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Coach, teacher, athletic director, and now she’s a Hall of Famer

By MikE CONN and MikE SMOlliNS mconn@liherald.com, msmollins@liherald.com

Former Lynbrook Athletic Director Joanna Commander has long been passionate about helping student-athletes, and her dedication and drive earned her a spot in the Nassau County High School Sports Hall of Fame’s class of 2020.

"I feel very blessed," Commander said. "I feel very

acknowledged . . . I love what I do, and to be acknowledged by your peers is just a very, very special thing, so I'm very appreciative of the honor."

Commander, 72, who lives in Glen Head with her wife, Rosemarie Cartagine, and was the Sea Cliff/Glen Head Herald Citizen’s first Person of the Year in 2017, said she pursued a teaching career in health and phys.-ed. because she grew up when girls had few chances to succeed in

sports. She loved playing any sports she could growing up, especially basketball, softball and field hockey. She was quite good at them, she said, noting her older brother always chose her first for neighborhood pickup games in their native West Hempstead.

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For the first time in over ■ Assigned seating and social seven months, Regal Cinemas 13 distancing between parties. in Lynbrook opened its doors to ■ Masks are mandatory at all patrons on Friday, but with a times except for when seated and plethora of new coronavirus eating or drinking. rules and regulations.

Calls and emails to represen“We are pleased to see the Lynbrook theater reopening and tatives from Regal Cinemas 13 bringing some vibrancy back to were not returned at press time.

Theaters across our downtown,” the state closed Mayor Alan Beach their doors in midsaid. “Management March as Covid-19 has assured us that cases continued to they are taking all s p i ke. C i n e m a s necessary precauthen remained tions of the Cenclosed, despite resters for Disease taurants, bowling Control and Prealleys and gyms vention and New gradually opening York state.” u n d e r C u o m o ’s With many new phased reopening releases on hold plan. Then, Cuomo amid the pandemannounced in midic, theaters across AlAN BEACH October that theLong Island are Lynbrook mayor aters could begin screening a mix of reopening on Oct. new and recent 23 in counties with movies, as well as classics. The Covid-19 infection rates of less return brings with it many new than 2 percent on a 14-day averregulations from Gov. Andrew Cuomo amid the coronavirus age that do not have any cluster zones. pandemic, which include: Lynbrook’s Regal theater has ■ Capacity limited to 25 percent taken many precautions, which of regular occupancy.

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a Stone marker on the site of the memorial has the late firefighters’ names engraved.

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Lynbrook firefighters remember the fallen

By Steve GroGan lyneditor@liherald.com

Six Lynbrook volunteer firefighters have died in the line of duty over the years, and the Lynbrook Fire Department members got together on Oct. 18 to remember them.

Led by Chief Michael Brooks, the LFD members and junior firefighters marched from the Earle Avenue parking lot to the Lynbrook Firefighters Memorial on the corner of Sunrise Highway and Earle Avenue for the annual memorial service commemorating those firefighters who died over the years while serving the village.

Also attending the ceremony were Lynbrook Mayor Alan Beach and the board of trustees, Lynbrook Police Chief Brian Paladino, Assemblywoman Judy Griffin, Nassau County Legislator William Gaylor, Hempstead Town Councilman Anthony D’Esposito and Town Clerk Kate Murray.

During the service, Brooks gave a short history on each of the six firefighters that died in the line of duty. Beach also spoke about the firefighters and the sacrifice they made. Assistant Chiefs Chris Kelly and Danny Ambrosio presented the department wreath, which was placed in front of the stone marker that lists the names of those who were lost.

The former members of the LFD that have died in the line of duty are Lieutenant Fred Schnoor, who died on May 31, 1932; John Smillie, who died on July 13, 1939; Chief Raymond Abrams, who died on June 30, 1946; William H. Koch, who died on April 30, 1963; Peter J. Moody, who died on May 2, 1963; and Joseph C. Fischer, who died on May 3, 1963.

“Lynbrook firefighters today remember those that gave their lives for this Fire Department and the Village of Lynbrook,” Abrams said, “and we will always remember and honor them for making the supreme sacrifice.”

the FireFiGhterS SaLuteD the memorial, top right. the FireFiGhterS pLaceD a wreath at the memorial, near left. chieF michaeL BrookS, far left, Second Assistant Chief Chris Kelly and Third Assistant Chief Danny Ambrosio paid their respects at a stone marker bearing their names and placed a wreath in their memory.

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LynBrook Fire Department members, and junior firefighters marched from Earle Avenue to the Lynbrook Firefighters Memorial in honor of the six LFD members who died in the line of duty over the years.

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The Seaford resident has been with East Rockaway since 2009, where he started at the Junior-Senior High School as an English Language Arts teacher. In 2012, he became a special education teacher at the school and led many successful activities throughout the years.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in English and then his master’s in secondary education in English from Molloy College. He also went on to complete the CITE Program at The College of Saint Rose. Additionally, he earned

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“I am excited to contribute to a setting that helps our students grow into productive problem solvers and who learn to engage in meaningful collaboration as they prepare for their postsecondary careers,” he said, according to a news release from the district.

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Commander is an advocate for women’s sports with her coach that still exists aspects of Commander's storied versity, and these days is focused today. Atria played on the varsity career was her rise to promion her golf game. Her goal as a team in the 1984-85 and 1985-86 nence in a male-dominated field. coach and athletic director, she seasons, and captured the county When Commander became said, was to give the next genera- championship under Command- Elmont High’s athletic director in 1976, she was one of only four tions of female athletes the er’s guidance in 1986.

“For anybody who’s been female athletic directors in Nasopportunity to feel a sense of belonging and camaraderie coached by her, and anybody sau County.

Vulpis said Commander's sucwho’s had the privilege of knowthrough sports.

Dominick Vulpis, assistant ing her, she’s always been a Hall cess helped pave the way for executive director of Section of Fame person,” Atria said. future female athletic adminis“Now it’s just nice that other trators.

VIII Athletics and a member of Her influence even unexpectthe Hall of Fame committee, people have recognized that. said Commander mentored him This is a woman who spent her edly struck Larry Glenz, a forwhen he became the East Rocka- whole life making sure that mer Lynbrook boys’ varsity way School District athletic everybody else got the honors lacrosse and junior varsity football coach. When Commander director in 1995. At the time, she that they deserved in all parts of was director of health, phys.-ed. life, so it’s nice to see that come came to LHS as its athletic director, he recalled, he was unhappy and athletics in Lynbrook, and back for her.”

Atria said she can still vividly because she came from Elmont, he said he admired her dedicaremember how tough the prac- which was Lynbrook’s biggest tion to students.

"Throughout the years, what tices were under Commander, rival, and she was taking over you learned about Joanna was but added that it made the team for outgoing Athletic Director she's a woman of convictions," better. She recalled missing foul Bill Peterson, who was a father Vulpis said. "She's very even- shots during games and then figure to Glenz. Though he was keeled, she's very objective in having to practice shooting free skeptical at first, Glenz said, her thinking . . . She was always throws over and over again at Commander eventually won him wanting to give to anybody out practice, or not being allowed to over with her commitment.

“I respect her courage,” he there who was willing to take, go home until she hit 20 layups but the biggest thing was it was in a row. She said it was a full- said. “It was considered a man’s circle moment for her when she job when I was younger, and a always about the kids."

Cathy Atria, who was coached had the opportunity to coach wo m a n f ro m E l m o n t w a s

by Commander when she played girls’ basketball at Lynbrook brought in, so that’s not what we girls’ basketball at Elmont when Commander was the ath- were looking for as coaches. And yet, she was as good as any man Memorial Junior-Senior High letic director there. could be, and she was a pioneer One of the most significant School, said she formed a bond GMTOHeraldTimelessSpecialsAd10_25.qxp_Layout 1 10/25/20 11:16 PM Page 1

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friends and Colleagues said that Joanna Commander has inspired high school athletes, teachers and administrators across Long Island. with a lot of courage and a lot of professionalism.”

Commander said there is more to athletics than winning.

Sports help children understand relationship building, communication and goal setting in a group. When she attended her Elmont High Hall of Fame induction ceremony last year, she reunited with a number of former students, who told her

athletics taught them many of their most important life lessons.

"I hope that I would have provided some blueprint for them to be successful in their lives," Commander said, "to know what it means to be successful, to know what it means to be a part of a team and working toward a common goal. I hope that's what my legacy is."

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Webinar educates about breast cancer on L.I. CloCkwise from top right: Skye Ostreicher, moderator; Karla Waldron, executive director of Mondays at Racine Cancer Center; Dr. Melissa Fana, chief of breast surgery at Northwell Health; Geri Barish, executive director of Hewlett House and president of 1 in 9: The Long Island Breast Cancer Action Coalition; and Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, discussed breast cancer causes, treatments and supports on Long Island during a Herald Inside LI webinar on Oct. 20.

By Briana Bonfiglio bbonfiglio@liherald.com

Three women embedded in the world of treatment and support for breast cancer patients and an environmental advocate spoke on the latest Herald Inside LI panel, a weekly webinar series on important topics affecting Long Islanders.

The virtual discussion, hosted by RichnerLive, a division of Richner Communications, publisher of Herald Community Newspapers, focused on risk factors for breast cancer, treatments for the disease and ways to find emotional support after a diagnosis.

Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment; Karla Waldron, executive director of Mondays at Racine; Dr. Melissa Fana, chief of breast surgery at Northwell Health; and Geri Barish, executive director of Hewlett House and president of 1 in 9: The Long Island Breast Cancer Action Coalition, engaged in a conversation on these topics for about 45 minutes on Oct. 20.

Skye Ostreicher, of RichnerLive and Herald Community Newspapers, moderated the panel and delivered questions from viewers. Better Water sponsored the event, so aptly, Long Island’s drinking water was the first discussion topic. Jeannie Riccardo, CEO of Better Water, said she thought it was critical to sponsor this event to educate families about the importance of a having options for a good water-filtration system.

“When people say to me, ‘Do you think there is a correlation between the environment and health?’ I don’t understand how anybody could say ‘no,’” Esposito said.

She explained that Long Islanders receive their water from sole-source aquifers, which are underground stores of water hundreds of feet below the surface. This means that “everything we do on the surface of Long Island — we use pesticides, there’s a leaking gas station, a toxic waste dump site — all of that percolates down and mixes with the groundwater,” she said.

She also explained that pesticides are hormone mimickers, so they mimic female hormones and block male hormones in the body. They are “designed to kill,” she said, so if people put them on their lawn to kill bugs or weeds, they should also think about what they are doing to humans.

Fana noted that other risk factors for breast cancer include BRACA-1, BRACA-2 and other gene mutations, family history, having no children or few children late in life and not breastfeeding. “The amount of years that a woman has unopposed estrogen and progesterone increases the risk of breast cancer,” she said. “We know that on Long Island, there is a higher-than-average risk for breast cancer. We also realize that this risk is affected by certain chemical compounds.”

“We have multiple roots of exposure on Long Island, and it is of concern,” Esposito said. “The good news is that today, as a minimum, if you don’t have a private well, that means your water is being tested at least four times per year or more, and if there’s something in your drinking water that exceeds the state or federal standard, the supplier is required to filter to at least those standards.”

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a group of women to create a pesticide registry on Long Island and raise awareness about what pesticides do to the drinking water and how that can cause certain cancers. “I think it was a great pairing for the breast cancer movement to match up with the environmental movement,” she said.

Barish is a five-time cancer survivor — three times with breast cancer — and lost her mother to breast cancer. She also lost her son to Hodgkin’s disease. These experiences led her to find out why. She is now a community leader as president of Hewlett House and 1 in 9, which provide resources for residents in the county dealing with any kind of cancer diagnosis. She also continues to help raise awareness about the disease and its causes.

“When people come in, they’re afraid,” she said.

“They don’t have any idea about the different surgeries that they can have.

“It’s truly about good education, getting the information out,” she added, noting that the organization educates young people about cancer and environmental causes.

Waldron praised the work that Barish and Esposito have done to bring awareness to the environmental factors for cancer. “The more information we have as women,” Waldron said, “the better we all are. Information is power.”

When someone gets a breast cancer diagnosis, they can also seek resources and free programming through Mondays at Racine, which offers one-on-one consultations, meditation, yoga, chair yoga, reiki, nutrition ser-

vices, beauty lessons and other support services at 16 different locations across Long Island.

“Our programs aim at reducing anxiety,” Waldron said. “It’s nice that they don’t have to worry about money.

They don’t have to worry about anything but themselves and get some of those services to help them be reminded of the beautiful person they truly are and not just this cancer diagnosis.”

Mondays at Racine’s programs are both virtual and in person during this time, and they are more popular than ever since Covid-19 hit, she added.

Covid-19 has also impacted breast cancer testing, Fana said. Technology systems have advanced at Northwell so patients do not need to wait long for results. They can also reach their doctors quickly through telemedicine and new online platforms.

“It’s not likely to find a lot of positives through a pandemic,” Fana said, “but this is one of the positives that has come out of this unprecedented time.”

Fana also expressed pride in Northwell’s combined mastectomy and vasectomy surgery, which includes reconstruction, so a patient who needs these procedures does not need to go through them more than once. Northwell also has a high-risk program, which calculates a patient’s lifetime risk for breast cancer.

“I always tell patients, ‘Don’t worry, the city has come to you,’” she said. “You don’t have to go into the city for high-quality care.”

Visit liherald.com/insideli to view a recording of this webinar and to register for upcoming webinars.

Building Homes for Heroes holding virtual fundraiser The Valley Stream-based nonprofit organization Building Homes for Heroes will host a fundraiser, the “Virtual Race for Heroes,” from Oct. 30 to Nov. 8.

Building Homes for Heroes provides mortgage-free homes for wounded veterans and their fami-

lies, and the event will go to support that mission. The organization most recently gifted a home to a family on Aug. 27.

Participants can take part in the event on their own schedules, and can choose between a 10-miler, 5K, one-mile fun run or 25-mile quarter-

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Marion Schwaner, 26, of Lynbrook, said she was working in public relations when the coronavirus pandemic hit and she was unexpectedly laid off. She decided to then launch her own business, To Tie-Dye for Clothing, through which she started producing masks and other clothing items. Skylar Blake, 22, of East Rockaway, is a nursing student at New York University and also recently started her business, Beadazzled by Sky, through which she makes beaded chains for masks and sunglasses.

With October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Schwaner and Blake partnered to create pink tie-dye facemasks with beaded mask chain lanyards.

They sold them for $35 for an adult and $25 for a child, and $5 from every purchase was donated to the Maurer Foundation, a Melville-based nonprofit that focuses on breast cancer education by promoting prevention, healthy lifestyle choices, early detection and risk reduction.

“It’s a great way to give back to the community,” Schwaner said. “You always want to give back, especially during this time. For people who have breast cancer or were recently diagnosed, it’s probably

really hard for them to receive treatment during Covid, so we’re just trying to support them as much as we can.”

Schwaner started her business in the early summer and began making tie-dye facemasks. She then began branching out and now creates many items, including bathing suits, baby onesies, sweatshirts, shorts, T-shirts, clothing for pets and more. She also produces masks with themes such as breast cancer awareness, Halloween and school logos. Schwaner and Blake conduct all of their business through social media, and accept orders through Instagram and Facebook, and payment via money transferring apps like Venmo.

The two have taken part in several fundraisers, and their businesses have had plenty of success in their first few months of existence. Schwaner noted that she has more than 1,400 followers on Instagram, and she plans to attend a vendor fair at the Massapequa Elks Lodge on Nov. 14 to continue to raise awareness about her business.

Schwaner said she invested in a couple of machines to help create the items out of vinyl, and noted that while her friends and her mother pitch in to help, she mostly works alone to produce the items.

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In light of the coronavirus pandemic, many parents have been concer ned about letting their kids trick-or-treat.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the festivities would not be banned this year, and Lynbrook is following others nationwide in the pumpkin project, which signals which houses are safe to trick-or-treat at.

Homeowners who are Covid-19 free and are following the proper health and safety protocols are invited to visit the

Lynbrook village website or Gaylor’s website to print out a purple pumpkin poster to place on a window or their door. The pumpkin signifies that the homeowner is healthy and willing to accept trick-or-treaters.

Once they place the pumpkin, the homeowner is vowing to take proper precautions and wear a mask and gloves when trick-or-treaters visit their home on Halloween. Trick-or-treaters are also asked to follow proper safety protocols when visiting homes.

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Lynbrook’s regaL Cinemas 13 reopened for the first time in over seven months on Oct. 23, and has many safety protocols in place amid the coronavirus pandemic. Above, Regal manager Daniel Acevedo, left, with Mayor Alan Beach at the reopening.

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Regal Cinemas 13 opens with new safety precautions include making tickets and concessions available for purchase in advance, stationing concession staff at opposite ends of the stand, using scanners to check tickets, stocking spare masks for theatergoers and enforcing mask mandates, except for customers who are eating or drinking while seated. Additionally, screening times have been spaced further apart to allow more time to disinfect the theaters, and drinking fountains are not available, including alcoholic beverages from the theater’s bar.

Many Lynbrook residents responded to a Herald Facebook inquiry about the theater’s return, and while the majority said they were happy to see it reopen, some exercised caution amid the pandemic.

Peter Keller was one of many who said he was pleased the theater was reopening, provided health measures were taken. “I think it’s a wonderful idea,” he wrote. ‘As long as all reasonable health precautions are taken, then it should be open. I can’t wait to go back.”

Jill Feldhum Stein said she took her 10-year-old son to see Pixar’s “Monster’s Inc.” on Sunday night and described his face as “priceless.”

“He was so surprised and happy to be able to go back there,” she wrote. “It was a great night. Clean, safe, fun.”

Elizabeth Hinko Marguiles wrote that she was not quite comfortable returning to the movie theater yet. “I don’t know what they are doing to keep things safe,” she wrote. “. . . If I decided to go to the Lynbrook theater, I would probably wait until the last minute to buy tickets online.

This way I’d be able to see how many tickets were sold and where available seats are.”

Stephanie Brizard offered a similar opinion. “Covid numbers are increasing, not a time I’d want to go to theaters,” she wrote. “. . . [It] just takes a few folks not to follow rules or be asymptomatic and get others sick. I’ll stick to watching movies at home until this pandemic is over.”

The reopening of the theater comes after Cineworld, the parent company of Regal Cinemas, announced on Oct. 8 that it would indefinitely suspend operations at all of its 536 theaters in the U.S., including the one in Lynbrook. Though the Lynbrook theater remained closed for seven months after the height of the pandemic, Regal reopened theaters in other states in August, but then decided to shutter all of them temporarily.

At that time, Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger said the company did all it could to support and sustain a safe reopening in the U.S., including putting in place health and safety measures and contacting state and local officials to educate them on the initiatives, but it was not given a path toward reopening by elected officials.

“This is not a decision we made lightly,” he said in a news release at the time. “. . . We are especially grateful for and proud of the hard work our employees put in to adapt our theatres to the new protocols and cannot underscore enough how difficult this decision was.”

After Cuomo’s announcement, Cineworld reversed the decision.

Lynbrook’s state-of-the-art 83,022square-foot theater opened to much fanfare in June 2018 after an arduous twoyear construction process in which the new facility replaced an antiquated theater. The $21 million project included 13 auditoriums, and upon its opening, Beach said he was hopeful that it would generate foot traffic for downtown businesses.

Though many businesses have suffered during the pandemic and the theater was shuttered for seven months, Beach said he hoped its reopening would lead to a long-term resurgence of the downtown, while remaining a safe place to attend.

“The theater is at partial capacity for safe social distancing and is routinely sanitized,” he said. “Once we emerge from the pandemic, I want Lynbrook to be strategically positioned to help lead our region forward.”

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Officers and members of New York Elks Lodge No. 1 have continued to support the Long Island Rough Riders, a village-based sled hockey team of differently-abled athletes, for more than 23 years.

The lodge has donated its hall for the team to host events and fundraisers, and has also provided about $68,000 in grants to the hockey team over the years.

Under the guidance of sled hockey President Bryan Blomquist, the athletes don’t have to pay for ice time, uniforms, trips or anything related to the league, and the Elks have helped in that regard.

This year, the Elks donated a $2,500 gratitude grant to the Rough Riders, and last year a fundraiser the team hosted at the lodge helped raise $384,729.

The Rough Riders won the USA Hockey League’s national title in Tampa, Fla. in 2019 and presented a championship banner to the Elks Lodge. Since its inception in 2003, the team has participated in 53 tour naments and has amassed 20 gold medals, seven silver medals and 15 bronze medals.

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Neighbors iN the News Three East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School students will add a touch of spooky to an upcoming exhibit this Halloween season after their artwork was accepted into the Huntington Art Council’s juried exhibit, “Nightmare on Main Street.”

Seniors Sofia Bertolotti and Daniella Pedi, and junior Gianna Mancusi will have their artwork on display in the exhibit from Oct. 16 to Nov. 5 in Huntington.

The exhibit will be juried by Raquel Skellington, an alter native performance artist and graphic designer from New York.

Courtesy East Rockaway School District; compiled by Mike Smollins

Daniella PeDi’S artwork was accepted into the “Nightmare on Main Street” exhibit

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We started doing our own drive-by parades in March to celebrate our friends’ birthdays. I pitched the idea to my mother of doing the same for our players at TOPSoccer.

In May, we were able to organize a drive-by parade at our players’ homes. We had more than a dozen cars full of volunteers who met in the parking lot of St. Thomas the Apostle Church that afternoon. Once we got together, we all drove by 16 players’ homes in West Hempstead, Malverne and Franklin Square, and we held up signs to show support for our players.

We shared gift bags with all of the players that included soccer balls and water bottles donated by the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association. Many of the coaches even took the time to write messages of encouragement for each player.

We really just wanted to see the kids again. Our goal was to make them happy and try to give back to them what they’ve given us. Just seeing their smiles made it worthwhile. Next year will be my last season with TOPSoccer since I’m attending Catholic University in the fall of 2021. I’ve had so much fun with this program. With everything that’s happening right now, I’m going to try to enjoy this as much as I can.

nthony and I agree that the last seven months have presented a multitude of challenges. Most importantly the impact on our families has been paramount. We both have parents and family members that we are looking after as well as our immediate families. The unusual benefit of the pandemic has been having our adult children return home. In what other time in history would we have had the opportunity to have adult children live with us for a six-month period?

As longtime members of the Kiwanis Club of the Five Towns, we both have a broader view of the impact of Covid-19 on the local community. We are proud to have served the oldest community service organization in the Five Towns for nearly 20 years each. Responding to numerous situations of food uncertainty, we provided groceries to several organizations that support the elderly and less fortunate. While we have supported causes for many, many years, we never fully understood the fragility of the economy and how a quick downturn in employment would force so many families into food insecurity.

Anthony and I have been honored to show our support for first responders and frontline workers during the pandemic. The Five Towns Kiwanis Club showed expressions of thanks to police and ambulance technicians, hospital workers and postal employees, recognizing that those individuals put the community first and they should be applauded for their diligence and hard work. Five Towns Kiwanis supported local restaurants and businesses to provide to those organizations helping us in the past with our fundraising activities.

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The children and dogs each have their own personalized pumpkins on the porch of the Farr family’s house in Lynbrook.

Jack-o’-lantern display shows Halloween spirit

By Mike SMollinS msmollins@liherald.com

On Stevenson Street in Lynbrook, one home is embracing the Halloween spirit as 89 foam jack-o’lanterns with various designs line the lawn and light up the night, making a neighborhood spectacle.

“I dubbed myself the crazy pumpkin lady,” Tessa Farr, the pumpkin patch’s creator, said with a laugh.

“I come up with the designs myself and some are things I’ve seen people do that I put my own spin on.”

Farr said Halloween is her favorite holiday and she decided to get in the spirit by creating the jacko’-lanterns to embrace the spooky celebration. The hijinks began last year when she designed 42 pumpkins and her collection is growing.

For each pumpkin, Farr drew the design in pencil then used an X-acto knife to carve them into jacko’-lanterns. Her husband, Josh, and children, Drexel, 7, Cici, 5, and Cosette, 1, also got in on the fun and created their own designs. Farr said she makes her creations out of foam because animals frequently eat real pumpkins and it can take anywhere from 20 minutes to two hours to finish a design, depending on how intricate it is, so she doesn’t want her hard work to go to waste. When the season is over, she stores them in a loft in her garage and in the family’s basement.

“Every day is Halloween in our house,” Farr said. “The kids are always dressing up. Halloween’s my favorite holiday and it always has been, and I passed it on to my kids.”

Because 2020 has mostly been defined by the coronavirus pandemic, Farr said she seeked to represent that with her first design, which was a jacko’-lantern with a facemask on it. From there, the designs ranged from zainy to scary and all in between.

Farr said her favorite creations were a jack-o’lantern featuring a skeleton inside a cameo frame and one where she carved a small skull onto a tiny white pumpkin and placed it inside a large orange pumpkin, which she carved to make it look like a skull inside of a jack-o’-lantern. Her husband also carved one of a world map, while her children designed drawings of spiders, unicorns, mermaids and train tracks, which she then carved for them.

The family’s front lawn has caught the eye of many neighbors and community members, who Farr said have frequently stopped by her house to take pictures and look at the collection all October long.

“It’s a real coming together community thing,” she said. “The number of people who have stopped by our house to comment on the pumpkins or the number of people who I haven’t talked to in years who message me about it, it’s a really cool thing.”

drexel, 7, Top left, carved the train tracks design.

cici, 5, Top right, said that the unicorn pumpkin she designed was her favorite in the patch.

The FarrS added 46 new pumpkins to their annual patch, for a total of 89 jacko’-lanterns.

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Nassau County elected officials from three levels of government spoke about issues facing the county and where to go from here on the latest Herald Inside LI webinar, “Next in Nassau,” on Oct. 21.

Michaelle Solages, assemblywoman in New York’s 22nd assembly district; Dave McDonough, assemblyman in the state’s 14th Assembly District; Tom Suozzi, congressman in the state’s 3rd Congressional District, and County Executive Laura Curran joined the Zoom call to discuss government services during the Covid-19 crisis.

Skye Ostreicher, of RichnerLive and Herald Community Newspapers, moderated the conversation and delivered questions from viewers.

Nassau County is holding steady at 1 to 1.5 percent of those tested being positive for coronavirus, Curran said. About 7,000 to 10,000 people are tested in the county per day. “We want to do everything we can to keep it that way,” she said. “We cannot go backwards. The thought of shutting down schools again, of shutting down business again … we have made too much progress to go back.”

McDonough added that small businesses still need aid to fully recover from the economic downturn that began in the spring. “We’re losing small businesses every day that can’t afford to stay open,” he said. “The small businesses are the life-

blood of this nation and definitely the lifeblood of this state.”

Suozzi noted that the Heroes Act, the federal stimulus bill currently being negotiated in Congress, will deliver aid to help communities recover economically from the pandemic. The bill would provide stimulus checks to individuals, increased unemployment benefits and an extension of the Payment Protection Program for small businesses. Suozzi wants to see the bill passed with $500 billion in state aid because that would help fund school districts.

“Our economy will never recover unless we have a sense that the public feels it’s safe to go back in the water,” he said.

“We need every state to have a program similar to New York state’s.”

Currently, if small businesses or nonprofit organizations in Nassau County need financial assistance, they can visit BoostNassau.net to see what’s available.

She also noted that the county’s Health Department has become more robust, adding more professionals to give guidance to communities, including businesses and school districts, on coronavirus safety precautions. Going forward, she has also submitted a county budget that does not increase taxes or cut programs, she said, by refinancing debt and making use of a surplus from 2019.

In addition to food insecurity and businesses shutting down permanently, Solages found that child care centers were suf-

CloCkwise from top right: Skye Ostreicher, moderator, Congressman Tom Suozzi, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, Assemblyman Dave McDonough and Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages discussed government initiatives during the coronarvirus pandemic during a Herald Inside LI webinar on Oct. 21.

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fering — 35 percent of them have closed in New York, many of them on Long Island, she said. She is calling for universal prekindergarten for 3- and 4-year-olds in New York, as well as financial assistance to help child care centers recover.

“We have to make sure we’re attracting young families,” she said, “and the only way we can do that is to make sure we have these programs.”

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“This is not a game,” Suozzi said. “This is not about politics; this is not about the election on Nov. 3. There are people that are unemployed that can’t pay their insurance, that can’t pay their bills, can’t pay their everyday utility bills, their rent, their food bills.”

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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.

If your claim is not scheduled or if your claim is designated as disputed, contingent, or unliquidated, you must file a proof of claim or you might not be paid on your claim and you might be unable to vote on a plan. You may file a proof of claim even if your claim is scheduled.

You may review the schedules at the bankruptcy clerk’s office or online at https://pacer.uscourts.gov.

Secured creditors retain rights in their collateral regardless of whether they file a proof of claim. Filing a proof of claim submits a creditor to the jurisdiction of the bankruptcy court, with consequences a lawyer can explain. For example, a secured creditor who files a proof of claim may surrender important nonmonetary rights, including the right to a jury trial.

8. Exception to discharge deadline: If § 523(c) applies to your claim and you seek to have it excepted from discharge, you must start a judicial proceeding by filing a complaint by the deadline stated below. The bankruptcy clerk’s office must receive a complaint and any required filing fee by the following deadline.

Deadline for filing the complaint: To be determined 9. Creditors with foreign address: If you are a creditor receiving notice mailed to a foreign address, you may file a motion asking the court to extend the deadlines in this notice. Consult an attorney familiar with United States bankruptcy law if you have any questions about your rights in this case.

10. Filing a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case: Chapter 11 allows debtors to reorganize or liquidate according to a plan. A plan is not effective unless the court confirms it. You may receive a copy of the plan and a disclosure statement telling you about the plan, and you may have the opportunity to vote on the plan.

You will receive notice of the date of the confirmation hearing, and you may object to confirmation of the plan and attend the confirmation hearing. Unless a trustee is serving, the debtor will remain in possession of the property and may continue to operate its business.

11. Discharge of debts: Confirmation of a chapter 11 plan may result in a discharge of debts, which may include all or part of your debt. See 11 U.S.C. § 1141(d). A discharge means that creditors may never try to collect the debt from the debtor except as provided in the plan. If you want to have a particular debt owed to you excepted from the discharge and § 523(c) applies to your claim, you must start a judicial proceeding by filing a complaint and paying the filing fee in the bankruptcy clerk’s office by the deadline.

If you have any questions about this notice, please contact the Debtor’s Claims and Noticing Agent, Epiq Corporate Restructuring, LLC, at (888) 490-0633 (toll free from the U.S. or Canada), (503) 520-4459 (international), by email at RCDRockvilleInfo@epiqglobal.com, or visit https://dm.epiq11.com/drvc.

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October 29, 2020 — LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Lynbrook will hold a Public Hearing to consider the adoption of Village Code Chapter 24 (Community Choice Aggregation Energy Program), to allow the Incorporated Village of Lynbrook pursuant to Section 10(1)(ii)(a)(12) of the New York Municipal Home Rule Law and State of New York Public Service Commission Case No. 14-M-0224, to procure energy supply service for their residential and commercial customers, who will have the opportunity to opt out of the procurement, while maintaining transmission and distribution service from the existing distribution utility; and, under SEQRA Regulations, to determine whether the proposed Code amendment would cause a significant negative impact on the environment; said Public Hearing will be held at 7:00 PM on November 16, 2020 at the Village Hall, One Columbus Drive, Lynbrook, New York 11563.

All interested persons will be heard during the Public Hearing at the time and place aforementioned.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES JOHN GIORDANO, V I L L A G E ADMINISTRATOR

LEGAL NOTICE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation 1. Publication Title: LYNBROOK HERALD. 2. Publication No. 323040.

3. Filing Date: October 1 2020 4. Issue Frequency: Weekly.

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Editor: MICHAEL SMOLLINS, 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, Nassau County, NY 11530. Managing Editor: SCOTT BRINTON, 2 ENDO BLVD, GARDEN CITY, NY 11530.

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construction of an eighteen (18) unit, two story condominium on said parcel; and, under SEQRA regulations, to determine whether the proposed development will constitute a significant impact on the environment; said Public Hearing will be held at 7:00 P.M. on November 16, 2020 at the Lynbrook Village Hall, One Columbus Drive, Lynbrook, New York 11563.

All interested persons will be heard during the Public Hearing at the place aforementioned.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES JOHN GIORDANO, V I L L A G E ADMINISTRATOR LYNBROOK: NEW YORK DATED: October 20, 2020 123612

LEGAL NOTICE Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company.

Name: Lovingood Wellness Studios, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York, (SSNY) on 10/9/2020. NY Office Location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to: Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

123633 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Lynbrook will hold a Public Hearing to consider the application of L.I. Building Corp.

Such application consists of two parts which are: (1) under Lynbrook Village Code Section 252-109 for a zoning change of the parcel located at 161 Union Avenue, Lynbrook from a mixed zoned parcel consisting of both Commercial and Residential “A” zoning to a Residential “C” zoned parcel permitting a multiple dwelling with Village Board’s approval; and, (2) under Lynbrook Village Code Section 252-21 for the

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the November 2, 2020 meeting of the Board of Trustees has been rescheduled for Monday, November 16, 2020 at 7:00 P.M. at the Village Hall, One Columbus Drive, Lynbrook, New York.

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A. Probably not.

People generally dread winter, but work goes on all year round, except on occasional severe weather days, depending on the project size. During this unusual time, there have been many changes in the way planning is reviewed by authorities and how we go about our work. Delay is an understatement.

Owners who think that onte eeper the process of plans, approvals and getting either permits or construction started is simple are due for disappointment and self-created aggravation. That has never changed. The process has never been quick, and the pandemic altered almost everything. In March of this year, building departments closed their doors nearly everywhere around us. Internet filings and drop-off boxes took over.

You can help the process move along more quickly with data you hopefully have in your purchase documents. At the beginning of every project, we need background information to get started.

We need to see the property survey, which looks like a map of your parcel of land with a detailed and dimensioned outline of the building, even for houses. The survey is often attached to the deed and title paperwork you may have gotten from your attorney. It also helps to see any kind of former permits with attached approved plans.

Many people make the huge mistake of thinking contractors and workers will respect the need to protect original stamped permits and plans during construction, but they almost always get damaged or go missing. Handing the originals out may be the last time you see them. The plans get separated, torn, spilled on or just blow away. I instruct everyone to treat those documents like “closing papers” and to only distribute copies, keeping the permit and stamped plans safe, to be brought out only for the building inspector. I make copies of every plan and permit document for clients, just to have a backup when owners panic that the inspector won’t sign off the project.

As work began again in June, contractors were ordered off construction sites, and work already begun, plus work just starting, got all jammed together into the same time slots. How you do that and keep customers happy is a magic trick that rarely works.

As well, material prices went up, and many construction components have been hard to get.

The demand for real estate in the suburbs, and people working from home, has also caused upward movement in home values and needed alterations due to life changes. This has caused a strain, because many real estate closings are being delayed by the sudden realization that the illegal shed, deck or pool needs plans, permits and inspections. In other words, expect delays, and patience will help you through. Good luck!

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he coronavirus pandemic forced the world to hit the pause button. It brought our local and regional economies to a screeching halt, and resulted in a sharp rise in unemployment. Businesses that were hit hard during the shutdown were forced to rethink their operations at a time when resources were scarce. I am proud of the role the Nassau County Industrial riCHArD DevelopKesseL ment Agency has played — and continues to play — in our county’s recovery.

The IDA’s mission is to promote the economic welfare and prosperity of Nassau County. We do this by assisting existing businesses so they can stay in the county, and by working to attract new businesses. In both cases, our objective is to increase the county’s tax base and create job opportunities for our residents. Every transaction the IDA completes is carefully thought out, and is made to ensure that we create chances for our economy to develop.

Contrary to opposing beliefs,

the IDA does not reduce businesses’ taxes. Let me explain. When you invest in a property, its value goes up and, therefore, so do its taxes. The IDA restructures tax payments for businesses looking to invest in our economy in what are called payments in lieu of taxes, or PILOTs. A drastic increase in property taxes due to an initial investment could make an investor walk away.

What the IDA does is take away the immediate shock of increased taxes caused by the investment by gradually increasing taxes over the course of the PILOT term. At no point are less taxes collected than what was previously being paid on the property.

Take the recently approved Superblock project in Long Beach as an example. The property — which will soon be home to more than 400 units of much-needed housing, and will create jobs and stimulate local business activity — has sat vacant for more than 40 years. If it were to stay vacant for the next 25 years, it would generate $7.4 million in taxes. The developer received a 25-year PILOT to make a $360 million investment, which will end up

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generating more than $23 million in taxes over the course of the agreement. This doesn’t include the positive economic impact that will be generated by those who move into the new housing units as they spend money in the community.

Everything the IDA does is in the name of economic development — growing the tax base and generating jobs.

A new set of needs emerged during the pandemic, as businesses were now required to spend money retrofitting operations and purchasing supplies they’d never needed before. The IDA stepped up to aid local businesses and downtowns, and thus the Boost Nassau program was born.

Early in the pandemic, we launched an ad campaign with our sister organization, the Local Economic Assistance Corporation, to promote shopping local and the importance of doing it safely. We also partnered with County Executive Laura Curran and Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin to deliver thousands of personal protective equipment kits to small businesses to ensure that employees and their customers could work and shop safely.

he county’s Industrial Development Agency has helped out at a crucial time.

Providing the PPE kits gave our struggling small businesses the physical resources they needed to remain open, while removing the financial burden of having to pay for those supplies.

Assisting small retailers and local downtowns is new to us, for the simple reason that, up until recently, state law prohibited us from doing so. Curran and State Sen. Todd Kaminsky worked tirelessly to get legislation passed that gave IDAs the temporary authority to issue grants and loans to small businesses.

Through the New York Forward Loan Fund program, in partnership with the Nassau County Office of Community Development, more than $520,000 has been lent to small businesses in sectors that include construction, electric, painting, health, beauty supply and gas. These loans have helped businesses retain 18 jobs and led to the creation of six more. And we’re just getting started.

While our day-to-day lives look different these days, one thing has stayed the same: The Nassau IDA has worked, and continues to work, to ensure that businesses and our economy are supported through this pandemic and come out strong once it is over.

Richard Kessel is chairman of the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency.

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Please, Governor Cuomo, reopen comedy clubs To the Editor: I re c e n t ly w ro t e t o G ov.

Andrew Cuomo in the hope that he would consider allowing Long Island comedy clubs to reopen. I had read that he believes live entertainment could be a cause of Covid-19 spread.

For seven weeks over the summer, however, the Nassau County fire marshal, fire inspector and Health Department allowed Governors Comedy Clubs to open after touring our facilities and reviewing our safety procedures, which far exceed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. Not one case of the virus was traced back to our three venues in those seven weeks.

Our clubs have operated in our communities for more than

30 years. We have known our comedians since they were starting out (some are very famous now), our families work in the clubs, and the same customers come back night after night. We are part and parcel of the Long Island landscape. I am asking Governor Cuomo to trust in our ability to continue to run the same great and safe establishments that we always have, while implementing Covid-19 safety measures.

I have sent our safety protocols to the governor’s office, and I was told that his office received not only our protocols, but also a ringing endorsement from Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, who toured our facilities.

The governor has stated that an entertainer can spew respiratory droplets from the stage. We, however, have encased all our stages, including our outdoor stage on our patio, in floor-to-ceiling Plexiglas, and our closest table is nine feet from the per-

former. If a comedian were to come out onto one of our stages with a running hose and point it at our customers, no one would get wet.

The governor has also objected to “funneling,” in which everyone in an establishment leaves together. In the weeks when we operated, though, we tapped the tables that could leave, one at a time, and announced that protocol before the show to avoid a crowd of patrons leaving at once.

Our clubs are closed now. We have no source of income to offset our rent, property taxes and utilities. I would settle for breaking even, because at 50 percent

capacity, you can only break even, at best, but that would at least keep our doors open and people working, and we would stay relevant in our community.

We used to hold fundraisers for severely ill children, those suffering from chronic diseases, public servants, first responders and front-line workers, which cannot we do at the moment.

Comedy clubs, I believe, are needed now more than ever.

JAmES DOLCE Owner and operator, Governors Comedy Clubs Levittown

CorreCTion An editorial in the Oct 15-21 issue of the Herald, “Breast screening still a must, despite pandemic,” listed an incorrect web address for the Adelphi NY

Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline.

The correct address is https:// breast-cancer.adelphi.edu/. We regret the error.

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s I watch the final days of the election campaign, I keep thinking about the words of writerphilosopher George Santayana, who said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” The aphorism can be applied to four presidents, including Donald J. Trump.

Lyndon Johnson was by any measure a president who had a major impact on American history, with the passage of the Civil Rights Act and other significant laws. But Johnson ignored the swirl of negativity that the pubJeRRY lic felt about the kReMeR Vietnam War. By the time he faced re-election, our country had lost over 250,000 soldiers, and the war ended his political career.

George H.W. Bush was a patriot and a statesman when he was elected president. He paid great attention to foreign policy, and successfully ousted Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi forces from Kuwait. He also removed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega from power.

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But while Bush claimed numerous successes abroad, he failed to focus on the American economy, which was in rapid decline. His most fatal declaration was, “Read my lips: No new taxes.” In the middle of his term, the Congress passed a tax increase, which Bush signed into law, and he lost his bid for re-election.

President George W. Bush had many accomplishments during his tenure. He pushed through a $1.3 trillion tax cut and was responsible for the No Child Left Behind Act. He delivered the Partial Birth Abortion Act for the conservative wing of the Republican Party. We remember his “war on terror” after the Sept. 11 attacks.

But history is not always kind, and a few significant mistakes blemished Bush’s record and stuck in the minds of the public. His invasion of Iraq in 2003, based on the claim that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction, turned out to be an unforgivable political mistake, and Bush botched the response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 as well.

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er they will give President Trump four more years. He can point to the economy before the coronavirus pandemic began, and his success in getting many conservative judges appointed to the federal courts. These claims are politically appealing to different wings of the Republican Party.

But Trump can’t escape his bungled handling of the Covid-19 virus. Just like George H.W. Bush was forced to eat his promise of “no new taxes,” Trump will likely regret repeatedly saying that the virus will disappear, “like magic.” As of this week, the death toll in the U.S. has passed 225,000, and there has been no comprehensive federal response.

The president continues to insist that his travel ban on visitors from China was somehow a turning point in the battle against the coronavirus, but he can’t escape his own words in interviews with Bob Woodward, when he acknowledged knowing how serious the virus was but publicly downplaying it.

Each day, it seems, more stories emerge about Trump’s attempts to muzzle public health experts. His wild sug-

hile more people are dying each day, Trump says we’re ‘rounding the corner.’

gestions about the use of disinfectants and hydroxychloroquine to “cure” the virus have undermined his public standing. His insistence on holding large rallies with largely maskless crowds has alarmed many of his own supporters, who are going to great lengths to avoid the virus.

While political polls are never a perfect barometer of the public’s feelings, an incumbent politician who ignores voters’ concerns about something as serious as Covid-19 does so at his peril. While more people are dying each day, Trump is telling the nation that “we’re rounding the corner” on the virus.

He claims that the majority of the country likes his tweets and his handling of the government, but the pandemic is the No. 1 concern of the nation, and there is no way to escape its potential impact on his Election Day fortunes. If he loses, Covid-19 will be in the first sentence of his political obituary.

Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years.

He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.

Vote your mind, your heart and your soul

hen I was in third grade, Mrs. Heller told me I needed to grow an “elephant” skin because I cried when someone said something mean to me. So it was ironic to be an opinion writer in the time of Trump.

I’m thinking of the reader who took the time to write to say that I was ugly and probably had no friends. She got all that from my political views.

What can I say?

It’s been an interRAndi esting four years. kReiss This is my last column before the election, and I don’t imagine I’ll change any minds this week, one way or the other, but I keep hoping I might. I spend my 750 words to offer one person’s considered views on this, the most critical election of our lifetime.

An opinion column doesn’t have to present both sides of an issue. For example, if we’re discussing separating babies from their parents at our southern borders, a straight news report might include details about the great

numbers of migrants moving north and the difficulties faced by border agents.

But as an opinion writer, my mind leaps to historical metaphors, to other crimes against children and families perpetrated by other governments wielding clubs rather than compassion in the face of human suffering. I recall that we Americans have a troubled past of separating Native American children from their families, and if the arc of justice bends toward enlightenment, then we must shudder at the images of infants and babies in cages in facilities run by the United States of America.

The news last week that some 545 children have never been reunited with their parents puts a pin in it for me. In his lingo, Donald J. Trump has sullied the American “brand.” From his first day in office, he shamed himself and our country in the eyes of the world. An easy and epic liar, he said what worked in the moment, truth be damned. At times he has seemed out of control, snapping and biting not only at his perceived enemies, but at the country’s own loyal and diligent public servants in the FBI and the CIA and the

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CDC and all the other agencies that have kept us safe through the years.

There are two tracks to follow: what Trump says and what he does. They are often not the same, which has contributed to the chaos within his administration and frankly, within us.

He promised to clean up politics in Washington, and proceeded to empower compromised and sometimes corrupt deputies and lackeys. He said he loved clean water and air, and proceeded to disembowel the Environmental Protection Agency and deregulate the industries that contribute to pollution.

He said that no one since Lincoln had been better for American Blacks than he has.

But he turned his back on every single initiative to empower them, increase minority voting and acknowledge the injustices of decades of racism in this country. We know the list goes on of the discordance between what he says and what he does.

The catastrophic exception has been Covid-19. Early on, he said it was no big deal, and he followed through. He. Did. Nothing. There was no plan, no organizing of resources, no testing when we

ow ironic it is for a once thinskinned thirdgrader to be an opinion writer.

first needed it, and most important, no honest discussion with the American people about the deadly challenge ahead. What he said about the coronavirus in January and February was that it would go away.

Last week, as Joe Biden and the president stood at their respective lecterns for the last debate of the campaign, this nation was mourning the loss of more than 220,000 Americans who had died of the virus. Never in the history of this country has one president been so directly implicated in the massive death and suffering of our people. He has been inept in the face of pandemic, willfully misleading and woefully ignorant.

If Biden wins, he will get to work and do the job, and I trust he will bring together teams of our best and brightest to restore decency and competency to government. We need relief from this ongoing travesty. We need to reboot the great natural and political and personal resources that abide in this country. We need to lick our wounds and move on, with new leadership.

Vote early. Don’t give up on this country. Don’t give up on democracy. Let the best man win.

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

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Re-elect Todd Kaminsky in 9th S.D.

ronmental Conservation Commithe 9th State Senate District tee, and was the author of a meaincludes a wide swath of sure of key importance to the southwestern Nassau CounSouth Shore: the New York Climate ty, from Long Beach to Leadership and Community ProtecRockville Centre, as well as parts tion Act. It is an aggressive proof Valley Stream, Elmont and the gram whose intent is to lead the Five Towns. It is not only wide, but transition to a green-energy econoincreasingly diverse, with growing my and carbon neutrality.

Black and Hispanic populations.

Kaminsky also supported the The district requires a representastate’s new bail reform law, which tive in the State Senate who has a took a major step toward freeing broad perspective on a number of defendants awaiting trial who key issues, including the environcould not afford bail by limiting ment, education, taxes and bail Todd Kaminsky the number of crimes for which reform. judges could set bail — mostly feloThat representative is the incumbent, Democrat Todd Kaminsky, who nies. Kaminsky has since made adjustments to won a special election in 2016 and has served the law, adding several more crimes for which with distinction ever since. judges can set bail.

Kaminsky is chairman of the Senate’s EnviA former prosecutor in the Queens district

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Re-elect Miller in the 20th Assembly District

or the past four years, District 20 Assemblywoman Melissa “Missy” Miller, a Republican, has been in the minority party in the State Assembly, but that hasn’t stopped her from working across the political aisle with her colleagues in Albany.

When she was first elected in 2016, Miller’s campaign platform was simple: She wanted to make a difference for her community, and we believe she has done just that in her time in Albany. She had no background in politics, but has become an effective politician by working with Democrats on co-sponsoring bills — and, more specifically, by advocating for the disabled community.

The parent of a special-needs child, Miller said she has had to figure out how to carry on in life despite almost overwhelming obstacles.

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attorney’s office and the U.S. attorney’s office for the Eastern District of New York, Kaminsky sponsored legislation to take pensions away from officials who are proven to be corrupt, toughened anti-bribery laws and increased oversight for government contracting.

The 42-year-old senator, who lives in Long Beach, is a regular at local civic events, and has lent his support to the city’s struggling Martin Luther King Center.

His opponent, Victoria Johnson, who has worked for Long Island Republican state legislators, is likable and plain-spoken. But she focuses mostly on one issue — her opposition to the bail reform bill. That is not enough to elect her to the Senate.

Kaminsky has shown himself to be reliable, responsible and thoroughly familiar with the 9th District and its issues. We enthusiastically support his re-election.

a valuable member of the date. He had interesting ideas on how to Assembly, because she knows help businesses that are struggling amid how to draw effective attention the coronavirus pandemic, such as a to an issue and has learned sales tax holiday to stimulate spending, well that working together is and setting up seminars in which leadessential to good governing. ers of Long Island’s most successful and Miller maintains that the resilient businesses could share how state government could benefit they have been able to navigate the crifrom more transparency and sis. We encourage Marks to stay more public hearings, especialinvolved in the political arena. ly for any project that uses taxMiller noted that voters should payer money, and we agree. She choose the candidate who can do the also said she believes in term best job of listening to the voices and limits, and that a maximum of meeting the needs of the community, Melissa Miller three four-year terms would regardless of the party he or she rephelp nurture fresh perspectives resents. We agree, and based on that in the State Legislature. simple criterion, we believe she has earned Democrat Gregory Marks, a public health lecanother two years in Albany. We encourage the turer, is Miller’s challenger and a strong candivoters of the 20th District to re-elect Miller.

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Re-elect Griffin in Assembly District 21

he Herald endorses State coronavirus crisis drags on. She Assemblywoman Judy Grifhosted a series of small-business fin in the race for the seat in conferences on Zoom, in which the 21st District. experts offered residents guidance In her first term, Griffin has been and fielded their questions on applya forceful advocate for her constituing for financial assistance proents in Albany, co-sponsoring bills grams and loans like the Paycheck that would bring meaningful, lasting Protection Program. change and, more specifically, more Griffin is working to reduce red schools funding. tape in the New York Forward Loan Griffin, a Democrat, co-sponsored Fund program so that grants for a bill that was signed into law in small businesses are expedited, and June, which established a state exploring ways to support small disaster emergency loan program, to businesses that are having difficulty Judy Griffin be administered by industrial develpaying rent. She also supports bills opment agencies, for small businessthat would increase school tax relief, es and nonprofits as they recover from the coroexpand income eligibility for tax credits and navirus pandemic. In recent months her focus exemptions and establish an age at which prophas been on offering her constituents support erty taxes would freeze for Long Island seniors. with a variety of challenges they face as the As local school districts struggled with their

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response to the pandemic and face likely future funding cuts, Griffin backed a bill that ensured state aid payments when school schedules fell below the required 180-day threshold. It, too, became law in June, and helped schools to get the funding they needed.

Griffin’s challenger, Republican Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, brings fresh ideas to the table, especially in the area of economic development. She advocates the creation of Economic Development Zones, which would set zoning and governmental assistance parameters for entire neighborhoods or blocks, as opposed to a piecemeal approach of redeveloping individual parcels.

We wish Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick well, and hope to see her continue her community activism. But we feel that Griffin has been a stalwart advocate for Long Islanders in her first term, and urge voters to return her to Albany.

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or 15 years, Kathleen Rice has worked money to aid small businesses and the unemhard to serve the public, first as the ployed.

Nassau County District attorney and Rice, who is passionate about social justice, then as a member of Consaid greater police transparency and gress, and she deserves another improved community-police relaterm representing the 4th Contions are vital to maintaining strong gressional District. Though her communities. In Congress, she has opponent, Douglas Tuman, advocated for the proposed George showed a commendable desire to Floyd Justice and Policing Act, serve in Congress, Rice is the which, if passed, would address a more well-rounded, experienced wide range of police practices and candidate. law enforcement accountability If re-elected, Rice said her top issues. It also calls for enhanced priority would be to help local police transparency and misconduct businesses, hospitals and schools data collection and seeks to elimirecover from the coronavirus pannate discriminatory police practicdemic. During her tenure, she has es. already assisted in helping pass Rice said banning chokeholds and Kathleen Rice programs to help all of the above improving police training would financially, and she said she plans also be priorities of hers. She is not to continue to fight for them in a proponent of defunding the police, Congress in her next term. but she said programs also need to be created Rice is right when she says the virus should to foster better community-officer relations in not be a political issue — and should not be Nassau County. She also said she believed treated like one. She has vowed to secure more Nassau County Police Department personnel

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should reflect the diverse community that they serve.

Rice said she understands the potential for wind energy to help meet the nation’s power needs, and she would work to pass stricter gun control laws, create a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, that would secure borders while offering a chance at freedom, and enact 12-year term limits for members of Congress.

Tuman said he was motivated to run to change the perception of the Republican Party and to be an accessible and transparent representative, all of which is admirable. He also presented a data-driven idea on how to distribute Covid-19 recovery funds. Though Tuman’s passion and willingness to jump into the political rings are commendable, he did not offer full-fledged plans to solve many of the major problems facing the 4th Congressional District, and he has no political experience.

For all that Rice has done in the past and all that she can accomplish in the future, we urge voters to return her to Congress.

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