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A safe return for campers The ‘spirit’ of Malverne’s Camp Lourdes is alive and well By torI BIEN newsroom@liherald.com
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Signs of unity Howard T. Herber Middle School’s Harmony Chorus performed a variety of dances during the Malverne School District’s Juneteenth Jubilee last Friday. More photos in next week’s issue.
Last year, at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, only 60 percent of summer day camps were held in person, according to the American Camp Association. This year, following the release late last month of updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for summer camps, local day camps are poised for a return to in-person activities. With the summer season under way, the leadership of Camp Lourdes, in Malverne, hopes to continue its tradition of faith and fun for children of all
ages. “The spirit of Camp Lourdes is very communitybased,” said Linda Baldacchino, the camp’s coordinator, “and the children truly live out their faith by living in this community, where they have a lot of fun.” Since 1999, the camp, at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, celebrates faith among children of all ages through arts and crafts, music and dance. Many campers go on to join OLL’s Youth Ministry, which takes part in numero u s p h i l a n t h ro p i c eve n t s throughout the year. “A lot of times, kids feel as if their faith is boring, and it’s very much the opposite,” Baldacchino Continued on page 14
Brokers discuss buying and selling in Malverne, W.H. By NAkEEM GrANt ngrant@liherald.com
Low interest rates, proximity to New York City and good schools have made Malverne and West Hempstead prime locations in the post-pandemic real estate market, according to local brokers and agents. With houses in high demand, however, the supply isn’t keeping up, leading to multiple bids on virtually every home and properties selling at well above their original asking prices. “People have to realize that no matter what, people have to live somewhere,” said Anne Coffey, a broker at Coffey Realty
Solutions in Malverne. “I think people realized that during this pandemic, they should start thinking about buying and purchasing hard assets, and one of those assets is a house or a condo.” Coffey, a longtime Malvernite who has worked in real estate for more than 40 years, said that homes are going so fast that there’s no time to make an appraisal. “I’ve seen as many as 40 people lined up for a house,” she said. Sharona Beck, a broker at Sharona Beck Realty in West Hempstead and Cedarhurst, explained that there has recently been an influx of prospective
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Broker, Sharona Beck Realty buyers from New York City looking to relocate to communities like West Hempstead. The pandemic, Beck said, has made people appreciate the need for more living space, while still being able to have a commuter’s access to the city. “So many people have pur-
chased homes during Covid that were not ready,” Beck said. “People were falling all over each other to buy anything. There were many buyers that were in apartments in city areas, and they weren’t even thinking of buying a piece of property, but Covid really escalated their timetable.” But, Beck added, “It’s not a
buyer frenzy like it was at this time last year. In the last couple of months, I’ve had a considerable amount of buyers just telling me that the market is way too high, and they want to sit it out. They don’t feel that they’re getting the best value for their dollar right now. That’s what happens when there’s very little Continued on page 14
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Shining the spotlight on WHHS’s seniors West Hempstead High School honored the accomplishments and achievements of the class of 2021 during its annual Seniors Awards Ceremony on June 7. Students, parents and administrators gathered to celebrate this year’s seniors as they received various scholarships, awards and certificates for leadership, character, academics and community service. The event was also livestreamed so families and community members could tune into the ceremony safely from home. Additionally, valedictorian Michael Sheehan and salutatorian Nicholas Solar were formally acknowledged as the top scholars of their class. Courtesy West Hempstead School District; compiled by Nakeem Grant
West Hempstead HigH’s class of 2021 salutatorian Nicholas Solar, center, and valedictorian Michael Sheehan, pictured with DeTommaso, were formally recognized at the school’s ceremony.
Courtesy West Hempstead School District
A celebration of reading at Cornwell Students at Cornwell Avenue Elementary School in West Hempstead recently celebrated Literacy Week, an annual event that focuses on the importance of reading. The event was organized by Cornwell teachers Anne Marie Scully, Michelle Pietzak, Tracy Cousins and Jennifer Brickman. This year’s theme was “Scooping Up A Good Book” and activities included a parade, schoolwide DEAR time, daily dress-up themes and a mystery reader visit to each classroom. There was also a schoolwide contest to see who could read the most books to their class throughout the week and winning classes were awarded an ice cream party. Courtesy West Hempstead School District; compiled by Nakeem Grant
West Hempstead scHool District Superintendent Dan Rehman celebrated Literacy Week at Cornwell Avenue School by serving as the mystery reader for Barbara Silkes and Sara Fine’s third-grade class.
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Comedian films Hulu series in Malverne By Nakeem GraNt ngrant@liherald.com
The parking lot at Angelo’s Pizzeria on Hempstead Avenue in Malverne was filled with a television production crew on June 14 as comedian Amy Schumer spent much of the day shooting a scene for her upcoming Hulu series, “Life & Beth.” Streets were blocked off and police cars surrounded the pizzeria as the filming took place. Local Facebook group pages were buzzing throughout the day as word about Schumer had quickly spread in the village. A Rockville Centre native, Schumer, 40, who is starring and directing in this upcoming comedy series, had filmed a scene in Rockville Centre last month. The show, which also stars Michael Cera and Michael Rapaport, is expected to premiere later this year.
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ComediaN amy SChumer, above, filmed a scene for her upcoming Hulu series, “Life & Beth,” in Malverne on June 14. aCtreSS Laura BeNaNti, near right, also appeared on the set. SChumer fiLmed the scene at Angelo’s Pizzeria on Hempstead Avenue, far right. _______
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Heralds honor Long Island’s top teachers By Nicole AlciNdor nalcindor@liherald.com
The Herald Community Newspapers group held its first live Zoom awards show to honor Long Island teachers for their outstanding work inside and outside the classroom. The Herald Head of the Class Long Island Teacher Awards ceremony was hosted by the Herald and RichnerLIVE, presented by Bank of America and sponsored by Geico. Jordan Sabinsky, who teaches kindergarten at Searingtown Elementary School in the Herricks School District, won the Bank of America Rising Star Award. Nancy Aquino, who teaches second grade in the Baldwin School District’s Steele School, took home the honor for top elementary school teacher. Grace Dong-Janeo, who teaches at Hempstead Middle School, was the top middle school teacher. And Rebecca Rodriguez, a foreign language teacher in the East Rockaway School District, was the top high school teacher. Eric Feil, the Heralds’ director of business development, hosted the event, announcing the winners and interviewi n g t h e m a b o u t t h e i r a c h i e ve ments. “What a night this is going to be as we celebrate the top teachers across Long Island,” Feil told the online audience as the ceremony began. “We’ve all had a teacher in our lives who has made a lasting impact, who was truly special — whether they saw something in us that they brought out, inspired us, or gave us the confidence to go and learn something and apply something new to the world … Now, tonight, we are here to honor them.” Stuart Richner, president and CEO of Richner Communications, thanked viewers for joining in for the night and shared his view of the most influential teachers in students’ lives. “Even before Covid-19 and even before teachers were declared essential workers last August, we all knew just how essential they were … It has always gone without saying that our schools are the true heart and soul of Long Island,” Richner said. “Top educators motivate students in countless ways and create atmospheres of understanding, compassion and curiosity. The most influential teachers go above and beyond, and their impact is felt both inside and outside the classroom. The impact of a great teacher can last a lifetime.” Richner shared how he still fondly recalls the lessons that his sixth-grade teacher, Mr. Stuart Brock, taught about being confident and taking the lead, and always sticking up for those without a voice. When Richner first started holding discussions about the idea of honoring Long Island’s top teachers, he said he knew it would be vital to receive community input. The awards nomination process was open to the public and generated more than 300 nominees, from students, parents and teachers to local business owners. “Throughout the pandemic, we have seen our educators meet countless new
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JordAN SABiNSky, who teaches at Searingtown Elementary School in Herricks, won the Bank of America Rising Star Award.
challenges, and they are more deserving than ever of recognition for their passion, determination and dedication,” Richner said. “Thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate a teacher and for sharing the moving stories about why you felt they should be honored.” Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, of Baldwin, who served on the Baldwin Board of Education before she ran for the County Legislature, spoke directly to Long Island’s teachers at the awards ceremony. “I’ve got kids in school myself, and I know how hard you all have worked this past year and a half pivoting, learning new technology on the fly, making sure that kids got the knowledge, resources, information and preparation needed to succeed,” Curran said. “I am truly grateful for all of your work and a huge congratulations to all the winners and finalists tonight.”
NANcy AquiNo, who teaches in Baldwin, was the top elementary teacher. GrAce doNGJANeo, who teaches in Hempstead, was the top middle school teacher. reBeccA rodriGuez, who teaches in East Rockaway, was the top high school teacher.
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West Hempstead’s top scholars The top 25 students of the West Hempstead High School Class of 2021 were honored at a special breakfast on June 9. Members of central administration, including district Superintendent Dan Rehman, commended the students for their achievements and perseverance during the 2020-21 school year.
Ongoing Our Lady of Lourdes thrift shop The Shop hours are 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. each Wednesday; and 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the first and third Saturday of each month. The shop is located across from Our Lady of Lourdes School on Sheehy Place between Park Boulevard and Wright Avenue in Malverne (See our sign on lamp post). Come in and browse, buy at bargain prices; clothes, household goods, jewelry, misc. Donations gratefully accepted.
Farmers Market at Crossroads Crossroads Farm’s weekly farmers markets will be held each Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Monday, June 28 Monday Crafternoons Make a craft at the Malverne Library in the Children’s Room or take a craft kit home. A different fun craft will be featured every Monday. Limited to one per child while supplies last.
Take & Make Bird House In conjunction with the West Hempstead Library’s Summer Reading
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Program theme of “Tails & TALES,” its June Make & Take craft is a bird house for your garden or yard. Everything is included in the kit. Create and paint your own unique design. Limited supply. One per family household. If patrons have not joined the Adult Summer Reading Program, residents can check it out for themselves. The program is free and there’s lots of great stuff happening this summer.
Adult Summer Reading Program Participants can pick up their Adult Summer Reading Kick-off bag at the West Hempstead Library’s Reference Desk beginning on June 28, from 0 a.m. to 8 p.m. Starting July 3, those who handed in a form will be entered in the library’s weekly raffles for prizes. Read four books or more to be invited to the Wrap-up Celebration and be entered into the library’s Grand Prize Raffles at the conclusion of the program. Grand Prize raffles are open to Adult West Hempstead cardholders only who are 18 and older. Entries are available by clicking on the link at www.whplibrary.org and entering online, or filling out a paper copy that can be found under the staircase with the library’s Adult Summer Reading display and in the Kick-off bag. Check out the many themed “Tails & TALES”
programs scheduled throughout the summer. For more information, call the Reference Desk at (516) 481-6591 ext .21. 1
Wednesday, June 30 Move & Groove Outdoor Storytime at Westwood Park Join the Malverne Library for a fun outdoor music and movement storytime with stories, songs, rhymes and bubbles, from 10 to 10:30 a.m., or 11 to 11:30 a.m. Please bring a blanket or towel to sit on. Ages one and up. Registration is required. Call (516) 599-0750 ext. 303 or email malvernekids@malvernelibrary.org to register. To accommodate social distancing, spots are limited. Masks must be worn by everyone ages two and up.
Watermelon Coaster The Malverne Library’s outdoor event, from 4 to 5 p.m., is for teens and children going into fourth grade and up. Registration is required. Please email teens@malvernelibrary.org or malvernekids@malvernelibrary.org.
Haiku workshop Learn this beautiful art of Japanese poetry in a virtual class with the West
Hempstead Library from 2 to 3 p.m. Those interested can contact Piedad Ramirez at (516) 481-6591 ext. 11 or canaria@whplibrary.org.
Virtual Zathura Storytime and Activity Join Miss Kristin and the West Hempstead Library for a virtual read-aloud of “Zathura” by Chris Van Allsburg at 6:30 p.m. Then children in grades one to five can complete an activity together. Registrants will be contacted to pick up the activity, closer to the date of the program. Attending this program earns Summer Reading Club minutes towards prizes. A valid email address must be provided to be granted access to this program. A Zoom link will be sent to each registrant at some point before the program starts.
is weather permitting; if there is rain, a Zoom link will be forwarded at 9:30 a.m. to the email used to register. If the class is full, please put your child on the waitlist. If the library has enough children, they will have a second class following the first. Attending this program earns Summer Reading Club minutes towards prizes.
Friday, July 2 Outdoor Stories & Songs for Babies & Toddlers Enjoy stories and songs on the West Hempstead Library’s lawn with other babies from 10 to 10:30 a.m. For ages birth to 3 years old. Please bring a towel or blanket to sit on. Class registration begins a week prior to the program. Space is limited. The class
The West Hempstead Library will host a haiku workshop on June 30. June 21 officially marked the beginning of summer. West Hempstead High School’s class of 2021 held its graduation ceremony on June 20. Camp Lourdes will kickoff its summer program on July 1. The Malverne Chamber of Commerce’s annual Art Walk will conclude on Friday.
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Class of 2021 Sacred Heart Academy Makayla AbiAoun Erin Alcamo Julianne Amante McKenna Andrews Sydney Aviles Milan Baker Kathleen Barker Alicia Bartolotta Erin Batting Bettina Bauman Gabrielle Bautista Annael Bazin Morgan Binkis Sylvia Blemur Amanda Borgogelli Tamar Bouzi Elizabeth Bracht Kaelan Bradley Ariana Brattoli Jenna Bricca Casey Bringe Steele Meghan Browne Julia Brun Alexandra Buck Sabrina Burnett Grace Byrne Sophia Camulaire Rebecca Carey Quinn Carroll Charlize Cartright Joan Cash Maeve Cashin Lindsey Castoro Emily Cheesman Kayla Chin Ava Ciolli Leilah Clark Caity Collins Keelie Conlon Katharine Considine Erin Cooper Ava Copertino
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Campers remain hopeful for a safe summer continued from front page said. “We have fun, and I love the spirit of Camp Lourdes.” Many parents of campers note the impact the camp has had on their children. Liz Arnott, whose three children are involved with the camp, described it as a special place. She visited other camps with her kids, Arnott said, but none of them compared to Camp Lourdes. “They came home the first day and said it was awesome,” Arnott recounted. “They love the Bible songs, and we listen to them all year long.” Arnott also credits the camp’s volunteers and counselors — all of whom are high school students — for providing a fun and safe environment. “The campers look forward to every day at Camp Lourdes, and they look up to their counselors so much,” Baldacchino said. “In this role Linda they learn how to be responsible BaLdaCChino while creating great bonds with Coordinator, the kids.” She added that the camp’s Camp Lourdes musical performances are one of the highlights of the summer. “Counselors and parents download our songs and make them their ringtones,” she said. “They’re shocked when they pick up their children and they’re still singing songs they heard at camp.” Last year, the camp started in August instead of July. Baldacchino said she was confident that as things return to normal, Camp Lourdes would continue to thrive for years to come.
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Camp Lourdes, at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Malverne, celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2018. “We are continuing to make incredible progress against Covid, and lifting restrictions based on the science and numbers, but we are not yet at the finish line,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a news release in May. “To help ensure maximum protections for staff and children at child care and camp programs, we are issuing this guidance so the facilities can implement basic but critical measures that will allow them to operate safely.” The CDC’s May 28 update for summer camps recom-
mended vaccination for all employees and campers who are eligible, and noted that fully vaccinated camp environments would be allowed to return to in-person activities at full capacity, without masking or social distancing. The CDC also stressed that “camp programs should be supportive of campers or staff who choose to wear a mask,” and that outdoor and socially distanced activities are preferable at camps where not everyone is vaccinated.
Supply short of demand in real estate market continued from front page supply and high demand.” Beck noted that many buyers were front-line workers, and that Long Island felt like a safer place to live. A broker for 33 years, she said she didn’t recall another time when people were buying homes well above market value at such a fast pace. Now, however, buyers don’t seem to have the sense of urgency they did at the height of the pandemic, she said. “They didn’t have time to think,” Beck recalled. “Fear is a big motivating factor for buyers. This market has changed so rapidly that it’s hard to even put a finger on a number of what a house will go for these days. With the buyers being afraid to jump in, it definitely makes for a cooler market.” David Zivotofsky, a real estate salesman for Realty Connect USA in West Hempstead, said it was difficult to showcase homes virtually. Even when restrictions started to loosen, he said, many homeowners remained reluctant to have people walk through their homes, so they delayed putting them on the market, creating a backlog of homes. Now, with more people vaccinated, would-be sellers are becoming more comfortable with listing their homes. “I can’t imagine buying a home without walking through it,” Zivotofsky said. “Before the pandemic hit, the market was doing well at that point. Now there seems to be a whole bunch of new people that are looking to move out of the city or just move for other reasons. Nobody knows how long this trend is going to last. Over the next three months during the summer, I don’t see it changing much.”
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Mercy Hospital donates 22,000 lbs. of food The event is one of many food drives that Mercy employees participate in. Just recently, the Friends of Mercy, an organization that fundraises for the hospital, and the staff started the Giving Garden, where they grow fresh vegetables that will be donated to the Nursing Sisters of the Sick Poor and others facing hunger in our community. Courtesy Catholic Health’s Mercy Hospital; compiled by Mike Smollins
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CatholiC health’s MerCy Hospital recently donated 22,000 pounds of food to those facing food insecurity in Nassau County.
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On June 17, a team from Catholic Health’s Mercy Hospital donated more than 22,000 lbs. of food to a variety of local nonprofits in an effort to combat food insecurity on Long Island. Thanks to a grant from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation, Mercy employees and volunteers assembled and distributed 1,200 bags of perishable and nonperishable food items to 10 Nassau County-based organizations. The intention is that each family receivestwo bags (a perishable and nonperishable), which contains enough food to feed a family of four for a week. “The communities we serve are an extension of who we are at Mercy; therefore, I am extremely grateful to Mother Cabrini for allowing us to provide food access to families who might be struggling to put food on the table,” Mercy Hospital President Peter Scaminaci said, according to a release. “With food insecurity on the rise, given the current climate, I am hopeful that initiatives like this one will help us to continue to combat the issue locally.” Each family will receive 37 pounds of food: nonperishable items such as pasta, beans, granola, rice and more,. and perishable items such as fruits and vegetables. As an added bonus, families will also receive disinfecting wipes. Organizations that received food vary from pantries, to women shelters to parishes.
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Woodmere Bay Yacht Club officially makes its return Like many groups, the Woodmere Bay Yacht Club has primarily operated virtually through the use of Zoom. However, they were determined to have its 74th year of traditional Memorial Day services. Since severe inclement and cold weather was predicted for May 30, WBYC erected an enclosed tent with heaters on their lawn. Tables were socially distanced and vaccination was required. The flag officers and past commodores all wore their traditional attire of blue blazers, white pants and captains hats. Local dignitaries,
as well as State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, attended the event. A solemn ceremony commemorating U.S. War Veterans and those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country were honored. The ceremony started with Commodore Tony Valenti raising the flag to its full height, and WBYC members reciting the pledge of allegiance and singing the National Anthem accompanied by fourth generation WBYC member, 17-yearold Jason Braverman on trumpet. Next the flag officers solemnly walked
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down the dock and placed a Memorial Wreath on the water. They returned and the Rear Commodore Maura Basile, of West Hempstead, lowered the flag to half staff, while Jason Braverman played Taps, to honor the heroes fallen in battle, and the 590,000 Americans who died from Covid-19. The WBYC members were visibly moved by the ceremony, and it was concluded by Jason Braverman firing the traditional cannon, which signaled that it was time to celebrate with a barbeque and
friendly mingling to catch up on a year and a half of time. The pouring rain only canceled the annual parade of boats. Despite this, everyone was still ecstatic to see each other after long year, and those who took part in the festivities felt a sense of normalcy. After a long break, WBYC, at 2 Cooke St., East Rockaway was alive again. Courtesy Woodmere Bay Yacht Club; compiled by Nakeem Grant
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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the MALVERNE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS will hold a PUBLIC HEARING on Thursday, July 8, 2021 at the MALVERNE VILLAGE HALL, 99 Church Street, Malverne, New York 11565 and will hear the following cases at 6:45 PM: Amandia Speakes-Lewis 1 Gianna Court: Residential “A” District Fence Permit Application No.: 2021-0402 Proposes to install a 6 ft. high solid PVC and a 3 ft. high open picket PVC fence in front yards on Franklin Ave. and Gianna Ct. and a 6 ft. high left side and front facing solid PVC fence; where portions of the new fence are proposed to be 6 ft. high, which is higher than the allowable 5 ft. high; portions of the new fence are proposed to be on the property line (0 ft. setback) in the secondary front yard on Franklin Ave. which is closer than the allowable 12.5 feet minimum to the property line (half the distance from the house to the property line); portions of the new fence are proposed to be on the property line (0 ft. setback) in the front yard on Gianna Ct. which is closer than the allowable setback of no closer than the front edge of the house; where portions of the new fence in the front yards on Franklin Ave. and Gianna Ct. are proposed to be a solid type in lieu of the allowable open picket; where portions of the new fence in the front yards on Franklin Ave. and Gianna Ct. are proposed to be 6 ft. high in lieu of the allowable 4 ft. high. Julia & Kevin Diaz 6 Gianna Court: Residential “A” District Fence Permit Application No.: 2021-0404 Proposes to install a 6 ft. high solid PVC and 4 ft. high open picket PVC fence in front yards on Franklin Ave. and Gianna Ct. and a 6 ft. high right
side and front facing solid PVC; where portions of the new fence are proposed to be 6 ft. high, which is higher than the allowable 5 ft. high; where portions of the new fence are proposed to be on the property line (0 ft. setback) in the secondary front yard on Franklin Ave. which is closer than the allowable 12.5 feet minimum to the property line (half the distance from the house to the property line); where portions of the new fence are proposed to be on the property line (0 ft. setback) in the front yard on Gianna Ct. which is closer than the allowable setback of no closer than the front of the house; where portions of the new fence in the front yards on Franklin Ave. and Gianna Ct. are proposed to be a solid type in lieu of the allowable open picket; and where portions of the new fence in the front yards on Franklin Ave. and Gianna Ct. are proposed to be 6 ft. high in lieu of the allowable 4 ft. high. All interested parties should appear at the above time and place. In light of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, the Malverne Board of Zoning Appeals hearing may be held virtually by the teleconference application Microsoft Teams, using a verified dial in number and meeting code. Any member of the public can have remote access to the meeting by contacting the secretary to the board at 516-599-1200 ext. 114 or mkschnaars@malvernevill age.org. Please contact the zoning board secretary no later than two days prior to the meeting for confirmation and / or instructions. BY ORDER OF THE MALVERE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF MALVERNE Averil Smith, Village Clerk Dated: June 9, 2021 126445
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LEGAL NOTICE SECTION 001113 NOTICE TO BIDDERS H2M WHWD2101 001113 - 1 Notice is hereby given that SEALED PROPOSALS for: WHWD2101 District Wide Security System H2M Project No.: WHWD2101 will be received by the Board of Commissioners of the West Hempstead Water District (Owner) at the office of the Water District, 575 Birch Street, West Hempstead, New York 11552, until 4:00 p.m., Prevailing Time on Wednesday, July 14, and will be publicly opened and read aloud during the virtual bid opening meeting at 5:00 p.m. Due to the current COVID19 precautions, the bid opening will not be open to the public for in person attendance, and instead will be recorded and live streamed during the meeting of the Board of Commissioners. For bidders who wish to have access to the meeting either through conference call or web link, please contact the West Hempstead Water District at (516) 483-1180 to request the conference call number, access code, or access to the web link. Requests to attend will be accepted up to one hour before the bid opening. Complete sets of Hard Copy Bidding Documents may be obtained from REV, 330 Route 17A, Suite #2, Goshen, New York 10924, Tel: 1-877-272-0216, upon depositing the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each combined set of documents. Checks or money orders shall be made payable to H2M architects + engineers. Plan deposit is refundable in accordance with the terms in the Information for Bidders to all submitting bids. Any bidder requiring documents to be shipped shall make arrangements with the printer and pay for all packaging and shipping costs. As a convenience to the Contractor, Digital Bidding Documents may
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Woodmere Bay yacht Club members, from left, Secretary Adam Gross, of Rockville Centre; Treasurer Eric Weinstein, of Freeport; Rear Commodore; Maura Basile, of West Hempstead; Vice Commodore Randy Gitli, of East Rockaway; and Commodore Tony Valenti, of Merrick held its annual Memorial Day celebration on May 30.
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he general public has little or no idea how government works. Citizens may go to a town, city council or village board meeting, but they’re usually there for a brief visit about some neighborhood issue, and after that there’s no longer any contact with the world of elected officials. Most of my service has been in state government, having spent 23 years in the State Assembly. When I contrast the State Legislature of my years to the current one, I must confess I have JERRY mixed emotions. When I arrived KREMER in Albany in 1966, and through all the years that I was in office, the makeup of the Legislature was what I think the founding fathers would have approved. There were insurance agents, teachers, bankers, undertakers, merchants and former athletes, and there was even a legislator who drove trotting horses at night. They all had some things in common, which were either prior public service or they knew
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what it was like to make a payroll. Almost all of my colleagues understood that being an elected official required time and patience. Many of them who were committee chairs had a deep knowledge of their assigned subject, and their expertise was obvious during floor debates. I often found myself in awe at how a particular member had mastered a very complex area and could speak with such intimate knowledge about a pending proposal. Luckily, I had the chance to either listen to or be a part of floor debates that were challenging and sometimes combative. Because I eventually rose to be the chair of the Ways and Means Committee, I had the opportunity to learn the inside workings of state government, which was an experience that I cherish to this day. But sadly, today’s Legislature is no longer a carbon copy of the one I experienced. On the positive side, there are still many hard-working members who have a positive influence on the legislative process. They know what they’re talking about, and their many successes in creat-
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ing new laws is proof of their effectiveness. The Long Island legislative delegation, headed by Sen. Todd Kaminsky, is a very effective group, and they display sanity and knowledge when they speak out on some important issue. That’s the good news about today’s Albany. But there’s also a very unsettling side to the changes that are taking place. Every person has the right to run for office, and if they can get a majority of the voters to support them, they will have the exciting opportunity to serve. From time to time, some new members become a positive force in the Legislature and succeed by doing their homework. But there are a growing number of new members who have no life experience, and are now in the public arena without a clue about what is expected of them. Some call themselves “progressive,” but their positions on vital subjects are far from progressive. New laws cost money, and there should be an understanding that the average taxpayer can afford just so much. The newcomers focus on finding ways to tax the people that they consider
growing number in the Legislature don’t have a clue about what is expected of them.
“rich.” They advocate punishing tax measures that are a message to New Yorkers that if you can relocate, now is the time. The number of residents and businesses that leave the state is rising at a staggering rate. States like Florida are welcoming these disenchanted people with open arms. I have had over a dozen conversations in the past six months with people who aren’t Jeff Bezos types but who are giving up on New York because they see what has happened and fully expect times to get even worse. It’s bad enough that so many people’s lives have been decimated by a year of Covid, and now they face punishing program after program that threaten their ability to survive economically. There is no magic formula to change the direction of state politics. Maybe an aroused public will take action on Election Day, but that’s probably wishful thinking. What some people call good change I call a calamity. 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.
Covid-19 took so much, even our words
nce upon a time, a superspreader was a nifty tool for installing grout during a tiling job. Then we blinked, a virus leaped from a bat to a person and the world wobbled on its axis. Within weeks we crashed from a functioning society, with reasonable expectations for living full lives, to a dysfunctional country coping poorly with a global pandemic. In our new reality, superspreader has been repurposed to mean a social gathering where RANDI people sick with KREISS the coronavirus infect large numbers of other people. In the old times, you could buy a super-spreader for $31.88. And chances are it wouldn’t kill you. Covid-19 has transformed not just the way we live and go to work and school, how we shop and how we access medical care, how we travel and how we raise our children. The virus has hijacked our language. A mask is now universally recognized as a face covering to protect people from the coronavirus. The lowly cloth worn to
cover nose and mouth can also be a charged political statement. Not wearing a mask in a place where masks are mandatory is an act of defiance. Only two years ago, face coverings were pretty much associated with surgeons, Halloween or certain religious observances. Now we conduct our lives by where and how we wear our masks. We need a dictionary of the pandemic. What about the word refresh? You may think of a splash of cold water or running a comb through your hair, but I think of spending many hours for many days in a row trying to get appointments online for our vaccines. I would go to the designated site and then begin refreshing, over and over, hoping to land a shot. Eventually I did, after an unreasonable amount of repetitive key clicking. Before the pandemic, when I heard the world bleach, I thought of how much clothing I’ve ruined by splashing Clorox in the wrong places. But then, at the peak of the Covid surge around the country, there was the former president suggesting that people might inject bleach into their bodies to fight the virus. It was a singular moment in presi-
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dential briefings; the lunacy of the suggestion prompted Dr. Deborah Birx, on the stage to one side of the president, to twist her face in a silent agony of disbelief. It erased for all time the notion that bleach is just bleach. Will anyone ever hear the words refrigerator truck again and not flash back to the grim parade of trucks repurposed as morgues and lined up outside New York hospitals? Perhaps the new word associations are a kind of PTSD. I was driving on a highway recently, and when a refrigerator truck pulled alongside, I instantly recalled the dark days of New York City in the grip of the virus. For all my life, Q has been the regal 17th letter of the alphabet. Now, Q, short for QAnon, is inextricably tied to the political fringe group that metastasized among millions of Americans, spreading false information about the pandemic and misinformation about the scientists on the front lines of fighting the disease. Not to mention that Q followers have challenged the results of the 2020 presidential election and supported the Jan. 6 insurrection at our Capitol. I cannot hear Q without feeling anxious for
ill you ever think of ‘mask,’ ‘refresh’ or ‘flatten the curve’ the same way?
our democracy and our ability to have free and safe elections. How many of us were familiar with the term flatten the curve? And yet we heard that every day for months as scientists urged us to isolate and mask up to stop the awful surges of the pandemic. Those three words are changed forever in my mind. Even the word virus is heard differently. We have known viruses in our time, but this one quickly assumed Infectious Disease Hall of Fame status. We have protection from measles and polio and mumps. But for a long time, we were completely vulnerable to the Covid super bug. Once upon a time, a pod was thought of as a covering of a pea or a storage unit. Suddenly a pod became a small, safe group of family members or friends who socially distance together to limit exposure to Covid. The word even became a verb: to pod with a friend in the interest of mutual good health. Language is a living thing, evolving over time. The pandemic experience has co-opted our shared lexicon. It has appropriated words and led us to coin new ones to describe a time of profound loss and grief. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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plans that were formulated with public input. Plans had to be submitted to the state by this April. The governor gave the people a role in determining how they would be policed. There was much talk on the right of how such measures would impede police work and endanger officers. Quite the opposite, the legislation has only increased police transparency, slowly but surely building public trust. Tens of thousands of good police officers who do their jobs without incident had no problem with the state’s reform package. Improving police relations in communities of color could take years, if not decades. The sense of unease and fear that too many Black people feel toward police had been brewing since the creation of the nation’s first police department in New York City in 1844. It will take time to heal. New York state is, however, headed on the right path. At the same time, Nassau County and
Juneteenth comes to Nassau County
ov. Andrew Cuomo last June signed an executive order proclaiming Juneteenth an official New York holiday, on which state employees now receive a paid day off. It was the right move. On June 17 this year, President Biden signed a measure designating Juneteenth a federal holiday. That, too, was the right move. On April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia, ending the Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in American history, in which an estimated 498,000 soldiers died in battle. With the surrender of the South, slavery ended with the stroke of a pen.
But not quite. News of the emancipation of slaves did not reach Texas, a slaveholding state, until June 19, 1865. That day, Union forces arrived on Galveston Island to free Texas’s slaves, who rejoiced in the streets. Since then, Juneteenth — a blend of June and 19th — has been celebrated in Texas. It officially became a state holiday there in 1980, but as of 2019, only Texas had recognized it as a paid holiday for state employees. There were, astoundingly, 14 Republican members of Congress who voted against the measure to create the national holiday, saying that they objected to the use of “Independence Day” in the legislation, or that the nation didn’t need another federal holiday. (There are now 11.)
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the Police Benevolent Association at last recently reached an agreement to require officers to wear body cameras. We wonder why it took so long, particularly given that the Village of Freeport had adopted them as early as 2015 — the first municipality in New York to do so — and why county officers will be paid $3,000 annually to wear them. Wearing a body camera, after all, requires no extra effort, no additional work, on an officer’s part. We are pleased to see, though, that officers will be wearing them as early as this fall. Undoubtedly, we, as a nation, have a long way to go before we finally achieve a racially just society. We have seen unarmed Black men killed by police in other parts of the country in recent months. Each death is a tragedy that we hope and pray will not be repeated. The year since the death of George Floyd was a start toward reform.
letters Ranked-choice voting is my choice To the Editor: Re Jerry Kremer’s column “Ranked-choice voting? Not my choice” (June 10-16): Like Jerry Kremer, I consider myself somewhat old-fashioned in some respects, but unlike Mr. Kremer, rankedchoice voting is my choice indeed. It was hoped that the much-anticipated voting in New York City would proceed without problems or glitches, allowing the city’s primary voters to rank their choices for candidates and vote their consciences. Two RCV bills recently considered by the State Legislature would expand the system statewide and to general elections, not just primaries and special elections. Ranked-choice voting is gaining momentum and traction. RCV eliminates the “spoiler effect,” allowing voters to
There should have been no reason for dissent on this legislation. The United States did not truly become the “land of the free” until all of its people were free. Until that June day in 1865, they were not. The country should acknowledge that fact. A federal holiday forces us to confront our history. Last weekend, it was wonderful to see people across Nassau County gathering in parks to celebrate with song and food or in the streets to march, reminding us that we have many miles to walk before we achieve the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of a society in which “little Black boys and Black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.”
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he Florida state Board of Education recently banned the teaching of critical race theory because all topics taught in Florida schools must be “factual and objective,” and CRT asserts that “racism is embedded in American society and its legal systems in order to uphold the supremacy of white persons.” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, an early contender for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, denounced CRT because, he said, it teaches children “the country is aLan rotten and that our institutions sinGer are illegitimate.” Teaching CRT is also banned in Tennessee and Idaho. In response to this assault on history, school districts across the United States are racing to report that they teach critical thinking, not critical race theory, although it is unclear whether the opponents of teaching U.S. history, with all its warts, inconsistencies and systemic racism, understand the distinction. In a joint statement, the American Historical Association, the American Association of University Professors, the American Federation of Teachers, the Anti-Defamation League, the National Council for the Social Studies and 75 other educational organizations denounced a string of legislative propos-
als across the country that “target academic lessons, presentations, and discussions of racism and related issues in American history in schools, colleges and universities.” They charged that the bills infringe on “the right of faculty to teach and of students to learn”; “substitute political mandates for the considered judgment of professional educators”; and are designed to prevent an “honest reckoning with all aspects” of America’s past. In some circles, vehement opposition to CRT has become the new code phrase for rallying white opposition to full rights and citizenship for AfricanAmericans. During the Civil War, white racists and anti-war Copperhead Democrats accused abolitionists and Republicans of promoting miscegenation, race-mixing leading to biracial children that would eventually replace the white race. In a 1981 interview, Lee Atwater, a Republican consultant and confidant of Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, explained how coded language worked. Because you could no longer openly use racially offense terms, “you say stuff like forced busing, states’ rights and all that stuff,” but the people you are appealing to know exactly what you mean. When Reagan ran for president, he attacked “welfare queens” driving around in Cadillacs. A television ad for Bush associated his Democratic opponent, former Massachusetts Gov. Michael
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LeTTers chose the candidates they actually prefer without fear of giving an advantage to candidates who are considered totally unacceptable. The system tends to give better representation to women, ethnic minorities and other groups that are traditionally under-represented in our political system. There is less fear of splitting votes among similar candidates by gender, ethnic group or ideology. RCV elections also tend to be more civil, producing less caustic, negative campaigning. Candidates are motivated to avoid alienating voters who might give them a ranking that might actually elect them as the votes are transferred to them from losing candidates. Rankedchoice voting is more likely to result in a deeper discussion of the actual issues rather than personal attacks. Ranked-choice voting is not old-fashioned, though it was used in the 1930s and ’40s for City Council general elections in New York City, Yonkers and Long Beach. For many, these elections exemplify a gold standard for democratic participation in the electoral process — RCV was combined with proportional representation, giving many groups and
Dukakis, with Willie Horton, a Black man convicted of murder who committed other serious crimes after taking part in a release program. The controversy over CRT erupted in Commack when members of a group called the Loud Majority disrupted two public meetings, interrupting Board of Education members and speakers in the audience, including students who were trying to explain how they felt slighted in a curriculum that ignored who they were. Instead of silencing the disruptors or requiring them to leave, board members and district officials kept trying to explain the curriculum to people who were not interested in listening. Kimberlé Crenshaw, who teaches law at UCLA and Columbia University and was an early proponent of critical race theory, described it as “an approach to grappling with a history of white supremacy that rejects the belief that what’s in the past is in the past, and that the laws and systems that grow from that past are detached from it.” In the 1990s, social scientists and educational researchers began to employ CRT as a lens to understand the persistence of race and racism. It became controversial when then President Trump denounced CRT as part of his response to The New York Times’s 1619 Project. To rally his supporters during his re-election campaign, Trump declared, “Critical race theory is being forced into our
children’s schools, it’s being imposed into workplace trainings, and it’s being deployed to rip apart friends, neighbors and families.” As a former high school social studies teacher, I embrace the effort by the National Council for the Social Studies to promote critical thinking based on an evaluation of evidence. I find CRT to be an important lens for engaging students as critical thinkers, and I believe it helps teachers involve students in a broader discussion. The European Enlightenment is often known as the Age of Reason, because Enlightenment thinkers tried to apply scientific principles to understand human behavior and how societies work. Many of the earliest Enlightenment thinkers were from England, Scotland and France, but the idea of using reason and science spread to other European countries and their colonies. In the U.S., Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin are considered Enlightenment thinkers. Some historians, including me, point out that the Age of Reason in Europe was also the peak of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, when millions of Africans were transported to the Americas as enslaved laborers for plantations. Dr. Alan Singer is a professor of teaching, learning and technology and the director of social studies education programs at Hofstra University. He is a former New York City high school social studies teacher and editor of Social Science Docket, a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for the Social Studies.
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political parties a true voice in government, proportional to their actual voting strength in their communities. The RCV/PR systems of that earlier, progressive time did much to eliminate — for a while — the entrenched bossism of political machines. The reform was unfortunately eliminated by the Red Scare movement of McCarthyism. JIM BRoWN Secretary, Green Party of Nassau County
Are we really that racist, Randi? To the Editor: I totally disagree with Randi Kreiss’s column “Are we immune to Texas-style xenophobia?” in the June 10-16 issue. She repeats the rubbish that America is a terrible racist nation. That is not true, and she knows it! How could Barack obama have been elected two times, and how could our current vice president, Kamala Harris,
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be in office if Randi is correct? She is mouthing the lies of the Democratic Party and helping them capture total power in our country.
I urge her to wake up and reconsider her position! JAMES G. CoLLINS Floral Park
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