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A young artist’s Covid diary Five-year-old illustrates book on her experience during the pandemic By NakEEM GRaNT ngrant@liherald.com

Couresy Celine Lin

aNTOINETTE lEVINE, a children’s librarian at the Malverne Library, accepted a copy of Angela Lin’s book from its author, to be included in the library’s collection.

For Angela Lin, a former student at Grace Lutheran School in Malverne, pictures really are worth a thousand words. When the school went into lockdown in March, Angela, 5, was searching for ways to express herself. She did so by drawing and painting pictures of what was happening. “She doesn’t talk a lot,” her mother, Celine Lin, of Valley Stream, said of Angela, “but whenever she’s home, she just wants to draw.”

Celine, who is Chinese, said that because her daughter struggles with English, painting became a way for her to engage with her classmates on Zoom. Amazed by her artwork, Angela’s pre-kindergarten teacher at Grace Lutheran, April Schachtel, suggested to her parents that they create a book, and they did just that. They published a book called “Little An’s Covid-19 Diary: During the Lockdown in New York,” last month. Each page featured Angela’s paintings accompanied with a descripContinued on page 3

Cuomo OKs reopening of movie theaters on Friday By NakEEM GRaNT ngrant@liherald.com

After months of being closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Malverne Cinema will be allowed to reopen on Friday, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo announced last Saturday that movie theaters outside New York City would be allowed to reopen at 25 percent capacity, up to a maximum of 50 people per screen. He specified that this would apply to areas that have infection rates below 2 percent on a 14-day average and have no cluster zones. “We’re hitting the ground running here,” said Anne Stamp-

fel, who owns Malverne Cinema with her husband, Henry. “We’ve done everything possible to make this reopening a possibility. I don’t know too many theaters on Long Island that can survive as long as we have.” Cuomo’s announcement came a day after the state conducted nearly 160,000 Covid tests in one day, a new record. “When you’re doing that level of tests, you get down to the block level,” Cuomo said in a news release. “And then, when you start to see a cluster, you oversample in that cluster, so you get even more data.” Malverne Cinema has been in operation since 1947, and the

t’s towns like this that need their movie theater.

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National Association of Theatre Owners Stampfels have owned it for almost 30 years. The theater has earned a reputation in Nassau County as the place to go to see upscale commercial, independent and foreign films. One of the highlights of its reopening will be a discounted screening of

“It’s a Wonderful Life,” which was the first film shown there. “I guess that’s a way for us to celebrate our rebirth in Malverne,” Stampfel said. “We know that things will never be quite normal again, but we’re doing the best we can to welcome people back into our theaters.” The Stampfels, who own two other movie theaters in Nassau

County — Bellmore Movies and North Shore Towers in Floral Park — have had only 75 active movie days this year. They were disappointed not to be included in Phase 4 of Cuomo’s reopening schedule, Henry said, but they are eager to get back to work. “The protocols have all been in place for weeks now,” Henry Continued on page 3

MiKE MOtaMEdiaN, aN LI Peaceful Protest member from East Meadow, prepared hotdogs at the community cookout in Freeport.

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Long Islanders took part in two rallies last weekend — one in Freeport, in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, and one only a few miles away in Franklin Square, to lift the spirits of police. In Freeport, dozens of people gathered at the Bishop Frank O. White Park, also known as Northeast Park, on Oct. 3 for a community cookout and basketball tournament. The event was hosted by Long Island Peaceful Protest, a local group of activists founded by brothers Terrel and Tiandre Tuosto, of West Hempstead, who have led Black Lives Matter demonstrations across Long Island. Rock George, 25, of West Hempstead, who attended the event with friends, said it served not only to unite local communities, but also to lift the spirits of the Black community after the Breonna Taylor grand jury proceeding, in which no police officers were charged with her killing. “As a Black man seeing cases like this happen again and again, you struggle to feel like you’re worth something,” George said. “So events like this are important be-cause it helps build up our brothers and sisters.” LI Peaceful Protest also hosted a diversity book drive for the New Visions Elementary School earlier this month, along with a school supply drive at the Long Island Cares food pantry in Freeport. Douglas Meyer, president of the NAACP’s Freeport-Roosevelt branch, said he was excited to see a growing number of young people involved in the BLM movement, which has become one of the largest civil rights movements in U.S. history. “I’ve been running this branch for 21 years now, and I’m glad to see so many young people active in our communities who could take over for us older folks,” Meyer said. “It’s the only way we can continue to bring change.” He added that he was still hopeful that there would be justice for Taylor. He also said that in order for there to be more such justice, the nation must overhaul its

criminal justice system, including the way juries are selected. “Our branch has held demonstrations outside the county offices to demand actual representation [by people of color] in our juries,” Meyer said. “It’s not common for people like us to find an actual jury of our peers who understand where we’re coming from.” While those in Freeport united over BLM and police accountability, hundreds gathered in Franklin Square, a majority white community, to show their support for police. Franklin Square volunteer firefighters Joe Block and Chris Howard organized the event in honor of family members who are police officers. The march, they noted, was not intended to be a protest or rally. “I would say it’s more on the lines of a spirit booster for them,” Howard said, “just to let them know we still have their backs.” In January, the organization Blue HELP, which focuses on police officers’ mental health, reported that 228 officers across the country died by suicide last year, up from 174 the year before. New York state had the highest number of police suicides, 27. Many attendees said that it was important for them to show their support for law enforcement, because anti-police rhetoric is on the rise. Gabi Stolz said that police officers “lay out their lives for us every day,” adding, “If they don’t support our neighborhoods, no one will.” But Dennis McDonald, another Franklin Square resident who took part in the walk to show his support for his son-inlaw, a New York City corrections officer, said he thought it was “very unfortunate that the [police] defunding movement is so misunderstood.” McDonald said he supported allocating more resources to services that help the homeless and mentally ill, so police would be unburdened by those calls. “I know how hard it is for my son-inlaw,” he said, adding that, while the criminal justice system needs to be made “even and fair for all,” people should not be disrespectful to police officers who are doing their jobs.

Kindergartner illustrates her own book “I call her our first preschool author and illustrator,” Walters said. “The tion in her own words. detail, the artwork . . . to see that she “They took my suggestion to heart,” has it in her makes us feel so honored Schachtel said. “She would draw things that were just so lifelike, as if you had and privileged.” Celine Lin and her husband, Ray, taken a picture of it. Her pictures were take their daughter on trips to museums always amazing, around the state because you could as a way to inspire tell what she was her. They attribute d r aw i n g . I j u s t their own love of hope she never art to Malvernite loses her passion.” Arthur Raymond, Grace Lutheran a World War II vetPrincipal Wanda eran and ar tist Walters reflected whom they on Angela’s progbefriended a few ress during her years ago. two years at the “He seems to be school. “Ang ela in a very peaceful came to us in the place because of 3-year-old propainting,” Celine gram, and she said. “I’d like the couldn’t speak any same for my English at all,” d a u g h t e r, s i n c e Walters recalled. she loves to paint.” “S he ’s alw ays While Celine, been very meticuan antiques dealer, lous about drawand Ray, a finaning, m a k i n g anGela hunG her original paintings at cial consultant, things and being her home in Valley Stream. are not artists creative. As she themselves, they got older, she continued to draw and color, and we’re very see their daughter’s growth through artexcited to learn that she put together work and have encouraged her to keep painting. The couple hope to publish this Covid-19 diary and book.” Now a kindergartner at James A. another book of Angela’s paintings in Dever Elementary School in Valley the near future. “I think we, as parents, both felt that Stream, Angela retur ned to Grace Lutheran on Oct. 9, after Walters this was a good milestone for her,” Ray ordered copies of her book for the said. “It encourages her to develop more school. Walters read the book to stu- skills through drawing, because it actually gives her a lot of confidence, and dents as part of Angela’s special visit.

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Photos courtesy Celine Lin

Grace luTheran School Principal Wanda Walters, left, read Angela’s book to kindergartners on Oct. 9. now she’s getting some fame in her school community.” The Lins donated a copy of the book to Malverne and Rockville Centre’s pub-

lic libraries, and they plan to give copies to other local libraries. In addition, they hope to donate the proceeds of Angela’s book to local charities.

Malverne Cinema to reopen on Friday ing social-distancing guidelines. He said. “Our main focus is getting the had the buildings sanitized by a regular part of the theater up and professional cleaning crew, and purchased masks and operating, and bringing face shields for employin new employees, since ees. Additional plans some of them were for the theaters include forced to find other closing off every other jobs.” row, staggering show Representatives of times, daily temperathe New York chapter ture checks of employof the National Associees, training them on ation of Theatre Ownnew safety precautions ers held a news conference at Malverne Cine- anne STampfel and installing new air flow systems. The ma in August, at which Co-owner, Stampfels also created a the organization issued Malverne Cinema new position called thea set of health and safeater checker, an employty guidelines called Cinee who will make sure ema Safe, which many audience members are movie theaters have signed on to. “It’s towns like this socially distanced before the start that need their movie theater,” of each screening. “We want the public to know Joseph Masher, president of the association’s New York chapter, how much work we’ve put in to make them feel safe to come back,” said at the time. Henry Stampfel said his theaters Anne said. “If everybody continues would have no problem operating to follow the rules, we should be at 25 percent capacity while meet- fine.” continued from front page

e’re hitting the ground running here.

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The STampfelS are prepared to open the Malverne Cinema, on Hempstead Avenue, on Friday.

What’s neWs in and out of the classroom

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Courtesy Malverne School District

The Malverne School District’s Board of Ed. and administration honored students who earned the Advance Placement scholar distinction on Oct. 13.

Malverne schools celebrate trustees, scholars It was an exciting evening during the Malverne School District’s Oct. 13 Board of Ed. meeting. Board members were honored for their hard work and dedication to the district, and several students were recognized for earning the Advance Placement Scholar distinction. To kick off the festivities, each

building principal presented board members with gifts and showed a video they compiled of students expressing their gratitude for the board’s yearround efforts. This recognition follows the New York State School Boards Association’s School Board Recognition Week, which runs from Oct. 19-23. This allows school

board members to be honored for their volunteer service, commitment and contributions to their schools and community. The celebrations continued as the board recognized its A.P. scholars. With 10 students in attendance, Malverne High School Principal Dr. Vincent Romano announced their names in

front of spectators. Advance Placement scholars are students who were recognized for their successful performance on the 2020 A.P. exams. District officials congratulated all students who have earned the distinction this year. Courtesy Malverne School District; compiled by Nakeem Grant

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MSSN’s Dr. Glatt earns prestigious award

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Under Glatt‘s leadership, Mount Sinai South Nassau treated more than 1,400 Covid-19 patients, many of them critically ill. Glatt guided the hospital’s use of experimental drugs and therapies, overseeing safety precautions for staff and patients and repeatedly serving as a trusted source on the pandemic for local, national and international media. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran also appointed him as a liaison to the Orthodox community for public health and infectious disease matters. Board certified in both internal medicine and infectious diseases, Glatt earned a bachelor’s degree from Yeshiva University, where he was class valedictorian, and a medical degree from New York’s Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. After completing an internship, residency and chief residency in internal medicine at the Brookdale Hospital Medical Center in Brooklyn, he completed a fellowship in infectious diseases at the State University of New York Health Sciences Center E. Glatt in Brooklyn. He is also an ordained rabbi and is the associate rabbi at the Young Israel of Woodmere. Glatt has extensive administrative, academic, clinical and grant experience in healthcare. The former executive vice president and chief administrative officer of Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre, he was a professor of clinical medicine (and for mer associate dean) at New York Medical College. Prior to his position at Mercy, Glatt served as president and chief executive officer at New Island Hospital in Bethpage, where he had been the vice president of medical affairs from 2005 to 2006. From 2003 to 2005 he served as the medical director of Mercy Ambulatory Care Center and chair of the Department of Medicine at Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center in the Bronx. His impressive career in healthcare also includes more than a decade of service at Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, where he served as director of Graduate Medical Education, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and chair of Infection Control for the eighthospital system.

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Dr. Aaron E. Glatt, chair of the department of medicine and chief of infectious diseases at Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside, is the 2020 recipient of the New York Chapter of the American College of Physicians’ prestigious Laureate Award. Glatt has also been designated a Master of the American College of Physicians by the American College of Physicians Awards Committee. The Laureate Award honors fellows and masters of the college who have demonstrated an abiding commitment to excellence in medical care, education or research through service to their community, their chapter and the American College of Physicians. The American College of Physicians is the second largest physician group in the United States. Membership includes more than 137,000 inter nists, related subspecialists and medical students. “I am humbled and honored to be the recipient of m y c h a p t e r ’s L a u r e a t e Award,” Glatt said. “As Dr. Aaron much as it speaks to my career-long passion for medicine and commitment to fulfill the many responsibilities and roles of a doctor, it also speaks to the many fine clinicians, nurses, healthcare professionals and administrators whom I have been blessed to work with and to be mentored by throughout my career.” An author of 200 scientific journal articles, Glatt is an inter nationally renowned medical and medical ethics lecturer who has presented at numerous national conferences. He was a guest editor of the Infectious Diseases Clinic of North America and infectious diseases editor of Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary. In addition, he has served on the editorial boards of major publications, has been a reviewer for many prestigious jour nals and has served on many government, hospital, medical school and local public health committees. Glatt is a spokesperson for the Arlington, Virginia-based Infectious Diseases Society of America. His medical interests include general infectious diseases, infection control, Clostridium difficile, tuberculosis, fungal infection, occupational-related HIV seroconversion, appropriate antibiotic utilization and medical ethics.

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Sagine Pierre-CharleS WeSt hemPStead ViCe PreSident, WeSt hemPStead Chamber of CommerCe

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

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

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

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

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

Timothy Denton contributed to this story.

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

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

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

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

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

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A LOOK AT THE CANDIDATES

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ElEction 2020

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2020 Judicial candidatEs District Court Judge Candidates

Family Court Judge Candidate

Vote for four

Ignatius Muscarella

Darlene Harris

Lisa Cairo

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

Running on Democratic, Republican, Conservative and Independence Party lines

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

Age: 63

Age: 54

Age: 43

Lives in: Town of Hempstead

Lives in: Uniondale

Lives in: Garden City

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

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

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

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

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

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

County Court Judge Vote for two

Robert Pipia

Tricia Ferrell

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

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

Age: 56

Age: 47

Lives in: Roslyn Heights

Lives in: Levittown

Lives in: Uniondale

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Independence Griffin said she keeps in This is not an actual ballot, but a composite of several sample ballots touch withby organizations like so as to Incumbent reflect all the districts within the communities covered Vision Long Island and the your edition of the Herald. G local chambers of commerce Party: Democratic Complete reporting on candidates running in districts covered to addressby local needs at Age:Herald 57 theinstate level. Griffin also the – as well as the full text of our endorsements each hosted atab. series of small race – may be found at LIHerald.com under the Elections ’20 Professional experience: Write-In For election results after the polls close Tuesday night,businesses conferences via Previously a senior adviser Zoom in collaboration with go LIHerald.com. andtodirector of community these organizations, and outreach to State Sen. Todd emphasizes the need to conKaminsky tinue reopening businesses. real time in order to make Griffin co-sponsored a Education: Bachelor of Sciinformed decisions,” she ence in business economics, said. A mid-year fiscal report bill that was signed into law in June that establishes a with minors in political scifrom State Comptroller Tom ence and communication, DiNapoli in mid-October, fol- state disaster emergency SUNY Oneonta lowed by a fiscal report from loan program to be adminisGov. Andrew Cuomo, will pro- tered by industrial development agencies for small vide essential information, On the issues: businesses and small notJudy Griffin, who is finish- she said. for-profit corporations. Griffin said she would ing her first term in office, She is also reviewing the continue to work on unemsaid she would like to viability for the New York Forexplore new revenue streams ployment issues, advocate ward Loan Program to for tax and rent relief, and to fund schools, municipalidevelop health insurance ini- reduce red tape so that ties and health services. grants for small businesses “While we wait for the feder- tiatives to assist those who are expedited. lost their benefits because al government to act, it is they are out of work during imperative to assess our the pandemic. spending and revenues in

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Kevin Thomas Incumbent

Party: Democrat Age: 36 Professional experience: State senator, former civil rights attorney Education: Bachelor of Science, St. John’s University; law degree, Western Michigan University Cooley Law School On the issues: From the start of the coronavirus pandemic, KevThomas said he has worked to ensure health-care and essential workers and senior living facilities had as much personal protective equipment as possible. He worked with state and private groups to set up as many testing sites within his district as possible. He secured funds

and resources for several food and PPE distributions throughout the district. And his staff, he said, helped constituents and small businesses with issues ranging from unemployment and mortgage relief to grant applications. The lack of affordable housing and skyrocketing costs are driving out seniors who have lived on Long Island for years and preventing young people from moving in and starting their families here, Thomas said. In his first term, he voted to

permanantly cap the property-tax levy cap at 2 percent and continue middle-class tax cuts. He voted against tax hikes over 40 times, while delivering Nassau “its fair share of state resources,” he said, noting, “I believe in smart affordable transitbased housing development, and I secured $225,000 for a housing study for the Town of Hempstead.” Thomas also said he helped secure “record school aid for Nassau County,” and over $500 million to clean up the Grumman-U.S. Navy underground toxic plume, which is spreading from Bethpage to Wantagh. Saving Nassau University Medical Center is also a top priority for his next term. “I will continue to fight to protect our taxpayers, bring the school and infrastructure funding our district deserves,” he said.

Dennis Dunne Sr. Challenger

Party: Republican Age: 70 Professional experience: Hempstead Town councilman, formerly a Nassau County legislator On the issues: Dennis Dunne said he helped provide coronavirus relief in his role as a Town of Hempstead councilman. “In fact,” he said, “I worked with Supervisor Don Clavin in developing the township’s Covid-19 response.” Among the important measures that the town implemented were zoning provisions and “express building permits” for outdoor restaurant dining. At the state level, he said, “our representatives

need to advocate aggressively for more federal funds and allocate state resources directly to our local communities and our region’s businesses.” Housing affordability has been a serious issue in all of the suburbs that surround New York City, Dunne said, noting that Hempstead Town is the first town on Long Island to create an affordable component in its building zone ordinance. “I am an advocate of requiring all multi-family residential developments to have a set

aside for next generation or workforce homes,” he added. “I have also supported the development of transit-oriented housing in our township. Finally, I would like to see New York state incentivize affordable set-asides in the development of multifamily developments in our region.” His major priorities in the State Senate would include community safety, as well as controlling taxes and spending. He noted that his opponent supported the bail reform law, which, he said, “has dumped thousands of criminals back onto our streets.” “Also, he said, “New York state has fallen prey to fiscal mismanagement and gluttonous spending. Budget transparency and openness are lacking in the state’s budget process.”

Includes Garden City, Hempstead, Lakeview, Uniondale, East Meadow, Salisbury, Levittown, Bethpage, Old Bethpage, Farmingdale, North Massapequa, North Wantagh and part of Massapequa.

STATE SENATE 9 Todd Kaminsky Incumbent

Party: Democrat Age: 42 Professional experience: New York state senator Education: Bachelor’s degree, University of Michigan; law degree, New York Law School On the issues: Todd Kaminsky is chairman of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee. He said his biggest accomplishment this term was passing the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, a law that he authored, and that he said is the nation’s strongest stateled effort to address the climate crisis, protect against extreme weather and create new green jobs. He also

helped secure benefits for 9/11 responders and wrote legislation providing funds for Long Island Rail Road infrastructure and capping property taxes. Kaminsky said he supports stronger measures to protect the barrier beach and is looking for ways to strengthen the current legislation. He was a co-sponsor of the bail reform bill, but believes changes in the legislation may be necessary to provide judges with more leverage over cases. He supported the Super Block proj-

ect in Long Beach and favors further economic development in the city. He has fought against state tax increases. Additionally, Kaminsky said he wants to ensure that next year’s state budget contains funds to support adult homes in Nassau County. Kaminsky has been an advocate for pension reform, working to strengthen antibribery laws and working to increase oversight of local government contracts. He has been an advocate for LIRR commuters and a supporter of Industrial Development Agencies, which foster economic development on Long Island. The IDA recently backed the Super Block in Long Beach.

Victoria Johnson Challenger

Party: Republican Age: 60 Professional experience: Took leave as chief of staff and office assistant to Assembly representatives on Long Island Education: Bachelor’s degree, State University of New York at Potsdam On the issues: Victoria Johnson is a strong supporter of police and is highly critical of the bail reform law. She said she believes judges should have more jurisdiction over sentencing, and over who should and should not be eligible for bail. Johnson acknowledged

that support for police and opposition to the bail reform law are the main thrusts of her campaign. She also said she believes more environmental support is needed for Long Beach’s North Park section and raised questions about the impact that the Super Block project might have on the local infrastructure, including sewer and water. Johnson was the daughter of a retired NYPD patrol officer and developed a deep sense of the importance of law enforcement,

she said. She decided early in life that the best place to raise her two children was Long Island. Over the years, she has maintained a steady career as chief of staff to Republican legislators on Long Island. She focused on constituent outreach and support in her state legislative district. Johnson said her opponent is focused on the needs of New York City progressive politicians, who do not have the interests of Long Islanders at heart. Johnson particularly opposed Kaminsky’s sponsorship of the bail reform bill, which she said allows “dangerous criminals to roam our streets without consequence.” If elected, Johnson said she would work to overturn the legislation.

Includes E. Atlantic Beach, Long Beach, Point Lookout, Island Park, Oceanside, Five Towns, Valley Stream, N. Valley Stream, Rockville Centre, and parts of Elmont, Franklin Square and Baldwin.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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LEGAL NOTICE The independent audit of the Malverne UFSD for school year 2019/2020 has been completed and is available for reviewing in the Central Office located at the Malverne Business Office. If you are interested, please contact the District Clerk ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT June 30, 2020 Board of Education Malverne Union Free School District Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York ANALYSIS OF GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE Fund balance July 1, 2019 Add: Revenues Real property taxes Other tax items Charges for service Use of money & property Miscellaneous State sources Medicaid reimbursement Less:

Expenditures General support Instruction Pupil transportation Community services Employee benefits Debt service

OTHER FINANCING SOURCES AND USES Operating transfer (out) Fund Balance Restricted reserves: Unemployment insurance Teachers’ retirement system contribution Employees’ retirement system contribution Liability Employee benefit accrued liability Capital Repair Debt

$ 9,146,715 39,370,169 5,655,201 164,739 168,325 364,580 11,930,802 57,225

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Information to identify the case: Debtor: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York EIN: 11-1837437 United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York Date case filed for chapter 11: 10/01/2020 Case Number: 20 - 12345 Official Form 309F1 (For Corporations or Partnerships) Notice of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case 10/20 For the debtor listed above, a case has been filed under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. An order for relief has been entered. This notice has important information about the case for creditors and debtors, including information about the meeting of creditors and deadlines. Read both pages carefully. The filing of the case imposed an automatic stay against most collection activities. This means that creditors generally may not take action to collect debts from the debtor or the debtor’s property. For example, while the stay is in effect, creditors cannot sue, assert a deficiency, repossess property, or otherwise try to collect from the debtor. Creditors cannot demand repayment from the debtor by mail, phone, or otherwise. Creditors who violate the stay can be required to pay actual and punitive damages and attorney’s fees. Confirmation of a chapter 11 plan may result in a discharge of debt. A creditor who wants to have a particular debt excepted from discharge may be required to file a complaint in the bankruptcy clerk’s office within the deadline specified in this notice. (See line 11 below for more information.) To protect your rights, consult an attorney. All documents filed in the case may be inspected at the bankruptcy clerk’s office at the address listed below or through PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records at https://pacer.uscourts.gov). The staff of the bankruptcy clerk’s office cannot give legal advice. Do not file this notice with any proof of claim or other filing in the case. 1. Debtor’s Full name: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York 2. All other names used in the last 8 years: Diocese of Rockville Centre 3. Address: 50 North Park Avenue, Rockville, NY 11570 4. Debtor’s attorney: Jones Day, Attn: Corinne Ball, 250 Vesey Street, New York, NY 11570, Phone: (212) 326 – 3939, Email: cball@jonesday.com 5. Bankruptcy clerk’s office: US Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, One Bowling Green, New York, NY 10004-1408, Hours open: Monday – Friday, 8:30 AM (ET) – 5:00 PM (ET), Contact phone: (212) 668 - 2870. Documents in this case may be filed at this address. You may inspect all records filed in this case at this office or online at https://pacer.uscourts.gov. 6. Meeting of creditors: November 5, 2020 at 12 PM (ET), Location: The meeting of creditors will be conducted by telephone conference. 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A. The best way to keep it simple is to stop calling professionals and maybe just continue doing it yourself. Go with your gut if you feel that confident. Keep it simple, keep it cheap, but get what you pay for. When you ask people who are licensed, you have to expect that they’ll want to do a job they won’t have callbacks for. Buildings, especially homes, have many trouble spots that defy nature, physics, math, logic and plain old common sense. The reason homes manage to survive bad judgment is the nature of redundant materials, like your floor joists, and because wood takes a lot of bending before it cracks or snaps apart. The sins of bad construction I’ve seen uncovered over the years make most of us professionals stand back and just gasp, usually followed by, “Wow, they were lucky it didn’t collapse/electrocute/make someone sick or die.” I’ve seen cracked pipes leaking raw sewage into wall cavities and crawl spaces, gas pipes in bouncy floors, waiting to separate and cause a fire, cut or split beams sagging, waiting for that next huge snowstorm to pop apart. So, in the words of Clint Eastwood, “Do you feel lucky?” If you do, you can ignore science, ignore the rules, even ignore common sense. It seems to be a trend these days, to take health or safety risks and deny the observations of professionals. I’m impressed that you called plumbers. After all, there are plenty of how-to books and store aisles loaded with pipe fittings and hardware just made for do-it-yourselfers. I’m sure that an architect will know how to reroute the structure and piping, which is a three-dimensional puzzle based on building codes, plumbing codes, material tolerances, science and math. I’m also sure you really knew all this, though, or you wouldn’t have asked me the question. So, really, do you feel lucky?

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ome who are opposed to Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination are blurring the line between confirming a justice to fill a vacancy and the so-called “packing” of the court. Using this nomination to justify court packing would be a huge mistake. The real underlying issues relate to checks and balances and separation of powers. These are ideas that are embedded in our constitutional system of government. They’re essential to the successful American experience in alfonSe representative govd’amaTo ernment. The continued success of this experience depends on all of us abiding by these basic principles. Without checks, balance is threatened. Without separation, power is unfettered. Our founders understood that. They deliberately divided our national government into three branches designed to balance one another against the accumulation of too much power in one place or person. That’s why we have a president, not a king; a Congress, not a politburo; and an independent judiciary, not star chambers or kangaroo courts. If we knock one leg

off this executive/legislative/judicial stool, the whole thing tips over. That’s what could happen if our leaders in Washington go down the path of tinkering too much with our carefully checked and balanced system — if they fail to maintain the deliberate separation of powers. The most recent example is talk of increasing the size of the Supreme Court. The argument goes like this: Since Republicans are pushing through a conservative Supreme Court nominee to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Democrats would be justified in expanding the size of the court with liberal justices to offset its conservative tilt. This tit-for-tat approach may sound appealing to Democrats, but it could easily lead to an unraveling of the balance of power in Washington, remaking the Supreme Court into not an equal branch of government, but an appendage of executive and congressional will. Suppose Democrats sweep to power in Washington next month, winning control of both the White House and Congress, and the court is increased from nine to 11 members by this one-party government. It may more easily bend to the will of Congress and the president, but it will have lost its essential independence as a co-

equal branch. It will in essence have become an arm of the other two branches. Fast-forward a few years and imagine the presidency and Congress swinging back to Republican control. The new oneparty government decides to increase the court from 11 members to 13 to get its pet initiatives through. It passes a different health care bill and changes the abortion laws, and then guarantees their passing Constitutional muster by loading the court with sympathetic justices. Over time the Supreme Court becomes a bloated mess, with 17 or 19 justices, or whatever number is needed to uphold the policies of the contemporaneous administration and Congress. America came perilously close to this situation once before. In the 1930s, President Franklin Roosevelt was frustrated that the Supreme Court struck down some of his New Deal initiatives as unconstitutional. When FDR tried to pack the court with sympathetic judges, the national backlash was swift and certain. FDR wisely backed down, and judicial independence was maintained. Maybe we Americans take our form of government too much for granted. We expect it to survive another 200 years just because it’s already lasted well over 200. Yet what Congress and the president do

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

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

When real-life horrors outdo Halloween

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

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

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

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

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

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Herd immunity, a recipe for further disaster

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

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

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

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n late September, we at the Herald were jolted when a senior at Kennedy High School, in Bellmore, called on school officials — and the local media — to stop referring to girls’ sports teams at Kennedy as the “Lady Cougars.” The student, 17-year-old Rachel Nossen, of Merrick, wrote an op-ed essay for her school newspaper, The Cougar Crier, and it certainly caught our attention. Throughout our newspaper group, which encompasses 18 editions on the north and south shores of Nassau County, we decided to

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

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letters Voting is now convenient To the Editor: It’s been a trying year for our nation and a tragic one for New Yorkers, many of whom have lost loved ones and are worried about our tattered economy and the wellbeing of isolated friends and family. The scary prospect of a second wave of Covid-19 washing over New York during flu season has been anticipated all year, but one silver lining is that we need not fret over voting safely in next month’s election. For the majority of Long Islanders who haven’t voted since 2018 or before, casting a ballot in New York has changed drastically for the better, thanks to a raft of reforms and resiliency measures that improved convenience, due process, fairness and public safety. There are now three ways to vote in Election 2020, each with pros and cons. Given our protracted public health emergency, however, this flexibility is key to our safety

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

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

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

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

LeTTers and the election’s legitimacy. Regardless of ideology, nobody argues in print that American citizens should need to risk their lives to vote. Options can protect our rights and our communities if we avail ourselves of them. Last year, lawmakers created an election period to spread voting out over nine additional days — including two weekends and workday evenings. At the time, “social distancing” wasn’t common parlance to anyone without a degree in disease transmission, but that reform seems prescient today. The early-voting options in Nassau and Suffolk counties include a shift to countywide voting centers, permitting residents to visit any site from Saturday, Oct. 24, to Sunday, Nov. 1. Nassau, a statewide access leader, offers 83 operating hours of early voting. (The same can’t be said for Suffolk, which has a greater population and sprawling geography, but fewer sites and nearly three fewer days’ worth of hours.) For those who have adapted to our new normal — who wear masks and venture out for groceries — finding a quiet five minutes to vote early may be the best option. Voters cast their ballots after privately marking them, and they will be included with election night results. Those who believe the process is a partisan ploy should know that Texans have

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

been voting early since the 1980s. Until Covid-19, absentee voting was not a mainstream option for New Yorkers. The state was one of only 16 to restrict it to those with the right excuse. Busy with work or child care? Not eligible. It shouldn’t have taken a deadly pandemic to develop voting resiliency — disruptions on Sept. 11, 2001, which was a Primary day, and Hurricane Sandy’s late-October 2012 landfall were enough. For immunocompromised people and those living or working with them, voting remotely may be safer, and pitfalls that jeopardize rights have been significantly mitigated. Voters can now request a ballot online in seconds or by phone, and may return completed ballots via contactless drop boxes at early voting or Election Day sites, or at their county Board of Elections office, which avoids return mail, stamps and postmarking entirely. Common clerical errors can now be fixed, providing a layer of due process where none existed before. Those who still prefer voting on the first Tuesday in November at one assigned site are welcome to, but they will have waited until the last possible day, when no other options remain — even if there are lines, inclement weather or a local uptick in Covid-19 cases. I wouldn’t wish that uncertainty on anyone, even those dispar-

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

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