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Swimming for a cause Swim Across America aids cancer research through fundraisers By MIke SMollINS msmollins@liherald.com
After the coronavirus pandemic necessitated changes last year, swimmers once again made waves for a cause in the Lynbrook Village Pool last Friday as Swim Across America came to the village. After switching to a virtual model for what would have been its 11th year in 2020, the pool was once again packed with people swimming laps, all of them doing so to raise money for cancer research as part of the annual event. It is par t of the larger Swim
Across America organization, which hosts hundreds of swims throughout the year across the country. Participants are asked to raise money beforehand, with a recommended $100 minimum, and there are prizes awarded to top fundraisers who reach certain thresholds. Last year, amid the pandemic, the organization hosted the SAA Personal Challenge, in which participants could create any challenge on the SAA website and pledge to complete it by October while garnering donations from sponsors.
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lyNBrook reSIDeNTS, froM left, Rebecca Wolk, Jason Diaz, Joseph Wolk, and Steven and Sofia Michelakos raised $1,600 for cancer research as part of Swim Across America last year. Diaz, a student at Howard T. Herber Middle School in Malverne, is the second-leading fundraiser for Lynbrook. Jason Diaz, 13, a Lynbrook resident and rising eighthgrader at Howard T. Herber Middle School in Malverne, was among the top two fundraisers with $965 raised. He has participated in several previous events and said it felt “fantastic” to help people who are ailing. “I wanted to participate in
Swim Across America again because I like to help raise money to fight cancer,” he explained. “It’s important for me to fundraise because there are many people out there who are sick and are fighting cancer and I want to do my part.” To raise money, Diaz asked his friends and family mem-
bers to donate by sending them links to his fundraising page, and by making videos at the Lynbrook pool for his mother, Nikki Diaz, to post on social media. He said he loves to swim and that he looks forward to the event each year. Though the outing was altered in 2020, he and his friends still Continued on page 4
W.H. resident decries sizable bill after hidden water leak By NAkeeM GrANT ngrant@liherald.com
Last December, West Hempstead resident Kathy Myers was shocked when officials from the West Hempstead Water District determined that she had a subterranean leak under her home. The real surprise, however, was when her water bill ballooned to $970. “I’ve lived here for 27 years,” Myers said, “and my water usage was never this high.” Because of the leak, the water district agreed to reduce her bill $1.50 per 1,000 gallons to $1 per 1,000 gallons. But on July 28, Myers received a letter from the
water district stating that it was forced to place a lien on her property because she came up short on her payments. “I think if there’s a leak and water seeps into the ground, it’s not real usage,” Myers said. “I could understand if the water was running inside my house, but that’s not the case.” The leak spanned two billing cycles, or six months, according to water district Superintendent Jason Belle. Belle said that while he understood Myers’s concerns, once water passes through a resident’s meter, it is considered to be usage of the property. “Your specific situation is much more rare, and it is unfor-
tunate,” Belle told Myers during the water district’s July 28 board meeting. “As far as [the] lien process, that’s part of the town law, which happens on an annual basis. The liens are our only mechanism to receive unpaid water rents. As a district, we don’t shut water off under any circumstance, and we don’t charge late fees. If you don’t pay that bill, then your neighbors would essentially pay more to subsidize that usage.” The district, which serves more than 32,000 people, encompasses approximately two square miles, including a majority of West Hempstead, all of Garden City South and a large section of
Franklin Square. Belle estimated that subterranean leaks occur 10 to 20 times per year, and that water typically rises to the surface the same day. “I don’t know if it’s the soil at your house, but it did run for quite some time without showing its face,” Belle said to Myers. Myers urged the water district, which checks water meters
quarterly, to do so more frequently. “The procedure that the water company holds doesn’t seem to be right,” she said. “This is not a one-off. This happens. The water municipalities should make some kind of effort to make sure that residents are notified in a timely manner.” Frederick Kurz, the district’s Continued on page 5
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The TowN of Hempstead will host a Narcan class at the Malverne American Legion on Aug. 11, at 6:30 p.m. can training sessions to the residents of Nassau County,” Gaylor said. “These classes offer invaluable information that can help save lives in the event of an emergency, and it’s imperative that we get this knowledge to as many residents as possible.” More than 5,000 training kits have been distributed by the town to emergency services personnel, community members and even Hempstead Town public safety officers, bay constables and parks and recreation staff. Hempstead Town staff members have specialized qualifications and experience in dealing with medical emergencies through its Emergency Medical Technician squad. The unit, based at the town’s oceanfront beaches, includes EMTs and advanced paramedics who respond to a host of safety and medical calls at the township’s beaches. These professionals can deal with issues such as heroin overdoses, and they also have the training and creden-
tials to interact with local hospitals and ambulance corps. “The Town of Hempstead is taking a proactive approach to respond to the opioid epidemic by holding these important Narcan training classes,” Clavin concluded. “I am grateful that Councilman D’Esposito is able to help prepare residents for how to respond to any opioid overdose emergency, and in doing so, potentially saving countless lives.” For more information on other Narcan training dates, including the town’s free beachside Narcan training sessions held throughout the summer, please visit www. hempsteadny.gov. Residents interested in receiving training should register by contacting Councilman D’Esposito at (516) 812-3242 or email adesposito@tohmail.org. Courtesy Town of Hempstead; compiled by Nakeem Grant
Mount Sinai South Nassau earns distinction Mount Sinai South Nassau ranked among the Best Regional Hospitals in the metro area and earned eight “high performing” badges for specific service areas, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report 2021-22 “Best Hospital” rankings. The eight areas rated “high performing” at Mount Sinai South Nassau are: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, heart attack, heart failure, kidney failure, orthopedics, stroke, and urology. The U.S. News rankings are independently conducted by the magazine’s editorial staff and are among the most recognized hospital scorecards in the nation. “Mount Sinai South Nassau’s patients are the ultimate judges of how we are doing, and they have increasingly been putting their confidence in us to provide them with the health services they need,” said Richard J. Murphy, Mount Sinai South Nassau’s President and CEO. “These rankings are an affirmation of what we already know—that Mount Sinai South Nassau is among the very best hospitals in our area, especially on the South Shore of Long Island.” “Our staff —from the housekeeping and dietary teams to the nurses and physicians—all work collaboratively to focus on what our patients need,” said Adhi Sharma, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President of Clinical and Professional Affairs. “It’s truly a family atmo-
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U.S. NewS & World Report recognized Mount Sinai South Nassau. sphere here at Mount Sinai South Nassau. We are big enough to provide the best and latest care, but we have never lost our focus on the community, our patients and their families’ needs. That’s what sets us apart. The pandemic challenged us like never before, but we came through it, and the latest U.S. News rankings are yet another recognition of what we have achieved as a team.” To be ranked in Best Hospitals for the New York Metro area, Mount Sinai South Nassau had to achieve a top rating in at least six types of care -- a feat achieved by
barely 10% of U.S hospitals. The metro area rankings are relevant to a much wider range of health care consumers. They are aimed primarily at consumers whose care may not demand the special expertise found only at a nationally ranked “Best Hospital.” Patients and their families have a far better chance of finding a U.S. News-ranked hospital in their health insurance network and might not have to travel to get care at one of the nationally ranked hospitals. Now in its 29th year, the U.S. News “Best Hospitals” rankings help guide
patients who need a high level of care because they face particularly difficult surgery, a challenging condition, or added risk because of other health problems or age. To produce the rankings, U.S. News evaluates data on approximately 5,000hospitals in 16 adult specialties, 9 adult procedures and conditions, and 10 pediatric specialties. To be nationally ranked in a specialty, a hospital must excel in caring for the sickest, most medically complex patients. Mount Sinai South Nassau is the Long Island flagship hospital of the worldrenowned Mount Sinai Health System. The Mount Sinai Hospital is ranked No. 17 nationally by U.S. News & World Report. Its Department of Geriatrics earned the No. 1 spot in the nation in geriatrics for the second consecutive year, and 10 specialties are ranked among the nation’s elite hospitals: Cancer No. 32; Cardiology/Heart Surgery No. 6; Diabetes No. 10; Ear, Nose, and Throat No. 24; Gastroenterology/GI Surgery No. 15; Neurology/Neurosurgery No. 10; Orthopedics No. 14; Pulmonology/Lung Surgery No. 20; Rehabilitation No. 14, and Urology No. 16. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, America’s oldest specialty hospital and one of the world’s leading facilities for the treatment of diseases of the eyes, ears, nose, and throat — was nationally ranked in Ophthalmology at No. 12.
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The Town of Hempstead’s life-saving Narcan Training program will arrive to Malverne on Aug. 11. Spearheaded by Town Supervisor Don Clavin and Councilman Anthony D’Esposito, Malverne’s Narcan training will take place at the Malverne American Legion, at 250 Franklin Ave. in Malverne. “The Town of Hempstead is committed to doing everything possible to help stem the tide on the worrying increase in opioid overdoses being experienced locally,” Clavin said in a news release. “This town-supported educational initiative will empower residents to save lives by learning how to administer the lifesaving drug Narcan to persons in the throes of an opioid overdose.” In partnership with the Hempstead Town Board and County Legislator Bill Gaylor, the program will also be held at the Lynbrook Public Library on Aug. 25. The training, which is being run by D’Esposito, a retired NYPD detective and ex-chief of the Island Park Fire Department, is part of an ongoing series of Hempstead Town Narcan training events designed to combat the recent uptick in opioid overdoses being experienced across Long Island. “The spike in opioid overdoses occurring across Long Island is cause for great concern,” D’Esposito said. “My training as both as [an] NYPD detective and volunteer firefighter has been invaluable when it comes to responding to such emergency medical incidents, and I am committed to educating my Town of Hempstead neighbors on how to save lives through the use of Narcan in opioid overdose situations.” Members of the public will be trained on how to identify an overdose victim, administer a Narcan kit and contact emergency officials. Attendees who complete the training session will also obtain a Narcan certification and receive a complimentary Narcan kit. The Narcan kits can quickly reverse the effects of a narcotic overdose and will combat opioid deaths. “I am proud to partner with Supervisor Clavin and Councilman D’Esposito to provide these important Nar-
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SwIm ACroSS AmErICA returned to the Lynbrook Village Pool on July 30 after having to be altered last year amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Malverne student raises money to fight cancer continued from front page went to the village pool to complete their laps for the cause. Diaz met his goal to swim 64 laps at the event, and he enouraged several of his friends from the village swim team to join him. He added that he swam free-
style, backstroke, breaststroke and some butterfly, and he performed the National Anthem before it began. Nikki Diaz said she was proud of her son’s efforts for the cause. “Every summer he looks forward to this event, and he really enjoys raising
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money to help find a cure for cancer,” she said. “It’s so great to see him set a goal and then reach it. He loves swimming, he loves helping people, and he loves being a part of this community. I also love how Swim Across America is teaching Jason how to help people and be a part of something good.” The swimmers were of all different ages, ranging from young children to adults, who had plenty of support from onlookers at the event. The Lynbrook pool swim took place from 7 to 9 p.m. It is a part of the Nassau/Suffolk Chapter of Swim Across America. Since its inception in 2001, the chapter has raised more than $10,000,000 for cancer research, prevention and treatment. To learn more, donate or reg-
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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.
Thursday, Aug. 12 Wild Long Island/Peacock Chris Paparo, wildlife photographer and writer, will present this fascinating program on the wildlife, with the West Hempstead Library at 7 p.m., that can be found on the land, in the air and in the waters of Long Island. All attendees will receive a Peacock Diamond painting kit. Everything needed is included. Kits can be picked up at the Reference Desk during the library’s regular browsing hours. This program is part of the library’s Summer Readingthemed programming. Attendees will receive an extra ticket for the Summer Wrap-up celebration raffles.
Farmers Market at Crossroads Crossroads Farm’s weekly farmers markets will be held each Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Letterbox Challenge The West Hempstead Library’s 2021 Letterbox Challenge is all about bringing the community and merchants together in the aftermath of this unprecedented difficult year. It is a month-long event beginning on August 1 and ending on August 31. The participating merchants have a Letterbox picture frame inside their business. Solve the clues to find each location, visit during their business hours and follow the instructions in the kit. One kit per family can be picked up at the Reference Desk.
Restore the seas Children can learn about ways to prevent ocean pollution with the Malverne Library on Aug. 9 from 1 to 2 p.m.
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Virtual Murder Mystery (grades six to 12)
Shark Paint Night
Get into character for Murder Under the Big Top....are you innocent or guilty? Participants will be emailed by at the West Hempstead Library different characters prior to the event. This program will take place using Zoom from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Paint a shark on canvas with the Malverne Library’s talented artist, Miss Michele. Children in grades kindergarten and up can take part in this in-person outdoor program from 5 to 6 p.m. or 7 to 8 p.m.
Monday, August 9 Shell Trinket Tray (grades five to eight) Decorate a large shell with a designed napkin/tissue paper and add gold paint detailing with the West
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kindergarten through three. This is an in-person outdoor program. Registration is required. Call (516) 599-0750 ext. 303 or email malvernekids@malvernelibrary.org to register.
Tuesday, August 10 Kindergarten meet and greet The Malverne Library will have a activities, crafts, and games for children entering kindergarten at any of the Malverne schools. A great time to make new friends and exchange numbers. Siblings are welcome. This is an in-person outdoor program. Registration is required. Call (516) 599-0750 ext. 303 or email malvernekids@ malvernelibrary.org to register.
Wednesday, Aug. 11 Narcan training Town of Hempstead will host a Narcan class Malverne American Legion, at 250 Franklin Ave., at 6:30 p.m. Members of the public will be trained on how to identify an overdose victim, administer a Narcan kit and contact emergency officials. Attendees who complete the training session will also obtain a Narcan certification and receive a complimentary Narcan kit. Residents interested in receiving training should register by contacting D’Esposito at (516) 812-3242 or email adesposito@tohmail.org.
Move & Groove Outdoor Storytime at Westwood Park Join the Malverne Library for a fun outdoor music and movement story-
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The Malverne American Legion will host a Narcan training program on Aug. 11. Sage & Angie Boutique in West Hempstead will hold its Mostly Modest Event on Aug. 15. The Malverne School District is currently prepping for its first alumni musical. Malverne’s annual Summer Concert Series continues at Crossroads Farm on Saturday at 7 p.m. Send you letter to the editor to Nakeem Grant, at ngrant@liherald.com.
It’s OK to not be OK
■ What do you say to yourself when
■ How does your depression manifest itself ? ■ What triggers your stress at home, at work? Yet, such questions shed light on a person’s overall emotional make-up and life situation. Not only do psychologists have the time to ask such indepth questions, they also have the training, expertise, desire to listen to and teach their patients how to move beyond their negativity or feelings of hopelessness. I’m not against psychotropic medication, but I’m strongly against the use of these drugs as the first or only treatment. And yet, inda over 40 million adults in this country take psychotropic meds, and over six million kids are prescribed these drugs to control their behavior or emotions. 6 million: something eerie about that number! Still, the skyrocketing use of drugs continues. If they’re ineffective, as they often are, the dosage is increased or yet another medication is prescribed until patients (some as young as 4-years-old) are on a cocktail of drugs that doctors hope will improve their mood, curb their
outbursts, or focus their attention. Should drugs be prescribed as the first or only treatment offered to adults and kids? No! Patients need to learn the necessary skills to work through their stress, depression and anxiety! Before you gamble with the long-term effects of drugs, the skills of a psychologist, family therapist, learning specialist, nutritionist, and sleep consultant should be utilized. After all, we’re dealing with the brain, a precious, sensitive organ. And if it’s a kid’s brain, it’s still developing. The longterm impact of meds on the d eve l o p i n g b r a i n i s n’ t understood very well at this time. We shouldn’t solely rely on research from drug comapadin p a n i e s t o g ive u s t h e answers. Some companies have reported only studies which indicate that their meds are effective. This is not science; it is propaganda, which doesn’t help physicians make the best treatment decisions. So, let us remember, as Naomi Osaka said, it’s ok to not be ok. Now Simone Biles has pretty much said the same thing.. She’s off her game; she’s not ok. But when we’re not okay, we don’t need to stay that way. Instead, we must learn
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“It’s OK to not be OK and it’s OK to talk about it,” claimed Naomi Osaka who’s putting her mental health first! “There are people who can help, and there’s usually light at the end of the tunnel.” Yes, indeed Naomi. If a four-time grand slam singles tennis champion can speak about how she needed to withdraw from the French Open because of mental health concerns, we all can. Yet, in busy, bustling medical offices, when patients speak to their physicians about their mental health symptoms, they typically get 10 minutes max to do so. Thus, it’s no surprise that the doctor whips out the prescription pad as a solution to patients complaints about feeling depressed, anxious, or stressed. Though psychotropic drugs may indeed help, I wish that physicians would prescribe a minimum of 6 visits with a psychologist before prescribing meds. Yes, I am a psychologist, but my wish is not self-serving. It’s designed to benefit the patient. Here’s why: It’s the rare doctor who has the time or inclination to delve into anything other than surface questions about emotional symptoms. Deeper questions, such as the ones that follow, are glossed over, if addressed at all.
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Documenting Long Island’s Jewish history By OLIVIA RAMSEUR nassaueditor@liherald.com
After extensively researching Jewish history on Long Island, Brad Kolodny found himself with much more historical information that could be included in his two books. He decided to put that knowledge to good use by founding the Jewish Historical Society of Long Island. As part of his research, Brad Kolodny had visited and photographed every synagogue on Long Island. “I wanted to tell a comprehensive story about every synagogue past and present in Nassau and Suffolk County,” Kolodny said. “Over the course of four years, I researched every synagogue building and visited every synagogue building.” The book on synagogues is “Seeking Sanctuary: 125 Years of Synagogues on Long Island,” published in 2019 and his other book is “The Jews of Long Island: 1705-1918,” to be published next year. Kolodny founded the Jewish Historical Society of Long Island to create a comprehensive collection of Judaica (ceremonial art), other items, documents and stories about Jewish life on the Island. “There was so much information in both of these books that I gathered that couldn’t be included,” Kolodny said. “That’s where the idea of the Jewish historical society came. There’s just so much information that people don’t know about and I wanted to be able to bring it to light within an organization that will not just document the Jewish experience on Long Island, but also keep artifacts and records of the Jewish community.” The society is fairly new – they first started the collection about a month ago – so the online collection features nine items including a Glen Cove post-
card, an Ellis Island inspection card, and a brass candelabra. The organization is looking for donations of items from any time period. “Anything from photographs to Jewish items from Jewish owned businesses that were on Long Island, or ritual items,” Kolodny said. “Really anything that helps describe Jewish life on Long Island.” Jay Steinberg, former president of Huntington Jewish Center and member of the Huntington Historical Society, is currently the treasurer of the society. He began his interest in local Jewish history in Huntington. “My initial interest was through the local Jewish history of Huntington Jewish Center and felt that other communities on Long Island ought to be doing more of the historical work that’s necessary to keep everything alive,” Steinberg said. On Sept. 5, the Jewish Historical Society of Long Island is hosting an event to honor the first synagogue built in 1896 in Setauket. “We are going to be celebrating the 125th anniversary of the opening of that synagogue,” Kolodny said. “The building still stands on main street in Setauket, but it is no longer being used as a synagogue. It’s owned by the United Methodist church.” The JHSLI is partnering with the church and the North Shore Jewish Center, a congregation whose history dates to 1893. “It’s a perfect way to pay tribute to the pioneers who started our congregation and at the same time bring awareness to the broader Setauket community about the importance of this building,” said Rabbi Aaron Benson, the Jewish Center’s spiritual leader. To donate items and learn more about the Jewish Historical Society of Long Island at https:// www.jhsli.org/.
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A GLEn COVE postcard, circa 1910, that highlights Bernstein’s Department Store that opened in 1897 is part of the Jewish Historical Society of Long Island’s collection.
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County exec announces opioid settlement Nassau County Executive Laura Curran announced the largest opioid settlement in United States history today, as Nassau County, Suffolk County and New York State agreed to settle more than $1 billion in opioid-related lawsuits with drug manufacturers, distributors and pharmacies. Nassau County will receive up to $115 million in total as the trial continues. Drug distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson will join Johnson & Johnson and 4 chain pharmacies – Walgreens, Walmart, CVS and Rite Aid -- to pay up to a combined $115 million to Nassau County, and more than $1 billion to New York State to resolve claims that the companies helped fuel the opioid epidemic. “Before Nassau went to trial, I made a promise that we would make these companies pay,” said Curran. “While no amount of money will replace the countless lives that have been affected, we can save future lives by expanding our support network and increasing funding for mental health and addiction programs, along with prevention efforts.” Under the terms of the settlement, opioid distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson will be required to create a first-of-its-kind clearinghouse to account for shipments of opioids to other distributors in order to detect, stop, and report suspicion of abuse. For the first time ever, drug dis-
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Nassau CouNty ExECutivE Laura Curran stood with Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone in front of the State Supreme Court in Central Islip. tributors will be held accountable for their shipments and will be required to collect data, set shipment limits, and follow patterns and trends in customer data to evaluate whether their products are being abused. “No longer can distributors skirt the
law by saying that, once it leaves their factory, they are no longer culpable,” said Curran. “Long Island has paved the way for the rest of the country.” Nassau County will also be named as one of the 17 members on the National Enforcement Committee, which is
responsible for overseeing negotiations, outreach, and implementation of a potential National Global Settlement. Nassau County is still in trial alongside the New York Attorney General’s Office and Suffolk County against drug manufactures Teva Phar maceutical Industries, Allergan PLC, Endo International, and Anda Pharmaceutical Products. “We have confidence in the judicial system and are very optimistic we will hold these companies responsible at trial,” said Curran. The settlement by Nassau County will be pending approval in the Nassau County Legislature. In response to the new developments, Nassau County Legislature Minority Leader Kevan M. Abrahams (D - Freeport) issued a statement. “Today’s announcement represents another giant step forward in our quest to end the devastating opioid drug crisis that continues to plague our society,” Minority Leader Abrahams said. “We are committed to working closely with County Executive Curran’s administration, public health experts and other key stakeholders to devise a strategic plan for applying these funds toward amplifying and delivering the treatment, education and prevention services that will save lives and help residents free themselves from the grips of addiction.”
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Longtime bicyclist Arne Johnson, 72, said that his cycling speed has slowed with his age. And as a member of Huntington Bicycle Club, Johnson said he struggled to keep up with the younger, faster members in the group. So when the Huntington resident purchased his first electric bike, it was a “lifechanging experience,” he said. Johnson said he began looking into e-bikes a few years ago after he suffered injuries which prevented him from cycling. He purchased his first e-bike from Brands Cycles and Fitness in Wantagh in September 2018. E-bike sales at Brands have at least doubled since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, said owner Gary Sirota. That follows a national trend: according to the World Economic Forum, electric bike sales in the U.S. have increased by 145 percent since 2019. “A lot of people took up cycling as a hobby during the pandemic and stuck with it after,” Sirota said. On March 21, 2020, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that New York bike shops could remain open during the statewide closure order under Executive Order 202.6. Sales have also increased at other local bike shops, including Merrick Bicycles in Merrick. Owner Dan Yuricic, who also co-owns Long Beach Bicycles, said that when gyms and recreational facilities closed during the pandemic, many people turned to bike riding for exercise, since bike shops were open deemed essential, he said. Yuricic said many of those cyclists have now switched to electric bikes. “E-bike allow people to travel further distances, carry things on their bikes, combat winds, get up higher hills ... it makes it easier for certain members of bicycle clubs to keep up with the rest of their groups,” Yuricic said, “especially in the case that those members are older than the rest and have less stamina.” While some electric bikes only have a throttle, meaning the bike can be operated without pedaling, others, like Johnson’s, are pedal-assist bikes. “[They] allow you to work out as much
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or as little as you want to,” Johnson said. “You can get a different level of assistance from the bike’s motor depending on which level you choose and how hard you pedal. On level one, you’ll do the most work and you’ll get the minimal help from the motor.” Sirota said that the majority of his e-bike customers ride for recreational and exercise purposes. However, many Long Islanders use bicycles to commute to work so they don’t have to worry about finding space to park their vehicles, he said – or worry about breaking a sweat. “Bicycles are a great and healthy way to travel to work,” he said, “but the problem is that you are bound to break a sweat. With e-bikes, you can get to your destination comfortably, without sweating.” Electric bicycles are also efficient for long hiking or camping trips, Johnson said, who noted that he once rode his e-bike from Huntington to the Hamptons. “With e-bikes, you can make self-sustained trips by simply carrying your battery charger with you and finding an outlet to charge your bike’s battery at night,” he said, “you can even bring a bag full of your clothes with you because the motor
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makes it easy to carry extra weight.” Although electric bike sales have increased, Yuricic said, they will never replace regular bikes. Sirota said he feels similarly. “Regular bicycles will never go out of style,” Sirota said, who prefers to ride a
regular bike. “Whether it’s younger children cruising around, adults exercising or going for joy rides, or even cyclists who compete in contests, everyone cycles for different reasons…so it’s nice to have a variety of different types of bikes to choose from.”
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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ARCHITECTURAL & SITE PLAN REVIEW BOARD HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL & SITE PLAN REVIEW of the Inc. Village of Malverne will hold a PUBLIC HEARING at the Malverne Village Hall, 99 Church Street, Malverne, New York 11565 on Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 7:30 pm to hear the following cases: John Santiago
72 Webster Street, Malverne, NY; Residential “A” District Building Permit Application No. 2021-0182 Proposes to construct a 234 sq. ft. one-story addition over unfinished basement with rear landing and steps and 168 sq. ft. front covered porch. Michael Esquerra 141 Dogwood Avenue, Malverne, NY; Residential “A” District Building Permit Application No.
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Sagine pierre’S next Mostly Modest Event will take place on Aug. 15.
Mostly Modest Event in West Hempstead Sage & Angie Boutique, at 235 Nassau Blvd. in West Hempstead, will hold its Mostly Modest Event on Aug. 15. Sagine Pierre, owner of the store will host a daylong event that is expected to feature colorful tops, dresses, skirts, leggings, jewelry, vegan leather handbags, scarves and accessories. Pierre, of West Hempstead, said that through her 20 years of experience in retail, she learned a lot about running her
own store. She believes that getting to know her community and customers through face-to-face interaction goes a long way in developing and maintaining relationships. Even during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, Pierre said she made sure to stay in touch with her customers. –Nakeem Grant
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A. Mold is a living organism that, just like you and me, must eat and drink to stay alive. You’re looking for the source of moisture that keeps your mold alive, but it may be hidden in plain sight. As I have often onte eeper explained, when looking for the moisture source, follow gravity and look to the highest points above the area where the mold occurs. Even the most well kept exterior can have the tiniest of openings where trickles of water get in. If you’re satisfied that the roof, siding, gutters and window-to-wall connections aren’t the problem, then look at the places where wires, pipes and chimneys penetrate or join the house. You may find that a cable coming through the wall wasn’t sealed, an electric meter has a conduit hole behind it, etc. After having explored and sealed any of those areas, if the problem still persists, it may not be in plain sight after all, and you may have to do some digging. Before that, however, look for internal issues, such as the humidity level in the basement. Determine how much of the time the dehumidifier has to run, and how much moisture the equipment is pulling out of the room. Are all of the basement windows closed? Are cold-water pipes creating condensation, and do any of the joints of the pipes look corroded from a possible leak? I’ve even seen where the wrong kind of pipe hangers were used, causing a trade-off of electrons in dissimilar metals, called electrolytic action, which corrodes the side wall of the pipe, eventually opening up the pipe to leaking. Then we come to the most extreme culprit, the hidden one that probably will take the most effort to resolve: the outside of the basement walls. Your home was built at a time when the masonry block industry was evolving from using real cinders from burned wood in manufacturing to becoming completely made of concrete, mainly because the consistency and strength were greater, and there was more control of the way the block was being made. Unfortunately, almost nothing lasts forever, and the coating on the exterior of the foundation walls was a tar-like product that has probably turned to dust. By digging in the area of the mold, you can confirm this, and then the exterior foundation walls would need to be “scarified” (cleaned) and re-coated. Good luck!
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ack in the old days when people used to tell jokes, one of my favorite one-liners was, “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help you.” It always elicited a few laughs, but I made it clear that the role of government, dating back to 1776, is exactly that. In times of crisis, no private organization is going to step forward to help us weather a health scare or any other challenge. It’s the job of government to be there for us in times of need. The more I think about it, the JERRY current attacks on the nation’s effort KREMER to battle the coronavirus pandemic and the persistent undermining of public health measures are a national disgrace, and history will record them as such. And the people who are the fomenters of “health hate” should be treated in the same way as the hundreds of people who were arrested for participating in the Jan. 6 insurrection. The arrival of Covid-19 in January 2020 wasn’t the first time in the coun-
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try’s history that we asked our health professionals to provide relief and assurance. In 1918, the nation was decimated by the flu pandemic. In 2002, we had the severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, scare. In 2004, America learned of the H5N1 avian influenza, or bird flu, which necessitated the destruction of millions of chickens to keep us safe. In all of those cases, America turned to agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. We followed the media reports, looking for assurances that no serious illness would invade our homes and upset our daily life. During those times, people like Dr. Anthony Fauci and others stood behind lecterns with charts and graphs. They assured the country in measured words that the government was trying its best to protect us. When the Covid-19 plague hit our shores last year, the two federal agencies were the first to alert us of a possible new virus that had developed in China. Did they get it right from the beginning? Not knowing how serious it was, they
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made a few miscalculations on the issue of masks and how quickly the virus might spread, but their job was made even harder by a president who didn’t want to talk about the coronavirus because it would interfere with his reelection plans. It was at that point until that a lifeor-death challenge became a political football, and it remains one today. Instead of one nation united, we have red and blue states fighting over mask requirements. We have so-called elected officials discouraging their constituents from getting vaccinated. We have media personalities such as Fox’s Tucker Carlson, who rails against vaccines even though, according to media reports, he has been vaccinated, as has most of the staff at Fox News. And then we have a variety of public officials mocking the doctors and the vaccine. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who sees himself as a possible president, is selling T-shirts making fun of Doctor Fauci. In the meantime, Florida is now one of the states with the largest number of new reported Covid cases. To add to his arrogance, DeSantis is fighting with the
t’s too late in the game to expect there to be a united effort to stop Covid’s ravages.
cruise ship industry over its insistence on checking boarding passengers for symptoms of the virus. Political stupidity when it comes to protecting the public isn’t confined to any party. It is hard to imagine that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the son of a great political legend, is traveling around the nation, discouraging people from getting vaccinated. For many in the anti-vaccination movement, Kennedy is considered their No. 1 hero. His poor dad must be turning over in his grave. It’s too late in the game to expect there to be a united effort to stop Covid from ravaging our country. Innocent people will continue to die as a result of raw politics. Families will continue to lose cherished members of all ages. There’s a lesson to be learned about politicizing disease, but it seems that no one who needs to hear it is willing to listen. The coronavirus scourge isn’t over, and there will be many more losers thanks to a handful of political losers. 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.
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t’s been a long time since I took a pregnancy test, but it was the perfect application of what passed for high tech in its day: private, accurate and consequential. Today, as technology advances, we are pushed beyond our skill sets without the benefit of human helpers. Self-sufficiency is fine, but I miss having real human beings to answer questions or tell me that the bathing suit I’m checking out is going on sale next week. I miss having people who RANDI know more than I KREISS do about a problem. When I go online to return an item, I must engage with a chat bot who has programmed answers. Round and round we go, with me having no way to tell Chat that my new shoe had a dead roach in the heel. I had a foreshadowing of our new doit-yourself world some 25 years ago, when my snazzy Dell desktop ran amok. One call led to another, until I reached a supervisor who said he would talk me
through the fix. “First,” he said, “get a screwdriver.” This did not sound cool. “Now, take off the back of the tower,” he said. I really didn’t want to open the back of the tower, but I did, and moved the wires he told me to move, and it fixed the problem. The house-call service industry was in its death throes. Last week I saw an ad for a cardio phone app that can alert you if your heart rate is too fast or too slow. How is that helpful? Will it tell you you’re having a heart attack? If you have chest pain and an erratic heartbeat and your phone tells you you’re OK, what do you do? This is the perfect scenario for a little bit of knowledge being a dangerous thing. I wonder if cardiologists are getting false alarms from patients who get false alarms from their wristwatches. One cardiac patient offered this testimonial to his heart monitor: “This is an amazing little monitor! I recently began having heart palpitations in the middle of the night, and it’s very easy to just check my heart rhythm with my device to make sure I’m not having any serious arrhythmias. It has given me so much
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peace of mind!” How is this OK? What if the dude is reading his gizmo wrong? What if the gizmo isn’t accurate? Why not just call your doctor? Actually, I know the answer to that. Answering services are understaffed. It’s hard to reach your doctor in the middle of the night. A trip to the ER is a drag. One cardio app offers a “premium” subscription, which raises the question of what makes it premium? Does it monitor you less rigorously if you don’t upgrade? Do you get a refurbished monitor if you look for a bargain? Now we can also buy portable ECG monitors for under $100 that you can carry in your pocket and glance at from time to time to see if your heart is behaving. The proliferation of these medical devices, available to the public, makes my own heart race. During Covid we all learned to do some things we had relied on experts to do before the pandemic. I’d never heard about an oximeter before 2020, but when my husband got the sniffles, I regularly checked his O2 levels to be sure it wasn’t
n airports, subways and stores, kiosks and registers go unmanned and unwomaned.
the virus. I cut our hair and figured out how to fix our TV because we couldn’t let a service person in. The problem is that now, even though we’re drifting back to normal, some do-it-yourself chores are here to stay. I check out my own groceries because no one is at the registers. I check out my own purchases at the big stores, and I read my own lab reports on the patient portals because I want my results sooner rather than later. I book my own flights and make all changes online because I can’t get a human being to pick up. All the work I’ve done in my life, aside from writing, which is a solitary endeavor, bonded me with other people in real time. I taught, I tutored, I lectured, and it was a way to nurture human connections. In airports, subways and stores, kiosks go unmanned and unwomaned. We are increasingly on our own, without micro-connections to humanize our days. I see a time when virtual schooling could be universal. We will educate ourselves, order our food online, repair our own equipment and, heaven forbid, maybe operate on ourselves if the lesion is small and the instructions are good. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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orking to decrease gun violence is a no-brainer, but how to go about reducing the number of shootings, injuries and fatalities caused by guns is proving to be a question whose answers are hard to decide on. Law enforcement officials say that getting guns off the streets enhances public safety, and that reducing the number of guns generally leads to a decline not only in shootings, but also in other crimes. The Nassau County Police Department recently noted that while major crimes like arson, burglary, homicide, kidnapping and rape were down across the board, gunshot incident numbers are ticking upward. In 2020, when a majority of people remained at home as the coronavirus pandemic raged, there were 68 shots fired across Nassau. This year, with the county opening up again, there were 95 shots fired from January through the end of July, a 39 percent increase thus far. From 2009 to 2019, the NCPD reported a reduction of 36.5 percent in gun-related violent crimes, and a 27.5 percent decrease in shooting incidents that resulted in injury. From 2014 to 2019, there was a 14.3 percent decline in the number of people shot. NCPD officials say taking firearms off the street has brought about those improvements. Its gun suppression team collected 40 guns in 2020, and has surpassed that
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letters Opioid settlement is a big win To the Editor: State Attorney General Letitia James recently announced settlements with three of the nation’s largest opioid distributors related to their culpability in accelerating the ongoing opioid drug crisis on Long Island. At a news conference announcing the settlements with McKesson, Cardinal Health and Amerisource Bergen, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said that the county’s total share of the settlements paid by the “big three” could reach as much as $86.8 million. This announcement represents another giant step forward in our quest to end the devastating opioid drug crisis that continues to plague our society. The County Legislature’s Democratic minority is committed to working closely with Curran’s administration, public health experts and other key stakeholders to devise a strategic plan for applying these funds to amplifying and delivering the treatment, education and pre-
number this year, officials said. To enhance the work being done by the police, the county has embraced the state gun violence initiative announced in July by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who called gun violence a public health crisis. In making the announcement, Cuomo noted that there had been 26 shootings across the state over the Fourth of July weekend, including three on Long Island. As part of the state’s new initiative, Nassau will receive $900,000 of a total of $16 million to help 180 18- to 24-year-olds who are unemployed, out of school and considered at risk of potentially becoming involved in crime. Another $500,000 will go to the Village of Hempstead to help 100 people in the same age group. Uniondale was also identified as a gun violence hot spot. County Executive Laura Curran has said she supports Cuomo’s executive order. We endorse it as well. We believe the problem of gun violence should be seen more as a public health issue than as a recurring problem in only one portion of the community. As Dr. Chethan Sathya, the director of Northwell Health’s Gun Violence Prevention Center, noted, viewing the issue of gun violence through the lens of public health helps to depolarize and depoliticize it, and encourages the use of a public health model similar to the efforts to reduce traffic accidents, cigarette smoking, the transmission of HIV/
AIDS and substance abuse. The more money and research that can be dedicated to gun violence prevention, the more likely officials will be to determine what works and what doesn’t, Sathya said. “We can’t afford not to commit ourselves 100 percent to this effort,” the advocacy group New Yorkers Against Gun Violence group tweeted of the state initiative. We agree. But it also needs the support of other organizations — groups that support guns, respect their responsible use and understand their power as a destructive force — every day, more than a hundred Americans are killed by guns, and 230 are shot and wounded, according to the nonprofit Every Town for Gun Safety. To help make the state initiative work, the Department of Labor will join forces with local workforce development boards and their networks of community partners to provide job training, certification and career placement services. In addition, gun violence intervention and prevention strategies will be coordinated by the state’s Division of Criminal Justice Services and the Office of Victim Services. We also call on the National Rifle Association and all other legitimate regional and local gun organizations to join the battle against gun violence by using their influence to help ensure that that violence can be reduced to the point where the state’s program is no longer needed.
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here has been a fixation on comparison throughout the coronavirus pandemic. First came the comparison of cases, the seismic shock of northern Italian coronavirus news that woke up the world to the severity of the virus. Inevitably came the comparison of death rates, from China to the United Kingdom to the U.S. and, slowly, everywhere in between. As we have watched countless graphs of data ebb and flow over the past 16 months, only one measure has shed light on a JeMiMA potential end: vaccination rates. DenHAM Having experienced the entirety of the pandemic as a college student at Georgetown University, I have been surrounded by variations on the question, “When will this end?” I have not had an in-person class since early March 2020, when my peers and I all assumed that Covid could not possibly last longer than a few weeks. How naive we all were. Naivety aside, however, I soon began to acclimatize to the world of virtual education in a different time zone, in my hometown of London. Amid the “Zoom
fatigue,” shaky Wi-Fi and the irony of feeling detached from friends but claustrophobic with family, reminding myself that all these would hopefully bring this bizarre way of life to an end seemed like a good enough incentive. Cue the coronavirus vaccine. I first heard of the inoculations early this spring. Finally, thoughts of socializing with my friends on campus, meeting my professors to continue conversations outside lecture halls and being late to class because I had to run down a hallway, not because my Wi-Fi was intermittent, began to piece together as a realistic future. Six months after the vaccine rollout worldwide, however, this phase of the pandemic has caused, as much as quelled, a general feeling of anxiety. Hesitancy about the vaccine has perhaps provided a more interesting point of comparison than numbers and charts. It is certainly a topic that has produced an unprecedented emotional response on both ends of the spectrum. While I can only speak from the experience of being predominantly surrounded by American and British college-age students, the viewpoints I have heard on the vaccine very quickly offer insightful indicators of people’s political and cultural standpoints. Nonetheless, they present
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LeTTers vention services that will save lives and help residents free themselves from the grips of addiction. KeVAN ABrAHAMS Minority leader, Nassau County Legislature
Entertainment venues will get grants To the editor: Ninety-four Long Island live-entertainment venues will receive a total of more than $51 million from the federal Shuttered Venue Operators Grants Program. Since the pandemic began, I have been a strong advocate for the establishment of the relief program, rallying with venue operators across New York in calling for relief for live venues. The SVOG program was initially plagued by technical challenges, which have since greatly improved. In Congress, I routinely advocated for improvements to the program. My efforts were successful, and the Small Business Administration has now approved 9,884 grants nationally, including 1,142 in New York. Grants will continue to be distributed on a rolling basis. On March 22, 2020, non-essential businesses in New York shut down. Their
something deeper, and more interesting, than a political affiliation: whether individuals believe their singular actions can help reduce the global devastation of the virus. Moreover, they have highlighted for me where my generation perceives it stands among all this mess. Like many of my contemporaries at Georgetown, I was eager to get the shots. While I was double-vaccinated by late May, life remained fairly similar for the vaccinated and unvaccinated in the Washington area during the early vaccine rollout. But it became clear that there were tangible benefits for vaccinated people early this summer. From less social distancing to optional mask wearing, it allowed experiences that resembled a sense of pre-pandemic normalcy. On the other side of the pond, the U.K. saw a hasty vaccine rollout in late winter that eclipsed any American efforts. Unfortunately, this initial success has crumbled amid our confusing “traffic light” travel rules, spiraling virus cases and declining trust in the government’s handling of the situation as we edge into a possible fourth wave. While the root of these issues can be pinned on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s reluctance to ban travel from places where the Delta variant originated until it
was deemed too late, there is something to be said about the link between vaccine rates and incentives. Unlike the U.S., the U.K. did not employ an incentive scheme for vaccines. This promoted the realistic message that a vaccine wasn’t a quick fix to the complexity of the pandemic, but provided an important step in a return to normalcy. However, I have seen an unprecedented and surprising hesitancy toward the vaccine among younger people over the summer in the U.K. “I won’t get that sick, I don’t need it,” “It’s too much of an effort” and “It’s too new to trust” are some of the sentiments I’ve heard repeatedly. While I sympathize with these concerns, the general lack of motivation is disturbing. Vaccine hesitancy is a direct comparison that can be made across generations, political affiliations and nationalities. However, almost everyone offered the vaccine has also had to question whether they want to take accountability for the trajectory of the virus. Undoubtedly, the short-term consequences and potential side effects must not be underestimated. But this stage of the pandemic also presents a perhaps once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: become a key stakeholder in the global fight against the coronavirus by being vaccinated. Jemima Denham is an intern at the Heralds this summer, working remotely from her home in London.
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reopening and recovery has been uneven ever since. I’m relieved that the Small Business Administration heeded our call to improve and expedite the approval process to deliver this critical aid to impacted businesses as soon as possible. Local businesses like these contribute too much to the spirit and culture of our communities and economy for us to do nothing. The SVOG program was established through the bipartisan Covid-19 relief package passed last December. As a member of the Problem Solvers Caucus, I was part of the bipartisan coalition of lawmakers who crafted the framework that the relief package was built on. I also helped secure additional funding for the SVOG program through the American rescue Plan, to total over $16 billion in grants for shuttered venues in order to keep businesses afloat and workers on the payroll. The American rescue Plan also instituted a fix to ensure that shuttered venues that received Paycheck Protection Program loans after Dec. 27, 2020, can also receive Small Venue Operators grants, as long as the grants are reduced by the amount of PPP funds provided. Applying for both grant programs was previously prohibited. TOM SUOZZI U.S representative, 3rd District
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