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JASoN DiAz wAS one of five young Lynbrook residents who got in the pool early on Aug. 17 to raise money for cancer research as part of Swim Across America.

Donation makes a big splash Swim Across America aids cancer research By MikE SMolliNS msmollins@liherald.com

After 10 straight summers at the Lynbrook Village Pool, the annual Swim Across America event had to be altered this year. That didn’t stop five young Lynbrook residents from doing their part to raise money for cancer research through this event. For a decade, the Lynbrook pool has hosted Swim Across America each August, and over the years, hundreds of

swimmers dived in to raise more than $160,000 for cancer research. With participation in this year’s event reduced because of the coronavirus, residents Jason Diaz, 12, Sofia and Steven Michelakos, 12 and 9, and Joseph and Rebecca Wolk, 10 and 8, decided they would host their own event at the Lynbrook pool. They reserved the pool at 8 a.m. on Aug. 17 and decided to swim laps to raise money on their own. “Swim Across America is

an important event because it helps people with cancer, and we couldn’t let Covid stop us,” Jason explained. The five friends pooled their resources, so to speak, and through family and friends, they raised $1,600 for the cause. After the National Swim Across America Committee canceled all pool and openwater events, it announced a SAA Personal Challenge, in which participants can create Continued on page 3

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Young Lynbrook residents swim for a cause Lynbrook residents, above from left, Rebecca Wolk, Jason Diaz, Joseph Wolk, and Steven and Sofia Michelakos raised $1,600 for cancer research as part of Swim Across America.

Continued from front page their own challenges and pledge to complete them through Oct. 31 while collecting donations from sponsors. The proceeds will support immunotherapy research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, lung cancer clinical trials at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, pediatric brain cancer research at the Feinstein Institute of North Shore and pediatric oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Children’s Cancer Hospital. According to the SAA website, some of the suggested personal challenges include setting a goal for a distance to walk, bike, swim, kayak or run; golfing a safe round with friends; volunteering for food pantries and Covid-19-related causes; climbing a mountain; or hosting a Zoom conference with a celebrity or Olympian. Kevin Shine, an executive board member for SAA, told the Herald last month that there were more than 170 personal challenges this year that had already raised more than $360,000. Although there are restrictions on the number of people allowed in because of the pandemic, the Lynbrook Village Pool is open to the public, and if personal challenge participants want to hold a swim challenge there, they can sign up for a slot in the lap lanes through the village website (lynbrookvillage.net), and timeslots come in 50-minute increments. For the five Lynbrook friends, they said they just wanted to get back in the water and swim to raise awareness. “It’s important that I specifically participated in this year’s Swim Across America because people who have cancer are at a greater risk for the coronavirus,” Sofia Michelakos said, “and that is why we needed to help them. Swimming those laps was tiring, but it wasn’t hard compared to what people have to go through to fight cancer.” The next step for the young participants was to find a time and place to swim. The place was easy — the Lynbrook pool — but finding the time to swim laps amid a pandemic with the pool permitting only a limited number of people was the challenge. Eventually, they

steven miCheLakos, Left, swam his laps for the cause. Joseph WoLk, beLoW, was among those who swam a mile in 30 minutes. reserved their lap lane time and got into the pool early on Aug. 17. The young people challenged themselves to swim one mile in 30 minutes. It was a tough swim, they said, but through perseverance and commitment, the five friends reached their goal. While the Nassau Suffolk Chapter of SAA was started in 2001, the annual Lynbrook swim began in 2010, and was organized by Julie Bergin and Kelly Stapleton, who, along with their children, Kyle and Emily Bergin and Kevin and Siobhan Stapleton, rallied the community to raise funds for cancer research over the years. Rebecca Wolk said it meant a great deal to her to swim for a cause. “I want to help families that have cancer in their lives and are praying for help,” she said. “We just want to help them.” For more information or to sign up, visit swimacrossamerica.org/goto/Lynbrook. All participants who sign up will donate a $25 registration fee and receive a Swim Across America T-Shirt. For high school or middle school students who are interested in earning community service hours, participating in the SAA personal challenge is a possibility.

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Lynbrook, East Rockaway to commemorate 9/11 By Mike SMollinS msmollins@liherald.com

Though there will be social distancing, masks and other safety protocols in place, the villages of Lynbrook and East Rockaway will still host their 9/11 memorial services this year. Lynbrook’s ceremony is scheduled for Friday at 7:30 p.m. According to the village’s website, attendees are expected to wear masks and practice social distancing.

East Rockaway’s ceremony will begin with a reading of the names of each victim with ties to East Rockaway at 4 p.m. in Memorial Park. A traditional remembrance ceremony will begin at 7 p.m. “Reading of names will be a solemn time for reflection and prayer,” village officials said in a statement. “The village board has limited the attendees, as they must follow the social distancing guidelines which have been set by the state.” The Lynbrook Elks Lodge has canceled its festivities amid the virus.

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New York AmericAN Water has postponed its planned Sept. 1 rate hike to Jan. 1. increase,” he said. “The village has been working with the Town of Hempstead to see if there is an alternate solution to the excessive charges we pay for water supply.” In March 2019, NYAW received approval from the state Public Service Commission to delay a planned 12.5 percent hike for customers in the Lynbrook service area. The action came amid a state investigation into the utility’s rate increases and heated public hearings. The increase was part of a four-year rate plan that was approved by the PSC and took effect in 2016. While it was initially believed that a

double-digit rate hike could be coming, the PSC announced in February that it was deferring a 27 percent spike that was slated for April and would instead plan for a 6 percent increase. By law, the utility must notify residents 30 days before any hikes are implemented. In July, the Public Service Commission extended the deadline by which local municipalities and authorities can submit proposals for a public takeover of NYAW, which could halt the company’s $608 million private sale to Liberty Utilities. The PSC began soliciting plans on June 22, before the utility’s July target date for the sale. If the private sale

were to happen, water service for nearly 120,000 residents across three districts in Lynbrook, Merrick and Sea Cliff would be handed over to Ontario-based Liberty. Municipalities and authorities have until Oct. 15 to submit takeover plans. The sale to Liberty was announced last November after years of criticism of NYAW by customers, lawmakers and watchdogs over rate hikes, water service and infrastructure management. Residents and elected officials have also criticized the consistent rate hikes. The delayed increase came after a letter to DiMenna from State Sens. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach, John Brooks, a Democrat from Seaford, and James Gaughran, a Democrat from Huntington, which called the impending increases “inappropriate and insensitive,” because they were planned to be implemented during the pandemic, when many people are struggling. They noted that New York’s current unemployment rate is 15.7 percent, up from 3.7 percent in February, and that while many businesses reopened after taking quarantine measures, many remain unable to do so. More information on the rate postponement is available on the company’s website, amwater.com/nyaw. To read the PSC order, visit dps.ny.gov. Andrew Garcia contributed to this story.

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Polls will be open in East Rockaway for a special election on Sept. 15 as Trustee Tim O’Hagan runs unopposed. O’Hagan was sworn-in as a village trustee in June 2019 after former Trustee Theresa Gaffney stepped down from the position. Because he took over in the middle of the term and was appointed, O’Hagan must run to complete the term. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Charles H. Formont Senior Center, at 6 N. James Street, adjacent to Village Hall. With lingering concerns over the coronavirus, the village is following guidelines for cleaning and disinfecting equipment as recommended by the Nassau County Board of Elections, and taking other safety protocols. O’Hagan grew up on Woods Avenue, and was heavily involved in the village’s sports programs. As a child, he spent many weekends playing in the basement of Village Hall with other athletes as part of the village’s Basement Recreational Program. He continued to be involved in the Recreation Department as he got older, and was named its co-director in 2007. In that position, he worked with then East Rockaway High School Athletic Director Dom Vulpis to implement the Mayor’s Conference on Youth, in which district students met with village officials to discuss pro-

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grams they would like to see in the village. O’Hagan also served on the village’s zoning board until he accepted the trustee position, and coached high school and college-level sports teams for more than 20 years. For his efforts, he was inducted into the Molloy College Hall of Fame, was named Coach of the Year, and All-Metro Coach of the Year and won two East Coast

Conference championships. In 2014, he opened a restaurant — EGP Gastropub on Long Beach Road in Oceanside — and a second location opened in Island Park last year. Community involvement is a family affair with the O’Hagans: Tim’s wife, Kristen, was elected to a trustee position on the East Rockaway Board of Education last year.

When first appointed a village trustee, Tim said, he hoped to work with his colleagues to attract more businesses to East Rockaway while protecting taxpayers. “It’s been a tremendous place for me to live,” he said of growing up in East Rockaway, “and I couldn’t be more proud to be one of the trustees. Melissa Koenig contributed to this story.

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MeaDowBrook Pointe garDenS in East Meadow is a Beechwood Homes residential lifestyle community, which offers rentals and for sale properties for ages 62 and older.

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Panelists on the latest Inside LI webinar gave crucial advice for homebuyers and sellers in a market that’s been heating up all summer. On Sept. 3, Inside LI, produced by RichnerLive, hosted its third virtual panel discussion on topics related to “new normals” in different aspects of life. It featured real estate experts who discussed Covid-19’s impact on the market and gave tips for buying and selling homes. The 45-minute webinar included panelists Steven Dubb, principal of The Beechwood Organization; Bryan Karp, real estate salesman at Coach Realtors; Annie Meneses, associate Broker at Signature Premier Properties; Joseph G. Milizio, attorney and managing partner of Vishnick McGovern Milizio LLP; and Deirdre O’Connell, chief executive officer of Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International.

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Moderator Skye Ostreicher, of RichnerLive and Herald Community Newspapers, first asked how long the panelists foresaw the high demand for homes continuing on Long Island. “Everything points to a hot market for the next several months,” Dubb said, “at least until there’s a vaccine and it’s safe to go to the city. I think that’s going to be a while.” O’Connell explained that because of the Covid-19 pandemic, people are spending more time at home and reassessing their lifestyles. For many who live in apartments in the five boroughs, that means fleeing east to buy a home with more space. “Housing isn’t just about a place to sleep anymore,” she said. “It’s a place to live, and then you add on the low interest rates, and it makes doing it more afford-

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thiS SPlit-level hoMe in Glen Cove is on the market for $839,000. able no matter what the price point.” Karp agreed, noting a large shift of people moving from Manhattan to the boroughs, from the boroughs to Nassau County and from Nassau to Suffolk counties. However, there is low supply for all that demand, the panelists agreed, because sellers may be uncomfortable having people tour their homes and risk spreading the virus. Realtors and real estate agents have taken this into account, and most house tours are by appointment only. The low supply and high demand is causing the most fast-paced market that some have ever seen, and there are often bidding wars for homes. “It is probably the best seller’s market that I’ve seen in many, many decades,” Karp said, “but we don’t have an unlimited time for this.”

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take advantage of this hot market do? O’Connell noted that although there are bidding wars, that doesn’t mean sellers should slap a high price tag on their home “just because.” “While we are seeing bidding wars and over-asking, [buyers] are not going into that huge aspirational price point,” she said. “People still will pay market value and slightly over for homes that are in beautiful condition.” Karp advised sellers against doing any major renovations to the home before selling; because the market is moving so quickly, time is of the essence. “As long as you don’t have water pouring down in the kitchen, just sell it the way it is,” he said. “In this market, it’s about time. The quicker you can get to market, the better chance you have to scoop up as much equity as possible.” Meneses noted that in this fast-paced market, the process for sellers typically

takes two to three weeks.

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For buyers, the experts emphasized working with a team of real estate professionals to help with all aspects of the purchase. This includes a local real estate agent and real estate attorney who know the ins and outs of the local market — “do not hire a litigation attorney, do not hire a divorce attorney,” Karp said. “You want someone who is knowledgeable about today’s market and what is OK and what is not OK.” Even after an offer is accepted, Milizio noted, there are still many problems that can arise in the contract phase. The purchase or sale of a home is the largest and most important transaction in most people’s lives, and its purpose isn’t merely transactional—it’s to create a home for a family,” he said. “What I would like to Continued on neXt page

Northwell invests $30M in Covid-19 testing the nation, Northwell Health recently purchased high-throughput diagnostic testing analyzers from Hologic, Roche and Abbott, as well as cartridge-type tests from Genmark, Cepheid, Diasorin, Biomeme and Abbott. Northwell also is using “best-in-class,” in-lab, wet antibody chemistry tests from Roche, Ortho, Abbott, EuroImmune, Diasorin and others. Northwell Labs currently processes about 7,000 molecular nucleic acid amplification tests and an additional 3,000 antibody tests per day, with the capacity for increased volume. Northwell Labs is also focused on eliminating false positives, which at this stage of the pandemic has the potential to close schools, by developing a two-step algorithm for retesting isolated positives versus clustered positives. “Most testing today is for screening purposes, so we need to mitigate the potential effects of sporadic false-positive results,” said Dr. James Crawford, senior vice president of laboratory services at Northwell. “These are more likely to occur now that the New York area positivity rate is below 1 percent.” Northwell Health Labs officials said they are committed to providing ongoing testing during the pandemic, no matter its length or severity. Anyone in need of a Covid-19 test can get one though Northwell Health-GoHealth Urgent Care, Northwell Health Labs patient service center (with a doctor’s prescription) or via inhome testing through the LabFly app.

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Northwell Health Labs announced last week that it has increased its ability to ramp up the number of coronavirus tests it can conduct and reduce disruptions to its laboratory supply chain should a second coronavirus wave strike, this despite New York’s currently low Covid-19 infection rate. Northwell Health has spent more than $30 million since the beginning of the pandemic on Covid-19 testing equipment and lab supplies, including a variety of new automated machines this summer to ensure diagnostic and antibody testing could continue in the event of a new surge this fall or winter. The lab processes tests for 19 Northwell hospitals, 52 urgent care centers and more than 800 outpatient facilities — along with the needs of strategic partners — across Long Island, New York City and the Hudson Valley. “Our goal has been to deploy at scale as much testing as possible, as quickly as possible, so we were among the first labs to implement, validate and evaluate performance characteristics for most of these tests,” said Dr. Dwayne Breining, executive director of Northwell Health Labs. “Early in the pandemic, it was unclear which manufacturer would be able to supply quality testing at scale, so we ran with them all. As various supplychain issues have emerged, maintaining multiple testing platforms has been a successful mitigation strategy.” As one of the largest investors in Covid-19 testing by a hospital-based lab in

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Northwell health labs has made a multi-million-dollar investment in Covid-19 laboratory testing equipment and supplies, and continues to make that investment in the event of a second wave of infection this fall or winter.

Real-estate market heats up across Long Island continued from PreViouS Page impress upon buyers and sellers is to consult a real estate attorney at the beginning of the process, not the end, which ensures a smoother, quicker and often less costly process.” “We do need a team of professionals to support each other so we can give necessary advice to buyers,” Meneses added. “You don’t have an accepted offer until your contracts are fully executed.” During the virtual event, viewers sent in questions, which Ostreicher read to the panelists. One asked how low-income buyers could navigate the real estate market, especially those who might be unemployed during the pandemic. Panelists agreed that the market is heating up in all areas, from upstate New York to Shelter Island, at all price points, including as low as $200,000. However, some buyers have chosen to wait out this period of low inventory so they have more options, Meneses noted. Meneses also said there are new down-payment system programs available for those with a tight budget. Ultimately, it’s an exciting time for the real estate industry, the panelists said. Though they lost about three months of business in the spring, this change in the market has allowed them to bounce back quickly. “The opportunity is now, the opportunity is in front of us,” Karp said. “It will probably run another six months.” To watch a recording of this webinar, visit richnerlive.com/insideli-realestate. To suggest a topic for a future Inside LI webinar, send an email to insideli@liherald.com.

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New York elks Lodge No. 1 recently received a citation from Assemblywoman Judy Griffin. Taking in the honor were, from left, Mary Biebly, the exalted ruler of Rome Lodge No. 96 upstate, Griffin, Past District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler John M. Nuzzi Sr., NYS Vice President of the Southeast District Brian Steckler and Elks Lodge No. 1 Exalted Ruler Lisa Moldovan.

Lynbrook Elks earn an honor New York Elks Lodge No. 1 in Lynbrook was recently honored by Assemblywoman Judy Griffin for being able to accomplish many monumental things during the coronavirus pandemic. The lodge recently welcomed members from the Rome Elks Lodge No. 96 upstate, including its Exalted Ruler Mary Biebly, for the presentation. Griffin gave a citation to Exalted Ruler Lisa Moldovan and Past District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler

The Lynbrook Fire Department received more than $247,000 in federal funding to purchase new breathing apparatuses for its firefighters. The funding comes from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s assistance to firefighters grant, and was announced by U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice. In all, more than $430,000 was awarded to the Lynbrook, Lawrence-Cedarhurst, Long Beach and Floral Park fire departments. “The purchase of the breathing apparatus for our volunteer firefighters will go a long way in keeping them safe,” Lynbrook Village Administrator John Giordano said. “We thank Congresswoman Rice for her continued assistance to the Lynbrook community.”

Rice, who is a member of the Committee on Homeland Security, which oversees FEMA, said that the influx of federal funding is a necessary investment in the communities, especially amid the coronavirus pandemic when local governments are struggling with resources. “These grants help ensure our local fire departments have the equipment and personnel they need to continue protecting our communities,” Rice said. “I will keep doing everything I can at the federal level to support our dedicated firefighters and help improve emergency response capabilities on Long Island.” Courtesy U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice; compiled by Mike Smollins

John M. Nuzzi Sr. during the Elks’ Grab N Go Dinner “The Elks are thankful that our charitable donations and givings to local organizations and always taking into consideration of our membership and residence are seen and noticed by others,” the lodge wrote in an email to the Herald. Courtesy New York Elks Lodge No. 1; compiled by Mike Smollins

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hree-quarters of a year into 2020, let’s all pray that the end of Covid19 is mercifully within view. Great progress is being made on fasttracking a vaccine, and once it is readily available, mass immunizations can begin, hopefully putting this scourge behind us. Let’s hope, too, that the nation can make some real progress in race relations. Everyone should want peace in our minority communities, with better relations between police and the public they are sworn to serve. But even after Covid-19 is defeated and law and jusAlfonse tice advanced, D’AMATo there will remain a huge challenge to America’s leaders. Despite the mainstream media’s fixation on the pandemic and the unrest across our cities, the long-term test we will face is creating a broad-based and sustainable economic recovery. Make no mistake, it’s the economy that New Yorkers are especially worried about. A recent poll listed it as their No. 1 concern. That’s not surprising, given that the latest unemployment rate for New York was 16 percent, compared with 10.5 percent for the rest of the country. In New York City the jobless rate was a stagger-

ing 20 percent. These are deep-recession unemployment numbers that will strain our state’s economy for the foreseeable future. And they hurt our poorest minority communities most. How do we climb out of this economic hole? The first rule should be not to dig ourselves deeper into it. At the height of the greatest recession since the 1930s, economists of all political stripes generally agree that this isn’t the time to slap big new taxes on struggling taxpayers and businesses. Instead, over the past few months, Congress and President Trump — along with the Federal Reserve — have pumped several trillion dollars into the economy to keep Americans afloat. That prevented the economy from falling into a second Great Depression. There’s broad-based agreement in Washington that more economic assistance will be needed to see the nation through the next few financial quarters. The president has indicated that he would support it, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has repeatedly signaled he is ready to negotiate a realistic package with Democratic congressional leaders. This could pump another trillion dollars into the economy, including more help for ordinary Americans to pay for rent and food, and additional assistance to

struggling small businesses to keep their doors open and provide desperately needed jobs. For the rest of this year and into 2021, avoiding mass evictions and further losses of small businesses along with their jobs should be priority No. 1. Americans will also have to decide, on Election Day, what type of economic policies they want to see in Washington for the next four years. Before the pandemic struck, the Trump administration’s lower taxes and regulatory relief had helped produce the highest employment and the best economy in decades. Minorities and women had been especially helped by the rising economic tide. If in 2021 we take a step back to higher taxes, more burdensome business regulations and pie-in-the-sky boondoggles like the Green New Deal, our economy could end up hobbled for years. If you want to see what damage such heavy-handed energy regulation can do, look to California, where radical green-energy policies have left the state without adequate electrical power to keep the lights on. Rolling brownouts like those that plague thirdworld countries have become common across California. Take that ill-considered approach nationwide and the current recession could last until the end of this decade, or

here should be more help for people to pay for rent and food, and for small businesses.

beyond. Raising taxes, imposing economically stifling new business regulation and strangling our energy independence with bans on new energy development would dramatically slow the economic recovery. What will be needed instead for the foreseeable future are economic incentives for businesses and individuals to spur growth. One promising incentive program I’d like to see more widely applied is the socalled Enterprise Zone initiative devised by South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott. This program has broad bipartisan support. It targets tax relief to job-creating investments in some of our nation’s most economically distressed areas, helping lift hard-pressed communities. It should be expanded to cover more of those communities with broader investment incentives, especially for new manufacturing jobs. Right here on Long Island there are pockets of economic distress that could significantly benefit from an Enterprise Zone program. And leaders in Albany should consider adding state tax incentives in these zones as well to amplify the benefit. Because the economy needs emergency attention now. 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.

Deliver the letter. The sooner, the better.

eet at the mailbox, we told our kids when they walked up the block to wait for the school bus. Those were the elementary school years when the yellow bus hauled them off to Franklin and then Hewlett Elementary School in the Five Towns. Of course you met at the mailbox, the ubiquitous blue mailbox, whatever your community and your particular RAnDi adventure that day. kReiss Those were the days, actually until very recently, when mailboxes were just there, as part of the landscape, a reminder of a service that delivered letters despite the climate, political or meteorological. My husband grew up in Lawrence, and he remembers getting mail delivery twice a day. Those were the days before mail sorters and USPS websites, and before mail-in voting became a controversial issue. With the acceleration of technology and advanced security measures, much has been lost, particularly the reassuring

notion we grew up with that the postal service was a dependable agency, not a victim of political infighting and a target of misinformation campaigns. Are mailboxes being carted away in the middle of the night to discourage voting? Is the postmaster general a decent CEO or a tool of a rogue administration? The world we live in is muddied with many disturbing questions. I am setting that aside and thinking today of the romance of mailboxes, which changed to brilliant blue in 1971 from red, white and blue. My first real letter exchange was with a pen pal I had in Israel. I still remember her name, Giza Shalev, and we wrote back and forth for a few years beginning when I was 10. It was the most thrilling and exotic connection in my life. I have love letters, and I have written love letters, and there isn’t a text or email that can compare to the ink on the paper and the intimacy of the handwriting from the person you love. I may have married my husband because of a love letter he wrote to me when we were seniors at Lawrence High School. He said he didn’t

understand his feelings, but he knew he couldn’t resist the “chemistry” between us. The guy wasn’t a writer, but this was real poetry. I still have that handwritten letter, which was delivered by our mailman in 1964. For one year of my life, my senior year in high school, the mail was the focus of all my ambitions. I deposited my college applications in the blue box, and received my answers in our front-door mail slot. How do we decide what to keep? I have a box of letters from other Lawrence High School friends from our first year away at college. Oh my, the drama and depression and yearning for home and for love and for what we had together before we opened our lives to a world away from best friends and yes, lovers. Everything came in the mail, from college grades to teacher’s licenses to job acceptance letters. My husband got his draft notice in the mail in 1967. I got my teacher’s license, and then, later, I branched out and sent freelance articles to newspapers and magazines and got my acceptances by mail.

hope these blue boxes continue to dot the land, and that we support the USPS.

One of the most significant letters I wrote was one to my Uncle Sidney, who was estranged from my family because my mother didn’t welcome his beautiful young wife. He declined the invitation to my wedding. But Uncle Sid had been my loving, funny uncle who took me to the Rockaway boardwalk to play Skeeball. I wrote to him — part supplication, part guilt, mostly loving memories — and begged him to come. He wrote back that he would, and he did. What was your best letter ever? Was there a letter that changed your life? When we married and had kids, there were impossibly worrisome camp letters referencing weird rashes and black snakes lurking in the freezing lake. Later, there were letters from our son’s bike trip in Denmark and our daughter’s long-haul hike in New Zealand. Eventually, sadly, email and texting supplanted personal letter writing. Still, I hope the big blue boxes continue to dot the landscape. I hope mail carriers and postal workers are supported in their work. And I hope every single person who needs to vote by mail can have his or her voice and choice heard. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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This Sept. 11, we mourn more deeply than ever

or those who lived in the New York metropolitan area when the World Trade Center was attacked by terrorists, Sept. 11 is a day that will “live in infamy,” to quote President Franklin D. Roosevelt — a time of somber reflection, remembering the thousands of dead and recalling the anxiety and fear we felt that horrifying day. On 9/11, we learned, or were reminded, that an azure sky could suddenly turn black, as smoke billowed across the Manhattan skyline from the burning twin towers — a literal and metaphorical representation of the times that followed. We learned, or were reminded, that good people could die inexplicably — that they might vanish in a smoldering mass of concrete and steel, covered in fine, white dust that we later learned was highly toxic to breathe. Some 2,977 people were killed at the World Trade Center, at the Pentagon and in a Shanksville, Pa., field, as airliners crashed out of the sky. Another 40,000 people — many of them first responders — now suffer from 9/11-related illnesses because of the air they breathed that day and in the days and weeks afterward, with hundreds dying of rare cancers caused by exposure to the witches’ brew of poisonous fumes and particles at ground zero. Nearly two decades have passed, but for anyone who was in New York at the time, the memory of it all is still raw. This year, though, 9/11 will be more solemn than at

any time in the past 19 years, with the knowledge that every three days, more Americans die of Covid-19 than were killed in the attacks. Much as 9/11 seemingly came out of nowhere, the coronavirus pandemic took us by surprise as well, in what can only be described as a sneak attack — in New York, we thought at first that the virus had spread from Asia to our West Coast, but we now know that it was brought to the metropolitan area from Asia via Europe earlier than believed. According to studies, it spread in our communities in February and perhaps as early as January, without our knowledge, and then exploded across the region in March and April. Thousands of cases arose without warning, overwhelming our hospitals and, as was the case on 9/11, causing widespread alarm and panic, leaving many people shellshocked and distraught. As it did after the attacks, our economy crashed, with businesses closing and the stock market plummeting. Many now wonder what the future will bring. We must remember this: 9/11 taught us not only that the world can be an unpredictable, dangerous place, but also that after a disaster, we can summon our better angels and find the strength to rebuild. We can foster a sense of community by working together to overcome our collective struggle. Sept. 11 was full of tragedy, but its aftermath was also full of hope, found in the heroic volunteerism that followed

the attacks. People reached out to comfort one another through humble acts of kindness. Friends looked out for friends, neighbors for neighbors, strangers for strangers. It was indeed the worst of times, but in many ways it was the best of times, as people’s seemingly unbounded capacity to care for one another, to love one another, shone through. The dark days that we are living through now are no different. We once again see the monumental heroism of our first responders. We see our shared grief turned into volunteer action. We see neighbors looking out for neighbors. We must pause to mourn the dead — the good people taken too soon by an insidious viral invader — but we also must see hope in our humanity, our innate desire to spread good that is too often suppressed by our workaday concerns, but that is unleashed during times of crisis such as this. Each life taken in the attacks and by the pandemic was precious — a light in the world that was extinguished seemingly without reason. That is why this Sept. 11, we must resolve to continue our fight against the coronavirus, to save every life we can. That means getting ahead of the virus by wearing masks, keeping six feet of social distance, washing our hands often and adhering to state reopening guidelines until science at last prevails and a vaccine is discovered.

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letters Randi’s too generous in praise of ‘peace plan’ To the Editor: Re Randi Kreiss’s column “Kudos for peace plan, but the prez still needs to go” (Aug. 20-26): Kreiss praises the announcement of the completion of a recent “peace initiative” by the governments of the United States, Israel and the United Arab Emirates. She credits President Trump, Jared Kushner, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed with supporting a “path toward peaceful coexistence” between Arab countries and Israel. It should be pointed out that the United Arab Emirates has never been at war with Israel, and before this recent agreement — exchanging recognition of Israel for what may be only a temporary suspension of Israel’s plans to annex the West Bank — there was already important covert cooperation between the governments of Israel and the UAE. The UAE’s air and missile defense systems are manufactured in Israel and are probably even controlled from there. After the announcement of the agreement, Kushner mentioned that the deal made it more likely that the UAE would receive

the F-35 jets the country is hoping to buy directly from the U.S. This deal seems more of a cynical business deal than a peace accord. It also furthers the military alliance between the U.S., Israel and the UAE against Iran. The trilateral deal between the two Middle

East nations and the U.S. is actually an impediment to real peace in the region, as were the Trump administration’s decisions to move our embassy to Jerusalem and to support the continued building and expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank. It isn’t surpris-

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s the new school year begins, students, teachers and parents are understandably focused on the immediate issue of how schools are reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic. But the pandemic doesn’t let us off the hook. Long Island’s schools are highly segregated and becoming more so, and it is time that we addressed that, too. Long Island is one of the 10 most segregated metropolitan regions in the nation, and the problem is on the rise. As ERASE Racism revealed in 2017, dramatically more eLAine Black and Latinx Gross students on Long Island attended segregated schools then than 12 years earlier. Underlying that segregation is structural racism — the historical and ongoing racial discrimination, segregation and marginalization of African-Americans, in particular, that is typically instigated or sanctioned by government. In this case, it is perpetuated by the fact that Long Island’s two counties have 124 school districts. That fragmentation is not justified by educational priorities; it

is terribly inefficient and wasteful. It simply mirrors Long Island’s segregated residential jurisdictions. As we, as a nation, continue this year’s remarkable public discussion of race in the wake of the tragic killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, we need to come together and plan to end the segregation that has defined Long Island schools for so long. Fortunately, there are steps that we can take, and Long Islanders are already leading the way. ERASE Racism’s Student Task Force, which consists of 47 high school students from 20 school districts in Nassau and Suffolk counties, convenes monthly in an effort to deepen its understanding of structural racism and to develop ways to reduce it in Long Island schools. While it is an extracurricular activity, the students’ insights into how to make curricula more culturally responsive have attracted national attention. The Student Task Force’s members were invited this summer to create and present six culturally responsive virtual lesson plans in the prestigious, four-day Reimagining Education Summer Institute at Teachers College, Columbia University. Three of the students were fea-

istance learning is actually an extraordinary way to bring students together.

Letters ing that the Palestinian National Authority has denounced this most recent development and recalled its ambassador to the UAE. Making self-serving deals with antidemocratic, repressive, absolute monarchies isn’t the way to peace in the Middle East. Unless there’s real justice for the Palestinian people with agreements that restore full rights and sovereignty to them, no true and abiding peace will ever come to Israel and Palestine. JIM BROWN Island Park Brown is secretary of the Green Party of Nassau County.

The MTA’s fiscal viability To the Editor: Financial viability, in dealing with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $12 billion deficit, is a fourway dance among fare-box revenue, City Hall, Albany and Washington. There are $12 billion worth of Federal Transit Administration funding projects and programs in active open grants. The MTA has never initiated and completed a forensic audit to determine unspent available balances. The FTA issued guid-

tured in a sold-out plenary session, titled “Rewriting L.I. Curriculum: Structural Racism,” watched by 1,000 educators nationwide. Before the pandemic, the task force met in person. Its members now convene on Zoom and, in doing so, highlight another opportunity: using distance learning as a vehicle for integration. While distance learning is being implemented by individual school districts, it provides an extraordinary mechanism for bringing together students from across school districts. Students from multiple districts can study together without being constrained by the geographic jurisdictions imposed on them by previous generations and their prejudices. Students might come together, for instance, to take Advanced Placement courses or International Baccalaureate classes. They could broaden their understanding by sharing insights with students from other backgrounds. They would enhance their education by benefiting from a variety of perspectives. In that context and more broadly, new curricula should be developed that are culturally responsive, reflecting the

diversity of race, ethnicities and cultures in our nation and our region. Fortunately, the State Education Department has already developed a “Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework,” into which ERASE Racism had input. It helps educators create student-centered learning environments that affirm diversity, while preparing students for rigorous, independent learning and elevating historically marginalized voices, among other goals. To tackle structural racism in education on Long Island, there must also be engaged faculty, and this is another asset to build on. Over the past three years, 87 Long Island educators from 15 school districts and 37 schools have been named Rauch Foundation Fellows, and have been sponsored to attend the Reimagining Education Summer Institute at Teachers College. There they focused on teaching and learning in racially diverse schools and demonstrated a commitment on which Long Island can build. Long Island has a long way to go to eradicate the structural racism in its educational system, but it has resources to draw from, including student and faculty leaders pointing the way. Elaine Gross is president of ERASE Racism, the regional civil rights organization based on Long Island.

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ance on March 13 that gave all transit agencies, including the MTA, permission to reallocate federal funding from capital projects in existing grants to Covid-19 expenses. The FTA made available $1.4 billion worth of annual formula funding in 2020. It can program these funds toward Covid-19 expenses. The MTA has already received $3.9 billion in CARE Covid-19 funding. On Oct. 1, an additional $1.5 billion in 2021 funds will become available. (This assumes Congress completes passage of a transportation funding bill on time for a change and sends it to the president so he can sign it.) The MTA can program these funds to cover deficits as a result of the coronavirus. Riders and Washington have already done their part. City Hall and Albany must do likewise. LARRy PENNER Great Neck Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office. His work included the development, review, approval and oversight of billions in dollars of capital projects and programs for the MTA, New York City Transit, Long Island Rail Road, Metro North Rail Road and MTA Bus, along with 30 other transit agencies in New York and New Jersey.

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