keep up our vaccination progress, we will save more lives, get our economy fully reopened sooner rather than later and enjoy a normal summer. We can do it, Nassau! LAuRA CuRRAN Nassau County executive

that she brought her political views into the classroom. I think her conspiracytheory politics are crazy, but she has the right to be a teacher. The same principles that protect her also protect the teacher in Rockville Centre. The Oneonta City School District upstate has a somewhat different issue that officials there are trying to sort out. Former students reported that a middle school social studies teacher gave them the finger and screamed obscenities when he drove by residents protesting the police shooting of a young African-American man. This case is difficult, because the teacher was acting, no matter how reprehensibly, as a private citizen. The district is now investigating him to determine whether there is evidence that his political views creep into his teaching, with students reporting that in lessons on the Civil War, he denied slavery played any role. If the accusations about his teaching are substantiated, he is directly contradicting the state framework that reads, “Westward expansion, the industrialization of the North and the increase of slavery in the South contributed to the growth of sectionalism. Constitutional conflicts between advocates of states’ rights and supporters of federal power increased tensions in the nation;

attempts to compromise ultimately failed to keep the nation together, leading to the Civil War.” In a joint statement, the president of the local chapter of the NAACP and a school board vice president said, “We are disheartened to hear of the allegations that an Oneonta City School District teacher drove by the demonstration in Muller Plaza on Sunday, yelling obscenities and flipping off the crowd . . . While people have the right to disagree with the demonstrators, it is important that those who work for the OCSD remember that while they are entitled to their opinions, they represent the district, and their actions reflect on their competency in the classroom.” The teacher is entitled to due process, but it appears he should have been investigated a long time ago. School administrators need to examine his lesson plans and monitor his teaching. If the district finds that racism not only shapes his politics, which is his right, but also affects how he teaches, he should be removed from the classroom, and the state should suspend his teaching certification. Dr. Alan Singer is a professor of teaching, learning and technology and the director of social studies education programs at Hofstra University. He is a former New York City high school social studies teacher and editor of Social Science Docket, a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for the Social Studies.

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New York is making progress on infections To the Editor: Last week, the statewide Covid-19 positivity rate dropped to 1.49 percent, falling below 1.5 percent for the first time since Oct. 28. Every single day, New York state is moving forward in the race between the infection rate and the vaccination rate. More New Yorkers are getting vaccinated and hospitalizations are declining, which is good news, but we need New Yorkers to stay vigilant to ensure that we don’t lose any of the progress that we have made. Washing hands, wearing masks and staying socially distant are critical behaviors that each of us can practice, individually and in our communities, to slow the spread. In the meantime, New York is continuing to make the vaccine more accessible, and opening more pop-up sites. Spring is here, and we’re making progress, but there is a way to go before we reach the light at the end of the tunnel. GOv. ANDREW CuOMO

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