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Remote students can’t come back work session, and many parents expressed their dismay at the board meeting the following Lynbrook parents said at the week. Parker Ramsey, who has Oct. 14 Board of Education one child in middle school and meeting that they were angry another in third grade, said he that students could no longer believed the board “mishandled return to in-person classes if this in a gross manner,” and they wanted, after spending the added that he had chosen the first quarter remote option for online. District his youngest child officials had previbecause he thought ously told parents she could return to that students school in Novemwould be given that ber. option at the end “ I ’ m h e re t o of the first markexpress my outing period, which rage of the miswill end Nov. 13. handling of the A majority of vir tual option,” DR. MEliSSA Lynbrook students Ramsey said. “The are now learning communication to BuRAK in person, while 18 families was, if we percent are online. Superintendent, selected the virtual Under the district’s Lynbrook Public option, the caveat p r e v i o u s p l a n , Schools was you can return announced in to school after the August, parents first ter m. That had until Nov. 1 to opt their chil- was what weighed strongly in dren back into in-person classes my decision to allow my child to if they were online, but district be home.” officials now say students will In July, Burak said, school have to remain online for the administrators surveyed famiforeseeable future until they are lies, asking if they would send able to develop a plan to return their children back to school if them to their schools while the district had proper safety maintaining social distancing. protocols in place. Forty percent Superintendent Dr. Melissa of respondents said they would Burak announced the change at keep their children home. Disan Oct. 7 Board of Education Continued on page 23

By MiKE SMOlliNS msmollins@liherald.com

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PROTESTERS liNED uP outside Shake A Paw in Lynbrook on Sunday, seeking to hold the shop accountable for the deaths of puppies sold there.

Dozens protest outside Shake A Paw in Lynbrook By NiCOlE AlCiNDOR nalcindor@liherald.com

Chants of “Adopt, don’t shop!” and “There’s no excuse for animal abuse!” echoed outside Shake A Paw in Lynbrook on Sunday as dozens of protesters gathered after a number of customers reported buying puppies there that got sick and died. Wearing masks and socially distanced, the protesters lined up across the street and in front of the pet store at

noon, brandishing signs. “I’m angry, and we want change,” said Keri Michel, a volunteer with the group Puppy Mill Free Long Island, who helped organize the protest. “The animals can’t wait any longer . . . Too many animals are suffering and dying.” During the protest, a person who identified himself as the owner of the store, but did not give his name, declined comment on the allegations in several consumer complaints that the shop was sell-

ing sick puppies. A representative of the Hicksville Shake A Paw said the manager and owner were not available for comment. Earlier this month, Marissa Soto, of Staten Island, told the Herald that she had purchased two puppies from the Lynbrook store, and they had died within days of being brought home. Both puppies died of parvo, a highly contagious virus that causes an infectious gastrointestinal illContinued on page 3

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ContinueD froM front page ness in puppies and young dogs. “The first one was really devastating to my daughter and to us because it was sort of shocking,” Soto said last month. “We’ve had dogs before, we’ve had puppies before, and that’s not something that has ever happened to us. The second one, I was more angry than anything else.” The gathering was one of many rallies that Michel’s group has organized across Long Island. The organization works to educate the public about puppy mills, which are large-scale dog-breeding farms, where, according to the ASPCA, puppies are often taken from their mothers at eight weeks or younger. The group also works to pass federal, state and local laws to protect puppies and dogs. In 2017, Puppy Mill Free Long Island representatives provided the New York state attorney general’s office with dozens of consumer complaints about sick pets that customers had purchased at Shake A Paw in Lynbrook and Hicksville. In March 2018, the office announced that it was investigating both stores. That probe is ongoing. “Shake A Paw employees know damn well what they are doing by buying low and selling high,” Michel said. Many protesters said they came to send a message to pet-shop owners: Don’t buy from puppy mills. “Employees in these pet stores don’t care that they are breaking families’ hearts and wallets,” said Tina Kingsepp, a Ronkonkama resident who purchased a puppy from a Valley Stream pet store that she said was sick with pododermatitis, or inflammation of the paw skin. “The employees of pet shops across Long Island pretend not to know the risk of buying and transporting animals from puppy mills. This problem is so bad that Long Islanders have been wired to think that it’s normal to buy sick puppies.” Other protesters said they would like to see legislation to protect puppies. And others said they want to see further regulations to hold animal breeders and veterinarians accountable. “Legislation needs to be made to help protect dogs and their living conditions, and more money should be allocated toward helping keep dogs healthy,” said Tina’s husband, Matthew Kingsepp, who added that he came to support his wife and the cause. “There’s too many stories of people getting sick dogs, so this needs to stop.” Diane Madden, an animal-rights advocate from East Meadow, said local officials need to step in. “I’m here to connect the dots between animal welfare and elected officials because they have the power to stop this,” she said, adding that she knows people who purchased sick puppies from both Shake A Paw locations. An East Rockaway resident who only gave her first name, Danielle, said she purchased a bullmastiff in 2016 from Shake A Paw in Lynbrook, and it became aggressive and died of cancer. “She would attack anyone that wasn’t an immediate family member,” she said. “When my dog died, it was gut-wrenching, and we put in thousands of dollars

Photos by Nicole Alcindor/ Herald

Diane MaDDen, left, protested outside Shake A Paw with Connor Brugge.

toward the situation.” Emily Hayes, of Lynbrook, who also said she purchased a sick dog from Shake A Paw, said, “We need to have our voices heard, and we need to see some real lasting change, because these puppies are being treated like objects just for the pur-

pose of enlarging the pockets of the sellers.” Mike Smollins contributed to this story.

Keri MiChel, who is a volunteer from Puppy Mill Free Long Island, helped organize the protest. Kelly Barrett, of Seaford, was among the protesters.

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Protesters rally outside Shake A Paw

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News brief

Lynbrook Cares Committee hosts successful food drive The Lynbrook Cares Committee recently ran a community-wide food drive for the Our Lady of Peace Parish Social Ministry Food Pantry. Chairman Laura Ryder and Lynbrook resident Pat Alonge coordinated the food drive. In 10 days, the committee collected close to 2,000 items, including food, cleaning supplies and toiletry products, as well as cash donations. Four deliveries totaling 11 carloads were made to complete the effort. “This is what Lynbrook is all about, people coming together to help out their fellow citizens in times of need,” Ryder said, according to a village news release.

Lynbrook High School student government volunteers were also involved in the collection, including Sara Curley, James Gilmartin, Emma Leighley, Joe Giovinco and Maeve Mooney. They promoted the drive and donated roughly 50 bags of food, and also drove around Lynbrook to pick up the donations and deliver them to Ryder’s home. The Lynbrook Fire Department and Lynbrook Junior Fire Department also ran a drive to contribute.

Photos Courtesy Steve Grogan

LynBrook emerGency perSonneL responded to the scene of a car accident at the intersection of Merrick Road and Ocean Avenue on Oct. 17, where one of the vehicles involved in the crash overturned. there waS a couple in the SUV, and they were transported to Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside with nonlife threatening injuries.

Courtesy Village of Lynbrook; compiled by Mike Smollins

Lynbrook opens registration for sports, recreational activities In adherence with all Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and New York state regulations, the Village of Lynbrook recently announced registration for sports and recreational activities. They include clinics for basketball, soccer and tee ball, and classes for cheerleading and dance. The cheerleading and dance

classes will be taught by a former New York Jets Cheerleader. Programs begin Oct. 23. For more information, visit lynbrook.recdesk.com/community/program, or call (516) 599-8000. Courtesy Village of Lynbrook; compiled by Mike Smollins

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LPD, LFD respond to overturned vehicle By Steve GroGan lyneditor@liherald.com

Lynbrook firefighters and police officers responded to a car accident and overturned vehicle at the intersection of Merrick Road and Ocean Avenue on Oct. 17. Under the command of Chief Michael Brooks, firefighters responded with an extrication team and the Emergency Medical Company, as well as an ambulance from North Shore University Hospital. A

bystander helped get the couple in the overturned SUV out of their vehicle. Lynbrook police closed down the roadway while paramedics supplied medical aid to the couple. The driver of the second vehicle was not injured. The couple was transported in the department’s Emergency Medical Company ambulance and an ambulance from North Shore to Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside.. They were not seriously injured.

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Photos courtesy New York Elks Lodge No. 1

MeMbers and officers of New York Elks Lodge No. 1 in Lynbrook recently hosted a food drive to support local pantries. Plenty of food was collected.

Lynbrook Elks host successful food drive to support pantries Under the leadership of Exalted Ruler Lisa Moldovan, members and officers of New York Elks Lodge No. 1 in Lynbrook recently hosted a food drive. With many food pantries in need of restocking amid the coronavirus pandemic, the lodge was able to collect tables full

of food to take care of local residents. The items were donated to St. Christopher’s in Baldwin, St. Raymond’s in East Rockaway and the JCC in Cedarhurst. Courtesy New York Elks Lodge No. 1; compiled by Mike Smollins

VFW opens thrift shop to help with financial struggles this time, temperature reading of all guests entering the building is required and recorded for contact tracing purposes only, social distancing of patrons is enforced and tables are organized six feet apart from one another. Masks are also required for all patrons. Due to the pandemic, the store’s schedule varies, but members are trying to open daily, including Sundays. For thrift shop information and hall rentals, call the post at (516) 887-8170, and ask for Pat, Gary, Tony or Gene. The VFW meets every second Tuesday night at 7 p.m., and the Auxiliary meets the first Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. Anyone looking to join the VFW or the VFW Auxiliary can come to one of the post’s meetings, or call ahead. Courtesy VFW Post 3350; compiled by Mike Smollins

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With veterans organizations being among the many local community groups struggling financially amid the coronavirus pandemic, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3350 in East Rockaway has launched its Veterans’ Thrift Shop. The post, at 164 Main St., has been sanitized and continues to follow all of health and safety mandates. Additionally, members of the post are continuing to collect nonperishable foods for the Nassau County Veterans Service Agency in East Meadow. The thrift shop offers the community a chance to step outdoors safely and visit the post without having to travel far. The store offers household products, collectibles, sporting goods, linens and new or slightly used men’s and women’s clothing at a reasonable price. Pat Iuliucci said the post is starting to book parties of up to 50 people, and, as mandated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, no DJs are allowed at


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ur greatest asset at Backyard Players and Friends is that our program is community-based. We had classes at St. Mark’s, at the Rockville Centre Public Library, at Molloy, at Sportset, the recreation center, and we just expanded to having classes at Knights of Columbus in Lynbrook. Every night we're at a different location in the community, and we love that so many people can see what we’re doing. Our partners had to quickly pivot and worry about how to run their own programs, and outside programs like mine took a tremendous hit. We were at risk for losing the entire program because we had no locations. We did move to online classes and Zoom classes. But for the population we serve, people with developmental disabilities, it's not ideal. This population is an isolated population as it is, and we realized they were struggling. Covid is isolating for everyone. We were then lucky enough to work with Karen Polito at the recreation center, Mayor [Francis X.] Murray and Kathleen Murray, the village administrator, who all helped to save our program. It was really a miracle. They embraced us like we’re family. It’s really been a blessing that they’ve been able to give us a home when we didn’t have one. If our program is going to continue to be successful, we will need a space we can call our own. We are doing in-person classes Monday through Friday at the recreation center.

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y job as a digital coordinator involves getting music up on streaming service sites, such as Spotify. My job also involves doing social media marketing and exposure. The pandemic has not changed my job a lot. Everything that I do at my job has always been digital, computer and internet driven, which allows me to able to work from home. I am very fortunate to be able to keep my job during this pandemic. Everything that I would normally do at the office, I do it at home now. Working from home has kept me away from my co-workers, and I cannot socialize with them. I work with great people, and now I can’t see them or interact with them every day. I miss the social aspect of working in the office. We are a small office, but we are like one big family. Now that I work at home, I no longer have a separation of my work environment from my home environment, and every day it’s the same thing. I work all day at home. All my work meetings are held over UberConference and using Microsoft Teams. I have quickly adapted to my work responsibilities during the pandemic. I work more hours now than I did before the pandemic started. My workday starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 6 p.m. Before the pandemic, I would often get stuck in traffic on my way to work. When this happened, I would sometimes arrive at work at 9:20 a.m. Now that I’m working from home, sometimes I start work as early as 8:30 a.m. I no longer have to deal with getting stuck in traffic.

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ack when I opened the Sage & Angie Boutique on Nassau Boulevard in 2017, I did it because I saw the need for a boutique in the community. As a resident, I decided to fill that need through my business. I’ve always been aware of the diversity in the community, so I made sure that the items in my store cater to people of different backgrounds. Just before the pandemic, I held an “Afrocentric Event” for the community to introduce more people to Afrocentric clothing and show them how to style these pieces into their outfits. Last year, I held a daylong fundraiser at my store to support Girls Inc. of Long Island. Due to the pandemic, my boutique is now providing masks and hand sanitizer to customers to ensure a safe shopping experience. Our Sage & Angie employees are also steaming all clothing that is tried on and not bought. One way to build a community is obviously through wealth. It’s important at this time to support Black-owned businesses, because you’re literally putting money back in your community. As a small-business owner, I’d like for people to see that just because we’re not based in the city, that doesn’t mean you can’t always reach for the stars.

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ow has the pandemic affected me? I am exhausted, deeply exhausted, all of the time. Each day when I get home from the Early Learning Center, I try to step away from the world for a while by watching “Jeopardy” or Netflix documentaries. In this way, I take a rest from all that is going on in the world. I limit my consumption of the news. I consciously and intentionally work to create spaces where I can rest, recharge and get ready for the next day whatever it may bring. During the pandemic, I have remembered to practice gratitude. Each morning I make a list of some of the things for which I am grateful. I have a job that I love. My staff are “rock stars,” and we have been able to keep staff and children safe, stay open and serve our community. I am blessed to spend time with children. They help me to remember to be present in each moment and to find joy in little things. Earlier this month, the children at the center found a butterfly with a broken wing. They made a home for it and spent the day feeding and caring for it. How do we live in a time when things change every day, when there are conflicting opinions and each person is living a different story, a different reality? I have found the Alcoholics Anonymous slogans useful, and they help me to not get overwhelmed: “One day at a time,” “First things first.”

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Kiwanis enjoys a popping start to school year Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Lynbrook High School Key Club members recently participated in their annual gourmet popcorn sale from Double Good, where half of the proceeds support an organization or charity of choice. The Key Club executive board agreed to fundraise for five charities this year: The Dr. Santo Barbarino Scholarship Fund, the Rose Brucia Educational Foundation, the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless, the Kiwanis Children’s Fund and Project 9 Line. The fundraising process looked different from previous years due to the pandemic. Students were unable to collect physical checks and fill out forms, so Double Good created an online, easyaccess platform where members were able to spread the world and allow others to contribute to their fundraiser. Through the club’s efforts, members raised $2,000 within an hour and $15,000 within the first 24 hours. The final outcome after just four days of fundraising

was a record-breaking $36,939 worth of popcorn sold, or about $18,500 for their charities of choice, granted by 752 gracious donors. Members who raised the most included Dea Pulatani, Joe Giovinco, Lexie and Hailey Samelson, Rachel Belmont and Jaden Harvin. “The motivation from the whole executive board drove the members to go above and beyond, while simultaneously enjoying the process,” Key Club Co-President Marti Candel said, according to a district release. Key Club adviser Dr. Benedict Tieniber praised the students for their unified effort. “Once again, thank you to everyone who participated,” he said in the release. “The success of this program will always be appreciated; kickstarting a fantastic year for the Lynbrook Key Club 2020-21.” Courtesy Lynbrook Public Schools; compiled by Mike Smollins Photos Courtesy Lynbrook Public Schools

From the popcorn sales, $3,000 went to Project 9 Line, and seniors Natalia Leszczak and Marti Candel presented the check.

SeniorS marti candel, above left, and Joe Giovinco presented a check of more than $5,000 for the Dr. Santo Barbarino Scholarship Fund. SeniorS alexandra Fox, top left, and Camilla Bahri presented the $2,450 check for the Kiwanis Children’s Fund. Senior Samantha Feldman, at left, and junior Jaden Harvin presented a $3,000 for the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless.


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Where to vote (early) in Nassau County By AlyssA seidmAn aseidman@liherald.com

Election Day is a little less than two weeks away, but thanks to a series of reforms passed by the State Legislature in 2019, Nassau County residents can vote before Nov. 3. Starting Saturday, Oct. 24, residents can head to one of 15 polling sites to cast their votes for the Nov. 3 election during a nine-day early-voting period. The process was introduced in New York state last year as part of a series of reforms intended to make voting easier for people who struggle to get to the polls on Election Day. The nine-day schedule offers 83 hours of early voting — 60 are required — including evenings and weekends through Sunday, Nov. 1 (see map). Registered voters may cast their ballots at any of the listed locations, but if they do not, they must vote at their regular polling place on Nov. 3. Residents will verify their voter registration on iPads, or electronic poll books, which have replaced physical poll books at each early-voting site and regular polling place. Using a stylus, poll inspectors will assist voters in signing their names and confirming their identities. Once their signatures are approved, the poll inspector will print ballots from a ballot-

on-demand printer. “No matter where you go, you’re getting your ballot,” said James Scheuerman, the Democratic commissioner for the Board of Elections. Scheuerman also said that if residents submit their ballots during the early-voting period, it precludes them from voting on Election Day. “The poll pads sync up,” he said, “so after you vote, other poll books around the county, within one minute, will know that you voted to guard against double voting.” Residents who have questions about the county’s early-voting procedures can visit www.nassauvotes.com. The Board of Elections has advised voters that some states that have already begun their early-voting period have reported significant lines at polling sites. To ensure ballots are cast at legitimate polling stations or deposited in legitimate drop-off boxes, voters are advised to be attentive. Report any suspicious activities or efforts to interfere with or disrupt voting immediately. If in doubt, or to report any issues, please call the Nassau County Board of Elections: (516) 571-8683 for English; or La Junta Electoral Condado Nassau en Español: (516) 571-1245. Information provided the Nassau County Board of Elections. Map by Christina Daly/Herald

Timothy Denton contributed to this story.

An infogrAph of Nassau County’s early-voting sites for the 2020 election.

ToH OKs $453.5M budget — taxes are flat By TimoThy denTon tdenton@liherald.com

The Hempstead Town Board unanimously approved a $453.5 million budget for 2021 on Oct. 13. The budget represents a $16 million increase from last year’s $437 million approved budget, but is $11 million less than the current projected 2020 budget of $464.5 million. The $27 million — a difference of 6.1 percent — is because of unforeseen expenses from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Town Comptroller John Mastromarino. “That’s the projected budget,” Mastromarino cautioned. “We still have more donald than two months until the end of the year; we don’t know what could happen between now and then.” Mastromarino’s caution underscored the difficulty in preparing a balanced budget in the face of the biggest disaster to befall the town’s economy in 100 years. “We really have to look to the [1918-19] flu pandemic to see anything like what we’re facing now,” Mastromarino said. With the support of the board’s lone Democrat, Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, the budget was billed as bipartisan. Goosby has sided with the Republican majority on all but a handful of

issues in the past two years. The property tax levy for 2021 is flat, year over year, at $253.1 million. Total levies, including funding for the Highway and Sanitation departments, come to $341 million. Cost savings included $6 million from a reduction of 37 positions from the town’s workforce of 1,781 employees, and $750,000 in debt service. In the face of the coronavirus, the town’s fund balance — its emergency fund — which had been projected to grow to $5 million in 2020, will finish the year $7.5 million in the red. Next year, that deficit is projected to grow by a further $12 million, to $19.5 million, Mastromarino said. X. Clavin Moody’s Investors Service cited the town’s minimal reserves as an area of concern in last year’s rating upgrade, saying that deterioration could lead to a potential downgrade. However, the rating agency has taken no action to date. The town received $134 million in federal CARES Act funding, Mastromarino said. Much of the one-time grant has yet to be allocated, he said, but the town has used revenue to support local hospitals and food banks, as well as purchasing personal protective equipment kits for villages and local businesses. The grant has also been used to make town facilities safer, Mastromarino said.

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The Town of Hempstead Board passed its tentative 2021 budget unanimously, but Comptroller John Mastromarino cautioned that the Covid crisis may add complcations. For example, “we’ve installed filtration systems in buildings with central air conditioning. From all we’ve learned, buildings with central climate control represent one of the greatest dangers for airborne Covid transmission,” he said. CARES funding has also been used to increase the town’s deep-cleaning efforts at its facilities.

In common with other state and local governments, the town’s efforts to prepare realistic balanced budgets in the face of the Covid-19 crisis has become complicated, Mastromarino conceded, adding that continued assistance from the federal government would be critical in addressing the demands of the pandemic.


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Ignatius Muscarella

Darlene Harris

Lisa Cairo

Running on the Republican, Democrat, Conservative and Independence party lines

Running on Democratic, Republican, Conservative and Independence Party lines

Running on Republican, Democrat, Conservative and Independence party lines in the general election

Age: 63

Age: 54

Age: 43

Lives in: Town of Hempstead

Lives in: Uniondale

Lives in: Garden City

Education: Bachelor’s degree, Bowdoin College; law degree, New York University Law School

Education: Bachelor’s degree, University of Pennsylvania, 1986; law degree, Hofstra University School of Law, 1989

Education: Bachelor’s degree, Loyola College in Maryland, 1999; law degree, Hofstra University School of Law, 2002

Legal career: Between 1982 and 2007, Ignatius Muscarella served as a law clerk for three justices of the New York Supreme Court. From 2008 to 2013, he was a guardianship referee, and from January 2014 to his start on the Nassau County 10th District Court in 2015, he was a court attorney referee. In 2008, Muscarella was honored for Professionalism & Community Services by the Court Officers’ Benevolent Association, and in 2004 he received the Merit Performance Award for Community Service and Humanitarian Pursuits by the New York State Court System.

Legal career: Darlene Harris is currently a Nassau County District Court judge, and was elected to the post in 2014. From 1991 to 1994, she served as senior court attorney for the District Court Law Department; from 1995 to 1996, as the Town of Hempstead’s deputy attorney; and from 1996 to 1999 as a Nassau County legislator. In 1997, she opened a private law practice, which she maintained through 2010. From 2010 to 2014, she was chair of the Nassau County Assessment Review Commission.

Legal career: Lisa Cairo began her career in 2003 as an associate at Chris J. Coschignano P.C., handling civil litigation with a focus on matrimonial cases, municipal applications and real estate transactions. In 2006, she became an associate at Jaspan Schlesinger LLP in the firm’s matrimonial practice group. In 2011, she became a partner in the firm’s municipal law, litigation and real estate practice groups. She is also a member of the firm’s management committee.

County Court Judge Vote for two

Robert Pipia

Tricia Ferrell

Running on the Republican, Democrat, Conservative and Independence party lines

Running on the Republican, Democrat, Conservative and Independence party lines

Caryn Fink Running on the Republican, Democrat, Conservative and Independence party lines Age: 53

Age: 56

Age: 47

Lives in: Roslyn Heights

Lives in: Levittown

Lives in: Uniondale

Education: Bachelor’s degree, SUNY Albany, 1987; law degree, Hofstra University, 1992

Education: Bachelor’s degree, City College of New York, 1995; law degree Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 1998

Legal career: From to 1993 to 1994, Robert Pipia served as a law assistant for the Town of Hempstead attorney’s office. In February 1994, Hempstead Presiding Supervisor Gregory Peterson appointed him as the Hempstead Town Board counsel. He became deputy town attorney in 2000. He was also executive assistant to Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray. In 2014, Pipia was elected Nassau County District Court judge, a position he still holds. He has also served as a member of the State Rehabilitation Council, which was the oversight agency for Vocational and Education Services for Individuals with Disabilities, a division of the New York State Department of Education. And he is a member of the Hofstra Law Alumni Association board of directors.

Legal career: Tricia Ferrel began her legal career in 1998 as an assistant Nassau County district attorney. She served in that role until 2005. She was the Village of Hempstead attorney from 2005 to 2006. She became the Nassau County director of compliance from 2006 to 2008. She was appointed by Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi as a Nassau County District Court judge in 2008, and was re-elected to the post in 2009 and 2014.

Legal career: Caryn Fink started her legal career from 1993 to 2000 as an assistant district attorney and senior trial attorney in the Kings County District Attorney’s Office. From 2006 to 2013, she was an assistant district attorney in the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office, Rackets Bureau/Labor Unit. And from 2013 to now, she has been the principal law clerk for the Hon. Helene Gugerty, a New York State Supreme justice.

Chris Hoefenkrieg Running on the Republican, Democrat, Conservative and Independence party lines Age: 53 Lives in: Roslyn Heights Education: Bachelor’s degree, SUNY Albany, 1990; law degree, St. John’s University, 1994.

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for President and Vice ect in Long Beach and favors she said. She decided early Todd Kaminsky Victoria President Justice of the Supreme Court further economic developin life that the best place to Incumbent (Vote forJohnson one) (Vote for up to eight) ment in the city. raise her two children was OFFICE Challenger He has fought against Long Island. Electores Presidenciales Party: Democrat state tax increases. AdditionOver the years, she has Para Presidente y Vice Party: Republican ally, Kaminsky said he wants maintained a steady careerSuprema Age: 42 Presidente Juez de la Corte (Vote por uno) to ensure that next year’s as chief of staff tohasta Republi(Vote por ocho) Age: 60 Professional experience: Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic state budget contains funds can legislators Democratic on Long OFFICIAL BALLOT Democratic New York state senator to support adult homes in Island. 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Judy Griffin Incumbent

Party: Democratic Age: 57 Professional experience: Previously a senior adviser and director of community outreach to State Sen. Todd Kaminsky Education: Bachelor of Science in business economics, with minors in political science and communication, SUNY Oneonta On the issues: Judy Griffin, who is finishing her first term in office, said she would like to explore new revenue streams to fund schools, municipalities and health services. “While we wait for the federal government to act, it is imperative to assess our spending and revenues in

real time in order to make informed decisions,” she said. A mid-year fiscal report from State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli in mid-October, followed by a fiscal report from Gov. Andrew Cuomo, will provide essential information, she said. Griffin said she would continue to work on unemployment issues, advocate for tax and rent relief, and develop health insurance initiatives to assist those who lost their benefits because they are out of work during the pandemic.

Griffin said she keeps in touch with organizations like Vision Long Island and the local chambers of commerce to address local needs at the state level. Griffin also hosted a series of small businesses conferences via Zoom in collaboration with these organizations, and emphasizes the need to continue reopening businesses. Griffin co-sponsored a bill that was signed into law in June that establishes a state disaster emergency loan program to be administered by industrial development agencies for small businesses and small notfor-profit corporations. She is also reviewing the viability for the New York Forward Loan Program to reduce red tape so that grants for small businesses are expedited.

Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick Challenger

Parties: Republican, Conservative Age: 55 Professional experience: Attorney, certified public accountant and partner in the law firm of Canzoneri & Canzoneri, LLP Education: Bachelor of Science in accounting from St. John’s University; law degree from St. John’s School of Law; Master of Laws in Taxation from New York University School of Law On the issues: Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick’s platform includes pressing Governor Cuomo to responsibly reopen society, especially businesses;

exploring all alternatives when it comes to potential education aid cuts; and advocating for Economic Development Zones, which would set zoning as well as governmental assistance parameters for entire neighborhoods or blocks, as opposed to the outdated practice of piecemeal redevelopment of individual parcels, she said. Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick said she believes Long Island homeowners cannot afford the property tax increases that will likely result if state

legislators cannot fend off prospective education aid cuts. “Severe cost-cutting would erode our quality of education,” Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick said. “New York state’s budgets should not be balanced on the backs of students.” The candidate said she believes restructuring of state debt, allocation of federal CARES funding to school districts and re-ordering the state’s spending priorities must be analyzed and pursued. To address the uncertainty that developers face with respect to zoning and downtown revitalization, Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick is advocating for the creation of Economic Development Zones.

Includes Malverne, North Lynbrook, Lynbrook, Rockville Centre, Baldwin Harbor and parts of Oceanside, South Hempstead, Baldwin and Freeport.

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ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 20 Melissa “Missy” Miller Incumbent

Party: Republican Age: 56 Professional experience: State assemblywoman since 2017 Education: Adelphi University On the issues: Melissa Miller said there must be greater consistency in policy to ensure businesses survive and recover from the coronavirus pandmeic. She added that enhanced Covid-19 recovery assistance is needed for restaurants in New York state, as restaurants must limit the number of patrons allowed to dine in individual establishments to a percentage of

their normal capacity. Catering facilities have been capped at 50 patrons, regardless of the capacity of their facilities. She noted that 66 percent of restaurants do not expect to survive through the end of the year without a comprehensive relief package. During the coronavirus pandemic, Miller said that it is vital the state gives as much financial assistance to people, whether by providing unemployment insurance benefits or personal protective equipment and sanitizer,

to ensure public health for all. She said she believes that over the last several years, the state administration has wasted taxpayer dollars on failed economic development projects. The most infamous to her was the “Buffalo Billion,” in which money was funneled to promote solar panel manufacturing, but resulted in three people going to people prison in 2018. One of the ways Miller said the state could get PSEG-Long Island to perform better would be to hold the utility and its shareholders financially liable for the cost of covering customers’ losses that resulted from power outages during tropical storms and hurricanes. She added the State Assembly, Senate and the governor must hold LIPA Board members accountable.

Gregory Marks Challenger

Party: Democrat Age: 29 Professional experience: Public health lecturer Education: Oxford University, McGill University On the issues: Gregory Marks said that when dealing with the state budget, fiscal responsibility is and must always be a priority when managing it. With the state facing a deficit and the coronavirus still ravaging the country, Marks said he believes the federal government should send funding to the state, since New York is one of 10 net-donor states. A net donor state gives more to the federal government than it receives back in aid. Marks said that elected

officials should better educate business owners so they know of all available stimulus options. He is a firm believer that necessity breeds innovation, particularly when it comes to businesses that have suffered during the pandemic. He said he would look into a sales-tax holiday to stimulate spending on local businesses. Marks also said he wants a special restaurant week, takeout-style, to highlight local food establishments that have been hit hard by the pandemic. Final-

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ly, he would set up a series of business seminars for the district, at which leaders of Long Island’s most successful and resilient businesses could share how they have navigated the pandemic. When it comes to massive power outages in the district after a major storm, Marks said a solution to the problem would investing in technology. With expansion of renewable energy sources and advances in battery technology, Marks said he believes local energy independence could be achieved, and that would help keep power on during major storms.

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RichnerLive and Herald Community Newspapers presented “50 Plus Health and Wealth,” a virtual event featuring speakers from the healthcare, wellness and elder law sectors, on Oct. 14. In 2018, RichnerLive launched Senior Health Expos, which invited the community to meet with health experts at venues in Nassau County every few months. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the event was modified to fit an online platform, and attendees took part through Zoom. Cassena Care, Ronald Fatoullah & Associates, Comprehensive Audiology and UnitedHealthcare sponsored the event. Experts spoke about the changes in their fields, including George Zaharioudakis, vice president of SNF operations of Theradynamics at Cassena Care; attorney Ronald Fatoullah, founder of Ronald Fatoullah & Associates; Dr. Esther Fogel, owner and director of Comprehensive Audiology; attorney Robert Harper, partner at Farrell Fritz P.C.; Josiane PelusoTomczyk, medicare sales director for New York City and Long Island at UnitedHealthcare Government Programs; and Ashley Straw, founder of Flow and Restore, a holistic wellness practice. Skye Ostreicher, of RichnerLive and Herald Community Newspapers, moderated the event. She announced prizes awarded to several attendees and took questions from viewers. First, Straw led participants through a breathing exercise of lengthening exhales — by pushing more air out than normal — to deepen the breath. Then Ostreicher kicked off the conversation and asked the speakers about how Covid-19 has impacted their services. Cassena Care, a line of nursing homes in New York and Connecticut, had “very large challenges to overcome,” Zaharioudakis said, including admitting people, discharging them, acquiring personal protective equipment and controlling the spread of infection through isolation. “It took a lot of coordination and communication,” he said. “A lot of people in the communities stepped up and came up with creative ideas to solve these problems.” In all fields, workers and patients have

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CloCkwise from top left: George Zaharioudakis, vice president of SNF operations of Theradynamics at Cassena Care; Skye Ostreicher, the panel’s moderator; attorney Ronald Fatoullah, founder of Ronald Fatoullah & Associates; Dr. Esther Fogel, owner and director of Comprehensive Audiology; Josiane Peluso-Tomczyk, medicare sales director for New York City and Long Island at UnitedHealthcare Government Programs; and attorney Robert Harper, partner at Farrell Fritz P.C., discussed health and wealth during the coronavirus pandemic on Oct. 14. had to adapt and, in many cases, switch services to a virtual setting, which has often been a benefit. People can now have documents like wills and Medicaid trusts signed, notarized with witnesses and approved from home. “Since March, we’ve been doing as many consultations as we can through Zoom or FaceTime, whatever someone feels comfortable with,” Fatoullah said. “As an elder law attorney, our clients range anywhere from 40s and 50s to last week, we had a client that was 107 — but we’re doing Zoom. It’s wonderful.” Harper agreed — his firm has held virtual conferences via Microsoft Teams and Skype, other video call apps that have become useful during the pandemic. “Options that one never would have thought about months ago are now readily

available in our field,” he said. “Clients are saving travel time. These are efficiencies that we didn’t have before the pandemic.” Peluso-Tomczyk noted the pandemic has also caused more people to apply and stay on Medicaid. More people are becoming unemployed and applying for Medicaid; additionally, the yearly recertification process has been delayed so people will not lose their coverage during the pandemic. Though many of these logistical aspects of health and wealth have seen improvements, those 50 and older are at higher risk of more severe illness when contracting Covid-19. Fatoullah said his longtime secretary and brother have both died from the virus. “It’s affected my firm and me personally,” he said. “It’s been tough in that respect.” Covid-19 has caused many to stay at

home more than they typically would to avoid catching the virus and becoming ill. The panel discussed the implications of that and how to combat some common health issues. Fogel spoke about how the pandemic has brought new struggles to those with hearing loss. In isolation, many rely on phone calls with friends and family to stay connected, but those with hearing loss cannot always use the telephone to communicate. Even when those with hearing loss leave the house, masks can muffle the sound of people’s voices and make it harder to hear, she said. “If you’re stuck at home and you want to communicate with friends and family, we recommend using some sort of video communication,” Fogel said. “Being able to see their face makes it easier to have a conversation. We also offer free captioning phones for our patients.” Fogel’s audiology office is offering inperson and telemedicine appointments for those who need a screening or repairs to their hearing aids. The panel also discussed fall prevention for seniors. “Falls are the leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries in the elderly, which can lead to avoidable hospitalizations,” Peluso-Tomczyk said. “We want to see our seniors in the best health possible.” Zaharioudakis noted that handrails, shower bars and proper lighting help prevent falls. He also said rugs should be stabilized, and layout and placement of everyday items should be checked to ensure a healthy flow of movement. Fogel said hearing plays a part in balance, which is related to fall prevention. Taking care of any hearing problems early on can help prevent future loss of cognitive function, she said. There are also exercises that can support balance, and Straw led a movement to stretch the spine to close out the event. “Enough cannot be said about the health benefits of movement,” she said. “Exercise increases the flow of chemicals called endorphins to the brain that lift our mood. Movement through the body encourages important energy strengths like circulation and the lymphatic systems to do their job in clearing out toxins in the body.” For more information about RichnerLive’s virtual events, visit richnerlive. com/virtualevents.

UBS Arena’s leadership team growing Four executives have been named to the UBS Arena’s leadership team, New York Arena Partners announced Oct. 14. Mark Shulman has joined the team as senior vice president of programming; Michael Sciortino is now senior vice president of operations; Ethan Brown is senior vice president of marketing and community relations; and Zane Parry is vice president of finance. Shulman and Sciortino have backgrounds in the sports and entertainment industry, while Brown has had previous

marketing experience with the New York Islanders and has held leadership positions with Pacer Sports & Entertainment and Unilever. Shulman has managed a variety of projects over his 25-year career, including musical festivals, major venue developments and high-profile stadium concerts. Before joining the UBS team, he established the Anschutz Entertainment Group office in New York, where he expanded the company’s footprint into multiple cities through acquisitions and

booking partnerships, and as senior vice president of the East Coast, he supervised thousands of mainstream concert bookings, while promoting several national tours and shows at MetLife Stadium, the Great Lawn in Central Park, Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall. “I’m thrilled to be joining the entertainment team at UBS Arena,” Shulman said in a statement. “The music industry is poised to have an incredible resurgence, and we anticipate consumers and

fans to be yearning to experience live entertainment by the time UBS Arena is open next fall.” Sciortino, meanwhile, has worked as vice president of operations at Golden State’s Chase Center, where he was responsible for the day-to-day operations. “I’m excited to be back here in New York working with this team at UBS Arena,” he said. “This is a long time coming for the New York Islanders and their fans.” –Melissa Koenig


Task force developing return-to-school plan Board of eduCation President William Belmont said that district officials were aware of what the community wants and were working toward it, but there was no timeline for a full return to in-person learning.

students had to adjust to a new teacher a few weeks into the school year. “It’s a lack of planning, a lack of creativity and a lack of creative solutions,” Margulies said, “and absolutely more than anything else, it’s a lack of communication.” In an email to the Herald, Jeanine DiFiore said she chose the remote option for her daughter, a third-grader at West End, but now must break the news to her

that she cannot now return to school. “I thought that having the opportunity to return in November was a fair compromise and allowed West End to get off to a good, solid start with fewer children in the building,” she wrote. “. . . My daughter was involved in the original decision, and she has been asking to return to school. My heart breaks for the day I have to tell her that they have changed the rules and she has to remain at home.”

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trict officials have also sent out a questrict officials used the survey to develop tionnaire to gather parents’ opinions. The district has had relatively few the district’s back-to-school plan. If only half the students who opted to Covid-19 cases to date — two students at stay home returned to school now, Burak Lynbrook High School tested positive for the coronavirus late last said, the buildings would month, but the building be at 80 percent capacity remained open, and the and violate the state’s students had to self-isolate social-distancing manfor two weeks. dates. So, she said, not all Board of Education students who might want President William Belto return to school can at mont said the task force this time. does not have a hard dead“We all want these kids line for returning to the back as soon as we can,” board with plans, and he she said. “A lot of people a s ke d p a r e n t s t o b e have voiced their conpatient. “We understand cerns, and I completely the sense of urgency,” he understand why you feel Photos by courtesy Lynbrook Public said. “There’s a lot of that way . . . We need to Schools things we are trying to continually evaluate what look at.” we are doing, so I’m going LynBrook SChooLS Josh Margulies told the to recommend that we Superintendent Dr. Melissa Burak and the Herald on Monday that he bring back a task force.” enrolled his twin daughter The board approved Board of Education last and son in the remote forming a new task force, week approved the creoption for fourth grade which is charged with ation of a task force to this year because he developing plans to bring develop plans to return all thought they could return all students back to the students to their school to West End Elementary schools while maintaining buildings if they want to S c h o o l i n N ove m b e r. state health protocols. The come back. Because of a communicagroup will present its findtions breakdown, he said, ings to the board, after two fourth-grade remote which parents will be asked to decide whether to return their classes were over-enrolled, so a third had children to their school buildings. Dis- to be created, and a certain number of

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LPD, AAA offer Halloween safety tips LPD program to urge pedestrian safety Amid the coronavirus, Halloween 2020 will look different than every other year before it. While some families may be looking to give their children a return to a sense of normalcy, others may be looking for alternatives to traditional trick-ortreating. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that Halloween is consistently one of the top three days for pedestrian injuries and fatalities. “As children may continue to take to the streets on Halloween for traditional trick-or-treating, their risk of being injured by motorists greatly increases,” Lynbrook Police Chief Brian Paladino said. Donna Galasso, the assistant director of traffic safety, for AAA Northeas said that with Hallowen falling on a Saturday, trick-ortreaters may be out at all hours of the day. Paladino offered these tips from AAA families who may venture out on Halloween:

■ Wear a costume you can walk in — comfortable footwear and nothing that drags on the ground.

■ Masked costumes are in this year, just be sure that vision is not obstructed in any way.

AAA suggests the following tips for motorists on Halloween:

■ Washable or disposable gloves can be worn, or carry/use hand sanitizer between houses.

■ Work one side of the street at a time, crossing only at corners and crosswalks. Stay out of the roadway. Visit less homes than usual, sticking to those you know. ■ Avoid going out in large groups — stick to immediate family. Encourage teens to observe social distancing if out with friends. ■ If driving trick-or-treaters on their rounds, don’t forget to use appropriate car seats, and have children enter and exit the vehicle from the passenger side. ■ Be bright if going out at dusk; use reflective tape on costumes and treat bags and carry flashlights and glow sticks for extra visibility. ■ Only accept candy that is totally wrapped and sealed, and take Covid-19 precautions at home before consuming it.

■ There may be fewer children out and about this year, but that does not mean there won’t be any trick-or-treaters. Be vigilant in scanning far ahead, watching

attentively for children running from house to house.

■ Take it a little slower than usual in residential areas; or try to avoid cutting through those areas altogether.

■ Obey all traffic signs and signals. ■ Avoid driving distractions, even after traditional trick or treat hours. Older children and teens may be out without supervision. ■ If you’re attending an adult Halloween party where alcohol is being served, be sure to have a designated driver. ■ Try some of these alternatives that can keep kids safer from both traffic and the pandemic: ■ Let kids dress up as usual, but hold a scavenger hunt for treats in your home or yard. ■ Host an outdoor movie night featuring favorite scary (or not scary) Halloween movies. ■ Host a Halloween Zoom party. ■ Decorate your house as you normally would — don’t skimp! Courtesy Lynbrook Police Department; compiled by Mike Smollins.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the fiscal affairs of the East Rockaway School District for the period beginning July 1, 2019, and ending on June 30, 2020, have been examined by Nawrocki Smith, LLP, and that the management letter prepared in conjunction with the external audit has been filed in my office where it is available as a public record for inspection by all interested persons. Pursuant to §35 of the General Municipal Law, the Governing Board of the East Rockaway School District may, in its discretion, prepare a written response to the report of the external audit and file any such response in my office as a public record for inspection by all interested parties no later than 90 days from the issuance of the report. Vitina Fazi, District Clerk East Rockaway Union Free School District 123543

LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE LYNBROOK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT Fiscal Affair Beginning July 1, 2019 and ending June 30, 2020 Notice is hereby given that the fiscal affairs of the District for the period beginning on July 1, 2019 and ending on June 30, 2020, have been examined by an independent public accountant that the report and management letter prepared in conjunction with the external audit by the independent public account has been filed in my office where it is available as a public record for inspection by all interested persons. Pursuant to Article 35 of the General Municipal Law, the District’s Board of Education may, in its discretion, prepare a written response to the report of external audit and management letter prepared by the independent public accountant and file any

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As a way to promote pedestrian safety and safer roadways, the Lynbrook Police Department is participating in the Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Mobilization program “Operation See, Be Seen” in the latter half of October. “We have a lot more people walking around and we want to make sure everybody’s safe,” Lynbrook Police Department Sgt. Eric Bruen said, “and motorists who are travelling locally should be more mindful of pedestrians.” The operation is sponsored by the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee, and will take place from Oct. 16 to 30. The first half will feature informational training, and the second half will involve enforcement. Bruen said the plan is to send teams of police officers to heavily trafficked intersections in the village that many pedestrians frequent. Some of the officers will be in plain clothes, and they will pull over motorists who don’t follow the proper

safety protocols to yield to pedestrians and keep the roads safe. As part of the informational training, officers will provide motorists they pull over with pamphlets and other educational literature about pedestrian safety, and in the second half they will begin giving out summonses to those who violate safety protocols. Pedestrians who don’t use the crosswalks properly will also receive packets of information on pedestrian safety. Bruen said the goal is to mobilize police teams at high traffic areas, such as Broadway and Sunrise Highway near the Lynbrook Long Island Rail Road station, on Merrick Road and Atlantic Avenue and at the intersection of Peninsula Boulevard and Hempstead Avenue. “The overall goal would be to bring more attention to motorists and pedestrians on foot in crosswalks,” Bruen said, “and make sure you’re looking for pedestrians and if the pedestrian has the right of way, you yield to them. It’s mainly about educating the public.”

Information to identify the case: Debtor: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York EIN: 11-1837437 United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York Date case filed for chapter 11: 10/01/2020 Case Number: 20 - 12345 Official Form 309F1 (For Corporations or Partnerships) Notice of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case 10/20 For the debtor listed above, a case has been filed under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. An order for relief has been entered. This notice has important information about the case for creditors and debtors, including information about the meeting of creditors and deadlines. Read both pages carefully. The filing of the case imposed an automatic stay against most collection activities. This means that creditors generally may not take action to collect debts from the debtor or the debtor’s property. For example, while the stay is in effect, creditors cannot sue, assert a deficiency, repossess property, or otherwise try to collect from the debtor. Creditors cannot demand repayment from the debtor by mail, phone, or otherwise. Creditors who violate the stay can be required to pay actual and punitive damages and attorney’s fees. Confirmation of a chapter 11 plan may result in a discharge of debt. A creditor who wants to have a particular debt excepted from discharge may be required to file a complaint in the bankruptcy clerk’s office within the deadline specified in this notice. (See line 11 below for more information.) To protect your rights, consult an attorney. All documents filed in the case may be inspected at the bankruptcy clerk’s office at the address listed below or through PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records at https://pacer.uscourts.gov). The staff of the bankruptcy clerk’s office cannot give legal advice. Do not file this notice with any proof of claim or other filing in the case. 1. Debtor’s Full name: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York 2. All other names used in the last 8 years: Diocese of Rockville Centre 3. Address: 50 North Park Avenue, Rockville, NY 11570 4. Debtor’s attorney: Jones Day, Attn: Corinne Ball, 250 Vesey Street, New York, NY 11570, Phone: (212) 326 – 3939, Email: cball@jonesday.com 5. Bankruptcy clerk’s office: US Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, One Bowling Green, New York, NY 10004-1408, Hours open: Monday – Friday, 8:30 AM (ET) – 5:00 PM (ET), Contact phone: (212) 668 - 2870. Documents in this case may be filed at this address. You may inspect all records filed in this case at this office or online at https://pacer.uscourts.gov. 6. Meeting of creditors: November 5, 2020 at 12 PM (ET), Location: The meeting of creditors will be conducted by telephone conference. The Office of the United States Trustee will provide dial-in instructions prior to the meeting. The debtor’s representative must attend the meeting to be questioned under oath. Creditors may attend, but are not required to do so. The meeting may be continued or adjourned to a later date. If so, the date will be on the court docket. 7. Proof of claim deadline. Deadline for filing of proof of claim: Not yet set. If a deadline is set, notice will be sent at a later time. A proof of claim is a signed statement describing a creditor’s claim. A proof of claim form may be obtained at www.uscourts.gov or any bankruptcy clerk’s office. Your claim will be allowed in the amount scheduled unless: your claim is designated as disputed, contingent, or unliquidated; you file a proof of claim in a different amount; or you receive another notice. 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equal branch. It will in essence have become an arm of the other two branches. Fast-forward a few years and imagine the presidency and Congress swinging back to Republican control. The new oneparty government decides to increase the court from 11 members to 13 to get its pet initiatives through. It passes a different health care bill and changes the abortion laws, and then guarantees their passing Constitutional muster by loading the court with sympathetic justices. Over time the Supreme Court becomes a bloated mess, with 17 or 19 justices, or whatever number is needed to uphold the policies of the contemporaneous administration and Congress. America came perilously close to this situation once before. In the 1930s, President Franklin Roosevelt was frustrated that the Supreme Court struck down some of his New Deal initiatives as unconstitutional. When FDR tried to pack the court with sympathetic judges, the national backlash was swift and certain. FDR wisely backed down, and judicial independence was maintained. Maybe we Americans take our form of government too much for granted. We expect it to survive another 200 years just because it’s already lasted well over 200. Yet what Congress and the president do

f Democrats win big and ‘pack’ the Supreme Court, where might that lead?

can imperil our constitutional government. Congress, in particular, should resist the temptation to change its own self-limiting rules. The current Supreme Court controversy began when then Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took advantage of his Democratic majority to remove the requirement of 60 votes to confirm District Court nominees. When the Senate swung back to Republican control, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell decided to remove this 60-vote threshold for Supreme Court justices as well. That’s why Coney Barrett will likely be confirmed before the election. The next step in eroding the 60-vote requirement for Senate action would be to eliminate its application not just to judicial appointments but to all other legislative actions as well. That might sound appealing to the leaders of the next Senate majority, but it could come back to haunt them, too. Majorities shift with elections, and minority rights and privileges look a lot better when you’re in the minority. As someone who lived with both the pluses and minuses of the Senate’s higher threshold for action, I know that tinkering with power is tempting. It’s also dangerous. 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.

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eally, could you make up Donald Trump if he didn’t already exist? What book publisher in their right mind or movie producer hoping for a hit would create a character as unlikely as the Republicans’ very own Great Pumpkin on steroids? Imagine this: Hungry screenwriter pitches a story to movie mogul: “See, you have this superrich guy who decides to run for Randi president against kReiSS 17 other candidates seeking the GOP nomination. He has some problems, sure, some ADD maybe, some narcissistic personality disorder, some grandiosity. Yeah, I’m pretty sure there’s tape out there of him bragging about grabbing women’s genitals and getting away with it because he’s a star. History? Not his strong suit. Also, yeah, he has no experience at all in government or foreign affairs. “He did host a reality TV show. And he has experience hosting the Miss Universe pageant, which will help when

negotiating with Russia, Syria and Iraq. “He’s planning to build a wall along the border with Mexico, lower taxes on the rich, create a religious test for immigrants trying to get to America. Also, there are TV clips of him gyrating while mocking a disabled reporter, and, yes, he did insult the Gold Star parents of a Muslim-American soldier killed in Iraq. “OK, OK, he isn’t perfect, but he is flamboyant, and a fast talker, and he knows how to gin up a crowd, even inciting anger and violence, which will make for a great plot line, maybe even ending in another American Revolution.” Would any publisher or producer want to invest in this preposterous story? And wait, there’s more. He not only wins the nomination of his party, he wins the 2016 election and becomes the 45th president, a profoundly unprepared, uncouth, blatantly racist xenophobe. Then, get this, he runs for a second term. Sorry, Halloween 2020, you’ve been hijacked by the facts on the ground. Nothing can be as horrific as real life in the midst of a global pandemic in a country abused by an inept leader.

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Between the last election and this year, certain bedrock beliefs, such as the peaceful transition of power, have been challenged. Double double toil and trouble. From which caldron did he pull the idea to destabilize the country by sowing hatred and fear? Halloween, can you really do better than that? Fake Freddy Krueger fingernails and monster teeth just don’t cut it anymore. This year, thanks to the worrisome spiking of the Covid-19 virus, most children won’t have the fun of going door to door. The trick is on the innocent kids who might have been living in an entirely different environment if a competent and forthright president had taken charge early on to fight the pandemic in a smart and scientific way. Halloween tricks seem old school. Egging a car? Toilet paper in the trees? You call those tricks? They’re lame when compared with Russia hacking the election, the GOP placing fake ballot boxes around California and the leader of the free world coyly encouraging a wacko fringe group like QAnon. Now those tricks get everyone’s attention. Facebook, like other social media plat-

his year, the scariest holiday has been hijacked by facts on the ground.

forms, is under attack by foreign goblins and gremlins; cyberwarfare is terrifying. The old-time fright masks just don’t have the same ability to reach inside our lives and twist until we scream. Masks have taken on a whole other meaning in the time of Covid and the reign of Donald. As for ghosts, Halloween, I’m seeing the spirit of dictators, past and present, dancing across America. What have you got? White sheets and green makeup? Meh. Trump is actively summoning the spirit of his brother, Vladimir Putin, to name just one. He invokes his spirit every time he saws away at the pillars of our democracy: the Department of Justice, the FBI, the CIA, the Supreme Court and the Environmental Protection Agency. Clearly, the Donald trumps Halloween. He has ruined my taste for manufactured terror. I just can’t get interested in candy corn. We need to invent a special holiday for him. Let’s call it Inauguration Day, celebrate a new president and say goodbye to the sick joke that has been Donald Trump’s presidency. Maybe next year, fright wigs and skeleton costumes will be amusing again. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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onsider the number 675,000 for a moment. That’s the number of people in the United States who died during the flu pandemic of 1918-19. Could the U.S. be headed for such widespread death again? At press time, nearly 220,000 Americans had died of Covid-19, only eight months into this pandemic. The coronavirus could very well be with us for months to come, perhaps through the end of 2021. What will the death toll be in six months, 12 months, 18 months? It isn’t a stretch of the imagination to believe we could reach 400,000, 600,000 deaths or more if a safe and reliable vaccine isn’t found soon. Each death represents someone’s mother or father, brother or sister, friend or colleague. Each death is a tragedy, an extinguishment of life that was, in all too many cases, avoidable — if not for the policies of the Trump administration. From the start, President Trump downplayed the dangers of the coronavirus, even though he understood its severity as

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early as February. When we should have been locking down nationally, as New Zealand did in March, we remained open for business in most parts of the country, and the virus spread from transportation hubs like New York and California across the country. There was never a complete travel ban from China early this year, as Trump has claimed — American citizens and permanent residents flew back and forth at will between China and the U.S. And Trump has eschewed masks all along, even though mask wearing would improve safety as the U.S. continues to open up. Now the Trump administration is weighing, and in many ways pursuing, its potentially most dangerous policy of all — herd immunity, the ill-advised, frankly inane notion that we can beat the coronavirus by allowing healthy young people to become infected. If enough people do so and develop immunity to the virus, the thinking goes, it will disappear. Reputable scientists tell us, however, that herd immunity requires at minimum

Say goodbye to ‘Lady’ on our sports pages

n late September, we at the Herald were jolted when a senior at Kennedy High School, in Bellmore, called on school officials — and the local media — to stop referring to girls’ sports teams at Kennedy as the “Lady Cougars.” The student, 17-year-old Rachel Nossen, of Merrick, wrote an op-ed essay for her school newspaper, The Cougar Crier, and it certainly caught our attention. Throughout our newspaper group, which encompasses 22 editions on the north and south shores of Nassau County, we decided to

drop the use of “Lady.” Nossen was right to argue that the term diminishes the accomplishments of female athletes. Lady is a term of a bygone era when women were expected to be prim and proper and quiet, not the accomplished and fierce competitors they have become since Title IX was enacted in 1972, prohibiting sex discrimination in the schools. According to Title IX, if there is a boys’ team at a school, there must be a girls’ team. Up until then, many, if not most, schools did not have competitive girls’ ath-

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50 to 60 percent of the population to be infected, and that it cannot be achieved without a vaccine. But let’s suppose for a moment that we, as a nation, were to pursue a herd-immunity course through natural infection, and 60 percent of Americans — or 196 million people — were to get the coronavirus. Think about the astronomical death total that would likely result. To date, 8.17 million Americans have reportedly been infected with Covid-19. That’s 2.5 percent of the population. In widespread testing in late September, 1 in 10 Americans had Covid-19 antibodies, according to the Stanford University Medicine News Center. That is, we’re a long way from herd immunity. Pursuing herd immunity in the absence of a vaccine is a recipe for a death toll not seen in a pandemic since 1918-19. Listen to the reputable scientists: Wear a mask in public. Keep your distance. Wash your hands frequently. Work from home if you can.

letters In defense of our police chief To the Editor: I was disappointed to read that the Lynbrook/East Rockaway Herald joined with Newsday in reporting on the Lynbrook police and its outstanding chief, Brian Paladino, in the article, “Chief under fire for ‘mask Kaiser’ email” (Oct. 15-21). I prefer to judge the Lynbrook police on their performance and not mask wearing. I have been very pleased with the response time whenever we call for assistance, as well as their ability to keep the Village of Lynbrook safe, secure and crime-free. I think Paladino does an outstanding job in his management of the police force in these challenging times. If Jim Bur ns does not concur, then maybe he should look elsewhere to open his business. As a Lynbrook Chamber of Commerce member, I appreciate the safety and security that our businesses are

letic programs. Our editorial board gathered to figure out how “Lady” came into our sportsreporting lexicon, and concluded it was simply a matter of tradition. As we have learned in recent months and years, however, we need to look critically at our traditions to ensure they are in sync with modern thinking. Use of “Lady” when referring to girls’ sports teams is clearly out of step with 2020 culture, and so we will stop using it, except when it is part of an official team name.


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here is a storm brewing, and your child’s school is in its cross hairs. It’s not a hurricane or a tornado. It’s a fiscal tsunami, and it’s going to devastate the education system on Long Island unless Albany steps up and acts. Too many of our school districts were already in dire fiscal straits due to decades of austerity before the economic experts released their forecasts of even more funding cuts. This is especially true for schools in Black and brown neighborhoods. For Lisa years, students in TYson these classrooms have lacked up-todate materials, technology and other basic resources, so it’s no wonder these districts have been the first to feel the effects of this oncoming storm. The Copiague Board of Education pink-slipped dozens of staff members just a week before students were set to return to class. And this is just the beginning. The wind is picking up. Dark clouds are forming. Things are looking grim. But don’t worry. This particular storm isn’t a force of nature that we are powerless to stop. This is a human-caused

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financial calamity to which there are sensible solutions. First, however, we have to examine how our “leaders” got us into this mess. It’s not news to anyone that New York, like the rest of the nation, is in economic turmoil because officials at both the state and federal levels failed to adequately respond to the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 25,000 people in our state and left millions jobless. In response to New York’s fiscal distress, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the State Legislature approved a budget earlier this year that cut $1.1 billion in state aid from schools. Long Island schools lost a total $49.4 million. But it gets worse. Here’s how Copiague Public Schools Superintendent Kathleen Bannon explained the dire situation that every district is facing: “On Aug. 20, the district received a state aid payment for the 2019-20 school year that was 20 percent less than expected. Along with that payment was a notice that all future state aid payments would also be reduced by 20 percent.” These aren’t just numbers in a spreadsheet. Your children’s education, and therefore their future, is on the chopping block. Far too many of Long Island’s bright young minds have been forced to

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attend schools that are criminally underfunded, and these cuts will further pulverize their chances at receiving a quality education. So, will Long Island’s state legislators stand by and let this happen, or will they fight for the children of Long Island? It’s time to act to stop this fiscal tsunami in its tracks, because we shouldn’t play politics with our kids’ education. We are proposing a fourpronged approach, and the first prong can and should be done immediately: The state must dip into its rainy-day fund, because it’s pouring out there. We can’t weather a storm with an umbrella full of holes. Secondly, class is now in session, so the State Legislature should be in session, too. Cuomo has been circumventing democracy and playing games with the budget, which has caused unimaginable uncertainty and instability in school districts and municipalities. This has to stop. He needs to produce a real plan that lawmakers can work with to avoid more cuts at all costs. If he fails to do so, state legislators must immediately reconvene to stop the bleeding themselves, and they can do that by passing measures to make ultra-millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share. Albany needs to stop giving New

he state must dip into its rainy-day fund, because it’s pouring out there.

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York’s wealthiest residents a free ride. The rich have profited handsomely during the epidemic, earning enough during the public health crisis alone to close the state’s budget gap. New York’s cashstrapped families can’t be the only ones forced to make sacrifices. This isn’t a partisan issue. An overwhelming majority of New Yorkers support raising taxes on the rich, which lawmakers should remember when it’s their turn to cast a vote on legislation, because voters will surely remember who acted and who didn’t when Election Day comes around. Third: All options should be on the table to raise necessary revenue and avoid exacerbating this crisis with more cuts. So Cuomo also has a duty to consider short-term borrowing from the New York Federal Reserve Bank’s Municipal Liquidity Facility. And, last, we can’t let the federal government off the hook. It needs to get its act together, stop all the partisan bickering and send relief to the state and local communities. Sadly, recent events have made clear that the State Legislature can’t just sit on its hands and wait for Washington. For the sake of suffering New Yorkers, Cuomo and state lawmakers must act now. Lisa Tyson is the director of the Long Island Progressive Coalition.

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We must protect Long Island’s schools


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