Lynbrook/East Rockaway Herald 08-13-2020

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Lynbrook, E.R. clean up after Isaias more came down in backyards and on homes. The Department of Public Works spent most of A week after Isaias struck last week cleaning up.

Long Island, the recovery effort “Quite a few trees were tanwas still under way in Lynbrook gled with electrical and commuand East Rockaway, after the nication lines, causing us to wait tropical storm brought 70-mph until we were given the all-clear wind gusts that downed trees to proceed with removal and and power lines cleanup operathroughout both tions,” Romano communities on said. “Our village Aug. 4 and knocked p a rk s s u f f e r e d out power for many some damage as residents. well, losing some “There was a lot good-sized branchof damage, and the es in both MemoriDepartment of al Park and McNulPublic Works, Fire ty Park.”

Department and Romano added Police Department that debris cleanup are working like would extend for crazy,” Lynbrook another week.

Mayor Alan Beach AlAN BeAch A number of said on Aug. 5. residents of SpenLynbrook mayor “Everybody did a cer Avenue, in Lyngreat job. Overall, brook, said they the guys did an unbelievably fan- were filled with anxiety and fear tastic job.” when they heard a storm was East Rockaway Mayor Bruno coming.

Romano said the village sus“I was scared at first when I tained significant storm damage, heard there was going to be a including felled trees, street storm,” Richard Lundy said, lamps, signs and telephone “and I was checking my trees poles, as well as sidewalks that over and over again to make sure were ripped up by uprooted they were all sturdy, but there trees. He said that about 20 large trees fell onto roads, and many Continued on page 10

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ArT MATTSoN, A local history author and one of the directors of the Historical Society of East Rockaway and Lynbrook, said he was concerned that the route of the $400 million Bay Park Conveyance Project might harm natural habitats in Pearsalls Hassock, a saltwater marsh near Hewlett Bay.

‘Pocket of heaven’ in danger?

Historian worries about how county sewage pipe might affect marine life in the wetlands

By Mike SMolliNS msmollins@liherald.com

Art Mattson was paddling his kayak on Aug. 6 in Pearsalls Hassock, a small saltwater marsh connected to Hewlett Bay, when he suddenly stopped to watch as a white egret glided over the water.

“That’s the beauty of this place,” he said, smiling as he watched the bird. “It’s a pocket of heaven.”

But for Mattson, a Lynbrook resident, history

author and a director of the Historical Society of East Rockaway and Lynbrook, there is a growing fear that the beauty he often observes while kayaking in the hassock could be in jeopardy.

Pearsalls Hassock, through which he took this reporter on a kayaking tour on Aug. 6, is the site of a planned pipeline for the Bay Park Conveyance Project.

The planned $400 million project will reroute treated effluent, or wastewater, from

the Bay Park Water Reclamation Facility, a sewage-treatment plant, to an ocean outfall pipe at the Cedar Creek Water Pollution Control Plant in Wantagh, using a 100-year-old aqueduct beneath Sunrise Highway.

A connecting pipe must be laid from the Bay Park plant to the Sunrise Highway aqueduct. There are stakes where the pipe will run near Pearsalls Hassock, and Mattson said he worried that the projContinued on page 3

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Sewage pipe could affect Pearsalls Hassock ect could harm wildlife habitats, including an osprey nest that is in line with the stakes.

“No one’s paying any attention to that, and there seems to be no plan to preserve what’s there,” he said.

“Maybe they’ll have it in mind . . . I’ve asked what are they doing about it, and I haven’t gotten a response. I’m hopeful they’re going to do it the right way and do the right thing. It’s being glossed over right now.”

Mike Fricchione, Nassau County’s deputy communications director, said minimal disruption to habitats was anticipated.

“The project is intended to improve water quality, which in turn will improve and protect the hassocks,” he said. “Any impacts on habitats would be minimal and temporary. The project is being done in consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ensuring proper measures are taken to prevent any adverse impacts to birds and wildlife. Anything moved on the hassocks will be restored immediately following construction.”

Mattson said he supported the project because it would allow the Western Bays to recover after years of nitrogen loading from the Bay Park treatment plant, but he is also concerned how construction might affect marine life.

County officials have lauded the project because it will restore the bays at a substantially lower cost and shorter construction schedule than the other primary option — building a new pipe from the Bay Park treatment plant to the Atlantic Ocean — which would have cost more than $600 million and taken nearly a decade to construct. The conveyance project will reduce 19 billion gallons of treated wastewater and more than 95 percent of the nitrogen loading in Reynolds Channel and the Western Bays each year.

The project will connect the Bay Park plant to Cedar Creek’s three-mile-long outfall pipe that leads to the Atlantic, which includes a one-mile-long diffusion pipe at the end.

Currently, the Bay Park plant sends treated wastewater into Reynolds Channel, just north of Long Beach, where it disperses into the Western Bays and surrounding wetlands. Owing in large part to the nitrogen in treated wastewater from the Bay Park plant, as well as the Long Beach, Cedarhurst and Lawrence treatment

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An osprey nest near Pearsalls Hassock is along the route of the proposed Bay Park Conveyance Project, which will send treated effluent, or wastewater, from the Bay Park Water Treatment Facility to the Cedar Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility in Wantagh. plants, the Western Bays are impaired by macro alg ae blooms and other water-quality impacts, such as low dissolved oxygen.

During high tide, Mattson said, the narrow, jagged waterways leading into the hassock from the north open onto several acres of saltwater marsh flora, fauna and marine life.

Kayaking there, one might spot blue herons, ospreys, egrets, gulls, terns, redwing blackbirds, Canada geese, sandpipers and horseshoe crabs.

Along the hassock, posts with orange tags are aligned, defining the proposed pipeline that will be constructed 24 feet below ground to connect the Bay Park plant to the Sunrise Highway aqueduct. Mattson said he hoped the proposed conveyance project would not harm marine creatures or habitats along the route.

“I don’t know if it will, but no one is thinking about it yet,” he said. “I just want them to think about it.”

A yellowCrowned night heron, above, perched near the hassock. egrets Are A common sight along the waterway.

A mAp of Pearsalls Hassock, far left.

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Having fun at Lynbrook’s Summer Playground Despite the global pandemic, the Lynbrook Public Schools’ Summer Playground Program kicked off without a hitch on July 27.

The program is open to all children from the Lynbrook School District, along with those living in the Village of Lynbrook, entering kindergarten through fifth grade. Unlike previous summers, this year’s Summer Playground is housed at Lynbrook North and South middle schools due to construction at the elementary schools.

With safety as a top priority in the time of Covid-19, the program takes place entirely outdoors and comprises physical activities like frisbee, kickball, soccer, sprinkler play and tennis. It also enables campers to socially interact with their peers, many of whom they have not seen in months due to the pandemic.

Numerous precautions have been taken for the health and safety of both campers and staff. That includes implementing hand washing, masks, sanitizing and social distancing. Groups were also decreased in size. Each day, the campers and staff members have their temperatures taken at arrival and are asked questions related to exposure to the coronavirus.

Led by program director Leonard Bruno, along with Lynbrook North Middle School site supervisor Lisa Darress, the program runs from 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday until Aug. 14.

The goal has been to provide a fun and safe outlet for children to get outside and make the most of their summer given the unusual circumstances the virus has created.

“Kids love to be together, but given Covid-19, they have learned the importance of masking, sanitizing and social distancing,” Bruno said, according to a district release. “For those who have attended this year, these campers have further learned the protocol of what will be in store for them in school this coming year. By adhering to [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] guidelines, we have taught them how to have fun and keep themselves and others safe.”

Photos Courtesy Lynbrook Public Schools

Lynbrook PubLic SchooLS’ Summer Playground Program began on July 27 and will run through Aug. 14. Incoming third-graders Violet Matern, left, and Grayson DiFiore made bracelets together.

incoming firSt-grader Sofia Jaworowski played frisbee at Lynbrook North Middle School’s campus.

camPerS at the Lynbrook South Middle School campus played tennis together.

incoming firSt-graderS JayLen Rodriguez, left, and Gavin Coyne had fun playing together.

Courtesy Lynbrook Public Schools; compiled by Mike Smollins

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Elected leaders call for PSEG reimbursements U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, a Democrat reimbursements for spoiled food, medfrom Garden City who is up for re-elec- ication or other perishable items to tion this year, and Nassau County customers who have experienced proExecutive Laura Curran, a Democrat longed outages in the wake of Tropical Storm Isaias. from Baldwin, are calling “More than 400,000 cuson PSEG-Long Island to tomers lost power in the refund the previous month’s after math of this stor m. utility bill and reimburse W h i l e m a n y h a d p owe r for spoiled food, medicarestored within the first 24 tion, or other perishable hours, more than 140,000 items for customers who customers were still left endured power outages lastwithout electricity over 24 ing over 24 hours. More hours later. PSEG’s website than 400,000 Long Islanders has repeatedly crashed and lost power in Tropical calls and texts from customS t o r m I s a i a s, a n d s o m e Kathleen Rice ers have gone unanswered.

35,000 were still without “A prolonged power outpower on Sunday. age is difficult under normal circumIn a letter to Daniel Eichhor n, stances, but in the midst of the coronaPSEG-LI’s president and chief operatvirus pandemic, it can be disastrous. ing officer, Rice and Curran wrote: Families have stored food in their “Dear Mr. Eichhorn: refrigerators to limit trips to the gro“We write to you today to urge cery store, and these items have now PSEG-Long Island to offer refunds on had to be discarded. Access to electricthe previous month’s utility bill and ity, especially the internet, is critically

important to Long Island residents at this time. New Yorkers working from home depend on consistent and reliable utility services. Not only is it vital to have air conditioning available during the hottest month of the year, but also inter net access is a necessity to clock in for work and to visit with doctors from the safety of one’s home.

“Because of these hardships, we urge you to offer our constituents who have endured outa g es lasting Laura more than 24 hours financial relief in the form of a refund on past bills. At least one of your local competitors, Con Edison, is offering reimbursements for spoiled food, medication or other perishable commercial merchandise. Taking these steps immediately would show compassion to a region that is still recovering from past storms and an

unprecedented health crisis and could be facing more storms this hurricane season.

“When PSEG-Long Island took over from the Long Island Power Authority in 2014, our constituents were promised better service, better communication and more accountability. After the failures we have witnessed from your handling of Isaias, we sincerely urge you to provide Long Island residents with financial relief.

We thank you in advance Curran for your consideration and prompt response.

Sincerely, Kathleen Rice Member of Congress Laura Curran Nassau County Executive

OPINION

PSEG-LI’s lackluster performance was frustrating Editor’s note: Clavin is the Town of Hempstead supervisor.

Few things are more frustrating that PSEG-Long Island’s bungled efforts to restore power to its customers in a timely manner. Perhaps the only thing more maddening than the utility’s lackluster energy restoration efforts has been the electric provider’s unmitigated failure to furnish accurate information to customers and the company’s inability to simply answer phone calls from power-deprived customers.

Adding insult to injury, nothing has better demonstrated PSEG-LI’s misunderstanding of how it dropped the ball last week than an Aug. 6 “To our customers” email sent by PSEG President and CEO Ralph Izzo. All evidence to the contrary, the utility’s chief executive claims to understand the importance of power in supporting family lifestyles and the urgency associated with an energy provider’s accuracy when communicating with customers.

In that message, Izzo neglects to recognize that PSEG-LI’s greatest shortcoming last week was in frustrating customers’ ability to communicate with the utility. In fact, more than long restoration times and inaccurate estimated times of restoration, Long Island customers were most angered by their inability to contact the company in any way dur-

ing the storm to report that power was out. T his, despite re peated emails and text messages from PSEG ahead of the storm assuring customers of the company’s preparedness to deal with upcoming weather and reminding them that they could report outages by calling a particular telephone number, sending a text message to the company, filing a report through the PSEG app or the company website.

None of those methods worked.

As a result, customers tur ned to other authorities, none of which could reasonably be thought to have any way of getting the power back on or tellDon i n g c a l l e r s wh e n t h a t might happen. Switchboards exploded at local police departments and at county, town and village offices across Long Island. When those efforts proved unproductive, residents tur ned to social media, where they learned – many for the first time – that they were not the only ones who could not get through. Nobody without power could be sure that PSEG-LI even knew that they were in the dark. If they had entered the Federal Witness Protection Program, PSEG-LI customer service representatives would not have been harder to reach.

In his Aug. 6 email, Izzo pointed out that Isaias was one of the most powerful storms to strike the Northeast in years, which is true. However, it was precisely this type of storm that PSEG was hired to handle. One need only think back to National Grid’s post-Sandy failures to recall that it was the Long Island Power Authority’s dissatisfact i o n w i t h t h at p e r fo rmance that led to the management contract’s transfer to PSEG. Izzo pointed out, “At its peak, more than 1.7 million homes and businesses lost power across Long Island and New Jersey – including 420,000 PSEG Long Island customers.”

Clavin W hy a re we b e i n g linked to New Jersey? Is it because an af filiate of PSEG-LI services the Garden State?

That’s the company’s problem – not ours. In fact, at the time the company was being considered for the LIPA contract, it argued that the availability of crews in nearby New Jersey would enhance PSEG’s emergency response capabilities on Long Island.

It apparently never occurred to management that geography made it likely that both areas would someday be affected by the same storm.

In his email, Izzo wanted us to know, “PSEG-Long Island under-

stands how critical it is to share accurate and timely infor mation with our customers.” If that’s true, it’s hard to understand why a host on talk station WLIR (107.1 FM – Hampton Bays) was left on Wednesday wondering why the promised call from a PSEG-LI spokesman didn’t come during his show. It’s also hard to accept Izzo’s claim of understanding the importance of sharing information that is accurate and timely when, as of this writing, the energy provider’s communication systems were still replying to many customers with error messages, and the PSEG outage map appeared under a banner that read, “Map Data May Contain Inaccuracies.”

Finally, Izzo wrote about reports of tor nadoes “and wind gusts topping 100 mph in some places” as a cause of PSEG’s post-storm troubles.

No tornadoes or 100 mph winds were experienced in PSEG-LI’s service territory, so that claim is dishonest.

PSEG-LI has been fortunate that, until this week, its stewardship of the Long Island electric system has occurred under mostly blue skies.

The first real test of its professionalism under pressure came with Isaias.

The test came, and PSEG failed. The utility failed to restore power in a timely fashion, it failed to provide accurate and useful communications to its customers, and it even failed to answer the phones.

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New York Elks Lodge No. 1 in Lynbrook recently received several honors, including an Officer of the Year recognition, an accolade for a lodge member and a certificate from the Town of Hempstead.

Fred T. Vetter, a lodge trustee for the last three years, was named the 2019-20 Officer of the Year. He has been a dedicated trustee and was recognized for his support. Ron Hansen presented him with a plaque.

Raymond Flaherty was also recently honored for bringing in the highest membership in the lodge for the Southeast District, as well as in the New York State Elks Association for the past fraternal year. He has sponsored 16 new members for Lodge No. 1 and received a Grand Lodge watch for his accomplishment. Past District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler John M. Nuzzi Sr. also presented Flaherty with a Grand Lodge letter.

Photos courtesy New York Elks Lodge No. 1

New York elks Lodge No. 1 member Fred T. Vetter, right, was presented with the Officer of the Year certificate from Ron Hansen. ognizing the nation, its ideals, its values of Americanism and for flying the country’s flag high outside the lodge daily.

raYmoNd FlahertY, leFt in center photo, was presented with a Grand Lodge watch and a letter by Past District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler John M. Nuzzi Sr. for recruiting 16 new members to the lodge.

Courtesy New York Elks Lodge No. 1; compiled by Mike Smollins

Nuzzi aNd lodge Secretary Louis H. Mohr Jr., at right, proudly accepted a letter from the Town of Hempstead thanking the lodge members and officers for their patriotism.

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“Ray is commended by the members of New York Elks Lodge No. 1 for doing such a great job,” Nuzzi said, “as we all know membership is the lifeline into the future of Elkdom. He has done an exceptional job.”

At a recent meeting, Nuzzi made a presentation to the lodge officers and members on behalf of Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin and Town Councilman Anthony D’Esposito, who sent a letter honoring the Elks for their patriotism. The letter thanked the Elks for rec-

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A dozen of Lou Corradino’s friends and colleagues held a car parade in honor of his retirement from Richner Communications Inc. on Aug. 6. Mask wearing and social distancing were musts.

A beloved RCI figure is moving on

Printing Manager Lou Corradino retires after two decades with company ciation to Lou for his time and dedication to Richner Communications,” RCI President Stuart Richner said.

Richner Communications Inc., par- “‘Upstairs Lou,’ as he’s known, has ent company of the Herald Community made a positive impact on our company Newspapers, bade farewell to Lou Cor- while becoming a loyal friend and colleague to all of us radino, its director at Richner, as well of commercial as our commercial printing, who print clients. retired last week “We’ll certainly after two decades. miss Lou’s printing And, as is the cusexpertise and t o m t h e s e d ay s, knowledge,” Richmany of his ner continued, friends and col“and his uncanny leagues at the comability to juggle pany held a car many balls at the parade for him in same time without front of his Commissing a beat or a mack home on deadline. What I’ll Aug. 6. miss most, howevThe soft-spoken er, is having Lou as father, grandfather a colleague and and great-grandfafriend.” ther, whose passion I n p a r t i c u l a r, for his work was Richner noted, Corexceeded only by corrAdino wAS rci’S commercial radino was instruhis love for his fam- printing manager for two decades. mental in growing ily, the Yankees and RCI’s commercial the Giants, will be printing and mailing divisions. “Lou missed by all at RCI. Corradino was one of RCI’s unsung oversaw the expansion of the printing heroes, a behind-the-scenes manager division from a newspaper- and publicawho ensured that the company’s presses tion-focused printer to one of Long hummed along according to tight, near- Island’s premier, full-service commerly 24-hour-a-day schedules. He oversaw a cial printers and mailers,” Richner said.

Corradino plans to spend more time staff of press operators, mail distributors, binders and drivers, and worked with his wife, Marie, and their family — with RCI’s commercial printing and and they have a lot of family, including mailing clients, including other publish- three daughters, two sons, and many ers, hospitals, schools, municipalities, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

“Lou is the consummate printing prononprofit organizations and corporafessional,” said Michael Bologna, RCI’s tions throughout the tristate region.

“I’d like to express my sincere appre- vice president of operations. “I remem-

By Scott Brinton sbrinton@liherald.com

corrAdino with rci President Stuart Richner, left, and, Michael Bologna, vice president of operations, right. ber at his interview thinking how lucky we were to have found him. The last 20 years have gone by in a flash. Along with our customers, we’ll miss having Lou and his incredible talents in our stead. His are some pretty big shoes to fill. I wish him well.”

Rhonda Glickman, RCI’s vice president of advertising sales, said she had been through a great deal with Corradino, including the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, which upended business operations across Long Island, and a catastrophic fire at RCI’s Lawrence office in 2004, which forced the company to move to an abandoned manufacturing plant in West Hempstead for two years while a new office and printing plant was built in Garden City.

“No matter what, Lou always got it done,” Glickman said. “The papers always got out, and he always got it done

with his kind and quiet nature. He was a terrific colleague, and I’ll miss him.

Best of luck to him.”

Heralds Sports Editor Tony Bellissimo worked with Corradino for 12 years.

“He’s a wealth of information and a tremendous problem solver,” Bellissimo said. “I’ll miss popping into his office to talk sports, but our conversations will no doubt continue by phone.”

This reporter would like to thank Corradino for all his encouragement over the past 20 years. He often remarked how great the Herald papers looked and how interesting the stories were, and he would always remind me of our mission — that people buy newspapers for the stories inside — even at the car parade last week.

So, from all of us at RCI, thank you, Lou, for your outstanding service to the company. You will be missed by all of us at 2 Endo Blvd.

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After tropicAl Storm Isaias, a tree was uprooted on Waverly Avenue.

on rockAwAy drive in Lynbrook, a tree was knocked down by strong storm winds.

Isaias slams Lynbrook and East Rockaway continued from pAge 1 was minor damage.”

Cassita Torrens said she was unafraid when she first heard a stor m was coming, but when strong wind gusts kicked up, her demeanor changed.

“I heard loud wind noises,” she said. “I was very nervous it was going to be worse.”

Another Spencer Avenue resident, who asked for anonymity, said she was worried for her mother, who has dementia and lives alone in Lynbrook.

“We didn’t lose power, but my mother with dementia did, so we had to rush and pick her up and bring her to my sister-in-law’s house so she would be in safer conditions,” the resident said, adding she was frantic because her mother did not pick up the phone when she called to check on her. “I was very worried for my mother, but I’m glad we were able to keep her safe and the storm wasn’t that bad for us,” she said.

At the peak, there were some 420,000 outages across Long Island, and County Executive Laura Curran and Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin were among those who criticized PSEG for what they described as a lack of communication by the utility during the storm, saying people were unable to get through to report downed wires.

“Tropical Storm Isaias was one of the strongest to reach the service area in years, causing widespread, severe damage,” PSEG Long Island said in a statement after the storm. “Some outages could last for an extended period.

Strong winds and hazardous gusts downed trees, branches and wires.”

But State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach, said, “While a powerful storm is beyond anyone’s control, the breakdown of these entities’ communications systems prohibiting Long Islanders from contacting customer service and reporting power outages is a deeply troubling failure that must be probed. This communications collapse is unacceptable to hardworking PSEG-LI ratepayers, many of whom were seeking to report dangerous situations created by downed power lines and live wires.”

Assemblywoman Judy Griffin, a Democrat from Rockville Centre, wrote a letter calling for the Public Service Commission to investigate PSEG’s and the Long Island Power Authority’s preparedness for the storm.

“There is no reason why a large utility company is unable to have their customers report dangerous live wires, outages and extended restoration time,” she wrote. “After Hurricane Sandy, there shouldn’t be any more excuses. Long Islanders deserve a reliable utility system, and both PSEG-LI and LIPA need to do better.”

In a news release on Tuesday, PSEG representatives said they were working as fast as they could to restore power to affected areas.

“Our goal, always, is to restore power safely and as quickly as possible,” the statement read. “We ask our customers for a fair amount of patience and to know we will be there just as soon as it is safe.”

mAny tree brAncheS fell on Wilmot Drive in Lynbrook, above.

lynbrook mAyor AlAn Beach and members of the Lynbrook Police Department inspected a home in the Yorkshire neighborhood after a tree fell, left.

Courtesy Michael Davies

Covid-19 testing resumes at Jones Beach after Isaias

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By J.D. FreDa jfreda@liherald.com

The Covid-19 testing site at Jones Beach State Park reopened on Thursday, Aug. 6 after sustaining significant damage during Tropical Storm Isaias.

Isaias, which hit the area with a short, sharp blast of high winds and driving rain left hundreds of thousands of Long Islanders without power, in addition to the damage at the area’s first drivethrough test site. The severe winds caused the site’s tents to collapse. The facility was closed Wednesday because of the damage.

The site, under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Health, reopened on Thursday at 10 a.m., for those with appointments. Seaford State Sen. John Brooks visited the testing site Friday.

“Everything is restored here,” Brooks said. “The equipment was not damaged, just the tents.”

The site closed on Tuesday in preparation for the stor m, ensuring its medical equipment remained intact. Officials quickly reconstructed the tents for use on Thursday.

Since it’s reopening, the Jones Beach test site has seen roughly 100 patients per day. This is slightly less than half of the mobile lab’s typical daily capacity. Although the site was closed for only a full day after the storm, no information was available at press time as to when Wednesday appointments would be rescheduled Brooks has also said he received statistics pointing to a positive testing rate of two percent at the site, an increase from recent months. The rate of infection has ticked up since July Fourth weekend.

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As of Aug. 7, Nassau County has a confirmed 43,655 positive cases. Suffolk accounts for 43,786 confirmed cases. Combined, the two counties make up 20.8 percent of the state’s total. Seaford, Want-

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Maintaining our volunteers and membership is very important, because it’s how we can help the community through our events. All those things take money, and we need the membership to do that.

We had to postpone our community forum in March because of the pandemic, and we canceled our spring and summer events. However, we were able to hold a forum via Zoom on July 20.

While we were unable to have an in-person meeting, we still wanted to engage the community in a meeting updating them as to what has gone on in the community and our future plans.

Facing this challenge in my first year as president hasn’t been easy, but I’ve managed to do so with support from group members like Rosalie Norton. Rosalie has been a great mentor, and she has been committed to guiding the people on the board through the process and during this time. It’s a challenging time for all of us, and our hearts go out to everyone that’s lost somebody.

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I was finally able to catch up on some of my favorite television shows that were on DVR for months, and I alas discovered the much talked about Netflix! For anyone who watches it, I’m sure you can attest to how amazing it is, yet how addictive it can become, and you can easily binge-watch an entire series in one sitting, which I may or may not have done — LOL. Another big deal during quarantine is that I finally got a new puppy in my house. An idea my family had considered for a while but never acted upon until a month ago. So far so good. Though I’m definitely open to any potty-training tips.

All these novelties changed, however, on June 2, when the threat of potential riots arose with the protest march in Far Rockaway. Everyone assumed the protesters would cross over 878 and come into Lawrence and the rest of the Five Towns, so the NCPD changed their minds and put us back on duty. We’ve stayed on patrol and are slowly resuming some pre-Covid activities.

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e had to shut down our business in March because of the pandemic. At that time, we only did virtual dance classes, and we could still train children. A lot of parents were concerned for their children’s well being in the pandemic. Now that we have entered into Phase 4, we have started having inperson dance classes outdoors. But, we still give people the option to do virtual classes.

We use Zoom for social gatherings for our dancers. For the virtual dance classes, I created my own virtual platform through Layla’s Dance and Drum app, which allows people to log on at any time for their dance classes. The pandemic has caused our dance business to stop international dance trips, and we can no longer compete in certain dance competitions out of state that we were excited to go to.

Some people have continued to do virtual dance classes because they are still reluctant and are quarantining themselves because of the virus. They are waiting for a vaccine to be made before they can return to in-person dance classes. When we have our outdoor dance classes, we use Valley Stream parks, and we make sure to social-distance by having dancers stand six feet apart, and they wear masks.

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Superintendents from the Oceanside, Those that cannot have created different East Rockaway and Baldwin school dis- versions of a hybrid model, where stutricts spoke in a virtual forum Aug. 4 dents attend school some days and learn about obstacles to opening schools in from home on others.

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Another consideration, then, is availThey addressed a Zoom call of more ability of technology for students learnthan 150 participants, which was con- ing remotely. To make learning equitavened by Assemblywoman Judy Griffin, ble, districts are trying to purchase of Assembly District 21.

Chromebooks, for examRoger Tilles, a Regent of ple, for all students — the state’s Department all at once. of Education’s 10th judi“ T h e re a re b a ck cial district, also spoke orders on devices,” Ruiz on the call. said, “so districts that Board of Education are trying to get up to members from the Rockspeed are having diffiville Centre and Lynculty doing that because brook school districts, devices may not be as well as parents from delivered by September. the Special Education “Our budgets did not Parents Teachers’ Assoinclude Covid costs,” ciation shared their she added. “We were experiences with craftclosed for a while, and ing reopening plans, too. there were some expens“Everyone can agree es schools did not have, we all want to send our but these Covid-related children back to school expenses are signifiZoom Screenshot cant.” safely,” Grif fin said, “but that is quite com- assemBlywoman Judy D r. S h a r i C a m h i , plicated because there’s griffin, of Assembly District superintendent of Balda lot that goes into it.” win School District, 21, hosted a virtual forum on The morning’s speak- Aug. 4 to discuss schools spoke more about the ers confirmed that there reopening in September. distinctions between the a re a m u l t i t u d e o f three teaching models aspects to consider schools had to prepare: when creating this year’s back-to-school in-person, remote and hybrid. “Full, inplans. Districts have been forming alter- person is only possible when you have nate schedules and protocols since June; enough space to physically distance,” however, they could not fine-tune specif- she stressed. ics until the state released its set of Camhi also advocated for a waiver of guidelines on July 13. the rule mandating 180 school days in Each district then had about two order to allow teachers to attend more weeks to submit a finalized plan to the professional development trainings, as state by July 31. Districts were required well as a waiver for annual testing in to have all stakeholders participate in grades three through eight this year. creating these plans, including teachers, “We are not trying to fit the old-school faculty, administrators, parents and learning system in a Zoom box,” she Board of Education members. said. “We are trying to reinvent it.”

Many districts assembled task forces Dr. Phyllis Harrington, superintenof more than 100 members to dissect the dent of Oceanside School District, then state’s 145-page guideline document and, spoke about health and safety measures. from that, formulate tailored plans for She said schools are working with the their own district. There is also a county and state’s departments of 23-page master guidance document from health to create “a crystal clear protothe state’s Department of Health regard- col” if a Covid-19 case is confirmed in a ing health and safety protocols for open- school during the school year. ing schools.

She also noted that there will be “We were given a monumental task,” “high expectations and requirements for said Lisa Ruiz, superintendent of East all” regarding the wearing of face coverRockaway School District. “We really ings and adhering to social distancing. want the best and safest reopening for “We want our kids in our school the community. I’m really proud of the buildings,” she said. “That’s our lives’ work that we’ve done but obviously work. But we want it where we can keep there are still a lot of questions that them healthy and we can keep them safe, remain.” and we do have plans in place to try to do Ruiz noted that one of the biggest that.” considerations for a district’s reopening Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last plan is the amount of building space it week that schools will be permitted to has for students, faculty and teachers to open in September, leading to many dissocial distance six feet apart. This tricts finalizing plans.

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Highlights of a trying, successful year in E.R. schools

September

■ Senior Spencer Senzon earned AllState music honors from the New York State School Music Association. He performed as a tenor with the Mixed Chorus Ensemble. In addition, juniors Gabriella Baccari (soprano 2) and Emma Pollackov (alto 1) were both selected as All-State alternates for the Choral Ensembles.

■ Rhame Avenue Elementary School students and staff closed their International Day of Peace activities by creating “Peace Rocks” that displayed messages to inspire everyone to be kind to each other and the environment. All “Peace Rocks” were added to the school’s new rock garden.

October

■ Advanced Placement art students had the opportunity to attend "Portfolio Night" at the Hecksher Museum of Art in Huntington, where they showed and discussed their artwork with representatives from many different colleges.

■ Longtime teacher and varsity girls’ basketball coach Joe Lores was inducted into the Nassau County Athletics Hall of Fame.

■ The district hosted its first dunk tank fundraiser during its Homecoming festivities and raised $700 for Americares for Hurricane Dorian relief in the Bahamas on behalf of the Builder's Club. The fundraiser also helped raise funds for the girls’ basketball team.

■ East Rockaway students and staff honored Unity Day by wearing orange and spreading the message on kindness, acceptance and inclusion. Students also emphasized their stand against bullying by signing a schoolwide pledge.

■ Members of the school district gathered at Eisenhower Park and walked alongside senior Nico Rivera, who was honored as grand marshal for the Walk to End Epilepsy. The honor was a tribute to the work and devotion Nico and his family have shown in raising awareness and funds for epilepsy research. Team Nico raised more than $2,000 this year for EPIC Long Island, a nonprofit agency serving families of loved ones with epilepsy.

■ Centre Avenue and Rhame Avenue schools celebrated Red Ribbon Week to take a stand against substance abuse.

This national campaign promotes positive choices to be drug free, bully free, and show kindness and acceptance of others.

November

■ Varsity football coaches Russell Pajer and Dan Vito were honored for earning their 100th victory in a 26-12 win over Island Trees.

■ Senior chorus members Mairead Connor, Samantha Marx, Angela Polizzi, Ashley Proto and Spencer Senzon earned the

exciting opportunity to perform with the eVoco Voice Collective. They were among a handful of students from Long Island who were selected to participate in the “Journeys and Awakenings” concert.

■ Senior Aidan O’Connor signed his national letter of intent to continue his athletic career next fall at the collegiate level. Aidan signed his letter to play Division-II baseball at St. Thomas Aquinas College.

■ Junior Elissa Velasquez-Gomez and sophomores Lucianna Pozo and Sandra Pozo were named recipients of the New York Mets Latino Leaders Award during a reception at Citi Field.

■ Students participated in the annual design and build competition known internationally as CANstruction. For the food drive, East Rockaway designed a Rubik’s cube that totaled 1,764 cans of food.

■ Students and staff were successful in the AVID Thanksgiving Food Drive and donated 32 boxes of food to Long Island Cares.

December

■ Advance Placement Scholars and SuperMaster students received certificates during the district’s December Board of Education meeting.

■ Three fall scholar-athletes and seven varsity teams earned the distinction as New York State Scholar-Athlete Team.

■ Seniors Christopher Perri and Katelyn Reddy were recipients of the outstanding Physical Education Awards from the Nassau Zone of New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance.

■ National Junior Honor Society held a Toys for Tots drive during holiday season that was open to all students, staff and members of the community. The toys that were collected were distributed to children throughout Long Island.

January

■ Senior Spencer Senzon was one of 35 students selected to perform as a tenor 1 in the Mixed Chorus Ensemble at the NYSSMA All-State Conference.

■ Centre and Rhame Avenue school students competed in the 2020 National Geographic GeoBee. Rhame Avenue’s firstplace winner was Yihan Wang and Centre Avenue’s first-place winner was Jason Lu. Wang and Lu had the opportunity to advance to the next round of competition, where they took an online qualifying test.

■ Junior-Senior High School senior chorus took the stage at Radio City Music Hall and performed the opening act for the Christmas Spectacular Show starring the Rockettes.

■ Student Kat Melissinos had her photograph, "Morning Sunshine," accepted into the Drexel University high school photo contest.

■ Rhame Avenue fourth grade teacher Gail Beyrer achieved the National Teacher Certification from the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards.

February

■ Elementary school students joined together to celebrate National No One Eats Alone Day. They were encouraged to sit with students they don’t know, and spot others who might feel left out and include them. The goal is for everyone to feel included, valued, respected and accepted by their peers, while contributing to a healthy and positive school climate.

■ Centre Avenue School welcomed local veterans and New York state Assemblywoman Judy Griffin to meet with firstgraders. The students gave veterans handcrafted Valentine’s Day cards that thanked them for “protecting our country,” “being brave,” “helping our country” and “keeping us safe.”

■ Members of the Builder's Club and Key Club at ERJSHS spent their Valentine's Day working with senior citizens and young children. They played bingo and made bracelets during arts and crafts with the residents at the Lynbrook Atria.

■ The high school’s mock trial team competed and won in the first round of the 2020 Mock Trial Tournament at the Nassau County Supreme Court.

■ ERJSHS juniors Emily Hernandez and Ray Acampora represented the district while participating in the Nassau BOCES Reimagining Readiness Conference.

March

■ High school seniors Mairead Connor and Michelle Landerer participated in the American Choral Director’s Association All Eastern Musical Theatre Honor Choir in Rochester. The Honor Choir is an auditioned ensemble that performs every two years and was a part of the ACDA’s Eastern Region Conference.

■ Twenty-eight ERJSHS students won a total of 51 awards this year across seven categories at the 2019 Northeast Regional Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.

■ The Middle School’s Robotics Club were among the top 10 finalists during the Southern New York State VEX IQ Robotics Championship. This qualified them for the championship round where they finished fourth overall.

April

■ The district was named Best Community for Music Education by the National Association of Music Merchants Foundation for 2020. This is the fifth consecutive

year the district has received the designation.

May

■ The district celebrated Red Nose Day virtually. This is the fourth consecutive year the district participated in the fundraising event. Red Nose Day raises money and awareness to eradicate hunger and poverty for children living in the U.S. and across the world.

■ Teachers Dr. Christian Soto and Tom Canale were both recognized by St. John’s University’s News and Media online publication for their experiences providing distance learning for their students during the Covid-19 pandemic.

■ ERJSHS seniors Madison Cipriano and Anthony Romano were virtually interviewed by Karen Caccese Matson, co-founder and partner of Company 20, as part of their senior seminar classes mock interview series. The mock interview gave Madison and Anthony a chance to speak to a real-world executive in a field that interests them.

June

■ David Barth, the district’s director of physical education, health and athletics, was recognized by the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association as a Certified Athletic Administrator.

■ ERJSHS artists received honors after entering their work into the Rep. Kathleen Rice 2020 Congressional National Art Competition. With a total of 33 high school students from 10 districts participating, East Rockaway students took all three places with a three-way tie for third.

■ ERJSHS students Alessandra DeSano, Farha Khan, Maddy Mistretta, Natalie Morales, Alyssa Nicolo and Gianna Wayar received the honor of having their work accepted into a photography exhibit of the Photographic Society of America Youth Showcase.

■ District students, staff, administration and members of the Board of ■ Education were in high spirits, as they hosted a senior parade in the high school parking lot to celebrate the class of 2020.

■ The sun was shining bright over the high school’s football field, as 93 students from the class of 2020 became graduates. Due to the pandemic, the graduation was broken up into two ceremonies to ensure public safety.

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100% medical, dental, uniforms, 2 weeks paid vacation. 401K. Plus commission. Will train! 4am-2:30pm. .

Route driver $800.00 per week, includes $100.00 weekly bonus program. Plus 10-12 hours overtime. Apply in person Monday- Friday 9am-7pm at 304 Crossbay Blvd, Queens NY 11693

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Updtd EIK. O/S Prop w/Deck. Att Gar. SD#20 ........................................................... $599,000 62 Bulaire Rd, BA, NEW! Renovated 4 BR, 2.5 Bth Exp Ranch with Open Floor Plan on Oversized Prop. Gran/Wood EIK, LR/Fpl, FDR, Vauled Ceiling in Den. SD#20 ......... $725,000 101 Emmet Ave, BA, WATERFRONT! Rebuilt in 2010, 4 BR 3.5 Bth Split w/ Pool, Outdoor Kit & Deck. Open Layout. Private Mstr Ste, 2 Car Gar, SD#20............................... $1,250,000 LYNBROOK 6 Birch St, BA, NEW TO MARKET! 4 BR Colonial On O/S Property in SD#20. LR, FDR, EIK, Playroom. Full Bsmt w/ Hi Ceiling & Walk up Attic, Det Gar ..................................... $609,000 240 Bixley Heath, BA, Move right into This Beautifully Maintained 4 BR, 2.5 Bth Tudor w/ Updtd EIK. Fin Bsmt. 2 Car Det Gar. CAC. SD#24 ...................................................... $629,000

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EAST ROCKAWAY: 2ND Floor, Private Entrance, EIK, Heat/ Water Included, No Smoking/ Pets, $2,200. 516-599-5132

WOODMERE BA, 960 GREENFIELD Rd, BA,4 BR,3 Bth CH Col in Academy Area. Spac LR w/ Fpl, FDR , EIK & Fam Rm. Main Flr Br w/ Bth.Mstr Ste/Bth/ Off. Walk up Full Attic for Poss Expansion. Fin Bsmt. 2 Car Gar. SD#14. Near All. .REDUCED $999,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman RE 516-238-4299

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Asbestos shingles should not be power-washed. The reason is that federal and state environmental-protection laws prohibit mechanically cutting or disturbing the shingles. It releases fibers into the air, and also leaves the surface of the shingles exposed when it dries out.

Most people who do this may argue that soap and water are safe to use because the soapy water combines with the fibers and is called a “surfactant.” Unfortunately, people who make this argument are only half correct, the other half being that power-washing can often damage the surface of the material being jetted with high-pressure water. I have even testified to this in a court case in which the plaintiff argued that the defendant damaged fencing and a concrete driveway.

It may seem harmless to spray something with water, but at high pressure it’s like hitting the surface with bullet force. The defendant’s attorney unsuccessfully argued that the nozzle used for the power-washing, which he held in his hand, produces a “gentle” stream that’s designed to remove only dirt and grime. The nozzle clearly had never been used, showed no signs of having been attached to a spray gun, since the threads still had the clinging plastic from molding, and the judge saw this.

Pressure washing is generally damaging to most materials, and isn’t suggested unless that material can be safely exposed and resurfaced. Asbestos cannot be safely exposed. Even though you can argue that the material will be immediately resurfaced, temporary exposure is exposure, and any exposure, while the material is drying out, can allow fibers to be released into the air.

The shingles should have been brushed with a soft-bristle brush, like a car-cleaning brush, along with detergent, like siding wash or dishwashing liquid, and then rinsed. The dirt will still come off, the surface will still be clean and as long as fibers are not exposed, this method is the safest way.

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Q. Some men working out of the trunk of their car showed up this morning, and are power-washing the siding of my neighbor’s house. I know that, like many older homes in my neighborhood, the shingles are made of asbestos, so I wonder if it’s safe to power-wash them. It seems that the siding is splintering, and there are a lot of particles landing on my bushes, trees, fence and siding from the spray. What can you tell me, and if it isn’t Ask The safe, what can be done? I Architect don’t use air conditioning, and with my windows open, I just need to know if this is serious.

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t’s becoming more apparent each day that the Unites States will not return to any semblance of normalcy until there is a working vaccine for Covid19. In the meantime, we must face the reality that providing essential services to keep our economy going is job No. 1.

Our health care workers are our first line of defense against the pandemic. People who grow and transport our food, as well as the grocery store workers who stock the shelves, are critical. Our police, firefighters, sanitation workers, transit operators and other local alfonse government workd’amaTo ers who provide basic services are keeping America running.

Add to this list of essential employees the teachers and school administrators, bus drivers and school workers who will soon be asked to take our children back into school. We are more fortunate in New York than many other states, because the pandemic here seems to have abated to the point at which carefully reopening our schools is possible. It will mean taking extra precautions to maintain the

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can’t say I have a perfect track record with the recipes I publish. In fact, here’s an excerpt from a letter to the editor published many years ago. The note, from a Rockville Centre reader, said: “Randi Kreiss’ recipe sent me to the hospital with chest pains.

After spending four hours at the emergency room and $70 the next day at my family doctor, I was told I had gas from all those veggies in the soup (which did not taste so great, RandI anyway).” kReIss I don’t know if the old gasbag is still with us, and I’m sorry she suffered chest pains, but I don’t think her issues had to do with my soup.

My soup-making skills are considerable, and I’m in the process of compiling the recipes into a book for my kids and grandkids. My granddaughter Sabrina is particularly keen on cooking, and has already added her own culinary flourishes to my vegetarian tortilla soup. I say why mess with perfection, but she felt it needed some queso blanco.

Anyway, she’s been pressing me for

health of students, teachers and other school workers, including measures that will add considerably to school budgets.

The recent debate in Washington about the next round of federal pandemic relief has centered almost exclusively on helping the unemployed with a continued $600-per-week federal unemployment insurance subsidy. No one can argue that the 30 million unemployed Americans receiving this aid aren’t in need of assistance. They are out of work through no fault of their own.

But it’s important to understand that this generous benefit adds up to $18 billion per week. That money is being borrowed by the U.S. Treasury, and will eventually have to be paid back to those who are loaning it to the federal government. And for many workers, their unemployment payments — including state and federal benefits — now exceed the weekly wages they were earning before losing their jobs.

It is not unreasonable to ask that this benefit be adjusted to a more realistic and fiscally sustainable level. That doesn’t mean that the federal government should retreat on providing relief to Americans.

Billions of dollars are needed to support

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the safe reopening of our schools. And billions more should go to helping states and local governments provide the essential services that would be drastically reduced without federal assistance.

A fair way to assist states and local governments would be for Washington to help them make up for the sales tax revenue they’ve lost due to the pandemic. These sales tax losses are fairly straightforward to calculate. And since every state collects sales taxes, federal aid making up these losses could be fairly distributed across the country. Red states and blue states would benefit equitably.

Another area where more federal aid is needed is for small businesses. Many received aid under the Payroll Protection Act, which extended them loans and grants to help keep their workers employed. Giving these businesses an additional lifeline so they can continue to stay open and provide jobs is a good investment. Economists of all stripes tell us that if these businesses were allowed to sink, many would never come back. The loss to the economy would be enormous.

Finally, our hospitals and other medical facilities have been badly wounded by

he postCovid-19 business landscape will be altered for years to come.

the Covid-19 crisis, as almost all other hospital admissions and doctor’s visits dried up these past few months. They should get the extra help they need to continue to provide quality health care.

And it’s not too early to begin to think about what the economic future will look like once the virus is defeated. The business landscape will be altered for years to come. The real estate industry may see wrenching change if offices remain empty after the pandemic fades. Malls may never recover the business they’ve lost to online sales. We can expect what amounts to a national reorganization of our economy, with many old and respected businesses failing and many new ones struggling to emerge.

Let’s not lose our sense of hope and optimism. The American spirit is boundless. We’ve learned some hard lessons, including that we must bring critical manufacturing home rather than depending on the rest of the world to provide essential medicines and products.

The promising race to develop a Covid19 vaccine by our scientists shows that with a concerted effort, even the seemingly impossible can be made possible.

Al D’Amato, a former U.S. senator from New York, is the founder of Park Strategies LLC, a public policy and business development firm. Comments about this column? ADAmato@liherald.com.

Top-secret recipe revealed my family chicken soup recipe. It is special. I know every cook in every family makes the best chicken soup, but mine is outstanding. If there were a New York State Fair entry for chicken soup, I would win. I’m not claiming that in the age of Covid-19 it has unusual medicinal properties, but you can judge for yourself.

It may not be hydroxychloroquine or bleach shots, but it’s a real comfort, spiritually and physically.

Because Sabrina was so persistent, and because she also has a wicked sense of humor, I recently sent her the plans for my Manhattan Project of chicken soups.

This was never meant to be published in a newspaper; it was meant to pass from kitchenwarm grandma hands to upturned fingers. It’s a kind of promise-to-keep, whispered mother to child. But in the interest of public health, here goes:

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thinking Kosher was tastier. My mother said it was because of all the salt. Invite your chicken into the pot. (Give him a good scrubbing first, using no soap. It’s soup!)

ot to brag, but if there were a New York State fair entry for chicken soup, I’d win.

Dear Sabrina, OK, OK this is the recipe: Find a chicken and a huge pot. Now maybe this chicken has it all together, or maybe he comes in eighths. Could be a pullet or a broiler; equal opportunity here.

Could be Kosher or not. I was brought up

Gather: 3 32-oz. cartons of any good organic chicken broth Bunch fresh parsley (well washed) 2 tablespoons chicken bouillon 1/2 cup pearl barley (rinsed and strained) 5 stalks of celery 2 turnips, peeled, sliced and diced 2 parsnips, peeled, sliced and diced 6 carrots or a bag of cut-

up carrots 2 medium sweet onions, chopped 10-oz. bag frozen mixed vegetables (no sauce or butter!)

Salt, pepper, a nearly infinitesimal amount of rosemary . . . no, that’s too much . . . such a heavy hand.

Now here’s the hard part: Put everything into a huge pot. Cover.

Turn up the heat and simmer for an hour and 10. That should soften the toughest old bird. I call it the RBG method.

The after part:

Lift the chicken out of the pot. He will not come willingly. And he may fool you by pretending to fall apart. And he may actually fall apart. Round up all his body parts and put them in a separate bowl.

Choices here: You can shred the chicken into the soup and dispose of the bones, or you can eat the chicken as an entirely separate experience. Boiled chicken with something — anything — is quite yummy if you give it a chance.

You can also cut the boiled chicken into salad or stuff in a taco or toss into a smoothie. (I’m kidding.)

Find your soup blender stick and puree just the right amount of time. Depends on whether you like soupy soup, or thick puree, or recognizable pieces, or just vegetables and soup, in which case you won’t need the soup blender at all. You decide.

Personally, I like a few seconds of blending, while letting the vegetables keep their identities intact.

If you call and visit me, I’ll give you my matzo ball recipe. If you call and visit me often, I’ll give you my matzo ball recipe with all the ingredients. May you enjoy this recipe, and may it nourish all the people you love.

Grandma Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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To bury the power lines, or not?

ropical Storm Isaias marched up the Eastern Seaboard Aug. 4 with 70-mph winds that snapped trees in half or ripped them out of the ground, often sending them crashing onto power lines, leaving 420,000 Long Island ratepayers without electricity.

PSEG-Long Island had promised to respond faster to restore power than its predecessor, the Long Island Power Authority. Last Saturday, four days after the storm, 60,000 Long Islanders were still without electricity, however, and thousands remained that way through Tuesday — a week after the storm.

As Isaias blew through, communications between customers and PSEG-LI rapidly broke down, with people unable to send messages about lost power, despite the $1 billion in taxpayer and ratepayer funds that the utility had invested in upgrading its communications and smartmeter networks in recent years.

State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach, plans to hold hearings on the response to Isaias by utilities across the state, including the communications response by PSEG-LI, Altice and Verizon.

The question is, what will come of those hearings? Will we vent our anger, and let that be the end of it? Will we seek another utility company to manage Long Island’s electrical system, as we did after Hurricane Sandy in 2012-13? Or will we work toward a more durable solution, one that considers the long-term effects of repeated tropical storms and hurricanes on an

island that juts 118 miles into the Atlantic Ocean, and one that hardens our infrastructure so we never again have to suffer the crippling damage that Isaias, and so many storms before, have left in their wakes?

We can upgrade the communications network all we want, but as last week’s storm made clear, that effort would likely prove futile. If $1 billion wasn’t enough to fix the communications system well enough to respond to a tropical storm, then what amount would be needed to prepare for a Category 4 hurricane — with wind speeds double that of Isaias and a million people trying to message PSEG-LI all at once?

One possible solution would be to bury the electric and cable wires, ensuring that they would remain stable and protected in hurricanes, tropical storms, ice storms and run-of-the-mill thunderstorms. The trouble is, burying lines is a massive undertaking that would require an investment of billions of dollars. Still, we should at least study it.

Consider this case study of one typical little South Shore community. During Isaias, a tree came down on Merrick Road in Merrick, near the Meadowbrook Parkway, cutting power to a .36-mile-long commerce zone just to the east.

Within that small business district are two supermarkets, 11 restaurants, a frozen yogurt shop and an ice cream parlor, which had to throw out hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of food that had

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letters Put power lines underground To the Editor: Consumers want cheap electricity. As a result, utility companies have been unable to charge the appropriate rates to allow for capital improvements to upgrade the existing power grid and substations, and burying more power lines.

Residents living in low-density neighborhoods want to keep the price of homes low by accepting aboveground power lines rather than burying them. After Tropical Storm Isaias, with limited crews, it was impossible to reach everyone within 24 hours with such a catastrophic loss of power impacting so many customers at once. I would gladly pay to cover costs for burying my power lines to ensure more reliable delivery.

Unfortunately, this wouldn’t work unless my neighbors also agreed to do the same. Decades ago, elected officials attacked the Long Island Lighting Company for being overpriced and inefficient. They promised that creation of the Long Island Power Authority would solve all our problems. Having lived in Great Neck from the 1960s to now, I don’t recall LILCO being anywhere as bad as today’s generation of elected leader claim LIPA was. Voters deserve a rebate from the elected officials who committed consumer fraud by

gone bad or melted because refrigeration was lost — in the case of one pizzeria alone, $50,000 worth, on top of the business it lost during the two days it had no power.

There are 22 other businesses on this strip, ranging from a clothing shop to a gas station, a dry cleaner, a ballet studio and an insurance agency, as well as offices for a cosmetic surgeon, an attorney, a veterinarian and a pediatric dentist.

Now, project all the lost goods and services in this commerce zone across Long Island, and you begin to understand the enormity of the economic hit that comes with even a relatively small-scale storm like Isaias. When we speak of storm damage, we generally talk about the price of repairs. Rarely do we consider the cost of business interruptions. This clearly needs greater deliberation.

Burying lines, at an estimated cost of $1 million per mile, would undoubtedly raise electricity rates, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Spreading the project over decades, however, could mitigate the increase, while ensuring that future generations needn’t suffer as we have. Anaheim, Calif., is burying all its lines over 50 years, necessitating a 4 percent customer surcharge — or $4 per month for every $100 of electric use — while the cable TV companies must pay to bury their lines. The program began in 1990.

With the climate crisis threatening to bring bigger hurricanes in the future, now, not later, is the time to act.

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PPE. You’ll see people with masks, face ease in the U.S. each year. About 1,000 ly, a potential resurgence of preventable n the midst of a pandemic, the last t’s died. And that’s 1,000 too many. infections resulting from missed vaccines thing we need is another outbreak of tha shields, gowns and gloves, which protect Now that we’re in the recovery phase is also very real. a highly contagious infection like to them — but also protect you. in New York, the risk — to young and old One year ago this month, a measles measles. Unfortunately, the diligent the From the waiting room to the medical — of contracting Covid-19 is much lower outbreak in New York caused a 30-year rooms, frequently touched and trafficked 19. In t work of stopping the spread of Covid-19 than at any point during this crisis. Not high in cases of the highly contagious illareas are regularly cleaned and disinfect- reality has, for many parents, meant falling only are there fewer patients, but the ness — which still kills hundreds of thoukeep ou behind on having their children routinely ed. Some organizations, like Northwell physical spaces are now safer, with measands of people per year globally. That vaccinated.

Health, are using ultraviolet light technol- Our sures in place to protect any patient who outbreak occurred because in some comogy to create an additional level of disin- line of Individually, missing one vaccine shot enters a doctor’s munities we have fection. may not seem like a big deal, office. seen the number So, health care offices are but immunization schedules That starts with of people vaccinatsafe, and you shouldn’t be were developed after decades limiting the numed dip below safe afraid to see your pediatriof study, and the sheer number of patients. levels, threatening cian. Vaccinations have ber of missed trips to pediatriOnce in the office, our hard-fought cians during the coronavirus changed the game on so many people remain six herd immunity, crisis has meant a drastic fallillnesses, saving millions of feet apart — six which protects the off in childhood immunizalives. But that progress can beach balls of entire community. tions across the country. unwind, and it can do so space. To avoid When that immuIn fact, the Centers for Disquickly — as it is right now in overcrowding, nity declines, ease Control and Prevention other parts of the world.

JosHUa DaVID CHarLes families are somethere’s a greater reports 250,000 fewer doses of Health care’s mission is to roCker FaGan sCHLeIen times asked to call risk for the infecmeasles-containing immunipromote and protect the genfrom their cars tion to spread. zations ordered from March 23 eral well-being of the commuwhen they arrive Last year it was to May 16 than during the nity. We need parents’ help. We and wait to be called in. just the measles we had to worry about. runnin same time period in 2019. And it’s not just can solve this problem together and Frequently, pediatric offices have desAdd measles. There were also about 2.5 million Today it’s every vaccine-preventable illensure that we protect the entire herd. ignated mornings for visits from those ness, because if kids aren’t coming in for fewer doses of all routine non-influenza The time is now. Please don’t wait until the tea one vaccine, they’re not coming in for any. who are well and afternoons for “sick visvaccines. Across Cohen Children’s Mediwe have another outbreak on our hands. bus dri its,” which is another way of assuring the And yes, wash those hands.

Measles is our main concern, because of soon be cal Center’s 18 pediatric offices, we saw a how rapidly it spreads and how it can lead health and protection of those visiting the into sc 45 percent drop in all vaccinations for office. Everyone over age 2 must be to dehydration, pneumonia and encephachildren of all ages in that same period.

Dr. Joshua Rocker is the chief of pediatric York th masked, and is screened upon entry with litis, or swelling of the brain. But we also The good news is that you and your emergency medicine at Cohen Children’s pandem a symptom checklist. You will be asked if worry about Haemophilus influenzae child can catch up. Pediatricians across Medical Center. Dr. David Fagan is the cen- the poi you have a fever, any symptoms and any Type b, a major contributor to meningitis our sch the country have worked overtime to creter’s vice chair of pediatric ambulatory known exposure to Covid-19, and based on administration. Dr. Charles Schleien is and bacteremia, when the bacteria ing ext ate safe environments, cleaning protocols those answers, you’ll be managed and spreads throughout the blood. Before the and strategies to minimize the risk of senior vice president and chair of pediatric moved within the office appropriately.

Hib vaccination, about 20,000 children Covid infection. Fear of contracting the services at Northwell Health.

Health care providers are dressed in full younger than 5 developed severe Hib disvirus is understandable, but unfortunate-

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A guest column was short on insight To the Editor: Re Robert A. Scott’s op-ed column, “Of course Black lives matter!” (July 2-8): Scott addressed the removal of President Woodrow Wilson’s name at Princeton University because of his racist views and policies. I say well and good, but wouldn’t the same reasoning apply to Franklin Roosevelt’s internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, and be worthy of similar response?

Scott went on to characterize the Native American and Black man at the sides of Teddy’s Roosevelt’s statue at the American Museum of Natural History as representing “colonial expansion and racial discrimination.”

Really? Does Scott truly believe that these figures were included in such negative context, rather than representing progress from backwardness and deprivation into a more hopeful future?

Scott wrote that Black lives matter because “they were being eliminated by police violence.” Not only was this claim false, is that the only reason, for him, that

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Black lives should matter?

That the kind of officer who killed George Floyd could get into law enforcement at all shows a failure in the vetting and training process, with such officers representing only a small part of law enforcement. For Scott to even imply that “police violence” is primarily responsible for Black deaths is absurd.

Incredibly, he contends that “Black people are killed in their homes and suburban neighborhoods by white police.” Is he blind to the realities of drive-by shootings, of revenge killings, of assaults, robberies, murders and rapes of innocent Black people — infants, the young, the old — by those who live in these very communities? How many more such crimes, of the most horrific nature, have been reported since his article was published only weeks ago?

Why does Scott attribute “failing schools” as the cause of Black social woes? Many of those who have participated in looting and arson are school-aged minors from minority communities. Would Scott dispute that lack of proper guidance and disciplining at home contributes to educational and social deficiencies? He should consider the dedicated students and teachers in these schools, and how their pursuits are impacted by the criminal and antisocial miscreants among them.

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